While grappled to a monster’s head, you can press R2 to launch the monster forward some distance. – Slinger Burst (Axe), Axe: Element Discharge I You should almost always prioritize keeping your shield charged. – Axe: Draw Attack See below examples: Guard 1 + charged shield = Total Guard 3 LM(hold) after Sword: Charge Phials, Sword: Sliding Slash – Axe: Dash Slam This technique is useful for minimizing the time needed to turn 180 and block/attack. In general the forward, left, and right Sliding Slashes are rarely used as they are quite slow and as mentioned you are vulnerable while sliding. – Sword: Jumping Slash Certain Charge Blade actions (mostly Axe attacks) trigger one or more phial explosions, Phial explosions do not consume sharpess and never crit, Phial explosion strength varies depending on the attack used to trigger them, Phial explosions contribute to breaking monster parts but not severing tails, Phial explosion damage is increased by having your shield charged, Deals damage that is independent of monster part toughness, Can KO monsters if impact phial explosions damage the monsters’ head, SAED creates phial explosions in a straight line, Damage is boosted by Artillery, Felyne Bombardier (canteen skill), and increasing your Attack value, Deals elemental damage which depends on how weak the monster’s part is to that element, SAED creates phial explosions in a wide V shape, Damage is boosted by increasing your element attack value, and hitting monster parts weak to that element, Shield Thrust (with shield charged): 1 very weak explosion, All other Sword mode attacks (with sword charged): 1 very weak explosion, Guard Point (with shield charged): 1 weak explosion, Axe Element Discharge 1: 1 weak explosion, consumes 1 phial, Axe Element Discharge 2: 2 weak explosions, consumes 1 phial, Axe Amped Element Discharge: 3 strong* explosions, consumes 1 phial, Axe Super Amped Element Discharge: N very strong explosions, consumes all N phials, Small knockback: consumes 1 sharpness, can counter, Medium knockback: consumes 2 sharpness (1 if GP), can counter. – Sword: Block reaction (small or medium knockback) RM after: Automatically after using Sword: Forward Slash off a ledge, Axe: Jumping Slash Charge Blade is classified as a heavy weapon so it will fully tenderize a monster part in one tenderize attack. Thus blocking is an offensive option (like it is for Lance). Guard 0 + charged shield + GP = Guard 4 = Total Guard 3. I’m not sure if there is a more widely accepted name for this technique. MHW Iceborne PC | Best Early MR Charge Blade Build. – Sword: Morph Slash After blocking an attack, you gain a (very) small amount of phial energy. The forward and back sliding slashes are always a fixed distance in a straight line, but the left and right sliding slashes can be influenced by holding left/right during the slide, allowing you to turn almost 180 degrees (if you hold right on a left sliding slash or vice versa). The Charge Blade is one of those weapons that are easy to learn, but really hard to master. This is a skill worth mastering as being able to angle ~30 degrees to either side can greatly increase your ability to land AEDs. It’s not worth staying in Axe mode for more than 1 or 2 attacks, unless of course your attacks are massively buffed by Power Axe mode. For example, when you are unable to block such as when you are in Axe mode or after reloading (which is one of the few Sword actions that does not link into Morph to Axe GP). Your best bet if you do a sliding attack is to either stop by pressing back or jump and do an aerial attack (see above section). ↑+△ after: This guide will show most inputs with default PS4, Xbox, and PC controls. Evade Window will make it easier but it’s not worth using decoration slots for. ↔↕+RM after: When your shield is charged, sometimes you may want to still use AED instead of SAED. It’s helpful when starting out to memorize combos but take care not to get stuck only using them. Ctrl during Axe: (Super) Amped Element Discharge, Axe: Savage Axe Slash Some other technical info not in this guide R2+O from Neutral (Sword) Charge Blade has unique options after successfully blocking an attack, most notably being able to AED/SAED directly after blocking an attack. Artillery. LM when walking down a slope, Sword: Jumping Rising Slash Energy gained from Sword mode can be stored in Phials, which can then be used to boost guarding abilities and damage output in Axe mode. are one of the 14 different Weapons players can choose from to Hunt with. This means any attack with knockback value of 14 or less is small knockback when blocked using Charge Blade, anything from 15 to 39 is medium knockback, and anything 40 or higher is large knockback. MHW META: Power Element Phial Charge Blades explained 07/18/2019 by Honey Dodogama MHW META: Best Charge Blade Builds – Impact Phial 07/18/2019 by Honey Dodogama Monster Hunter: World Charge Blade Guide And Meta Builds 12/12/2018 by Honey Dodogama 1.9.3 Flinch Shot 1.1 Basic Gameplay Loop RT+Y from Neutral (Sword) Remember that you can prep your next reload by getting yellow/red phial outline even when you are full on phials. O after Axe: Element Discharge II, Axe: Amped Element Discharge Ctrl after any Axe attack except Savage Axe Slash, Sword: Jumping Slash 2. In this Guide we’ll take a look at exactly how to use this Weapon to its fullest, as well as show you some things you may not know about it. During block recoil, your character is still considered to be blocking, so you don’t have to do anything special to block multi-hit attacks. Warning! RT after any Axe attack except Savage Axe Slash, Sword: Jumping Slash Equipment. 3.6.2 Optimal item usage If you are new to CB, this is a good place to pause and try your first hunt or two with what you’ve been shown so far: basic Sword mode combos, reloading, charging your shield, and using SAED. (Ends in sliding) With Guard and Focus being discussed above, these are other armor skills relevant to CB which don’t need their own section to explain. Generally, you should not prioritize keeping your sword charged. – Sword: Charge Phials, Sword: Condensed Element Slash (Sword charge) – Axe: Jumping Slash Tenderized parts temporarily take additional physical damage from all hunters. This stance combines your sword and shield into a large arching sword that also uses up your Phials and Charge Blade Meter to unleash devastating attacks on monsters. LM after: You can watch a monster’s behavior during this delay before committing to AED/SAED or decide not to commit. The above information is in the General Data Sheet in the appendix. – Axe: Overhead Slash – Climbing a ledge (in Sword mode), Sword: Spinning Slash – Slinger Burst (Axe), Axe: Morph Slash Charge Blade Weapon Tree for Monster Hunter World (MHW) Iceborne showcases the different upgrade paths for the Charge Blade weapon category. RT when grappled to monster’s head using Clutch Claw, Sword: Weak Slash New to Iceborne, all monsters will occasionally flinch back and enter a distinctive drooling pose with their side exposed for about 5 seconds. – Axe: Jumping Slash – Axe: Savage Axe Slash This weapon requires more advanced practice and understanding than most weapons although it is fairly easy to use as a standard Sword and Shield or a Blade that has wide arching strikes, capable of destroying any monster that you will be facing in Monster Hunter World. RM after: Arch-Tempered Zorah Winter Star Festival Arch-Tempered Kushala Harvest Festival Summer Festival Spring Festival. Charge attacks raise it faster. Also, don’t forget you can bring 7 (seven) Max Potions to each quest. For example, Nergigante is listed as 3 star weak to Thunder ingame, but in reality it is only weak on glossy black spikes which are temporary so Thunder elemental phials aren’t worth using. It does NOT activate affinity sliding skill, not that you’d use affinity sliding even if it did! Remember that you can not only block physical attacks, but also roars, wind pressure, and tremors. This is done by having left/right held (relative to your current facing direction) during the beginning moments of the attack. O after: – Axe: Savage Axe Slash 3.1 Focusing weak points – Sword: Charge Phials Same as Axe: Element Discharge I except ↑+B, Axe: Element Discharge II Instead of using Flinch Shot right away, you can also press O to turn the monster 90 degrees so they are facing a wall, then Flinch Shot. 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