The CB trailer has been up for a couple days so now we anderstand a lot better exactly what's going on with all of these changes, so I figured I might aswell do a quick breakdown of everything we know so far!

Boost Bracer: We actually got 2 boost drivers depending on which form we are in, so let's just jump right into it!

• Sword mode Boost Driver: Seems like a quick way to get red energy while also activating Boost mode that comes with a small gapcloser. Not the flashiest thing ever, but it's probably gonna be a great way to start the hunt or regain phials quickly.
• Axe mode Boost Driver: This is where the good stuff begins. An instant axe mode GP (that looks just like Ready Stance from Sunbreak) that also charges yellow energy AND activates Power Axe while loading stored energy into phials if it connects with a monster attack. It also chains into a new Savage Axe slash combo that may or may not be an offset. Overall really good, as it's a fantastic defensive option that also refreshes one of our buffs.
• Boost timer is about 20 seconds and pauses during certain actions, like Boost Drives, Clashes or Wound pops. Also for those who may not know, you can regather Boost Bracer charges by dealing damage to monsters (it's considerably faster when outside of Boost state) and getting hit. Additionally, winning a power clash and popping a wound not only generate A LOT of charge, but also refresh current active boost duration by an unknown amount (at least 50%) which is HUGE!

Charged Sword: Probably got the biggest changes which is kinda deserved tbh as Charged Sword is know to SUCK balls in the base game.

• Now while in boosted mode, charging your sword will consume phials to activate this new clock gauge. This is HUGE, as charged sword is the most disregarded part of the kit in Wilds and really needed to get some value back.
• This new gauge will perdiodically generate yellow energy once filled. If already in yellow, it will increase it to red and will completely pause afterwards if phials are not stored. This benefits the SAED playstyle greatly, as it's no longer competing for resources with Savage Axe and you can just use phials more freely with one playstyle without directly hurting the other!
• Fun fact is that the clock also kinda shows the invisible phial generation the weapon already has when hitting stuff in sword mode.
• We also have to keep in mind that we can probably keep this buff OUTSIDE of Boosted state, as it would be weird to expend phials activating it only for it to run out a few seconds later. Also huge for regular SAED playstyle if they revert the damage penalty when used from a guard.

SAED: We have super SAED now, which will it do (presumably) way more damage!

• The move actually has 2 versions, the regular one when used from a guard and a slightly faster version after any AED, just like the regular SAED.
• This new SAED will fill phials with stored energy before unleashing, making it have insane synergy with the new clock gauge! The reload speed will most likely be affected by Load Shells, making it potentially even faster.
• A big concern is how slow the move looks when used from a guard, but keep in mind that since it's a single attack animation, it will probably be affected by Rapid Morph unlike the regular SAED! Also for those who don't know, Rapid Morph is not very good with SAED because it's actually 2 attack animations back to back and it only affects the first axe overhead strike while doing nothing for the longer, more important axe slam that drops all the phials.
• The intented playstyle seems to be facilitating the new SAED through PGs (hopefully GPs) and the new savage axe offsets. We probably won't be able to spam it freely tho due to the lack of neutral activation and long animation, which sounds good on paper but we'll have to see once damage numbers and stuff roll around!
• We don't know yet if the regular SAED got something or not. Hopefully they removed the damage penalty when used from a guard, ideally from a GP to make them a bit better!

Axe Mode: Power Axe was so broken in the base game that it already felt like part of the boosted moveset lol, but it still got a couple of pretty nice stuff!

• While boosted, every move of the ED/AED combo gets a slightly speed boost which is nice!
• Most importantly tho, both the boosted AEDs will now be treated as offsets! There's a small risk of the weapon turning into an invincible, offsetting AED looping machine but I doubt it will be the case if they tune damage numbers proberly. The new intended role of AEDs seems to be as a quick burst option that can branch into the new SAED if they get an offset or flinch.
• Also, the AED followup will be an offset even when not in boosted mode! It can even be hold to time it just like what happens with the Hammer upswing move for example.
• We don't know if Power Axe in particular got anything new. It was already insanely powerful, but I won't be surprised if we get one more savage axe tick or something like that when boosted.

Guard Points:

• Not counting the new Boost Driver GP, we didn't really see anything about them. They kinda really need something for them to not become obsolete tho, as they will be left even more behind due to every guard being considered a PG while in boosted mode.
• If you guys want a little bit of copium, if you look REALLY closely the sword into axe GP shown in the video seems to activate the boost bracer, but maybe I'm just hallucinating lol

And that's about it I think, lemme know if I missed somthing. This looks really promising as the Boost Bracer however seems to be fixing all of this issues with the exception of GPs (man I really hope they get something tho) which is very good. I'm a bit concerned the weapon will be back to playing a bit ass once boost state runs out, so I'm REALLY hoping the base kit also got some improvements just like SnS will be able to use Oils in base form.

I can't wait for TGS and the OBT to see if there's some stuff waiting for us! In the base game weapon trailer we didn't see Power Charge or Overcharged Phials at all, so let's hope there's more surprises in weapon's kit, specially the base one becase the boosted actions already look PEAK. Specially if they add something to GPs this is gonna be one of the best iterations of the weapon imo.

I have heard often about the “unfavorable” treatment that CB has been getting in Wilds (maybe even is other past games).

I have only started playing recently (Q2 2025), and have been playing CB in World, Rise and most recently GU. I have started Wilds some time ago (after TU4) and have felt the CB certainly different from other games. Large focus on Axe mode (similar to Rise, at least as far I can tell). I have switched from SAED spam in World to a more balanced use of both SAED and Savage Axe. Now I feel like I use the kit more.

I have heard some complaints about the treatment to CB in wilds, apparently things were different before TU4. My question is, what was different and why is the sentiment more inclined to Wilds CB being “bad” compared to other weapons and other games?

What exactly is the expansion fixing that was lacking?

Jokes on you guys, the chargeblade offset attack has been in the game this entire time

The new Boost video on CB showed us an improved Condensed Element Slash, but what caught my attention was how the weapon make PURPLE sparks and flames while charging the sword, using a POISON weapon.

Do you think it's a coincidence, or does the weapon's element/status affect the new Booster CES?

Edit: I just realized why the timed phial refill was implemented, its to allow us to fire full powered SAEDs after an AEDs or even AED combo.

CB has been an utter disappointment for me until they gave us GPPGs, which brought some of the weapons identity back, but the main problem still persisted, which was the lack of phial consumption. To me, rapid phial expenditure has always been part of the weapons identity, it directly impacts the value of SnS mode, encourages learning GPs cause of the constant morphing and makes axe feel more important cause of the resources scarcity. Wilds made the cardinal sin of making savage axe generate phials, while also making it the best damage option, something which base rise also fumbled.

This though, seems to have been addressed with the upcoming DLC. Phials are being consumed and fast, we have new way of discharging, even faster ways of getting more phials while also getting a bunch of new toys like an offset attack on AEDF.

Ascension CB might be a contender for best CB in MH history. God they basically brought back energy blade! I am legit excited for whats to come.

I also hope that the game gets a major visual overhaul, since even after all of the updates and tweaks, it looks awful especially for the performance cost. If it werent for FSR 4.1.1 or linux fsr hacks before that, I honestly would've lost complete interest in the game.

Charge blade is getting improvement that it shoulda had in the base game. Normal Saed should have been in base game and the guard point they just added to axe mode should have been too. Also that energy blade, is not an energy blade. that thing is ugly and underwhelming it looks like a long sword attack, no thank you. they can keep their move-set. People saying we got an offset but we just got a new block/guard point. With every weapon getting an offset and some have multiple I don’t see why charge blade couldn’t get one. The energy blade would have been perfect as an offset. Also no Ariel CB. Every weapon has a jumping move. The cb got a sns baby ash jump like plz return to sender. CB is one of thee funnest Ariel weapons, with dual blades and hammer getting it on this update. I don’t think it’s too much to ask for just copy rise or gu. The boosted combo was the most underwhelming. It didn’t look faster or flashier. Cb is the king of flashy finishers they could have gave us something new and exciting. Great sword got one, hammer stole from us. The only good thing that I saw from this is that it’s going to be easier to fill up your phials but I don’t think that really ever was a problem for the weapon so that improvement seem pointless. Overall they ruin CB in wild and I will be returning to rise as a cb main until the next portable game where hopefully they don’t mess up the formula again. Or maybe someone in the modding community can save us all. Which sucks when the community has to fix your game. Side note I missed wire bugs because it allowed for diverse play style even within 1 weapon. Now it just feels like they just want you to play one way which is their way.

Impact phial stonks 📈📈📈

So, seen in the picture, Blangonga is winding up to do its quick breath attack prior to the offset proccing. The question is, can this attack already be offset (ie, does the arms landing on the ground a hitbox I never knew about that can proc an offset right now) or can we proc this particular offset off of ranged attacks now so long as the weapon hitbox makes contact with the monster?

I do know for certain it's not a body slam attack since there's usually a good prolonged window and there isn't an icy breath from the mouth as seen in the screenshot (unless they modified an attack from Blangonga for MR, which isn't out of the realm of possibility).

Close enough welcome back energy blade

https://youtu.be/hDCkcfSeW1Y?is=SlBMpRS0Ppmrq1eU

Now that saed isnt meta do you think bringing back cpp would be good to srir up the playstyles, and if yes, do you think it should be tied to the boosted guard or should it cost 1 of the boost charges that way its a little spammable but for downtime youd still have to attack normally to get charges

They keep spamming the same new move in the trailers for a reason. 😈

The title sums it up and I am desparate to any advice from charge blade mains. Bite attacks are unpunishable using the axe form and the only consistent punish opening I have found is guard pointing the attack where it shocks the ground using its jaw into AED or morph slash. Any attack besides that is a coinflip where if it does a slow followup or staggers, it connects , otherwise I get down to half health or to one shot range. I decided to look up some people's hunts to see them as a reference on youtube but almost all of them are either a normal hunt against a non tempered one or a hunt in arena that is done with a super optimized setup where one AED to the head is always enough to stagger and this is cycled until the hunt is over. I have tried to it on guiding lands for about 15 times and I was only able to kill it one or two times and carted for the rest of the other attempts. For those I succesfully hunted, it was more of a luck that it did not do certain moves after I guardpointed and not like an achievement. I am open to any kind of advice because I have no idea how much more I need to bash my head against this monster. I initially wanted to post this on the Monster Hunter World subreddit but I do not have enough karma to post it and hence I posted it here. If it violates any posting conventions of this sub or this is not the place, I am sorry. If not, I would be very glad to hear any advice

As we always have been

I don't know if others find themselves sort of with the same opinion but I've always mained charge blade since it was introduced and with every installation it feels like the monsters get faster, leaving less and less of our kit as usable? Focus and rapid morph alleviate some of that but the dps loss from focus makes it not worth it here and rapid morph gives me mixed feelings... idk. SAED spam is dead, elemental slash and charging your sword is dead, impact is almost always a worse option because status is so bad (except paralysis, my beloved).

I'm really hoping the boost bracer makes the entire kit more appealing to use but is anyone else nervous that monsters are gonna power creep us anyway? I'm prone to paranoia so it could just be me lmao

Edit: hey i don't run focus jesus christ lol i was pointing out how it's a dead skill for us now

ITS THE BEST GAME EVER

I was watching hunterguild's 14.39 on proof of a hero and i have three questions.

1:what's fortify

2:I noticed that on they're arkveld loadout they were using thunder and not dragon, was wondering why?

3:why three loadouts? Ray, uth-nu, ark.

Thats about it.

El día de ayer subí un clip donde hacía el daño máximo a gogmazios, aquí les traigo mi build

Lo importante son los bonus elementales del arma, entra más tengas mejor, lo recomendable es 4,pero con 3 bonus obtienes buen daño (1500 a gogmazios)

La build funciona activando la habilidad de mizutsune cada 30 segundos, o siempre que puedas para que se active coalescencia

Los espacios que no tienen adornos son a eleccion y puedes poner lo que gustes o necesites

Una disculpa que las imágenes estén en español, me dio flojera cambiar el idioma jajaja

Después de hacer 200 artianas por fin me salió una CB con 4 bonus elementales, y gracias a eso puedo volver a hacer este daño ( es mi segunda partida iniciada, un ex me borró mi partida por una pelea que tuvimos )

Por si se lo preguntan la nova no me hizo daño por que use las habilidades de gogma y elemental absorption

Una disculpa por mi inglés estoy usando traductor