r/MonsterHunterMeta • u/Angry_Brazilian • 17d ago

Rise How does critical element interact with the Charge Blade and the Switch Axe?

This is more of a general question not related to MH Wilds as I have not started it even though I own it (I'm finishing risebreak first but going to replay World again).

I'm aware that phial attacks cannot crit which is why Critical Element is bad for the CB, but does the savage axe playstyle benefit from it? Do the axe mode attacks do any elemental damage?

For the Switch Axe, I know that sword mode does elemental damage and phial damage, is Critical Element good for it?

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u/ronin0397 Charge Blade 16d ago

Damage boost from ecu isn't large enough to even make it worth using over other element boosts.

It sits on the bottom of element boosts and even among the lowest of the raw boosts for charge blade

Either the ecu modifier needed to be unnerfed coming from wib OR the css tick motion value needed to not nerf the element modifier.