Question regarding charge blade

[Tresh]

Is it worth to make an elemental build with the CB? I know that for a lot of weapons aside from bow and DBs, when it's not specifically about bringing down Alatreon, element can be neglected, but I don't remember how it was with the CB and I'm just now, over 1400 hours in, giving her a try.

[rina]

Elemental CB builds can outshine raw builds in certain scenarios. However, for most situations, raw builds are the superior option and require less expertise to utilize effectively. If my memory serves me right (though it has been some time since I played), the best elemental charge blades are undoubtedly ice and dragon. If you have enough materials, I absolutely recommend building each elemental CB; don't forget to check each monster's elemental weakness and their values.

P.S. The paralysis CB can be a good and fun meme build too.

[Hammer Of Evil]

for the base game i thought it was worth it, had a full set of element cb's to counter monsters, but when SAED was nerfed into the ground I figured its not really worth it even for variety anymore. raw dmg + impact makes more sense in expac content, and in situations where the monster is going to rage infinitely for 5 mins to delay the hunt, i find myself just wanting to get the fight out of the way, instead of playing 'dodge the spicy potato' =p

i'm sure you can get it to work if you're very patient.

[Hariman]

Originally posted by Hammer Of Evil:

for the base game i thought it was worth it, had a full set of element cb's to counter monsters, but when SAED was nerfed into the ground I figured its not really worth it even for variety anymore. raw dmg + impact makes more sense in expac content, and in situations where the monster is going to rage infinitely for 5 mins to delay the hunt, i find myself just wanting to get the fight out of the way, instead of playing 'dodge the spicy potato' =p

i'm sure you can get it to work if you're very patient.

True mastery comes when you slot in "Agitator" and learn how to pummel the spicy potato harder because it's angry...

>.> I'm not at that point yet, not with all the monsters.

[DoEFotGS]

I has all elemental CB build and use them from time to time. Some good match ups is still exist and elemental phials can deal decent damage overall, but you can skip this part and go raw, especially with Fatalis weapon.

Also in base game elemental CB has one real purpose - Diablos :'D

[Tresh]

Originally posted by DoEFotGS:

I has all elemental CB build and use them from time to time. Some good match ups is still exist and elemental phials can deal decent damage overall, but you can skip this part and go raw, especially with Fatalis weapon.

Also in base game elemental CB has one real purpose - Diablos :'D

I've noticed that. Diablos used to be the bane of my existance, but with CB neiither regular nor black diablos could touch me.
Don't have access to fatalis weapons with this character yet, though, since I'm still in high rank with him.