[quote name='Myv']^ What weapon are you using? I had Golem Blade when I did him, just had to keep to his side and chopping away at his tail, when he was limping I swam to the front to destroy the glass. I'm not sure if its the same with other weapon but, the way I use great sword is I'll run in like a half circle into the enemy's back and do a unsheath vertical strike into a slap attack, I only do horizontal if I know the enemy will stay there for a bit or hurting so I can trip the monster, otherwise I just slap and sheath and redo over. I never have my weapon unsheathed and walking around like a slow poke, always attack + maybe combo, roll to the side for fast recovery and sheath. I got a Valkyrie Blade now and it cuts through a lot of things, it stays sharp for a long time too, just need a Rathian plate to upgrade to Sieglinde, I haven't crafted any other weapon yet but I'm thinking of going ahead and craft Guan Dao and give long sword a try.
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Using SnS, so the strategy has to be a little different. If I only did unsheathe attacks, it'd take about 3 times as long as a GS user.
I'll figure something out one day. Not going to stress myself out over it, at least there's multiplayer!