Is Alatreon switch axe any good?

[★ Moonlight ★]

It looks pretty good for a dragon element build (especially that sharpness. Holy hell do I hate always sharpening, even with protective polish), but it means losing crit element. Is it worth using instead of my kjarr axe decay with safi armor?

[Faust Wither]

not too good for fighting alatreon for sure.

[Nicovahkiin]

do the math, I'd say if you run dragon attack 6 Kjarr is still more effective, provided you have 100% crit

[CourtesyFlush09]

Nahh. Just get the layered version.

[Bong-B Rippins]

Not really. His weapons are generally pretty bad. Dragon element is also particularly bad against Alatreon himself.

[JPM岩]

Its actually pretty good, especially if going for element. You can p easily match the damage a meta raging brachy SA dps with it.

[Polaris]

Originally posted by JPM岩:

Its actually pretty good, especially if going for element. You can p easily match the damage a meta raging brachy SA dps with it.

This

And an important thing to remember about weapons that can match or even get close to brachy, is blast procs get harder and harder to each threshold on, a brachy weapon may win In a solo hunt, but if your in a hunt with 3 other hunters running blast, you will contribute more damage with Alatreon switch axe, as the extra elemental damage you add, is going to beat the extra blast you add which is unlikely to bring another blast proc.

[♋Phenex]

It is the best dragon SA so yes it's worth making. You would go either safi with 2 piece velkhana or 4 piece silverlos with alatreon legs.

[Bong-B Rippins]

Originally posted by Polaris:

, you will contribute more damage with Alatreon switch axe, as the extra elemental damage you add,

I can't think of anything besides Safi'Jiva (that you would actually be fighting at this point in the game) that is weak enough to dragon elemental damage for this to be true. Even then, Safi is weak against blast. Not only does Lightbreak have better sockets, but even with both weapons unsocketed Lightbreak has better EFR. I can't think of any situations where this statement is true.

[Polaris]

Some people still need gold rathian and silver rathalos. And after Alatreon, if you really never go back to other fights, what do you need besides safi ;D

[ᔑᓭ∴ᔑリ⊣]

plenty of monsters are weak to dragon element, including alatreon himself, and using one more level of elderseal boost is enough to make safi flinch as often as you need it to
Besides, it looks cool and is flashy. what more do u need

[Polaris]

But you really can hit similar efr with Alatreon, as you do not need to run. Any sharpness skills, no masters touch, no protective polish, 90 hits if purple is a ton, and freeing your self from teaostra armor opens the door to other damage skills, utility and comfort, and against dragon weak monsters, you can run 3 piece Safi, 2 alatreon (those arms are wonderful on switchaxe, and the aloha legs get you most of your dragon damage) this will likely put you ahead of raging brachy,

[Bong-B Rippins]

Originally posted by ᔑᓭ∴ᔑリ⊣:

plenty of monsters are weak to dragon element, including alatreon himself, and using one more level of elderseal boost is enough to make safi flinch as often as you need it to
Besides, it looks cool and is flashy. what more do u need

Dragon is the worst element to use on Alatreon and "plenty of monsters" are not weak to dragon. Deviljho and Safi are the only endgame monsters that have decent dragon hitzones. Also it's ugly and looks dated.

Originally posted by Polaris:

Some people still need gold rathian and silver rathalos. And after Alatreon, if you really never go back to other fights, what do you need besides safi ;D

Gold and Silver Rath's are immune to dragon.

Originally posted by Polaris:

and against dragon weak monsters, you can run 3 piece Safi, 2 alatreon (those arms are wonderful on switchaxe, and the aloha legs get you most of your dragon damage) this will likely put you ahead of raging brachy,

You get more from 3 pieces of Alatreon and 2 pieces of Raging Brachydios than 3 Safi and 2 Alatreon, but even that won't put you ahead of Lightbreak against 90% of monsters. If you're hunting Banbaro or Azure Rathalos maybe, but I don't think people are spending much time on those monsters these days.

[CourtesyFlush09]

Originally posted by ᔑᓭ∴ᔑリ⊣:

plenty of monsters are weak to dragon element

This is objectively false. Only like 2 monsters are notably weak to it.

In general, most players are better off with Safi or Raging Brach's SA.

[General Jelly Jiggler]

Originally posted by Hymensmasher420:

Originally posted by ᔑᓭ∴ᔑリ⊣:

plenty of monsters are weak to dragon element, including alatreon himself, and using one more level of elderseal boost is enough to make safi flinch as often as you need it to
Besides, it looks cool and is flashy. what more do u need

Dragon is the worst element to use on Alatreon and "plenty of monsters" are not weak to dragon. Deviljho and Safi are the only endgame monsters that have decent dragon hitzones. Also it's ugly and looks dated.

How is Dragon the worst element against Alatreon though? He's literally never immune to it and is partially weak to it for about 1/2 of the fight since he'll spend a lot of time in Dragon Active mode.

[Otaconnor]

I use his switch axe and his armor set when fighting him and consistently get around 10 minutes solo, easily hitting the DPS check. It's a very fine weapon. Does good damage, has very comfy sharpness, and some slots for good measure.
Not many monsters are weak to dragon so it's definitely not optimal on 90% of the game's monsters, but you can use it and do perfectly fine.