User blog comment:Artemis Paradox/Monster Hunter Portable 3rd, Impressions/@comment-1837917-20110127013611/@comment-969093-20110127084200

^ What he said. The weapons start out bad but once you get Yukumo Tickets you can instantly make an advanced version of the series, which are generally very nice for that point of game. Like the switch axe which also happens to have power phial. I upgraded it to the max and it's my favourite general purpose axe because of its awesome raw and power phial. It has 1368 Raw (using 5.7 multiplier) AND blue sharpness AND a power phial. Outclasses all axes in tri. ^_^ With it, after breaking an Agna's tail in village (the rock on it) I cut it with 2-3 hits more in sword mode. xD