Ain't it obvious? One of the 14 weapons in the game that you've selected to be your weapon of choice.


From all the talk, it's said to be "complex," "too difficult of a weapon to handle," "too much work," and many other excuses that I kept hearin' about from my past years n' current year bein' blabbed into my ear.
If it's not your ideal weapon, don't bother playin' it n' find somethin' else that peeks your interest as many people would say typically.

You're still here readin'? Good, that means you're willin' to give Charge Blade a try or just want to "git gud" as them Sticky ammo users be sayin' 24/7 to players that cart but they also cart themselves but several times than you.

#DeathToAllStickyUsers




The design for Charge Blade is quite niche compared with other weapons, you ain't Lance / Gunlance neither are you SNS playin' "support." n' neither are you a damn Heavy Bowgun that fires ammo out of its ass.
Leave those roles of other weapons be n' let Charge Blade be a stand alone shield weapon that it is.
You are your worst enemy if you think Charge Blade has any relations to any other shielded weapons in the game n' I should slap you for it. Not once but TWICE.

Additional note, for Charge Blade users that complain about flinchin' in this game, I feel ya.
Beware of those users you come around with that will flinch you entirely if you do NOT have Flinch Free.



Long Sword, Dual Blades, Insect Glaive, Heavy Bowgun | Light Bowgun, Lance | Gunlance, Hammer, Switch Axe, n' Sword n' Shield (SNS)






Bow (Only Pellets from their weapon can flinch you a lot, remember that.)


Greatsword n' Hunting Horn.



As a Charge Blade main, I'd highly suggest you get yourselves Flinch Free 1 (IF you can, hard to when it comes to jewelin'.)
The rest of your builds would just be simply SAED normalized fashion.

"Charge Blade got a sword n' shield! I must be an SNS! :DDDDD" - Nerd, literally you.




Oh, would you look at that? So desperate to look at my builds that you stopped readin' this hoe?
Pathetic but if you are readin' before scrollin' down to check out my builds, I'mma give you a hug. :)

Down below listed will have it in order from the parentheses that I've established in bold
Feel free to copy em', I don't care. :/































Yes, the mechanics is something of importance for this weapon that I will dwell into with many details to share about 'cause nobody seems to really notice them since "GOOD HEAVENS, SAVAGE AXE IS SUCH GLORIOUS TECH THAT I SHALL SPAM UPON THESE SCOUNDRELS!"
Does that make sense, hm? It did? No? Then leave, stop readin', and move on with your life.

If it did, great. I'mma stop yappin' from this whole section just to move onto the next since blah blah.
I don't care, lol. This is my guide anyway, so you oughta deal with it.
Call me cringe, I don't care x2.

- Main Elements in the weapon to prioritize with.
Fire n' Ice are the only elements you need to have within the game.

• Thunder n' Water do NOT matter unless you're fightin' some other boss that isn't late game.
  
• Dragon can somewhat work okay, but you're mainly going to use Impact Phials for physical damage with Charge Blade anyway, so what's the point?

Same build of Fire replaced with jewels of the other elements, bruh.
Why? Ice CB has more jewelin' than all other Elemental CBs which is really unfortunate.

- No Debuffs/Aliments will be given to you
The given negation of ailments affected on you, "Blight Resistance" is big n' can really help you run against monsters without havin' to use Nulberries.

- No need for WEX (Weakness Exploit) | Affinity (Critical Eye)
Did you know that you get 40% affinity for free from the 5-piece armor of Safi'jiiva by just drawin' out your Charge Blade in hand?
No? Do that now, press ESC, n' look at your stats tab to your right, n' it'll show.
Besides, your Elemental Phials ARE YOUR DAMAGE.
Stop wastin' slots by insertin' Weakness Exploit or Critical Eye, focus ONLY on the Critical Boost, Focus, and NO ARTILLERY.
Artillery = Impact Phials
No Artillery = Elemental Phials

- Comfort Build
You guys want somethin' easy n' simple, that's it. This is the build for you to get damage either way.

- Vampiric
Part of the trait of 5-piece of gear for Safi'jiiva armor, ain't gonna explain further.


- Slowness of Movement
You complain of slowness of movement for Charge Blade a lot, so I'll include it here.
You either become one with CB, play aggressive, and kick ass or you give up n' be an LS main for all I care, you pathetic trash.

- Sharpness
"Man, Charge Blade I feel like needs more than Handicraft 5, I just can't stand the sharpness droppin' down so quickly!" - Every Savage Axe "Charge Blade Main User" out there.
There's somethin' called "Protective Polish" jewel that you slip in. ;)

- Health Drain
Apart of Safi'jiiva Armor traits that I ain't gonna explain any further, read it yourselves.

- SAED-ish
Dependin' which boss you fight, you can SAED or just have to shortcut all the way through with AED.
Difference between Phials from Impact n' Elemental is that Impact is more faster to deploy phials than Elemental would.
Would I say you have to go Savage Axe with Elemental Charge Blade? Depends.
This will be further explained in "Monster Overview."

- Stun Probability
No Stun Resistance = Chance for your character to be stunned. Worst mechanic in game, imo.


- Gain Coalescence (ATK Boost with Elemental DMG Boost) with Resuscitate (Extra Evade Window)
- Faster Pace than with Safi'jiiva Gear
- No need for WEX (Weakness Exploit) or Affinity (Critical Eye)
- No Health Drain

- Offensive Guard can be slotted for more ATK.
ATK is important to Phial damage, specifically for Elemental Phials. Think about it.
Additionally, you would only need 25% Affinity for it to be balanced out.

• More Affinity than ATK = garbage damage
  
• More ATK than Affinity = garbage damage
  
• Balanced between both = great damage
  
  
  
  Downs:
  - You will take Aliments but with a twist mentioned in the "Ups" n' would need Coalescence in order to hit big numbers for some good damage.
  - SAED-ish (again)
  - Stun Probability (again)
  - Sharpness (again)
  - No Vampiric
  You'd oughta heal manually that you know about already with Max Pots, etc. Duh.
  
  
  Fatalis Charge Blade (Impact Phials | Physical Damage with Fatalis 4-Piece Gear with ATV Gamma Leggins' or Kulve Taroth Beta Leggins'); Their Ups n' Downs:
  
  
  Ups:
  
  - Comfort Build
  Those players who want to have casual games n' fun, I understand.
  Use my builds I have for you to really play safe n' be happy.
  
  - Can Stun bosses unlike Elemental Phials, obviously.
  
  - Raw Damage
  You can literally not bother with any form of weakness of elements that monsters take.
  Just do damage just physical damage. lol
  
  - Can slot very freely than most gears
  Fatalis 4-piece Gear for its traits can give a lot of advantages to jewelin' if you consider havin' that choice.
  
  - More boosts to specific CB attributes n' their required skills to work its mechanism
  Apart of traits for Fatalis 4-piece gear, ain't explainin' further.
  
  - Better Sharpness for Charge Blade overall if donnin' Fatalis 4-piece gear.
  
  
  Downs:
  - Not as heavy damage compared to ATV Frostcraft styled mechanism
  Like I said in "Comfort Builds" Only for those who want to play safe. This isn't an aggressive build.
  
  - Poor against ATV herself. (Check your resistances chart of Fatalis' gear, very weak to ice.)
  Easy one-shots from ATV, lmfao.
  It's like Ranged Units askin' always: "Why she one shot me, I got full health."
  > Checks Ranged Weapons passive: "Elemental Resistance" n' not "Reduced Taken Damage"
  Ain't it obvious? :/
  
  - No Focus or Artillery = What in the ♥♥♥♥ are you doin'?
  If you do not have Focus or Artillery which is IMPORTANT to Impact Phial Charge Blades,
  I will personally beat you up more than 5 minutes.
  
  - WEX (Weakness Exploit) at Level 3 makes the damage horrible.
  Remember when I said 25% Affinity is enough for Charge Blade? I mean it.
  That horrible 50% bonus when hittin' parts that are tenderized is just dogshet.
  Run with WEX at Level 2 instead n' it'll be okay, imo. You will see why in the next category of ATV styled Fatalis Charge Blade.
  
  
  ATV Gamma 4-Piece Gear with Fatalis Charge Blade; Their Ups n' Downs
  
  
  Ups:
  
  - Bigger Damage with the mechanism of Frostcraft.
  You want big damage against monsters? Use Frostcraft, everybody does it for GS, LS, SNS, etc.
  So why not Charge Blade?
  I'm the only one who figured out the formula for Frostcraft SAED|AED
  You guys are real damn lucky that I'm sharin' this.
  
  - ATK is given from the Frostcraft Meter, you can literally focus with Affinity only.
  Remember about 25% Affinity is good for CB?
  Yeah? Great, it means ya read. At best, leave your Fatalis Charge Blade with 3 things:
  
  • Health Regen
    
  • Affinity
    
  • Elemental Status/Ailment (Impact Phial stuns)
  Then you would simply jewel your Critical Eye to Level 5. Why?
  Above level 5 Critical Eye, your damage with Frostcraft Charge Blade is utter garbage.
  Below level 5 Critical Eye, your damage with Frostcraft Charge Blade is utter garbage too.
  So, listen to what I say here n' DO NOT JEWEL BEYOND TO MAXIMIZE EVERY SKILL WHEN USIN' FROSTCRAFT CHARGE BLADE.
  
  - 1k or above damage possible.
  I've done several runs with Frostcraft Charge Blade, best way to CB imo.
  I've hit 1k with both SAED n' AEDs, the highest I've hit with an SAED was near 1.4k of damage.
  With mountin' the monster, I've hit near 1.7k of damage. See where this is goin'?
  
  - Intended for "Aggressive" playstyle n' literally way better.
  Be like me n' Frostcraft that Charge Blade, I dare you.
  
  
  Downs:
  
  - Sharpness
  Just slap Protective Polish to the build n' you're fine.
  Only thing to worry about Sharpness is when you tenderize or just be lame n' go Savage Axe that is Frostcrafted. lmfao
  
  - Limited Jewelin'
  Unlike Fatalis 4-piece gear, ATV's 4-piece gear is really somethin'.
  You have to balance out CB in order to get the right damage and for other mechanisms like Focus, Artillery, Guard Up, etc.
  Focus is covered with ATV's Waist piece, Artillery can be covered with Ragin' Brachy's Arms.
  
  - Poor against in terms of Defense against Fire Monsters

Right then! You've made it past the first section of my guide, how does it feel? Readin' too hard, hm?
It was n' you're callin' me a schizo for talkin' in this behavior n' it looks like I'm talkin' to a brick wall?
SMH, GET YO STU-

Anyway, Charge Blade's moveset in a nutshell will be listed below here, second part will have a video provided n' "Woah, no way, we got gifs to show n' includin' a keyboard with controls on how to play CB?!"
(Sorry but not sorry controller players, it is what it is.)

Quick drawin' out your Charge Blade, it'd be Mouse 1 click.

With Focus levels, your phials can charge from the rates it can be.
STRONGLY SUGGEST you have it at Focus 3 at all times.

• Focus 1: 4 Heavy Charge ATKs w/o Light ATKs = Red Phials
  
• Focus 2: 3 Heavy Charge ATKs w/o Light ATKs = Red Phials
  
• Focus 3: 2 Heavy Charge ATKs w/o Light ATKs = Red Phials
  
  The combo to build your phials n' everythin' else goes as this with Focus 3, I will not explain further with the other two focuses 'cause they're out of the blue. Not important any longer but just fun 'lil facts to know about.
  
  Light ATK (M1) < Heavy ATK (Hold M2 then release at the ding sound) < Light ATK (M1) = Red Phials.
  Charge it by holdin' SHIFT + Right Click = Phials Charged + M1 w/ M2 to do a "Guard Bash" n' again to do a swirl animation that would give you two options.
  
  One of em' is super significant for SAED play, you can literally do AED play only without it but either way, you need this damn effect in order to "Guard Point" or else you will be knocked back heavily w/o it.
  The other one is a bandwagon tech called: "Savage Axe" which you press C to enable.
  Ain't talkin' further about this one since it ain't a Savage Axe guide, remember?
  
  Now, you'll get somethin' called: "EMS" for short n' in full length is: "Elemental Roundslash."
  When your animation hits the target, it's considered a Light ATK at the end of EMS' animation.
  You can do one Heavy Charge ATK to em' with a Light ATK after that n' you'll get red phials for the second time. Literally.
  Unless somehow you miss, you gotta repeat the combo again.
  
  To charge "CS" for short n' in length: "Condensed Slash" Just simply do the chargin' phials animation n' hold M1 until you hear the electric charge comin' from your Charge Blade.
  Then let go n' you'll do a "slash" that will support your CB ATKs with the sword to do extra damage with stun ailment to the monster.
  
  To SAED once you've gained EMS, M1 + M1 with M2 (Click both together) + M1 with M2 (again) and let the animation of it play.
  Same with AED, except you cut it short with holdin' S key (Backstep key) + M1.
  AED can be used without EMS but highly suggest havin' EMS in order to Guard Point / Block.
  
  To Guard Point, Hold Shift and M1 at the same time which will bring your axe out except time it at the moment when the Monster Boss attacks you.
  
  Same with Slidin' Maneuvers where if you press M1 n' any key that involves movement for your character, you'll do a slide animation with the shield in front of your character.
  This also considers as a Guard Point.
  
  Lastly, Savage Axe Guard Point is a special tech with M1 + M1 with M2 + M1 with M2 + C key to "Enable Savage Axe" except you time it at the moment when the Monster boss attacks you.
  
  
  Axe without the Savage Mode (This is different from Savage Axe 'cause it's not enabled.):
  
  Right, so when you press shift, you basically throw your axe out.
  Holdin' W while pressin' M1 will have your character launch forward towards the Monster Boss with your axe to slap it.
  
  Furthermore, if you keep pressin' M1 over n' over with Axe without the Savage Mode or Savage Axe, you'll launch players in Multiplayer which is really damn annoyin'.
  DO NOT DO THIS IN MULTIPLAYER, SINGLE PLAYER IS ACCEPTABLE 'CAUSE YOU'RE ALONE.
  
  With phials, if you press M2 with M2 again, you do a swirlin' of your axe animation that sends phials to stun ailment the boss if it hits the head.
  So much so, after you've done lil' animation, you can press M1 to send the axe back at the Monster Boss again n' repeat the M2 process. You can technically loop it.
  
  Overall, I'mma cut you goofy ahhs some slack, I did make a video for you goofies to view that basically summarizes the entirety of my yappin'.
  
  
  
  Hope that video helps with my explanations beforehand, let's move onto the next catagory.
  P.S: I'm also aware of my lil' spellin' error in the vid. Rushed it, lol.

"Woah, finally talkin' about how I can whoop these monsters' ass?! FINALLY!!-"
SHUT IT.



Anyway, I formatted these into gifs n' will name each of their moves from my personal namin'.

If you complain, I will beat you.
Try to give me an alternative name suggestion to any prior moves the monsters use, I will beat you.
If you got "-chan" after your name, I will call you ballsack. Wait-

So, yeah. here goes from their orders:
Tempered Teostra < Tempered Lunastra < Tempered Ruiner Nergigante < Tempered Furious Rajang < Arch Tempered Namielle < Arch Tempered Velkhana < Alatreon < Fatalis

P.S: I may not have all of the moves of some bosses here as a gif but I will explain the others I don't have onto their categories.


https://imgur.com/a/tempered-teostra-cb-counters-poGzlBj

I would suggest doin' this boss for practice with Fatalis 4-Piece Gear n' Charge Blade!
He's a great starter.

"Flamin' Hot Breath Wave": Teostra will do this move when he is not in effect of "Cheeto Dusts"
It's a breath that shoots in a straight line n' goes from left to right at least 3 times.
This is Guard Pointable to which you can Condensed Slash, AED, or SAED Teostra as a counter.

In his "Cheeto Dust" effect, I would simply ignore to counterattack. The Cheeto dusts nearby deployed will explode right after it summons n' deployed for few seconds.


https://imgur.com/a/YgCvktE

There are her physical attacks that she does most often along with her flame attacks that she summons with her wings.
These attacks are not important, don't worry about tryin' to counter em'.
Additional note: STRONGLY SUGGEST NOT AGITATIN' THIS BOSS! She's easier when not agitated 'cause of her slow speed + Elemental builds against her is the goat. #IceCBistheOnlyCountertoLunastra.

"Recharge of the Blue Nova":
This one is just Lunastra standin' still to recharge her Supernova.
If you are close by, guard pointin' her "Wind Force," it's a 50/50 that you might get affected or you successfully guard point.
This is an all out go to do a Condensed Slash, AED, or SAED of your choice against it to counter.


https://imgur.com/a/yVFjnaa

Remember, under 30% of health for Ruiner Nergigante, he will go ballistic and it will force you to play defensive.
Just play it cool and wait until one of the moves from the gifs shown are present to counter him.


https://imgur.com/a/tempered-furious-rajang-cb-counters-n6YfCIc

Tempered Furious Rajang will be brutal with its speed at times.
Just play it hybrid. Defensive and Offensive.

• Do NOT stay near his face for too long after his moves have been performed, he does something I like to call: "The Lawnmower" where he does two arm sweeps instantly or takes time to perform it.
  
• He would also like to grab most of the time, beware of it.
  
• Have Scatternuts or a Flash Pod equipped and ready most of the time to save yourself. Nobody else in Multiplayer would even bother to save you.

https://imgur.com/a/arch-tempered-namielle-cb-counters-x46M1rE

AT Namielle in a nutshell is a chip damage Monster, play it safe.

DO NOT AGITATE THIS BOSS EITHER LIKE LUNASTRA! Slower Namielle is, the better for you to do SAEDs.
But there is one note.

• Like Alatreon, you will have to Savage Axe if he is present without any color to him.
  
• With water absorption and color, you can SAED/AED him for better Elemental Phial damage.
  
• Without water absorption and color, you have to Savage Axe because the Elemental Phials become ♥♥♥♥ damage.

https://imgur.com/a/arch-tempered-velkhana-cb-counters-5lfHOLa

There are 2 ice coating phases and one without it.

If you plan to do Elemental CB against Velkhana.

• No Ice Coating Velkhana will give you higher Elemental Phial Damage.
  
• One Ice coating Velkhana will give you good Elemental Phial Damage.
  
• Two Ice coating Velkhana will give you horrible Elemental Phial Damage, forcing you to go Savage Axe.

https://imgur.com/a/alatreon-cb-counters-HXDwkqJ

"Dragon's Awakening: Blackened Heart": Alatreon shifts phase to the Dragon Phase prior from his Ice or Fire phase.
You can guard point to Condensed Slash, AED, and SAED him from there.

Highly suggest you switch to Savage Axe from that point 'cause the elemental phials from his Dragon Phase becomes ♥♥♥♥♥.

Do note this: The atmosphere within Alatreon's Arena can be seen when you first start within your spawn area.

• If the hue is seen fiery, that means you'll have to bring the Kjarr "Ice" Charge Blade.
  
• If the hue is seen icy, that means you'll have to bring the Kjarr "Fire" Charge Blade.
  
• If the hue is seen without any of those colors, it is then where Kjarr "Dragon" Charge Blade could be of use. However, who in the world brings that element anyway?

https://imgur.com/a/fatalis-cb-counters-JS56Zvr

DO NOT BINDER FATALIS WITHIN PHASE 2.
Save the one-shot binders for Phase 3 because within Phase 2, it's a second quicker for him to get the binder off of him durin' his struggle animation graspin' the one shoter binder shot at em'.

You do NOT need to do cannons either. I do not suggest doin' this method 'cause it's a waste of time imo.
Have smoke bombs instead n' DO NOT stand there long enough. It will bring a question mark to Fatalis n' once revealin' yourself, he will roar n' resume fightin' you.
Play it smart, chuckleheads.

Alright, you've made it down this far with readin' n' seein' visuals! That's epic.
If you've been constantly skippin' my reads but have been seein' visuals only, shame on you.
I should punch you again for that.

This category here will show off every Iceborne Monster bosses in the game as it is but with a lil' twist.
Yep, if you were thinkin' that you're gonna see some presentations of myself goin' against em' for you to see how I play, you got it.

Don't worry, you're not gonna see entirely raw footage videos of me fightin' em', it'd be borin' asf.
Instead, I made edit cuts with my personal taste of music that will be in each of their descriptions for each video.

Got that? Great! Down below this sentence will have everythin' you want to see.
Feel free to comment, I don't mind and leave a like as many Youtubers would say if hungry for that type of ♥♥♥♥, ugh. (I guess I'm apart of it. :/ Haha...)

In all seriousness, it's tribute to my girl, Iole | イオレ
She needs rest till Wilds becomes a thing n' all n' all, enjoy. #MHW:IoleTribute

Alrighty, enough is enough from the guide.
As already said, I've retired, n' I ain't gonna return back to this silly game to babysit more babies.
Low ranks n' High Ranks alike, obviously. But if you ever see me again on there, just know I'm with friends. :)
(Read Edit Update #1, actually. It's significant prior this message above. ^)




There will be those listed who've actually gave me motivation to really put this guide altogether for you all to see that Charge Blade has somethin' in secret nobody has ever decided to look in depth.

• Noxial
  
• Mr. K
  
• dvp
  
• ashi

I'm the only one you'll know who's a Charge Blade Legend n' the outcome of that is for you to carry the weapon's legacy if you wish to do so.

I won't let the weapon die out quick 'cause of meleesy weapons that are Long Sword, Greatsword, n' many other options that are more "viable" to individuals who seek big damage.
I too seek big damage but with good techs, comprehension of bosses I face, n' literally give it my all to ensure victory for myself n' myself alone. (Unless you're good buds with me, different. Haha~)

Any other questions you wanna leave out to me down the comments more in depth of Charge Blade, I will respond. (Since makin' each sections apparently has a limit to how much you can put in. -.-)

Hope you gentlemen n' women have yourselves a wonderful day n' future of yourselves.
Toodles!~