What a DEVASTATING Weapon! UPDATED Charge Blade Guide | Monster Hunter World 2024

[@LightItUpDan]

Hunt with the community and me! ▶ discord.gg/lightitupdan Note: If you noticed slight frame glitches with the video, it's not you/on your end. I adjusted recording settings (funnily, to improve on quality) but it clearly had some issues, apologies. It's present in the next video, the Great Sword Weapon Overview, but should be squashed for any future uploads. I know it's not the quality you've come to expect here. Thanks for understanding. 💙

[@ALUCARDTWILLIGHT]

What outfit are you using

[@CRandyGamble]

My tip is to learn a bit at a time. You don't need to fully master this weapon to perform well on hunts. What I did was learn one combo at a time. Learn the basics of charging and then just go on a hunt. Practice until you got it down without thinking about it, finish the hunt, then learn another thing. Hunt with the new thing on top of the last and keep doing that. You'll get it down quicker than you might think, it's not that bad. Don't be intimidated, the Charge Blade is a lot of fun!

[@LightItUpDan]

This is a great tip! I find that a lot folks don’t properly utilise the training area either. It’s such a great place to start a new weapon before actually taking it out on a hunt!

[@CRandyGamble]

@@LightItUpDan Totally agree. I learn the combo in the training ground. Once I feel like I'm ready, I go bother a monster. Then I hunt until I don't have to think about how to do the combo anymore. Then I'm ready for another. I'm doing okay with the CB now but just the classic version. I haven't messed with Savage Axe Mode yet but it looks SO wicked!

[@CrimsonTear1996]

Or be me, clear the entire base game including optional content with charge blade as a main and had no fucking clue you can even power up the shield let alone the other two.

[@williamthain2888]

Absolutely. I started by just working on charging and locking Phials, then turning those charged phials into charged sword & shield, finally finishing off by incorporating SAED/SAxe into the combos. Next step is getting better with guard points. Am I missing anything?

[@williamthain2888]

@@CRandyGambleSaxe mode is so fun. It’s my go to over SAED except for wake-up hits.

[@joshuabowles5819]

One tip to learn guard points, Dantes Devil Sword will light up your character when you have a guard point up. Its a good way to learn where they are a bit more.

[@LightItUpDan]

oh cool, I’ll have to take a look at that!

[@hopeatlast9617]

That's exactly what I was gonna say. And this CB is my fave (currently in Base World, haven't started IB yet)

[@professorpenne9962]

​@@hopeatlast9617 did you try CB in sunbreak yet? It's actually really insane with elemental SAED and even burst pizza cutter

[@jamescavaliere9641]

SAED can be cancelled into a AED by holding back on the left stick and pressing Y during the beginning of the attack. This is useful for two reasons: 1, it is much faster, more accurate, and reliant only on the initial attack hitting to inflict the phial damage. 2, it will always inflict 3 phials of damage, even if you only use 1 phial for the attack, so if you have already burned 5 of your 6 phials (with capacity boost) and still have a charged shield, you can guard point, press Y+B for a SAED, press back on left stick + Y, and get the most damage out of your counter for the last phial you have stored. Anticipation and planning are vital to be successful with this weapon and I highly recommend it to those who are looking for a weapon they can always improve with. (PS. As mentioned savage axe does not go away when you swap back to sword and shield, and as it only goes away if your phials are completely depleted you can keep it going basically indefinitely during fights if you continuously swap back and forth to charge your phials again)

[@professorpenne9962]

yep, easy to bash a monster in the face with an AED. I'm replaying the ultimate games and laser sword having no damage numbers seems like the monsters are afraid of being decimated so badly 😅

[@professorpenne9962]

​@@LightItUpDanyou can guard point and then punish the monster from yelling at you by bashing it in the face, yeah awesome weapon

[@therealflygod]

I was playing Hammer and GS. The game was already amazing to me. Around 250h later, I decided to give CB a try and wow! The game feels fresh again. Great guide. I'll definitely have a lot of your tips in my mind when hunting!

[@LightItUpDan]

The more weapons you play, the more you'll experience! Thanks mate, appreciate you

[@eberg2555]

This is the most comprehensive CB guide ive ever seen . But also not drawn out. Amazing analysis

[@LightItUpDan]

Appreciate you!

[@TheOverlordEND]

My tips for those who want comfy build to have at least guard lvl 3 + guard up on your skill, and when using sword mode. Remove the habit of dodging and instead guard against the attack.

[@LightItUpDan]

Getting comfortable with blocking definitely helps improve your flow with the weapon!

[@gdaycunts4694]

It cost sharpness even with guard point. I'd rather dodge. I only use guardpoint when i can't hop or roll out wide attacks.

[@SHAHNMONO]

Yeah, I really need to get off the habit of dodging whenever Im usng CB. Its kinda hard because Im too used with using LS all the time lol.

[@TheOverlordEND]

@@SHAHNMONO Ah, no wonder. LS the peak of Dodging vs CB the peak of Guarding 😅 Just keep in mind when using CB, after landing your combo immediately guard, make it a habit to do that. Or if guarding is not your style, try to make use of the sliding slash (Analog + B button on Xbox), it helps you slide away despite not having an i-frame.

[@ninjaone1]

@@TheOverlordEND well, not exactly the *peak* of guarding. If you need some help with developing the habit, I would say it's worth picking up the lance and giving guard/counter lancing a whirl. Your CB set with the guard skills will function well enough for most things, you may want to manually finish slotting in guard though.

[@unclegrandpa05]

I just started playing MHW:IB to get ready for MH Wilds, and your content really helped me learn the game. More power to you, Dan!

[@LightItUpDan]

Hell yeah, welcome! Loads of stuff on the channel here to get stuck into, let me know how you get on

[@skoll2712]

Another useful skill for CB, specifically Elemental Phial CBs is True/Critical Element, as that will vastly increase the elemental damage output of both your Charged Sword, and Element Discharge combos, I, II, AED and SAED all see massive gains, especially when combined with Crit Boost (Which you should have by default), for a near 40% increase in total Elemental output.

[@LightItUpDan]

Sure, but elemental is really wonky in World, raw is far better

[@DrunkenRazor28]

Your videos are awesome, I’m new to monster hunter and your videos have been a massive help, thank you for making such amazing vids.

[@LightItUpDan]

I’m so glad, you’re very welcome!

[@tron_dc3334]

Thank you so much. I never knew Savage ax mode existed.

[@LightItUpDan]

You’re very welcome!

[@Animusfortemorty]

if i remember correctly: impact = KO = fixed damage elemental = multiplies damage from elemental damage so, it's more prefered impact but elemental can do massive damage, sadly you need to build more specific builds and get specific weapons for that

[@LightItUpDan]

both require building out a lot if you want to improve phial damage, since impact benefits from artillery which with secret can go to lvl 5 I think it was (off the top of my head)

[@abusivewafflegaming4450]

@@LightItUpDan To be fair, going for artillery 5 isn't worth it without Fatalis armor, you're just giving up way too much with the 4 piece Raging Brachy / 3 piece Zorah sets

[@tobiclarence5236]

Love the video I use charge blade and insect glaive I'm writing Exams now so I'll just like it and watch once I'm done with the exams. Those monsters will know pain!!! Any No rest for the wicked content coming up

[@LightItUpDan]

Awesome, good luck with your exams! Potentially yeah 👀

[@cheech874]

What would be the decorations to run with this? Something that averages out that would always be used towards it.

[@LightItUpDan]

Did you watch the video? I go over useful skills for it 😅

[@lunalovegood3678]

Picked this up after solely playing gunlance for years, and omg i love it so much, ithink ive foubd my new main weapon

[@LightItUpDan]

Charge Blade is dope! Folks really should try out more weapons, they're missing out so much of the game lol

[@lunalovegood3678]

@@LightItUpDan agreed, ive been non stop playing since switching

[@devilsgods]

u know what, before i watch u, i cant do SAED Shit, like its very confusing to understand, but u clearly explain that, and now im motivated

[@LightItUpDan]

let's go!

[@anthonyelroy4241]

another thing that was not mentioned is that you can cancel s.a.e.d into a.e.d

[@VoxTek426]

Quick tip if you block right as something hits you then you do this thing called a perfect guard and im pretty sure this prevents you from taking any damage it can also be used to avoid roar stuns if you dont feel like investing in earplugs

[@LightItUpDan]

99% sure this is false mate! perhaps it appeared that way for whatever reason?

[@VoxTek426]

@@LightItUpDan about the perfect guard or about the roar being an attack

[@LightItUpDan]

about the perfect guard

[@VoxTek426]

@@LightItUpDan ah

[@Daniel_Siaw]

ya no, no such thing as perfect guard, but there is offensive guard! If you have the skill it increases your damage by a good amount if you timed your block perfectly. Also with guard up you can block EVERYTHING. (except some aura damage and fatalis death breath) Guarding at the perfect time doesn't block things a normal guard doesn't block. Maybe you're referring to iai slash, that one has a timing window in which you if you time it correctly, you avoid all damage, if you mistimed it a lil bit, you'll get super armor instead

[@GozzerP]

I did use this in the beginning before i got addicted to gs but it’s too cool not to learn especially with the black eagle layered set it’s just godly

[@LightItUpDan]

I firmly believe that playing multiple weapons exponentially enhances your MH experience

[@Voodoux88]

Hey, I recently wanted to try chargeblade but have no idea how to equip savage axe option on weapon. I am ME 45 and HR 57. Is there a specific quest I have to do to unlock it? I’m using rajang’s chargeblade. Thanks for any help!

[@uhavekrabs]

Firstly you have to own the Iceborne dlc to use it. If you do then you have to trigger the AED/SAED, but hit L2 at the end to activate savage axe mode (its the same combo as to put phials in the shield, but hit L2 instead of R2).

[@coycen]

you just need iceborn and press L2 during the AED startup

[@tacyellow]

I feel like you are missing a lot about guard points as they are very very very useful and IMO an essential part of the cb's kit. One when you GP you do a little bit of phial dmg and can flinch monsters pretty easily. As well if you press both triangle and circle after a gp it will instantly lead you into a SAED which if you prefer can lead you into axe mode or just a regular AED. The old base mhw playstyle was gping the monsters attack and then sending an SAED down their neck. Going along with SAED and AED, you really never want to use SAED unless you have full phials and a very large opening. It is much more dmg efficient to just do an AED (which can be done by holding back on the stick and hitting triangle) which will focus the dmg on the spot that you hit and if you're in axe mode, slice through the monster. If you do this you can save your axe mode and not have to re arm it each time you want big dmg. As well the general time it takes and recovery for AED is much faster so it can be used for smaller openings. Side note as well you are missing the key difference between elemental and impact phials. Impact phials do a pretty substantial amount of ko dmg and I have ko'ed monsters more than once during a fight. Elemental phials can out damage impact phials but personally being able to ko monsters is more of a plus for me. With impact phials as well you can hit a guard point on a charging monster and ko it. IMO one of the best feelings. Small little fyi as well, you do have a GP on the transformation to axe mode and it can be used for monsters that have many attacks one after another. Really hard to pull off and not really practical but can be more efficient in certain situations.

[@LightItUpDan]

Appreciate you sharing your additional insights. These videos aren't designed to be going over every single detail of a weapon, but rather provide a comprehensive overview that's easily digestible for the majority of players

[@dreamforger7166]

​@@LightItUpDanbut the aed/saed is a huge selling point of GP as well, so as a view I missed that as well. Unless it was news for you ofc.

[@LightItUpDan]

@@dreamforger7166 not news to me no, however GPing is already a highly advanced technique that 99% of CB players aren't going to utilise. I'm happy with my overview of it

[@Nubcakelmfao]

You mentioned that even once your sword is charged, you want to avoid overcharging your phials, but this isn't actually always the case. When your sword is charged, and your phials are overcharged, your single Y attack into shield thrust and repeat is actualy very consistant burst phial damage. This is because it removes the hitlag that most attacks usually have.

[@LightItUpDan]

None of this changes my mind about avoiding overcharging. This is a very niche (and poor) usage of the weapon

[@professorpenne9962]

bar none my favorite weapon to use in monster hunter besides hunting horn. it's just infinitely fun to use when you get it. what helped me was using sns and db before maining it. helps a LOT with counter play and chainsaw mode using them beforehand.

[@LightItUpDan]

CB is a great weapon, I love Savage Axe mode!

[@professorpenne9962]

@@LightItUpDan it's so much fun, also feels really awesome to bash a huge dragon in the face with a saw 😄

[@hrfazasz5317]

How strong is the shield? Is it like lance's when charged?

[@LightItUpDan]

it gets guard 2 when it's charged I believe, so not bad but you'd wanna supplement it with some decos!

[@hrfazasz5317]

@@LightItUpDan thanks

[@Daethbane]

Hammer was such an easy pick, my secondary not so much. They're all so cool!

[@LightItUpDan]

They really are! Hunting Horn is another great bonk if you dig Hammer

[@ElVixento]

If you overheat while your sword is charged you won't get slowed down while you are attacking a monsters, letting you get more hits in. Not super important but I thought it would be worth noting.

[@Defendo99]

The charged sword giving mind's eye makes phial management trivial

[@LightItUpDan]

that’s true yeah

[@darkelf2040]

No Dante's devil sword+? Amazing CB with impact phials, easy ish to get and upgrade, nice raw, good element. And unique appearance, both sns mode and 'axe' mode

[@LightItUpDan]

it's a good choice too!

[@freezerburn7]

Always was a cb main but it took till world for me to figure out how to charge the sheild

[@LightItUpDan]

Oh damn haha

[@nickoleary1760]

I just started playing mhw. Wish me luck on learning this weapon because it's the one I've chosen to git gud.

[@LightItUpDan]

Best of luck! I HIGHLY recommend basically any other weapon to start with though. I've just done an easy - hard weapons for new players overview that'll be really helpful to you

[@ALUCARDTWILLIGHT]

Whats that outfit?

[@MOBOfficial7]

Thank you Dan for making a good vdo for us ❤🙏🏾

[@LightItUpDan]

you're very welcome, friend!! 💙

[@BlueNish12]

I m trying to learn it on a simple office mouse and keyboard 😂

[@LightItUpDan]

Oh boi, best of luck

[@dingus1dangus]

if you charge the sword then you can cause kos every now and then

[@LightItUpDan]

I’m a sword charger for sure

[@dingus1dangus]

@@LightItUpDan its just to op with slugger

[@PhamNhatPhat]

i don't use CB anymore, bcz SAED always miss :))

[@EmilAhvenainen]

Use savage axe as normal dps, and only use saed when monster is trapped, asleep or otherwise unable to move. That change helped me improve my damage output.

[@bobbywalker2980]

I'm interested in trying it out

[@LightItUpDan]

stick to savage axe until you’ve got a topple!

[@coycen]

good thing Savage axe is the better choice in 99% of cases anyway

[@igotdropped3timesbyzykzs]

This isn't base game anymore, SAED isn't the best playstyle anymore, savage axe is the ideal playstyle and SAED should only be used when there's a huge opening

[@dr.bright2446]

Hey very good video, basically teaches you the weapon in 20 min.

[@LightItUpDan]

Awesome to hear, I'm so glad!

[@CarlosCarucce]

I with I had a guide like this back then. I would be much better with the CB back then

[@LightItUpDan]

I'll be with you all day 1 on Wilds, so I got you covered

[@tricksnshizz]

How do you get the azure layered armor equipped?

[@LightItUpDan]

I go over the different USJ events and rewards here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/p4vEimaXj61mrLs

[@bobbywalker2980]

If i havent beat fatilis but i have every other monster what is the best charge blade.

[@S1Gdb]

raging brachy is pretty good for raw

[@bobbywalker2980]

I will definitely give it a shot . Any tips you can shoot my way ?

[@Defendo99]

Fully charging your shield should be your first priority. Stick with sword mode for the most part and look for larger openings to use axe mode. The fastest way to use an SEAD depend on whether the weapon is shethed or not when the opening presents itself. If unsheathed do y - yb - yb. If sheathed do r2+y - yb

[@LightItUpDan]

Did you get to the part in the video going over the weapon options available? Furious Rajang is great and relatively straight forward to get from doing the event against him. Raging Brachy is likely 2nd best after Fatalis, not including any siege stuff

[@bobbywalker2980]

@@LightItUpDan I did I rewatched a few times, I'm just now getting used to the names of the monsters lol is that bad haha

[@jose-nu3ph]

if you get help you can grab the best materials from tough monsters dont play alone

[@LightItUpDan]

I love multiplayer

[@ChristtineHeminover-r5t]

My guide for what you should learn is 1. Sword and shield: learn the combos and maneuvers to keep up pressure when handling monsters don’t worry about your axe yet as early game sword and shield will be more than enough learn the openings to use elemental sword discharge and shield charge 2. SAED: Super Amped Elemental Discharge is the second step you have most likely done this while the monster is down but now you should find the openings to use it to get staggers or keep pressure mid combat use this to also learn to manage your charge phials mid combat and keep your sword and shield up while using axe 3. Savage Axe: now that you have learned charge phial management savage axe is the step up you want to keep your sword and shield boost while keeping savage axe so now you need to learn to switch with combos fluidly and not get caught mid axe form with no charges 4. Guard points: now that you know all your offense you need to learn you best and hardest defense with certain frames of transition from sword and shield to axe there are block frames that defend more than a normal block learning when these are and when to execute them are very hard but worth it. Good luck hunters!

[@LightItUpDan]

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[@ChristtineHeminover-r5t]

A new tip I learned recently a good way to learn guard points is with Dante’s sword it gives a visual when blocking including guard points so if you want to learn them that’s a good way

[@kanetos6549]

What is that charge blade in the thumbnail??

[@Mehwave]

Black Eagle shown at 14:25

[@_-_.7]

For me personally you can’t beat the switch axe and heavy bow gun

[@LightItUpDan]

both TITANS in their own right!

[@davyjones5068]

I used all weapon types. Dual Blade and Charge Blade literally the fastest weapon to finish the hunt, me personally.

[@gameringlasses2625]

They need to add a way to release files in sword mode

[@LightItUpDan]

Maybe they will in Wilds?

[@playvader4482]

One amazing charge blade that just looks unique and is kinda good in Dante’s devil sword that you can get in code: red. I don’t know which event upgrades it to rarity 12 tho.

[@LightItUpDan]

yeah I cover that in the event round ups 😄

[@Voxsa]

6 level master rank event quest 'A Shocking Climax' for upgrade

[@playvader4482]

@@Voxsa thank you

[@yoheitcy1]

Giant pizza cutter, funny description

[@LightItUpDan]

🍕 🪓

[@Shorkshire]

I'm new to the game and this is so overwhelming and confusing wtf are these devs smoking holy heck

[@LightItUpDan]

Welcome mate! This is a great place to start kzbin.info/www/bejne/epnMpZmandGdras

[@Pojijing]

Ah yes i love guard point KO on monke

[@LightItUpDan]

Love to see it

[@trikster22]

I find this weapon more easy than S&shield IMO LOL

[@LightItUpDan]

How long have you used it for though?

[@Sir.YeetusIII]

such a versatile weapon

[@LightItUpDan]

It really is! Offers so much both offensively and defensively

[@Sir.YeetusIII]

@@LightItUpDan yeah and you can attack airborne monsters with little struggle in axe mode, love this weapon, I often switch between this and switch axe, both are dope and stylish 👌🏼

[@guilhermearaujo4414]

I'm too stupid for this weapon guys

[@LightItUpDan]

You’d don’t have to learn every element of it all in one go, you can learn it move by move!

[@Daniel_Siaw]

i'm convinced everyone is too stupid for this weapon until they play with it for awhile. I replayed the whole story again with charge blade to get the hang of it XD

[@dem8806]

😊😊😊

[@LightItUpDan]

[@saiken923]

Sorry but 2 minutes in and I can't understand anything. This only makes sense if you already know the weapon combos so it isn't even a guide.

[@LightItUpDan]

Sorry to hear that but it’s definitely a problem on your end. Using the video as an aid while you’re in the training area will allow you to practice and explore everything discussed during the video. You can pause sections, practice, check hunters notes, review them again, and so on. Stomping your feet in a tantrum in the comments and exclaiming this isn’t even a guide because you don’t understand any of it isn’t beneficial to anyone

[@saiken923]

@@LightItUpDan I watched Arekkz Gaming's video on this weapon and I after an hour+ I understand the basics. Both videos are hard because it's a hard weapon to learn. What I am trying to say is that in his video he put the keys on screen that you had to press for the combos. That way is a lot easier to understand and you can practice with the video paused instead of having to rewind it dozens of times. I am not trying to be a jerk although I know that's how I sound:) I might watch this video after I use the weapon a couple of hours and then I can understand better without the visual aid because I am sure you put the work into making it complete. I know the training area shows you the combos in the video but it's different. Check out that guy's video and see what I mean. Cheers