I agree that it is important to use element phial and impact phial differently. Both are powerful.
However, a topic that has been discussed on this topic and on social media sites is that the combination of elemental CB and impact phial is very bad.
This is every phial explosion damage ratio.
element phial:impact phial(non-element CB):impact phial(element CB)=1:1:0.5
vs like Deviljho,
=1.25:1:0.5
This is a very rough calculation, but there are plenty of reasons to use element phial. Of course, non-element CBs like Black Diablos CB are also powerful and can stun if used well. However, what about element CBs with impact phial like Mizutsune and Kushala? Can you close this damage difference with a chance to stun them, which may or may not happen once?
In the current damage calculation of MH Now, element CBs with impact phial are half-baked and are not worth the huge cost of creating them.
Equipping artillery and offensive guards will only make the Black Diablos CB more powerful. These effects on elemental CBs with impact phial are quite small.
I’m not a native English speaker.
Sorry if it’s hard to read.