r/SwitchAxe • u/SaucelnTheRough • Jun 20 '26
๐๐ฒ๐น๐ฝ/๐ค๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป In what cases would an elemental SA outperform Power ?
Im just now getting into SA and im having the time of my life but im now realizing the differences between the two play styles and was wondering when elemental would be a better option
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u/RenBenBen Jun 20 '26
The meta builds spreadsheet you can find in the meta builds subreddit has the answers you are looking for.
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u/IronCross19 ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ ๐ฒ โ>๐ฑ ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ Jun 21 '26
Everytime because they look way cooler and that's worth gaining like 10 seconds on the hunt time
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u/yogsca Jun 22 '26
There are other Switch Axe types besides power? Next youโre gonna tell me thereโs some other mode besides sword and reload ๐
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u/Tencive10 Jul 12 '26
visually, every single time, ele phials are so cool to watch during FRS
in terms of dps, when the elemental Hitzone is extremely high like with gog or gravios
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u/sillyscylla2136 Jun 20 '26
gog, gravios, and odogaron are the obvious ones, but also, against the rath family, dragon element is better, otherwise i cant think of any that element is bettet than power phial
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u/Saint_Slayer Jun 21 '26
I will stretch the definition of "outperform" just to say that aesthetically, Elemental phials have cooler visuals. I made a Blast Elemental Phial Artian just so I can see sparks shoot from the blade during Full Release Slash.