What's the deal with playing lance in this game?
I come to this game with World, Wilds and (some) Rise experience under my belt, playing a couple weapons but mostly lance.
My biggest issue with the weapon right now is that in later low rank, and I assume for the rest of the game, monsters tend to have attacks that have high knockback on block. This makes it so you can't counter them, but more importantly, it sometimes puts you in checkmate positions where if you block the subsequent hits you die due to not having enough stamina, but you also don't have time to put the weapon away and dive out.
I gave up farming for the upgraded Gore Magala lance because Shagaru Magala is actually up there as least fun monsters I've ever fought with lance. All its moves either have him end behind you so your counter misses, or have that high knockback that chunks a third of your stamina and chips your hp. Not counting the random airstrike lasers and projectiles that come from behind you sometimes. Been having similar issues with Brachydios.
My question is, do you just require the Guard skill to use lance? Or is this skill issue?