User blog comment:- MHCaboose -/Monster Hunter Frontier G10 Discussion/@comment-7784930-20160325155453

The Changes From Switch Axe to Switch Axe F in Frontier G


 * Faster movement speed in both forms.
 * Faster reloading animation.
 * Possible to Side Step twice in a row instead of once.
 * More possible ways to switch between Sword and Axe modes (Two new Axe to Sword Mode transformations and one new Sword to Axe mode transformation).

Phials

Switch Axe F will have four different phials available in Frontier G:
 * Power Phial (強撃ビン)
 * Element Phial (強属性ビン)
 * Status Phial (強異常ビン)
 * Stun Phial (スタンビン)

Each Phial uses a different color, so far we've only seen Element Phial which is green.

Lightsword Mode


 * Switch Axe F has the ability to absorb monsters attacks, if used at the right time, it will eventually charge itself into a more powerful state called Lightsword Mode.
 * This mode offers increased damage and range to attacks.
 * While in Lightsword Mode, one of the attacks you gain is called the "Large Absorbed Elemental Discharge" (属性吸収大解放), or LAED for short.
 * The attack consists of preforming a regular Elemental Discharge (In a different position however), but instead of the normal discharge at the end, you preform two following slashes with the second one slamming into the ground which causes the delayed discharge. The Hunter following this up by instantly reloading the Switch Axe, causing another discharge.