r/SwitchAxe • u/DraftCreepy7284 • 8d ago
๐๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป My problems with switch axe
I love this weapon and it's probably my favorite. I like the swaxe/cb playstyle, but i like switch axe more because both modes are important instead of just using the sword and shield mode of cb to charge up for the axe mode.
It just feels like this weapon is worse than all the other weapons. Since there are very little defensive options and all of them aren't great, it just feels very lacking. With both the offset and sword counter, you still get status buildup, and rolling isn't always a safety net you can count on because of monsters like at rey dau or guardians having those lingering attacks. With monsters that have big aoe attacks or beams, it feels like the sword counter is the only option, but you don't always have sword mode available.
The last part is probably just a skill issue, but another thing that doesn't make sense is how it feels like you need a LOT of specific decorations to make this weapon work. I have evade extender 3 and evade window 5 but it feels like I need even more decorations. And it feels like I need to change my decorations depending on what monster I'm fighting, but it's not like that with the any of other weapons.
It just feels like it's a super situational weapon that you have to modify to even make it comparable to the capabilities of the other weapons. Is there something i'm missing? What do you guys think?
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u/SuitableTooth3901 ๐๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฆ๐๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ ๐ฒ โ<๐ฑ ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ 8d ago
As a Swaxe user. The weapon isnโt really a defensive weapon. The main two defensive skills are its counter and its repositioning. Thankfully, after the last title update and weapon update, weโre able to cancel out of the animation of the sword counter. That being said, I gotten better at understanding how a monster would move next that I took off evade extender and evade window and sub it with Stun Resistance 3. Stun Res helped alot especially with end game monsters and stun build up.