Monster Hunter Wilds Charge Blade The Biggest Changes From World & Rise! Weapon Gameplay Breakdown

[@OmKumbhare-ir5je]

I like how every MH content creator is cooperating with each other to provide info. As a Hunter, I respect MH community

[@Reekris1]

MH community, both the content creators and the fans, is one of the best in gaming. It's a trickle-down of passion from the devs that oozes in every game.

[@Niteshade-Runesoul]

We Hunter's look out for each other! the MH community and NMS communities are some of my favorite, both on the developer side and the playerbase side.

[@orbital.l6986]

0:15 That had to hurt..

[@matthewrobledo8996]

Yea, doshaguma went down after that 😂😂😂

[@arthurbazanelli8191]

'No-longer-alpha Doshaguma'

[@orbital.l6986]

@@arthurbazanelli8191 Lol beta dosh

[@orbital.l6986]

@@matthewrobledo8996 lmao crippled

[@sodapopinksi667]

Where the CB brethren at? Join the club.

[@jaesh9306]

Im here

[@gtmafiaa]

Best weapon!!!!

[@bobzbrodr5949]

We here

[@naztynaz5072]

Brother Cornhustlr here

[@zlad1186]

@@sodapopinksi667 SAED SPAMMERS RISE UP!

[@melzee6719]

Honestly the most I’ve missed from the charge blade is the way the elemental discharge looks from world to rise, where it would actually look like the elements that’s being used rather than the lighting color change from rise

[@salwaahmadz6215]

Yeah the Ice phials and Lightning phials animation are peak

[@goose-gz2ik]

I agree

[@86lanzo]

the power of the nintendo switch...Worlds was made for modern consoles ..rise wasnt and was just ported to PC..but this is just one of the many things that had rise feeling like a step back to me.

[@ahmdo8485]

3:13 Pizza cutter? More like balls shredder! Why you do my boy like that 😂

[@ericsigler83]

Neutered

[@stormlegacy4223]

more like rectal rend, with the way that thing reached behind lmao

[@V01CEofReezun]

Either way, he's not an alpha anymore.

[@FrosteryGaming]

"Just a trim to the side" Barber:

[@100_pesos]

OG: Ripper Shield

[@doomslayer6906]

Thank gosh someone has been able to finally explain the overcharged phials, ive been looking everywhere!

[@pancakemachine4889]

You can still guard point into SAED. TDS did it in his live stream around 26:56 fighting a Chatacabra.

[@Elyakel]

watch closely, it's a perfect guard, it's written, so we still need confirmation about that

[@Anonymous-dg5je]

​@@ElyakelI doubt Guard Points will be considered different from a Perfect Guard since it's basically one. If Wilds is a smartly designed game they'll do it like this. EDIT : Well, MHWilds is a smartly designed game.

[@viniciusduarte3420]

Man, not sure what to think about AED only dealing one phial hit, while the other two are in the followup. I tried my hardest to go 4U headsnipe playstyle in World and Rise, I'm scared that the extra animation might be too much commitment to go for all the time.

[@LastHazzerd]

only thing that sounds harder is capitalizing on sleeping targets now that you can't insta-SAED, But if the the AED combo into SAED can be spaced right, i imagine the same effect can be achieved with overcharge philes. now you just gotta work at the execution, like the GS users

[@asiansimp]

Yeah, SAED got done like True Charged Slash now. Basically have to spam Triangle and Circle on SnS mode before executing the move. I don’t have a problem with this but I hoped AED/SAED charge still branches to Savage Axe… 💔 I’m shamelessly a SAxe spammer in MHW

[@honeychonav4027]

Yep! In fact early on in the video you'll see an example of it at the 0:30 mark.

[@Hydraclone]

I've not heard of anybody trying what happens if you hold the input. Initially content creators were saying that the Zero Sum Discharge on the Switch Axe had been relegated to a mount finisher. It was then discovered that if you hold Triangle+Circle, you can actually still do it instead of the Elemental Discharge. I'd be very curious to hear if anybody has tried this for the CB too.

[@caseygalerneau4448]

I have been a charge blade main since first fight against anjanath. Been getting more into using savage axe mode and looking forward to these changes.

[@PNGpainter]

Loving the changes to weapons, really seems like they're trying to force you into getting creative and having varied combos and playstyles while maintaining the strength and satisfaction of the big powerful attacks like SAED

[@AcceptGamingDKD]

Im hating how you need to waste a phile just to get SAED. Seems like you cant ever get rhe full power of SAED thanks to the wasted attack

[@niko-ef8hq]

@@AcceptGamingDKD maybe overcharged phials will help with that

[@kivitelezo]

Since when it is a good thing to be forced to do something in a certain way?

[@Sticksalad]

@@kivitelezosince someone made a thing within those parameters? What kind of statement is that 😂

[@bdizzle7072]

@@AcceptGamingDKD I mean with the different phial loss mitigations that exist now that isn't really a huge issue, is it? They showed in this video the overcharged phials in power axe mode not consuming anything at all before the SAED (which seems like too much, frankly, I'd rather lose one phial hat instead of no loss, but as is it seems like they went with the more powerful option). Really the main loss is the wakeup SAED on sleeping monsters, the phial efficiency changes cover the rest.

[@aganaom1712]

i don't like not being able to cancel straight into SAED at all but that's my only gripe

[@aeonise]

Same here. I can't tell how it will feel losing that until I get hands-on with the changes, but it seems like the devs want to make it a much less frequently-used part of the CB kit.

[@ThatBoiDinky]

Honestly we shouldn’t have had direct access to begin with, but it’ll be weird not having it

[@JetStream0509]

it's not "at all", you can go into it from a guard point.

[@Divinelineblue]

MY MAIN. Thank you for the video, learned a lot. Really hope we get a open demo

[@HydraHunterMkII]

CB changes look real exciting! it'll take a while for me to to figure it out but as a CB main Im excited. I will miss the wirebug counter phial fill, but yeah that was pretty broken

[@MrOrzeker]

Idk about saed not being accessible without doing an aed first, monsters windows aren't infinite especially with cb and saed spam. Feels like a nerf to not have the choice to do what you want.

[@lordnuminex5738]

I know. I wish they would implement to choose mechanics between world or wilds.i feel Some older fans or veterans who are comfortable with old mechanics would like this idea.

[@Ninetails-ze8mc]

The weapon video was already good but now seeing what charge blade it actually be like it’s even more incredible. Great overview guys I hope you do more

[@billnye4113]

I can't lie that i'm a little disappointed that SAED spam is not as quick in Wilds compared to World and Rise.

[@hwari3725]

Crapcom forcing cb mains to use charged axe instead. Alright fine then I will pick switchaxe since we have a better axe for literally the same weapon type!

[@19kvet96]

I mean we get a massive damage increase so I'm fine with it. Plus savage axe mode is returning.

[@kivitelezo]

I mained CB in MHW and Rise and I don't like these changes. I always found the low mobility of savage axe mode a huge limiting factor. I like to shield and dancing around monsters. I like to GP and SEAD them. Also it is silly how ppl are happy with Capcom "trying to force" ppl into one or an other game style. Since when it is a good thing to be forced to do something in a certain way? I guess I have to wait and see how it feels. Hoping for the best.

[@Orgez_CZ]

Yeah, I was also using CB as a weapon that can pretty much do everything. So sword shield was my means of fighting a monster and then I used saed or other axe moves.

[@ducanhtran1713]

Yea don't really get why capcom are pushing axe mode more when we already have an axe weapon

[@hilken]

I agree 100%, I like the 4U style better than Savage Axe. Unless they change things upon release and allow us to choose between styles, Wilds will be the first game since 4 Ultimate (where I started) in which I will not use Charge Blade at all.

[@Hydraclone]

@@ducanhtran1713 You mean the Switch Axe which has virtually no use for Axe mode? The Swaxe is an axe in name only. Though it looks like they're taking steps to make it more useful in Wilds, I still think it's more of a Switch Sword.

[@JetStream0509]

@@Hydraclone You must not have given power axe mode in iceborne a chance. You can very effectively use it and it alone. It's the king of getting trips. In Rise you can't play like that but with all the morph slashes and stuff it's still effective. Switch Axe definitely favors the sword but the axe is far from useless.

[@owensmith4159]

CB main since world and the savage axe mode is exactly what I fell in love with most. So I'm a CB main for good

[@Augs_Cable]

Not me learning that the power axe spinning didn’t need continuous presses before until I saw this vid 😭

[@Stony1313]

I'm so confused now. Didn't they just say in the podcast with Chris the other day that the mechanic for the extra axe hits wasn't in wilds. That they tried the button mashing and it didn't work.

[@callanharvey6264]

@@Stony1313 I'm in the same boat man, like it is clearly there in the footage so idk exactly what they were talking about on the podcast

[@honeychonav4027]

@@Stony1313 There's a setting options to either make this mechanic button mashing or button holding.

[@kanonon1903]

@@honeychonav4027 wouldn't mashing the button be super awkward since usually the second buffered input takes you to AED instantly? Say you were mashing circle for example.

[@honeychonav4027]

@@kanonon1903 I'm actually not sure since I haven't had the chance to actually play it for myself. All I know is that it's an option. And it goes for Swax too. And since Power Clash is a button mash mini game I have to question if it also works for it too.

[@ariq5258]

I love wilds content, keeping me sane over here

[@starwarized]

I haven't finished the video, but thank you for confirming savage axe multiple instances of damage are back! everyone i've seen talking about the charge blade said that they couldn't manage to trigger it, even though it shows in the manual.

[@jaybestemployee]

The only "buff" to SAED is the possible 1.4x damage multiplier when phials are overcharged but the multiplier also applies to other phial damages so its not a SAED specific buff. Overcharging also means it takes longer to do the charging work so its more like a tradeoff than a pure buff. On the other hand, SAED needs longer combo string which would obviously reduce frequency of its use. RISE offers 2 ways of SAED: traditional land starting SAED and the mid-air SAED. The former has a longer reach and narrower fan of bursts. The latter has a shorter reach but a little bit wider fan of bursts. There is still no sign of mid-air SAED available in Wilds so I can only assume only one SAED style remains, which is a very sad thing because I am a huge fan of mid-air SAED cause it provides a lot of direction turning flexibility and a more powerful and focused burst of damage. It seems Wilds want players to use more axe mode, chain more AED rather than doing burst damage with SAED. SAED is kinda reserved for situations where monster is under control for a long period of time. Days of SAED spam is quite certainly gone and Wilds may lose a bunch of Charge Blade players who are into that play style.

[@JetStream0509]

mid-air SAED was tied to wirebugs so there was very little chance it would appear here.

[@jaybestemployee]

@@JetStream0509 Sure, there shouldn't be a brightly colored wire again in the new game to support the physics of those flying moves and attacks. However, tweaks and new moves would come along sometimes borrowing concepts and captured movements from old games. It's the dev's job to tackle problems of the moves, e.g. when land based SAED is getting too restrictive, it seems the new game allow a wider degree of turning between the steps to SAED. I guess similar tuning will happen for other parameters of SAED like the output direction and shape. Fingers crossed for Charge Blade to continually improve on the SAED route for the time of Wilds' lifecycle.

[@snaplemouton]

I was hoping that savage axe mode would be mostly on the focus mode and mounting mechanic. Kinda bummed that it's going to be basically the main playstyle, I much prefer SAED playstyle but we'll see how it goes.

[@heyimurchin6575]

With the introduction of perfect guards, I'm curious to see how important guard point still is since that's what draw me to the weapon. Do we get perfect block by guard pointing or is it a completely different move?

[@zlad1186]

i’m curious as well. Cuz if they do mean the same thing, it’d be be really dope

[@Saranio]

My guess is, that its just gonna be like a perfect guard but with additional free phial triggers but lets see when we can play more. Really looking forward to the public demo

[@ECI5858]

Im really hoping that we can cancel attacks into guard to make perfect guarding much easier so we dont have to rely on guard points too much like before.

[@jimmyjams5038]

I've seen in another video by Rurikhan that you can get a perfect block on a guardpoint. They are definitely separate mechanics but can be used together as well if you're really good at timing (or lucky lol)

[@bdizzle7072]

I'd guess that Guard Points still have additional benefits. Perfect Guards probably function as roughly +2 points of the guard skill like guard points have in the past, so maybe guard point perfect blocks work like +4? Maybe that's too much though. There will likely still be phial explosions on guard points but not on perfect guards by themselves, and of course there's the obvious benefits of blocking at the end of attacks that otherwise might leave you vulnerable same as before.

[@sternritternovad]

As a Savage Axe player this is just epic news.

[@neurosis51]

Is it just me or does it sound like only the people who don't play or aren't proficient with CB are praising changes that disincentivize an optional play style with the weapon? Before you could choose to be a savage axe focused player and build your set around that or you could be a big SnS + SAED focused one and build around that (Like forgoing any crit skills for more phial dmg). Personally i'm not into spinning less options as more and forcing a play style as "Erm actually you now have even more choices than before". They could of just made all these changes and still let you go into SAED quickly with a another input combo.

[@Niyariii]

Unfortunately with the hype train rn no one will listen to your very valid complaints. Certainly feels like they completely removed a particular playstyle in favor of forcing savage axe on everyone, and I say this as someone who prefers savage axe. SAED didn’t need to die for this, they coexisted perfectly fine in iceborne and sunbreak. I give it about ~half a year after wild’s release until we start seeing swarms of people suddenly agreeing with you, hype won’t allow for any critique sooner than that

[@neurosis51]

@@Niyariii right, it's always after the honey moon phase when normies start looking at things critical again, then they'll act like they had a problem with it the whole time. Same thing happened with Dragon Dogma 2.

[@neurosis51]

@@Niyariii In a similar vein I can already tell the armor gender change means they'll be adding less armors to MHwilds to be lazy and uninspired. Instead of always having 4 armor designs at minimum for each monster (alpha/beta gunner/Blade master for male and female), it'll just be 2 and I want it all. I was arguing with some tourist attempting to gas light that it means more options when numerically that's wrong. Then he did some hard projection saying I'm doing mental gymnastics and being disingenuous. Normies and tourists killing all my boomer hobbies. Mainstream and it's consequences.

[@JF-vz1ju]

No, I play CB and think the changes are for the better.

[@hilken]

​​​​​​​@@JF-vz1jucounter point: I've played Charge Blade all the way from 4 Ultimate to Sunbreak, and I can tell you that is NOT for the better. I don't like Savage Axe, I barely liked Valor Charge Blade in Generations Ultimate, and I know for a fact that I'm not the only one that thinks like that, so by default, mixing both styles into one and giving more focus to the Savage Axe side is not for the better, specially when they could have make all those changes to Savage Axe without having to virtually remove SAED in the process.

[@awaugh7184]

I’ve been a CB main since I started world and the new attacks look fun but I’m weary about not being able to use SAED as much. I think that’ll drastically lower the weapons DPS.

[@bingchilling7900]

The AED follow up moves look so badass and I'm glad axe mode now has more combos instead of just spamming AED and SAED

[@FrosteryGaming]

Bro grinded its balls 0:15

[@Dalladrien]

Definitely don't understand why'd they had to block us from getting into SAED right away. They could've kept all of the combo strings as they are now, but let us access AED by pressing back and triangle/Y still. Unless triggered by a perfect block or a guard point, SAED is very situational now.

[@flyingthor2650]

precisely for that reason, otherwise you will only see the SAED spammage like people did in World and Rise. They switch things up which is nice if you ask me.

[@slowCPU]

From everything I’ve seen so far, it seems like perfect guards are pretty easy to pull off

[@rttrtt1374]

@@flyingthor2650 SAED spam was not as effective as Savage axe in Rise nor World. Unless you're talking very specific cases like ICE Elemental phials vs Diablos for example. Savage axe out dps's SAED virtually any other situation. This limitation is arbitrary and a direct nerf in my opinion. Most of you couldn't hit more than 50% of ur SAED's anyway. This is a non issue.

[@rttrtt1374]

It's a nerf. They decided that Savage axe is now the only playstyle you're supposed to play with. Basically limiting you to just 1 conjoined playstyle instead of the 2 openended ones we had in Rise and Iceborn. This rework is senseless if you ask me.

[@JF-vz1ju]

That's the point. They want to limit just spamming the same move over and over.

[@ECI5858]

Is guard point also considered a perfect guard if it succesfully blocks an attack? Also since perfect guard is so important, while the hunter attacks is the animation delay transition to guarding much quicker just like guard points? because i heard that in gunlance's case it is definitely easier and quicker to guard while attacking

[@garlanramadhan4291]

I am skeptical about going to the savage axe mode from a perfect guard. From all the videos I've seen, the one who's doing it has power axe mode already active. That savage axe follow up may only be done because of that.

[@XiTrOnE_SBT]

Since i saw all the Weapon showcase videos i was really unsure which weapon I want to pick since every new moves of every weapon looks so god damn cool. I played all the old MH titles with Greatsword and Longsword. Played MHW with Dualblades Entirely and then switched to Greatsword entirely for Iceborne. And after I beat Fatalis I ended up switching to the Chargeblade because I got a bit bored of only playing GS and Dual Blades. But yeah after this Video I'm 100% sure I will main ChargeBlade

[@guitarluva90]

Please do the bow next. Between the coatings, the tracers, the gauge thing and the new focus strike it probably has more changes than most. As for the charge blade changes. I really enjoyed the base World Charge Blade, you had the mobility and defensive ability in sword mode then swapped briefly to axe mode to deal the big damage with SAED. With Iceborne they changed it with savage axe mode to encourage you to use axe mode more and now in Wilds they seem to be doubling down on that. I'm not a fan of this as it's like they've just flipped it the other way around and now sword mode is just used to get charge before moving to axe mode. SAED and savage axe should both be viable and they should just let the player choose to use what they prefer.

[@deenow_1292]

0:46 this must be some sort of new guard point or mechanic. Either way it looks sick.

[@gabrielcabral6142]

It's a new shield charge shortcut

[@Reissmond]

Charge Blade is my favorite weapon to play just for fun, I'm awful playing with it but it's very fun so I use it from time to time, and the savage axe mode is so satisfying, I'm glad we'll be able to use it for longer periods

[@connorgunning6228]

I will always be a greatsword main, but lately I've been practicing on world with the switch axe and the charge blade. I gotta say I'm having a lot of fun with those two.

[@damicomito]

As a veteran that started with MH Freedom and a Greatsword main that tried Charge Blade in World, i love these changes. I always found Savage Axe to be a lot more fun and skilled than just SAED Spam, if i wanted to play a brainlees big BONK weapon i would have just gone back to GS. Giving more love to skilled gameplay is a big plus like the Iceborne nerfs to SAED.

[@NikFlyer]

Charge blade got a massive glow up from the looks of things, what a good time to be a charge blade user

[@grundgymoozuh8427]

I'm new to the MH series, World was my first followed by rise, but I main SNS followed closely by CB, so excited for wilds that Ive been right back into World for a few weeks now World

[@leaf7363]

Can I get one of these for hunting horn? It seems to be a really changed weapon from rise.

[@SpikeykoaLa44]

Any news on condensed elemental slash? This video didn’t touch on sword mode at all so I’m wondering if it’s gone? :/

[@maldivesthegamer9774]

Pretty sure it still works the same way it works before

[@Lexes222]

as CB Main who wasn‘t able to enjoy GamesCom this Video is pure Gold 🙏🏻 AED into SAED sounds like real Unga + BUNGA to me!

[@aeonise]

0:15 I swear we're going to make Doshaguma go extinct purely because everyone seems to think our weapons were designed for vasectomies.

[@JaximusJoe]

I would love to see a dual blades video 🙌🏼🙌🏼 Been a DB main since Tri Ultimate

[@19kvet96]

I was also a DB main from TU until my second playthrough of world. I highly recommend you try the longsword and other melee Weapons after. I spent years frustrated that I couldn't break higher parts as a DB user. The longsword opened my world up because it plays much like DB, but you can finally hit those parts you wanna break. Just my personal experience as a fellow "old" DB user. BTW, I'm now a charge blade main if it wasn't obvious, lol. I played freedom unite, tri ultimate, 4U, and world as a DB main. Obvious if that's your favorite weapon then don't change. I'm just sharing my experience. MONSTER HUNTER WILDS IS GOING TO BE AMAZING!!!!

[@XeroWolfsbane]

It's now upgraded to a spinning hand saw. This is awesome! Love the upgrades and changes.

[@koifnen]

I always wanted to mix Savage axe and SAED playstyle but in prev games you kinda have to use one or the other? Does Wilds still make you choose?

[@idkwatimdoingtbh]

Everyone's already covered the Long Sword and Charge Blade... Can we *please* get some coverage on the SnS and Insect Glaive? There's basically nothing for those 2 weapons as far as I can tell.

[@calusmini-tool8704]

Its the same for hammer and dual blades too. And i main hammer glaive and dual blades!

[@milii113]

We are so back it's like we never even left...

[@lostwayne8095]

There is something we talked a lot about with my friends, after amped discharge you throw a big horizontal swing after that weapon stays infront of you for a little while before super discharge. Do you guys think there is chance that it might be a gp ? Or is there any Info you got about this ?

[@aner_bda]

Really hope Offensive Guard makes a comeback. If it does, it's going to pair so well with the perfect guard and really amp up the savage axe mode even more.

[@H0w3r]

can we expect a video like this highlighting the changes for each of the other weapons ? THanks.

[@Reekris1]

My big fear for the CB is how much it seems that Power Axe mode is being prioritized. I think it's cool that mode is an option, but I tend to avoid using it because if I'm going to use a big, slow axe with no maneuverability or guarding, I'd use Switch Axe. My draw to Charge Blade is that it's an oversized Sword and Shield, so I prefer to spend most of my time in that mode, with the occasional SAED for wake up hits, big attack windows, or counter attacks off of a guard. I'm all for Power Axe getting some love, I just hope that the Sword and Shield mode remains a viable option because that's my appeal, especially with the new aggro pod, to be able to draw the attention in group play is great and I love a sword more than a lance. Although, Gunlance looks to be a fun option so if SnS mode is non-viable, I'll be running GL.

[@schmecklin377]

doesnt look like sword and shield mode has been downgraded at all just that power axe mode has more options now

[@CRBRUSX]

What I'm curious about is how focus mode and the focus finisher works in multiplayer. Like do each player get one or is it first come first serve?

[@Yoru_601]

I'm really liking the changes, it seems like we will be able to stun monster easier with the aed and follow up aed. Kinda wish they had left the saed as default and added the follow ups just like we have it on worlds where pressing the triangle on saed would just do the aed and then you do the new follow up combos. Im guessing they r trying add an extra risk now that you can add an extra 40% phial dmg from overcharged phials.

[@Dannyred1234]

Charge blade my beloved

[@carlolb837]

Video starts at 0:00

[@babaganoush9237]

thanks

[@bobzbrodr5949]

Thank you!

[@tss121]

that shield charge move where u stay pressing O has to be a guard point right? that would be amazing if that's the case

[@denstruction]

It's nice for sure but since you are converting all your phials you wont have any for a follow up discharge so not as useful as you'd think

[@raidennc]

That new shield charge is SICK

[@Tabnito]

Savage axe mode is the part of the qeappn I care about least. The dash hops and slide attacl im sns mode is my favorite part

[@cowan1234]

i am definitely maining CB for most of wilds. i cant wait for this game!

[@sevortex3833]

We are so back

[@jvckal]

I’m hoping to see balanced changes between impact and elemental phials; the norm would be to just go for impact cause high damage and stun, but I want to see elemental changes that can equalize impact

[@maidforbattle8695]

1:26 huh, that's what i wanted to hear

[@psinjo]

gonna be honest, little disappointed myself :/ don't get me wrong, i do like savage axe mode, but IMO the thing that makes charge blade special is the dynamic of constantly swapping stances, just sitting there and going 'chainsaw go brr' is fun, but overall not nearly as satisfying to me as perfect block into saed on a weakp point for MASSIVE damage the big thing i'm worrying about here is now we're gonna have to build phials > charge shield, build phials again, then build them AGAIN to get overcharge, then savage axe mode just to get the over charge buff, and then finally get to actually do things with the weapon. at least on paper, it sounds a lot like insect glaive, where you spend 5 minutes just chasing the boss around trying to hit specific points to get all the buffs before you can actually play your weapon. i'm hoping this isn't the case, but that's what it sounds like right now

[@migMH]

Look mom, I'm on TV!

[@O_Ariii]

sayez mig, road to l’international, prochain feat avec les dev 😂👌🏼

[@migMH]

@@O_Ariii Ahah on en est loin

[@TheKataclism]

Ohhhh nice, at last the PDF's have started. AXE UP BOIS, THE TIME IS COMING!

[@kingkiller244]

0:22 Damn new these guard points are sick as fuck though .💥🔥💥

[@luisroman3952]

Can't wait to see all the elementals phials

[@troodoninuit1752]

Please more info on Insect Glaive! It has changed A LOT and there is definetly a lack of videos on it

[@borndrago]

They just made my favorite weapon even more stronger in EVERY ASPECT I don't care about SAED behind combo strings if we're getting ways to charge phials this way now

[@buttersidedown5905]

I cannot wait for a public demo, I dying to try out all the weapon changes and new mechanics & map

[@Zummy200]

We need so much more HBG footage, there was hardly any. D: At least my other favorite weapon, CB, looks great here!!

[@86lanzo]

Favorite change is just seeing charge blades of unique shapes

[@thadeusperson4425]

Charge blade might be my secondary weapon but I NEED to know how Insect Glaive plays

[@age8428]

I really don't care about savage axe, I'll make SAED style work. My playstyle is guardpoint heavy anyway, so the changes don't bother my that much.

[@raidennc]

Same tbh

[@ulfulfrson4657]

Alittle concerned bout SAED changes but ill have to play the open beta before final judgements.

[@Zerochilluwu]

that sux what they did to wake ups but overall still seems fun though savage axe "never once heard anyone call it power axe" is fairly good for elements and I expect it will be again

[@danwoods8195]

Pizza time?!?!?!😂 Can't wait to cut me up some monster Pizza. So HYPE RN. THANKS AREKKZ

[@Facelauss]

In world and rise I loved charge blade but I don’t like savage axe mode. Honestly this is not exciting to me

[@shindoushuichi0287]

I'm just going to call SAED with the boosted vials HAED or Hyper Amped Elemental Discharge.

[@Zamoxino]

Call it SCSAED (super charged) so later in next game maybe we will get UMSCSAED or something... lmao Good luck explaining all that stuff to newbies after this xd

[@bdizzle7072]

The real question is do we call the AED followup AEDF or ED3?

[@JackDblade]

SAED needs a bigger boom. The elements look kinda weak because i want to see ice chunks, lightning bolts and fire explosions to send a message to the monster. I will miss the Wirebug Axe Launcher Slam Discharge 3000.

[@heavensknightyt5528]

The weapon definitely is missing something world added the chainsaw which was dope and rose had the wire moves that were super dope but this one the only thing that looks gd is when u hit a injure area they need another move

[@MitchJanssen1]

I prefer SAED's over Savage axe but if i can weave them together and play bothe maybe i prefer that

[@jaredbrelje300]

LIGHT BOWGUN NEXT PLEASE!

[@pareod]

Any info on guard points and how they differ from perfect blocks?

[@jameshewitt4706]

Perhaps im a bit late to the party here, but im honestly not sure how i feel about staying in the Savage Axe for longer. Mostly because (sure, ive only REALLY played World, but) i rather LIKE the dance of balancing Axe and Sword/shield modes. Sword and shield to charge up and prepare, go into axe for more damage, now things are getting depleted or time is running out so back to sword and board to recharge. I wasnt a fan of Rise because i felt like i could stay in axe a bit too easily and just dont recall any incentive to switch back to the sword/shield mode.

[@firstimposter6445]

Strange thing on MH is that i wouldn’t want to try to play it unless theres a mod to switch the weapon from left to right hand. Bc right hand is where I synchronize my mind for it to be from as that is the seeming standard for most games. And it just feels weird and off if the weapon is mainly on the left hand for some reason.

[@bdizzle7072]

You could probably do it even without mods by just mirroring the screen and reversing your left/right inputs. All the text would be backwards and you'd have to work at reversing controler/mouse inputs, but theoretically possible. And if you don't want to go that far, you can just play a two handed weapon like Greatsword where it doesn't matter anyway.

[@fadhilpaten]

It seems i would bring CB as sub for my GL, those two necessary skills would complement each other..

[@BoostedMonkey05]

There is definitely not gonna be a lot of fans of Ultras being not as spammable anymore but I am not one of those people. I love it when Axe mode gets some love rather than just savage axe and Ultra Spam.

[@joechilson5790]

Nuts I can't wait to play my charge blade

[@Cadmean_7]

Is the new way of charging the shield counts as a guard point as well ? From the look of it it definitely looks like it does

[@4thQueen]

From watching other videos on YT, I learned that you can now cancel attacks into the block animation (at least with Gunlance and presumable Lance as well). Very interested to know if that is indeed the case with CB also. It kinda looks like it? But just to be sure.

[@ECI5858]

Yes i am very curious too if this is the case just like gunlance since if you can quickly cancel into blocks while attacking this will probably make relying on guard points less unless you really need the additional level of guard that guard pointing gives.

[@Hydraclone]

Do we know if you can hold Triangle and Circle to go straight into SAED, kinda like how Swaxe has been changed to have to hold them to go into ZSD instead of just the normal ED?

[@Abrand500]

Any info on routes from guard points? Or is that all under perfect guard now?

[@wooly9976]

Maybe I missed it but is charging your sword with phials the same as world?

[@tamakona113]

does the punching shield charge have a guard point?

[@Willowsworldx3]

(I didnt espect this to be so long) honestly I dont see a problem with savage axe being behind a special interaction, if it's got like a 2mi Timer like the other buffs instead of a phile draining system and a shield charge requirement to meet, OH and it's got not one BUT 3 ways to active it through various means of skill expressions(two of which will naturally happen anyways) along with being a stronger buff then its ever have been? Yea that's a huge upgrade. And Honestly the fact it's not an on demand move, wont prevent any CB mains from being able to have easily 90% uptime or more considering its what.. a perfect parry every two minutes if even considering wounds and mounts active it to, soo a single perfect parry every 6 mins to keep it active? Honestly I think it sounds to easy to manage for the straight massize buff it looks like BUT I also love CB as a concept, not just using it to barf out SAED's(literally a charged double slash into a round and boom philes then wait...🤮 dmg, then repeat its bearly engageing with the weapon )so I'm hyped it's forcing people to actually engage with each aspect of the weapon instead of the direction rise went, which was force it into multiple play styles (even moveset wise) which weren't equal, I Want the most optimal way to play CB to actually incorporate all aspects of the weapons, make it deserve the stange hype people give it for being complicated cause it's really not, the most complicated part is figuring out which meta to be a slave to, and learning which strings to Avoid, I want wilds charge blade to be a whole new beast of a weapon where to fully get the most out of it you gotta bring all aspects perfectly together. And I've got a feeling this might be the CB to actually be daunting to learn and Im so here for it~

[@bricks3120]

Is there any difference between point guards and perfect guards?