User blog comment:Plexioth- xD/Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate/@comment-4714392-20120108150644/@comment-4555457-20120108225725

i think its possible to play wrong, i've seen people do nothing but the charge attack with lances

literally nothing else

no blocking, no countering, no thrusting - just charging

the reason that the user spamming sword mode is annoying is because the SA was meant to be a versatile weapon, the attacks are all different for a reason and DPS isn't always easy, you have to take weakspots into account and axe mode is much more convenient for that, forward thrust for low parts, upswing hits everything, overhead chop hits good too - sword mode? not so versatile with attacks but the individual strikes can do good damage and the burst attack is awesome for status and damage