Charge Blade VS Greatsword

[GhostBoxx]

Which has more dps? Just asking since i love both weapons and got curious as to which one packs more of a punch especially late game where monsters are really fast paced

[LordBlade]

Whichever one you're better with. Really it's all about how good the user is.

[Dongerino]

about the same I think? But landing the big shots on GS is harder compared to CB

[Saber]

I'm pretty sure a skilled Greatsword user can outdamage Charge Blade one any day.

[都可茶饮o.o]

GS if you're talking about hit per hit damage on average. But the two weapons do different things better than the other.

[LordBlade]

Originally posted by 都可茶饮o.o:

GS if you're talking about hit per hit damage on average. But the two weapons do different things better than the other.

Yeah, that's kind of the point of the MH weapon balance. No weapon is "better" than others, they're all just different.

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Aerial Greatsword has the highest DPS in the game. However it's not exactly practical, same with nonstop chaining true strikes. Charge blade however has a more practical combo to pull off so more times than not CB will out preform a GS. Although when those stars align, GS will ♥♥♥♥ a monster up

[Stefe]

After watching my brother play GS, it looks like it's a pain trying to get that true charge off with them moving around so much. Charge blade at least gives you a shortcut to your big damage after blocking with a guard point.

[T8-TR]

GS has the highest burst in the game, but defaults to a lot of hit and run strats involving its running attack. CB is more fluid and involved in the fight, but at the cost of smaller bursts (although still significant, iirc). Both are great weapons, so just use whatever's fun. Unless you're going for crazy times and min-maxing the ♥♥♥♥ out of the game, all it takes for a weapon to work is for you to understand how to use it.

[LordBlade]

Originally posted by Stefe:

After watching my brother play GS, it looks like it's a pain trying to get that true charge off with them moving around so much. Charge blade at least gives you a shortcut to your big damage after blocking with a guard point.

It's about knowing how they will move. GS is amazing when you're solo, because you know the monster will always be focused on you, and you can use that to always be in position.

Plus I remember in past games where I'd start a charge going away from the monster, knowing it was going to charge at me, and give it a huge smack to the face just as it got up to me. lol

[Kashra Fall]

Originally posted by Stefe:

After watching my brother play GS, it looks like it's a pain trying to get that true charge off with them moving around so much. Charge blade at least gives you a shortcut to your big damage after blocking with a guard point.

You shouldn't try going for the true charge when the monster is up and about. That is something you do when they are stunned (Which happens often with GS.) swinging the wide swing at their feet for instance can immobolize most creatures realtively easily. Once they are down? Give em the good chop and it is satisfying seeing those large numbers and the creature fall right back over again. The shoulder can be used to stop most attacks or move through them if you time it right, even better when charged!

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[Kegengers]

Originally posted by LordBlade:

Originally posted by 都可茶饮o.o:

GS if you're talking about hit per hit damage on average. But the two weapons do different things better than the other.

Yeah, that's kind of the point of the MH weapon balance. No weapon is "better" than others, they're all just different.

Agree. All weapons depends on the hunter. I cant even kill Anje if im not on Glaive.

[iNol]

Had this question too. GS can do 150 damage at training room with the starter iron gs 1 (3rd hit). CB needs a lot of bs to do damage that doesn't seem to surpass the 150 at the peak of it. CB seems more work for less damage.

Sure the 3rd GS hit takes a while to land. But the 2nd hit does good damage and much faster to execute (no charge hit 1, charge hit 2 as opportunity allows).

[Zefar]

Having used both Charge Sword and Great Sword but stuck with Great Sword.

The amount of damage I do on one hit on most monster is enough to out dps a charge sword that needs to charge up, then charge shield, then charge up again to use it's ultimate move.
Now you do get more chances to charge up your ultimate ability while the shield is charged but still Great Sword did far more in the end for me.

Hit and run isn't that bad with Great Sword when you can deal up to 100 points of damage on a single normal hit. If you have gears that increase the stun power you can stagger bosses quite easily and enable you to get in more hits.

I did Elder Kirin with Great Sword and it was over rather quickly even if I could only really get in 1 hit at a time when it wasn't downed.

[Vagrant]

A lot of GS users get stuck on TCS and ignore the rest of its kit which is a huge mistake.

Professional tip: Tackle inherits the charge level of the slash you canceled it out of *and so does the following Jump Wide*. It can deal 100+ damage on the head easily, and the Jump Wide does 250ish even without damage boosting and charged with an offensive build tops 400+. That's with a guard point, moving forward the whole time, with more cancel points than TCS. Also unlike its vertical brethren, it has an enormous swing radius, something like 270 degrees, and will hit monsters behind you.

Likewise, the Strong Wide slash inherits the charge of the previous Slash, and gains about ~70 damage from a fully charged Strong Slash beforehand, hitting around 270 on an offensive build.

You don't need to use TCS to hit big numbers on a GS, believe me. The moveset is deeper than you think.

EDIT: Numbers taken from training pole, no buffs applied, Wyvern Impact w/ no augs.