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I feel like doing a quick summary.

Charge blade basics:
Use your sword to build up phials. The Hold A double slash is very good for this.
X+A as an opening move is decent mobility, in the middle of a combo it'll do a shield jab.
Press ZR+A to put the glowy yellow or red energy into the phials.
With phials hit XA > XA then hit ZR before you attack. This charges your shield and makes blocking much better.
Press ZR + X to swap to axe mode. X attacks are vertical, A attacks are horizontal and use up phials
If you have a big opening, pull the axe out and hit X+A to do a big slap.
My favorite is XA > XA > XA to do SAED (big explosion)
A + FORWARD in a combo will do a slide slash, great for mobility.

There's much much more to it, but that's basics. Swagaxe will follow.