Charge Blade Weapon Guide and New Moves

The Charge Blade is a weapon that balances offense and defense and can morph between two modes in Monster Hunter Wilds. See what new actions the Charge Blade can perform, how to use it, and what its controls are in this guide!

New Charge Blade Moves

Focus Double Slash

Focus Double Slash is a new move that can be used in both axe and sword modes. Your character will perform a double slash that can transition into Savage Axe Mode if it hits a wound.

How to Use the Charge Blade

Disclaimer: The guide presented here includes info from previous games in the series.

Charge Blade Gameplay Tips
Charge Phials with Sword Mode Dish Out Damage with Axe Mode Understand the Phial Types

Charge Phials with Sword Mode

The main gimmick of Charge Blade is accumulating Sword Energy by attacking enemies while in Sword Mode, charging the phials with the Sword Energy, and using them to enhance the Axe Mode attacks.

Check the phial icons on the top left of your screen to see how much Sword Energy you've accumulated, which also indicates how many phials will be filled after charging.

	No Charge
	3 Phials
	5 Phials
	Overcharged Your attacks will bounce off when overcharged. Charge immediately to transfer the energy to your phials.

Dish Out Damage with Axe Mode

Once you have charged phials ready, you can morph your weapon to Axe Mode and start dishing out damage! You can then use enhanced attacks in Axe Mode to deal increased damage by consuming phials.

The number of phials consumed by these attacks depends on the move used, as some Axe Mode attacks, like the Super Amped Elemental Discharge (SAED), empties all five phials in one go. When you're out of phials, make sure to switch back to Sword Mode to charge them again.

Understand the Phial Types

There are two types of Charge Blade phials: the Element Phials and Impact Phials.

Charge Blades with Element Phials allow you to deal more elemental damage in Axe Mode and usually have playstyles that revolve around SAED spams. Using Impact Phials, on the other hand, boosts physical damage, which also makes it easier to stun enemies especially when hitting weakpoints.

Charge Blade Controls

Sword Mode Controls

Action	Button
Weak Slash
Forward Slash	+
Morph Slash	+
Charge	+
Guard
Charged Double Slash	(Press and Hold)
Fade Slash	+

Axe Mode Controls

Action	Button
Rising Slash
Element Discharge
Amped Element Discharge	+
Morph Slash

Monster Hunter Wilds Related Guides

List of All Weapons and Weapon Types

All Weapon Guides

All Individual Weapon Guides
Great Sword	Long Sword	Sword & Shield
Dual Blades	Hammer	Hunting Horn
Lance	Gunlance	Switch Axe
Charge Blade	Insect Glaive	Light Bowgun
Heavy Bowgun	Bow	-