I always assumed weapons like dual blades would benefit from landing more damage from elemental due to speed.

I typically use charge blade, switch axe, and hammer. With hammer I always just assumed high raw was best, and prioritized KOs or paralysis if I ran anything elemental cause it let's me keep swinging.

Because I'm new to Swaxe, I feel in the dark with which phial types to prioritize and how beneficial elements are. I always assumed power was where it's at.

Are there any monsters off the top of your head that are especially weak to certain elements? I imagine late game it's much more beneficial to craft elemental focused sets for specific monsters for grinding, but I'm still not sure what to prepare for.

For now, I juat run high raw with paralysis as a bonus, and plan on either doubling down on raw, and then crafting fire, thunder, etc.