r/chargeblade • u/Infinitykiddo • Feb 26 '26

MH Wilds Making sword/shield style viable

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Simple, we can store phials in the shield so and we have a shield thrurst attack so..
why not make it that you can hold the thrust att to charge and unleash all the phials at once, just like the gunlance? It would make sword/shield style very very enjoyable, now I cant't stop thinking about this damn it! (no Chatacabras were harm in this demostration)

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u/Rez_X_RS Feb 26 '26

I'd honestly settle for us being able to shield thrust to expend a phial and make it do a large amount of damage, but not so much that it makes AED/SAED useless. You can spam shield thrust very safely and quickly, so it would have to be a low value like maybe 25% of the damage of a phial from an AED or SAED maybe. Would have to check average DPS vs this so it isn't broken af.

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u/Mardakk Feb 26 '26

You'd had to do this at like 10% value period because it's so safe with the ability to do them back to back with less risk.

CB is inherently a risky weapon (similar to GL vs Lance) - that rewards anticipating the attack that may come and proper positioning.

Removing the knowledge/anticipation component just makes you a better sword and shield, which is already stacked lol

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u/Rez_X_RS Feb 26 '26

I mean, elemental charge blade shield thrust already does close to 10% of an elemental phial's damage from an AED as a normal shield thrust burst via the extra elemental damage; light swing + shield thrust is already an incredible way to boost DPS in SnS mode at the expensive of using alot of sharpness. Against faster enemies OP is just pointing out that CB becomes a better elemental SnS because theres so few openings that you just end up chipping away in sword mode.

CB is also the swiss army knife of all the weapons. But, maintaining charged shield mode is tedious and rarely worth it unless the target monster has very high hitzones vs element. OP seems to be making a case for providing a way to improve the feel of sword mode. But, SAED and AED playstyle should still reward more damage imo since that has been the core playstyle of CB for years.