diff --git a/Assets/Scripts/Components/UI/OverviewMenu.cs b/Assets/Scripts/Components/UI/OverviewMenu.cs
index fe4edf9..02d1907 100644
--- a/Assets/Scripts/Components/UI/OverviewMenu.cs
+++ b/Assets/Scripts/Components/UI/OverviewMenu.cs
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ using UnityEngine.InputSystem;
 /// switch game modes (via <see cref="GameModeManager.TrySwitchTo{T}"/>) or open the session browser /
 /// match results overlay, and every click closes the panel. Mode buttons are only shown for modes present in the current role-scoped set
 /// (<see cref="GameModeManager.Modes"/>); the active mode's button is disabled. Hotkeys mirror the
-/// buttons: C toggles the pose menu, V switches to paint mode (E = taunt lives in GameModeManager). Attach to the
+/// buttons: C toggles the pose menu (or cycles the pose directly with 2 or fewer poses), V switches to
+/// paint mode (E = taunt lives in GameModeManager). Attach to the
 /// always-active canvas root; <see cref="panelRoot"/> is the toggled visual child.
 /// </summary>
 public class OverviewMenu : MonoBehaviour
@@ -50,7 +51,8 @@ public class OverviewMenu : MonoBehaviour
     [Tooltip("Triggers the hider's manual radar ping (same as the E key) and closes the menu. Only shown " +
              "for a hider during Seek.")]
     [SerializeField] private Button tauntButton;
-    [Tooltip("Opens the pose selection menu. Only shown while the local player has selectable poses.")]
+    [Tooltip("Opens the pose selection menu (or cycles the pose directly with 2 or fewer poses). Only " +
+             "shown while the local player has selectable poses.")]
     [SerializeField] private Button poseButton;
 
     private bool _open;
@@ -174,6 +176,13 @@ public class OverviewMenu : MonoBehaviour
 
     private void OnPose()
     {
+        // Small pose set (hunter): no radial menu, the button/hotkey just cycles to the next pose.
+        if (poseMenu && poseMenu.CyclesDirectly)
+        {
+            Close(resume: true);
+            poseMenu.CyclePose();
+            return;
+        }
         Close(resume: false);
         if (!(poseMenu && poseMenu.Open()) && gameMode)
             gameMode.SetPaused(false);
diff --git a/Assets/Scripts/Components/UI/PoseMenu.cs b/Assets/Scripts/Components/UI/PoseMenu.cs
index 2d319fc..6d3e2df 100644
--- a/Assets/Scripts/Components/UI/PoseMenu.cs
+++ b/Assets/Scripts/Components/UI/PoseMenu.cs
@@ -54,6 +54,24 @@ public class PoseMenu : MonoBehaviour
     /// button otherwise (no player bound, or an empty pose list).</summary>
     public bool CanOpen => LocalPoseController() && LocalPoseController().Poses.Count > 0;
 
+    /// <summary>With 2 or fewer poses (the hunter's set) a radial menu is pointless - the pose button
+    /// and the C hotkey cycle directly via <see cref="CyclePose"/> instead of opening the overlay.</summary>
+    public bool CyclesDirectly
+    {
+        get
+        {
+            PlayerPoseController pose = LocalPoseController();
+            return pose && pose.Poses.Count > 0 && pose.Poses.Count <= 2;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>Advances to the next pose (wrapping) without opening the overlay.</summary>
+    public void CyclePose()
+    {
+        PlayerPoseController pose = LocalPoseController();
+        if (pose && pose.Poses.Count > 0) pose.SetPoseIndex(pose.CurrentIndex + 1);
+    }
+
     /// <summary>Opens the modal overlay and (re)builds the radial items; false when there is nothing
     /// to show, so the caller can drop the pause instead of stranding it.</summary>
     public bool Open()