yeah and charge blade is simple - charge shield, charge sword, explosions.

Me to I feel Brainwashed

Except Axe mode was wack in world. They buffed it.

@@soulreaver6300 Yeah, but after all those years we don't really consider weapons without Iceborne additions anymore. Absolutely love what the did to Swax

Oh I read it as World (before iceborne) I just forget that the game is referred to as World. Like rise or generations.

Add evade extender to that title too

Why is everyone hating on evade entender and window? They're apart of the game its not like he's cheating. Plus they're great teachers of evading. And any doesn't world have lower i-frames than older games? I swear people who trash others for using evade window and extend are the same people who'll say "git gud bro" or "just don't get hit-a-los bro". Well buddy I in fact am not getting hit as much as you thanks to my evasion skills.

and this kids is why you go outside, so you don’t end up like this guy

@@mystry6264 Elitism is one of the worst parts of any gaming community. It's so arbitrary and pathetic that people care that much about what others are doing... in a videogame.

Wah wah wah

How special is Quick Sheath for Switch Axe?

​@@grubbyarmadillo9863im not a switch axe user but i do know it has a slow sheath animation (like charge blade) and so you would want to have a faster sheath to quickly repos. (if the monster dashed far away) or quickly heal out of a fatal blow. so id say it is important

Agitator and Coalescence for sure. Damage reduction might be from Divine Blessing.

@@grubbyarmadillo9863 I wouldn't call it important, it's more quality of life than anything. It would take skill spots for the more important damaging skills.

@@kaen4299 i see, thanks

Axe mode does decent damage but it's nowhere compareable to sword mode. Sword Mode attacks are much faster and higher DPS + higher burst damage due to phials and ZSM. Axe mode is supposed to be used when there are less openings and you need to be mobile while playing more of a hit and run strategy until you get an opening to use the sword mode. If you get better you can use the sword mode outside of big openings, but not for a long time, just for a couple of short attacks and switch back. It's normal to just do three slashes in sword mode and then switch back as example but it makes a difference. The biggest mistake people do is getting too greedy in sword mode and thus get hit or carted because they're either locked in animation or can't evade fast enough in sword mode. Another mistake is always trying to commit to the full ZSM, sometimes you have to adjust and finish the attack earlier. Also learn to utilize the retreating attacks of axe and sword mode as they're the only defensive moves the weapon has and they are quite handy at times even if they don't seem like it. When the monster is down and toppled you have enough time to go all out on and unleash on the monster with sword mode but outside of that you have to switch back and forth between the modes mid fight without staying in either mode for too long, if you can do that freely and without thinking too much about it, that's when you mastered the weapon. SA is a rather complex weapon despite what people think they're seeing and takes a lot of time to fully understand, but it's worth learning because if you master the dance you're capable of doing ungodly damage with one of the highest DPS weapons in the game, if not the highest.

I tend to stay in sword form and primarily use axe for the mobility or small openings, so I normally focus more on building Amped state rather than using Power Axe.

Do you mean part dmg?

It's a bit committal so it can be tough to use at first, but you should get it down with some practice. The 2nd hit of the morph sweep combo is switch axe's strongest move when it crits (stronger than the ZSD finisher, since that move can't crit) so definitely try to take advantage!

⁠@@tauntmaster5wait hold on that’s not right? ZSD can absolutely crit it may look like an explosion but it lacks every quality of those moves (uses hitzone modifiers, doesn’t do fire dmg and it even has the indicator for crits in world) where did you source this info?

While the small explosions building up to the explosion can crit, the ZSD finisher cannot crit. Feel free to test it out in game with a 100% crit build and a 0% crit build.

And finally a montage without zsd spam

Maybe because complicated? This weapon harder than CB

@@DrsMaman agreed ,and does less damage with no block.

​@@DrsMamanas someone who plays both CB and Swagaxe I would disagree. But I just find it easier and more engaging to use and so maybe that's why.

​​​@@DrsMaman I do agree on charge blade not being too complicated, but, switch axe is easier to manage and its easier for new players, in world and rise, comparated to charge blade

⁠@@DrsMamanSwitch axe is wayyy simpler than charge blade what are you even saying?? You don’t know charge blade well enough if you believe this

He's not abusing anything, it's a game mechanic and if it would break the game every noob would solo Fatalis with Evade Window 5. Most people can't even properly even with evade window. If i just roll to avoid instead of evade window am i abusing evade extender too? 🤦‍♂.

Gold Rathian or Raging Brachy are solid options👍🏾

Guild palace i believe it's called, you get it from a event quest where you slay a barioth in the arena

I recommend this guide if on PC: steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2545798361 My game used to be pretty blurry.

nobody cares, still better than most of the people watching

And it's 5 of course with 3 evade extender

@@FantasyFlix777evade extender is ass

ok and?

@@1meyzeeunless you’re gunlance

Behind every good Lance video is guard 5 no? Wtf are you yapping, it's a valid game mechanic and if there is a weapon fit to using it's the ones with least defensive moves, therefore such as SA. Truth is most people just suck at the game.

I liked Rise's take on switch axe, where the meta was switching between the two with Rapid Morph. Felt more like they emphasized the "switch" aspect.

That's only if you're an optimizing andy. It's your mindset. You can play the switch style and still do really good instead of the braindead ZSM spam with mantles.

one completely valid switch axe style is to stay in axe mode and keep power axe mode on. Great flinch potential if you do it well. Switch axe in world is largely fine because both sword and axe mode have their purposes and valid strengths.

its in the game, you get it from the 50 shades of white event quest

Not Sure on the weapon, but that is the Guild Palace Armor set

Royal Palace. You gotta do Arena quests

I don't have it either and don't feel the need to. I got a bunch of evade window and it's enough for me.

⁠@@janyozenith4331yall trippin, you can get by without it for sure but man it’s easy with it

@@yobro6053 Well, I can't tell since I never tried it.

@@janyozenith4331 once you do it it will be hard to go back. Not only does it make the game easier but it makes it more fun, like a monkey off your back and you’ll be given the opportunity to do more with the weapon

@@yobro6053 Evade window is much better if you get better at the game, rolling with evade extender takes too much time and you gotta reposition again whereas with evade window you can stay in the action. And side hopping with evade extender is kinda ass tbh.

stupid comment

just roll the roar, he gonna miss you easy

he can play naked and with no skills and is still better than you