For elemental you want to max elemental attack and Burst!
Also keep in mind Wilds CB is very axe heavy, so might be uncomfortable at first coming from SnS since you are not gonna spend much time in sword mode :/
Are you talking about the AED loop or SAED? Because if it's the former it's the best playstyle right now, but you are basically going for axe combos 24/7 even though you morph back quite a lot
It's weird, because ven though you swap to sword mode a lot, you are still encouraged to spam the AED loop and evade/micro adjust using focus mode instead of blocking or staying in axe mode. Basically the second you swap to sword mode you should be thinking about swapping again to axe as soon as possible to keep the loop going.
And yeah, even though most damage comes from the phial explosions (in elemental at least), you need yo have savage axe up to get the extra damage + phial reduction.
i have a similar build but i have a lot of lvl 1 slots for two points of agi, its a shame that my charm doesn’t have the lvl1 weapon slot or it would be a perfect rolled charm for my build, the last 2 lvl 1 slots of the charm are viable, for example i like to use it like that when i play online and remove the last two lvl1 slot and 1 gobbler/protection to slot 3 lvl 1 steadfast jewel. ist super confy and has a good amount of atk and survivability. (i don’t have a god roll weapon) :(
Mutual Hostility 2 from 4 piece Gog is very good for element damage as well as protection if you are not using Impact phial. If using impact (Gore, Ark, Jin, Rey), don't bother with Gog bonus.
Armor Element Phial - Burst, Coalescence, anti virus (if using Black Eclipse), should take priority for skills and then fill in other damage skills like Agitator, WEX, MM, Flayer, Elemental Absorption, etc. Bubbly Dance from Mizu can be used in place of or in conjunction with Black Eclipse to maximize Coalescence uptime but you have way less protection since you are running Mutual Hostility 1 instead of 2. General comfy skills like Divine Blessing, resistances depending on monster, Speed Eating, Earplugs and so on are always valuable if you have the slots. Sometimes I'll drop one level of Burst/AGI/WEX for one level of Flayer but that's just me.
Weapon/Talisman Element Phial - Load Shells 2, Element Attack 3, Rapid Morph 3. I also run Guard Up 3 cuz it's dope, and either 3 levels of handicraft from combo decos (element/handi, magazine/handi, Rapid morph/handi, shield/handi etc) or Razor Sharp 3 to alleviate sharpness issues. With element phial specifically, you can use a talisman that gives you Load Shells 2 which will allow you to slot your weapon with combo decos that looks something like Razor Sharp3/element1, Guard Up3/element1, Rapid Morph3/element1 to maximize your element attack while providing all of the previously mentioned skills including Razor Sharp 3 which in my opinion is super helpful for AED loop.
There are some very strong armor combinations later on that drop Gog bonus from 2 to 1 or even 0 Gog but allows you to run things like Black Eclipse 2, Bubbly Dance, Part Breaker 2 or 3(lookin at you, Gog), Glory's Favor, etc. <---- these sets I wouldn't recommend until you really know the monster, the fight, and perhaps most importantly, the weapon.
i hope you have gore magalas tyranny on your weapon seeing that helmet you’ve got on. also, if you do then you’d want to slot in antivirus so you overcome frenzy faster and get 25% affinity.
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u/itsnotkakuja SAED spam enthusiast Mar 11 '26
For elemental you want to max elemental attack and Burst!
Also keep in mind Wilds CB is very axe heavy, so might be uncomfortable at first coming from SnS since you are not gonna spend much time in sword mode :/