CHARGE BLADE INTRO GUIDE - Understanding the Moveset | MHW Iceborne

[@LorisNoKami]

Bold of you to assume I wouldn't sit down and watch an hour and a half long video

[@FrumpyMcDumpster]

It's OK: I'll just watch this one three times to compensate.

[@LorisNoKami]

My man is ahead of the curve right here.

[@ivanm.5481]

same

[@patman_for_sure]

My thought exactly. 😂😂

[@OllieDust]

Charge blade: Big brain Hunting Horn: Big pp

[@Foogi9000]

yes

[@tubadude07]

EPIC. send bass

[@Akmenos6576]

EPICO! OMG

[@adhikawibowo5949]

Approved 👍

[@Akmenos6576]

@@adhikawibowo5949 Checkmate long sword

[@crumpet-kun]

Just a note, if you want to really get used to Guard Point timings, use Dante's Charge Blade. Your entire body flashes red when the guard point is up, so it's the perfect tool for learning them.

[@tahirdawah245]

Is it work if I use Dantes devil sword layered ?

[@crumpet-kun]

@@tahirdawah245 Yes, that's still fine. It's an effect linked directly to the weapon texture itself, so layering it doesn't break it at all

[@tommyirish9685]

Really? That sounds really useful, thanks

[@hhggghggg2302]

How do u get that

[@agustinmartinez5045]

@@hhggghggg2302 You need "Red Orbs", its a material earned in the 8 star event quest "Code Red", its an arena fight against Anjanath, Odogaron, Rathalos and Teostra (one at a time dont worry), Once you,ve done that should appear in the workshop both the weapon and the armor

[@robertandersen4164]

I could be wrong, but I'm fairly certain you are only able to punish when you are not staggered on a block. You have guard 5, making punishing much easier. The guard points are stronger blocks, and less likely to stagger. In other words, the more ranks in guard you have, the less important guard points are for the purposes of punishing.

[@YYY66767]

When you're in savage axe mode, elemental discharge I is actually a loss of damage. Your main form of damage in savage axe should be Rising Slash -> Elemental Discharge II. This gives you the most damage per phial

[@SinWeissfell]

Nearing a thousand hunts on chargeblade: Mhh yeah I need this in my life

[@hunyadacrazy]

Saaaaaame

[@josh___something]

*Over a thousand hunts*... yeah probably still need this

[@SinWeissfell]

@@josh___something The funny thing is that these tutorials always have something that makes you go "Huh, haven't consciously done that in a few hundred hunts" or "Point a gun to my head, ask and shoot, I couldn't tell you what the key combination is for that move even if I use it daily"

[@finnsteel1756]

Same same same

[@B0sser]

Me taking a break from diagrams and flowcharts in the middle of work. Video: Hey look this is a flowchart. There is no escape.

[@poro7924]

there's nothing that's as satisfying as landing that AED snipe on a monster's head right after an attack/roar

[@arethas6537]

Poro Uhh Poro Uhh and coupled with “The skill Offensive Guard has activated.” oof

[@FateburnXVII]

while in the air

[@Dioshiroupn]

Off a guard point with offensive guard and it KO's too? Fat nut

[@teletubbypo318]

What about in mw2 shooting an ac130 105mm cannon towards a bunch of red squares and hearing that splatter and multi kill pop across your screen?

[@painsenpai01]

Not as satisfying as KO from Guard Point into SAED

[@carlosguerrero-ik6ys]

Your voice is so relaxing. As a charge blade main in iceborne I’ve mastered it but man I love hearing people talk aboitnit

[@jonnybro7676]

I have 500 hrs on cb but I struggle with savage axe mode gp

[@desolation1821]

You can also go into the saed/savage axe/shield charge by holding B or ○ into YB or ^○ twice instead of 3 times. The benefit is it charges the philes faster. So you can save the charge, hold B then YB twice and then charge the shield, the axe, SAED or AED. This helps to go back into savage axe mode faster once you saeded or savage axe ran out.

[@agoatwithnonamd]

Damn dude sick you made a guide, i started playing CB instead of GS 5 days ago and the guys from your discord already guided me well.

[@ArtifiSir]

You are an excellent teacher, you speak quickly, but your cadence and tone is still very easy to understand and follow.

[@PlasmaWisp100]

CB is great for covering lots of bases and adapting to the situation. Sometimes, you feel like certain weapons are bad matchups for certain monsters, but the CB has enough options to really use everywhere. You have Sword and Shield mode for more mobility and of course, a good shield. Axe Mode is for huge damage, and for pulling bigger Motion Values. Don’t forget morph attacks, and charging your sword when it might be smarter to play in SnS Mode as opposed to Axe Mode. Depending on phial type, you also get elemental advantages, or KO potential with Impact Phials. Similar to the Switch Axe, if you get into the flow and end up pulling a flashy, uninterrupted combo, it can be hugely rewarding. If you haven’t, be sure to give the CB a shot, it’s super fun. Sincerely, a CB player.

[@gahntheotaku]

It's worth noting that you can use that sliding move in sword mode after almost any attack with B+LS, not just weak slash. Great for repositioning, I just wish it activated affinity sliding T _T

[@seamusevans6800]

Me too kid, me too

[@magosexploratoradeon6409]

That's broken... Shame.

[@Shiftinggers]

You should've used Dante's Charged Blade to explain guard points. It is designed to help you understand them easier by making the body flash every time you GP

[@pehpehkia]

Moves that have Guard points GP: 1. beginning of Morph slash(the instant the sword is put into the shield) most accesible and easy to time 2. end of Spinning Slash (too long to execute) 3. end of elemental roundslash (basically the same as spinning slash) 4. beginning of savage axe slash (the shield will be in front for a very short window) 5. unsheathing into axe mode 6. end of morph slash (just like spinning slash)

[@GriFFonRec4]

I'd say the round slash GPs are for safety. If you can land a round slash you are 100% safe from the monster since the GP will protect you until you can act again. The morph slash and savage axe transformation GP are for the ability to cancel INTO a guard point, like if you are in the middle of striking the monster and are vulnerable, you can cancel whatever you are doing into Morph Slash GP/cancel SAED into a GP. So I'd consider the attacks with GP in the starting frames more like parries than actual guard points.

[@yendore.sniktaw8801]

You forgot to talk about overcharging your phials and your sword so you bounce of the monster

[@TheGameconomist]

You know what I addressed that in my first commentary attempt and then forgot to in the one that officially got posted

[@yendore.sniktaw8801]

@@TheGameconomist oh no 😂😂 lol is cool some I kinda knew you would forget or won't mention it as soon I heard no script lol

[@cusukioplays8614]

Note: Guard point don't block elemental attacks, if you have the guard Up skill it will work on stronger attacks but still won't work on elemental attacks like Safi'jiiva Beam or explosives from the ground (like the ring attack), Teostras fire. You"ll get the idea. Is a good way to stop a monster attack and if it hit the head it can stun too.

[@SinWeissfell]

I'm disagreeing politely on the "It's impact phials so we must use Savage axe" line. SAED and SA are highly situational. Maybe something along the lines of Small opening (Punishing moves) - AED Big opening (Exhausts, trips)- SAED Huge opening (KOs) - Savage Axe would make more sense to new players. That isn't the end of it thanks to Hitzone values and the individual monsters but it's a good starting point. If you want to watch someone play it in a comprehensible way that can teach you a ton about CB in your own hunts go watch AkantoreX. He does TA speedruns and has taught me a lot about hot to *think* with your weapon. Your weapon keeps you alive. Trust your weapon.

[@reisenfer1]

Thank you so much. I was always asking if I should SAED or SA in some situations

[@painsenpai01]

True enough this applies to Charge Blade, Long Sword and Great Sword which all use a specific attack to deal all out beat down damage in one fell swoop

[@SinWeissfell]

@@painsenpai01 Yeah, TCS comes to mind first now that I think about it. the similarities are interesting actually, maybe I'll give GS another go after I'm done with Switchaxe, thanks

[@painsenpai01]

@@SinWeissfell Yeah TCS on GS is practically SAED for GS...landing it is satisfying and very damaging but you need to know when to go in for the hit, though TCS is more forgiving than if you miss SAED

[@DestroyerD34]

All cb guides: controlers. My stupid ass who plays with only mouse and keyboard: Yes.

[@mudkiptoons5569]

I feel your pain, except I'm the other away around

[@HiThere-us7re]

Same

[@austinirwin2868]

FML I think that is why I'm so apprehensive when it comes to switching weapons

[@biasmushroom6311]

That’s impressive. I can’t handle all the keys for the shortcuts.

[@plaguedtyphoon]

Same

[@bigironfist626]

I mastered the great sword...mastered the duel blades. Been learning the long sword but I just got into charge blade ...it's taking a lot of practice but it's been hella fun so far. Can't wait to master it

[@msleague6066]

There's actually a guard point during the savage axe animation as well giving you a total of 4 different guard points

[@S34Mii]

Love this weapon, especially its damage output. I don't like to use it too often though. It requires a lot of thinking and paying attention to the weapon as it does to the monster, which can be dangerous unless you're fairly adept with the weapon

[@FMicrowave]

I feel that CB is actually one of the simplest weapons in the game. If you are able to utilize its full moveset, especially since the axe moves were buffed in Iceborne, you're basically using it correctly. Guard pointing and counter attacking is such a straightforward concept it only gets more complicated as the monsters get more aggressive. CB has flaws in that the AED and SAED have long recovery animations, so I imagine the higher level application of this is counting stun damage to tell when it is safe to use them. EDIT: Actually I'm wrong, I didn't realize that although Impact Phials deal explosive damage, which is the same regardless of part hit, it will only cause KO if on the head, just like for blunt attacks. I discovered this through the "Hello World" overlay on PC. Maybe everyone knew this, but it's changed how I play. CB is a head-sniping weapon with a good down combo, like a somewhat more defensive and varied hammer.

[@etrosknight2254]

Another way I prefer to get to the SAED is triangle -> circle + triangle -> circle + triangle, the initial hit doesn't move you forward as much so I find it better to avoid overshooting the monster

[@carcino_Geneticist]

Put Critical Eye on your build even with Artillery build, your missing 200 - 400DPS due to your axe damage crits when doing AED, SAED, Savage axe

[@gabriellandrum8201]

I dont even use artillery anymore because of savage axe

[@markopolov2207]

Half of your damage comes from sword mode and Axe then Other half is Phial Dmg sooo you got a use for Crit Eye. Just use whatever you want

[@TheGameconomist]

This is true and I show a crite eye/crito boost build right at the beginning

[@carcino_Geneticist]

​@@TheGameconomist also you can try with KO type since impact phial type also has stun damage. I think the increased atk speed buff still applies on iceborne when you charged your sword, you can try testing via weak slash/forward slash + shield trust (infinite loop), I've seen some some CB main use this when they speedrun. Also for the others, fastest way to charge phials is charged rising slash + shield trust (x2) loop. On Guard point, you can also KO monsters with it, KO jewel also work with it (impact phial) and it can also break parts

[@pyrotheon4672]

Phials can't crit, they get boosted by the attack stat, you can test for yourself

[@bolla999999999]

I don't see this mentioned in the comment section so: While charging the shield or activating savage axe you don't have to do Y+B as your starter since it moves you forward a substansial amount, you can start with a standard sword slash (Y - Y+B - Y+B - LT/RT)

[@johnnyjay6959]

I’m a long sword main and been wanting to learn the CB since I went back to iceborne since I haven’t beat it yet and all my long sword builds on Rise are set just waiting for next update. But this guide is awesome. I always wondered what the axe meant when it’s actually savage axe mode. Thanks bro. Just subbed.

[@D1git68]

After watching maybe a dozen other videos of people seemingly explaining the same thing, I can tell you with certainty that this is by far the best tutorial on how to use Charge Blade. Thank you, good sir. I now understand.

[@AidenLe6873]

As a CB main and 700hrs into the game, I can tell you that CB is the most diverse and versatile weapon to use as it has one of the highest dps and the ability to shield + guard point to deal KO damage to the monster. You can guard point the monster's roar and counter it with the SAED slam which is incredible so you wont ever need earplugs. Knowing guard point is the most important thing as you will have to learn the monster's moves as well while you're learning the weapon itself, probably the reason why alot of people stay away from it. I can give you a few biggest tips for you guys not to afraid to use it :) 1) SAED (Super amped elemental discharge) will deal higher dps as you can discharge it faster than the Savage Axe Mode with faster transitioning 2) Savage Axe Mode is only viable if you want to take down smaller monster (Kirin, Rajang....etc) because they have such a small body and hit zone value, you won't hit all of your 6 phials (assuming you have the magazine jewel, which you should). Or to try to hit a flying monster with the forward axe slam or uppercut. Savage axe mode will increase the damage of the initial hit of your SAED but it's really slow so might as well like I said above just discharge unless you're waking up a monster for that multiplier. I was able to achive 1005* damage on the initial hit, 400 followed up when you slammed it down and 150x6(phials) damage to the monster when it's sleeping. THAT'S ALOT OF DAMAGE -bonus: if you're in Savage Axe, hit Y or Triangle then combo it with B or O (xbox or ps), that's a 2 for 1 since you're only consuming 1 phial but swinging the axe 2 times to get the 2 discharged out 3) Learn the 3 most important guard points as it's IMPORTANT. Guard point is whenever you're transitioning either from SnS to Axe or the other way around and having your shield facing the monster with very tiny window so you'll have to be PRECISE. Once the monster hit that guard point, chances are you're actually dealing KO damage. 4) if the monster is down but you dont have any phials and need to charge it up to get the SAED down. Press B or O on PlayStation and left analog down to backward slash then slam down your SAED, trust me it's alot faster than having to roll backward, plus you'll have less movement and can position yourself better to get a full out of your SAED slam 5) Guard up is optional but it's good to have if you're playing defensively or you're not using any dragon damage weapon to prevent Elder Dragons from using their super nova

[@SS2LP]

Thunder Lordz Eh technically savage axe is better on certain builds. I just consider it less viable as you need much larger openings for it to do its damage. Going pound for pound with 6 phials savage axe will actually do about double the damage but again you need a huge opening to do that damage. SAED and AED are better for damage while the monster is up and active. Also savage axe eats sharpness for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

[@SeraphimVolker]

Back in 4 Ultimate I used axe mode a lot because that's where your dps came from, but with World I've been focusing on using it almost like the lance is used. I stick with sword mode a lot except when there's a good SAED punish. Using guard points has allowed me to always be dealing damage and have amazing defense thanks to my guard skill and having the shield charged. All in all the duality of the weapon and the choice to do one or both just makes it my soul mate for sure 💓

[@idontknow5148]

I just thought of a drinking game if you really wanted to do it anytime someone explains the weapon every time they use the word “charge”drink simple cause the whole weapon is about charge

[@InfiniteDrillWorks]

One thing to mention about going into SAED manually is that using Y+B to start moves you forward. if you want to use SAED from the position you started without moving too much, you can use only Y to stay in place and go into the usual path of Y+B Y+B. using only Y might also be a little bit faster than using Y+B, though im not 100% sure of that

[@verynice0123]

yeah, i always used this instead of Y+B, Y+B, Y+B. And it is indeed a bit faster

[@rickhunter17]

If your shield is already charged(glowing) and your phials are empty but they are brown or any color. At the same time you want to charge your phials(make the phials turn white) you can also charge your sword(make it glow) meaning you are filling your phials(making them turn white) and charge your sword (make it glow). That way you can fill your phials and charge your sword in one go.

[@daltonfitkin2536]

When wanting to go into Shield Thrust you don’t have to press Y+B before then, you can just press Y and then Y+B to do the shield thrust

[@grandmstrsmeegs7959]

I appreciate you and the time you took to go over in depth an explain the charged blade it definitely helped me out huge keep up the vids my dude

[@FireFistAce876]

Hey the part where you guard and you still get to punish it’s because of pushback. You can’t punish if you get pushed back too much. Guard points make it less likely for bigger attacks to push you back too far.

[@weewanax4271]

Unless I’m wrong using a GP gives you another level of guard. The shield charge gives another level thereby making one level of guard on the build give you guard three. And three levels on the build give guard five.

[@KrubKrum]

Charged shield gives +2 to guard and Guard point gives +2. That’s why you see a lot of builds with guard 1, because charged shield and a GP gives you Guard 5. What people don’t know, if you have Guard 5 and a charged shield and a guard point it actually gives you Guard 9.

[@kevinbouchard8948]

i'm at 40hours in game with chargeblade...finished the story, just began iceborne AND I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW YOU COULD CHARGE SHIELD/SWORD/AXE! My life is now much easier thank to you!

[@zachattack5691]

I've spent a good chunk of time on the charge blade and I learned how to use it by bringing it to hunts instead of looking up a guide.

[@GamerThaibe22]

Glade ur making a iceborne version guide for the weapon types as a person who was fresh into mh, world being my first experience I used ur weps to find the wep for me. I haven’t played in awhile and I planned on getting back into it in a month or so. These guides help me out a lot thank you.

[@TheMaeximum]

Thaibe GX you say that you are glad this is dropped for Iceborne: this guide is the pure vanilla CB playstyle, after watching this video I‘m not even sure if he put more than 20 Games into this weapon in Iceborne before dropping it. This is NOT how you play CB in Iceborne, it covers ground basics of the main game.

[@patriot459]

As a charge blade main I always love hearing people say it’s the most complicated weapon when to me every phase of using a charge blade is like second nature to me. Like I know it’s to the point where I don’t even have to see my character it’s all down to the point where I’m my head I know all the timings for perfectly charging sword and shield and the timings on switching between axe and shield and all things like that. Like I’ll b in the monsters guts slicing and charging and just the timing is an instinct at this point.

[@heskan]

Ive never spend so much time in the training area just practising these attacks ^^ Great vid, thx man!

[@anwmus]

Thank you - your channel is a treasure trove!

[@Anima18911]

I've used this weapon for a year and just realized there was the savage axe mode.... thanks!!!

[@OdesLF]

its new move from iceborne

[@Anima18911]

@@OdesLF thanks I dont feel as dumb now lol

[@kyng_3]

I think I'm a good CB user. I just need to optimize my guard points and positioning. Both of which are the hardest part of CBing imo

[@Dkm337]

guard point prevents that knockback animation if the guard skill in 0 or not high enough. having guard skill prevent that massive stamina drain but normal guard point at perfect timing prevents that knock back of normal block guard and then go back into punishment mode with Amped Element Discharge, doing that on monster head just flinches it , it feels good. this is my first monster hunter game and i am 200 hours into it. started with charge blade and using this on keyboard and mouse just feels good than any other weapon due to memorizing the control. and now i am just getting to LBG for sticky so that i can break that head of everwyrm. otherwise i would just do the bomb run to break the head.

[@kolbywilliams6288]

Just as a caveat to the guard point/punish comment at ~21:12. It depends on the animation. You can punish without guard point on a weak attack, but you cannot punish without it if it is a powerful attack. Think enemies like Diablos and Rathalos. Their attacks will force you into an animation unless you use guard point, which prevents you from countering with your axe or sword right away.

[@BluBoiART]

Thanks for the guide. I'm primarily a long sword main, but something about the charge blade that intrigues me. Nice guide.

[@aegilmoth]

Not sure if this was mentioned in the video, but gaurd pointing is effectively an extra level of the Guard skill. I don't think it does any damage. A charged shield is also effectively an extra point for Guard skill. It will do damage though, regardless if guard pointing. So you don't need 5 Guard skills. 3 is the most you need, as the GP and charged shield will get you to 5.

[@crumpet-kun]

Guard Pointing with a charged shield does do damage. TDS made a video before killing a Diablos in the arena with only Guard Points

[@mikebytheway]

GP and charged shield are actually +2 guard each, but only odd numbers can lower reaction levels

[@Vastspartan]

Ill add that its better to end a combo with a shield uppercut over a spinning attack. The shield uppercut has the highest amount of damage, builds extra charge and stacks up KO damage.

[@GSoulCalibur]

I thought i was learning a new weapon, not quantum physics o.o

[@Nerino]

Thanks, I am CHB main for a while and I didn't know I can go back to savage axe mode after charing phials again, that's why I like to watch it even tho I understand the weapon, there's always something new!

[@luisdonatonieves8034]

So yeah. I’ve been using this glorious weapon wrong all this time. I needed this. Thank you.

[@lavos333]

You forgot to mention my favourite new route after a guard point introduced in Iceborne: GP -> Slinger burst -> Elemental discharge 2. It's fast, and lets you go from sns mode straight to the savage axe bnb from a gp. It's awesome. (also if ythe slinger ammo is a staggering type, its opens up the monster so aiming at the head is even easier)

[@kinsan89]

I remember trying SOOOO hard to learn to play this weapon by forcing myself into hunts with it... even with MR gear, I could barely do HR hunts... then I took it into the training room, and I finally learned how to charge the shield and sword lmao

[@angadsidhu3088]

Great Video! I'm picking up CB again now in iceborne, last time was in the old world, and this was a great summary of the additional combos and shortcuts!

[@kolbywilliams6288]

I like to keep the savage axe and just up slash down slash in axe mode. That move set can catch tails and heads of any monster for almost 100 damage a pop if it isn’t armored. Then let the SAED smash a stunned or downed monster. Very useful as a solo player.

[@nastysushi9290]

21:00 you're able to SAED/AED after a simple guard just because you had guard 5 in that bad defensive set. You have to guard point when you only build for guard 1 because it reduces the knockback of the monster attack enough so you can AED/SAED right after. If the monster atk deals more knockback and you cant follow suit with AED/SAED after a simple guard... 29:15 you can do the side hop after any sword mode move, not just the charged slash.. You said you did the video without any script, but you need a script for those guide videos so that you avoid spouting wrong stuff. Or you forgot to add meme to your video's title smh

[@KrubKrum]

Jérôme HAZOUARD As a CB main, with over 1000 hunts I can agree with this. There is a lot of missing information in this guide. This is helpful for people who are just starting out and want to learn the fundamentals of the weapon.

[@aegilmoth]

This GE.

[@SS2LP]

KrubKrum I mean that’s kind of the point. If they wanted more advanced info they should go elsewhere. Gameconamist is a bowgun guy, you gotta take everything he says about the melee weapon’s with a grain of salt, but he does pretty well for a basic starting point.

[@biasmushroom6311]

I learned charge blade by thinking of it as IAMTHEBOSS now. Like you have different phases as you fight. First is charge phials by attacking and ends by locking them in and charging the blade, then recharge the phials and sword if possible and decide on how you want to attack. I usually try to get the chainaxe (as I like to call it) going but fast jumpy monsters are best to knock over first. And that full phial blast is amazing yet hard to land

[@Gemini_Godhand]

07:54 "You shouldn't be understanding any of this" that's right, sir, that's absolutely right!

[@GobaGNon]

I’ll be honest, as an absolute beginner this video is so perfect and explains everything so clearly. Thank you very much

[@lilithlianshi2094]

im still waiting someone making Charge Blade guide using keyboard

[@SinWeissfell]

I am fairly certain that there are like 3 keyboard players with chargeblade and at leasst one of us has Corona. Fire away with questions though. Plot twist: AED is always a gamble

[@amadhollow635]

Do it then

[@_Ferin]

just call unsheathing attack as Draw Attack :D

[@Sinfaroth]

in the base game my two favorite weapons where charge blade and hammer, like both ends of the complexity spectrum. I started Iceborn with hammer and really like it because you can manage the softening really easily, since it is just the head and hammer damage doesn't really on a combo. I just saw you explain the damage cycles of charge blade and I remenbered how even with the old moveset you had certain windows with optimal damage you didn't want to miss. Now if you have to soften the important parts and manage your weapon cycles... I am not ready for this.

[@Ruki_Lair]

Wow I'm fairly new to mhw and I took a liking to the charge blade I thought I was fairly decent with it considering I've only been playing a week or so... i didn't even know you could do half of these things. Adding them to my arsenal has helped tremendously. Thanks a lot! Happy hunting

[@hunyadacrazy]

Always love the undertale music he uses

[@manniot]

With iceborn I consider SNS more complicated than CB.

[@HafizZudinGotGooglePluss]

Personally, I dont think SNS is more complicated, but it is a lot more difficult to master. It is one of those "easy to learn, difficult to master" stuff

[@Weda_Bretajune]

I wish back dash was a one button input.

[@TheMaeximum]

I love Weda Chan I guess I didn‘t understand you quite right, but aren’t you just pressing O+direction?

[@Weda_Bretajune]

@@TheMaeximum yeah but i always screw that up. Id rather just charge and release with hammer or constantly shoot with a bowgun lol. Im too lazy to practice that input so i dont mess it up.

[@raythetiger7701]

@@TheMaeximum that depends on how you have your settings. you can either press O+left stick down or you can have O+left stick goes opposite of character sight. both have their pros and cons but after i started to use sns for supp it was quite difficult to get that move done how you want it. especially if you wanna PR dance around.

[@Aerostorm56]

So i don't know if you know this but that "brown" charge is supposed to be "Red" charge and you may be color blind. Redgreen color blind tend to complain about red looking brown so it might be something to look into

[@resy-t9382]

About the shield thrust you can also go into it after any attack in SnS mode except for the shield thrust.

[@hiiirooo333]

this is awesome. I like opening w y+b because of the forward lunge. typically if I find myself w phials w charges shield and savage, I’ll charge the sword if I have a moment

[@KrubKrum]

Focus also charges your ‘Charge Slash’ faster. Recommend at least Focus 2. It’s a noticeably faster charged slash

[@jvstdare7119]

True but you need Focus 3 for it to be really usefull. With focus 3 you can use another combo to get phials charged faster. With 2 it won't work.

[@guardiantko3220]

some bits i did not know about the charge blade. literally nearly everything. i only knew you could charge the shield.

[@felipesilvait]

Quarantine Day 53: I studied the blade...

[@bukharajones]

This is actually a very solid guide for beginners. Over 2000 cb hunts between two mh games.

[@roguethemachine3928]

SAED STANDS FOR SAED AND AED STANDS FOR AED LMAO never laugh as much to a wonderful well written guide

[@steamedpotato6224]

Amazing video. Thats alot buddy i learnt alot about charge blade. Already in love with the weapon

[@thatwaygaming8679]

"You wouldn't sit an watch an hour and a half long episode." *laughs in mauler*

[@Gunsblazin94]

The phials charge up to red, not brown. Not sure where you're getting brown from

[@lolo_el_cholomorales1270]

Where is the follow up videos about positioning?

[@zearthboundz1360]

I have hundreds of hours on CB and recently I found you can press down+Y instead of the saed for impact CBS.😅

[@painsenpai01]

Oddly enough I find Charge Blade far easier to learn then Hunting Horn simply because for me personally maintaining damage with Hunting Horn AND keeping your buffs active is something extremely focus reliant or for the user to be VERY accustomed to playing the weapon, with CB use just need to focus on two phial types Impact and Power Element but HH has Elemental, Non Elemental, Status and buffs that you need to consider when using it, that's just to much on top of sharpness management to keep track of

[@27losers]

U can also guard point while your weapon is sheathed.r2 triangle.

[@Izak_Klark]

I could have sworn you mentioned that a part 2 would be coming at some point

[@chrismaguire9032]

I’d have watched two hours of you teaching me, thank you senpai I shall go be a stronger monster hunter now because of you

[@knightenchanter7908]

I personally don't think the CB mechanics are that complicated. The biggest thing is the micromanagement, it's an incredible hassle, not complicated just super annoying. At the end of the day, SA is very fun though, the sae attacks are satisfying as hell. PS: Can I just say I love your way of speaking lmao your little chuckles are like ASMR!

[@timesoldier810]

MHGU and MH4U CB main here. They really changed CB, my god. It's op as hell

[@maximuszen5304]

I surprise I did not know something in this video... I learn that fully non-loaded phile is brown not red

[@Id_lol]

Same!

[@HaibaneKuu]

Few things I've noticed: - When you explain gap closers, you made it sound like the input is just Y for dash slam and just B after weak slash for sliding slash. In reality it's forward + Y and any direction + B. And as others pointed out, you can follow with sliding slash after many attacks, not just weak slash. - You never mentioned that when cancelling SAED into AED, the "pull back" is relative to the character not the camera. - For guard pointing into punish, that depends into knockback strength. If you get high knockback, you cannot perform SAED from guard, which is why people talk about guard pointing, cause naturally guard pointing reduce knockback strength (as does charged shield). You have shown your Safi build, which only had one point in guard, and it would be much more important to guard point with that build. I also noticed that in iceborne the idea of punishing monster after guard (or guard point) with SAED or even AED doesn't work most of the time cause most attacks don't leave a big enough opening for both.

[@maverickhannoun6658]

there is one guard point that is super nice to land, right at the beggining of the savage axe animation, there is a guard point, the frame is very small thaugh, but saved my life so many times :D there are plenty of guard point animation, but the swich axe guard oint is the one that have the largest frame, so it is very easy to land, but is very puishing if you dont land it, as the recovery frames after the move is long

[@xemtra]

are you color blind or am i? i thought the vials turn RED not Brown when they are full charged???

[@rainman6090]

He's color blind, I guess. I have never heard anyone call that brown. It doesn't look brown. I have no idea why he was saying that.

[@mikebytheway]

They are red

[@eleeyah4757]

Do you have some level of color blindness in the red spectrum maybe? Those phials are red, rather than brown. Could be that you see brown due to color, contrast, or color temperature settings. Or you might want to visit a doctor and do a color blindness check. Really great guide though. Relaxed and easy to follow. Good job! :)

[@TheGameconomist]

No probably its a difference with our tv's :)

[@eleeyah4757]

@@TheGameconomist Ah, it's the color temperature then. What kind of TV do you have?

[@SparxCarnival]

Excellent work man. I appreciate it.

[@lee1130fromtwitter]

I was trying charge blade on mh4u and when the word "charge" is next to the vials the sword bounces. What's going on in this situation?

[@Syrius_Li]

When you're already a charge blade main but still watch the video

[@blackcatooow]

i don’t understand why some people still say charge blade is complicated it’s rly not, it’s just sword and shield with a proper shield, and there’s an axe that does more damage i have around 900 quests done with it it’s extremely easy to survive with it

[@eduardobenassi3072]

When I started using this weapon a few days ago, I was farming the Odoragon, didn't really have the best gear aside from Dear Lutemia... that was fun hehe. I'm 30hs in, loving it so far 😀

[@zabimaru1775]

So I love the charge blade, I main the life out of this weapon on it's rusted to dust. But I think you need to specify each of the guard points and where there located during move sets.

[@haideralikhan5947]

Is there a follow up video to this one?

[@Holleaux]

I bumbled through the main story with the charge blade then saw the error of my ways. So I'm a hammer main now.

[@hennyzhi2261]

Would love a Sword and Shield guide because I'm just now realizing the potential it has with Slinger Bursts always being available + having Slinger Capacity Secret maxed out. You can make so many openings by quickly tenderizing with the claw uppercut and then using the ammo that drops 100% of the time after said attack. All the little changes that happened including the perfect rush buff made me a huge fan of the weapon (whereas before I would lean on my Charge Blade experience and use SnS like a crutch when I wasn't good enough to fight a monster with the former).

[@straysheep5312]

As someone that uses the CB when I first got mhw in the beginning. I thought it was cool to switch and use two weapons pretty much. Since then, I've tried other weapons and they are much more simpler lol.