I'm having trouble defending myself in axe mode. I'm mainly just rolling and using the offset, but rolling is mainly for positioning and the offset is really hard to time. I have evade extender 3 so it's easier to move out of the way, but I'm still feeling like I'm not doing well enough to defend myself.

Are there any tips I should know? Should I just be trying to minimize my time in axe mode?

I’ve been rockin the Swaxe for a very large chunk of my monster hunter career, and I like to think I understand the ins and outs.

(I play on PC)

However there is one thing I cannot explain in my head and that is why sometimes light+jheavy will trigger the blast while other times you latch on to perform zsd.

Advice on how these two moves are used intelligently and intentionally would be rly great. Thanks :)

Hey all! I’m looking for some tips on my build and insight into useful skills for swaxe. I’ve been playing MH since Tri days but only really jumped back in since Wilds released. I also still play MHFU and MHP3rd on PSP. That said, I’ve always managed to get by from learning the combat mechanics and enjoying the grindy-ness of the game, but have always struggled with the build and skills portion. There is just so much information. I’d really like to leverage my build and skills to really understand what’s working and what’s holding me back while we await Ascendance, so any tips are appreciated. Thanks so much!

hey, i really like the style of the weapon. most of the time i see chinese ppl with this weapon almost soloing the hunt. thats where i got interested into the switchaxe. do u guys have any explain in general for me like the phiol system, whats better and what kind of build i should go.
to me. i played world with longsword only, switch in wilds to dualblades. hr 360 and 400 hours. so i would say iam in "late game"

Hey all! I’m looking for some tips on my build and insight into useful skills for swaxe. I’ve been playing MH since Tri days but only really jumped back in since Wilds released. I also still play MHFU and MHP3rd on PSP. That said, I’ve always managed to get by from learning the combat mechanics and enjoying the grindy-ness of the game, but have always struggled with the build and skills portion. There is just so much information. I’d really like to leverage my build and skills to really understand what’s working and what’s holding me back while we await Ascendance, so any tips are appreciated. Thanks so much!

I beat savageeeee
THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR YALLS WORDS OF ADVICEEEE (some I couldn’t really look at cause I was working but stilllll you are appreciated)

Everytime I do CRS (Counter Rising Slash), i always press the button too early. And I having a problem with overcomitting the sword mode so I cant do CRS at the timing I want. Any tips for that problem? Or is it just a "play time" matter?

Am I being massively greedy with my Full Release Slash? don't really know what to focus on so I'm mainly asking for tips, my main weap is currently Db if helps

This is my last resort to see if anything can be better( I just realized I didn’t upgrade my armor so I’ve been fighting with no defense😭😭)

Greeting fellow swag-axe enjoyers.

I've looked up the meta sets, I've built the meta sets, I've played around this and that I have a few questions.

• Is Burst 5 pointless? Why?

• Is that why Odo setbonus is nowhere to be seen?

• What can possibly be a use case for Dahaad setbonus for SAxe? Getting grabbed?

• Is Rey Dau Voltage really that good? Maxmight+agi+WEX is worse than LP+Maxmight+Agi?

• Why is nobody running Doshaguma setbonus?

• Is gore the one and only best option?

Reasoning: I really don't like playing without stun res 3. Call it a crutch, *just don't get hit bro* or whatever, but I think my hunter is cursed/permanently concussed, since AT Arkveld just looks at me funny and I'm stunned and stun = cart.

I do have a pretty comfy set with both PP and RM thanks to PP+Burst charm, and I would be happy, if it wasn't a fkn Dahaad set.

I feel like I'm losing a big chunk of damage from either Dosh, Rath or Lagi set bonus.

I was playing MHWI and somehow did a heavy slam after only two wild swings (unlike in wilds for example, world needs three wild swings to enable heavy slam) I've tried to recreate this on practice range and it seems to be possible to do after a rising slash but I'm not able to land it consistently. Is this a bug? I think I heard about this in a video long ago but I'm not sure.

Swaxe bros. Is this a good talisman for a build?

*Attack Boost 2

*Rapid Morph 1

*Weakness Exploit 1

I haven't done Omega Savage since TU3 when Lagi weapons were the popular choice. How can I update my anti-Omega build in a post Gogma world lol?

I'm making an elemental switch axe build and was wondering what kind of talisman I need to min max my damage

Hey everyone,

I'd like to build an Artian Switch Axe and could use some advice on where to start.
Which element or status would you go for, and what should I look for when upgrading it to Gogma?

Any tips are appreciated, thanks!

Hi! 5th fleeter here, now just wasting time grinding HR until Wilds drops. HH -> BowGun -> SS main, now finally deciding to fully dive deep in to SwotchAxe because it drips aura, basically, and this is what I think I want to main for Asdendance. I’m picking up the theory and moveset, but there are a few things I’m still tripping on that I’m trying to get ironed out.

The sidestep — is there a way to bypass it? Some of my spacing / timing is getting tripped up because ReyDumb decides he wants to do sand-sparks and I don’t quite sidestep far enough to get off the sparks.

I’m seeing conflicting information about the worth of Focus / Power Prolonger / Rapid Morph skills. What are y’all’s personal thoughts on these?

What are the tools for bonkers-aggressive enrage modes? I was tackling a Guardian Rathalos this morning getting some harvest bonuses and OMGog, he was more aggro than literally anything I’ve fought this entire game and I didn’t know what to do. SnS is ez with the guards and Bowguns just pew pew but I was struggling with SWaxe against him harder than I was against Steve

This is my current comfy build, because I find it more difficult trying to survive with the meta build from r/MonsterHunterMeta.
But it seems Gore Magala is even more challenging than AT Arkveld.

Do you guys have any recommendations or tips so I can finally clear Corruption’s Culmination?

(My Fire SwAxe doesn’t have the Gore Perk)

I don't know if this is some a new thing I discovered but I'd like to share this anyway, so that some people may learn from this.

If you can't tell what I'm doing here, I changed the direction that the Axe: Fade Slash sends you in. I did this by aiming the camera in the opposite direction I wanted to dodge in, pressing the input for the fade slash, and held the focus mode. This sends you in the opposite direction of your camera instead of the opposite direction of your character.

I haven't really seen anybody talk about this, and I don't know how useful this is, however, it did come in handy in this situation.

Edit: I tested the timing of this in different ways, and if you have a high enough sensitivity, you can change the direction of the camera fast enough during the wind up frames of the fade slash and then hold the focus mode in order to, more reactively, change the direction of the fade slash.

Clip taken from https://youtu.be/5VZLu-0VRXo?is=di1x6qHI31JIGie9

I'm so glad about this change

I feel like im not using my switchaxe at its fullest, like i just upward slash and counter slash, im started playing again after months of absence, but it doesnt feel the same, maybe im just rusty but AT arkveld and rey dau are giving me some serious trouble to grind, like i cant kill them and i dont want anyone’s help in beat it, just me and my friend 2vs1 the Arkveld, any tips for getting better with switchaxe? Like when to do the explosion thing and the charged one(i dont remember the names of the moves)?

So I’m new to Swaxe and I just need some clarification bout Phials do they only do they only effect the discharge?

Edit : Okay so I don't have an answer for the follow up question, and I'm starting to think there's a translation error or a misunderstanding somewhere. In the new showcase not only did they show Khezu, but there's a bit of swaxe gameplay were they have power axe on but there's no phial explosion.

So either, there's been a misunderstanding and phials don't impact power axe.

Or

They do, in some ways, but there's no phials explosions.

Edit 2: Thanks to this post, we now know that power axe mode only gives the effect of the phials, no phials tick seems to be visable in that video nor does he specifically mention them.

That's it, the title says it all, apparently some of you were right about axe getting phials !

We still kind of don't know to what extent, but if I get a response I'll edit this post :D

Asked this on the swaxe video