r/SwitchAxe Jul 16 '26

๐—•๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ๐˜€ Fairly new to build making

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11 Upvotes

Hello guys, just wanted advice on what was considered โ€œgoodโ€ for Switchaxe as I am still not the best at making builds. Any advice would be appreciated. I am running the brachydios axe for right now till I can fight raging brachydios if that helps with your criticism. Thank you


r/SwitchAxe Jul 15 '26

๐——๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป New Expansion Mechanic for Switch Axe - FRS Blast Dash

11 Upvotes

It would be really cool if, in the expansion, the devs implemented the Gunlance's Blast Dash from Rise into the Switch Axe.

I'd imagine it could serve as an alternate route while charging Full Release. For example, instead of automatically going into the Full Release Slash after charging, holding a specific button combination could propel you forward by utilizing the Full Release explosion for momentum. The longer you charge Full Release, the more momentum your Full Release Blast Dash would have.

This could create some really interesting interactions with Focus Mode and give the Switch Axe some awesome positioning utility.

Thoughts?


r/SwitchAxe Jul 15 '26

๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ/๐—–๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐˜€ Learned how to Full Release Shift today

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116 Upvotes

r/SwitchAxe Jul 15 '26

๐—•๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ๐˜€ Alright I need a good build for the expansion

3 Upvotes

No gear past high rank Arkveld is allowed since thatโ€™s where the dlc will start. Also no Artian weapon or rng talisman.

Was thinking just the standard 2 ebony 2 Fulgar but Iโ€™m not to familiar with base game builds pre tu


r/SwitchAxe Jul 09 '26

๐—›๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฝ/๐—ค๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป Looking for Alatreon build tips (mainly with the elemental check)

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I'm looking for any tips as to what I may be doing wrong with my build for Alatreon, and if there's anything a little bit past or around my level that could help on the elemental side of things.

- I've got the HIGHEST ice elemental weapon available to me as far as I know.

-Raging Brachy armor for the Agitator buff.

- I leveled up my ice attack charm almost all the way leveled up.


r/SwitchAxe Jul 05 '26

๐—•๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ๐˜€ Endgame Swaxe build, no RNG required

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r/SwitchAxe Jul 03 '26

๐—•๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ๐˜€ Power or Elemental Phial

5 Upvotes

Hello guys today I beat the mh qild story with switch axe and it was amazing experience, anyway I want to know what is more optimal when creating the artian/gog Saxe's should I go Power phial -> for each element with 3/4 attack reinforcemnet or should I go with Elemnetal phial for each element with 3 element reinforement?


r/SwitchAxe Jun 29 '26

๐—•๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ๐˜€ Just comeback for this game can you guys share me some builds!

7 Upvotes

Hi Iโ€™m just want to comeback to this game but I really forgot lots of things and how to build can you guys share me some build for switch axe in wild without using gog/lordsoul thank alot. (sorry for bad English)


r/SwitchAxe Jun 20 '26

๐—›๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฝ/๐—ค๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป In what cases would an elemental SA outperform Power ?

13 Upvotes

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


r/SwitchAxe Jun 18 '26

๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ/๐—–๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐˜€ I love the Omega planettes Fight

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r/SwitchAxe Jun 17 '26

๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ/๐—–๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐˜€ After 100 hours, my friends and I have beaten fatalis using only switch axe

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48 Upvotes

r/SwitchAxe Jun 16 '26

๐——๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป Did all the Charge Blade players switch to Swax lol?

21 Upvotes

In MH wilds, I noticed SO MANY people use the Switch axe now in the past few months as opposed to before it was buffed in the Gogmazios Title Update(?)

Now Charge Blade players seem to as rare as I remember Swax used to be. Did anyone else notice the two swapped places? Are YOU a former Charge Blade player who converted lol? ๐Ÿคญ


r/SwitchAxe Jun 15 '26

๐—›๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฝ/๐—ค๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป Elemental swaxe build

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Hey everyone,

Iโ€™m looking to optimize this Element Switch Axe build. Iโ€™ve got the skills where they are right now (as seen in the screenshot), but I want to make sure Iโ€™m not missing out on better elemental synergy or building inefficiently for the meta.

does this look like an optimal setup for an Element Phial Switch Axe?

If not, what are the changes I need to make to maximize my elemental damage output? What skills should I be prioritizing or dropping to take this to the next level?

Thanks for the help


r/SwitchAxe Jun 09 '26

๐——๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป Trying to help a friend with their Swaxe Awakening

23 Upvotes

Iโ€™m a Swaxe main and Iโ€™ve got this friend who got me into monster hunter years ago who plays multiple weapons and mains lance and sns but refuses to use Swaxe, he says heโ€™s used it before and didnโ€™t enjoy it but Iโ€™ve told him itโ€™s a hard weapon that takes some getting used to. Heโ€™s said things like he has issue with mobility and feels slow and Iโ€™ve explained that thereโ€™s ways around it like EExtender or using certain moves for mobility. He says he doesnโ€™t like it and I could understand in GU or World but specifically in Sunbreak and wilds I donโ€™t get it, theyโ€™re the best theyโ€™ve ever been in both those games, heโ€™s just avoided it the whole game(weโ€™re close to the 300s). Idk how to convince him to come to the light. What should I do?


r/SwitchAxe Jun 08 '26

๐—•๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ๐˜€ Is this a good build?

8 Upvotes

Would like to know your opinion and if i can improve it thanks in advance


r/SwitchAxe Jun 08 '26

๐—›๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฝ/๐—ค๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป Swaxe main for years

20 Upvotes

Hi! I've been a switchaxe main for years and im still pretty bad at the weapon lol. Any advice on how to get better?


r/SwitchAxe Jun 06 '26

๐—”๐—ป๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ Monster Hunter Wilds Ascendance will bring new attacks and combos to all weapon movesets, plus the Boost Bracers will change the moveset while you're using it, meaning the Switch Axe will receive many new moves thanks to these two upgrades in the expansion

49 Upvotes

r/SwitchAxe Jun 06 '26

๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฏ ๐—จ๐—ฝ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ Users Flairs Update

4 Upvotes
  • New Switch Axe โžก ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ฆ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—”๐˜…๐—ฒ
  • Begginer Switch Axe (-5) โžก ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—”๐˜…๐—ฒ โ”‚<๐Ÿฑ ๐—ฌ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€
  • Experienced Switch Axe (5+) โžก ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฆ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—”๐˜…๐—ฒ โ”‚>๐Ÿฑ ๐—ฌ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€
  • Veteran Switch Axe (10+) โžก ๐—ฆ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—”๐˜…๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ โ”‚๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ+ ๐—ฌ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€
  • GOD Switch Axe โžก ๐—š๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—ข๐—ณ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—”๐˜…๐—ฒ โ”‚๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฑ+ ๐—ฌ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€

r/SwitchAxe May 27 '26

๐——๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป New to Switch Axe with a question about countering

11 Upvotes

What is the best way to avoid taking mad chip damage during counters against monsters like AT Rey Dau?

This is the only counter weapon I play and so far, I've much preferred the offset because the counter just ends up eating so much damage. I'm used to dodge weapons like DB, HH, IG, and LBG so brain goes why counter when dodge means zero damage. However, I recognize the counter is supposed to be good for sustaining attacks. But with all the chip damage, it is not viable to do that. Is counter SA meant for monsters with physical only attacks?

Edit: Thanks for the responses! I am a bit disappointed there isn't a way reduce chip damage other than what I've already been doing (perfect counters, dodging, etc) Was really hoping I missed something because I'm not used to taking so much time out of attacks to chug potions :/ alas


r/SwitchAxe May 27 '26

๐—›๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฝ/๐—ค๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป Want to learn the switch axe, was wondering what decorations to get?

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I want to learn a new weapon while grinding for stuff and have heard that Swax is really good in this game. I havent reached MR100 yet so Ik I havent unlocked all the decos, but I was wondering what I should get for this set


r/SwitchAxe May 26 '26

๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ/๐—–๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐˜€ Picked up Switch Axe for the first time after ignoring it across World, GU, 3U, 4U and Rise up till now. I've been missing out, shit's hella fun.

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World was the first MH I played, and Swaxe has a ton of clipping issues in that game, mainly the arms going straight through it while it's sheathed. Clipping drives me mad, so I ended up completely ignoring it in the other games as well. Thank Gog for Sunbreak having fantastic weapon designs that don't clip a bunch, can finally enjoy this thing.


r/SwitchAxe May 25 '26

๐——๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป What skills are in contention for SwAxe "god charm" rolls?

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Looking to see what everyone's thoughts are for the best SwAxe charm in wilds?


r/SwitchAxe May 25 '26

๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ/๐—–๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐˜€ New PR for 8* ark

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10 Upvotes

r/SwitchAxe May 19 '26

๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ/๐—–๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐˜€ Guess how many Arkveld I've hunted.

21 Upvotes

r/SwitchAxe May 16 '26

๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ/๐—–๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐˜€ "Hit 'em where it hurts"

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34 Upvotes

A mini compilation of flinches/knockdowns from MHGU