I appreciate the no zsd spam. It gets old so quickly and this video right here is why i find switch axe so enjoyable to watch. There's just something about it's attacks and all the combos that is so fun to see! Subscribed!
@@BleedingMem0ry Thank you very much for the sub! It's the same for me... ZSD spam always results in the highest DPS but it is too repetetive... especially when there is so much amazing stuff about this weapon as you mentioned!
@@BloodyWyverian Agreed! I will definitely look through all of your videos for learning purposes, I plan to pick up switch axe as my second weapon next to cb ❤
@@BloodyWyverian Oh! I was trying to say in general! I didn't even know you made speedruns as well lol But continue the great work my man and good huntin'!
@@borndrago I meant in general as well, I don't really do speedruns lol I like hunting for style more than speed I just try to balance it out in general is what I meant haha
My Switch Axe gameplay is pretty average but I'm practising. I've just now decided to do a full playthrough (with cutscene skip because no) on Switch Axe, to be as ready for Wilds as possible. Looking into the Switch Axe mindset, when i still mained Charge Blade made the weapon seem so fun but it took me NOT using it to actually figure out some stuff. Mainly, the morph slashes from rolls but not hops. That was difficult to get around and I still do it now but I've mostly got it down. I'm gonna study the hitboxes, animation lock durations and everything else i can to get a better feel for Switch Axe as an entity. I love watching you crush the challenges this game sets up and I'm hoping to do the same
I bet you'll be demolishing anything thrown at you in no time! Keep it up! Coming from other weapons is always a challenge of course but take your time! There's still plenty of time until Wilds releases... unfortunately
It's funny, when I started to main SA (in at the end of high rank) after playing mostly DB, I rarely ever did any ZSD cuz I found it bothersome, then when I got average skills with SA I started spamming ZSD like a maniac, but now that I truly understand the weapon, I'm back like how I was at the beginning, I rarely use ZSD because I find it bothersome and risky(to most monster at least, on some monsters, ZSD is a god given gift)
Started a new save and maining swaxe for now If i may ask For a few times when ruiner nerg flinch, you jump in and get off instead of zsd Is it not optimal to zsd a flinched Monster?
ZSD is always optimal. Or at least almost always but it gets boring after a while and there is so much to Swaxe Moveset that I don't want to just spam this one move, as cool as it is. When a monster is down or you have any other long opening, then another chain would be better to use. Rising slashes into double sideway slash is a general DPS chain.
Thank you so much. I only go for the ZSD when it is 100% safe and every part needed is tenderized... and sometimes I just don't feel like it lol especially spamming it over and over gets a bit boring even though it is one of the best DPS possible.
It is both for getting close in some cases but the main reason is to "reset the timer" that the monster stays in this staggered state. If you don't clutch claw, the monster recovers more quickly basically.
How to you evade incoming attacks when you are only restricted to hops in between attacks i know i tried this weapon back when world was released and i was getting wrecked by monsters.
Evade window and practice. Switch Axe in iceborne REALLY needs evade window or evade extender to function probably. I rely on 3 lvls of evade window but started with 5.
@@frfrongong9712 nope, extender only increases the distance of evading moves but does nothing to the i-frames. Only evade window will help with evading roars and so on.
Full Fatalis gear with kulve legs and Lightbreak SA And for skills I run evade window, power prolonger, tool specislist and divine blessing next to all your standard damage skills with an agitator charm.
@@stevemansour2565 you can use fatalis gear with alatreon arms as an alternative. Or a mix of raging brachy and teostra armor but I'd have to look into that one again.
![[MHW:IB] Switch Axe 101 - Positioning and Playing Smart is EVERYTHING for the Switch Axe](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/q9eyG2KHtAg/mqdefault.jpg)
Seeing that totally planned reload gave me confidence in my own gameplay
Happens to the best of us lol
Ah yes. The Planned recharge. A technique so refined only a few of Switch Axe main can attain such skill.
Exactly. Only years of training let you find the perfect moment in the heat of battle.
I appreciate the no zsd spam. It gets old so quickly and this video right here is why i find switch axe so enjoyable to watch. There's just something about it's attacks and all the combos that is so fun to see! Subscribed!
@@BleedingMem0ry Thank you very much for the sub!
It's the same for me... ZSD spam always results in the highest DPS but it is too repetetive... especially when there is so much amazing stuff about this weapon as you mentioned!
@@BloodyWyverian Agreed! I will definitely look through all of your videos for learning purposes, I plan to pick up switch axe as my second weapon next to cb ❤
@@BloodyWyverianmore like very unsafe imo. Unless he staggers np i suppose.
I wished we had more good hunts like this on RUclips and less speedruns
I'll try to balance it out a bit lol
@@BloodyWyverian Oh! I was trying to say in general! I didn't even know you made speedruns as well lol
But continue the great work my man and good huntin'!
@@borndrago I meant in general as well, I don't really do speedruns lol
I like hunting for style more than speed
I just try to balance it out in general is what I meant haha
@@BloodyWyverian Hunting for style is why we hunt for 💪
Glad to see my favorite MH creator appreciates the swagaxe as much as it deserves
keep posting, your videos is so good to watch, i watch every new video bro
Thank you so much, really means a lot to me that people enjoy watching it! I hope to make them more interesting and fun as I go along.
my toxic trait is seeing this and thinking i can also dodge every nergi roar
My Switch Axe gameplay is pretty average but I'm practising. I've just now decided to do a full playthrough (with cutscene skip because no) on Switch Axe, to be as ready for Wilds as possible. Looking into the Switch Axe mindset, when i still mained Charge Blade made the weapon seem so fun but it took me NOT using it to actually figure out some stuff. Mainly, the morph slashes from rolls but not hops. That was difficult to get around and I still do it now but I've mostly got it down. I'm gonna study the hitboxes, animation lock durations and everything else i can to get a better feel for Switch Axe as an entity. I love watching you crush the challenges this game sets up and I'm hoping to do the same
I bet you'll be demolishing anything thrown at you in no time! Keep it up! Coming from other weapons is always a challenge of course but take your time! There's still plenty of time until Wilds releases... unfortunately
It's funny, when I started to main SA (in at the end of high rank) after playing mostly DB, I rarely ever did any ZSD cuz I found it bothersome, then when I got average skills with SA I started spamming ZSD like a maniac, but now that I truly understand the weapon, I'm back like how I was at the beginning, I rarely use ZSD because I find it bothersome and risky(to most monster at least, on some monsters, ZSD is a god given gift)
Gold Rathian Swax my beloved.
Started a new save and maining swaxe for now
If i may ask
For a few times when ruiner nerg flinch, you jump in and get off instead of zsd
Is it not optimal to zsd a flinched Monster?
ZSD is always optimal. Or at least almost always but it gets boring after a while and there is so much to Swaxe Moveset that I don't want to just spam this one move, as cool as it is.
When a monster is down or you have any other long opening, then another chain would be better to use. Rising slashes into double sideway slash is a general DPS chain.
Good stuff! Not my main but used few times. Cool to see what Switch Axe can do when done right
Damn you're crazy with this weapon. Also any reason that you don't do any ZSD?
Thank you so much. I only go for the ZSD when it is 100% safe and every part needed is tenderized... and sometimes I just don't feel like it lol especially spamming it over and over gets a bit boring even though it is one of the best DPS possible.
i see so many clutch clawing the monster then hopping off. is this just to get close or does it do something im not aware of? thx
It is both for getting close in some cases but the main reason is to "reset the timer" that the monster stays in this staggered state.
If you don't clutch claw, the monster recovers more quickly basically.
How to you evade incoming attacks when you are only restricted to hops in between attacks i know i tried this weapon back when world was released and i was getting wrecked by monsters.
Evade window and practice. Switch Axe in iceborne REALLY needs evade window or evade extender to function probably. I rely on 3 lvls of evade window but started with 5.
I hate to ask this but what does reloading the switch axe do?
Reloading refills the switch gauge. You can only do it while underneath the morphing threshold though but it refills a very large chunk of your gauge.
@BloodyWyverian ohh awesome, I didn't know that! Thanks!
I saw the whiff and was second guessing haha
I NEED UR BUILD ASP
As a ZSD spamming tail cutter watching this felt wrong
Good roar dodges
those dodges 🥶
Nice hunt
How much evade window/extender do u usually run for these runs?
Evade window usually 3-5 but evade extender 0. I never use it in Iceborne.
@@BloodyWyveriandoes evade extender also help with negating roars?
@@frfrongong9712 No, because the only thing that increases with extender is distance. Evade window is the one that actually increases the s.
@@frfrongong9712 nope, extender only increases the distance of evading moves but does nothing to the i-frames. Only evade window will help with evading roars and so on.
Oh shit i meant evade window lmao
this video gives people confidence 😂 thanks
What's the build tho?
Full Fatalis gear with kulve legs and Lightbreak SA
And for skills I run evade window, power prolonger, tool specislist and divine blessing next to all your standard damage skills with an agitator charm.
@@BloodyWyverian I don't have kulve, she one shot me in my old armour and I never touched it again
@@stevemansour2565 you can use fatalis gear with alatreon arms as an alternative. Or a mix of raging brachy and teostra armor but I'd have to look into that one again.
Such a bully you are