The Gunlance is a melee weapon that does cut damage and special explosive damage. The weapon’s attacks are based on thrusting attacks and explosive shells that you’ll need to reload fairly frequently. Your gun’s bullets are represented by the shells to the right of your weapon’s sharpness indicator. The gunlances’ shield is also the strongest shield and has the best blocking ability. This weapon is great if you’re looking for a high range melee weapon and more versatility with using a gun, shield and lance.

Wyvern’s Fire¶

The Wyvern’s Fire special ability, which is activated by pressing + + , will trigger a huge explosion after charging it up. However, it does take 110 seconds to recharge so make it count! You can see your cooldown via the bullet beneath your weapon’s sharpness symbol.

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(1 of 2) Wyvern’s Fire is a powerful explosive attack but has a long cooldown

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Wyvern’s Fire is a powerful explosive attack but has a long cooldown (left), the cooldown on Wyvern’s fire can be found in the top left of your screen. (right)

Basic Gunlance Combo¶

Below you’ll find the basic controls for the Gunlance. Once you’ve gotten to grasp with basic controls, you’ll be able to use them in different orders to pull off various combos.

Move	Controls
Lateral Thrust
Shelling
Charged Shelling	Hold
Rising Slash
Guard
Guard Thrust	+
Reload	+
Wyvern’s Fire	+ +

Gunlance Combos¶

Using the controls above, you’ll be able to perform attack combos that can deal extra combo damage.

Combo	Attack	Controls
Basic Combo	Lunging Thrust → Mid Thrust I → Mid Thrust II → Shelling	+ → →
Burst Fire Combo	Rising Slash → Overhead Smash → Burst Fire	+ → →
Strong Combo	Rising Slash → Overhead Smash → Widesweep → Wyvern’s Fire	+ → → → + +
Wyrmstake Cannon	An attack that fires a blade that will hit the monster several times before exploding.	Fire the Wyrmstake Cannon by pressing after two Shelling attacks / + → + / + → → → →

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(1 of 2) The gunlance is great if you want the versatility of using melee and ranged weapons

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The gunlance is great if you want the versatility of using melee and ranged weapons (left), the wyrmstake cannon is a strong combo move that’ll do a lot of explosive damage. (right)

Silkbind Controls¶

Silkbind attacks use up a wirebug and then have a longer cooldown than wirebug moves, meaning you’ll want to make sure to time your silkbind attacks well so that you don’t waste the wirebug.

Attack	Controls	Description
Hail Cutter	+	After triggering this attack, if you perform a Rising Slash and and then an Overhead Smash, you’ll reduce the cooldown time for Wyvern’s Fire.
Guard Edge	+	A perfectly timed guard will regenerate your gunlance’s sharpness.