A Beginner's Guide to Switch Axe | MHW: Iceborne [PC]

[@cocopuffs7465]

One more tip.. After you finish the mount you can clutch claw from mid air to the monster to get off an immediate ZSD.

[@chasospeaks6484]

How?

[@dregnoff9361]

This was REALLY well made. Nice and informative while not being 45 mins long.

[@MattLeIdjut]

To be fair, most tutorials for weapons are that long because weapons in this game are just that in depth. I watched a nearly 30 minute video just on guard points for CB and I learned SO MUCH.

[@zaheedjaffer3583]

nice guide. You forgot to mention that during ZSD you gain 4 levels of earplugs. It is recommended that you at least put 1 earplug jewel in your build to allow uninterrupted ZSD on monsters

[@affegpus4195]

Really? Dang now thats important info

[@Baseball4mnstarz]

First place i've seen this. You the man!

[@0pine0]

All the SA guides I've seen so far use the controller layout for teaching movesets. Finally i found one that uses mouse+keyboard 😭 thank you for this!

[@CrauGaming]

not that hard to think of it in the other setup, i personally have never used keyboard and mouse and never will, but left click = Y or Triangle, right click = B or Circle, ctrl I would assume is the block skill so RT or equivalent of a PS controller (id guess r2)

[@RoosSkywalker]

@@CrauGaming The fact that you to guess kinda proves the point.

[@kalaka1582]

Who tf plays this game on keyboard and mouse hahaha

[@RMeitzen]

@@kalaka1582 Well I do, I can't fathom playing this on a joystick.

[@grodd2040]

@@RMeitzen I can't fathom how you can use a longsword on keyboard and mouse.

[@QuadraticSquared]

A few other tips: - You have a natural 4 points of earplugs when doing ZSD. This means you only need one point of it to stay on during roars. - ZSD benefits greatly from mantles and health regen which allow you to take damage while staying on the monster to keep the ZSD going. - Tool Specialist Secret (with Fatalis or Luna set bonus) is excellent for switchaxe because it cuts mantle cooldowns in half, allowing almost a huge amount of uptime between temporal and iron mantle for safe ZSD spam.

[@quanghuypham5098]

Useful tips. Thank sir!

[@hengkyleonhart]

Mounting with SA don't usually fully charge amp meter, unless you use focus or hit another monster/corpses (yes weird i know) while finishing zsd. Also different phial have different amp meter to fully enter amped state, power phial have the most hit required while dragon phial is the least. Advance tips from me : 1. Whenever you see ledge or climbable wall, feel free to use all of the sword guage and quickly recharge with jumping morph attack. 2. If you see somewhere you can slide, use jumping morph attack and you can easily mount anything (preferably you to hit the head it's usually instant mount). 3. This wasn't explained in the video but while zsd you gain earplug +4 so if you add another earplug then you can withstand any roar without being interrupted. 4. Not always the best case, but if you do zsd spam strat it's best if you let go before final explosion to prevent very long finishing animation. I always finish between 11-13 tick at max. 5. Fast way building amped meter combo, heavensward flurry > side hop > double slash or heavensward flurry > normal elemental discharge > in the middle of elemental discharge perform a clutch claw. 6. No, artillery doesn't work for SA, stop asking. Yes it's include felyne bombardier. SA don't need those skill since it's already have a very big PP. 7. Amped axe doesn't increase damage, but what it does is increase partbreak and flinch damage roughly 27% (according to reddit) and you can stack it with partbreaker skill. Will add more if i remember anything :)

[@kilivanjg2813]

Great additional Tips!

[@dobs491]

Switching mains from Charge Blade to Switch Axe. Definitely a huge help. Thanks!

[@longo8511]

Same

[@ChristopherG]

Since a lot seem to miss it: For the Axe Mode: When you Press Mouse (or Triangle) just before the first wild swing ends and the hunter turns red, you can do an immediate heavy slam. No need to do two left/right swings.

[@CiphrixGaming]

This is true

[@julianmorales5985]

Good job, nice vid. TIP: while on ZSD, if you go all the way you get a long animation at the end and pushes you far away. You can avoid this by ending with R2 (ps4 player sry) the ZSD manually before the final explosion. This way you land close to the monster and ready to attack.

[@thunderball11111]

@@_Alrin Thank you for listing what that is on PC. It's usually such a pain figuring out what key buttons are.

[@hendraadiguna2571]

Panda is the best teacher and content creator monster hunter world. Thank you for always give us gold content with amazing work🙏🤧

[@iconoclastvii]

"You will swing like a drunk idiot." -moment I decided to go SAxe

[@KrispyChurro]

Thank you for this! I tried the SA after seeing that people were running this weapon for Fatalis. Even tho I beat him with the hunting horn the first time I was intrigued by how the SA worked and this video along with your Fatalis SA one helped me understand the weapon better and the play style I’d like to go with it for future hunts

[@Garbones]

Good guide!! Remember to morph after ZSD so you can get all the lost meter back (:

[@cortify3610]

Another great tip for Iceborne Swaxe, after a mount (if you're skilled enough) you can clutch claw as the monster falls and go straight into Zero Sum Discharge

[@picies2020]

I try to be well rounded with all of the weapons but I never knew you could do "that" let alone charge the axe wtf!? Lol I gotta hit the dojo!

[@crensyn]

This is so concise yet comprehensive! Thank you for such an awesome guide 😍😍😍

[@kekk3r]

I found your videos by accident, and trust me, I've seen so many guides for MHW but your guides - editing, pacing, teaching is top notch. I'll recommend u to my friends :D

[@LBPreviews]

For PC users who use a controller like me: Left click: Y / Triangle. Right click: B / Circle. CTRL: RT / R2. (amazing guide btw)

[@dregnoff9361]

This was REALLY well made Nice and informative while not being 45 min long.

[@zephyrdelight3411]

My all time favorite weapon baby!! Great video! Hope too see you guys on MHrise

[@dangerbeans9639]

Damn that’s a cool layered armor in the beginning. Also really helpful video. I picked up SA again for Fatalis and really want to get back into it.

[@StarFish_Brown]

I can finally commit to my psycho part breaker personality and go true demon as I unleash phial shots deep in the monsters skull, laughing historically as Phial shells tinker on the ground echoing in the cave as the beast roars in agony. And as soon as I'm shrugged off, as if nothing hit me, I return bashing it's skull with my axe until it's dull in the red, just to shove the massive speartip back in, to continue melting it's brain.

[@BDubzDM21]

One of the best guides I've seen ... period! Great job!

[@blackwillow482]

Great and well made beginner guide, this was helpful! All other guides I could find used controllers, so I'm super glad I found such a high quality keyboard and mouse guide. Super Informative while not being an hour long. Also your accent is to die for, I love it :"

[@XmortoxX1990]

I started playing Monster Hunter in Tri were Switch Axe got introduced, I played from time to time in all MH games but never trid to truly learn it, but now I am looking to truly master it this time

[@JuanPerez-zm9zb]

Great guide! I've been wanting to play switch axe recently and this was a really good way to start learning it

[@cls357]

I fell in love with the Switch Axe back on Monster Hunter Tri.

[@DembiBrox]

Switch axe my second favorite weapon perfect video guide on it well done

[@MRIlls]

"An addiction that you can never get yourself out of." [Looks at 2k+ runs with SwAxe on my guild card] I can quit whenever I want....

[@jacemoran1190]

A couple of suggestions, axe clutch attack tenderizes making the area affected less defensive, also the zero sum discharge has some natural ear plugs (+4 I believe) meaning you can use that to deal with roars

[@VVabsa]

You'll need 1 earplug deco or armor skill to max it. it's totally worth it for normal discharge into zero sum clutch.

[@ForcePF]

Thanks for the guide. I've never used Swag Axe before but, when I get my Series X, I plan on doing a full playthrough of World and Iceborne with just the Switch Axe. Should be fun :-)

[@madestro]

Amazing guide. I picked up swaxe for fatalis and to farm eveil eyes but got very interested into doing something other than just ZSD its face. Now I just have to translate the controls for controller but yeah it not called a swagaxe for nothing

[@keithlewis5529]

Love seeing vids dedicated to my beloved Swagaxe! Great job!

[@Incaeduus]

Yooo this guide is true GEM! Thank you very much 🙏🏿

[@Schlumsis.youtube.channel]

The best mh Video ive ever Seen..thy so much fir making this Video!

[@seppous]

I love youu! Thank you for pc guide!!! Your guide plus the clear explanation of mouse buttons to press made my day. Finally a mhw pc guide to tge swag axe

[@davidlee-pc2zk]

best tutorial so far

[@Millilitree]

Nice to see a sgrean on youtube!

[@randombystander1112]

On the last one when you preform a mount attack if you time it right you can clutch claw back onto the monster and go into a instant ZSD instead of losing 2-3sec dps window

[@MattLeIdjut]

Hi, thought I'd make a mention here about the final tip of the video (Edit: I was kinda wrong here but not quite, the creator replied with a claryfication). The mounting attack for SA does *not* fully fill the sword's amped state from empty without any level of focus. Focus WILL increase how much amp meter you get per attack. In the video example you provided, your mounting attack happened to also hit some of the Girros next to the great Girros, so I imagine that's why you ended up with full charge without any focus, as hitting them would also increase your gauge. Even then, it filled up super quickly, so you may have a little focus in that build. Either way, I liked the video. It was cool to see someone show off some keyboard controls. I play on PC, but I seriously have no idea how you guys play with mouse and keyboard in this game, and I respect it!

[@MattLeIdjut]

@@_Alrin huh, well that's pretty cool. I didn't realize there was a difference between elemental phial and power phial build up. I've only ever run raw since building for element was a pain before these new event quests that shell out good decos. Thanks for clarifying!

[@hyulvinji]

Great guide! Thanks! I'm new to this monster hunting thingy, and switch axe caught my eye early on. It simply looks awesome :D.

[@jonakun3528]

As always.. your tutorials are good and really helpful

[@hendraadiguna2571]

Agree agree agree🐺

[@Map4ch3]

"An addiction you can't never get out of" that's so accurate it's scary.

[@TheRilai]

That intro was fire

[@philipooi66]

Great tutorial and in depth on the combos etc 👍

[@otes02]

thanks sist, nice guide & video, this help me a lot

[@naronanda2]

Really wanted to try but damn it looks hard and complex. I only played monster hunter world using great sword or longsword. Really good tutorial btw

[@YatharthRai]

Finally a youtuber who uses m+kb. Subbing!

[@PharCryy]

Excellent quality

[@zmertzi]

Ahhh... finally a keyboard+mouse tutorial. Been using GS since the start of the game, need something for a change.

[@matheus666]

Just made a nice comfy build for this bad boi, now with this guide I'll have to try it out :p Thanks ^^

[@Jordinilini]

Thanks for uploading this, really helped

[@coolhwhip49]

4:18 Unless they're a longsword user. Then send those fuckers into the air for some sweet, petty revenge.

[@lord6617]

Good music choice

[@Shiro-ir3jt]

Really good Video !!!, you helped me out alot 😇 Quick Question, do you mind sharing the outfit you are using in the beginning of the video ?

[@Idolismo]

Great guide, thank you very much.

[@TrickyJebus]

Finally a PC tutorial

[@pabloaguilar3075]

You male me happy, great video

[@jeromealmorecalvert1813]

Well I can say this I've included the switch axe to weapons of choice I'm using the great sword sword and shield switch axe long sword and now I'm trying out the bow to include that to my weapons of choice lol starting over is much fun lol darkphantom

[@TheAcidivan]

thank you nice guide

[@stephenmhh]

Good work on explaining the basic of switch axe. But you missed some of the important information that differentiate a master switch axe user from beginner. I will leave them to you to explain. 1. Phial type and effect, this directly affect the build you used. For example, exhaust vial can make the monster enter exhaust state faster(obviously), but it is also a KO attack. If you clutch on monster head and zero sum, you can KO the monster. 2. How to prevent full consumption of "sword meter" and speed recovery without focus 3. This already can maximize your damage output in your build. 3. The effect of fully charged blade mode. 4. Back step slash , not the morphing slash you shown in video. It is very useful in positioning and evade. 5. Elemental discharge can be initiated quicker from a specific attack. 6. Zero sum discharge can be ended earlier without long recovery animation, land close to monster and also combo to a morph attack. (Why need to combo to a morphing attack? Not only for damage, This is important) 7. Different vial type have various charge time or number of slash in order to reach full "blade charge"

[@deedobeebake5541]

Good work pointing out missing points but you missed important information that differentiate speedrunner with master switch axe user. I'll leave them to you to explain. 1. Hit zone values of sword and phial types which skyrockets your dps. (very important) 2. Stagger locking with exhaust phial and power phial. (this creates openings obviously) 3. How shatter axe stands atop of all switch axe. 4. Trip locking and dunk spots of monsters. (which makes the run smooth as hell. Also different monsters have different values and parts) 5. The difference between power phial and power elemental phial. And why power phial is good for some match ups while it's elemental others. (like HR KT) 6. Eating demon drugs, might seed and demon powder and how it effects the damage output. (can't stress enough how important this is!) 7. Different switch axes having different caps of damage. And how you can't go any further once you reached cap. (very important to know when you make a build or else you will waste a lot of potential.)

[@misterstudent6610]

helped me alot, thanks

[@myrtille9812]

This is so helpful! Only question is what is the layered base and part that you are using, specifically the gold and blue one.

[@Cheese_lover_official]

Thank you

[@Vincent-dh4do]

Sure am glad to have PP

[@FONature]

Came in here, watched a few seconds, you started talking, immediate reaction: "O MY GAWD SINGAPOREAN?!?!?!?!" Immediate subscribe! #SupportLocal Great video btw!!! Really awesome guide! keep it up yo! :D

[@DarkDoughnutsVids]

Cringe

[@hirayui]

I thought she was German by the accent.

[@etern4lgod]

love this! can you make a bow guide?

[@stephenjohnston6292]

Great tips 👍

[@doanprasmana1444]

constitution skill badass on this weapon ...

[@glengatt3941]

I love the statuses philes cous you can stick an elementles and getting that extra raw but capcom decided to make it 5% instead of the 10% we use to have well is better then nothing right

[@deathandroses3861]

I needed this

[@Spinexus]

The best tip i can give to learn SA is to play ONLY axe mode for 2-3 days.

[@StriderDaddy]

What font is that at 1:57 ? "sword icon" Great vid.

[@AnarchistPanda1]

thank you so much

[@ShukakuTheCrazy1]

Thanks for the tips. I'm playing this on ps4 but the button inputs I pretty much translated automatically. I'm still getting the hang of sword mode. Axe mode I find easy to use. Just set up wild swing and let the sparks fly. And you do more damage than me. You have max attack? Mines only lv5. Need to upgrade the attack charm

[@Kevin-Smith7]

My main weapon plus more swag

[@kazineverwind5267]

"Noo! You can't just swing, you have to aim your hits!" "HA HA HA! Zero-Sum go BOOM!"

[@mariuszmyers1128]

Does anybody know what switchaxe in particular she had at the beginning? I really need to know

[@_Alrin]

Hi, that's the guild palace switch axe!

[@lailalatifah6535]

Thaleous is watching in the edge

[@sbeerrabbit3793]

The wedding dress is a MoD right?

[@ApollosRage991]

I like the vid but what ax is that it looks beautiful

[@codysykes5568]

Me, during the few seconds of the video - 'DAKA DAKA DAKA DAKA DAKA DAKA DAKA"

[@Genojo]

I would have like to know the difference between the phials. Still good guide.

[@cls357]

Use Dash or Mega Dash Juice and you can Wild Swing forever!

[@comraderain4684]

WWHICH SWITCH AXE IS THAT? IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL

[@comraderain4684]

the one at the beginning please can anyone tell me?

[@priantoarfan6459]

Panda great guide,Pls do Longsword guide. Thanks 👍

[@Gallacant]

nice guide!

[@joeleeman9886]

None of the evades are working for me. I have slinger ammo and do the exact button presses and it doesnt do it? Im on controller.

[@sizunsamier9843]

Alex is the type of person who plays Russian roulette with a Glock.

[@justinhui5661]

But...why u hurt Dodo? :(

[@wei4294]

Hello! May I know all your layered armor and weapon shown in the video? Looks really cool! Thanks

[@dazamad]

Yeah i also wanted to know too. Im still playinb this great game. Turn out its a giros mod so im ps4 so cant make it. Bummer

[@adamb4140]

What switch axe are you using?

[@amediostudio5494]

Thx for SA guide! anw sometimes when I do ZSD while mounting monster my char got knockdown. Any tips for that?

[@TacynMegan]

Are those modded layers or am I missing something

[@OnlySuzu]

Nice vid. Got a question: does artillery affect the power of switch axe since it uses phials like charge blade? Or not. Also does the felyne bombardier food skill affect power phials like with how it boosts impact phials on charge blades? Thanks

[@noupo]

Both doesn't affect SA, power phials just increase raw attack. SA power elemental phials is better for damage or sleep phials for wallbang spam in guiding land for easy shiny drops

[@OnlySuzu]

@@noupo ah ok. So elemental phial > power phial? Thanks for the response :)

[@davidvarga2916]

By the end of the video I forgot 90% of the combos mentioned :D

[@shioryx3449]

How do you hook yourself to a monster from the ground only with the grappling hook? I'm trying to figure it out and I just can't. :D

[@KetchupSensei]

What axe is that, it looks so beautiful

[@luckylifer5174]

You get a dislike for making poor dodogama cry like that. He was just eating some rocks bro

[@luckylifer5174]

lol jk

[@Sev501PC]

Awesome ! Last played swag ax on tri but just picked it up again on IB. Thank you and also keyboard layout

[@Sev501PC]

@@_Alrin Thank you. ❤️

[@IcE-_-Kidd]

@@_Alrin How About The White Armor?

[@ozmaozmaozmaozma]

I don’t think a lot of people realize this, but ending your Zero Sum Discharge early is always the best option. There are three reasons as to why going for the full blast is a bad idea: 1) Going for the full blast makes the opening for you to get hit/knocked off so so so much larger which is not worth the risk because you won’t get your damage off. 2) Falling off the monster after the full blast puts you in a massive recovery animation and switches you back into axe mode, which makes it so much harder to capitalize on the opening you may have made and the most important 3) Doing a full blast will completely drain your power phile which you will have to build back up if you want to go back into the amped state or do another ZSD. If you do an early blast; -you barely lose any phile -you don’t get a long recovery animation -you don’t lose your amped state -you don’t go back into axe mode -and *you are able to do 4-5 more ZSD back to back which results in insane damage.* You should be either clutch clawing right back onto the monster or doing the Triangle + Circle input to get back onto the monster and just *hold triangle immediately* so you can continue doing back to back ZSDs and build up raw and elemental damage quickly and in big numbers. Honestly, I would say if you don’t play Switch Axe this way, you’re playing wrong. Really great video though!