User blog comment:Kogath/Monster Hunter X Discussion/@comment-25275196-20150723060953/@comment-4563270-20150727034330

Actually if you check back on the first trailer a great sword does almost the same thing.. I speculate that in fact its a jumping mechanic you can put on a weapon just like insect glaive has.. In fact I theorize the ground thrust move of the insect glaive is a style variant that removes the pole vaulting move too.. If you look at that sns areal role he hits it on a monster and then is able to complete it with another attack like IG could in 4u minus the rebounding.. So far we've seen bowgun, GS and now sns use this similar move.. Maybe all weapons will have such a configuration... Ahh pole vaulting with an axe... The dream