[MHGU] The Aerial Charge Blade Guide That Nobody Asked For!

This was my first time doing any kind of real big major video editing, whelp.
Hopefully it's at least passable.
Useful resources for CB in GU:
Charge Blade compendium: / mhxx_charge_blade_comp...
Charge Blade motion values for XX/GU: pastebin.com/WuHi1ZpM
KZbin Channels from folks mentioned Special Thanks:
Luke: / @elruko8293
Griffted: / @griffted
Third-rate Hunters: / @third-ratehunters188
Apex Gaming: / johnconleysb

[@Deaga]

TIMESTAMPS 0:41 Summary 1:01 1.0- Guide Intro 1:23 2.0- Aerial Charge Blade Basics 3:23 3.0- Aerial Charge Blade In-Depth 3:42 3.1- The Aerial Evade 6:54 3.2- The Aerial AED 9:08 3.3- Phial Charging & Load Up 10:38 3.4- Optimizing Mounts & KOs 14:20 3.5- Damage Combos 16:18 4.0- Closing Remarks 17:00 5.0- Special Thanks

[@grantsamson2384]

I like the part where you jump on the monster.

[@tianchenglu4293]

I am an Aerial CB main since MHX and still my favorite style in MHGU. It's just too powerful and efficient when used properly especially when soloing. it's a shame that not many hunters really utilized this style and I'm so happy to see this amazingly done ACB guide on the youtube, it's a lot of footage and editing, great work! This guide alone should earn you lots of views and subs, keep it up :) Also, your editing style greatly remind me Gaijin Hunter's earlier videos when he was too shy to talk XD I would recommend you try vocal for a guide like this, with your skill and fine editing, you'll be famous in no time

[@Deaga]

This was 100% inspired by the old gaijin videos :p

[@justthere845]

The reason some don't use cb is because it got nerfed and it's not as powerful as in mh4u

[@Fatalis571]

I am Aerial and Cb main and I am not good at it that's I'm finding some advice and guide on how to used it properly

[@Griffted]

You did it, you actually did it... and its AMAZING! I have never played charge blade in my life, let alone aerial charge blade and was still fascinated. Killer job

[@gitv1ld]

Thank you for this awesome guide, still fresh and relevant in 2023! Your explanation is clear and concise even when covering topics no one else does - the video shows off what you're talking about really well.

[@quantic7244]

This video is almost 2 years old, yet it's most probably the best tutorial for aerial CB ever done. I just started playing the game again after a 1 year break and while I was relearning old school gameplay mechanics I decided to try out new weapon/style combinations. I am now hooked to Aerial CB. Thanks a lot for posting this!

[@voiceofreason2669]

I wish there were guides with this quality for each weapon/style combination. As a Valor CB main, good job.

[@Kuhakuu]

Amazing video, great job with the editing. The music really brings me back, again, great job!

[@scarops]

This was a great guide, Deaga. Thank you. I've been re-exploring MHGU using aerial style with weapons I never did in the past and I'll be adding this one too the top of my list to try next. I love aerial. It's so underutilized. Thanks again and great job. This video was very well put together

[@marianvalkyrie]

Love it! I am even more excited to go for another deviant hunts! Thank you sir for this! I got a little tired with aerial GS, now this aerial CB looks completely on a different level ❤

[@locoghoul]

Thanks a lot for the video. Just started MHGU and had picked aerial CB already. Someone directed me to your tutorial and boy it looks fun as hell

[@j1u1a0n3]

Wow! Speechless. Amazing tutorial and I was looking for a different way to play charge blade since I really miss mh4u playstyle in gu. Thanks and hope we get more of this style of content. Again amazing.

[@elezna]

Thank you! Just started aerial CB, didnt know a lot of things you mention.

[@WH40KHero]

I played Aerial style almost exclusively since MHGen...and i didnt knew that you could input movements before the vault to change the direction of the jump! Never too good to learn something new, and awesome video

[@cheeseburger3210]

I was looking for an Aerial weapon, after I saw your video...Charge Blade it is! Thank you so much for doing this video, subbed.

[@thesprinkler7893]

This was very informative. Never thought about delaying the aed to hit instantly like that. Hitting the wings because the hit box happens so early happens way too much lol. Thanks a bunch!

[@vddx]

this guy deserved more views! never thought that aerial can be this useful :O

[@ryuro7785]

awesome guide! you should make more guides like this Instead of all others guide which just tell you the button control was your guide superior Also the damage combo is godsend!

[@dawningstar540]

Thank you for this amazing guide . Hope you will have more in the future

[@kevinaudrey4731]

Just picked up mhgu in wait for rise. This is the only way i play it and breezed through most of the game with it. Glad to find an awesome guide for it, thanks man

[@vandreydrawindrunner1400]

I cannot wait to master Aerial CB because of you Deaga

[@final3119]

Once I am bored of MHW, I'm gonna play GU with aerial CB thanks to this video and your speedrun videos. Looks so fun!

[@mathieu499]

after 2k hours on world, decided to get XX, as i play a lot of cb went for aerial cb immediately, not frkin disapointed man this is so fun to play XD !

[@microfolk6497]

Amazing, amazing video. I'm incredibly impressed by how effortlessly you manage to convey complex informations while leaving space for the viewer to elaborate on their own what they just saw. Truly an incredible work, I was already interested in trying this combo after watching some of your speedruns but now I can't wait to start jumping and charging! Thank you so much for making this~

[@Deaga]

Ty for all the nice compliments

[@BardianAngel]

Well, you've convinced me to learn Aerial Charge Blade. Time to AED in style.

[@jonathanjohnomerez6079]

dude. you're making this look so easy.... you got my attention though. subbed!

[@cheatermccheat6378]

Got MHGU a week ago with my Switch and pre ordered rise too. I've been playing Valor GS so far but you've made me want to try Aerial CB.

[@nightmilk3384]

Aww yiss can't wait to try this one on sil los or gold ian, since their weakness is either wing leg or their back. Thanks for the guide man

[@paulin4986]

This guide is amazing, this help me a lot thanks

[@SantMuz]

Gonna start in the gu, im definetly gonna try this, thx for putting this out

[@xidameng]

Very insightful tutorial! Great job! Hope in future video, pause a while when there are too many word in one cut

[@Lumini_T]

I probably wont touch charge blade often, but this has definitely encouraged me to give aerial a second chance due now better understanding the style!

[@rxlf4380]

Helloo! I know this video is pretty old, but I've been getting into mhgu and I always thought Adept was the master race coming from mhx (cuz yanno, Adept is op), but this looks really fun and challenging let alone efficient and stylish! I've been watching all your videos on aerial cb too trying to find a good ideal core build, but coming from an Aerial IG and Adept CB main in gen, I think I can get into this. Thanks for the guide, and I look forward to more of your mh content :)

[@qb400]

Watching this in 2021 thanks for this guide! Aerial CB is some of the most fun I’ve had in monster hunter!

[@nisonsei5005]

One of the most helpfull guides Ive stumbled upon

[@marfromthedepths4276]

At first I was skeptical if I should aerial CB but this video flipped all my expectations upside down and I'm ready to play whack-a-mole without a care in the world

[@Kyfow]

Very handy guide, thanks a lot!

[@Delta_dragon.]

I never knew I wanted this video until now.

[@tonyngo1885]

This was very well thought out and explained a lot of in-depth mechanics of the style. Well done! This proves that CB is both fun and strong even after the nerfs. In some cases, the changes to GPs to work as super armor work better than GPs from 4U as you are able to trade damage without much risk. This is especially true for Adept CB that gets a GP on the phial charge attack.

[@Deaga]

"Strong" is a very... strong word, I'd say. :p Gen and GU still feature the worst iteration this side of the planet has seen (MH4 CB was even worse), unfortunately. But hey, it's workable at least!

[@staffimito9347]

Awesome and useful tutorial

[@Logan-ef8hq]

Just found this as I started playing MHGU. started with Rise and am finishing world. Might have to keep this in mind for when I play more GU

Nice to see Aerial CB getting some love, I main it in MHGen lol

[@JeffGranja27]

How dare you create an Aerial Charge Blade guide I didn't ask for? I'm in love with it now uwu

[@JEASOUA]

Came here after butchering a Shogun Ceanataur trying to break its shell. Google said i should try Aerial style, and i wanted to see how it performs. Im glad i found this guide, and I'm enjoying Aerial CB alot.

[@burninggelatin7081]

outstanding guide love it and i love you

[@JazzFanss]

Hi, I'm a filthy striker CB in GU. I never seen a great aerial CB and show who actually own the sky. I hate those flying wyvern smirking and laughing above us. Your guide was very inspiring man, gnna put it in good use 👍🏼

[@PseudOni_]

Good job, you sold me on this thing

[@LAKANMusic]

this is awesome! thank you!

[@alexandercarabali2256]

nice tuto. you got a new subscription

[@nietodahortwazhaan5498]

fun and detailed tutorial! very inspiring as I'm trying out flying gunlance ;)

[@Deaga]

The whole part of the Aerial Evade applies to all Aerial styles, so you can do that straight from this guide into gunlance. Good luck with learning GL's aerial moveset tho, you'll be on your own for that. :p

[@vichanley1503]

Great guide man, thanks! Do wish you had voiced it though. Wanted to watch while working but had to wait till I got home. Still, awesome job!

[@Deaga]

I intended to do it voiced at first, but I really underestimated how much work goes into making a real video, rather than just copypasting hunts... By the end of it, I just wanted to get it done, so voice got scrapped. :p Sorry for that, but my patience really was at the limit

[@vichanley1503]

@@Deaga lol, no worries. Great vid still! Very thorough!

[@undertaker2766]

You made me want to try aerial CB again. I hope you will take responsiblity.

[@desmondfougere]

Impressed man!!!

[@rryyddeerr]

Gonna have to try this out now

[@maxolas1]

good guide sun bro!

[@TomsYoutube]

super nice guide

[@kan8113]

This was stupidly helpful

[@paradise_bustaa]

Thank you for these ancient forbidden scrolls of knowledge, I also have to ask what’s the music during 3.2 the aerial AED section?

[@Deaga]

I think that's the Kokoto Village theme kzbin.info/www/bejne/mIKVaZZprZuSobcsi=KpkxIlnA-g3Dpqd9

[@MohamadHanifAzrai]

thanks brother

[@dutchdragonite2533]

Did I hear final fantasy crystal chronicles music? good choice :)

[@Deaga]

Actually no, I only used music from monster Hunter lol

[@dutchdragonite2533]

@@Deaga lol yeah i mixed up the harth theme with another track sry

[@mochiman6307]

Been playing since gen, aerial cb was a meme style in that game due to the cb nerfs, it got some huge buffs in gu, impact phials dealt more damage, and most importantly you can do an aed with a charged shield, it turned the style from kinda viable to absolutely busted

[@lorddragonskin3603]

Thoughts on using Evade Extender, and Evade+ for Aerial CB (or just Aerial in general).

[@SantMuz]

Im a simple man, i see mhg i sub

[@garka580]

Hopefully this guide would teach the true best CB Style to those adept nerds.

[@yue7507]

does mount damage build up during a KO? so if a monster is KO'd I can keep doing aerial attacks so once it gets up it's already at the mounting threshold

[@marnsdnfois7006]

Super legit video.

[@gutsthe100manslayer4]

wow! you did a great job on this. do you plan on making more weapon/style guides for GU?

[@Deaga]

Unfortunately no because I've been literally playing Aerial CB pretty much exclusively in Generations, XX and now GU. My main idea with this video was to give a deeper view of Aerial CB. While I could certainly do something about a few other weapon/styles I've used (Valor LS, for example), I feel like the videos would be pretty basic. There's plenty of guides at that level already. However, I do have other plans in mind... Stay tuned!

[@gutsthe100manslayer4]

thanks for the quick response! and of course I will; I'm always checking your channel for new runs and other MH content! it's funny you make this guide right as I am getting into aerial CB, it's a huge help man!

[@teguh8718]

Help me a lot thanks for tutorial deaga

[@i_am_the_monkey_king]

This guide is so underrated, man. I've been experimenting with CB since I started playing MHG and GU. The weapon is beautifully complicated. It's not something that asks for skills, because it NEEDS skills. Just having that skill to wield CB in every mode and style will reward any hunter with enough power to go up against even the toughest of all that is tough.

[@johanneswolbert3821]

I have to say that this was a really, REALLY good guide, props to you :). I was wondering, do you think aerial chargeblade in mhgen is also that good, since you can't really charge your shield in this game :/

[@Deaga]

It's a lot worse, but useable. I was an Aerial CB main back in Gen.

[@johanneswolbert3821]

+Deaga Oh that's unfortunate, but I prefer guild style anyway. Aerial cb is still a lot of fun :D

[@Ian-yu9rc]

this was actually really freaking helpful

[@saveriosintoni7165]

I swear to god after I watched this tutorial I got like MUCH better I feel like I am killing monsters more easily

[@ecbrd8478]

honestly aerial style is probably my favourite one design-wise out of all of them in GU, striker and alchemy are neat ideas but stripping back your weapon doesn't feel great in many cases and some specific weapons get specific options buffed for some reason (striker lance😒). adept and valor just feel way too good honestly, it hardly even feels like you're playing monster hunter with how free they make dodging attacks. Aerial style lets you do a lot of the stuff adept and valor can do but it feels like you actually have to put in work for it (which is unfortunate for some weapons because it doesn't end up being super worth it in many cases). The vault i-frames are weird, but if you learn to use them there's a surprising amount that you can do with it, and i think charge blade's aerial AED is a good example of what more weapons *should* have gotten- not like a big damage finisher, but at the very least vaulting should give you a little more reward than, for example, the same old regular greatsword charge you'd normally just be doing on the ground.

[@SexxStar]

CB aerial style is my main, thans lol

[@locoghoul]

This guide is still relevant. Almost nothing to update really

[@sebtill3070]

Nice video- I've just switched weapons- which armour skills are useful for aerial charge blade

[@Deaga]

Load Up is a given from the video, but using it means using either the Barrage Earring (clear all Arena quests, rip in low defense) or Acorn Helm X and/or Acorn Mail X in G-Rank, which have more defense, but will restrict your other armor choices. Artillery Novice is also great as you should be using Impact Phials anyway and it's very cheap to gem in. Airborne is a fine skill, but it's a bit hard to gem in with Artillery (you need 10 slots to get both!) and Novice is a bigger boost to your Aerial AED than Airborne is. Besides those, just standard damaging skills. Sharpness +2, Razor Sharp for maintenance if you really must, Weakness Exploit, Critical Eye +3, repeat Offender, Critical Boost, etc. I recommend using an Armor set Search program and seeing what you can fit with your charms (You'll never be able to use ALL these skills). You can also just steal the set I briefly showed while talking about load up in the vid. :p

[@HackaX26]

Never touched the charge blade in the older games even world. You have opened my eyes and made me pick up the old 3DS and renewed my MH Gen approach. Thank you.

[@Deaga]

Keep in mind that, in Gen, you can only do the SAED in the air (spends your shield charge) if you have a charged shield. That means you'll probably want to not charge your shield at all back there, which is a huge disadvantage. It's still a lot of fun to use Aerial CB there (I did!), but it's mu ch weaker.

[@thebuddah1253]

GU is gonna have the most depth in the series for a long time. Rise still has a chance add more depth if they add more switch skills in later updates.

[@dreadcrimson7966]

Two questions Because the impact phials do impact damage, do Impact AEDs count as all Impact or Cut and Impact? Are elemental phials just as good with the combos as impact against other parts?

[@Deaga]

Impact Phials deal fixed damage (ignores hitzones entirely) dependant on your raw. They also deal KO and exhaust damage. Elemental Phials are generally not worth it in GU. Damage has been nerfed compared to 4U and they deal no KO or exhaust damage. They may be worth it against some of the more raw resistant monsters, such as Chameleos and Gravios, but that's situational at best.

[@guuppa]

Aaand now I want to use aerial CB

[@SetsukoOhara]

How come this game looks so much better than rise

[@ambersandboyland6240]

Ok, so how do you perform the aerial tier 3 discharge? Whenever I try to do the normal input in the air it does the full phial slam.

[@Deaga]

Just press A for a normal AED or X+A for a super AED

[@johnatanrueda2584]

niiiiiiiiiice

[@Vermillion37]

I used to be an Sword and shield Aerial then now I use chargeblade and I wanted to see what was outhere for it

[@fiestaproness]

i love you

[@je6029]

how do you jump for attack? im very new to mhgu, and aerial style seems really interesting to me. 😳

[@Deaga]

On Aerial style only, your evade (B) turns into the small hop that can be used to vault off monsters

[@srazysnake0221]

you failed to mention what skills you were using for reference, otherwise good video!

[@garreleon]

Quick question, what's the difference between charging shield from sword mode and axe mode? I notice that when I charge it from sword mode (A+B after shield thrust) I get a yellow shield even with 5 phials charged, but when i charge from axe mode i get a red shield with the same amount phials stored. Im quite confused since they both seem to do the same thing except the different colors.

[@garreleon]

Otherwise a great and comprehensive guide, but just not quite complete :P

[@Deaga]

I think the yellow charge you get from charging from sword mode does not increase guarding capabilities, does not give phial bursts on blocks/gps and also only gives 20 seconds of charge per phial (charging from axe grants 40 seconds per phial). Don't quote me on that though, it's been forever since I last played GU. I might be misremembering it.

[@Koki-xl8wf]

The red shield increases your axe bonus damage and gives you guard + 1. It is just always better to go for the red shield. Thats why it is ofter a little bit neglected I think. And in the updates you don't loose your red shield if you make am aerial SAED. At least thats what i read.

[@xavvvorg4653]

How come I lose my sheild charge when I aerial aed and you don't???

[@SS2LP]

I will by no means become an aerial CB main from this I’ll still predominantly use Valor CB and adept CB but man if aerial isn’t the most defensive way to play the thing. Strong evading ability, strong blocking ability, two forms of crown control via mounts and knockouts and it still has decent ability to lay on the punishment. This is definitely my new go too for monsters I get hit by a lot. Edit: I may at some point have to bring limit breaker with me just so I can finish a monster by dropping a 10 phial nuke on their head while shouting “plus ultra”

[@Deaga]

The Aerial Vault is a strong defensive option, yeah, but the invincibility also comes out super late. That means you're playing very reactively a lot of the time...

[@SS2LP]

Deaga I mean “playing reactively” is how I’d describe playing the weapon in general. It’s not like greatsword for example where you sit in front of it doing something.

[@Istior]

Mmm i’m a CB main and i’d love to use Aerial CB. As i was watching a 3yrs old vid of Herny speedrunning the Fated Four with Aerial CB, I noticed he never charged his shield. He explained in coms that it was pointless due to many reasons.. I’m not sure about this and now that I see your guide I don’t unterstand why he said this Have they been any changes to Aerial CB from MHG 3ds and MHG Switch? sorry for this long commentairy lol just wanted to be sure

[@Deaga]

What Herny said was true for Generations on the 3DS, in that game your only option in the air was to SAED which would use all phials and the shield charge. GU introduced the option to also do just a regular AED, which spends only one phial

[@Istior]

Deaga Oh ok thanks for the answer !

[@yanielo.velazquez5831]

I found a way to bully monsters!

[@dirkjohnson9627]

I know I’m like a year late, but does anyone have recommendations on the best charge blades for high rank or early g rank?

[@Deaga]

Probably the Elder Line early on, it works for most blademaster weapons. It's the one that looks like the starting CB, except it's red.

[@dirkjohnson9627]

Deaga Thanks man and great video

[@kojinomaru7429]

i wish this guide was fully voiced :(

[@Deaga]

I actually kinda wish too and even thought about it. However, this being the very first time I edited ANYTHING, I opted to skip voicing this time around. Just this video took well over a week to make! I wanted to see what kind of reception it would get and so on. However, I might do more similar videos in the future. I may just want to try my voice out for those. ;) No guarantees, but it IS something I want to do.

[@kindaedgy3548]

I did ;^;

[@Thelightningknight]

What's an armor set you would suggest for aerial CB?

[@Deaga]

Prioritize some kind of sharpness control (any combination of Razor Sharp, Sharpness +2, and Absolute Readiness to maintain high sharpness), Artillery Novice, Load Up, typical damage boosting skills (crit meta, Weakness Exploit, Critical Eye, Repeat Offender, Critical Boost, etc) and Airborne, more or less in that order. Use some armor seach program to see what you can do with your charms. Obviously you can't fit in all of those in a set, try to prioritize a few of them. I also very quickly showed one of my sets on the beginning of part 3.3, so you could also just steal that, I guess. ;) It's using a Tenderizer +4 000 charm iirc, but it has one empty slot (so just having 2 slots on the charm would suffice)

[@Thelightningknight]

I tried to look at your set but my computer isn't able to make it out so can you just list the armor pieces to help me out

[@Deaga]

Acorn Helm X/Esurient Mail XR/Esurient Vambraces XR/Esurient Faulds XR/Rathalos Greaves XR Charm is Tenderizer +4 000 iirc, don't have my switch on me right now to check

[@Thelightningknight]

Alright I'll check but like you I don't have my switch to check right now

[@wyre5102]

How to do aerial saed with red shield everytime i miss the saed and land the uaed instead, can you explain the timing

[@Deaga]

Press only A instead of X+A

[@wyre5102]

@@Deaga thanks i though it was x+a

[@DemoniteBL]

MH would be so much more fun if it had hitboxes around the monsters actual bodies. lol

[@jimmyc0001]

how do you tell your palico to stop moving?

[@Deaga]

Use the signal

[@alderwield9636]

Well, bcs of this guide I can farm white fatalis easily and SOLO