Sword and Shield

**Weapon Types:****Sword and Shield** • Dual Blades • Great Sword • Long Sword • Hammer • Hunting Horn • Lance • Gunlance • Switch Axe F • Tonfa • Magnet Spike • Light Bowgun • Heavy Bowgun • Bow

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## Overview

The **Sword and Shield** (片手剣 *Katateken*) is a single-handed weapon combined with a shield. Capable of a variety of quick attacks including jump attacks and shield bashes.

The Sword and Shield is the only weapon in Monster Hunter Frontier Z that can use items while being unsheathed, allowing you to heal for combat while still being ready for a head on attack.

## Traits

Sword and Shields have high mobility and the ability to quick change tactics in a fight.

It is the only weapon type that can use items while drawn.

Sword and Shields are low damage, however they come in every different type of element while having a high overall elemental strength.

### Earth Style

Basic Combo: Jump Attack -> Attack -> Spin Attack -> Evade and Disengage.

Other then that you have a sliding attack as well as an infinite combo to use for large amounts of continuous damage.

In High Rank, Earth Style is incapable of doing larges amount of consistent damage in short periods of time. So when playing in a group you'll want to play more as a support using dusts and horns.

When you reach G-Rank you'll get the Extreme Style, or even before that with Heaven Style, it will open up many more options for you as it combines most of the styles together.

### Heaven Style

Heaven Style trades your super armor during the flurry attack for the ability to step out of the combo. This will make it much harder to get the most efficiency out of the combo.

The two-step jump attack is much more significant and has super armor, however it can be tricky to get off before getting attacking.

### Storm Style

Replaces your base combo with a series of element infused pokes; this style is worthless without an elemental weapon. It is highly recommended that you level up your attributes as well.

The use of this style is extremely limited at G-Rank.

### Extreme Style

This style enables you to run with your sword drawn, allowing you to quickly deliver an attack to an otherwise tricky opening. This style also has many more options when it comes to openers such as the rotary jump slash.

Your jumping combo has been changed to a more evasive attack with much more flexibility on when you can deliver it. If you can get a grasp of the monster's attack frames as well as your weapon's active frames, you can clip the monster's attack using the evasive attack.

Despite this, team support is still the number one depending on your role in the party.

The basic combo: Jump attack, vertical attack, vertical attack, followed by a side slide and rotary slash, ended by an evasive attack. This combo while having super armor delivers a long looping attack for lots of damage.

## Controls

### Earth Style

[Y] or 1: Vertical Slash

[Y + B] or 2: Jump Slash (Sliding attack if you use it while attacking)

[B] or 3: Roundhouse Slash

[R1] or V: Guard (You can use items while guarding)

#### While Guarding

[Y] or 1: Infinitely Looping Slashes

[Y + B} or 2: Shield Bash

[B] or 3: Quick Slash

You can cancel most attacks by evading.