Charge Blade High Rank and Endgame Builds for Monster Hunter Wilds

This set uses a Maximum Might to provide very efficient Affinity while having the Guardian Fulgur Anjanath set to provide significantly more stamina to work with. It also picks up Agitator for the additional damage during monster enrages (which they spend most of their time being). The newly added Mizutsune legs provide extremely efficient points in Burst as well, making for a great off-piece to the set. The weapon choice remains in the Bone tree, using Hard Bone Strongarm to keep access to Load Shells II for much more efficient phial charging.

Your charm is mostly up to preference, with either Leaping Charm III for the extra mobility provided by Evade Extender, or Blessing Charm III for the extra defense with Divine Blessing. Your priority hunts after unlocking them is centered firmly on Guardian Fulgur Anjanath as it creates most of the set, while your weapon can be crafted with bones gathered from piles or residual rewards from most hunts.

This set should bring you toward the end of your High Rank journey, unlocking the strongest sets available at 35+ and allowing you to transition into the endgame.

• Agitator - Level 3
• Maximum Might - Level 3
• Evade Extender - Level 3
• Load Shells - Level 2
• Attack Boost - Level 2
• Burst - Level 2
• Coalescence - Level 1
• Stamina Surge - Level 1
• Guardian's Pulse - 3-piece
• Fulgur Anjanath's Will - 4-piece

After unlocking Gore Magala and High Rank Arkveld you can start gathering Hunter Symbol III, opening up crafts to move toward a much more focused offensive setup. By now you should have started gathering some high end decorations as well, which will be needed to round out some of the strong offensive skills to push the build further.

There are a lot of options to optimize Charge Blade builds depending on how much comfort you're willing to sacrifice. This set aims to maintain a balance by using the Gore Magala set with Sane to do a lot of the heavy lifting maximizing Affinity, while also using Weakness Exploit and Maximum Might to round out the set. The Guardian Fulgur Anjanath 2-piece is still kept to make it easier to manage stamina around this, and Agitator gives a big payoff to staying on the offensive when monsters are enraged.

Both the Physique and Counterattack decorations are optional, and you can switch these out for whichever you prefer. Tenderizer, Chain and Magazine decorations however are not - these set up and complete key skills as efficiently as possible and should be slotted in to fulfil these skills.

The Gore Magala weapon is also your best monster-related craft, giving a high amount of raw, white sharpness and affinity. It also comes with Dragon element which is a more universal counter. As decorations are a bit harder to come by, some options in place of what's suggested if you don't have access to Critical Boost are:

• Attack - really needs you to reach 4-5 points to get the full value out of it, but is a solid offensive alternative.
• Razor Sharp - simplest way of extending your sharpness bar, but needs 3 points to really feel it.
• Guardian - can give solid payoff to well timed guards, but compared to other key weapon skills is slightly less efficient.
• Ironwall - this can give a lot of extra defensive power if you're struggling to deal with certain attacks, but by this point in the game offense to keep monsters locked down should be your goal rather than just survival.

• Weakness Exploit - Level 5
• Critical Boost - Level 4
• Critical Element - Level 3
• Maximum Might - Level 3
• Agitator - Level 3
• Constitution - Level 3
• Antivirus - Level 3
• Load Shells - Level 2
• Burst - Level 1
• Counterstrike - Level 1
• Flinch Free - Level 1
• Gore Magala's Tyranny - 2-piece
• Fulgur Anjanath's Will - 2-piece

With the new additions in Title Update 2, Charge Blade has had some interesting options opened up. Being able to efficiently swap to Adrenaline Rush with the Seregios pieces allows for a lot of potential extra Raw.

With the additions in Title Update 2, Charge Blade can comfortably switch to a set that fully maximizes both Agitator and Adrenaline Rush, significantly boosting Raw damage when these can be activated. This works well for both SAED and Savage Axe playstyles, giving good flexibility.

The Seregios 2-piece alongside some well budgeted armor pieces is combined with the Gore Magala 2-piece and Sane decorations to cover any Affinity requirements, alongside some Maximium Might in the spare slots. It rounds this out with the Zoh Shia Head to help complete Agitator.

Both the Zoh Shia and Lagiacrus weapons are good crafted options if you don't have Artian, each coming with powerful skills. Blazing Yirmiya is the easier of the two to build around, and decorations for the 3-slot and 2-slot are locked in with Critical Boost and Load Shells. Your final slot can be switched between Artillery for SAED, or Critical Boost for Savage Axe.

• Artillery - provides a significant increase to Phial damage, which helps especially with SAED playstyles.
• Razor Sharp - simplest way of extending your sharpness bar, but needs 3 points to really feel it.
• Guardian - can give solid payoff to well timed guards, but compared to other key weapon skills is slightly less efficient.
• Ironwall - this can give a lot of extra defensive power if you're struggling to deal with certain attacks, but by this point in the game offense to keep monsters locked down should be your goal rather than just survival.

• Agitator - Level 5
• Adrenaline Rush - Level 5
• Critical Boost - Level 3
• Maximum Might - Level 3
• Antivirus - Level 3
• Load Shells - Level 2
• Evade Window - Level 2
• Constitution - Level 2
• Whiteflame Torrent / Convert Thunder Resistance - Level 1
• Artillery - Level 1
• Burst - Level 1
• Recovery Speed - Level 1
• Gore Magala's Tyranny - 2-piece
• Seregios's Tenacity - 2-piece
• Scale Layering - 3-piece

With the release of the first Gamma set to Monster Hunter Wilds from Rey Dau, Charge Blade has a secondary option available. While the Latent Power skill isn't something it would normally try to optimize for, the extreme efficiency of the pieces when considering what skills it normally aims for means with the correct setup it's very competitive.

Due to the extremely efficient nature of Gamma sets, the Rey Dau pieces effectively "cheat out" a few extra 3-slot skills, provided you're wiling to use the skills on offer. While Latent Power isn't a premium option normally for Charge Blade, that it costs so little while using this setup means that it's worth it. Alongside that, completing the Lord's Soul 3-piece not only grants Guts that can prevent a cart, but also 5% increased Raw while you maintain the effect.

It still opts to fill out Agitator as its go-to skill using Challenger Charm II, and the Gore Magala 2-piece due to how efficient Antivirus is for Affinity. Maximum Might on the other hand is covered by the Rey Dau pieces, and both Evade Window and Evade Extender comes naturally on the set for some added comfort.

The Zoh Shia weapon is a great all-rounder as a non-Artian craft, although the Lagiacrus weapon has extra power with the set's high base Thunder Resistance, making it especially potent against monsters weak to Thunder. Decorations are fairly locked in though, with Magazine taking up the 2-slot and then both the 1-slot and 3-slot being used for Critical Boost. Some alternatives if you're still looking for these are:

• Artillery - provides a significant increase to Phial damage, which helps especially with SAED playstyles.
• Razor Sharp - simplest way of extending your sharpness bar, but needs 3 points to really feel it.
• Guardian - can give solid payoff to well timed guards, but compared to other key weapon skills is slightly less efficient.
• Ironwall - this can give a lot of extra defensive power if you're struggling to deal with certain attacks, but by this point in the game offense to keep monsters locked down should be your goal rather than just survival.

• Agitator - Level 5
• Critical Boost - Level 4
• Maximum Might - Level 3
• Antivirus - Level 3
• Load Shells - Level 2
• Weakness Exploit - Level 2
• Latent Power - Level 2
• Evade Extender - Level 2
• Evade Window - Level 2
• Whiteflame Torrent - Level 1
• Burst - Level 1
• Stamina Surge - Level 1
• Flinch Free - Level 1
• Lord's Soul - 3-piece
• Gore Magala's Tyranny - 2-piece
• Rey Dau's Votltage - 2-piece