Flayer 5 with Charge Blade

[Bryan]

i cannot believe the devs hate me this much.

i have been using charge blade all game.

and i have been using Flayer Rank 5 all game.

even right now for like 20+ hours in my very lategame build.... and now in this youtube video he says it not only has 0 use but it's also intended to have 0 use?

he says on charge blade while in axe form Flayer just does not work at all, and that this is actually intended not even a bug.

this actually makes me really upset.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEVbmhX2fSc

[エキノックス・Equinox]

Flayer is useless.
I don't know what he says in the video.

But from theoricrafters and speedruns the conclusion is simple :
Breaking part scale on you damages, so having skills that improve damages give you more bonuses than Flayer 5. So flayer is a useless skill.

[TheBlueFox]

Flayer is not useless for charge blade. The easiest way to get into Savage axe form is with a wound break attack. Flayer wounds body parts faster on sword mode so you can enter Savage axe more reliably

[Bryan]

TheBlueFox a écrit :

Flayer is not useless for charge blade. The easiest way to get into Savage axe form is with a wound break attack. Flayer wounds body parts faster on sword mode so you can enter Savage axe more reliably

the best trick is to simply start the fight with a mount, giving you savage axe, and by the time it runs out your savage axe will have so many wounds created you will have it all fight.

[Zeromentor]

Flayer seems to be broken past 1 and 2. Another player tested it and said it wasn't broken, just poorly balanced and random, and that his test seemed to only be a different of around 9% (his numbers were 49 to 45) in difference. Is it worth it? I don't know. I use Flayer 3 on my build, but only because I have 5 Weakness Exploit and gain health from breaking wounds.

[KingOfFriedChicken]

TheBlueFox a écrit :

Flayer is not useless for charge blade. The easiest way to get into Savage axe form is with a wound break attack. Flayer wounds body parts faster on sword mode so you can enter Savage axe more reliably

From what I have read online about tests done on flayer

No official information yet, but based on JP tests, the following attacks seem not to be affected by Flayer

All Weapons: Focus Strike
Gunlance: All Shelling
Insect Glaive: Descending Slash
Dual Blade: Blade Dance
Switch Axe: Wild Swing
Charge Blade: All Axe Attacks
Heavy Bowgun: Wyvern Heart
Bow: Dragon Piercer, etc.

[TheBlueFox]

Bryan a écrit :

TheBlueFox a écrit :

Flayer is not useless for charge blade. The easiest way to get into Savage axe form is with a wound break attack. Flayer wounds body parts faster on sword mode so you can enter Savage axe more reliably

the best trick is to simply start the fight with a mount, giving you savage axe, and by the time it runs out your savage axe will have so many wounds created you will have it all fight.

I usually begin with a sneak attack. I have to build shield buff and phials anyway. I usually get a wound by then