I’m a beginner. I’ve used Charge Blade extensively I know it’s a technical weapon but CPP and other wirebind skills make it really fun to use. I’m thinking of picking an alternate weapon to use as a main. I didn’t like the Lance felt really slow. Was thinking of using long sword again what do you guys recommend for a melee focused playstyle. Also people say long sword is DPS focused and becomes difficult to play in the long run what does that mean?
Swagaxe in rise is something special
Its way harder to use safely in world
A lot of people people seem to be suggesting it. Looks like a favourite on lemmy. Ill try it out
With the wirebug moves you can pretty effectively stay in sword mode
And you dont seem to take nearly as much damage from the monsters moving around and attacking while you are zero sum discharging their face
In world at master rank the only safe way to get zsd off on a monsters face is if you have a temporal or rocksteady mantle on plus you have to use axe mode sometimes. Gross.
Swagaxe because bias
I second switchaxe but it’s all I’ve ever used lol
swagaxe best axe
I was running Charge Blade throughout the campaign of Sunbreak and I decided to pick up Insect Glaive once I hit MR6 last week. I love this damn weapon. You can play it on the ground or go into the air and target monster parts that are hard to reach otherwise.
Unfortunately there’s a bit of a learning curve on which kinsect to use (I believe powder and assist are the preferred ones and dual color can speed up the harvesting process), where to aim for extracts on each monster and finding which combos/switch skills work best for you. Despite the initial complexity, it’s my favorite weapon thus far (I’ve used every melee weapon other than switch axe but the bulk of my hunts are with hammer, dual blades and charge blade).
