Attention to any and all Switch Axe mains and users, use the Phial Switch boost deco if you have a lvl 3 rampage slot! It doesn't only boost the amount of recovered sword gauge for every morph attack, but also boosts morph attacks by 15-20%! Tried this in training room and no joke, its damage boost is insane
Imo the soul gem is better because with wex one crit eye wex and fighter cat you max out ur crit. And it outvalues the switch deco. Switch is nice for comfort and if you already have 15% affinity from somewhere else like a talisman and you don't want to run an anti deco
I was blessed with a rapid morph 2 talisman with a 3, 2 and a 1 slot. Yea I know that rapid 3 exists with a 3 1 1 slot, but it allowed me to make a very strong template build for element sets. I like running Astalos Coil over archfiend since I like the use of power prolonger over chain crit, though chain crit on something like Narwa SwitchAxe is absurd
This was a very informative guide with well explained builds. It's so important to give the why behind why you chose certain armor pieces and skills instead of just rattling them off for people to copy exactly and you do that very well. I'll be looking forward to the combat guide for sure!
For Chain Crit, it's not necessarily be lvl 3 unless you're using Elemental SA, at lvl 3 it give +20 element while only +15 raw (but lvl 1 already +10 raw)
I made a grinder S build for this which seems pretty perfect given the sharpness bar and how quickly you fall to blue. Still gets all other raw skills here. It’s an insane additional dmg bump
Chain Crit 2 and 3 does give you damage, but the return on investment is garbage. Chain crit 1 gives you a good amount of damage on the 3rd hit and all those after, but lv2 and 3 gives you a litte more damage at 5 and 7 hits, but this has to be done within such a short time that the only weapons that can pull it off is DB and SnS, as well as the specific attacks that do repeat hits, like the doot twirl on HH, or the elemental discharge on SA. However, just sloting in something like attack boost, resentment or resuscitate will get you a better return on investment when it comes to slots and skills then Chain crit 2 and 3, getting a single level of that skill is the best thing you can do.
Hello DarkHero I followed your first build and got Atk boost 7 Crit boost 3 Wex 3 PP 3 Speed sharp 3 WW 3 Rapid morph 3 Chain crit 3 Evade extender 2 Resentment 1 Blight resistance 1 Talisman : 1/1/0 Rapid morph 2 PP 2 I still got a 1 lvl 4 slot for a jewel so I am gonna ask for recommendations on what should I put. Anyways thanks for the builds and the guide too very informative 😊
Hard Stun Res might be good if you're doing ZSD. Also I'm not completely sold on CC3, I think can make the same build with CC1 but with a combination of bloodlust,MOH/dereliction,Resentment for bigger attack & affinity.
Best build covering the scorned magnamalo switch axe i've found after a long time of search...the talisman you are using and which is necessary to achieve this is pretty hard to get tho
Chain crit combined with kushalas is better for this. You get enough crit with the non scorned build with wex and both of the boosting gems while attacking. Only con is on wakeup you might not crit. With kushalas you get 15% and wex gives 50 and adding an extra 10 raw will help. If you want you can run fighter palico to get 30% affinity. 95% crit chance and critical eye 1 will max it out. So if you have room for crit boost I'd run it if u have the kushalas deco. It can get to 5 stacks really fast and that dammage adds up quickly. Chain crit 1 is usually enough.
Amazing vidéo I wanted to give SA a try but I was to lazy to craft every elemental build for testing. Btw, can I know what layered Armor your wear ? I really like that torso
I'm really confused about phials and elements, why element isn't as good as raw with SwAxe? I mean, if you exploit the weakness of a monster you get more damage, isn't it? (I'm a Dualblades main). Edit: you mean with the best swaxe being the scmagna that I won't need to be switching sets?
Yes but it simply doesn't deal as much damage, which is unfortunate in my opinion. I believe most weapons, if not all, should be balanced around elemental damage being the strongest option but sadly that's not the case. It's good that you bring up the fact taht you're a DB main as Dual Blades are one of the weapons with the highest elemental attack values, meaning, the same value for elemental attack will do more damage on Dual Blades when compared to, say, Great sword or in this case, Switch Axe. That's why for Dual Blades it's best to focus on elemental damage and not raw damage. The weapon simply scales better with elemental values and outperforms raw damage.
I'm at Master Rank 4 and I was wondering if the Orangeten weapon was any good? I really like the ship wheel design of it but I worry I'm not doing enough damage with it
i prefer the furious rajang SA because the Scorned Magnamalo SA doesn't have much purple sharpness ....the Rajang SA has a good balance between damage and sharpness
You won't do as much damage, but if you play multiplayer your fellow hunters will ADORE you as you stop hard hitting, fast moving monsters in their tracks with well timed head smacks. Do not lose faith in the phials my friend!
Personally I believe so, as with the Counter you can easily get into Amped state, but if you feel like you have some trouble keeping it up the entire hunt then feel free to add some points in PP
Imo, not for power phial. Just a preference, but the longer you are amped, the more DPS you dish out. Power Prolonger 3 is just another tool to use. It is also easy to get with the lv 4 power prolonger 2 decorations.
@@BillyMays162 exactly. You still use Crit boost and Weakness Exploit because those skills are a lot less "expensive" compared to what you get from Crit Eye. But assuming we get more decoration slots / more Level 4 decorations for things like crit boost and such, you'd be able to add Crit Eye to increase your damage, albeit by a small amount. At that point I think it would be better to add some utility skills like Evade Extender, but if you really want to focus on optimizing DPS, there you go
I'll be uploading an advanced Switch Axe guide in a couple of days as well so please look forward to it
Oh hell yes man! Swaxe gang rise up!
Can't wait for it 🤠
Attention to any and all Switch Axe mains and users, use the Phial Switch boost deco if you have a lvl 3 rampage slot! It doesn't only boost the amount of recovered sword gauge for every morph attack, but also boosts morph attacks by 15-20%! Tried this in training room and no joke, its damage boost is insane
Good to know that small detail, thank you!!
But don't use it with element phials or if you focus on zsd spam. The boost for switching attacks don't work well with element phial.
Imo the soul gem is better because with wex one crit eye wex and fighter cat you max out ur crit. And it outvalues the switch deco. Switch is nice for comfort and if you already have 15% affinity from somewhere else like a talisman and you don't want to run an anti deco
i dont understand any word you are saying
The rampage slot only applies during rampage
I was blessed with a rapid morph 2 talisman with a 3, 2 and a 1 slot. Yea I know that rapid 3 exists with a 3 1 1 slot, but it allowed me to make a very strong template build for element sets. I like running Astalos Coil over archfiend since I like the use of power prolonger over chain crit, though chain crit on something like Narwa SwitchAxe is absurd
The ReConqueror swax is my favourite just because it comes with the three 1 slots to max out Stamina Drain.
This was a very informative guide with well explained builds. It's so important to give the why behind why you chose certain armor pieces and skills instead of just rattling them off for people to copy exactly and you do that very well. I'll be looking forward to the combat guide for sure!
Thank you so much! I havent really done any videos like this in such a long time so I tried my best to make it as informative as possible
For Chain Crit, it's not necessarily be lvl 3 unless you're using Elemental SA, at lvl 3 it give +20 element while only +15 raw (but lvl 1 already +10 raw)
Just started getting into the Swagaxe for Sunbreak. Thanks for the guide!!!
I’ve been a switch axe main for years now and this video helps alot
I'm glad it helps!
Lol I actually was using that elemental set and is good, but I think your raw set looks more interesting, so thank you so much 👌
No problem, hope you have fun with it!
I made a grinder S build for this which seems pretty perfect given the sharpness bar and how quickly you fall to blue. Still gets all other raw skills here. It’s an insane additional dmg bump
I'll have to try it out!
Just need access to a PC god charm ;)
Chain Crit 2 and 3 does give you damage, but the return on investment is garbage. Chain crit 1 gives you a good amount of damage on the 3rd hit and all those after, but lv2 and 3 gives you a litte more damage at 5 and 7 hits, but this has to be done within such a short time that the only weapons that can pull it off is DB and SnS, as well as the specific attacks that do repeat hits, like the doot twirl on HH, or the elemental discharge on SA.
However, just sloting in something like attack boost, resentment or resuscitate will get you a better return on investment when it comes to slots and skills then Chain crit 2 and 3, getting a single level of that skill is the best thing you can do.
Nice, youre also using the World Weapon Icon Mod 🌶️
Hello DarkHero I followed your first build and got
Atk boost 7
Crit boost 3
Wex 3
PP 3
Speed sharp 3
WW 3
Rapid morph 3
Chain crit 3
Evade extender 2
Resentment 1
Blight resistance 1
Talisman :
1/1/0
Rapid morph 2
PP 2
I still got a 1 lvl 4 slot for a jewel so I am gonna ask for recommendations on what should I put. Anyways thanks for the builds and the guide too very informative 😊
Hard Stun Res might be good if you're doing ZSD. Also I'm not completely sold on CC3, I think can make the same build with CC1 but with a combination of bloodlust,MOH/dereliction,Resentment for bigger attack & affinity.
Best build covering the scorned magnamalo switch axe i've found after a long time of search...the talisman you are using and which is necessary to achieve this is pretty hard to get tho
Started using switch axe, I use hermatuar one with handicraft 3. 10 more raw and 2 lvl slots and lvl 3 rampage.
Chain crit combined with kushalas is better for this. You get enough crit with the non scorned build with wex and both of the boosting gems while attacking.
Only con is on wakeup you might not crit.
With kushalas you get 15% and wex gives 50 and adding an extra 10 raw will help. If you want you can run fighter palico to get 30% affinity. 95% crit chance and critical eye 1 will max it out.
So if you have room for crit boost I'd run it if u have the kushalas deco. It can get to 5 stacks really fast and that dammage adds up quickly.
Chain crit 1 is usually enough.
Amazing vidéo I wanted to give SA a try but I was to lazy to craft every elemental build for testing. Btw, can I know what layered Armor your wear ? I really like that torso
Thank you! It's the armor you get by having an Amiibo and scanning it in game. But since I'm on PC I use a mod for it
@@darkhero2 update, I love sunbreak Switch axe thanks a lot for all your videos on it ! Haha too bad I'm on Switch so I have to make my way without it
@@zaiko_ssj9317 that's awesome! Glad you're having fun with swax!
This is nearly exactly the build I cobbled together yay
I'm really confused about phials and elements, why element isn't as good as raw with SwAxe? I mean, if you exploit the weakness of a monster you get more damage, isn't it? (I'm a Dualblades main).
Edit: you mean with the best swaxe being the scmagna that I won't need to be switching sets?
Yes but it simply doesn't deal as much damage, which is unfortunate in my opinion. I believe most weapons, if not all, should be balanced around elemental damage being the strongest option but sadly that's not the case.
It's good that you bring up the fact taht you're a DB main as Dual Blades are one of the weapons with the highest elemental attack values, meaning, the same value for elemental attack will do more damage on Dual Blades when compared to, say, Great sword or in this case, Switch Axe.
That's why for Dual Blades it's best to focus on elemental damage and not raw damage. The weapon simply scales better with elemental values and outperforms raw damage.
Element is better for SA for the most part
I'm at Master Rank 4 and I was wondering if the Orangeten weapon was any good? I really like the ship wheel design of it but I worry I'm not doing enough damage with it
Got a solid build for console sun break release just looking around for some builds…is chain crit gone? My arch fiend armor says diff stuff
they have changed Chain Crit's name to Burst after a couple of updates for some reason
i prefer the furious rajang SA because the Scorned Magnamalo SA doesn't have much purple sharpness ....the Rajang SA has a good balance between damage and sharpness
Hi guys if you're a but turned off on using a lagombi swaxe kushala is a pretty good alternative
How do you see the element symbol on the top right on the monsters picture during a hunt? Is that a part of the game or a mod?
Can you tell me a good armor set for the first switch axe for those who don't have the sunbreak expansion?
you actually don't have to hit MR100 to fight scorned, but you do need a friend who is already at MR100
Thank you I wasn't aware of this. I'll try to do it for myfriends that are much earlier in the game
@@darkhero2 won't be easy of a fight, but it would skip most of the MR grind for gear
For Power phial, I believe that Switcher give you a lot more damage, especially for any morphing combo
What about power prolonged? Is it still a good skill for a Swaxe? I haven't had much luck with talismans.
whats the layered armor are youn using? thanks
Did anything change about these builds in the new update?
I'm actually curious, what about other skills that really help SA, like Focus and Power Prolonger? Shouldn't those also be prioritized?
Focus is useless on a SA. Power Prolonger, however, can work on a build if you want to stay amped longer.
Would you say that the Shagaru or Gore Switch axe is worth building for the power phial playstyle?
What are the best Abnormal Switch axes? And how would you or anyone go about making a build for that. Btw Big Fan since World.
We do not need any critical boost for elemental phial?
Amped phials can’t crit
What dango can you recommend for switch axe in Sunbreak?
What would you say is the best blast switch axe teostra or magnamalo?
Scorned Magnamalo's SA by far
DarkHero, can you still use exhaust phials in sunbreak or is not as good anymore?
You won't do as much damage, but if you play multiplayer your fellow hunters will ADORE you as you stop hard hitting, fast moving monsters in their tracks with well timed head smacks. Do not lose faith in the phials my friend!
is power prolonger 3 overkill for switch axe?
Personally I believe so, as with the Counter you can easily get into Amped state, but if you feel like you have some trouble keeping it up the entire hunt then feel free to add some points in PP
Imo, not for power phial. Just a preference, but the longer you are amped, the more DPS you dish out. Power Prolonger 3 is just another tool to use. It is also easy to get with the lv 4 power prolonger 2 decorations.
May i ask why you dont slot for Critical Eye?
Switch axe phials and the element discharge can't crit
@@BillyMays162 exactly. You still use Crit boost and Weakness Exploit because those skills are a lot less "expensive" compared to what you get from Crit Eye.
But assuming we get more decoration slots / more Level 4 decorations for things like crit boost and such, you'd be able to add Crit Eye to increase your damage, albeit by a small amount.
At that point I think it would be better to add some utility skills like Evade Extender, but if you really want to focus on optimizing DPS, there you go
wait, is the wiggler helmet in sunbreak?!
What helmet is the one in the thumbnail?
You can ask a friend whos above 100 and join his scorned magnamalo
Thank you I wasn't aware of this. I'll try to do it for myfriends that are much earlier in the game
Is that Helm a mod? or is that an actual layered armor in the game? lol It's hilarious.
I Very much regret to inform you that it is unfortunately a mod, I really wished it wasn't tho.
@@GoofyGoober4432 Still sick!
Yeah it's a Wiggler head mod for PC that I really wish was in the base game
Was in iceborn
what i syour head layer name
No master rank on console 😐
*Fun Fact:* You can still craft Scorned Magnamalo weapons before HR 100 as long as you have someone online who has that quest and is willing to farm.
Thank you I wasn't aware of this. I'll try to do it for myfriends that are much earlier in the game