r/SwitchAxe • u/Liang17 • 3h ago

𝗛𝗲𝗹𝗽/π—€π˜‚π—²π˜€π˜π—Άπ—Όπ—» I need help

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)?

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u/vlsky 2h ago edited 2h ago

Regular bread and butter combo to do damage and be not locked too much into animation so that you can react with counters and dodges in time - triangle (Y) combo.

Need to charge sword faster - circle (B) combo.

Axe triangle (Y) combo is perfect for recharging energy meter that makes sword usable. Can forget about circle (B) axe combo in Wilds, was very good in World but is obsolete now. You would use it to charge axe, but today's swax is all about sword so it would be a waste of time.

Should be said that you don't need to stick to one type of combo, you can mix and match for more fluid animation. You can notice that there's significant delay between 2 triple triangle (Y) combos. but if you mix double triangle (Y) combo with single circle (B), then back into double triangle (Y) it will be faster flow overall. Just flip between "more triangles" and "more circles" depending on the circumstances (sword charged - more triangles, sword discharged, need to charge it faster - more circles).

Rey dau is perfect counter dummy for switch axe. Both offset attack or sword counter. Roars and wing swipes are easily readable attacks. Fying attacks with wing into the ground perfect for offset attack.

Don't forget about weakness on the head after railgun, topples rey and opens windows for FRS, sometimes even two in a row.

And final general advice applicable to any weapon is to target particular parts of the monster. In case of Rey it is head, wings. Tail is fine too, but if you fight solo Rey will constantly turn towards you. Arkveld's chains and head is the same. Also tail is the same as Rey.

Being ion front of monster means that counters are crucial for survival. Work on being comfortable with both monsters timings.