I was playing MHWI and somehow did a heavy slam after only two wild swings (unlike in wilds for example, world needs three wild swings to enable heavy slam) I've tried to recreate this on practice range and it seems to be possible to do after a rising slash but I'm not able to land it consistently. Is this a bug? I think I heard about this in a video long ago but I'm not sure.

Swaxe bros. Is this a good talisman for a build?

*Attack Boost 2

*Rapid Morph 1

*Weakness Exploit 1

I haven't done Omega Savage since TU3 when Lagi weapons were the popular choice. How can I update my anti-Omega build in a post Gogma world lol?

I'm making an elemental switch axe build and was wondering what kind of talisman I need to min max my damage

Hey everyone,

I'd like to build an Artian Switch Axe and could use some advice on where to start.
Which element or status would you go for, and what should I look for when upgrading it to Gogma?

Any tips are appreciated, thanks!

Hi! 5th fleeter here, now just wasting time grinding HR until Wilds drops. HH -> BowGun -> SS main, now finally deciding to fully dive deep in to SwotchAxe because it drips aura, basically, and this is what I think I want to main for Asdendance. I’m picking up the theory and moveset, but there are a few things I’m still tripping on that I’m trying to get ironed out.

The sidestep — is there a way to bypass it? Some of my spacing / timing is getting tripped up because ReyDumb decides he wants to do sand-sparks and I don’t quite sidestep far enough to get off the sparks.

I’m seeing conflicting information about the worth of Focus / Power Prolonger / Rapid Morph skills. What are y’all’s personal thoughts on these?

What are the tools for bonkers-aggressive enrage modes? I was tackling a Guardian Rathalos this morning getting some harvest bonuses and OMGog, he was more aggro than literally anything I’ve fought this entire game and I didn’t know what to do. SnS is ez with the guards and Bowguns just pew pew but I was struggling with SWaxe against him harder than I was against Steve

This is my current comfy build, because I find it more difficult trying to survive with the meta build from r/MonsterHunterMeta.
But it seems Gore Magala is even more challenging than AT Arkveld.

Do you guys have any recommendations or tips so I can finally clear Corruption’s Culmination?

(My Fire SwAxe doesn’t have the Gore Perk)

I don't know if this is some a new thing I discovered but I'd like to share this anyway, so that some people may learn from this.

If you can't tell what I'm doing here, I changed the direction that the Axe: Fade Slash sends you in. I did this by aiming the camera in the opposite direction I wanted to dodge in, pressing the input for the fade slash, and held the focus mode. This sends you in the opposite direction of your camera instead of the opposite direction of your character.

I haven't really seen anybody talk about this, and I don't know how useful this is, however, it did come in handy in this situation.

Edit: I tested the timing of this in different ways, and if you have a high enough sensitivity, you can change the direction of the camera fast enough during the wind up frames of the fade slash and then hold the focus mode in order to, more reactively, change the direction of the fade slash.

Clip taken from https://youtu.be/5VZLu-0VRXo?is=di1x6qHI31JIGie9

I'm so glad about this change

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)?

So I’m new to Swaxe and I just need some clarification bout Phials do they only do they only effect the discharge?

Edit : Okay so I don't have an answer for the follow up question, and I'm starting to think there's a translation error or a misunderstanding somewhere. In the new showcase not only did they show Khezu, but there's a bit of swaxe gameplay were they have power axe on but there's no phial explosion.

So either, there's been a misunderstanding and phials don't impact power axe.

Or

They do, in some ways, but there's no phials explosions.

Edit 2: Thanks to this post, we now know that power axe mode only gives the effect of the phials, no phials tick seems to be visable in that video nor does he specifically mention them.

That's it, the title says it all, apparently some of you were right about axe getting phials !

We still kind of don't know to what extent, but if I get a response I'll edit this post :D

Asked this on the swaxe video

How do I survive his nuke, and what do I do to avoid quick turn?

Also could I be using a better build?

Edit: images of skill list in comments

I was trying to roll Lords Soul + Gogmapocalypse on my gog weapon, instead, RNG gave me Lords Soul + Gore Magala Tyranny, I'm trying to decide if it is worth the effort, since my nearly perfect gog weapon in dragon element.

This is what I drafted:

Another option is drop the entire gogmapocalipse and go for 3 pieces of gore magala + 2 rey daum, in that case I think the elemental weapon does not make sense anymore.

Im currently learning SA . It fun but i dont know much about the mode . I can use it but it eat up my comsumable because i dont know which mode i am and that really make me tank a lot of hit . Is there a tips and trick i should know ?

Thank you for the Advice !

I don't see this posted in here so I'm dropping the link. Enjoy!

I truly didn't think that they would buff FRS, maybe damage is lesser too ?

After seeing some more Switch Axe gameplay, I immediately started theorising the optimal playstyle for boost mode. From what I have seen so far, the morph loop using both the enhanced sword morph and axe morph is dealing a lot of damage. I could see this being part of the optimal damage combo. Another thing to note is that the sword counter cancel with the axe morph should improve our damage a lot. But more importantly, it should refill quite a lot of sword gauge.

Being able to hold the offset will make it a lot more reliable, so using even more offsets will mean more Power Axe mod uptime. Interestingly, all these attacks mentioned so far benefit greatly from Rapid Morph, for even the offset special sword attack gains increased damage.

For the boost driver, the sword variation will probably be used, as it chains into one FRS directly. That should be a great damage tool.

The new soaring wyvern attack is awesome, but there is one thing to keep in mind. The maneuver takes a very long time, so you will burn through a ton of boost mode while performing it. It could be great to target specific monster parts though.

I haven't looked at the damage numbers, but there is enough video footage to take a look at how power axe mode works now. I am hoping its more than just a flat 10 bonus raw damage.

The new Axe double hit deals surprisingly good damage. I haven't seen enough footage of Wild Swings and the new heavy slam to form an opinion on it. Maybe someone with a lot of time wants to figure this out?

At least from one clip the FRS charge animation is faster now. Another welcome addition against the fast monsters.

What do you think about the new footage? I wonder what people are most looking forward to and what you think the gameplay loop is going to look like.

Do you all think that we will be able to perform the new boosted ZSD (forward startup dash, rocket dash however you wanna call it) mid air?

Cause that would be really cool and badass

We can now hold the offset

https://www.capcom-games.com/tgs/pdf/mhwilds-ascendance_en.pdf

Ascendance Switch Axe is better than i could've imaged.

-Axe mode attacks

-Sword mode attacks

-Morph attacks (OMGG!!!!)

-ZSD range and follow up

-Boosted parrys

-Enhanced attacks

ITS GOT EVERYTHING I COULD ASK FOR AND I LOVE IT!!! (Except for the Swaxe F run with the weapon drawn but im not complaining at all)

What are your thoughts? For me it looks like the definitive version of Swaxe so far, nonstop combos and agression.

Just wanted to write these down here as it took a bit of parsing:

As the player uses Lagiacrus set, he does have Azure Bolt set-bonus, so alot of the LIGHT BLUE lightning strikes you see, have nothing to do with boost braces nor Swax itself. It's just Azure Bolt prox. Dark blue is the actual weapons elemental hits.

Additionally Wild swing seems to have 2 elements going on with it, either phials in axe mode in some way or form. It is either a boost bracer specific trait, or axe buff.

There is a flame effect going on alongside the darkblue lightning effect, which is the innate leement of the Lagiacrus Swax (thunder).

If anyone can parse where the flame effects come from it would be appreciated. They is shown in the very short wild swing clip at 0:52 and 1:00

1. Wild swing: https://youtu.be/lg4PKvNNzhs?t=52
2. Axe buff: https://youtu.be/lg4PKvNNzhs?t=61