Pokepal starts blabbing about armor sets.
Someone please make him stop.
I just remembered that I unlocked the ability to override the
appearance of my helmet so goodbye ugly Nargacuga helmet.
The armor set I am primarily using is the high rank Nargacuga armor set. It’s a bit on the fanservicey side of things in terms of looks but it isn’t too terrible in that department compared to something like the Kirin or Barioth sets and it has a nice skill set that I can work well with. I’ve chosen to substitute the low rank variant of Nargacuga’s chest armor since despite the rather steep 40 point defense penalty I get from using it the low rank version has a decoration slot that the high rank version lacks. This armor set gives me the following skills:
Critical Eye +3
Constitution +1
Evade Extender
Critical Eye +3 gives me a 30% boost to my critical hit rate which is a really nice offensive boost, Constitution +1 decreases the rate that I lose stamina while I dodge and Evade Extender, as the name suggests, doubles the amount of distance covered by my evasion rolls, which is a really nice boost to my mobility, especially since it allows me to use my rolls to bypass the mobility restriction that is imposed on me while I put the Switch Axe in Sword Mode.
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[I]The new hotness.[/I]
However the real star of this show is the Switch Axe I just got fully upgraded, the Sedatious Axe. The Sedatious Axe was crafted primarily made from low and high rank Seregios parts. Seregios weapons tend to have high sharpness and affinity (which effects the weapon’s critical hit rate). The 20% affinity that the Sedatious Axe has combined with the 30% boost from critical eye +3 gives me a total 50% crit rate. The Sedatious Axe also has the ability to regain some sharpness every couple of times I roll, this is something of a signature ability the Seregios weapons have.
If you want to know how the Switch Axe works this piece of reddit copy pasta will explain it better than I ever could.
Listen here, lad. Ain't nothing better than the Switchiest of Axes, and 'ere's why.
You have an Axe that transforms into a goddamn sword. What's that? Charge Blade does the same thing? You don't need that pussy ass shield. With the Switchiest of Axes, you don't need a shield, because it's all about that MANLY DEE-PEE-ASS, baby. You got hops. You got rolls. If you get hit, take it like a MAN. I don't care if you're male, female or Gigginox. Hack-and-slash? You're damn right. They don't call this fancy dildo the Slash Axe back in Japan for nothin', son.
Having trouble keeping up with that Great Jaggi because you have to sheathe every five seconds? YOU PIECE OF DUNG. you ever seen a Greatsword user slowly plod across the map with his gigantic peni- I mean, sword in hand? Your Sword mode is just as big, so you have to sheathe it, right? WRONG, SUCKER. Roll after that Beastie. Evade Extender will give you the boost your puny chicken legs need to keep up with the monster. Ever wanted to be a Konchu? Well, now you'll be rolling all over the damn place for that sweet, sweet manly DEE-PEE-ASS. And when the monster falls down, what do you do?
You blow your fuckin' load all across their face, that's what. X+A in sword mode for that delicious explosive burst that will take a chunk out of your bar and sharpness, but will also obliterate a pretty part of the monster's body. If you're a bit of a pussy and need to pull out (heh), pull the circle pad back and you'll do a premature e... explosion that doesn't take nearly as long. Nothing is manlier than EXPLOSIONS, except maybe Evade Extender. (GET IT. YOU PUSSY)
But it's called the Switch Axe, not the Switch Blade. (Wazzat? Charge Blade? Giggit out of here) That means the Axe is equally as capable as the Sword. You ever used the Axe of the Charge Blade? That thing is slower than a drowsy Basarios. Not this Axe. This Axe is a hurricane, a storm of manly steel, and it has stupidly huge range. Ever wished your little toothpick SnS and Dual Blades could reach that Gravios tail that dangles oh-so-close but just out of reach? AXE MODE, KELBITCH. That motherfucker is the Deviljho dick in a land of Jaggis. Every tail in the game is yours, every one of them (except maybe Fatalis, he's a bastard). And what happens when you upswing a teammate? COME ON AND SLAM, AND WELCOME TO JAPAN
And did you know which weapon has the manliest DEE-PEE-ASS when a monster has fallen? SWITCH AXE, APTOFUCKA. Upswing into rapid chops will turn any monster into choice cuts for sale at the hunter's market later. Do this on the tail a few times and soon you'll hear the tasty sound of it falling off. Get used to this sound, because soon you'll be chopping off tails everywhere and drown in Mantles and Palliums. The Manly Chops of Doom ain't nuttin to mess around with.
You know that huge diddlydong you're slapping against that monster's thighs? No, I don't mean that, I mean your Switch Axe, which I'm sure you've picked up by now because it's the MANLIEST. Turns out that not only is it a diddlydong, it's a transforming diddlydong. Tilting the Circle Pad forward and pressing X in Axe mode makes you do a short forward stab, then hit R and X after then to MANLY SHIFT into Sword mode with a slash. OR, you can do the MANLY CHOPS OF DOOM, then finish it off with a tap of R to do this magnificent Reverse Roundhouse Slash. After the RRS, hit that R one more time to MANLY SHIFT into Sword Mode. In Sword Mode, whenever your sword sweeps horizontally, R+X shifts you back into Axe form to EXPAND DONG. (seriously, the Axe is so fucking long.)
Switch Axe is versatile, too. You want extra MANLINESS? Get a power phial. Want to see that monster pant for breath as you turn it into the next main course? Exhaust Phials. You can even KO the monster if you're manly enough. Want to support your significantly less manly teammates? Para Phial, Poison Phial, blah blah, they're all yours. Or is the monster weak to element? Get that element phial, or use the Dragon phial (because we all know Dragon is the manliest element). The possibilities are endless, just like the apparent reach of your Axe.
I should talk about reloading, but fuck that shit. Capcom pls remove
What the wrog are you waitin' for? Pick up your very own Transforming Dildo now at the smithy, you shitstain.
Actually that didn't really explain anything did it. Basically the Switch Axe has two modes, axe mode and sword mode. Axe mode is your base mode and has some nice reach and strong mobility while Sword mode has more power and it’s attacks can't be defected but each attack depletes some of your Switch Guage, which can be refilled by attacking in Axe mode, keeping the weapon sheathed, or by reloading it after it runs out. Knowing how to use both modes is key to mastering the Switch Axe.
If any of this sounds overpowered at all than let me assure you that it's not. Defensively I’m pretty far behind the curve and even without that holding it back armor skills in general offer a fairly miniscule advantage. Having a total 50% critical hit rate doesn't matter when everything in this game has a gargantuan health bar (and the Sedatious Axe is going to start falling behind offensively and it's going to stay that way before I'll be able to upgrade it.) Evade Extender is probably one of the most drastic armor skills you can get in terms of changing how you play the game but even than, while I can roll farther than I could without it and that makes things easier for me that doesn't make a difference really in the end.
There is only one skill that really matters in the end and that's the skill of the person playing it. Everything else is little more than an extension of your own skill.
But the main reason that I’m talking about armor is quite simple: For the next update I plan to go after a new armor set. The Nargacuga S armor set is excellent and I plan to keep running with it for a while longer but for the Dual Blades I need something a bit more appropriate for that weapon’s skillset. Thankfully I have something in mind...
Next time:
My new Dual Blades armor. some disassembly required.
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