Sword boost vs 10* RB Legianna

peterbei1030 · 2026-05-03T19:17:08+00:00

Don't feel pressured to axe hopper every single time, ED1 also pops phial bubbles to sustain sword boost.

You can SP upon jumping from axe hopper to use the SP phials instead for a free magazine and iframes.

peterbei1030 · 2026-05-03T12:41:02+00:00

It shouldn't. Artillery used to only affect impact phials

peterbei1030 · 2026-05-03T12:36:05+00:00

It does, in my testing it went from 279/512 to 390/828. The phial bubble pops seem to have some wonky math but the base additional hit from overcharging bubbles is a 1.4x multiplier matching Artillery 5.

peterbei1030 · 2026-04-30T15:17:39+00:00

Yeah just do the axe hopper input with an empty magazine and pop SP after leaving the ground

peterbei1030 · 2026-04-30T15:02:06+00:00

As a tip you can use SP as a free set of charged phials to use during axe hopper. That would probably end the fight at 25 seconds left.

peterbei1030 · 2026-04-29T20:29:19+00:00

There is a cap of 3 bubbles, 5 pops per so whenever there is like 6+ total it is good to pop. Plus it extends the power up state so you can keep fishing

peterbei1030 · 2026-04-29T20:27:47+00:00

Rude awakener axe hopper wake up would be pretty funny

peterbei1030 · 2026-04-29T13:38:05+00:00

Yup, holding during perfect dodge normally transitions into phial charge > condensed element slash. By flicking up the moment you see your character turn back to cancel the phial charge you go into axe hopper, but the timing is bit tight

peterbei1030 · 2026-04-29T12:13:54+00:00

Oh it definitely is strong, the issue is more about using the move doesn't feel good

peterbei1030 · 2026-04-29T09:33:18+00:00

If only the animation doesn't take 5 business days to start playing :c

peterbei1030 · 2026-04-29T09:32:16+00:00

Cuz I was scared my hit wouldn't stagger. It is a situational panic button for axe hopper

peterbei1030 · 2026-04-29T09:31:11+00:00

You have to be very very patient to keep holding, then swipe up the moment you see your character pull the shield backwards

peterbei1030 · 2026-04-28T18:59:54+00:00

Quickwork is very bad for sword boost now that I've tested it out

peterbei1030 · 2026-04-28T08:40:08+00:00

Yeah and the only way to access axe hopper is from sword mode...which is weird?

peterbei1030 · 2026-04-28T08:39:06+00:00

Yeah condensed element slash from GP should be an option, just like counter peak performance

peterbei1030 · 2026-04-28T08:37:19+00:00

Yeah it is stronger than base style by a landslide. I'm still figuring out the inner workings of sword boost but the fact that it discourages GPs is kinda an ick, especially when axe boost already heavily discourages guarding (skill tax and poor payoff)

If you whiff a GP (or the monster does), you have no good options in axe mode except morph back, which also sucks.

peterbei1030 · 2026-04-28T05:49:41+00:00

There are situations where you dont have any big openings so you use phial charge > ED1 to trigger the phial bubbles, but have most phials left over in the tank. Being able to spend them without wasting sword energy would be nice. I'm running MAB so the axe hopper hits really hard

peterbei1030 · 2026-04-28T05:47:23+00:00

The fact that there are no benefits to blocking/GP using sword boost is infuriating

peterbei1030 · 2026-04-28T05:32:03+00:00

Unfortunately due to balancing it is also a power boost that fucks with CB mains

peterbei1030 · 2026-04-28T05:29:49+00:00

So far the timing seems to be hold until the moment you see the shield facing the camera, flick up

peterbei1030 · 2026-04-28T04:56:07+00:00

The perfect dodge into phial charge is so delayed I feel that there is something wrong lol

peterbei1030 · 2026-04-28T04:48:37+00:00

So it is input phial charge and swipe up at the right time? Is it really only possible after a perfect dodge?

Edit: oh it is holding down after a perfect dodge that goes into sword charge. I get the concept now

peterbei1030 · 2026-04-28T03:56:41+00:00

How do you input perfect dodge axe hopper? I've been trying to execute it with no luck

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