Pin for compiled info not covered in the video from brilliant viewers! The Switcher Jewel (phial switch boost) is unlocked by beating Magma Almundron MR4. The two stage can morph you into sword when phial gauge is below the white line After Soaring Wyvern Blade you can quickly do a morph axe to cancel the end lag. In addition, if a morph attack is performed roughly before the phial explosion it is affected by rapid morph. The Compressed Element Discharge has hyper armor for some of the attack Evade Extender 3 can be an option for high multiplayer where you need to constantly chase the monster Mid air phial reload is a lot faster than on the ground. Doing a wirebug into the air and then pressing the phial reload can be good for phial gauge in a pinch.
alrighty so thanks to this refresher, I was able to take a blast set I had for cb, change some decos around and I'm having a blast, pun not but also intended 😅
About the Switcher Jewel, should I invest in upgrading the rampage slot for this? RN I'm using a build from the website game8 with the chaos magala switchaxe, and this does not have a big enough rampage slot. I plan on making element builds later on but since my wife and I are right before the newest Malzeno and she is not yet high enough in the MR (just over 40) to fight the risen elders we can't farm those yet.
I've never played a MH game before and just picked up Rise+Sunbreak with my friends. I decided to go with the switch axe because it reminds me of the trick weapons from bloodborne, but I had no clue how it works as the game tells you next to nothing and deciphering information from reddit posts is a chore. This guide made things so much more clear though, how lucky am I that you posted this right as I started playing! I'm sure I'll be returning to this video many times over my playthrough, thanks so much!
Has to be the most complicated weapon of any weapon. I get hit more with this weapon than any other because every attack has the longest commitment of any weapon
This guide is so much better than any guide I have seen for any weapon in the game period. You have won a new sub and i hope you keep making good content!
This is such a good video!! I love how you included use cases for basically every attack and switch skill option instead of just saying "this is good use this, this is bad don't use this" So many guides will just tell you to use certain attacks without explaining why you'd want to use them over others, but your approach of explaining when each attack and attack combo is useful and when it's less useful allows both beginning players and switch axe veterans to really understand your thought process and decide for themselves when each attack would be most useful
Thank you!! Explaining reasonings behind things was very important to me as I'm often tilting my head consuming other content asking "but why?". It was a balance of needing to seem authoritative on the subject but encouraging that your play is ultimately your own expression.
@@AifritGaming you definitely struck that balance perfectly!! Your care in actually *teaching* rather than just telling is obvious and Very Much Appreciated ✨
I’ve seen a lot of guides on how to play Switch Axe and I’ve given it a try after watching them every time to pick up the weapon. This overview is so clear cut I think I’ll pick it up again to learn just for you. This is really well done mate, you’ve earned yourself a sub.
Great guide. The pacing was perfect. It didn't seem like you were talking to your audience like they are morons like many guides, yet it's still very easy to comprehend. Thanks for sharing this
Thank you for the feedback! Happy to hear it landed as intended. I’m in no position to talk down hah! Honestly I end up learning a lot from viewers, the real experts out there!
I was starting to get bored of charge blade in sunbreak, so I wanted to try switch axe and I couldn't have picked a better time. I'm glad I could find this channel shortly after this was posted, your channel is amazing not just for switch axe users but for MHR players in general. Your approach to build crafting and build videos has inspired me in a way other build videos or channels didn't before. Thank you very much!
I also main CB and feel an itch to mess around with swax again. only problem is zenny farming because I know dang well once I max out a swax, I'll want to max out all of them 😅
I do have one piece of advice for maintaining phial gauge. While mid air, the standard loading animation is much faster than the standing one and usually finishes when you hit the ground, depending on how high you were. If in a pinch or to avoid attacks I will use a wire bug to go up and come down loading and it reloads a huge chunk of the gauge
Thank you so much for this tutorial, it's fenomenal! I've watched it at least a dozen times. I've been jumping between different chapters and practicing on the toadversary all the combos and switch skills you cover. I'm getting there. The switch axe's so fun to use, and learning it alongside your tutorial's been nothing but a pleasure.
Hmm... Was considering picking up Switch Axe in Rise, but looking at this, playing it in a "Use the sword as main/only use morph attacks" being the objectively best way by far, I understand this weapon is (no longer) for me. I enjoyed using it a lot in 3U and 4U, as axe main, and then only using sword mode to "get rid" of the phial charge. That said, this is a super informative and really well thought out guide! Would love to see you do more guides for more weapons!
This channel is a Switch Axe bible! Picking up MhR + S on the steam deck recently and I haven't played MH in years. You got me up to speed and the switch axe is more fun the ever before.
Such a good video. There was no updated switch axe guide with combos I could find that was newer than a year ago. I'll try doing more of the combos you suggested to build the amp. Just was getting discouraged about not keeping amp state up because of finicky monster movement in mp and no chances to counter; kinda just monster-specific, which makes sense some weapons aren't as good as others depending on the monster. I still stand by how eaaaasy bowguns are compared to any melee weapon haha.
Thanks! Yeah, if you're running element or exhaust those combos should do well for you. You can also do the heavy axe slam ahead of amping interactions to make the most of those opportunities as well. Maybe tack on power prolonger. Multiplayer is such a different beast because countering isn't really viable.
That ZSD on Narwa’s head when she was way up in the air was so cool! The switch axe in Rise is so fun, i’ve been playing Iceborne lately and I fought Alatreon with switch axe and had a lot of fun, but it’s even better in Rise. This weapon is better than it ever has been. Great video ! I definitely learned some things
Thank you!! Really appreciate it. I'd have to agree, shifting the best attacks to be morph attacks forces SA to actually have to use both modes somewhat evenly. This side effect in my opinion has successfully corrected one of the worst issues with SA which is the "use sword as much as possible". Combined with adding fantastic defensive options making SA's greatest weaknesses into strengths.
@@AifritGaming Exactly it really is awesome, that was my biggest issue with it when I was using it in W/IB, I often felt overly reliant on mantles or had to wait until end game to be able to fit in enough evade window to be able to play the weapon comfortably without sacrificing damage. Now that they’ve given us defensive options and incredible morph attacks and silkbinds it is way better. I can’t wait to see what they have cooked up for us in the next game.
This is the BEST switch axe guide over ever seen. Just got into the game and immediately gravitated to the switch axe and found your guide. Thank you very much for this
When Sunbreak dropped, I switched from CB to Swaxe and absolutely fell in love with it. Watching this video reaffirmed the combos that I was doing but also helped me get back to basics and even learning some useful tips and techs about Swaxe I did not know. This is a great video
10/10 guide. Whenever I get back into MH games I always worry that I will have to scour 2-3 different guides to get all the information I need in a digestible format but honestly this guide has pretty much everything.
Excellent guide! Additional info: after a Soaring wyvern blade if you do a morph attack while the explosion goes off it increases the explosion's damage (likely a bugged interaction with Rapid morph)
Absolutely top notch quality guide! I wish all other weapon guides I've watched so far are like yours. I'm not interested in constant jokes, completely skipping important sections like attacks & combos, or ignore everything from Rise and only focus on Sunbreak. Plus all your recommendations and careful analysis are just extremely helpful! Thanks so much for such an informative and amazing video!
Ah good catch! I forgot that. Yes that's the way to go after the soaring wyvern blade. There is also a strange interaction where if you instead do a hop as soon as possible and then do the morph slash the SWB phial burst gets affected by rapid morph. Basically if you do a morph attack around the time the phial burst explodes.
Just recently got into Rise after being a Switchaxe main in World, only to realize I was using the weapon wrong during all my initial hunts! I was used to trying to stay in sword mode all the time, chaining left/right swipes and a finisher double slash to dish out damage, only to find out the morph attacks are the way to go in this game.
not even half way through the video and im pretty knowledgeable on switch axe already but there are some huge pieces of information that i tell everyone who uses the weapon to try, and even learned a few small details that ill test to adjust my playstyle, great video man
my sidenotes as a fello swaxe main 1:30 fade slash and the alternative to the double morphing slash you can do while holding back on the stick, and the normal forward morph attack are your best friends here, they move you a lot, don't sleep on those, take it from a dude who forgot about them for like 800 hours and struggled a lot because of this 3:42 thankfully elemental burst counter made amp buildup almost irrelevant, thank god, really 5:10 small correction, is not guaranteed that you'll latch on the exact part you hit, is actually fairly inconsistent from my experience.... like "i purposefully thrusted in the head and latched to the tail as a pesudo counter move against an incoming attack multiple times" level of inconsistent. i would say you get the feeling of twhere you will latch fairly quickly, but it's not always going to be where the thrust connected 7:15 on top of that (don't quote me on that) should benefit from rapid morph since you constantly go back and forth with sword and axe, and gives you a healthy chunk of amped gauge 8:55 can't live without anymore, easy 30 raw from adrenaline rush and.... nani? kansei dorifto vibes, also scales with evade extender (and window) for truly hilarious drifting moments 10:15 be careful with the counter, only the first hit gets countered and you have hyper armor from there to the end of the animation, which may lead you to take an eventual followup in the face 13:45 imho the heavy slam was never really worth, especially now with all the sunbreak tools, we can already charge amped mode really fast with the 2 staged morph combo if not istantly with the counter 21:21 funnily enough, if my eye balled math is not mistaken, is even better than element exploit since you get the 45% more element on the double morphing slash always instead of the... was it 5 or 10%? everywhere IF the hitzone is high enough 22:00 let's just say is straight up wrong, crits being bad is a true statement only if you exclusively spam the zero sum discharge and the soarign wyvern blade, which in sunbreak endgame is basically not really an option since the hyper armor will get you killed in the blink of an eye, sure you can do a couple of those if the monster is down or tired or whatever, but it's not a safe option in the slightest, not to mention, morph attacks are probably a superior choice for dps since a build centered around them still is very likely to get attack boost 7 anyways, which greatly improves the scaling of the 20% from rapid morph AND the 40% from a critical hit, and everyone is multiplicative with each other 24:00 is important to point out that wind mantle 3 fully up is roughly the same as wirebugh whisperer 3, so use wind mantle only on top of wirebug whisperer and never instead, if you need the extra boost, i found level 1 is more than enough personally, but if it shows up as a decoration i can see running level 3 without a big sacrifice being possible
Wow thanks for the detailed comment! 1. Yeah, starting to use the quick morph attacks as movement and positioning changed everything for me. 2. Yeah, ebc had such a huge impact for SA in sunbreak 3. ZSD thrust has weird logic on the hitbox connecting for sure. 4. Yes, you are correct however it only affects the opposite weapon part of the attack. So sword part of stage 1 and axe parts of stage 2. 5. Yeah same, wire step is stapled in for me at this point. 6. Images of countering first hit of valstrax beam comes to mind haha! Absolutely vaporized. 7. I think as you become proficient enough with the weapon I would agree about heavy axe slam. But not a bad option for kind of "training wheels" early on learning SA and perhaps the multiplayer issues of monster focus. 8.Tricky here.. Definitive math is generally hard to say because SA has all these attacks that have different multipliers along with phial bursts. We can come up with rough estimates that are probably true within some % degrees of error hunt to hunt. I'd say the bigger factor is the opportunity to always be able to do the RR loop with phial gauge being trivialized. 2 stage is ~20% weaker than RR loop iirc so it is a big deal if you have to 2 stage for phial gauge even if you are already amped. Plus PSB elevates the chain morph attack combo to being the 2nd strongest SA combo. 9. Yeah, I'm working on something to hopefully put this in the grave finally. 10. Interesting, yeah I would love wind mantle decos then!
Great vid! I've been playing SA since the start of rise and there's a good amount of info that I didn't know about, especially with all the armor skills. Super glad to have found your channel, keep up the good work!
Singe overhead/diagonal pokes in sword mode good when you want to deal a bit of damage but unsure about what monster is about to do and don't want to risk, because they can be instantly followed up by hop. They chain sequence can be delayed, so instead simply pressing top face button as fast as possible you tap in once, wait a bit and then do either a next poke or hop depending of the situation. This usually means that you gonna to i-frame incoming attack so it's worth noting about evade window skill because hops has lesser i-frames than a regular roll.
Will give this a watch as I'm doing switch axe now and considering insect glaive, though i haven't been using soaring wyvern at all. I prefer to stay grounded.
I don’t usually comment on youtube, but definitely had to. This video is amazing, although I didn’t really memorize all the combos; but it really shows that you put so much time and effort into explaining this amazing weapon :) thank you ❤️
I unintentionally made switch axe my main weapon in rise. I was playing it for so long after making a random build for a monster I don't even remember and found myself winning my hardest fights thanks to it.
Heya! Fellow SA enjoyer here. I would just like to add that if you want to do damage consistently you should also consider the arc of your weapon. For example, when a rathian is struggling on the ground, it might not be the best idea to perform the heavensword flurry and 2-stage morph slash considering where the morph attack will land. If you need precision feel free to stick to sword mode as it is more precise about where your attacks land. So instead of hitting your most damaging axe hit on a hard spot and landing 100 damage, you can stick to sword mode and deal 135 damage on a weak spot. I've actually encountered this issue a bit, so please don't worry about being stuck to one combo only. But hey this might not even be an issue for you if you are better at positioning than me. Just to let you know though, you never know when a piece of information can become useful.
Absolutely! There's definitely some subjectivity as the combos can be inaccurate based on the situation. Thanks, throwing some sword hits when I need to be a bit more accurate is helpful!
As a Hunter who's versed in SnS/GL/HH/LBG/GS, I find it hard to approach and move with the SA. I'll just keep watching and coming back to this video until I get it right. I'm already at the end of SB's life on console but I told myself I wanted to learn SA on the way out.
I’m so impressed with how easy it was to follow your guide and information. Been watching a lot of videos on MH and yours was the best by far. Thank you and will be recommending your channel to my friends.
I find it cool that when you combine the Amped Discharged attack with Blood Rite, you basically heal any damage that you take while performing the attack, if you're on a broken monster part, of course.
I'm at mr 125 right now and wanting to switch it up to a new weapon. I decided to take the plunge into switch axe for the first time despite playing since 4u, so this video couldn't be more perfectly timed. Thanks so much!
I had played most of the weapons in base game but almost exclusively played longsword in SB til now. Still getting the loops down but the shear amount of damage exhaust puts out is pretty absurd
"The zero sum discharge will latch you onto the monster part you hit with your stab" Or, you know, when you stab the tail of a Zinogre it'll magically transport your character to one of its front legs.
Ah Switchaxe, the amalgamation of 4 weapons, hunting horn, greatsword, longsword and bow. Hunting horn in Axe mode, Greatsword movement speed, Longsword fluidity in Sword mode and Bow vial system.
Wow, so much information I'm gonna have to rewatch and practice at least 5 times probably. Really felt like I needed Word open and to be taking notes. Cheers!
Evade extender 3 is crazy useful in multiplayer hunts imo especially in a party with randos using mainly range weapons as they'll be kitting the monster most of the time and depending on how good they are, I'll be playing tag with the monster but I'm the one chasing so more mobility always helps.
It’s not as necessary in this game as opposed to Tri Ultimate for example, then the triple slash combo was the best combo and power phial was busted. Staying in sword mode without needing to sheathe was amazing, nowadays with morph attacks taking the spotlight it might have lost some of its shine but I still find it essential. Great guide!
Thanks for this guide. I main insect glaive but there are just monsters that i really need a blunt weapon for easier hunts, so i went for switch axe and this just made me more interested in the game 😍😍
What a great tutorial! You really covered everything possible. I would like to give constructive feedback, but there ain't much to say when it's just perfect so I'll leave you with digital applause!
Many thanks for the guide! Heading towards the endgame of Sunbreak and i am having fun with the Switch Axe. Glad to have stumbled upon your video as it made me notice a lot of flaws in my attack patterns and habits! Great and informative guide, I do hope to see more content from you for anything Monster Hunter Related. Cheers!
I really needed a video like this. Switch Axe one of my three (possibly four ad I'm enjoying bow once again) favorite weapons in Monster Hunter and after a lot of Gunlance, I'm looking to get build for other weapons and tackle the challenge quests with all of them. P.S: Yeah, just the focus on Morph attacks and Switch Skills made this weapon play a lot different than World
Amazing video I particularly liked how you went over things a few times and then came back to different things it really helped to learn and build a better picture of what i should be doing, i fully understood everything by the end thank you so much!! : )
I liked the switch axe in world but never really got good with it. Picked it up again in rise to expand my gameplay a bit (hardcore SnS main) and couldn't really do much with it. The evade extender was the answer to my problems. Thank you for that! Also, great video! Its so in-depth and it's perfect for someone like me.
Coming back to this video again to say I am now a Switch Axe main, and my SnS is now a secondary. I've switched things up a little on the attacks and Switch Skills to find a good fit for my play style. I've found that the Invincible Gambit, while low on damage is great for avoiding attacks while counterattacking and it's amazing for breaking parts. And the forward overhead slash is amazing for approach swings, especially after a big attack when the monster tends to stay out a few moments or roar. I feel like I'm a much better Swaxe player than I ever was with SnS and I'm having so much more fun with the game.
I've been watching a lot of weapon guides lately, and this was by far the best and easiest to follow guide in terms of conveying information and weapon possibilities - bravo! One question I had that I wasn't sure if you covered is whether the phial switch boost has any effect on status phials? If not that's pretty sad and seems like yet another reason one should just ignore any status based swaxes.
So if you mean the status phials like Poison phial, Paralysis Phial and Exhaust then yes it does. Though the only noticeable way it impacts is the axe morph attacks can apply the status as well. However there’s also poison SAs that are power phials like chameleos and remobra. In this case it gets the power phial bonus from phial switch boost while still being a status weapon. It is correct that para and poison phial switch axes suck but exhaust phial and the status power phials are extremely potent for raw weapons due to the Buildup Boost armor skill. Thank you and hope this answered your question!
After this video i might have to go back to swax. I mained swax in mhw and when I finally played rise I didn’t like it at all. But after watching this im thinking of giving it a second chance. Thank you for the awesome video keep up the good work
also if youre gauge is too low and you would reload when morphi g to sword, doing the 2 stsge moprh will let you enter the word without reloading tyvm tjough i highly needed a vid like this
Pin for compiled info not covered in the video from brilliant viewers!
The Switcher Jewel (phial switch boost) is unlocked by beating Magma Almundron MR4.
The two stage can morph you into sword when phial gauge is below the white line
After Soaring Wyvern Blade you can quickly do a morph axe to cancel the end lag. In addition, if a morph attack is performed roughly before the phial explosion it is affected by rapid morph.
The Compressed Element Discharge has hyper armor for some of the attack
Evade Extender 3 can be an option for high multiplayer where you need to constantly chase the monster
Mid air phial reload is a lot faster than on the ground. Doing a wirebug into the air and then pressing the phial reload can be good for phial gauge in a pinch.
I had no idea about the Soaring Wyvern morph attack buff or the aerial reload.
This and the video were really good info. Thanks.
great video
alrighty so thanks to this refresher, I was able to take a blast set I had for cb, change some decos around and I'm having a blast, pun not but also intended 😅
almost forgot how much fun swax is
About the Switcher Jewel, should I invest in upgrading the rampage slot for this? RN I'm using a build from the website game8 with the chaos magala switchaxe, and this does not have a big enough rampage slot.
I plan on making element builds later on but since my wife and I are right before the newest Malzeno and she is not yet high enough in the MR (just over 40) to fight the risen elders we can't farm those yet.
I've never played a MH game before and just picked up Rise+Sunbreak with my friends. I decided to go with the switch axe because it reminds me of the trick weapons from bloodborne, but I had no clue how it works as the game tells you next to nothing and deciphering information from reddit posts is a chore. This guide made things so much more clear though, how lucky am I that you posted this right as I started playing! I'm sure I'll be returning to this video many times over my playthrough, thanks so much!
I’m thrilled to hear this and happy to hear I’m reaching new players and new Swaxe players! Hope you and your friends have a great time!
Has to be the most complicated weapon of any weapon. I get hit more with this weapon than any other because every attack has the longest commitment of any weapon
In hunter notes it has weapon controls and listed combos.
@@chasegaetze4507you’re not using it right then
Masterpiece, can't imagine the effort and time you put in there
Thank you!!! Yes, this was insane! I even got my premiere project corrupted twice :(.
This guide is so much better than any guide I have seen for any weapon in the game period. You have won a new sub and i hope you keep making good content!
Thank you so much! Really happy to hear this was effective for you.
This is such a good video!! I love how you included use cases for basically every attack and switch skill option instead of just saying "this is good use this, this is bad don't use this"
So many guides will just tell you to use certain attacks without explaining why you'd want to use them over others, but your approach of explaining when each attack and attack combo is useful and when it's less useful allows both beginning players and switch axe veterans to really understand your thought process and decide for themselves when each attack would be most useful
Thank you!! Explaining reasonings behind things was very important to me as I'm often tilting my head consuming other content asking "but why?". It was a balance of needing to seem authoritative on the subject but encouraging that your play is ultimately your own expression.
@@AifritGaming you definitely struck that balance perfectly!! Your care in actually *teaching* rather than just telling is obvious and Very Much Appreciated ✨
I'm not sure I've ever watched a half hour video that felt this consice. Useful information the whole way through, while being very chill. Great work!
Thank you! Very pleased to hear it was as helpful as I wanted it to be!
This is criminally underrated. This is well put together and has a great understanding, and explaining things in a rather easy way.
I’ve seen a lot of guides on how to play Switch Axe and I’ve given it a try after watching them every time to pick up the weapon. This overview is so clear cut I think I’ll pick it up again to learn just for you. This is really well done mate, you’ve earned yourself a sub.
Wow thank you very much! Hope it goes well!!
Great guide. The pacing was perfect. It didn't seem like you were talking to your audience like they are morons like many guides, yet it's still very easy to comprehend. Thanks for sharing this
Thank you for the feedback! Happy to hear it landed as intended. I’m in no position to talk down hah! Honestly I end up learning a lot from viewers, the real experts out there!
i dont understand anything . its too hard . i just smash and hope ...
I was starting to get bored of charge blade in sunbreak, so I wanted to try switch axe and I couldn't have picked a better time. I'm glad I could find this channel shortly after this was posted, your channel is amazing not just for switch axe users but for MHR players in general. Your approach to build crafting and build videos has inspired me in a way other build videos or channels didn't before. Thank you very much!
Wow thank you, I really appreciate it! Feels great to hear that the channel has been such a positive experience for you!
I also main CB and feel an itch to mess around with swax again. only problem is zenny farming because I know dang well once I max out a swax, I'll want to max out all of them 😅
You did an amazing job! To me it was very smooth and clear while still having your style of video. I’ll be coming back to this once in a while.
Thank you! Really appreciate the feedback! Never made a video this long so adapting it from my usual shorter bites was definitely a process!
@@AifritGaming I think you did a great job in a adapting your style into a longer video.
I do have one piece of advice for maintaining phial gauge. While mid air, the standard loading animation is much faster than the standing one and usually finishes when you hit the ground, depending on how high you were. If in a pinch or to avoid attacks I will use a wire bug to go up and come down loading and it reloads a huge chunk of the gauge
Yes! Infrequent but great in a pinch! I'll add it to the pin thank you!
Thank you so much for this tutorial, it's fenomenal! I've watched it at least a dozen times. I've been jumping between different chapters and practicing on the toadversary all the combos and switch skills you cover. I'm getting there. The switch axe's so fun to use, and learning it alongside your tutorial's been nothing but a pleasure.
I've been struggling on how to use swaxe in this game compared to world and this has helped so much.
Happy to hear it!!
Hmm... Was considering picking up Switch Axe in Rise, but looking at this, playing it in a "Use the sword as main/only use morph attacks" being the objectively best way by far, I understand this weapon is (no longer) for me. I enjoyed using it a lot in 3U and 4U, as axe main, and then only using sword mode to "get rid" of the phial charge.
That said, this is a super informative and really well thought out guide! Would love to see you do more guides for more weapons!
The only reason I "switched" to swagaxe is because of your detailed and very informative videos about it. Thank you, you madlad
Wow thank you! It still feels unreal to me reading comments like this! Very happy to hear my videos helped you make the switch!
This channel is a Switch Axe bible! Picking up MhR + S on the steam deck recently and I haven't played MH in years. You got me up to speed and the switch axe is more fun the ever before.
Such a good video. There was no updated switch axe guide with combos I could find that was newer than a year ago. I'll try doing more of the combos you suggested to build the amp. Just was getting discouraged about not keeping amp state up because of finicky monster movement in mp and no chances to counter; kinda just monster-specific, which makes sense some weapons aren't as good as others depending on the monster. I still stand by how eaaaasy bowguns are compared to any melee weapon haha.
Thanks! Yeah, if you're running element or exhaust those combos should do well for you. You can also do the heavy axe slam ahead of amping interactions to make the most of those opportunities as well. Maybe tack on power prolonger. Multiplayer is such a different beast because countering isn't really viable.
That ZSD on Narwa’s head when she was way up in the air was so cool! The switch axe in Rise is so fun, i’ve been playing Iceborne lately and I fought Alatreon with switch axe and had a lot of fun, but it’s even better in Rise. This weapon is better than it ever has been. Great video ! I definitely learned some things
Thank you!! Really appreciate it. I'd have to agree, shifting the best attacks to be morph attacks forces SA to actually have to use both modes somewhat evenly. This side effect in my opinion has successfully corrected one of the worst issues with SA which is the "use sword as much as possible". Combined with adding fantastic defensive options making SA's greatest weaknesses into strengths.
@@AifritGaming Exactly it really is awesome, that was my biggest issue with it when I was using it in W/IB, I often felt overly reliant on mantles or had to wait until end game to be able to fit in enough evade window to be able to play the weapon comfortably without sacrificing damage. Now that they’ve given us defensive options and incredible morph attacks and silkbinds it is way better. I can’t wait to see what they have cooked up for us in the next game.
you are so articulate - I really appreciate your concision and incredibly soothing voice
also, I'm a gunlance main but I might go try swagaxe now haha
Thank you for the wonderful feedback! Worked very hard to make it as good as I could. Good luck if you do take the plunge!
This is the BEST switch axe guide over ever seen. Just got into the game and immediately gravitated to the switch axe and found your guide. Thank you very much for this
Thanks!
WOW! I'm speechless, thank you so much!
When Sunbreak dropped, I switched from CB to Swaxe and absolutely fell in love with it. Watching this video reaffirmed the combos that I was doing but also helped me get back to basics and even learning some useful tips and techs about Swaxe I did not know. This is a great video
10/10 guide. Whenever I get back into MH games I always worry that I will have to scour 2-3 different guides to get all the information I need in a digestible format but honestly this guide has pretty much everything.
Thanks so much! Happy to hear it was what you were hoping to find!
Excellent guide!
Additional info: after a Soaring wyvern blade if you do a morph attack while the explosion goes off it increases the explosion's damage (likely a bugged interaction with Rapid morph)
Thank you!!
Ah yes very interesting. The way rapid morph affects phial bursts is odd enough for that to make sense to me thanks.
Absolutely top notch quality guide! I wish all other weapon guides I've watched so far are like yours. I'm not interested in constant jokes, completely skipping important sections like attacks & combos, or ignore everything from Rise and only focus on Sunbreak. Plus all your recommendations and careful analysis are just extremely helpful!
Thanks so much for such an informative and amazing video!
I’ve been looking for a good SA guide since I bought the game last year and this is the first guide that motivates me to play it. Thanks for the guide
Glad I could help!
best weapon guide i've seen in all my years of playing monhun
Wow thank you!!
In terms of completeness (and completeness alone), one of the best if not the best weapon mechanics guide I've seen so far.
Thank you!!
something worth mentioning is that you cancel soaring wyvern blade end animation my mashing to go into a morph slash
Ah good catch! I forgot that. Yes that's the way to go after the soaring wyvern blade.
There is also a strange interaction where if you instead do a hop as soon as possible and then do the morph slash the SWB phial burst gets affected by rapid morph. Basically if you do a morph attack around the time the phial burst explodes.
I just came here to learn about swag axe more due to Primordial Malzeno and THANK YOU am gonna make a build when I unlock Valstrax.
Best switch axe tutorial video in RUclips
the madman did it
It only took 4 million years!
This is seriously so good, I'll be referring to your guide for weeks to come.
Thank you!! Love hearing that it’s helpful!
By far the most comprehensive guide on SA I've ever seen. thank you, well done!
I know a swag axe main when I see one. 🔥 You are extremely effective with this weapon, my man. I appreciate the tips for sure. Such a fun weapon.
Haha, thank you! Yeah I didn't expect so much out of SA. Weapon just kept on giving!
Just recently got into Rise after being a Switchaxe main in World, only to realize I was using the weapon wrong during all my initial hunts! I was used to trying to stay in sword mode all the time, chaining left/right swipes and a finisher double slash to dish out damage, only to find out the morph attacks are the way to go in this game.
not even half way through the video and im pretty knowledgeable on switch axe already but there are some huge pieces of information that i tell everyone who uses the weapon to try, and even learned a few small details that ill test to adjust my playstyle, great video man
Thank you! :)
my sidenotes as a fello swaxe main
1:30 fade slash and the alternative to the double morphing slash you can do while holding back on the stick, and the normal forward morph attack are your best friends here, they move you a lot, don't sleep on those, take it from a dude who forgot about them for like 800 hours and struggled a lot because of this
3:42 thankfully elemental burst counter made amp buildup almost irrelevant, thank god, really
5:10 small correction, is not guaranteed that you'll latch on the exact part you hit, is actually fairly inconsistent from my experience.... like "i purposefully thrusted in the head and latched to the tail as a pesudo counter move against an incoming attack multiple times" level of inconsistent. i would say you get the feeling of twhere you will latch fairly quickly, but it's not always going to be where the thrust connected
7:15 on top of that (don't quote me on that) should benefit from rapid morph since you constantly go back and forth with sword and axe, and gives you a healthy chunk of amped gauge
8:55 can't live without anymore, easy 30 raw from adrenaline rush and.... nani? kansei dorifto vibes, also scales with evade extender (and window) for truly hilarious drifting moments
10:15 be careful with the counter, only the first hit gets countered and you have hyper armor from there to the end of the animation, which may lead you to take an eventual followup in the face
13:45 imho the heavy slam was never really worth, especially now with all the sunbreak tools, we can already charge amped mode really fast with the 2 staged morph combo if not istantly with the counter
21:21 funnily enough, if my eye balled math is not mistaken, is even better than element exploit since you get the 45% more element on the double morphing slash always instead of the... was it 5 or 10%? everywhere IF the hitzone is high enough
22:00 let's just say is straight up wrong, crits being bad is a true statement only if you exclusively spam the zero sum discharge and the soarign wyvern blade, which in sunbreak endgame is basically not really an option since the hyper armor will get you killed in the blink of an eye, sure you can do a couple of those if the monster is down or tired or whatever, but it's not a safe option in the slightest, not to mention, morph attacks are probably a superior choice for dps since a build centered around them still is very likely to get attack boost 7 anyways, which greatly improves the scaling of the 20% from rapid morph AND the 40% from a critical hit, and everyone is multiplicative with each other
24:00 is important to point out that wind mantle 3 fully up is roughly the same as wirebugh whisperer 3, so use wind mantle only on top of wirebug whisperer and never instead, if you need the extra boost, i found level 1 is more than enough personally, but if it shows up as a decoration i can see running level 3 without a big sacrifice being possible
Wow thanks for the detailed comment!
1. Yeah, starting to use the quick morph attacks as movement and positioning changed everything for me.
2. Yeah, ebc had such a huge impact for SA in sunbreak
3. ZSD thrust has weird logic on the hitbox connecting for sure.
4. Yes, you are correct however it only affects the opposite weapon part of the attack. So sword part of stage 1 and axe parts of stage 2.
5. Yeah same, wire step is stapled in for me at this point.
6. Images of countering first hit of valstrax beam comes to mind haha! Absolutely vaporized.
7. I think as you become proficient enough with the weapon I would agree about heavy axe slam. But not a bad option for kind of "training wheels" early on learning SA and perhaps the multiplayer issues of monster focus.
8.Tricky here.. Definitive math is generally hard to say because SA has all these attacks that have different multipliers along with phial bursts. We can come up with rough estimates that are probably true within some % degrees of error hunt to hunt. I'd say the bigger factor is the opportunity to always be able to do the RR loop with phial gauge being trivialized. 2 stage is ~20% weaker than RR loop iirc so it is a big deal if you have to 2 stage for phial gauge even if you are already amped. Plus PSB elevates the chain morph attack combo to being the 2nd strongest SA combo.
9. Yeah, I'm working on something to hopefully put this in the grave finally.
10. Interesting, yeah I would love wind mantle decos then!
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4 i see, weird
Great vid! I've been playing SA since the start of rise and there's a good amount of info that I didn't know about, especially with all the armor skills. Super glad to have found your channel, keep up the good work!
Thank you! Really appreciate it and happy to hear it was still helpful!
Singe overhead/diagonal pokes in sword mode good when you want to deal a bit of damage but unsure about what monster is about to do and don't want to risk, because they can be instantly followed up by hop. They chain sequence can be delayed, so instead simply pressing top face button as fast as possible you tap in once, wait a bit and then do either a next poke or hop depending of the situation. This usually means that you gonna to i-frame incoming attack so it's worth noting about evade window skill because hops has lesser i-frames than a regular roll.
Will give this a watch as I'm doing switch axe now and considering insect glaive, though i haven't been using soaring wyvern at all. I prefer to stay grounded.
I don’t usually comment on youtube, but definitely had to. This video is amazing, although I didn’t really memorize all the combos; but it really shows that you put so much time and effort into explaining this amazing weapon :) thank you ❤️
I unintentionally made switch axe my main weapon in rise. I was playing it for so long after making a random build for a monster I don't even remember and found myself winning my hardest fights thanks to it.
Hahah, that's awesome!
@@AifritGaming As was your video! It was extremely helpful!
@@JarvisBaileyVA Very happy to hear that thank you!!!
Heya! Fellow SA enjoyer here. I would just like to add that if you want to do damage consistently you should also consider the arc of your weapon. For example, when a rathian is struggling on the ground, it might not be the best idea to perform the heavensword flurry and 2-stage morph slash considering where the morph attack will land. If you need precision feel free to stick to sword mode as it is more precise about where your attacks land. So instead of hitting your most damaging axe hit on a hard spot and landing 100 damage, you can stick to sword mode and deal 135 damage on a weak spot. I've actually encountered this issue a bit, so please don't worry about being stuck to one combo only. But hey this might not even be an issue for you if you are better at positioning than me. Just to let you know though, you never know when a piece of information can become useful.
Absolutely! There's definitely some subjectivity as the combos can be inaccurate based on the situation. Thanks, throwing some sword hits when I need to be a bit more accurate is helpful!
but my muscle memory says otherwise😅
I will have to look at this a few more times but that should be enough information to get good with the switch axe
This was great! Swaxe is my main in Rise, but i still learned a lot! Thanks for making this!
Thanks! Glad it still helped!
Amazing guide. It was clear, concise, chill and super useful. Probably the best mh weapon guide I've seen. Thanks so much!
Too kind! Very happy it's useful for you, thank you!
Man you explained switchaxe so good almost converted me almost lol
Hah! Ah so close!! Thanks!
As a Hunter who's versed in SnS/GL/HH/LBG/GS, I find it hard to approach and move with the SA. I'll just keep watching and coming back to this video until I get it right.
I'm already at the end of SB's life on console but I told myself I wanted to learn SA on the way out.
This is theraputic to watch at work while just starting to get into playing Rise
Haha hope you enjoy the game!
@@AifritGaming so far living it compared to world and generations
This guide is phenomenal, played a few hundred hours in Rise/SB with SA exclusively and still really enjoyed and learned a lot.
Thank you!! Really appreciate the positive feedback!
Great video my friend - keep up the good work. As a SA main I am loving your videos!
Thank you! Happy to hear my videos are providing value to you!
I’m so impressed with how easy it was to follow your guide and information. Been watching a lot of videos on MH and yours was the best by far. Thank you and will be recommending your channel to my friends.
Hey thank you! Really appreciate the kindness here. Happy to hear the videos work as intended!
This is such a good guide, thanks for putting it together for switch noobs like me
Thanks!! Very pleased to hear it was as helpful as I wanted it to be!
Ill be back to edit more once on my PC.
But WOW could not recommend this video more.
Thank you for the live of my favorite weapon.
Thanks!! Really appreciate it!
I find it cool that when you combine the Amped Discharged attack with Blood Rite, you basically heal any damage that you take while performing the attack, if you're on a broken monster part, of course.
this is by far the most useful guide on switch axes ive seen even though i dont have sunbreak. great job
Thank you thank you!
Normally I never comment for RUclips vids but this is a perfect video for Swaxe and best I could ever find. Thanks!
Wow! Thanks for the comment and feedback!
Great guide! Im a SA main but this taught me a few details I didnt know, thanks a lot!
Thank you! Glad it was helpful!
I'm at mr 125 right now and wanting to switch it up to a new weapon. I decided to take the plunge into switch axe for the first time despite playing since 4u, so this video couldn't be more perfectly timed. Thanks so much!
Very happy this was timely and helpful! Good luck on your switch axe journey!
just getting started into SwAxe and this has been really helpful compared to some other guides I have already watched!
Really glad to hear it! Hope things go well!
I'm going to study this later.thank you for your work.
Absolutely lovely guide right here and all in one video, nice one!
Thank you!! Appreciate the comment and feedback!
I really apreciate the guide!, stuff like this is why I am willing to try out new weapons and get out of my comfort zone
Always happy to hear this! Hope things go well!
I had played most of the weapons in base game but almost exclusively played longsword in SB til now. Still getting the loops down but the shear amount of damage exhaust puts out is pretty absurd
0:38 IT'S MORBIN TIME!
Man you deserve a sub im in love with switch because of you. great stuff
Thanks!! Love to hear it!
"The zero sum discharge will latch you onto the monster part you hit with your stab"
Or, you know, when you stab the tail of a Zinogre it'll magically transport your character to one of its front legs.
prob the best switch axe guide out there. even a switch axe main like me learned some new things. keep the good work up!
Happy to hear it was useful even for you! Thanks!
Incredibly informative video. I guess I was playing Switch axe all wrong! XD I will definitely be taking this advise into account. Thank you!
Thank you!! Hah, happy to hear it was helpful and informative!
Ah Switchaxe, the amalgamation of 4 weapons, hunting horn, greatsword, longsword and bow. Hunting horn in Axe mode, Greatsword movement speed, Longsword fluidity in Sword mode and Bow vial system.
Amazing video has given me the confidence to try this out after being a GS main in MHW
Getting back into Rise, and this is hands down the best SA guide I've watched. Thanks brotha!
Thank you! Welcome back!
Thanks for this guide. It was very clear and helpful.
One of the greatest guides i have ever seen for any game
"he is a hero, not the hero we deserved but the hero we needed"
Haha, thank you!!
There are so many things I didn't know about the SA. I really appreciate all ur hard work and commitment, This is an incredible video👍👍👍
Wow, so much information I'm gonna have to rewatch and practice at least 5 times probably. Really felt like I needed Word open and to be taking notes. Cheers!
Haha, thank you! Happy to hear it's helpful!
Really really thanks, im good longsword and now i want to try something new, aftet i watch all weapon i pick Switch Axe, this weapon is awesome ❤
Evade extender 3 is crazy useful in multiplayer hunts imo especially in a party with randos using mainly range weapons as they'll be kitting the monster most of the time and depending on how good they are, I'll be playing tag with the monster but I'm the one chasing so more mobility always helps.
That's a great point, I didn't think of that! Chasing the monster around is pretty tedious especially if you're with a bunch of gunners.
It’s not as necessary in this game as opposed to Tri Ultimate for example, then the triple slash combo was the best combo and power phial was busted. Staying in sword mode without needing to sheathe was amazing, nowadays with morph attacks taking the spotlight it might have lost some of its shine but I still find it essential. Great guide!
Thanks for this guide. I main insect glaive but there are just monsters that i really need a blunt weapon for easier hunts, so i went for switch axe and this just made me more interested in the game 😍😍
You are amazing and a freaking God send for me (new player) I hope you continue to help me and others out with more vids!!!!
Thank you!! Happy to hear it, channel definitely will continue on!
I'm new to SA and this is easily the best guide. Covered all my questions too. Thanks a lot!
Thank you!! Always really happy to hear this video was effective! Good luck on the Switch Axe journey!
What a great tutorial! You really covered everything possible. I would like to give constructive feedback, but there ain't much to say when it's just perfect so I'll leave you with digital applause!
Wow thank you! Really appreciate it!
Many thanks for the guide! Heading towards the endgame of Sunbreak and i am having fun with the Switch Axe. Glad to have stumbled upon your video as it made me notice a lot of flaws in my attack patterns and habits! Great and informative guide, I do hope to see more content from you for anything Monster Hunter Related. Cheers!
Hey thank you!! Really appreciate the comment. Happy to hear it was helpful to you!
I really needed a video like this. Switch Axe one of my three (possibly four ad I'm enjoying bow once again) favorite weapons in Monster Hunter and after a lot of Gunlance, I'm looking to get build for other weapons and tackle the challenge quests with all of them.
P.S: Yeah, just the focus on Morph attacks and Switch Skills made this weapon play a lot different than World
Literally the reason I picked up Switch Axe is because Zero Sum Discharge looks so cool.
Amazing video I particularly liked how you went over things a few times and then came back to different things it really helped to learn and build a better picture of what i should be doing, i fully understood everything by the end thank you so much!! : )
Thank you!! Glad to hear that, I wasn't sure if I was being a bit repetitive at times!
I liked the switch axe in world but never really got good with it. Picked it up again in rise to expand my gameplay a bit (hardcore SnS main) and couldn't really do much with it. The evade extender was the answer to my problems. Thank you for that! Also, great video! Its so in-depth and it's perfect for someone like me.
Thank you!! Happy to hear this helped you find your answer!
Coming back to this video again to say I am now a Switch Axe main, and my SnS is now a secondary. I've switched things up a little on the attacks and Switch Skills to find a good fit for my play style. I've found that the Invincible Gambit, while low on damage is great for avoiding attacks while counterattacking and it's amazing for breaking parts. And the forward overhead slash is amazing for approach swings, especially after a big attack when the monster tends to stay out a few moments or roar.
I feel like I'm a much better Swaxe player than I ever was with SnS and I'm having so much more fun with the game.
Love this! Really happy to hear you’ve found your way. SA is very special in this game. Weapon keeps on giving the more time you put into it.
I've been watching a lot of weapon guides lately, and this was by far the best and easiest to follow guide in terms of conveying information and weapon possibilities - bravo!
One question I had that I wasn't sure if you covered is whether the phial switch boost has any effect on status phials? If not that's pretty sad and seems like yet another reason one should just ignore any status based swaxes.
So if you mean the status phials like Poison phial, Paralysis Phial and Exhaust then yes it does. Though the only noticeable way it impacts is the axe morph attacks can apply the status as well.
However there’s also poison SAs that are power phials like chameleos and remobra. In this case it gets the power phial bonus from phial switch boost while still being a status weapon. It is correct that para and poison phial switch axes suck but exhaust phial and the status power phials are extremely potent for raw weapons due to the Buildup Boost armor skill.
Thank you and hope this answered your question!
Bro, super helpful!
This is the best guid out there for sure. I don’t watch a ton of MHR vids, but I’m still subscribing.
I appreciate that thank you!!
After this video i might have to go back to swax. I mained swax in mhw and when I finally played rise I didn’t like it at all. But after watching this im thinking of giving it a second chance. Thank you for the awesome video keep up the good work
Thank you! I really hope it goes well for you!
also if youre gauge is too low and you would reload when morphi g to sword, doing the 2 stsge moprh will let you enter the word without reloading
tyvm tjough i highly needed a vid like this
Nice yeah! Pretty nice that it gives you a bunch of gauge for doing it too! Thank you!
Super underrated video, I just got back into MHR so this video was hugely helpful, tysm!
Thank you and welcome back!
This is simply and enormously amazing guide. Well done 💙
Thank you!! :)
I mastered all weapons in world and ice borne. But didn’t use switch axe much. Trying pick up this weapon now in rise.
Great! Hope this helps and works out well for you!
bro this was a god tier guide shoutout to you
Thank you!!
handy. for some reason whenever I stop swax for a bit and go back to maining cb I forget some of the basics. brother weapons but play so differently.
Bro I came here cause the weapon looks cool. Dont want to write a whole thesis about it before be able to using it lol :D