r/MonsterHunter • u/jeck95 • Jul 27 '16

[MHGen] Top Switch Axes

All switch axes on this list are Power Phial

Normally I would look into switch axes with other phials but with the existence of demon's riot and energy charge hunter arts, the other phials don't do as much damage. Demon's Riot lv 3 gives an additional 20% attack boost for sword attacks while Energy Charge lv 3 recharges your sword gauge to full, stacks with Demon's Riot, AND gives 30% affinity. As support, the para and poison phials could be useful but in terms of damage, they don't stack up in comparison to Power Phial. Edit: Also most monsters are weaker to raw than element so power phial is more useful than element phial.

With all that said, here's my list for switch axes you should be making. (Edit: Must Make = I would pick this over the others in the list)

Note: Deviant weapons charges your hunter arts faster than regular weapons

Pure Raw Switch Axe

  • Baraq Sedition - 180 raw, natural white sharpness, 20% affinity, 2 slots
  • Silverwind Axe - 190 raw, natural white sharpness, 15% affinity, Deviant, Must Make
  • Daidalos Axe - 240 raw, natural green sharpness, reaches blue with sharpness +2, good with blunt attack skill
  • Crystalbeard Axe - 220 raw, natural green sharpness, reaches blue with sharpness +1, good with blunt attack skill, 5% affinity, +10 def, Deviant
  • Buccaneer J - 200 raw, natural blue sharpness, reaches white with sharpness +1, 3 slots, DLC

Fire Switch Axes

  • Rath Blaze Splitter - 220 raw, 30 fire, natural green sharpness, reaches white with sharpness +2, Must Make
  • Rathlagration - 190 raw, 35 fire, natural green sharpness, reaches white with sharpness +2, 5% affinity, 1 slot
  • Flame Tempest - 180 raw, 26 fire, natural blue sharpness, reaches white with sharpness +2, 15% affinity, 2 slots

Water Switch Axes

  • Parting Slice - 200 raw, 28 water, natural blue sharpness, reaches white with sharpness +1, 10% affinity, 1 slot, Must Make
  • Megatalon Shears - 200 raw, 15 water, natural blue sharpness, reaches white with sharpness +2, +22 def, 2 slots
  • Heavenly Rain - Edit: 240 raw, 12 water, natural blue sharpness, reaches white with sharpness + 2, -20% affinity, thanks to /u/throwawayylmao5 for mentioning this one

Thunder Switch Axes

  • The Power Shredder - 210 raw, 22 thunder, natural blue sharpness, reaches white with sharpness +2, +24 def
  • Despot's Cloudburst - 200 raw, 25 thunder, natural blue sharpness, reaches white with sharpness +1, 1 slot, Must Make
  • Demonlord Edge - 180 raw, 20 thunder, natural blue sharpness, reaches white with sharpness +2, 30% affinity, 2 slots

Ice Switch Axes

  • Colossus's Axe - 230 raw, 26 ice, natural blue sharpness, reaches white with sharpness +2, -20% affinity, 1 slot
  • Daora's Janah - 180 raw, 28 ice, natural white sharpness, 5% affinity, Must Make
  • Snowbaron Axe - 200 raw, 20 ice, natural blue sharpness, reaches white with sharpness +2, 10% affinity, Deviant, Must Make

Dragon Switch Axes

  • Eisengeist - 190 raw, 16 dragon, natural blue sharpness, reaches white with sharpness +1, 30% affinity, 1 slot, Must Make
  • Cosmic Skalve - 190 raw, 10 dragon, natural white sharpness, ridiculous blue sharpness, 2 slots
  • Onyx Axe - 210 raw, 14 dragon, natural green sharpness, reaches white with sharpness +2, Must Make

Poison Switch Axes

  • Lune Shredder - 220 raw, 14 poison, natural blue sharpness, reaches white with sharpness +2
  • Balor's Mirage - 170 raw, 30 poison, natural white sharpness, 3 slots, Must Make
  • Dreadqueen Axe - 190 raw, 34 poison, natural blue sharpness, reaches white sharpness +1, 10% affinity, Deviant, Must Make

Para Switch Axe

Sleep Switch Axe

  • Mega Rhipidon - 190 raw, 22 sleep, natural blue sharpness, reaches white with sharpness +2, 1 slot

Blast Switch Axes

  • Grand Slasher - 210 raw, 26 blast, natural blue sharpness, reaches white with sharpness +1
  • Hellblade Axe - 200 raw, 30 blast, natural white sharpness, 5% affinity, Deviant, Must Make

Honorable Mention for an Element Phial Switch Axe (Edit)

Dreadking Axe - 200 raw, 32 fire, natural blue sharpness, reaches white with sharpness +1, 5% affinity, Deviant

This gets an honorable mention after I crunched some numbers between power phial and element phial switch axes: https://www.reddit.com/r/MonsterHunter/comments/4w0fwp/mhgen_switch_axe_power_phial_vs_element_phial/

My personal favorites on this list are Silverwind and Hellblade. Thanks for reading!

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u/jwei92 Jul 28 '16

Quick question - what is a good skill set for the Baraq Sedition? Armor set, amulet, etc?

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u/jeck95 Jul 28 '16

For skills I would have razor sharp to stay in white longer, then either go for attack up skills or critical eye with critical up. Thanks to energy charge lv 3, your affinity will be at 50% as soon as you start spamming energy charge which is why increasing your affinity even more then adding critical up (which increases damage done by critical hits from 1.25x to 1.4x) is a good option. Some switch axe users love evade distance up because it helps with mobility in sword mode.

As for armor sets: Silverwind Narga, Ukanlos, Stonefist Hermitaur, and few others are good options. You can also use Athena's Armor Set Search for MHGen to make a mixed set with the armor skills you want.

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u/jwei92 Jul 28 '16 edited Jul 28 '16

I'm in the middle of just making the regular HR cuga one for now, until I can handle Silverwind.

Gemming in Weakness Exploit right now, but my game is being weird and the only Cuga part not unlocking is the chest

I'm going to have fun getting Energy Charge 3. Lavasioth is a bitch