Why I DO NOT Use SAED In Monster Hunter Now... | Charge Blade Guide 

When playing solo AED is a way to go, but in group hunts where the monster can be busy targeting a different player SEAD are a lot more safer and fun.

100% the better way to play the Charge Blade in MHNow right now as there are very few openings where you can actually pull off an SAED without getting hit. You can still play with an AED playstyle with a charged shield by canceling the default SAED into AED with the down swipe, while retaining the flexibility to capitalize on SAED when the chance arises.

Love your vids man! I'm so glad you make them. I learn so much from them. Keep up the good work.

You can go AED flicking back during the charge animation. So you can play AED with charged shield (axe dmg boost up)

Beautiful, thank you kind fellow hunter 🙏

You still should charge the shield. Charged shield gives you inbuilt Guard Skill, idk if it's 1 or 2 in this game. From that, with a point or two more of Guard, u can always Guard Point (+1 Guard) to get a free phial, and chain that into an AED by pulling down while charging. SAED doesn't do more dmg than AED. It does more burst, but less DPS because of the time you need to charge 5 phials (u either have focus to charge fast and no dmg, or have dmg and lose time). AED has faster hit motion, and u can do it at least 3 times during the same timeframe u charge up for an SAED and look for openings to do SAED.

can't wait to get that fucking black diablos parts to try it!

I do wonder if the same concept can be applied to the long sword? I mean instead of using the helm breaker you continuously perform combos while the blade is charged?

I found Latent Power to be quite strong for this playstyle because being able to use two Special SAED in a fight is very potent. It’s effect to give you more Special charge when it trigger is very nice. Since the AED playstyle does a lot of axe swings, the affinity is nice too and are less useless.

i will give this a try! Sorry if you posted this already but what armor setup do you recommend for charge blade?

This is exactly how I played the charge blade when I first got the hang of it. Just seemed like less faffing about and the extra 20% or so damage didn’t seem worth twice the charging time.

You still should charge the shield. Charged shield gives you inbuilt Guard Skill, idk if it's 1 or 2 in this game. From that, with a point or two more of Guard, u can always Guard Point (+1 Guard) to get a free phial, and chain that into an AED by pulling down while charging. Charging the shield also increases the axe hit dmg (not phial, and that's the main CB dmg in Now). SAED doesn't do more dmg than AED. It does more burst, but less DPS because of the time you need to charge 5 phials (u either have focus to charge fast and no dmg, or have dmg and lose time). AED has faster hit motion, and u can do it at least 3 times during the same timeframe u charge up for an SAED and look for openings to do SAED.

I wonder, how offensive guard affects AEDs, if they ever do.

I just GP and punish with an AED. Risky but feel much more rewarding. I main CB in mainline games and SAED feels underwhelming in MHN except, of course, you wanna do flashy stuff. I always though that AED is underrated in mainline games but I am glad it is getting the recognition it deserves here in MH Now. PS: Headsniping a monster with an AED with an Impact Phial CB and watch it crumple to the ground KO'd still feels as rewarding AF in MH Now just like in mainline games. 😅

I do this as well but tbh I feel like not using the saed is just a skill issue. I’ve seen people optimally use it but it is hard to do.

I want to try Charge Blade which one should I build? Is Diablo CB good? Non-elemental CB.

What about charging the shield red before starting spamming AED? Instead of spamming with no buffed shield 🤔

One thing i like about AED over SAED is that if you hit the mosnter you will always trigger 3 explosions on it, but with SAED there is a chance that the monster will stagger and the explosions on the ground will miss

please talk about lbg.. it got a big update yesterday.. my friend say, crazy buff.. 😅

where can see best elemental builds for bow? It's good use the bow with poison?

how to make an AED with the shield charged, I can't do it when the shield is charged, it only makes SAEDs

yeah this is how i figured out how to play, thats why i thought last video was funny because it was like: you GOTTA craft these coral pp armor pieces and then it was just about charging the shield lol

I'm doing the same thing. It's a more practical thing to do considering the limited time we have to finish off each monster. Unless they make a purchaseable item that adds atleast 30 sec. on each hunt for maybe like an hour or two, this play style of mine will remain.

I agree with your video, AED is safer than SAED. You should still charge your shield for the extra 20% damage though as you can easily cancel SAED into AED by holding and swiping down rather than just releasing.

Does the charged shield affect the damage of AED?

Total agreement. There's just simply not enough time. Been playing this style since the beginning of CB in MHN. Only the CPukei armor has been making me think otherwise.

What are your tips for rising tide lvl5?

I do this with rathalos I cannot afford to mess up my rare encounter with him (need those mats) aiming for SAED is too risky

Perfect dodge AED spam all day

This video is helpful to me but im not lazy to charge my shield and i love big dmg😂

"Basically we are playing the Charge Blade like it's a Great Sword, a Great Sword that can KO monsters." Fun Fact: Great Sword only needs to perform 4 or 5 Tackles to KO a monster (other than Barroth and the two Diablos).

Does anybody knows of any working fake gps?

i played AED for up to ★6 monsters because it is faster to kill, while i played SAED for ★7++ monsters because the setups time was worth it damage-wise.

1,2,3 AED Why do some hunters in MHN not want to use me? -SAED

Could be worse and go by mh4u rules

Really? This video is misleading. SAED is your SUPER not your combo ender. Click bait and stupid.