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, sample and recommended combos, and what its controls are in this guide!

New Charge Blade Moves

Focus Slash: Double Rend

Focus Slash: Double Rend is the weapon's Focus Attack. Your character will perform a double slash that will transition into Savage Axe Mode if it hits a wound. This is the Charge Blade's primary way of getting into Savage Axe Mode.

Guard Point Indicators

Guard Point indicators are now available and much easier to see for the Charge Blade. The Charge Blade's guard point timings will now cause the shield to glow which indicates that these specific set of frames are guard points or frames where the the player can block enemies when hit.

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	PC	PS5	Xbox
Weak Slash
Forward Slash	+	+	+
Morph Slash	+	+	+
Charge	+	+	+
Guard
Charged Double Slash	(Press and Hold	(Press and Hold	(Press and Hold
Fade Slash	+	↓ +	↓ +

Axe Mode Controls

Action	PC	PS5	Xbox
Rising Slash
Element Discharge
Amped Element Discharge	+	+	+
Morph Slash

Charge Blade Combos

Charge Blade Combos
Basic Combo Poke Charge into Shield Boost Transition Charge into Saed Combo

Basic Combo Poke

Platform	Combo Input
PC	( + ) → → → ( + )
PS5	(+) → → →(+)
Xbox	( + ) → → → ( + )

This is a basic rotation combo that ends in the Shield Thrust command. It's a quicky way to dish out DPS while also charging up your phial and can be perpetually looped for a slow but continuou source of damage.

Charge into Shield Boost Transition

Platform	Combo Input
PC	→ (hold) → ( + ) → → ( + )
PS5	→ (hold) →(+) → →(+)
Xbox	→ (hold) → ( + ) → → ( + )

This is a short combo loop that you can use if you're aiming to quickly fill up your Phials with a short poke. This will allow you to replenish three bars of Phials on use while also consuming it to enter a shield:boost state which gives you access to SAED attacks.

Charge into SAED Combo

Platform	Combo Input
PC	( + ) → ( + ) → ( + ) → → ( + )
PS5	(+) →(+)→ (+) → →(+)
Xbox	( + ) → ( + ) → ( + ) → → ( + )

Requires shield:boost and a minimum count of 3 phials.

This is a combo thats perfect to use if you have a shield:boost state and charged up phials. It's a good transition after using Charge if you're presented with a vulnerable monster as you can launch your full AED string into SAED.

Monster Hunter Wilds Related Guides

All Weapons and Guides

All Weapon Guides

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