CB Elemental Phial

[joj]

Still making mid-game progress in iceborne. I heard they buff elemental damage up and elemental build is the new meta, but why do i feel like impact phials does more damage? To give context, fire elemental phial deals 60+ per phial on acid glavenus (3 star weakness on fire) when i use rathalos CB (rarity 10), but i can easily get 90+ per phial on jagras CB (also rarity 10) on the same monster. Am i missing something?

[puzzlefox]

Dat cone SAED doe. Makes it much easier to wiff. I know this doesn’t answer your question, but ultimately it doesn’t even matter. Use what feels good

[lexilogo]

Saying "elemental build is the new meta" is an oversimplification especially for Charge Blade.

Charge Blade is essentially split into Savage Axe playstyles and the old SAED playstyle. From my understanding I think Savage Axe plays better with elemental builds than SAED does.

However the important thing is that it's your choice to make, much like Gunlance's shelling types, these are playstyles within the weapontype, not one that's the "meta" choice that you're enslaved to pick. From my understanding loads of CB users still bring Impact Phials for their obvious benefits.

[Endarion]

did you actualy properly build for it?
do you have X element at level 6?
also maybe you're not there but with elemental CB right now you should probably use namielle set bonus (tho the armor skills itself suck)
is the best one for elemental CB till safi jiva drops

[Suzaku]

lexilogo の投稿を引用：

Charge Blade is essentially split into Savage Axe playstyles and the old SAED playstyle. From my understanding I think Savage Axe plays better with elemental builds than SAED does.

This is my understanding as well. Elemental damage is applied in full to each attack, meaning rapid strikes will yield the greatest benefit. When you're chainsawing through a monster's body, getting 4+ hits per swing, you can see that damage really build up.

While you shouldn't ignore one playstyle or the other, the different builds do favor whether you're playing with/without elements.

[Remi]

You're not aiming at the right spots then, Acid takes 35 fire on the crystallized tail but the other hitzones are kinda eh except the throat.

[joj]

lexilogo の投稿を引用：

Saying "elemental build is the new meta" is an oversimplification especially for Charge Blade.

Charge Blade is essentially split into Savage Axe playstyles and the old SAED playstyle. From my understanding I think Savage Axe plays better with elemental builds than SAED does.

However the important thing is that it's your choice to make, much like Gunlance's shelling types, these are playstyles within the weapontype, not one that's the "meta" choice that you're enslaved to pick. From my understanding loads of CB users still bring Impact Phials for their obvious benefits.

Thank You! This is exactly what i missed

[rustleBonez]

Hitzones matter. Try SAEDing a diablos with the beotodus ice CB.