| 1 | Monsters that premiered in the third generation of games (''VideoGame/MonsterHunter3Tri'', ''VideoGame/MonsterHunterPortable3rd'', and ''Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate''). Japanese names are noted in italics; if the English name is identical to the Japanese or is an accurate translation, the Japanese will not be listed. |
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| 3 | [[center:[-[[Characters/MonsterHunter Main Index]] | [[Characters/MonsterHunterCivilization Civilization]] | [[Characters/MonsterHunterHunters Hunters]] | [[Characters/MonsterHunterMainSeriesMonsters Main Series Monsters]] | [[Characters/MonsterHunterFirstGenerationMonsters First Generation Monsters]] ([[Characters/MonsterHunterFatalis Fatalis]]) | [[Characters/MonsterHunterSecondGenerationMonsters Second Generation Monsters]] | '''Third Generation Monsters''' | [[Characters/MonsterHunterFourthGenerationMonsters Fourth Generation Monsters]] | Fifth Generation Monsters (''[[Characters/MonsterHunterFifthGenerationMonstersWorld World & Iceborne]]'' | ''[[Characters/MonsterHunterFifthGenerationMonstersRise Rise & Sunbreak]]'') | [[Characters/MonsterHunterFrontierMonsters Frontier Monsters ]] | [[Characters/MonsterHunterOnlineMonsters Online Monsters]]-]]] |
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| 5 | ---- |
| 6 | |
| 7 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 8 | |
| 9 | !Herbivores |
| 10 | |
| 11 | [[folder:Epioth]] |
| 12 | !!Epioth |
| 13 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/monster_hunter_epioth_2364.png]] |
| 14 | |
| 15 | ->[-'''Appearances:'''\ |
| 16 | ''Monster Hunter 3'', ''3 Ultimate''-] |
| 17 | |
| 18 | Peaceful plesiosaur-like herbivores that inhabit the deep waters of the third-generation world. |
| 19 | ---- |
| 20 | * HerbivoresAreFriendly: They might fight back if you attack them, though. |
| 21 | * StockNessMonster: It resembles the classic design of the Loch Ness Monster with its long neck and short limbs. |
| 22 | [[/folder]] |
| 23 | |
| 24 | [[folder:Rhenoplos]] |
| 25 | !!Rhenoplos |
| 26 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rhenoplos_7743.png]] |
| 27 | |
| 28 | ->[-'''Appearances:'''\ |
| 29 | ''Monster Hunter 3'', ''Portable 3rd'', ''3 Ultimate''\ |
| 30 | ''Monster Hunter 4'', ''4 Ultimate'', ''Generations'', ''Generations Ultimate''\ |
| 31 | ''Monster Hunter: Rise'', ''Rise: Sunbreak''-] |
| 32 | |
| 33 | Rhinoceros-like herbivores whose poor eyesight is compensated for by acute hearing. |
| 34 | ---- |
| 35 | * BullfightBoss: They were designed with this trope in mind since they can be tricked into ramming solid walls and stunning themselves, but they can easily be killed without this tactic. |
| 36 | * DashAttack: It tends to ram at you carelessly enough to not notice rocks will temporarily stun it. |
| 37 | * HardHead: They get stunned if they run into a rock, but they're otherwise unharmed. |
| 38 | * HerbivoresAreFriendly: No they're not! They'll charge at you on sight! |
| 39 | * MightyGlacier: They move slowly, but have decent defenses as far as Herbivores go. |
| 40 | * MixAndMatchCritters: They're mainly based off of dinosaurs such as triceratops and protoceratops, but their thick club-like tails also bring ankylosaurus to mind. |
| 41 | * StoutStrength: The male Rhenoplos armor's chest piece is designed to look as if it fits around a huge belly, but it's still sturdy and protective. |
| 42 | * SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: To the Apceros: aggressive, armored desert-dwelling herbivores that are more of a nuisance than a threat. Both monsters appear eventually in ''4 Ultimate'' and ''Generations'', averting this trope. |
| 43 | * TemperCeratops: They're no Diablos, sure, but these ceratopsian monsters are still aggressive and persistent to charge hunters that wander too close for their liking. |
| 44 | * UseYourHead: Their attacks consist of headbutting and charging headfirst. |
| 45 | [[/folder]] |
| 46 | |
| 47 | [[folder:Slagtoth]] |
| 48 | !!Slagtoth ''(Zuwarpos)'' |
| 49 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/slagtoth_1258.png]] |
| 50 | |
| 51 | ->[-'''Appearances:'''\ |
| 52 | ''Portable 3rd'', ''3 Ultimate''\ |
| 53 | ''Monster Hunter 4'', ''4 Ultimate'', ''Generations'', ''Generations Ultimate''\ |
| 54 | ''Monster Hunter: Rise'', ''Rise: Sunbreak''-] |
| 55 | |
| 56 | Large herbivores who, despite their frame and fat appearance, can hold their own with body slams or a bone lump on their noses. |
| 57 | ---- |
| 58 | * AngryAngryHippos: They bear more than a passing resemblance to a hippo, and can be very aggressive towards hunters. The only thing that keeps them from being as annoying as Bullfangos or Rhenoplos is their terrible speed. |
| 59 | * HerbivoresAreFriendly: Subverted, they attack on sight. |
| 60 | * InTheHood: Slagtoth armor has a hooded cowl for its headpiece. |
| 61 | * MightyGlacier: They move slowly, but can take more punishment than the average Herbivore. |
| 62 | * MixAndMatchCritters: A hippopotamus-sized herbivore with a floppy, frog-like hide and a rhinoceros horn. |
| 63 | * PaletteSwap: Orange/yellow Slagoths can be found in volcanic regions. There's no difference between them and their green cousins aside from coloration, though. |
| 64 | [[/folder]] |
| 65 | |
| 66 | !Fishes |
| 67 | |
| 68 | [[folder:Fishes]] |
| 69 | !!Fishes |
| 70 | |
| 71 | ->[-'''Appearances:'''\ |
| 72 | ''Monster Hunter 3'', ''3 Ultimate''\ |
| 73 | ''Monster Hunter: World''-] |
| 74 | |
| 75 | While fishes can be caught since the first game, the third generation marks the first time they can be hand-caught -- at least in the games with underwater gameplay. These fishes include Sharqs, jellyfish, molas, catfish (renamed Gajau in ''World''), tuna, and arowanas. Hand-caught fish tend to quickly bolt away once they have low health, though if speared with a harpoon one can carve parts from their carcasses. |
| 76 | ---- |
| 77 | * CallARabbitASmeerp: Sharqs are obviously sharks. |
| 78 | * FishingMinigame: ''3'' and ''3 Ultimate'' take hand fishing to another level. |
| 79 | * ThreateningShark: The [[CallARabbitASmeerp Sharqs]] in ''Tri'' and ''3 Ultimate'' try to attack you on sight, although this trope is subverted in that they're no more threatening than a Jaggi. |
| 80 | [[/folder]] |
| 81 | |
| 82 | !Neopterons |
| 83 | |
| 84 | [[folder:Bnahabra]] |
| 85 | !!Bnahabra |
| 86 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bnahabra_6128.png]] |
| 87 | |
| 88 | ->[-'''Appearances:'''\ |
| 89 | ''Monster Hunter 3'', ''Portable 3rd'', ''3 Ultimate''\ |
| 90 | ''Monster Hunter 4'', ''4 Ultimate'', ''Generations'', ''Generations Ultimate''\ |
| 91 | ''Monster Hunter: Rise'', ''Rise: Sunbreak''-] |
| 92 | |
| 93 | Third-generation successors to Vespoids, filling their role as the games' resident flying annoyances, though unlike their earlier kin, Bnahabras can also shoot corrosive liquids that reduce the target's elemental resistance depending on the region. |
| 94 | ---- |
| 95 | * ColorCodedForYourConvenience: The color of their wings depends on where they're found. In ''Tri'', this indicated which elemental resistance the Bnahabra would lower with its projectiles, but in all other games they simply lower all elemental resistances, making the color of the wings an aesthetic quality (except in ''Stories'', where [[UndergroundMonkey later-encountered colors are stronger]]). |
| 96 | * DamageIncreasingDebuff: In addition to paralyzing stings, Bnahabras can also shoot elemental defense-reducing liquids. |
| 97 | * FragileSpeedster: They're fast and agile, but go down quickly. |
| 98 | * StatusInflictionAttack: Like the Vespoids, their stings can paralyze hunters. |
| 99 | * SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: To Vespoids, as the common flying insect that can paralyze hunters with their stings. Both monsters appear eventually in ''Generations'', averting this trope. |
| 100 | [[/folder]] |
| 101 | |
| 102 | [[folder:Altaroth]] |
| 103 | !!Altaroth |
| 104 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/altaroth_3028.png]] |
| 105 | |
| 106 | ->[-'''Appearances:'''\ |
| 107 | ''Monster Hunter 3'', ''Portable 3rd'', ''3 Ultimate''\ |
| 108 | ''Monster Hunter 4'', ''4 Ultimate'', ''Generations'', ''Generations Ultimate''\ |
| 109 | ''Monster Hunter: Rise'', ''Rise: Sunbreak''-] |
| 110 | |
| 111 | Third-generation successors to Hornetaurs as the resident ground-based insectoids, though this time based on ants. Unlike Hornetaurs, however, Altaroths can now spit a defense-reducing liquid, and unlike the rest of its kin, it remains valuable even when killed: because it absorbs berries, plants, mushrooms etc. onto its belly sac, the player can receive a "shiny" item once it is killed. |
| 112 | ---- |
| 113 | * ColorCodedForYourConvenience: If you missed them feeding, you can see what they ate by the color of their abdomens. Blue is mushrooms, Gold is Honey, Green is other plants, and grey is their own body parts/fluids. |
| 114 | * DamageIncreasingDebuff: It can fire a defense-reducing fluid from its abdomen. |
| 115 | * GlassCannon: It's fairly powerful compared to the majority of small monsters, but shatters easily. |
| 116 | * MadeOfPlasticine: While most Neopterons have a rare chance of dying with their body intact if they're killed normally, Altaroth are so fragile that they will never leave a body behind if they're killed normally. The only way an Altaroth can be carved is if it's killed with poison. However, starting with ''Rise'', Altaroth have a chance of dying without splattering like the other Neopterons. |
| 117 | * MoneySpider: In contrast to other Neopterons, Hunters now have the alternative of killing Altaroths for "shiny" items. Some can only be gotten by letting an Altaroth feed. |
| 118 | * StrongAnts: Still not very powerful, but strong enough to actually damage players. |
| 119 | * WallCrawl: They can climb up walls. |
| 120 | [[/folder]] |
| 121 | |
| 122 | !Bird Wyverns |
| 123 | |
| 124 | !!Theropod Bird Wyverns |
| 125 | |
| 126 | [[folder:Jaggi / Jaggia / Great Jaggi]] |
| 127 | !! Jaggi / Jaggia ''(Jagginos)'' / Great Jaggi ''(Dosjaggi)'' |
| 128 | !!! Dog Wyvern |
| 129 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jaggi_7757.png]] |
| 130 | |
| 131 | ->[-'''Appearances:'''\ |
| 132 | ''Monster Hunter 3'', ''Portable 3rd'', ''3 Ultimate''\ |
| 133 | ''Monster Hunter 4'', ''4 Ultimate'', ''Generations'' (Jaggi and Jaggia only), ''Generations Ultimate'' (Jaggi and Jaggia only)\ |
| 134 | ''Monster Hunter: Rise'' (Jaggi and Jaggia only)-] |
| 135 | |
| 136 | The third-generation successors to the Velocipreys, Jaggis are small Theropod Bird Wyverns with pink-and-purple scales and head-frills. Though sociable, Jaggis often bring harm upon themselves by spending as much time barking threats against intruders as they actually attack with tackles, bites, and tail-spins. Hunters may also come across Jaggias, larger females with more purple scales, as well a larger alpha male with a spiked tail and even more prominent purple scales. |
| 137 | ---- |
| 138 | * BizarreSexualDimorphism: Jaggias are the female counterparts to Jaggis, and stand twice as large as them, though in turn they stand around half in size to Great Jaggis. |
| 139 | * BloodKnight: So competitive it may even attack other large monsters, which tends to end... poorly for it. Let's just say there's a good reason why species low on the food chain in real life tend not to exhibit this sort of behavior. |
| 140 | * BoisterousWeakling: They love to fight and taunt just as much as they attack, but they don't have much power to back it up. |
| 141 | * BullyingADragon: They have an unfortunate habit of harassing monsters that are clearly out of their league. |
| 142 | * ButtMonkey: They are this for in-universe monster introductions, ecology videos, and the player base. |
| 143 | * CrutchCharacter: Great Jaggi serves as this in the ''Riders'' spinoff; it's the first available Monstie in the game and starts off as an effective [[SupportPartyMember Recovery]] unit in the early-game, possessing a good Wisdom stat for its rank to complement its use of healing moves (said stat determines how well a unit can heal themselves and others), access to {{Status Buff}}s that can raise all allies' Attack, Defense, and Speed stats, and a debuff that lowers a single enemy's Attack stat, but will eventually fall off due to Recovery being its only good stat, with the others being very low, having no viable offensive options, and better Recovery units like Qurupeco and Barioth becoming accessible as the game goes along. |
| 144 | * FearlessFool: They're fearless enough to actively pick fights with larger monsters, [[BullyingADragon which often ends poorly for them]]. |
| 145 | * FlunkyBoss: To compensate for lack of any ailment-inflicting BreathWeapon, Great Jaggis instead howl for reinforcements. |
| 146 | * {{Foil}}: To the Maccao line. Both species consist of weak, non-elemental raptors led by a larger alpha male who serves as a WarmUpBoss, but while the Jaggis [[FearlessFool are prone to to picking fights they can't win]], the Maccaos [[DirtyCoward tend to avoid any real danger]]. |
| 147 | * ForceAndFinesse: Great Jaggi was designed to be the Force to the Velocidrome's Finesse, with the former using brute strength to overwhelm its opponents while the latter uses quick bites and pounces. |
| 148 | * FragileSpeedster: G-Rank Great Jaggi attack very quickly, but they have less health than the other large monsters. |
| 149 | * InASingleBound: They can make some big leaps when they need to get somewhere. |
| 150 | * KingMook: The Great Jaggi. |
| 151 | * KnowWhenToFoldEm: In the introductory video of ''Tri'' the Great Jaggi and its pack are willing to fight against a Rathalos to claim his Aptonoth kill, but run away when a Lagiacrus gets mixed up in the brawl. |
| 152 | * MightyGlacier: Jaggia are more powerful and durable than Jaggis, but move slower than them. |
| 153 | * MoreDeadlyThanTheMale: Played with. The Jaggias are more dangerous than the countless young Jaggis that make up their groups, but they aren't nearly as powerful as Great Jaggis. |
| 154 | * PutOnABus: Great Jaggi does not appear in ''Generations'' despite being a mainstay since ''Tri''. WordOfGod states that they did it because it needed a break from being [[ButtMonkey the punching bag of the series]]. Oddly, despite this, the Jaggi and Jaggia ''do'' appear in ''Generations''. This continues in ''Rise'', which is even more noticeable since the Great Baggi and Great Wroggi have returned with their kin. |
| 155 | * RaptorAttack: These are simple raptors with frills around their heads. |
| 156 | * RareRandomDrop: Great Jaggi Heads in Low Rank, Bird Wyvern Gems in High Rank, and Fey Wyvern Gems in G Rank. |
| 157 | * RealMenWearPink: Pink scales, that is. |
| 158 | * SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: To the Velociprey/Velocidrome line, as the weak, common raptor enemy with no special abilities. When both were featured in ''4'', Great Jaggis [[TheGenericGuy stayed the same]] while Velocidromes began to emphasize high jumping strikes. |
| 159 | * TooDumbToLive: Name one ecology scenario featuring them where they aren't BullyingADragon or otherwise harassing other creatures without consideration for the bigger fishes out there. |
| 160 | * TurnsRed: Unlike the Dromes, Great Jaggis now act like proper boss monsters, such as a rage mode and breakable frills. |
| 161 | * WarmUpBoss: The Great Jaggi is one of the first large monsters you have to hunt, and it's by far the easiest; its only ability other than physical attacks is summoning Jaggis and Jaggias, and weapons of any level of sharpness will damage it. ''4 Ultimate'' even has a bunch of beginner quests that teach players how to use each weapon, all of which require killing a Great Jaggi in the arena to complete. |
| 162 | * TheWorfEffect: [[ButtMonkey Not that it means much]], nor is it the only time the Jaggi species suffers such abuse, but the Deviljho is formally introduced in a cutscene where it pounces on and tears apart a Great Jaggi. Similarly, the cutscene introduction for ''Monster Hunter Tri Ultimate'' has one getting pinned underfoot by an Azure Rathalos. |
| 163 | [[/folder]] |
| 164 | |
| 165 | [[folder:Baggi / Great Baggi]] |
| 166 | !! Baggi / Great Baggi ''(Dosbaggi)'' |
| 167 | !!! Blue Lullaby, Cunning Usurper |
| 168 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/great_baggi.png]] |
| 169 | [[caption-width-right:350:[-Great Baggi-]]] |
| 170 | |
| 171 | ->[-'''Appearances:'''\ |
| 172 | ''Monster Hunter 3'', ''Portable 3rd'', ''3 Ultimate''\ |
| 173 | ''Monster Hunter: Rise'', ''Rise: Sunbreak''-] |
| 174 | |
| 175 | ->''Running into the darkness, fangs snapping at your heels\ |
| 176 | When at last you stop to rest, a quick look around reveals\ |
| 177 | You walked straight into a nest, littered with previous meals\ |
| 178 | Don't stop, don't linger, don't sleep in this den\ |
| 179 | For the beast will find you, and you'll never wake again.'' |
| 180 | |
| 181 | The third-generation successors to Giapreys, Baggis sport blue scales and a head crest. Residing in the Tundra, Baggis attack using body slams, bites, tail spins, and a sleep-inducing fluid. Certain packs are led by a larger alpha with a larger crest. |
| 182 | ---- |
| 183 | * BloodKnight: Like its Jaggi kin, Great Baggis may also attack other large monsters on sight. |
| 184 | * BreathWeapon: Baggis and Great Baggis bear a nasty narcotic spit. |
| 185 | * TheBusCameBack: The Baggis and Great Baggis make their return in ''Monster Hunter: Rise'' after a long period of absence since ''3 Ultimate''. |
| 186 | * CombatPragmatist: Great Baggi will prioritize sleeping targets and use its strongest attacks against them. |
| 187 | * FragileSpeedster: The G-Rank Great Baggi have very fast attacks, but they have less health than the other large monsters. |
| 188 | * InASingleBound: Can make big jumps when they need to reach an out-of-reach place. |
| 189 | * KingMook: The Great Baggi. |
| 190 | * RaptorAttack: They are arctic raptors with tranquilizing spit. |
| 191 | * RareRandomDrop: Bird Wyvern Gems in High Rank and Fey Wyvern Gems in G Rank. |
| 192 | * SlainInTheirSleep: Its introduction movie in ''Rise'' shows it sending a Popo off to dreamland with its spit, and then going in for the kill. |
| 193 | * StatusInflictionAttack: Their fighting style revolves around trying to force the sleep status on you. |
| 194 | * SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: To the Giaprey/Giadrome line, as the arctic-dwelling raptors, although their abilities are different. |
| 195 | * ToxicDinosaur: They're raptor-like monsters that can spit out sleep powder mixed with saliva. |
| 196 | * TurnsRed: Like its Jaggi kin, the Great Baggi can become enraged and can have its crest broken. |
| 197 | * VillainDecay: It goes from a 3-star level monster and the strongest raptorial Bird Wyvern in the Third Generation, to a mere 1-star monster and one of the weakest monsters in the game in ''Rise'' ranking below the Great Wroggi, which Great Baggi previously outclassed. |
| 198 | * YellowEyesOfSneakiness: Great Baggi's eyes glow yellow when it's in dark areas. |
| 199 | [[/folder]] |
| 200 | |
| 201 | [[folder:Wroggi / Great Wroggi]] |
| 202 | !! Wroggi ''(Froggi)'' / Great Wroggi ''(Dosfroggi)'' |
| 203 | !!! Poison Dog Wyvern, Venomous Commander |
| 204 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mhrise_great_wroggi_render_001.png]] |
| 205 | [[caption-width-right:350:[-Great Wroggi-]]] |
| 206 | |
| 207 | ->[-'''Appearances:'''\ |
| 208 | ''Portable 3rd'', ''3 Ultimate''\ |
| 209 | ''Monster Hunter: Rise'', ''Rise: Sunbreak''-] |
| 210 | |
| 211 | ->''Cursed hunting ground\ |
| 212 | Those who set foot there, never again are found\ |
| 213 | For when the bird wyvern comes, and unleashes its breath\ |
| 214 | Its virulent poison brings a swift death.'' |
| 215 | |
| 216 | Introduced in ''Portable 3rd'', Wroggis are the third-generation successors to the Iodromes, and like them, also reside in volcanoes and forests. Sporting orange scales and a pair of throat sacs, Wroggis occasionally churn out toxic fumes. Certain herds are led by a larger alpha, which sports a single, larger throat sac. |
| 217 | ---- |
| 218 | * BayonetYa: Great Wroggi Dual Blades take the form of twin revolvers, with the blades being the pistols' bayonets. |
| 219 | * BloodKnight: Again, Great Wroggis tend to attack other large monsters they can lay their eyes on. |
| 220 | * BreathWeapon: The Wroggi line can churn out noxious fumes. |
| 221 | * TheBusCameBack: Like their Baggi kin, the Wroggis and Great Wroggis return in ''Monster Hunter: Rise'' after skipping out on the Fourth Generation. |
| 222 | * CombatPragmatist: If a hunter gets poisoned, Great Wroggi will prioritize them and start using its strongest attacks on them. |
| 223 | * DubNameChange: In the Spanish localization of ''3 Ultimate'', it is called "Magnificent Wroggi" instead of "Great Wroggi", breaking the pattern seen with Great Jaggi and Great Baggi. This is rectified in ''Rise''. |
| 224 | * FragileSpeedster: The Great Wroggi attacks very quickly in G-Rank missions, but it has less health than the other large monsters. |
| 225 | * InASingleBound: They reveal themselves to be good jumpers when they need to go someplace high. |
| 226 | %%* KingMook: The Great Wroggi. |
| 227 | * MixAndMatchCritters: They're poison-spewing raptors with throat sacs that resemble the hood of a cobra. |
| 228 | * MsFanservice: Female Wroggi armor is a ''very'' revealing cowgirl outfit, primarily showing off a lot of midriff as well as a decent amount of thighs thanks to the short shorts and chaps that serve as the greaves. |
| 229 | * PoisonousPerson: They can spit poisonous gases. |
| 230 | * RaptorAttack: They're poisonous raptors with throat sacs. |
| 231 | * RareRandomDrop: Bird Wyvern Gems in High Rank, and Fey Wyvern Gems in G Rank. |
| 232 | * StatusInflictionAttack: Their fighting style revolves around constantly trying to poison you. |
| 233 | * {{Stripperific}}: Female Wroggi armor doesn't leave much to the imagination, compared to the male armor. |
| 234 | * SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: To the Ioprey/Iodrome line, as the poisonous raptors, although the Wroggis spit poison in the form of a cloud instead of globs. |
| 235 | * TookALevelInBadass: In the third generation games, the Great Wroggi wasn't considered that much stronger than the Great Jaggi, and certainly weaker than the Great Baggi. Besides simple damage scaling, the Sleep status effect was ''instantaneous'', whereas poison only inflicted damage over time and could be cured. Come ''Rise'' and two generations worth of quality-of-life improvemeents, the Sleep status ailment offers a window of time to cure it and breaking its poison sac no longer reduces the size of its poison attacks as significantly. |
| 236 | * TurnsRed: Like its Jaggi kin, the Great Wroggi can become enraged and can have its poison sac broken. |
| 237 | * ToxicDinosaur: They're raptor-like monsters that can spit poison from a prominent neck sac. |
| 238 | * TheWorfEffect: Is easily defeated by Anjanath and Rathalos in Turf Wars in ''Rise''. |
| 239 | [[/folder]] |
| 240 | |
| 241 | !!True Bird Wyverns |
| 242 | |
| 243 | [[folder:Qurupeco]] |
| 244 | !! Qurupeco ''(Qurupecco)'' [-(variant: Crimson Qurupeco)-] |
| 245 | !!! Colorful Bird [-(Crimson Colorful Bird)-] |
| 246 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/monster_hunter_qurupeco_7463.png]] |
| 247 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Crimson Qurupeco]]\ |
| 248 | https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mhp3_crimson_qurupeco_render_001.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 249 | |
| 250 | ->[-'''Appearances:'''-] |
| 251 | -->[-'''Nominate subspecies:'''\ |
| 252 | ''Monster Hunter 3'', ''Portable 3rd'', ''3 Ultimate''\ |
| 253 | '''Crimson subspecies:'''\ |
| 254 | ''Portable 3rd'', ''3 Ultimate''-] |
| 255 | |
| 256 | A bright-green Bird Wyvern with a red throat sac that it uses to imitate the calls of other monsters and attack using pecks, tail spins, combustive spit, and using flints on its wingtips to create sparks. ''Portable 3rd'' introduces a red-feathered Subspecies which instead generates electricity. |
| 257 | ---- |
| 258 | * AchillesHeel: Like the Yian Kut-Ku before it, Qurupecos are prone to being stunned by Sonic Bombs while making calls. Putting a crack in its beak drastically increases the amount of time it has to spend to complete any of its special calls, and smashing the flint claws off of its wings makes it harder for it to use its flame attack. |
| 259 | * BerserkButton: Stealing its fishes, as [[TooDumbToLive a bunch of Jaggis learned]]. |
| 260 | * DamageIncreasingDebuff: They can spit combustive mucus at hunters, decreasing their resistance to the Fire (vanilla version) or Thunder (the subspecies) elements. |
| 261 | * FeatheredFiend: If it succeeds in summoning a large monster, it will rub it in your face by shaking its tail at you. |
| 262 | * FragileSpeedster: It has quick attacks, but isn't particularly durable. |
| 263 | * HellIsThatNoise: When you hear it mimicking that signature booming roar of the Deviljho, things are going to go south soon. For both the Qurupeco and you. And everything else in the area. |
| 264 | * HoistByHisOwnPetard: |
| 265 | ** The nastiest thing it can do to a hunter is summon a Deviljho. It's also a suicidal tactic for the Qurupeco, since Deviljhos are so aggressive that they'll also attack the Qurupeco. You can see where this leads [[CurbStompBattle in the end]]. |
| 266 | ** G-Rank Qurupecos can put every monster in the current area to sleep using a certain song. If the Qurupeco is exhausted, it'll put ''itself'' to sleep, too. |
| 267 | * LightEmUp: The Crimson Qurupeco can charge its flints and clap them together to produce a blinding flash. [[TheComputerIsACheatingBastard This will stun you if you're in range]] ([[LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe unless you block]] or evade), [[TheComputerIsACheatingBastard but only stuns other monsters who are looking at it in that same range.]] |
| 268 | * LightningFireJuxtaposition: Subspecies versus normal. |
| 269 | * MixAndMatchCritters: It is essentially a draconic bird that has a red throat pouch similar to what frigatebirds have. |
| 270 | * MookMaker: It can call smaller monsters to its aid... or ''bigger'' ones. |
| 271 | * NoCureForEvil: Averted, some of its calls restore its HP, or raise attack or defense. Attacking it enough while it's making one of these calls will cause it to screw up and heal[=/=]buff ''your'' party instead. |
| 272 | * OhCrap: Interrupting their healing calls will actually cause it to panic and start running away in a single direction. The Qurupeco will regain its composure after it falls to the ground. |
| 273 | * PlayingWithFire: The normal species. |
| 274 | * ShockAndAwe: The red-colored subspecies. |
| 275 | * SquishyWizard: They aren't particularly powerful or durable, instead relying on {{Status Buff}}s, StatusEffects, and trickery to get the job done. |
| 276 | * StockAnimalDiet: They love to eat fish. |
| 277 | * SummonBiggerFish: Sometimes, a Qurupeco will summon a monster ''much'' tougher than it is. God help you ([[HoistByHisOwnPetard or it]]) if it summons [[TRexpy Deviljho]].[[note]]Or Savage Deviljho if you're playing on G Rank.[[/note]] |
| 278 | * SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: |
| 279 | ** To the Yian Kut-Ku, being an early-game Bird Wyvern that can use fire-based attacks. |
| 280 | ** The Crimson subspecies is this to Gypceros, being a Bird Wyvern that can create blinding flashes of light. |
| 281 | * VoiceChangeling: It can seemingly sound like any kind of fauna by imitating their calls. This ranges from dangerous (such as under Summon Bigger Fish), to the outright bizarre (where it mimics ''Felynes''). |
| 282 | * WakeUpCallBoss: The two six-star Moga Village Qurupeco quests teach you to start taking its summon calls ''very'' seriously. How? By way of a Deviljho appearing and kicking your ass if you let the Qurupeco finish its call. |
| 283 | [[/folder]] |
| 284 | |
| 285 | [[folder:Gargwa]] |
| 286 | !! Gargwa |
| 287 | !!! Round Bird |
| 288 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gargwa_2918.png]] |
| 289 | |
| 290 | ->[-'''Appearances:'''\ |
| 291 | ''Portable 3rd'', ''3 Ultimate''\ |
| 292 | ''Monster Hunter 4'', ''4 Ultimate'', ''Generations'', ''Generations Ultimate''\ |
| 293 | ''Monster Hunter: Rise'', ''Rise: Sunbreak''-] |
| 294 | |
| 295 | A Bird Wyvern that, surprisingly, behaves more like a Herbivore. Gargwa are famous for laying eggs when they're surprised. |
| 296 | ---- |
| 297 | * BowelBreakingBricks: When a Gargwa is attacked from behind, it will drop items like eggs, herbs, or guano. |
| 298 | * BringMyBrownPants: A Gargwa will sometimes drop guano when surprised. |
| 299 | * HerbivoresAreFriendly: Although the G-Rank versions will actually attack first, this is otherwise played straight for the Low Rank and High Rank versions |
| 300 | * HorseOfADifferentColor: ''Portable 3rd'' uses them as beasts of burden in place of Aptonoths and Popos. |
| 301 | * MixAndMatchCritters: They appear to be ratites like ostriches and cassowaries, but have the bills and calls of geese. ''Honk! Honk!'' |
| 302 | * ToiletHumor: Downplayed when compared to the Congalala, but you can literally scare a Gargwa into pooping itself, albeit in the form of a shiny drop. |
| 303 | * TrademarkFavoriteFood: Their primary diet is Thunderbugs. Unfortunately, they in turn are the favored prey of Zinogre, which has a symbiotic relationship with the insects. |
| 304 | [[/folder]] |
| 305 | |
| 306 | !Flying Wyverns |
| 307 | |
| 308 | !!Pseudo Flying Wyverns |
| 309 | |
| 310 | [[folder:Giggi / Gigginox]] |
| 311 | !! Giggi / Gigginox ''(Gigi-Nebra)'' [-(variant: Baleful Gigginox)-] |
| 312 | !!! The Creeping Venom, Creeping Venom Wyvern [-(Creeping Thunder Wyvern)-] |
| 313 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/monster_hunter_giggi_gigginox_116.png]] |
| 314 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Baleful Gigginox]]\ |
| 315 | https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/3rdgen_baleful_gigginox_render_001.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 316 | |
| 317 | ->[-'''Appearances:'''-] |
| 318 | -->[-'''Nominate subspecies:'''\ |
| 319 | ''Monster Hunter 3'', ''Portable 3rd'', ''3 Ultimate''\ |
| 320 | '''Baleful subspecies:'''\ |
| 321 | ''Portable 3rd'', ''3 Ultimate''-] |
| 322 | |
| 323 | A rather disturbing pale-skinned Pseudo Flying Wyvern that lives in cold places. It spits poison and lays eggs that hatch into bloodsucking larvae called Giggis. ''Portable 3rd'' introduces a gold-skinned form that spits electric fluids instead. ''Explore'' has a Blue-and-yellow watery variant, as well as a fire-breathing version with markings that give it a resemblance to [[Franchise/StreetFighter Dhalsim]]. |
| 324 | ---- |
| 325 | |
| 326 | * ExplosiveBreeder: They are capable of laying hundreds of eggs in a day. They are even capable of doing it mid-battle, meaning you have an egg sack that can spawn multiple giggis at a time. |
| 327 | * FlunkyBoss: Lays eggs that hatch into Giggis. The subspecies lacks this ability. In G Rank, the regular Gigginox can lay eggs onto its back, allowing Giggi to jump at you immediately. |
| 328 | * GlowingEyesOfDoom: Gigginox possess bioluminescent patches of skin on both ends of its body. These may serve as eyes of some description, seeing as unlike Khezu, it can spot the player. |
| 329 | * AHeadAtEachEnd: Gigginox has mouths and sensory organs at ''both ends of its body'', with the posterior orifice used for laying eggs. Both "heads" can also roar individually. Which one's the weak point depends on whether Gigginox is enraged or not. |
| 330 | * KillItWithFire: The regular species. On the other hand... |
| 331 | * KillItWithWater: Baleful Gigginox is more vulnerable to water. |
| 332 | * LightningBruiser: Gigginox is very fast and agile, and hits like a truck. |
| 333 | * MixAndMatchCritters: Like its relative Khezu, possesses similar traits to leeches and flatworms. It also appears to be patterned after the mythical ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphisbaena Amphisbaena]]'' and the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphisbaenia real-life reptile]] named after it. |
| 334 | * NoSell: Gigginox is unaffected by Flash Bombs and Sonic Bombs. |
| 335 | * PersonalSpaceInvader: Giggis attack by leaping at Hunters and sticking to them to [[VampiricDraining drink their blood]]. |
| 336 | * PoisonousPerson: The Gigginox mostly attacks with various forms of poison. The Giggi can spit a glob of poison if they drain enough health from a hunter. |
| 337 | * RareRandomDrop: Fearsome Maws in Low Rank and Nightmarish Maws in G Rank. |
| 338 | * ShockAndAwe: The Baleful subspecies. |
| 339 | * StatusInflictionAttack: |
| 340 | ** The Gigginox possess a variety of attacks that inflict poison. This poison only gets worse on higher ranks. |
| 341 | ** Some of the Baleful Gigginox's attacks can paralyze the hunter. These attacks are yellow instead of blue. |
| 342 | * SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Of the Khezu. Its Baleful subspecies, which spits out electric fluids instead, only exemplifies this. |
| 343 | * VampiricDraining: |
| 344 | ** The Giggi can latch onto you and slowly suck away at your HP unless you roll around and shake them off. |
| 345 | ** Gigginox can swing down from the ceiling, ''swallow you whole''[[note]]much as the Khezu is seen doing to a Kelbi in its ecology video[[/note]], and drain your HP to recover its Stamina. |
| 346 | ** The Baleful Gigginox attempts to pounce on you instead of swinging from the ceiling. It will still eat you to refresh its Stamina if you get caught. |
| 347 | * TurnsRed: The subspecies takes this literally, turning a copper-red when in rage mode. The regular form turns black. For both varieties, the weak point changes from the head to the tail when enraged. |
| 348 | * YellowLightningBlueLightning: Baleful Gigginox's electricity is yellow and can inflict paralysis, but when the head is broken, the ball lightning attack turns blue and no longer inflicts paralysis. |
| 349 | [[/folder]] |
| 350 | |
| 351 | [[folder:Barioth]] |
| 352 | !! Barioth ''(Beliolos)'' [-(variants: Sand Barioth, Frostfang Barioth)-] |
| 353 | !!!Ice Tusk Wyvern, Flurry of Frosted Fangs |
| 354 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mhrise_barioth_render_001.png]] |
| 355 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Sand Barioth]]\ |
| 356 | https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/3rdgen_sand_barioth_render_001.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 357 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Frostfang Barioth]]\ |
| 358 | https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/997a28ce_45ae_4fef_bbcb_2df0bbae26ca.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 359 | |
| 360 | ->[-'''Appearances:'''-] |
| 361 | -->[-'''Nominate subspecies:'''\ |
| 362 | ''Monster Hunter 3'', ''Portable 3rd'', ''3 Ultimate''\ |
| 363 | ''Generations Ultimate''\ |
| 364 | ''World: Iceborne'', ''Rise'', ''Rise: Sunbreak''\ |
| 365 | '''Sand subspecies:'''\ |
| 366 | ''Portable 3rd'', ''3 Ultimate''\ |
| 367 | '''Frostfang variant:'''\ |
| 368 | ''World: Iceborne''-] |
| 369 | |
| 370 | ->''A biting cold, freezing winds cutting deep\ |
| 371 | Enter its domain, and the price will be steep\ |
| 372 | Don't fall for the charm of its shining white gown\ |
| 373 | For it will tear you up before taking you down.'' |
| 374 | |
| 375 | A ''Smilodon''-like Pseudo Flying Wyvern that prowls the tundra. Sporting white scales, amber fangs, and wing-arms, Barioths tear through their enemies with body slams, tail swipes, and a breath attack that can encase any unfortunate traveler in snow. Strong and fast, Barioth is the frosty king of the snow lands as this monster hunts with a stern might. ''Portable 3rd'' introduces a yellow subspecies that prowls the desert. ''World: Iceborne'' introduces a more rugged, ice-covered variant that creates ice to trap its enemies. |
| 376 | ---- |
| 377 | * BadassLongcoat: In an interesting case of wildly differing aesthetics from lower to higher rank armor sets; the Barioth's strongest blademaster equipment makes use of sleek longcoats on both genders, completely ditching the vaguely tribal/ninja-esque look of the early rank gear. |
| 378 | * BeefGate: Its ''Iceborne'' incarnation is the third non-variant monster the player is required to hunt in Master Rank. Its combination of speed, power, bulk, and early placement means this fight is typically the point where players are ''forced'' to forge Master Rank gear instead of limping along with High Rank equipment. |
| 379 | * BlowYouAway: Both the original version and the desert subspecies can create brief small twisters to launch themselves at hunters. |
| 380 | * TheBusCameBack: A peculiar example, specifically for Western players, as Barioth wasn't available in ''4 Ultimate'' or the base version of ''Generations''. Once ''XX/Generations Ultimate'' brought it back, for a brief while the game was seemingly poised to remain only in Japan until the Switch version went worldwide. It’s worth noting that Barioth even gets the honor of being the showcase monster for the opening of ''XX/Generations Ultimate'' despite not being a flagship for the entry. |
| 381 | * CanonImmigrant: Like other main series monsters before it, it was introduced to ''Frontier'' in ''Frontier G9'', contrasting with Hypnocatrice and Lavasioth, who were first introduced in ''Frontier'' before becoming part of the main series. |
| 382 | * CatlikeDragons: With the twist that it's based on saber-toothed cats, specifically. It moves with a fairly catlike gait, its horns resemble ears, its face is structured like a big cat's and it has a pair of large, blade-like canines much like the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machairodontinae machairodonts]]' distinctive sabers. |
| 383 | * CoveredInMud: Get on the wrong end of its attacks, and chances are you'll end up a snowman. |
| 384 | * CriticalHitClass: Its weapons tend to have positive affinity percentages, allowing you a chance to do more damage than normal with them. |
| 385 | * DeathFromAbove: If you're in the same area as a Barioth as it enters, it'll try to get the [[{{Pun}} drop]] on you with an air-to-ground spin attack. |
| 386 | * DiscardAndDraw: Frostfang loses the ability to create cyclones of snow, but can now create sticking ice patches on the ground and powerful ice blasts. |
| 387 | * FangsAreEvil: Sports a pair of amber tusks which can be broken for loot (minus the "evil" part; it's an animal, after all). |
| 388 | * FighterMageThief: Forms a trio of this setup with the [[Characters/MonsterHunterSecondGenerationMonsters other two pseudowyverns]] in its trio. Tigrex is the Fighter; it’s insanely strong and hardy, and while it’s fairly quick in [[FoeTossingCharge a straight line]], it can’t control its movement that well. Nargacuga, meanwhile, is the Thief; not as strong or durable as Tigrex, but its agility is unmatched. Barioth is the Mage; its physical abilities strike a middle ground between the other two, but it also wields an element and attacks much more creatively. |
| 389 | * AnIcePerson: The normal species. The Frostfang variant even more so, as it appears to be encrusted in a thick sheet of ice and has far more potent breath attacks. |
| 390 | * IcyBlueEyes: Barioth is notable for it's striking blue eyes, which are nocturnally adjusted. If it's not nighttime or in a cave, then Barioth has it's eyes squinted. |
| 391 | * LightningBruiser: They possess incredible speed, can leap across the field in a flash, and possess some very painful attacks. |
| 392 | * LogicalWeakness: Its wings help it move freely atop ice with ease. Naturally, breaking them will make it spend more time recovering after attacking, and it will occasionally slip on ice, dropping a shiny while doing so. |
| 393 | * TheMedic: As a Recovery unit, Barioth in ''Riders'' excels in healing, having the single highest Wisdom stat in the entire game along with moves designed for recovering HP and relieving status effects and impressive HP, Defense, and Speed stats to help it stay in the game for long periods of time, but has limited offensive potential due to its low Attack stat. |
| 394 | * MixAndMatchCritters: What do you get when you crossbreed a dragon and a ''Smilodon''? Pain. Lots and lots of pain. |
| 395 | * {{Nerf}}: Starting with ''Portable 3rd'', it no longer leaps around like Nargacuga. Instead, it only uses its straight charge, and will usually stop to taunt hunters after using it. The affinity of the weapons made from it was also decreased. In ''Generations Ultimate'' however, perhaps for it being a comeback for the Barioth, it was given some of its kick back. Weapons forged from it still have reduced affinity (often only half that of Nargacuga weapons at best), but Barioth itself takes to pouncing more often and is for the most part as aggressive as the Nargacuga. Come ''Iceborne'' the changes that were applied in ''Generations Ultimate'' would reach their logical conclusion and turn Barioth into a full blown WakeUpCallBoss, see TookALevelInBadass. |
| 396 | * OneSteveLimit: "Frostfang" is the name of the Variant introduced in ''Iceborne'', but it’s ''also'' the name of Avinia’s Barioth in ''Monster Hunter Stories''. |
| 397 | * RazorWings: Those spikes on its wingarms can really hurt. They also help it maintain traction on ice. |
| 398 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: When Barioth is enraged, regardless of where it is or what time of the day it is, it will fully open it's eyes and they will be reddish-orange in color. |
| 399 | * SnowySabertooths: It's [[MixAndMatchCritters a cross between a sabre-toothed cat and a dragon]] that lives in the Tundra and has [[AnIcePerson ice-based elemental attacks]]. The Frostfang variation, introduced in ''VideoGame/MonsterHunterWorld Iceborne'', is even more rugged and actually has a thick sheeting of ice armouring its body. The Frostfang's breath attacks are more powerful than a normal Barioth's, and it can create icy patches to slow down hunters. |
| 400 | * SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: |
| 401 | ** Of the Blangonga. Its subspecies, which lives in the desert and similarly colored to Blangonga's subspecies, only exemplifies this. Their weapons also share the same characteristics, with Blangonga/Barioth's being ice elemental weapons and their subspecies' being powerful raw weapons. Averted in ''Generations Ultimate'' where they both appear (albeit without their desert-dwelling subspecies, due to the overall absence of subspecies). |
| 402 | ** Of Tigrex in ''Tri'' and ''3 Ultimate'', being an earthbound wyvern that lives in both snow and (via subspecies) the desert. In ''Portable 3rd'', and from ''Generations Ultimate'' onward, it's been common to see both monsters (often at the same time, too), and have been differentiated further. |
| 403 | ** The Low/High Rank Female armor sets also look a lot like those from the Kirin, particularly the white hair-like helmet, but not as skimpy (this similarity is lost on the G-Rank design). |
| 404 | ** It was also this towards the Nargacuga before the latter would return in ''Portable 3rd'', both being feline-like flying wyverns. |
| 405 | * TookALevelInBadass: Between ''Portable 3rd'' and ''Iceborne'' Barioth went from being a lesser cousin to Nargacuga and Tigrex to what most consider the expansion's first proper WakeUpCallBoss. The Barioth is introduced as a proper apex-level predator capable of going claw-to-claw with other Flying Wyverns and is now considered in the same class of threat as the Rathalos, as besting its introductory fight is what opens up the rank that allows hunters to take on the latter formally (its armor is also in the same grouping). In-battle it is now constantly moving and pouncing while using its icicle shots and mini-ice-tornado breath to prevent the hunter from keeping up, it also makes use of any walls if available to jump hunters from above. |
| 406 | * WallJump: If Barioth leaps backwards into a wall, it will jump off it to pounce at the hunter. |
| 407 | [[/folder]] |
| 408 | |
| 409 | !Piscine Wyverns |
| 410 | |
| 411 | [[folder:Delex]] |
| 412 | !!Delex |
| 413 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/delex_5738.png]] |
| 414 | |
| 415 | ->[-'''Appearances:'''-] |
| 416 | -->[-''Monster Hunter 3'', ''Portable 3rd'', ''3 Ultimate''\ |
| 417 | ''Monster Hunter 4'', ''4 Ultimate''\ |
| 418 | ''Monster Hunter Rise'', ''Rise: Sunbreak''-] |
| 419 | |
| 420 | The only Piscine Wyverns introduced (and shown) in the third generation (until the Plesioth reappeared in ''3 Ultimate''), Delex are small, icthyosaur-like Piscine Wyverns that move in schools on deserts. |
| 421 | ---- |
| 422 | * AchillesHeel: Like the Cephalos before them, Sonic Bombs or enemy roars (which now include Jhen Mohran) disturb them. |
| 423 | * GangUpOnTheHuman: Just like the Cephalos. Like them, they also quickly escape once low on HP. |
| 424 | * {{Mook}}: They're the most common small monsters found in the Sandy Plains and Dunes. They also appear in the Great Desert during the Jhen Mohran quests. |
| 425 | * PiranhaProblem: While moreso based on bigger aquatic creatures, their swarming tactics are reminiscent of schools of piranha. |
| 426 | * SandIsWater: They constantly jump through it like a dolphin. |
| 427 | * SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: To the Cephalos, but only in the third generation, the original ''Monster Hunter 4'' (both monsters appear in ''4 Ultimate''), and ''Rise''. |
| 428 | [[/folder]] |
| 429 | |
| 430 | !Fanged Beasts |
| 431 | |
| 432 | !!Ursid Fanged Beasts |
| 433 | |
| 434 | [[folder:Arzuros]] |
| 435 | !! Arzuros ''(Aoashira)'' [-(variant: Redhelm Arzuros)-] |
| 436 | !!! Blue Bear Beast, Bloodlust Incarnate |
| 437 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/arzuros.png]] |
| 438 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Redhelm Arzuros]]\ |
| 439 | https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mhgen_redhelm_arzuros_render_001.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 440 | |
| 441 | ->[-'''Appearances:'''-] |
| 442 | -->[-'''Nominate subspecies:'''\ |
| 443 | ''Portable 3rd'', ''3 Ultimate''\ |
| 444 | ''Generations'', ''Generations Ultimate''\ |
| 445 | ''Monster Hunter: Rise'', ''Rise: Sunbreak''\ |
| 446 | '''Redhelm deviant:'''\ |
| 447 | ''Generations'', ''Generations Ultimate''-] |
| 448 | |
| 449 | ->''Roaming hill and dale\ |
| 450 | A gluttonous brute leaves a sluggish trail\ |
| 451 | Attempts to sate its hunger prove of no avail\ |
| 452 | It keeps eating more and more, and with every bite\ |
| 453 | It succumbs yet further to its destructive appetite.'' |
| 454 | |
| 455 | The first boss encountered in ''Portable 3rd'', the Arzuros is a bear-like creature that lumbers around and loves to eat Honey, even attacking and stealing it from Hunters that wander close enough. ''Generations'' adds the deviant Redhelm Arzuros. ''Rise'' gives it a Rampage-leading Apex variant. |
| 456 | ---- |
| 457 | * {{Acrofatic}}: While not too fat, it's seemingly too large to attack as fast as it does. That said, it doesn't attack constantly, and is a relatively easy monster to defeat. |
| 458 | * AssKicksYou: In High-Rank and G-Rank, Arzuros will attempt to sit on you if you stand behind it. The Redhelm deviant does this regardless of rank, and in ''Rise'' so too will the regular Arzuros. |
| 459 | * BearsAreBadNews: Subverted as it's quite easy to beat. Played straight with Redhelm Arzuros, who is a much bigger threat, and with Apex Arzuros, which ''leads an entire Rampage''. |
| 460 | * BerserkButton: Don't try to steal its honey. |
| 461 | * BigEater: Arzuros' introductory poem in ''Rise'' portrays it as a "gluttonous brute" obsessed with eating while never getting full. It definitely has some standing, since it will steal any honey you have on you and chow down on it. |
| 462 | * BloodIsTheNewBlack: It's implied that the Redhelm deviant dyes its hair with the blood of its victims. |
| 463 | * BoulderBludgeon: Some of Apex Arzuros's attacks have it launch boulders at you. The regular Arzuros will only do this if you attack it from an area it can't reach you. |
| 464 | * ButtMonkey: Used to be one for both in-universe monster introductions and the player base, which culminated into two big surprises: |
| 465 | ** a) when players see that "Winnie the Pooh" gets a position as one of the 10 deviant monsters of ''Generations'', and |
| 466 | ** b) when they actually face this red "Winnie the Pooh" on the field and expect an easy fight. |
| 467 | * DeathbringerTheAdorable: For whatever reason, this [[WarmupBoss low-ranking]], [[BearyFunny silly, cute]] monster was given the incredibly threatening title ''Bloodlust Incarnate'' in ''Rise.'' It's definitely a more fitting moniker for its horrifically powerful Apex and Redhelm incarnations, though. There's even a request that involves you taking a photo of a sleeping Arzuros. |
| 468 | * {{Expy}}: The Redhelm Arzuros is one to [[Manga/GingaNagareboshiGin Akakabuto]]. |
| 469 | * FromNobodyToNightmare: Originally one of the series' punching bags, its Deviant makes it a legitimate threat. Ditto for the Apex version. |
| 470 | * GroundPound: Redhelm and Apex Arzuros are capable of leaping almost ''twice'' its own height to squash anyone unlucky or stupid enough to be at the end of its terrifyingly wide arc. |
| 471 | * JackOfAllStats: Arzuros' stats aren't particularly good or bad as far as early-game monsters go, having middling health, attack power, and movement speed overall. |
| 472 | * MightyGlacier: The original species is pretty soft in general, but the deviant Redhelm Arzuros has an impenetrable lower body and paws that hit like a truck; even though it is still clumsy and slow, many players still have a hard time fighting it due to their weapons bouncing off all the time and how much damage this creature dishes out. |
| 473 | * NotSoHarmlessVillain: |
| 474 | ** The Redhelm Arzuros. Arzuros used to be the ButtMonkey for the player base, but the Redhelm Arzuros is acknowledged by a significant portion of the player base as the toughest monster among the 10 deviant monsters, which are basically all {{Superboss}}es in their own right. |
| 475 | ** Apex Arzuros is also a lot more threatening than its weaker counterpart. Not only is it rougly as powerful as Redhelm, but it also leads an army of rampaging monsters that seek to flatten Kamura Village. Even ''Generations'' veterans who know not to underestimate a souped-up Arzuros will still be horrified to see this thing effortlessly destroy all the weapons installations and gates in its way as it quickly cleaves a path through the stronghold towards the final gate. |
| 476 | * OurDragonsAreDifferent: Not an actual dragon, but one of Redhelm's claw swipes shows a glimpse of draconic energy. It seems to be strictly visual though. |
| 477 | * RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: Redhelm Arzuros isn't really evil, but its color scheme backs up that it's extremely dangerous and powerful. |
| 478 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: While Hunters [[WarmUpBoss have no reason to fear it]], a red-eyed bear is still a big threat to normal civilians and prey animals. Then there are the Redhelm and Apex variants, which are incredibly powerful and dangerous opponents for even veteran Hunters. |
| 479 | * SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: For a lack of Subspecies in ''Generations'', Redhelm is this towards Stygian Zinogre, having the same color motifs. Ironic considering the rivalry. This also applies for Apex Arzuros and Redhelm Arzuros, what with it being a harder, bigger version of Arzuros that uses some of Redhelm's moves like its wind-pressure swipe finisher. |
| 480 | * StatusInflictionAttack: Apex Arzuros has a running slash that's guaranteed to stun you if it hits. |
| 481 | * StoneWall: As a [[HorseOfADifferentColor Monstie]], Arzuros in ''Stories'' has a measly Attack stat of 1/5, but makes up for it by having an above average Defense stat of 4/5. |
| 482 | * TrademarkFavoriteFood: Honey, fitting for a bear. If you have some in your inventory, it'll steal some when it lands a pin attack. |
| 483 | * WakeUpCallBoss: |
| 484 | ** HR-2 Hunters who take on Redhelm Arzuros, the first Deviant available, thinking it'll be just a little bit tougher than normal Arzuros will be in for a ''very'' rude awakening, best seen when it roars. Unlike the regular Arzuros, the Redhelm Arzuros WILL stun you with a roar. Furthermore, Redhelm is an equivalent to a late High Rank monster even though you can fight the thing in low rank, hitting a lot harder and being a lot more durable. |
| 485 | ** In ''Rise'', Apex Arzuros in the Urgent Quest to unlock High Rank is the first Apex to be fought, and players expecting a WarmUpBoss because it's Arzuros are in for a rude awakening due to its heavily increased health and attack power, as well as the fact that it can switch between damaging the gate for 500 HP at a time and swiping underestimating Hunters back to camp. |
| 486 | * WarmUpBoss: Of ''Portable 3rd''. It serves as the introduction to capturing in ''3 Ultimate''. In ''Rise'', the tutorial quest on Wyvern Riding has you doing it to an Arzuros, and then take on another Arzuros with the one you mounted. |
| 487 | * TheWorfEffect: Gets trounced by Tetranadon in turf wars. Magnamalo's introductory cutscene also has it carrying a still-living Arzuros by the throat with ease, and the heroes only get away from Magnamalo's attack unscathed because the Arzuros gets back up and starts running away, distracting it. |
| 488 | [[/folder]] |
| 489 | |
| 490 | [[folder:Lagombi]] |
| 491 | !! Lagombi ''(Urucusus)'' [-(variant: Snowbaron Lagombi)-] |
| 492 | !!! White Rabbit Beast, Silver Slider |
| 493 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/big_chungus_monster_hunter.png]] |
| 494 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Snowbaron Lagombi]]\ |
| 495 | https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mhgen_snowbaron_lagombi_render_001.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 496 | |
| 497 | ->[-'''Appearances:'''-] |
| 498 | -->[-'''Nominate subspecies:'''\ |
| 499 | ''Portable 3rd'', ''3 Ultimate''\ |
| 500 | ''Monster Hunter 4'', ''4 Ultimate'', ''Generations'', ''Generations Ultimate''\ |
| 501 | ''Monster Hunter: Rise'', ''Rise: Sunbreak''\ |
| 502 | '''Snowbaron deviant:'''\ |
| 503 | ''Generations'', ''Generations Ultimate''-] |
| 504 | |
| 505 | ->''On a frosty mountain range, far from human haunts\ |
| 506 | An abominable beast does whatever it wants\ |
| 507 | Is it hare? Or is it bear?\ |
| 508 | It is neither, so beware\ |
| 509 | It will drench the snow with blood and wreak nothing but despair.'' |
| 510 | |
| 511 | An Ursid Fanged Beast that makes its home in the Tundra, where it rapidly moves about by sliding around on its belly and attacks Hunters with a combination of body slams, ice attacks, and spins. ''Generations'' adds the deviant Snowbaron Lagombi, who can carry large snowballs to attack hunters. ''Explore'' adds a variant that looks like a [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Witch]]. |
| 512 | ---- |
| 513 | * {{Acrofatic}}: Even more than the Arzuros, as it can slide on its iron belly and perform flips and spin attacks. |
| 514 | * AssKicksYou: If you stand behind it, it won't hesitate to try and sit on you. In current installments, it can now jump into the air to [[GroundPound ground pound]] you. |
| 515 | * BearsAreBadNews: Even when they look more like giant rabbits than bears. |
| 516 | * CoveredInMud: If you're unlucky enough, the ice chunks it throws at you can [[StatusInflictionAttack cause]] the "Snowman" status ailment. |
| 517 | * DireBeast: One DLC quest in ''4 Ultimate'' has you fighting a triple-size Lagombi. |
| 518 | * FromNobodyToNightmare: Normal Lagombi isn't too bad of a threat, but its Deviant is another story. |
| 519 | * GroundPound: In ''4 Ultimate'', it can leap into the air and slam down to the ground. |
| 520 | * HairRaisingHare: It's partly based on a rabbit, and like many things in ''Monster Hunter'', it's trying to kill you. |
| 521 | * AnIcePerson: Throws chunks of ice in addition to its body attacks. |
| 522 | * JackOfAllStats: It's fairly balanced in terms of stats, having average health, power, defenses, and mobility. Its quick sliding attacks do make it lean towards being a LightningBruiser, however. |
| 523 | * KillerRabbit: And that is one big rabbit. The Deviant Snowbaron is even deadlier. |
| 524 | * LightningBruiser: Slides all over the place, making close-range attacks difficult. |
| 525 | * MixAndMatchCritters: A combination of a hare, bear, and koala that slides around on the ice like a penguin. |
| 526 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: While not a strong monster, Lagombi's red eyes are a perfect warning for newcomers to tread cautiously around it. Snowbaron however is every bit as dangerous as its eye color implies. |
| 527 | * SpinAttack: Its Kinship Skill in ''Stories'' has it curl up into a ball once it launches and come down spinning before it crashes into an opponent. Fittingly enough, that attack is called 'Slide Spinner'. |
| 528 | * WakeUpCallBoss: Like with Redhelm Arzuros, Snowbaron Lagombi punishes unsuspecting low rank players thinking Snowbaron is only slightly more powerful. |
| 529 | * WrestlerInAllOfUs: The Snowbaron will start mixing flying dropkicks into its assault in G Rank. It's as impractical to land as a wrestling move should be, but it instantly stuns hunters and hurts a ''lot''. |
| 530 | [[/folder]] |
| 531 | |
| 532 | [[folder:Volvidon]] |
| 533 | !! Volvidon ''(Rangrotra)'' |
| 534 | !!! Red Roller, Crimson Cannonball |
| 535 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/new_volvidon_0.png]] |
| 536 | |
| 537 | ->[-'''Appearances:'''\ |
| 538 | ''Portable 3rd'', ''3 Ultimate''\ |
| 539 | ''Generations'', ''Generations Ultimate''\ |
| 540 | ''Monster Hunter: Rise'', ''Rise: Sunbreak''-] |
| 541 | |
| 542 | ->''Austere mountains, devoid of reason and laws\ |
| 543 | A rounded mass descends, made of fangs and claws\ |
| 544 | Tumbling, tumbling, closer and closer\ |
| 545 | And when it unfurls, your time will be over.'' |
| 546 | |
| 547 | An Ursid Fanged Beast, the Volvidon is a red-scaled beast that moves across great distances by curling up into a ball and rolling around. |
| 548 | ---- |
| 549 | * {{Acrofatic}}: Again, more than the Arzuros, as it can bounce around in ball form. |
| 550 | * BouncingBattler: Often rolls up and launches itself forward multiple times. It's most damaging attack is launching itself into the air and slamming down on its opponent. |
| 551 | * ComboPlatterPowers: It definitely has an odd assortment of abilities that make it a far more versatile creature than it may initially seem. The Volvidon's carapace gives it a fair degree of armor and allows it to curl up into a ball and roll around, which should come as no surprise given its armadillo-like appearance. It also has long extendable tongue that can trip enemies up, saliva that induces paralysis, and it can emit a strong, foul-smelling gas. |
| 552 | * {{Fartillery}}: Can release a brown gas from its body that gives off the ''Soiled'' ailment. |
| 553 | * JackOfAllStats: Its stats are fairly average, with it having a balanced amount of power, durability, and speed. |
| 554 | * MixAndMatchCritters: A combination of an armadillo, a crocodile, and a bear that lives in volcanoes. |
| 555 | * NeverSmileAtACrocodile: Its face is long and crocodilian, and it's covered in a tough, scaly hide. |
| 556 | * OverlyLongTongue: Has an extendable one with which it catches Bnahabras or you. |
| 557 | * TheParalyzer: Its spit can cause paralysis. |
| 558 | * RollingAttack: Though this also extends to moving across great distances. |
| 559 | [[/folder]] |
| 560 | |
| 561 | !Leviathans |
| 562 | |
| 563 | [[folder:Ludroth / Royal Ludroth]] |
| 564 | !! Ludroth / Royal Ludroth ''(Roaludroth)'' [-(variant: Purple Ludroth)-] |
| 565 | !!! Water Beast [-(Purple Water Beast)-], Mane Contender |
| 566 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mhrise_royal_ludroth_render_001.png]] |
| 567 | [[caption-width-right:350:[-Royal Ludroth-]]] |
| 568 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Purple Ludroth]]\ |
| 569 | https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/3rdgen_purple_ludroth_render_001.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 570 | |
| 571 | ->[-'''Appearances:'''-] |
| 572 | -->[-'''Ludroth/Royal Ludroth nominate subspecies:'''\ |
| 573 | ''Monster Hunter 3'', ''Portable 3rd'', ''3 Ultimate''\ |
| 574 | ''Generations'', ''Generations Ultimate''\ |
| 575 | ''Monster Hunter: Rise'', ''Rise: Sunbreak''\ |
| 576 | '''Purple subspecies:'''\ |
| 577 | ''Portable 3rd'', ''3 Ultimate''-] |
| 578 | |
| 579 | ->''A shallow forest stream, coursing through the night\ |
| 580 | Amid the sound of water, a beast prepares to fight\ |
| 581 | Those who go in unprepared will bow before its might\ |
| 582 | Bathing in the falls it waits, using water as its shield\ |
| 583 | Yellow collar standing proud, its fangs shall never yield.'' |
| 584 | |
| 585 | Amphibious creatures that look like a cross between a sea snake and a crocodile, and can swim and fight underwater. Males grow into lion-like Royal Ludroths, identifiable by their massive size and large spongy mane. A Cherry Blossom-themed subspecies also exists, whose spit is poisonous. |
| 586 | ---- |
| 587 | * BizarreSexualDimorphism: Like the Great Jaggi, [[HugeGuyTinyGirl the Royal Ludroth is several times the size of the females]]. |
| 588 | * BloodKnight: Royal Ludroth will attack a Gobul if they see one, and it might attack a Great Jaggi if one shows up. |
| 589 | * BreathWeapon: Both kinds have a watery spit. |
| 590 | * DegradedBoss: The third large monster to appear in Moga Woods at daytime. It's also one of the few large monsters of which two can appear on a given day. The Purple Ludroth is the first to appear at nighttime, given it needs to be defeated to be able to go to Moga Woods at night. |
| 591 | * FlunkyBoss: Royal Ludroth can call on female Ludroth to help it fight hunters. |
| 592 | * FurBikini: Female Droth armor is designed with this trope in mind, but with scales and sponge instead of fur. |
| 593 | * GlowingEyes: The Royal Ludroth, when underwater. |
| 594 | * {{Irony}}: The Royal Ludroth spits out gunk that completely saps the stamina of anyone getting hit by it. It also drops the Dash Extract, an ingredient for Mega Dash Juice that gives you infinite stamina for an amount of time. |
| 595 | * JackOfAllStats: Doesn't have any stats that stand out although not of them are particularly lacking either. |
| 596 | * KingMook: It's got "royal" right there in the name! |
| 597 | * LightningBruiser: When underwater, Royal Ludroth becomes a lot faster and starts using stronger attacks. |
| 598 | * MakingASplash: Both the Ludroth and the Royal Ludroth can spit globs of water. |
| 599 | * MsFanservice: Obviously not the female Ludroths themselves, but the armor you craft from them turns female hunters into this. On men it's a relatively conservative outfit, but for women it's essentially a reptilian equivalent to a FurBikini. |
| 600 | * PoisonousPerson: The Subspecies. |
| 601 | * RareRandomDrop: Quality Sponge in Low Rank, Wyvern Stones in High Rank, and Lrg Wyvern Stones in G Rank. |
| 602 | * ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Royal Ludroth might flee if a Great Jaggi is in the area. |
| 603 | * SupportPartyMember: As a Recovery unit in ''Riders'', Royal Ludroth is designed for healing allies and applying debilitating status effects to foes as opposed to offense or tanking, having a high Wisdom stat for its rank and moves designed to apply the Soak status (lowers Speed and renders foes more vulnerable to critical hits) paired with very low Attack and Speed and below average HP. |
| 604 | * WarmUpBoss: The Royal Ludroth is one of the first Leviathans you'll face in many games that have them (though in ''tri-'' you get a HopelessBossFight with Lagiacrus early on), and is there to give the player a feel for how Leviathans in general behave without putting them in too much danger. It doesn't have a lot of strong or wide-ranged attacks, its roars don't immobilize you, and it has a very large weak point in the form of its spongy head hide. |
| 605 | * WakeUpCallBoss: The Purple Ludroth is the first High Rank boss you fight in ''3 Ultimate''[='=]s Offline mode, and must be defeated to unlock any other High Rank quests. Although its poison can be negated with the proper skill points, the Purple Ludroth still hurts a lot more and takes more punishment than Low Rank monsters, which means that someone who thinks they can just LeeroyJenkins it is going to be spamming Mega Potions and/or seeing "You fainted" very fast. |
| 606 | * TheWorfEffect: In ''Rise: Sunbreak'' the Royal Ludroth appears in Shogun Ceanataur's introductory cutscene and is quickly killed in one blow from its claw. |
| 607 | [[/folder]] |
| 608 | |
| 609 | [[folder:Gobul]] |
| 610 | !! Gobul ''(Chanagabul)'' |
| 611 | !!! Lantern Fish Wyvern |
| 612 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/monster_hunter_gobul_5775.png]] |
| 613 | |
| 614 | ->[-'''Appearances:'''\ |
| 615 | ''Monster Hunter 3'', ''3 Ultimate''-] |
| 616 | |
| 617 | A fish-like Leviathan that hides in the silt at the bottom of lakes and rivers, where it waits to ambush prey using either a glowing lure or plant-like whiskers. It is capable of moving on land as well as underwater (though not very well). The only known variant is one in ''Explore'' with a disturbing resemblance to [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Charlotte]]. |
| 618 | ---- |
| 619 | * AchillesHeel: Fishing it out at the beginning of a quest gives you time to attack it without any resistance, making the battle easier. |
| 620 | * BewareMyStingerTail: About halfway down the tail is a cluster of paralyzing spikes. |
| 621 | * ChestMonster: Masquerades as an underwater gathering point, though it isn't likely to fool anybody given both its whiskers being lighter in color than normal points and the stream of bubbles emerging from them. |
| 622 | * LightningBruiser: When submerged, it starts using stronger attacks and gains a boost in agility. |
| 623 | * LuringInPrey: It's an anglerfish-like monster that burrows into the soil and lures herbivorous prey in by disguising its chin barbels as plants, and then swallows them whole with its enormous mouth (it will also casually inhale small schools of fish if they group around it). It also has a glowing lantern-like appendage, but this is just used to blind its enemies with bright flashes. |
| 624 | * MightyGlacier: It hits hard, but is slow and clumsy on land. However, it can get past its speed disadvantage by going underwater, as explained above. |
| 625 | * MixAndMatchCritters: It has spikes and can inflate itself like a puffer fish, it has an anglerfish's lure, and its face and ability to bury itself is similar to a stargazer. |
| 626 | %%* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily |
| 627 | * TheParalyzer: A single swing from its tail will paralyze anyone it hits. |
| 628 | * PainfulPointyPufferfish: Gobul can swell and extend spines from its back, making it greatly resemble a porcupine fish, albeit one with teeth and a lure. |
| 629 | * PunnyName: "Gobul" can be pronounced like "Gobble", which is certainly what it does. |
| 630 | * SchmuckBait: You can try to harvest its whiskers when it hasn't noticed you. Doing so gets a body-ful of paralyzing spikes. |
| 631 | * SpikesOfDoom: It's covered with spikes like a pufferfish. |
| 632 | * TheSpook: Adult Gobul. The ones encountered ingame are adolescents, not fully developed; the adults live out at sea, and nothing is known about them. |
| 633 | * SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: To Gypceros, despite being a Leviathan rather than a Bird Wyvern, as both are mid-game monsters who are first fought in the swamp areas, have the ability to blind you with flashes coming from an organ on their heads and inflict a status effect on you (poison for Gypceros, paralysis for Gobul). |
| 634 | * RequiredSecondaryPowers: If it wasn't immune to Flash Bombs, it would blind itself every time it used its flash attack. |
| 635 | * VacuumMouth: While underwater, it can form a whirlpool that will drag anyone that gets caught in it into its gaping mouth. |
| 636 | [[/folder]] |
| 637 | |
| 638 | [[folder:Lagiacrus]] |
| 639 | !! Lagiacrus [-(variants: Ivory Lagiacrus, Abyssal Lagiacrus)-] |
| 640 | !!! Lord of the Seas [-(White Sea Wyvern, Dark Sea Wyvern)-] |
| 641 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lagiacrus.png]] |
| 642 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Ivory Lagiacrus]]\ |
| 643 | https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ivory_lagiacrus.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 644 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Abyssal Lagiacrus]]\ |
| 645 | https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/abyssal_lagiacrus.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 646 | |
| 647 | ->[-'''Appearances:'''-] |
| 648 | -->[-'''Nominate subspecies:'''\ |
| 649 | ''Monster Hunter 3'', ''3 Ultimate''\ |
| 650 | ''Generations'', ''Generations Ultimate''\ |
| 651 | '''Ivory subspecies:'''\ |
| 652 | ''3 Ultimate''\ |
| 653 | '''Abyssal rare species:'''\ |
| 654 | ''3 Ultimate''-] |
| 655 | |
| 656 | A Leviathan blamed for a series of earthquakes around Moga Village. Spending most of its time underwater, the Lagiacrus only comes to the surface to sunbathe. ''3 Ultimate'' introduces both an Ivory-scaled subspecies that fights primarily on land, and a bio-luminescent Abyssal Lagiacrus that lives in the same Underwater Ruins as Ceadeus. |
| 657 | ---- |
| 658 | * AchillesHeel: Breaking the spikes on its back will weaken its electric attacks. |
| 659 | * BreathWeapon: Spits balls of lightning at you. |
| 660 | * ChainLightning: ''Generations'' Lagiacrus can spit lightning balls that form long arcs of electricity when they hit the ground. |
| 661 | * ContractualBossImmunity: Abyssal Lagiacrus cannot be captured because traps cannot be set in its arena. |
| 662 | * DarkIsEvil: Abyssal Lagiacrus resides in the depths of the sea and is black. While not evil, its color scheme indicates that its the stronger version yet. |
| 663 | * DiscardAndDraw: In ''Generations'', it loses its superior water mobility but gains a truly spectacular array of electrical attacks. |
| 664 | * DiscOneFinalBoss: Of ''3''. It's believed to be the source of the earthquakes in Moga Village. The true responsible is [[spoiler:Ceadeus, an Elder Dragon]]. |
| 665 | * FinalBoss: Ivory Lagiacrus, for the Village Quests in ''3 Ultimate''. It is the true source of electricity needed to [[spoiler:bring back the power of the Ultimate Mask, as Zinogre's electricity wasn't powerful enough do the job]]. Defeating it also manages to [[spoiler:avenge the Moga Chief's (luckily non-fatal) defeat against it, which forced him to retire from his job as a monster hunter]]. |
| 666 | * FinalBossPreview: An early mission to hunt Epioth guts gets interrupted by the Lagiacrus. Even if you ''were'' good enough to survive fighting it with your early equipment, it's invulnerable and won't die. |
| 667 | * {{Foil}}: To Rathalos. |
| 668 | ** Lagiacrus is the Lord of the Seas while Rathalos is the King of the Skies. This translates to Lagiacrus being mainly an underwater boss while Rathalos fights in the air. |
| 669 | ** Both were {{Mascot}}s in the games that introduced them. |
| 670 | ** Neither one has a consistent {{Leitmotif}} that plays for them regardless of the area they're fought in despite being flagship monsters[[note]]However, soundtrack names and music cues throughout the franchise have made the Forest and Hills battle theme Rathalos' signature {{Leitmotif}}, not unlike Rathian having the Old Jungle battle theme as her personal {{Leitmotif}} throughout the franchise, while the Moga Woods/Deserted Island battle theme has become Lagiacrus' own signature {{Leitmotif}} and is named after it[[/note]]. |
| 671 | ** Both are weak to each other's elemental powers, and even have a strong LightningFireJuxtaposition. |
| 672 | ** Both have a subspecies which inhabit the same areas as them and a rare species that share habitats with Elder Dragons. |
| 673 | ** Both are the only old flagship monsters that can be fought in ''3U's'' Low Rank quests. |
| 674 | * HardHead: The heads of the Ivory and Abyssal Lagiacrus take minimal damage and will deflect cutting weapons that hit them. |
| 675 | * HopelessBossFight: The first encounter with Lagiacrus in ''Tri'' and ''3U'' in "Guts- It's What's for Dinner" is a battle that ''cannot'' be won no matter what, even if you have enough skill to hunt it with the basic equipment you start with or even come back after finishing the later quests to do the quest with higher grade weapons, it has infinite HP and as such it won't die but it can limp. |
| 676 | * KillItWithFire: Lagiacrus is weakest to fire damage. |
| 677 | * LightningBruiser: Powerful, durable, and quick, the Lagiacrus is an apex predator for a reason. Even on land, it retains some of its speed. [[{{Pun}} It also uses lightning attacks]]. |
| 678 | * MakingASplash: It can occasionally charge at foes below it in a spiraling motion, leaving off a wake of bubbles that inflicts Waterblight. The Abyssal Lagiacrus takes this a step further, being able to perform said charge more frequently and also create whirlpools to attack hunters. |
| 679 | * {{Mascot}}: Of ''3''. |
| 680 | * MixAndMatchCritters: It has the head and body shape of a crocodile, the hood of a cobra, and the conductivity of an electric eel. |
| 681 | * MovesetClone: Shares a lot of its underwater attacks with Royal Ludroth and several of its land physical attacks with Agnaktor. |
| 682 | * NeverSmileAtACrocodile: Electric organs and cobra hood aside, it has a lot in common with crocodiles, and is a highly aggressive monster. |
| 683 | * OptionalBoss: Abyssal Lagiacrus is one of three monsters that does not need to be defeated to fight Hallowed Jhen Mohran. |
| 684 | * OurDragonsAreDifferent: A mix of various real life creatures to resemble an Asian Dragon, but with a western touch. |
| 685 | * RareRandomDrop: Lagiacrus Plates in Low Rank, Lagiacrus Sapphires in High Rank, and Lagiacrus Mantles in G Rank. Abyssal Lagiacrus has its own special rare carve, A. Lagi Dynamo. |
| 686 | * RecurringBoss: The Lagiacrus started a now-common series-wide tradition of an individual monster being specifically fought several times in the story before the monster is defeated for good. ''Tri''[='=]s Lagiacrus is fought three times throughout the Low Rank campaign and all three times it serves as a roadblock to the next stage of the story. |
| 687 | * RedBaron: |
| 688 | ** The Lord of the Seas. |
| 689 | ** The Ivory Lagiacrus, known for its adeptness on land and sea, is known as the Ruler of Two Realms. |
| 690 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: Well, orange eyes for vanilla and Ivory Lagiacrus. Abyssal Lagiacrus plays the trope completely straight, though. |
| 691 | * RedHerring: [[spoiler:Turns out the earthquake is all Ceadeus's doing.]] |
| 692 | * ShockAndAwe: It can electrify the area around it. |
| 693 | * SpikesOfDoom: The spikes at its back which act as its electrical power source. |
| 694 | * StoneWall: As a Defensive unit in ''Riders'', Lagiacrus possesses high HP and Defense stats for a relatively early Monstie along with a defensive moveset to capitalize on them, but also has one of the lowest Attack stats among Monsties, with only [[CrutchCharacter Great Jaggi]] and [[SupportPartyMember Royal Ludroth]] dealing less damage than it overall. Ivory and Abyssal Lagiacrus avert this, with the former having superior stats in all areas despite its continued focus on defensive play and the latter being designed for offensive play, yet still having viable defensive options. |
| 695 | * TheRival: The first monster shown to compete with Rathalos for food, as seen in Tri's opening. Things didn't get beyond growls though. |
| 696 | * UnderwaterBossBattle: Lagiacrus' fight will mostly take place underwater, the Abyssal Subspecies remains underwater the whole time. It's averted with the Ivory Subspecies, which spends most of its time out of the water, as well as in ''Generations'' and ''Generations Ultimate'' due to the removal of underwater mechanics with the vanilla Lagiacrus inheriting most of Ivory's land-based moveset. |
| 697 | * UnexplainedRecovery: The Lagiacrus from the "Trial of the Sea Dragon" urgent quest in ''3'' and ''3U'' will return in "Fell The Lagiacrus" healed and unwounded, even if you severed its tail or broke its body parts. |
| 698 | * TheWorfEffect: Is confirmed to be one of Nakarkos' many prey items in ''Generations''. |
| 699 | * YellowLightningBlueLightning: Its lightning is blue. In ''Generations'', one of its attacks fires a purple burst of lightning that, upon hitting the ground, explodes into its more conventional blue flashes. |
| 700 | [[/folder]] |
| 701 | |
| 702 | [[folder:Uroktor / Agnaktor]] |
| 703 | !! Uroktor / Agnaktor ''(Agnakotor)'' [-(variant: Glacial Agnaktor)-] |
| 704 | !!! Denizen of the Molten Deep, Crimson Armor [-(Freeze Pike Wyvern)-] |
| 705 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/monster_hunter_uroktor_agnaktor_9100.png]] |
| 706 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Glacial Agnaktor]]\ |
| 707 | https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/glacial_agnaktor_render.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 708 | |
| 709 | ->[-'''Appearances:'''-] |
| 710 | -->[-'''Juvenile/adult nominate subspecies:'''\ |
| 711 | ''Monster Hunter 3'', ''Portable 3rd'', ''3 Ultimate''\ |
| 712 | ''Generations'', ''Generations Ultimate''\ |
| 713 | ''Rise'' (Uroktor only)\ |
| 714 | '''Glacial subspecies:'''\ |
| 715 | ''Portable 3rd'', ''3 Ultimate''-] |
| 716 | |
| 717 | Magma-dwelling Leviathans with an axe-like beak. The Agnaktor, the adult form, is usually covered in layers of lava on its limbs, beak, spine, tail, and chest, which cools over time, forming a hard shell of armor. ''Portable 3rd'' introduce a blue-colored subspecies that lives in cold areas and is covered in ice. |
| 718 | ---- |
| 719 | * BreathWeapon: A laser-like Heat beam. The subspecies prefers a blast of ice shards and extremely cold water. |
| 720 | * ChainmailBikini: Female Uroktor armor, which wouldn't look out of place on a female barbarian in an old-school pulp fantasy novel. |
| 721 | * FastTunnelling: Used by both the regular and subspecies variant. The regular Agnaktor's magma armor will be softened by this, while the Glacial Agnaktor's ice armor is frozen by this. |
| 722 | * FireWaterJuxtaposition: The regular Agnaktor uses Fire while the Glacial Agnaktor uses Water and Ice. |
| 723 | * GlassCannon: The standard and Glacial Agnaktors, respectively. Prolonged exposure to the elements turn normal Agnaktors into {{Stone Wall}}s and Glacial Agnaktors into {{Glass Cannon}}s. Burrowing restores the initial state of their armor. |
| 724 | * AnIcePerson: The Glacial Agnaktor. |
| 725 | * LeadTheTarget: In High-rank and G-rank, they will aim their slide attack in the direction you are headed. |
| 726 | * MagmaMan: the regular Agnaktor. |
| 727 | * MakingASplash: Glacial Agnaktor's beam attack does water damage and inflicts Waterblight. Some Glacial Agnaktor weapons are water element instead of ice element, such as the Switch Axe and the Gunlance. |
| 728 | * MightyGlacier: As an Aggressive unit in ''Riders'', Agnaktor excels in offense, possessing high Attack, Defense and Recovery stats along with an above average HP stat for its rank and powerful attacks that can either heal it, prevent it from becoming affected by status ailments, or [[DamageIncreasingDebuff lower a foe's defenses]] to render them more vulnerable to further attacks. Its main downside, however, is that its Speed stat is lacking in comparison to many other late-game Monsties'. |
| 729 | * MovesetClone: Shares several of its physical attacks with Lagiacrus, who has the same body shape as Agnaktor. |
| 730 | * MsFanservice: Female hunters wearing Uroktor armor wear a metallic bikini with a single shouler pauldron. The male equivalent on the other hand is a lot more conservative. |
| 731 | * PutOnABus: Despite Uroktors appearing in ''Rise'', for one reason or another Agnaktor itself does not show up. |
| 732 | * ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming: It's named after Agni, the Hindu fire god, and the Aztec god Quetzalcoatl. |
| 733 | * RoarBeforeBeating: While ''all'' large monsters in this game do this in some form, Agnaktors are notable for the eerily bird-like beak-clattering they perform while charging their element beams. |
| 734 | * TacticalSuicideBoss: An Agnaktor will commonly dig into the ground to attack you. The drawback is that its hard magma armor melts once it's done, making it prone to breaking. The Glacial Agnaktor has the opposite problem: its ice melts due to prolonged exposure to the elements, so it digs to restore the makeshift armor. |
| 735 | * TunnelKing |
| 736 | * WaveMotionGun: The breath attacks look like goddamn laser beams. |
| 737 | * WeaksauceWeakness: Normally, ''nobody'' in their right might would consider using a fire weapon against a fire-based wyvern that lives in fiery volcano and can shoot beams of fire from its mouth... [[DevelopersForesight except even small amounts of fire damage can soften their armor]], meaning that a weapon with inconsequentially low fire damage and very good raw damage many times better than a pure raw weapon or a weapon with middling water damage. With Glacial Agnaktor, however, using a fire weapon becomes a straight-up LogicalWeakness, both softening its armor ''and'' doing high damage to it. |
| 738 | * TheWorfEffect: |
| 739 | ** An unlockable FMV features the Agnaktor taking on a Brachydios...only to be knocked down by a couple splashes of slime, and then finished off brutally with an explosive punch from the Brachydios. |
| 740 | ** ''Generations'' confirms that it is one of the many apex predators who have fallen prey to Nakarkos. |
| 741 | [[/folder]] |
| 742 | |
| 743 | [[folder:Nibelsnarf]] |
| 744 | !! Nibelsnarf ''(Hapurubokka)'' |
| 745 | !!! Glutton of the Sands |
| 746 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/monster_hunter_hapurubokka_2146.png]] |
| 747 | |
| 748 | ->[-'''Appearances:'''\ |
| 749 | ''Portable 3rd'', ''3 Ultimate''\ |
| 750 | ''Generations'', ''Generations Ultimate''-] |
| 751 | |
| 752 | Desert-dwelling Leviathans that prey on Rhenoplos. They primarily attack using powerful bites, sand-blowing from their gills, surprise underground attacks, and a powerful sand vortex. |
| 753 | ---- |
| 754 | * AchillesHeel: [[FeedItABomb It can be tricked into eating bombs when using some attacks.]] Doing so will stun it and allow you to fish it out of the sand, making it more vulnerable to damage. |
| 755 | * AttackItsWeakPoint: Its uvula is particularly vulnerable to damage. |
| 756 | * BlowYouAway: One of its attacks is a sand-blast from its gills against Hunters attacking it from behind. |
| 757 | * BreathWeapon: Absorbs sand, then fires a powerful wind vortex. |
| 758 | * DishingOutDirt: It can attack hunters by blasting sand at them. |
| 759 | * EyesDoNotBelongThere: Its eyes are on top of its head, which is useful when sailing the sands, not unlike a flounder fish. |
| 760 | * FeedItABomb: Players can trick the Nibelsnarf into eating a bomb during some of its attacks. |
| 761 | * FishingMinigame: After having a bomb explode in its mouth, or any time it is significantly staggered, [[BadassNormal the puny]] [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower Hunter]] can fish it out to make it even more vulnerable. |
| 762 | * HungryMenace: The reason why it attacks is because it has a huge appetite. |
| 763 | * ImprobableUseOfAWeapon: The weapons and armor made of Nibelsnarf parts have a modern military theme to them, but not all of those weapons are necessarily used in their intended method. For example, the Type 43 Dragonlance is a missile refitted to be a lance, and the Type 42 Shellbuster is a massive grenade on a stick used as a hammer. This may have something to do with the loss of human civilization in the distant past [[AllThereintheManual detailed in some of the lore.]] |
| 764 | * MakingASplash: Its sand tunnel beam somehow causes Waterblight (increased stamina consumption). |
| 765 | * MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily |
| 766 | * NeverSmileAtACrocodile: Sans the the sand-swimming and sand-blasting, of course, Nibelsnarf has a lot in common with a croc. |
| 767 | * PunnyName: Like the Gobul before it. Its name calls to mind the words "Nibble" and "Snarf", both of which pertain to eating. |
| 768 | * SandIsWater: It even has gills to expel sand out of. |
| 769 | * SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: For lack of underwater combat in ''Portable 3rd'', the Nibelsnarf fills in the role of the Gobul. Averted in ''3 Ultimate'', where they both appear. |
| 770 | [[/folder]] |
| 771 | |
| 772 | !Brute Wyverns |
| 773 | |
| 774 | [[folder:Barroth]] |
| 775 | !! Barroth ''(Borboros)'' [-(variant: Jade Barroth)-] |
| 776 | !!! Landslide Wyvern [-(Ice Crushing Wyvern)-], Wasteland Warrior |
| 777 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mhw_barroth_render_001.png]] |
| 778 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Jade Barroth]]\ |
| 779 | https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/icebarroth.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 780 | |
| 781 | ->[-'''Appearances:'''-] |
| 782 | -->[-'''Nominate subspecies:'''\ |
| 783 | ''Monster Hunter 3'', ''Portable 3rd'', ''3 Ultimate''\ |
| 784 | ''Generations Ultimate''\ |
| 785 | ''Monster Hunter: World'', ''World: Iceborne'', ''Rise'', ''Rise: Sunbreak''\ |
| 786 | '''Jade subspecies:'''\ |
| 787 | ''Portable 3rd'', ''3 Ultimate''-] |
| 788 | |
| 789 | ->''Desolate wasteland, perfect for lighthearted hunts\ |
| 790 | But do not let your guard down, don't pull any stunts\ |
| 791 | For the mud hides secrets, and none of them are good\ |
| 792 | Where once was sand and water, a monster is now stood.'' |
| 793 | |
| 794 | The first Brute Wyvern encountered in the ''Monster Hunter'' universe. The Barroth lives in the Sandy Plains and rolls around in mud to keep cool. When provoked, it attacks with body slams and tail spins. It is also capable of utilizing the mud coating its body as a weapon. Rolling around and shaking off, much like a dog, it flings mud in all directions, covering any unlucky hunter nearby and severely limiting his or her movement. ''Portable 3rd'' introduces a tundra-dwelling Subspecies that covers Hunters in heavy snow instead. |
| 795 | ---- |
| 796 | * AllAnimalsAreDogs: The way Barroth rolls around on its back to cover itself in mud looks very much like a playful dog, and it’s every bit as endearing. |
| 797 | * BarrierChangeBoss: |
| 798 | ** The standard Barroth is this when it comes to elemental damage. It's normally weak to Fire and immune to Water, but it can roll in mud, which nullifies its Fire weakness at the cost of making it vulnerable to Water. However, it also has a secondary weakness to Ice regardless of what state its mud armor is in. |
| 799 | ** Jade Barroth downplays this: It's weakest to Fire when the snow armor is on, and weakest to Thunder when the snow armor is off, but remains vulnerable to both elements either way. |
| 800 | * BizarreAlienBiology: It doesn't have a nose on its face. Instead, its nose is located on the top of its head, so as to act like a snorkel when it's lurking in the murk. |
| 801 | * BullfightBoss: Races towards a target at long distances, which will send someone flying if they're caught. At high and G-rank, they slightly home in on their target when charging. |
| 802 | * CoveredInMud: Mud acts as its armor and special attack. Barroths will make a beeline for a river and just roll around in it to reapply the goop. |
| 803 | * DamnYouMuscleMemory: Whenever a monster charges at a hunter, players will instinctively avoid it by running to the side since charging monsters move faster than the hunters can. However, the Jade Barroth can make a u-turn in its charges, enabling it to hit people that run to the side. This means the easiest way to avoid it is to actually invoke OneDimensionalThinking and run directly away from it. |
| 804 | * DishingOutDirt: The standard Barroth can use mud to attack hunters. |
| 805 | * FireWaterJuxtaposition: The Water to Uragaan's fire in ''World'', both being Brute Wyverns who fight a Piscine Wyvern over territory. |
| 806 | * HardHead: Barroths are the first creature in a hunter's career where bladed weapons will just bounce off of a monster's head. |
| 807 | * AnIcePerson: The Subspecies. |
| 808 | * KillItWithFire: When not covered in mud, the regular Barroth's main weakness is Fire. Fire is the Jade Barroth's main weakness when it's covered in snow. |
| 809 | * KillItWithIce: The regular Barroth is weak to Ice, regardless of whether it's covered in mud or not. |
| 810 | * KillItWithWater: When covered in mud, the regular Barroth's main weakness is Water. |
| 811 | * MeaningfulName: "Barro" is the Spanish word for mud. |
| 812 | * MightyGlacier: As a Defensive unit in ''Riders'', Barroth excels in both defensive and supportive play, having high Attack, Defense, and Recovery stats along with moves that raise its Defense, heal allies, and have a high chance of applying debilitating status ailments, with its main downside being that it has a lacking Speed stat for a late-game Monstie. |
| 813 | * NonMaliciousMonster: Their New World variants, at least; Barroths in the Old World will attack hunters as freely as any other monster, but the Barroths in ''World'' are remarkably passive for Brute Wyverns until provoked. |
| 814 | * PlayingWithFire: Barroth EX in ''Stories'' can breathe fire thanks to implanted Flame Sacs it received during its modification process. |
| 815 | * TheRival: They fight Jyratodus over mud territory in ''World'' |
| 816 | * StockAnimalDiet: Feeds on ants. |
| 817 | * StoneWall: |
| 818 | ** Almost literally, as mud hardens into stone when it touches the Barroth's skin. This has to be broken in order to break the monster's limbs. In exchange for this durability, its attacks are lacking in power in comparison to many other monsters of its rank. |
| 819 | ** Barroth's ''Stories'' incarnation has HP and Defense bases of 5, but an Attack base of 1. |
| 820 | * WakeUpCallBoss: With a tough hide that can only be reliably damaged by weapons with at least green sharpness (which most players will be unlikely to have at this point in the game without some pretty extensive farming), an attack that can cover you in mud (rendering you unable to attack and use items while slowing you down), and a much more aggressive combat style than previous large monsters, Barroth comes as a big shock to anyone who's been breezing through the game thus far. Oh, and you're required to take him down before you can unlock the four-star quests. |
| 821 | * TheWorfEffect: |
| 822 | ** Although a powerful monster and WakeUpCallBoss to new Hunters, it is outmatched by Diablos in ''World''. [[spoiler: As well as this, one was killed by Nergigante to show how formidable the Elder Dragon is, as [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice the body was found impaled with many of Nergigante's spikes.]]]] |
| 823 | ** In ''Rise'' Diablos' introductory scene has it getting defeated by Anjanath and almost killed before Diablos interferes. |
| 824 | [[/folder]] |
| 825 | |
| 826 | [[folder:Uragaan]] |
| 827 | !! Uragaan ''(Uragankin)'' [-(variants: Steel Uragaan, Crystalbeard Uragaan)-] |
| 828 | !!! Burst Hammer Wyvern [-(Steel Hammer Wyvern)-] |
| 829 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mhw_uragaan_render_001_2.png]] |
| 830 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Steel Uragaan]]\ |
| 831 | https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/uragaan_subspecies_render.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 832 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Crystalbeard Uragaan]]\ |
| 833 | https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mhgen_crystalbeard_uragaan_render_001.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 834 | |
| 835 | ->[-'''Appearances:'''-] |
| 836 | -->[-'''Nominate subspecies:'''\ |
| 837 | ''Monster Hunter 3'', ''Portable 3rd'', ''3 Ultimate''\ |
| 838 | ''Generations'', ''Generations Ultimate''\ |
| 839 | ''Monster Hunter: World''\ |
| 840 | '''Steel subspecies:'''\ |
| 841 | ''Portable 3rd'', ''3 Ultimate''\ |
| 842 | '''Crystalbeard deviant:'''\ |
| 843 | ''Generations'', ''Generations Ultimate''-] |
| 844 | |
| 845 | A volcano-dwelling Brute Wyvern covered in ores extracted from the rocks it eats. It attacks by slamming its massive jaw onto the ground (which can cause scattered volcanic rocks to explode) and it has a few Fire-elemental attacks. Rotund and short-tempered, Uragaan is a rolling brawler that could flatten its enemies and burn them down. ''Portable 3rd'' introduces a subspecies made of steel. ''Generations'' adds the deviant Crystalbeard Uragaan. A purple-and-orange Halloween-themed variant with a Jack-O-Lantern chin appears in ''Explore''. |
| 846 | ---- |
| 847 | * AchillesHeel: Breaking its chin reveals a soft, fleshy weak point, making it easier to defeat. That said, getting there can take a while due to how durable its rocky exterior is. |
| 848 | * AttackItsWeakPoint: Its chin is hard to break, but will take high damage once broken. |
| 849 | * ArmorIsUseless: Despite having an ore armor ''far'' stronger than Radobaan's bone armor, it does not help it at all in faring any better than its smaller cousin against Odogaron's attacks in a Turf War. |
| 850 | * BewareTheSillyOnes: Go ahead. Laugh at the giant shoe brush's goofy jawline. That just means that your Palico will be scraping you off the ground with a spatula a lot sooner. |
| 851 | * BossRemix: The Phantom Uragaan has one of "To One with Life," ''Tri'''s main theme. |
| 852 | * CanonImmigrant: It was introduced to the ''Frontier'' series in ''Frontier G9'' as a monster hailing from the main series. This contrasts with the Hypnocatrice and Lavasioth, who were first introduced in ''Frontier'' but later became part of the main series. |
| 853 | * EatDirtCheap: Commonly seen eating rocks. |
| 854 | * ExtraOreDinary: The Subspecies. |
| 855 | * {{Fartillery}}: Like the Conga line, the Steel Uragaan releases a stinking smoke that inflicts "Soiled" on any unlucky Hunter. |
| 856 | * FireWaterJuxtaposition: The Fire to Barroth's water in ''World''. |
| 857 | * ForceAndFinesse: The Force to the Radobaan's Finesse; while Uragaan is heavily reliant on brute force, utilizing multiple chin slams, body checks, and straightforward rolls, Radobaan is much more acrobatic in comparison, utilizing chin swipes, chin drags followed up with quick rolls, and spinning around like a top. |
| 858 | * ForcedSleep: When calm, the regular and Crystalbeard Uragaan can release a gas that causes sleep. The gems the Crystalbeard Uragaan drops can also cause sleep. |
| 859 | * {{Gonk}}: In contrast to most Brute Wyverns with dinosaurian faces that look sleek, intimidating or both, the Uragaan has a very ugly face with flat teeth and a huge chin that only a mother would love. |
| 860 | * HardHead: Its chin is one of his hardest spots and will deflect bladed weapons. Subverted that if you do manage to break the chin (thus exposing the soft flesh inside), it will become its weakest spot. |
| 861 | * LanternJawOfJustice: More like a ''searchlight'', considering its size. Also not particularly just (hey, it's an animal!). |
| 862 | * MightyGlacier: Uragaan is very slow in both movement and attack speed unless it's rolling, but makes up for it with its incredible durability and powerful attacks. |
| 863 | * OhCrap: The teaser at the end of the ''World: Iceborne'' Glavenus trailer shows an injured Uragaan covered in green slime, and even with its limited expressions, the poor thing is obviously ''terrified'' before the slime detonates. |
| 864 | * PlayingWithFire: Can throw volcanic rocks with its tail, which act as [[PGExplosives fiery bombs]]. They can be set off by hunters' attacks, but won't affect the Uragaan at all. In addition, it can emit a fiery gas from its body much like the Gravios. |
| 865 | * PintsizedPowerhouse: The Phantom Uragaan is smaller than a Jaggi but still hits just as hard as its larger counterpart. |
| 866 | * RareRandomDrop: Uragaan Marrow in Low Rank, Uragaan Rubies in High Rank, and Uragaan Palliums in G Rank. |
| 867 | * TheRival: They fight Lavasioth over territory. There's no turf wars between the two, however. |
| 868 | * RollingAttack: Curls up into a wheel and attempts to steamroll over the hunter. |
| 869 | * SchmuckBait: The gems the Crystalbeard Uragaan sometimes launches from its tail can be mined, allowing hunters to get items like Treasure Nuggets, which sell for ''10,000 Zenny'' apiece. The catch? Those gems can release sleep gas without warning, meaning if you're not immune to sleep or have any Energy Drinks handy, you'll end up in really hot water. |
| 870 | * ShockwaveStomp: With its jaw rather than its feet. |
| 871 | * StoneWall: It coats its jaw in melted ore, and is covered in yet more metal. Uragaans are ''tough'' for a reason. In exchange for this durability, many of its attacks are slow and telegraphed, limiting its offensive capabilities despite it having high attack power. |
| 872 | * SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: To Gravios and Basarios. Monsters that are slow and heavy-hitting, with thick armor that makes them tanky, and with sleep and Fireblight. ''Generations Ultimate'' reunites all three monsters, averting this trope. |
| 873 | * TragicMonster: A legend in ''Portable 3rd'' describes it as [[WasOnceAMan once being a heroic hunter from Yukumo Village]]. According to the legend, the hunter became trapped in a volcano after attempting to save a Felyne in danger, and when he asked the Guild for assistance, they refused to help him and left him for dead, claiming that trying to save him would be too dangerous. Furious with them for letting him suffer, he swore revenge, and the volcano [[ForcedTransformation gradually morphed him into a monster]] before he eventually [[DrivenToSuicide committed suicide]]. His spirit now lives on inside the ornery beast that shares his namesake. |
| 874 | * TheWorfEffect: It is one of the many monsters that Nakarkos eats in ''Generations''. It is also used to re-introduce Brachydios by getting blown up in a cinematic for ''Iceborne'' and is easily beaten by Odogaron in a Turf War getting its jaw broken (mainly due to reusing Radobaan's Turf War animation). |
| 875 | * WeirdBeard: Give you one guess how the Crystalbeard subspecies got its name. |
| 876 | [[/folder]] |
| 877 | |
| 878 | [[folder:Deviljho]] |
| 879 | !! Deviljho ''(Eviljho)'' [-(variant: Savage Deviljho ''(Rage-eating Eviljho)'')-] |
| 880 | !!! The Great Devourer [-(Fear Violence Wyvern)-], the World Eater |
| 881 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mhw_deviljho_render_001.png]] |
| 882 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Savage Deviljho]]\ |
| 883 | https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mhwi_savage_deviljho_render_001.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 884 | |
| 885 | ->[-'''Appearances:'''-] |
| 886 | -->[-'''Nominate subspecies:'''\ |
| 887 | ''Monster Hunter 3'', ''Portable 3rd'', ''3 Ultimate''\ |
| 888 | ''Monster Hunter 4'', ''4 Ultimate'', ''Generations'', ''Generations Ultimate''\ |
| 889 | ''Monster Hunter: World'' ver. 2\ |
| 890 | ''Monster Hunter Stories'', ''Stories 2: Wings of Ruin''\ |
| 891 | '''Savage variant:'''\ |
| 892 | ''3 Ultimate''\ |
| 893 | ''Monster Hunter 4'', ''4 Ultimate'', ''Generations'', ''Generations Ultimate''\ |
| 894 | ''World: Iceborne''-] |
| 895 | |
| 896 | A frightening and powerful Brute Wyvern (essentially the games' answer to Franchise/{{Godzilla}}). This [[{{Kaiju}} gigantic monster]] resembles a monstrous ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' and it can overpower most non-Elder Dragon monsters as it wanders from place to place. It only appears in High-Rank expeditions/quests... [[DropInNemesis whether you're hunting for one or not]]. With a [[SuperStrength large muscular body]] consisting rows of spikes, a face [[MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily full of sharp teeth]], deadly [[AntiMagic Dragon element breath attacks]] and a [[HorrorHunger ravenous appetite]] that ''never'' goes away, Deviljho instinctively causes fear, death and destruction wherever it goes. ''3 Ultimate'' introduces a form that is perpetually hungry, sporting a Dragonblight haze over its head when angered and an even more ferocious battle style. ''Explore'' features a variant with no skin, much like the [[Manga/AttackOnTitan Colossal Titan]]. |
| 897 | ---- |
| 898 | * AchillesHeel: Deviljho's overpowering metabolism will actually cause it to become exhausted from hunger if a hunter fights it for a few minutes. This is the right time to give it some drugged meat, and make it fall asleep for a little while; Deviljho is one of the few monsters that will actively seek out drugged bait meat during a fight. Hyper Deviljho [[RemovedAchillesHeel lacks this weakness]], being immune to exhaustion like other Hyper monsters, which makes it one of the most dangerous Hyper monsters in ''Generations'' and ''Generations Ultimate''. |
| 899 | * AlwaysABiggerFish: |
| 900 | ** A common danger of high-rank quests is a Deviljho appearing out of nowhere. This can happen even if you're hunting another Deviljho already! This became its main shtick in ''World'', where Deviljho has a turf war with older apex monsters Rathalos and Diablos and wins, while also trouncing newcomers Legiana and Odogaron, [[GrievousHarmWithABody the latter of which is treated as no different than a Great Jagras despite being able to best the bigger Rabodaan]]. Only fellow invader Bazelgeuse is able to fight it to a draw. |
| 901 | ** In turn, Deviljho is not immune to this trope either; one of its only predators is Ukanlos, which is significantly larger and stronger and also actively hunts Deviljho in its territory, and is consequently [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness the only monster Deviljho fears]]. |
| 902 | * AmericanKirbyIsHardcore: The Japanese version calls it Eviljho. Seems like someone on the localization team wanted to make it sound more menacing than it already is. |
| 903 | * AntiMagic: Deviljho weapons in ''World'' have a high Elderseal level, which increases the rate at which you can stop an Elder Dragon from using its powers. Likewise, it can also inflict Dragonblight on victims. |
| 904 | * ArmCannon: The [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/monsterhunter/images/0/00/MHW-Bow_Render_029.png/revision/latest?cb=20180615191405 Insurgent's Bow]] you make in ''World'' from its parts takes this form, instead of a standard GreatBow. It's a small weapon that fits over the Hunter's forearm, making it a Type-II version of this trope. |
| 905 | * AscendedMeme: [[invoked]]Its FanNickname of "pickle" gains this status in ''World'', which features a number of pickle puns. |
| 906 | * BackgroundMusicOverride: As TheDreaded amongst many other monsters, ''including Elder Dragons'', its {{Leitmotif}} overrides any and all other currently-playing background music in the area. The only exceptions are the Apex theme in ''4 Ultimate'' (which Deviljho itself also uses when ''it'' is in Apex mode) and the Deviant theme in ''Generations'' and its ''Ultimate'' expansion. |
| 907 | * BeamOWar: The Savage Deviljho has one against various Elder Dragons[[labelnote:Note]]Against Velkhana, Namielle, and Blackveil Vaal Hazak in ''Iceborne''[[/labelnote]] that results in an explosion that deals heavy damage to both monsters. |
| 908 | * TheBerserker: Deviljho is crazed from hunger, driven to fight by its gnawing stomach, and ''incredibly'' reckless. One of Savage Deviljho's most common attacks in ''Iceborne'' is to simply hurl itself at you facefirst, rolling back onto its feet after its head meets the ground. |
| 909 | * BigEater: To put it ''mildly''. It will eat any poisoned, drugged, or tinged meat you place, although they will only work once. |
| 910 | * BlessedWithSuck: On the one hand, Deviljho's metabolism grants a full grown individual enormous power rivaling that of Elder Dragons and rendering it the dominant monster in most places it visits, potentially giving it its choice of prey. Further, this metabolism is so powerful that it enables Deviljho's body to function optimally in practically any environment, meaning it always has somewhere it can go to continue its nomadic lifestyle and find food. That said, Deviljho’s immense power comes at a price. Its high body heat means it burns through energy at an alarming rate and is constantly compelled to kill available prey even when its not hungry simply to avoid the risk of starving later. If it [[SuperPersistentPredator lets its prey escape]], or [[BloodKnight avoids another monster]], then it’s wasted a potentially fatal amount of energy that it absolutely cannot afford to lose. Nearly everything about Deviljho’s behavior is driven by its endless compulsion to hunt (perhaps only ever interrupted by sleeping, mating and bearing young). Their mighty metabolism also means they generally have a short lifespan, due to eventual starvation or their bodies simply wearing out in far fewer years than expected of a monster of such size. |
| 911 | * BloodKnight: Deviljho does not care what it’s up against, what condition its body is in, or how powerful its opponent is. If it sees something moving, it’s going to start a fight, and ([[GameplayAndStorySegregation at least according to the lore]]) will not abandon the fight until either Deviljho or its opponent can no longer move. Played straight with the Savage Deviljho in ''Iceborne'' as it will chase you to the ends of the earth. |
| 912 | * BodyHorror: It has [[MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily teeth growing through its skin,]] and when it's enraged, its muscles bulge, granting it more strength but also tearing open [[CoveredInScars old wounds]]. |
| 913 | * BoulderBludgeon: Deviljho can launch a boulder out of the ground by shoveling it out with its jaw. The boulder can even do elemental damage depending on the terrain. |
| 914 | * BreakoutCharacter: Deviljho proved to be wildly popular, and has thus appeared in almost every single main-series and spinoff game since its introduction, even being added to ''World'' via DLC. So far, the only game it hasn't appeared in since its debut is ''Rise''. |
| 915 | * BreathWeapon: Its feared Dragon Breath. Huge damage ''and'' [[AntiMagic Dragonblight]]. |
| 916 | * CallBack: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kahQKbMiJ5U introductory trailer]] for it in ''Monster Hunter: World'' is a call-back to its first appearance in ''Tri''. |
| 917 | * CannibalismSuperpower: The Savage Deviljho is stated to have reached this form by having devoured enough of its own kind to absorb their power and live well past the species' usually short lifespan. |
| 918 | * CanonImmigrant: It was introduced to the ''Frontier'' MMO, which mostly features original monsters, in the ''G8'' update. |
| 919 | * CoveredWithScars: Especially obvious when it TurnsRed, as the old wounds covering the monster's body [[BodyHorror reopen and expose its raw muscle]]. |
| 920 | * CurbStompBattle: In ''World'', Deviljho crushes all the monsters that it engaged in Turf War with impunity while the smaller monsters that do not have a Turf War are instead picked up, trashed around and used as a bludgeon. Only Bazelgeuse, Rajang, and the Elder Dragons are able to fight it to a draw. |
| 921 | * DamageIncreasingDebuff: The saliva it secretes inflicts Defense Down, making its already powerful attacks into potential [[OneHitKill One-Hit Kills]]. |
| 922 | * DamageSpongeBoss: It hits astoundingly hard compared to most monsters in the mission tier and it has a ton of health. |
| 923 | * DarkIsEvil: Its breath attack, as well as the draconic aura around a Savage Deviljho, is pitch black, and its one of the more ill-tempered monsters. Subverted since, despite having "devil" in its name and having a naturally violent disposition, it’s merely an animal. |
| 924 | * DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Normally the Cthulhu itself in question, its strong enough to lift '''Ruiner Nergigante''' up in the air with its mouth for a bit before being slammed down. |
| 925 | * DinosaursAreDragons: The sole Brute Wyvern to have Dragon elemental Damage, something generally reserved for Elder Dragons. |
| 926 | * DragonsAreDemonic: It's one of the largest, most monstrous and most aggressive Brute Wyverns, uses Dragon elemental attacks, and resembles a grotesque, horrifying version of ''Tyrannosaurus rex''. Its Variant, the Savage Deviljho, is even more so when it TurnsRed. |
| 927 | * TheDreaded: Both InUniverse ''and'' by players. |
| 928 | ** Invokes a BackgroundMusicOverride over all other music, whether it be the locale's or other monsters'. |
| 929 | ** In-universe, Deviljho is considered to be as dangerous as an Elder Dragon, as it's one of the few monsters with a six star danger rating that isn't an Elder Dragon. |
| 930 | ** The first time you meet it in ''3 Ultimate's'' High Rank village quests, the [[PluckyGirl Guild Sweetheart]] [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness is rendered completely horrified]] and tells you to run for safety until it roams elsewhere. |
| 931 | ** In ''4 Ultimate'', many of the High Rank Caravan quests with unstable environments usually have the Seregios as an invader, but the story quest involving the Frenzied Deviljho takes place in a ''stable'' environment, meaning no outside monsters can interfere. It certainly says something when even a [[TheUsurper territory-stealing wyvern]] is afraid of you! |
| 932 | ** In ''World'', the higher ups in Astera take Deviljho extremely seriously, forbidding anyone who isn't a hunter from entering the Ancient Forest proper once its presence is known. In actual gameplay, any monster unfortunate enough to come across Deviljho that ''isn't'' Bazelgeuse is made to look like a joke compared to it, and ''not even Bazelgeuse'' gets away before getting thrown around like a ragdoll and then pinned to the ground, with Jho trying to rip its throat out. The smaller monsters don't even get a fighting chance as Jho just picks them up in its mouth and thrashes them about, even using them as an improvised bludgeon. |
| 933 | * DressedLikeADominatrix: Female G/Master Rank Armor made from Deviljho parts tend to invoke this, most notably with a [[OfCorsetsSexy corset]]. |
| 934 | * DropInNemesis: The "invader" mechanic was introduced in the third generation with Deviljho, and it's been a staple ever since. You’re merrily hunting in High Rank, trying to figure out why [[TookALevelInBadass a monster is suddenly putting up more of a fight]], and then, out of nowhere, this angry, ravening hellbeast appears to make your life miserable. Even as other monsters stepped into the role, including the older Rajang, Deviljho is the most iconic and infamous. |
| 935 | * DubNameChange: Is known as "Eviljho" in the Japanese version. |
| 936 | * DynamicEntry: Deviljho's preferred mode of arrival when invading an unstable environment is to burst from the ground like an unholy beast from Hell while roaring. If it's already there, it will angrily trample its way onto the scene from off-screen and let out a deafening roar when it sets eyes on you. |
| 937 | * EstablishingCharacterMoment: |
| 938 | ** Most third-generation Hunters first meet Deviljho on a hunt for Crimson Qurupeco, when it [[SummonBiggerFish bursts onto the map in response to its call]] and gives the unfortunate Hunter a taste of what's waiting further in High Rank. |
| 939 | ** In ''3 Ultimate'', it makes its formal debut by crashing an otherwise pathetically easy Jaggia-hunting quest and tearing apart a Great Jaggi, followed by the Guild Sweetheart urging you to ''run like hell''. |
| 940 | * {{Expy}}: |
| 941 | ** Its massive size and general body build invoke the [[Franchise/{{Godzilla}} King of Monsters]]. The Savage form further invokes the Big G's meltdown sequence from ''Film/GodzillaVsDestoroyah'' and has a Turf War with [[Film/KingKongVsGodzilla Rajang]]. Its massive chin resembles Zilla's as well. |
| 942 | ** Deviljho's constant, destructive appetite, massive size, and colossal toughness are pretty close to the [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons Tarrasque]], the main difference being that the Deviljho lacks the bony plates and massive horns. Both also make their appearance by bursting out of the ground and going after the largest thing available. Late-game players of both ''Monster Hunter'' and ''D&D'' even gauge how powerful they are by how quickly/many of their respective monsters they can defeat. |
| 943 | * ExtremeOmnivore: Will try to eat ''anything''; meat, Herbivores, Hunters, Wyverns, or [[IAmAHumanitarian other Deviljhos.]] If it bleeds, it's food, and Deviljho will either devour it or die in the attempt. |
| 944 | * FastBallSpecial: In ''World'', any small monster that Deviljho grabs in its jaw can be thrown at Hunters from a distance. Needless to say, being hit by a monster thrown at high speed will badly hurt both the Hunter and said thrown monster. |
| 945 | * FromBadToWorse: |
| 946 | ** The "World Eater" mission, in which you must hunt a Deviljho ''twice'' as big as normal. There is also the possibility, now matter how low and unlikely it is, that there is a "World Eater" class Savage Deviljho out there. And while ''4 Ultimate'' was merciful enough not to throw one at you, a ''Frenzied'', or worse, '''Apex''' World Eater. |
| 947 | ** Generally speaking, any High-Rank quest in the third generation gets worse when a Deviljho shows up. |
| 948 | ** From ''4'' onwards, some monsters are under a modifier that makes them stronger in some way (Frenzy in ''4'', Apex in ''4 Ultimate'', Hyper in ''Generations'' and ''Generations Ultimate'', Tempered and Arch-Tempered in ''World'' and ''World: Iceborne''). Yes, Jho has received nearly every one of these variations. |
| 949 | * GameplayAndStorySegregation: |
| 950 | ** It doesn't appear in any Elder Dragon quests even though it is stated that Deviljho is strong enough to fight one and live. Even in ''World'', where the only monster that fights an Elder Dragon is the Odogaron, which loses even harder to the latter than it does to the former. Finally averted in ''Iceborne'' with the Savage Deviljho, who does appear in some quests with Elder Dragons like Velkhana and can get into Turf Wars with them. |
| 951 | ** According to the lore, Deviljho has absolutely no sense of self-preservation, and is biologically programmed to [[{{Determinator}} never, EVER walk away from a fight]] so long as it or its opponent is still standing. In-game, Deviljho will of course retreat and start limping when it’s near death. Again averted in ''Iceborne'' with Savage, who will never leave you alone and chases you all over the map. |
| 952 | * GeoEffects: In World, when it scoops at the ground and launches rocks at you, they might take on elemental properties relevant to where it launched the rocks. In the water, you'll suffer water damage and become waterblighted, in a volcanic area you'll take fire damage and be set on fire, etc. |
| 953 | * GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: |
| 954 | ** So you're hunting High Rank monsters, things are going smoothly, when, all of a sudden... ''a massive pickle enters the area and all hell breaks loose''. The explanation being that Deviljho is a nomadic monster that will go wherever it can find food. In its first appearance in ''Tri'', the Guildmaster notes Deviljho's High-Rank appearances is a mystery because it keeps eating the researchers sent out, researchers who otherwise can observe Rathian-Rathalos pairs or raging Diablos! |
| 955 | ** Also happens in G Rank quests, sometimes in the form of '''[[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Savage]]''' Deviljho. |
| 956 | * GlassCannon: Savage Jho is less durable than its normal counterpart and is weak to every element, but makes up for it by being a lot more powerful. |
| 957 | * GoldColoredSuperiority: |
| 958 | ** The Starving Deviljho is a gold-colored Savage Deviljho with a 360 dragonbreath spin and an explosive Dragon-elemental ground stomp attack. So far, it's only in ''Frontier G''. |
| 959 | ** The Tempered version in ''World'' comes with a luster in its hide that makes it appear almost golden. And it will utterly demolish the unprepared. |
| 960 | * GreenAndMean: Its general body shape and colour makes it look like a giant pickle on legs. An angry, raging, ''hungry'' pickle at that. |
| 961 | * GrievousHarmWithABody: It can use smaller boss monsters[[note]]specifically Great Jagras, Kulu-Ya-Ku, Tzitzi-Ya-Ku, Tobi-Kadachi, Great Girros, Odogaron, and Dodogama[[/note]] as weapons in ''World'', picking them up with its mouth and swinging them around in order to wallop hunters. |
| 962 | * HellIsThatNoise: Deviljho's roar and theme are perfectly designed to induce an OhCrap reaction in players. The roar deserves special mention as many have found that it sounds less like a dinosaur roar and more like a bomb going off. |
| 963 | * HopelessBossFight: Essentially what this pickle is when you first run into it with Low-Rank armor and weaponry while fighting a three/four star monster such as a Great Jaggi or Gendrome, due to the sheer amount of HP and damage it has. |
| 964 | * HorrifyingTheHorror: As maddeningly driven to avoid the pain of starvation as Deviljho is, there are a scarce number of monsters that terrify it enough to not even bother attempting to hunt, such as Ukanlos. A Deviljho in extremely cold areas will do everything in its power to keep away from an Ukanlos. |
| 965 | * HorrorHunger: Played with. Contrary to popular belief, Deviljho are not constantly hungry, however, they are driven by a constant instinct to feed whenever feasible (and thus will eat even when they are not hungry) and need something going through at least some part of their digestive system at all times for their bodies to be comfortable. |
| 966 | * HungryMenace: Deviljho's high internal temperature and the rapid rate at which it burns through its energy stores causes it to be perpetually compelled to eat whenever it is able to (even when not hungry) so that it always has food to burn in its digestive tract, driving it to eat whatever it can bite into. |
| 967 | * HyperactiveMetabolism: Its high internal temperature is due to an incredibly fast metabolism. This accounts both for how quickly it can heal if fed, as well as why it is always willing to eat. Its lack of fat also means that it needs to burn whatever it is digesting straight into energy rather than storing it. |
| 968 | * ItCanThink: ''World'' demonstrates that in spite of being motivated solely by hunger and using fairly simple attacks, Deviljho is actually more intelligent than many give it credit for; it notably adjusts its aim when throwing boulders at aerial targets, continues attacking even when pitfalled, and uses surprisingly clever tactics in its turf wars (such as grabbing Diablos by the horn and snapping it off). |
| 969 | * TheJuggernaut: In ''World'' some of the more basic things that slowed Deviljho down before don't work anywhere near as well anymore. When toppled by anything short of a mounted finisher it tends to get up ''much'' faster than most monsters and if you try to give yourself an opening with a pitfall trap he will thrash about and actively snap at you making getting at its head during one impractical; it's even worse when he's enraged as he'll also use his breath repeatedly. Iceborne takes it one further, as Savage Deviljho is able to fight Elder Dragons to a draw in a turf war. Even Ruiner Nergigante has been shown to tie with Savage Deviljho in a turf war, with Savage Deviljho able to lift and slam Ruiner Nergigante in a brief struggle before Ruiner retaliates by [[FacepalmOfDoom slamming Savage into the ground]]; both monsters take damage from each other. |
| 970 | * {{Kaiju}}: Not only is it one big homage to [[Franchise/{{Godzilla}} the most famous kaiju of all]], but it fits this trope to a T in its own right, being gigantic, territorial to the point of picking fights with other giant monsters, and destroying everything that lies in its wake. Hell, it even has the musical theme to boot! ''Iceborne'' even gives it turf wars against Rajang, giving the New World its own version of Film/KingKongVsGodzilla. |
| 971 | * {{Leitmotif}}: ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBNlLWkO_RA Ravenous Demon]]''. Fittingly, the tune isn't bombastically epic, but crushingly brutal. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RK-B8ReVvZE It was given an update in World.]] |
| 972 | ** Amusingly, comparisons can be drawn to the [[VideoGame/DragonQuest Dragon Quest battle music]] |
| 973 | * LightningBruiser: It's very resilient, extremely powerful, and surprisingly fast for its size. |
| 974 | * MixAndMatchCritters: It has the body and limbs of a ''Tyrannosaurus'' and the head, neck and spikes of a crocodile. Its bloated tail also resembles a crocodile's more than a dinosaur's, or even a sea cucumber. |
| 975 | * MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: Those spikes coming out of its jaw aren’t just bone. They’re [[BodyHorror more teeth]], rolling out of its mouth and onto its lips like a twisted version of a shark. |
| 976 | * MovesetClone: To the ''Great Jaggi'' of all things. In ''World'', it borrows several moves from Anjanath instead. |
| 977 | * MsFanservice: Often the case with the female armor crafted from its parts. The HR beta chest piece in ''World'' is basically a cropped jacket with plenty of cleavage and the MR version is a low-cut corset that also enhances the wearer's bust by a couple of cup sizes. To top it off: the cups of all chest pieces inexplicably [[JigglePhysics jiggle]]. |
| 978 | * NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: As if you needed any more incentive to run from this unholy ruiner-of-your-day, they named it '''Devil'''jho. And that's before getting into '''Savage''' Deviljho. |
| 979 | * NeverSmileAtACrocodile: It has some crocodilian features (mostly in the face, spines and tail) and is overall not a very pleasant specimen. |
| 980 | * NotZilla: Big, green, mean, hugely destructive, has a BreathWeapon, and tends to pick fights with other wyverns. |
| 981 | * OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Normally not one to ever give up, there are three cases of this with two coming from ''World''. |
| 982 | ** Supplementary material reveals that Deviljhos in cold areas fear one monster and keep themselves away from it at all costs: Ukanlos, the colossal Flying Wyvern. |
| 983 | ** In "The Greatest Jagras" Event Quest introduced in the base game, the titular [[TookALevelInBadass souped-up]] Great Jagras sends the one that spawns on the map with it fleeing in terror and can topple it with a single blow. |
| 984 | ** In ''Iceborne'', it decides trying to kill a [[AxCrazy Yian Garuga]] is not worth the effort of killing, and leaves annoyed after it gets knocked down. |
| 985 | * OptionalBoss: In ''3 Ultimate'', Savage Deviljho does not need to be defeated to fight Hallowed Jhen Mohran. |
| 986 | * OurDragonsAreDifferent: While Brute Wyverns can already loosely be considered "dragons",[[note]]especially in Japan where ''Monster Hunter'' Wyverns are clearly labeled as such,[[/note]] the Deviljho is basically an Elder Dragon in all but biological classification, right down to using the Dragon element, and looks more like a [[DinosaursAreDragons demonic dinosaur]] than any classical depiction of dragons or wyverns. |
| 987 | * PutOnABus: After appearing in ''nine'' consecutive games[[note]]''tri'', ''Portable 3rd'', ''3 Ultimate'', ''4'', ''4 Ultimate'', ''Generations'', ''Generations Ultimate'', ''World'' after a post-launch update, ''World: Iceborne''[[/note]] (or five, if not counting [[UpdatedRerelease Updated Re-releases]]), Jho finally puts in an absence in ''Rise'', not even appearing in ''Sunbreak''. That said, Deviljho has never failed to appear at least once per generation since its first appearance in Gen 3. |
| 988 | * RareRandomDrop: Deviljho Gems in High Rank and Deviljho Crooks in G Rank. |
| 989 | * RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: In ''Iceborne'', Savage Deviljho's skin becomes dark enough to nearly look black, which makes it look even more hellish when combined with its glowing red wounds. |
| 990 | * RedBaron: The World Eater in ''World'' as the Commander says. It's also simply referred to as the [[BloodKnight Violent Wyvern]]. |
| 991 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: In case you needed another sign of how dangerous this monster is. The Savage Deviljho's even glows when it's enraged. |
| 992 | * TheRival: |
| 993 | ** In ''World'', the Deviljho meets its match with the equally invasive Bazelgeuse. An epic turf war ensues where they both take massive amounts of damage while duking it out. |
| 994 | ** As of ''Iceborne'', the Savage Deviljho and Rajang have their own rivalry; in their turf war both take a respectable amount of damage and ends with a tie between the two. |
| 995 | * SetAMookToKillAMook: Deviljho's tendency to eat anything it can find means it will also ''attack'' anything it can find -- including other monsters if it doesn't see any players. |
| 996 | * ShockwaveStomp: Its stomps are so powerful they create tremors. |
| 997 | * SpikesOfVillainy: As if you needed any more visual cues that the Pickle from Hell brings death wherever it goes, it's got spines all over its body and teeth growing ''out of its mouth''. It being an animal does subvert it, though, since it's always a stretch to call an animal evil. |
| 998 | * StrongerWithAge: Apparently, a Savage Deviljho is a Deviljho that has lived for a very long time, at least by the standards of its normally short lived species. |
| 999 | * SuperPersistentPredator: |
| 1000 | ** Deviljho is biologically programmed ([[GameplayAndStorySegregation though not so gameplay-wise]]) to never walk away from a fight. In ''World,'' it’ll keep attacking even when it’s stuck in a pitfall; it cares more about killing you than it does about escaping. |
| 1001 | ** Savage Deviljho in ''World: Iceborne'' [[GameplayAndStoryIntegration exaggerates this trope]]; while it can be distracted by [[SetAMookToKillAMook other large monsters]], it will still stay permanently enraged until its death, and follow you ''everywhere.'' There is no running from Savage Deviljho. Interestingly enough, players in ''World: Iceborne'' can use this to their advantage. For some reason or another, Savage Deviljho will prefer to attack other monsters over players. This means players can use it to actually help make their hunts easier. It's even earned it the nickname "Devilbro." |
| 1002 | * SuperSpit: Deviljho's saliva is [[HollywoodAcid highly corrosive]], so if it bites you while it's exhausted and drooling profusely, it leaves your poor Hunter with [[DamageIncreasingDebuff Defense Down]] and even more vulnerable to subsequent attacks. |
| 1003 | * SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Served as a minor one to Tigrex in ''Tri'', both being simple, yet deadly and aggressive Dinosaur-like Dragons who have a weakness of tiring easily. Averted when Tigrex returned in ''Portable 3rd'', and again in ''4'' and onward. |
| 1004 | * TemporaryOnlineContent: Can no longer be fought in ''Tri'' due to the servers shutting down. |
| 1005 | * TurnsRed: When enraged, its muscles swell up greatly, exposing old wounds. The Savage Deviljho ''starts'' in this state, and when it gets angry, it forms a Dragonblight haze over its head and gains burning red eyes. As if it weren't terrifying enough already... |
| 1006 | * TRexpy: It looks like a hideous version of the ''T. rex'', right down to the tiny, two-clawed forelimbs, though its head and neck more like a cross between Godzilla and a crocodilian, especially when compared to Tigrex and Anjanath. Its Switch Axe is even called "Tyrannos", and one of its many turf wars is with the ''Triceratops''-like Diablos. |
| 1007 | * UnskilledButStrong: Its moveset is quite simple compared to other monsters of its threat level, consisting mainly of bites, tail sweeps, dragonbreath, and stomps. However, it's so damn big and strong that those four moves are all it ''needs'' to wreck everything in its way. It even extends to its weapons in ''World'', all of them having a very solid raw damage, high Dragon elemental damage, and a high [[AntiMagic Elderseal value]] in exchange for a significant affinity penalty. |
| 1008 | * UnstoppableRage: Savage Deviljho is forever enraged, and in ''Iceborne'' this is especially true; it will never leave you alone, chasing you anywhere across the map and always being considered in its rage state. |
| 1009 | * TheUsurper: In ''World'', all of the common apex predators fall before this massive pickle via defeat in turf wars. |
| 1010 | * WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: Deviljho is already a violent and hungry monster, but if it indulges in cannibalism and eats another Deviljho, it overdoses on Dragon energy and the overwhelming power drives it mad(der). |
| 1011 | * TheWorfEffect: |
| 1012 | ** Subjected all the apex predators in the base version of World, aside from Bazelgeuse; Winds up on the receiving end of it though at the hands of the Greatest Jagras in its Event quest, |
| 1013 | ** While it doesn't die fighting it, and it looks fine in the aftermath, its fended off by Yian Garuga in Iceborne, causing it to leave in frustration, though it does do considerable harm back. |
| 1014 | * WrestlerInAllOfUs: How do you win a turf war against a Diablos? Grab him by the horn, followed by [[SuplexFinisher suplexing him]]. And the belt worn on Deviljho armor resembles a wrestling trophy belt; more noticeable on the male Blademaster armor, as well as the ones in ''World''. The outfit you can make for your Palico however, can turn it into a MaskedLuchador. |
| 1015 | [[/folder]] |
| 1016 | |
| 1017 | [[folder:Duramboros]] |
| 1018 | !! Duramboros ''(Dobolbelk)'' [-(variant: Rust Duramboros)-] |
| 1019 | !!! The Moving Mountain, Tail Hammer Wyvern [-(Axe Tail Wyvern)-] |
| 1020 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/monster_hunter_doboruberuku_9966.png]] |
| 1021 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Rust Duramboros]]\ |
| 1022 | https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dobosubspecies.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 1023 | |
| 1024 | ->[-'''Appearances:'''-] |
| 1025 | -->[-'''Nominate subspecies:'''\ |
| 1026 | ''Portable 3rd'', ''3 Ultimate''\ |
| 1027 | ''Generations'', ''Generations Ultimate''\ |
| 1028 | '''Rust subspecies:'''\ |
| 1029 | ''3 Ultimate''-] |
| 1030 | |
| 1031 | A massive bovid Brute Wyvern with horns, a rocky spine which can be mined for ore, and a huge tail it uses as a hammer. A desert-dwelling subspecies is introduced in ''3 Ultimate''. |
| 1032 | ---- |
| 1033 | * AchillesHeel: It's vulnerable to poison, and Pitfall Traps, Insect Glaive, and Aerial Style can be used to make its [[AttackItsWeakPoint humps]] more accessible. |
| 1034 | * {{Acrofatic}}: With clever application of its tail swing, it can ''take into the air and '''try to land on you'''''. Justified, as most of the time it's rather slow and is only agile when it uses its tail. |
| 1035 | * AttackItsWeakPoint: The humps on Duramboros' back are hard to reach, but once broken, they will take tremendous damage. This is made easier in ''Generations'' since you can mount it; a successful topple not only knocks it down but also damages its humps. Failing that, Gunner weapons, Insect Glaive's vault, and Aerial Style can shred its humps to death. |
| 1036 | * DamageSpongeBoss: Unlike other bosses of its size, who have really tough defenses, Duramboros instead has a massive pool of HP to get by with. |
| 1037 | * DireBeast: The Rust Duramboros has a variant that is many times larger than it already is. Keep in mind, the Rust Duramboros is already the size of a small house. The giant-sized variant is bigger than Akantor. Its tailcase alone is as big as a Rathalos. In any other game, this would be a ColossusClimb fight. |
| 1038 | * HairTriggerTemper: Is known for smashing and eating tree trunks, in a very wild fashion. |
| 1039 | * HerbivoresAreFriendly: Averted, it's quite mean-tempered. |
| 1040 | * MightyGlacier: It's one of the slowest Brute Wyverns in the series, but makes up for it with its massive HP pool. |
| 1041 | * {{Planimal}}: Sort of. Regular Duramboros does have a thick layer of moss around its body, but it's less of a case of Duramboros actually being part plant, and more of a case of it not being arsed (or possibly not ''able'') to remove it as it grows. |
| 1042 | * RareRandomDrop: Duram Tail Bones in Low Rank, Duram Sacrums in High Rank, and Durambolite in G Rank. |
| 1043 | * SpinAttack: Its signature move is using its massive tail in a hammer toss: it starts spinning, which can hit hunters on the edge of its spin repeatedly with its wide breadth, before throwing the tail up and slamming down with its entire massive body in an immense, tremor-causing slam. |
| 1044 | * StockAnimalDiet: They usually eat fallen tree trunks. |
| 1045 | * TacticalSuicideBoss: If a hunter successfully staggers its feet as it spins, or if it's exhausted as it starts the attack, the Duramboros will fall over and flail for a short while. Being knocked over on its side is the only way for non-ranged / non-aerial weapons to hit the immense weakpoint of the humps on its back without using a Pitfall Trap. |
| 1046 | [[/folder]] |
| 1047 | |
| 1048 | [[folder:Brachydios]] |
| 1049 | !! Brachydios ''(Bracchidios)'' [-(variant: Raging Brachydios)-] |
| 1050 | !!! Crushing Wyvern |
| 1051 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mhwi_brachydios_render_001_5.png]] |
| 1052 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Raging Brachydios]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mhwi_raging_brachydios_render_001_1.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 1053 | |
| 1054 | ->[-'''Appearances:'''-] |
| 1055 | -->[-'''Nominate subspecies:'''\ |
| 1056 | ''3 Ultimate''\ |
| 1057 | ''Monster Hunter 4'', ''4 Ultimate'', ''Generations'', ''Generations Ultimate''\ |
| 1058 | ''World: Iceborne''\ |
| 1059 | '''Raging variant:'''\ |
| 1060 | ''4 Ultimate'', ''Generations Ultimate''\ |
| 1061 | ''World: Iceborne''-] |
| 1062 | |
| 1063 | A deadly Brute Wyvern with large arms, a blunt horn and a mace-like tail. Brachydios has a symbiotic relationship with a slime mold that lives in and around its body. These slime can be seen on Brachydios's arms and horn. When in combat, Brachydios strikes with its arms and horns, which both damages its target and covers them in slime. The slime will explode, damaging the target even more. Agile and destructive, Brachydios is a dangerous bruiser that would give anyone who crosses it an explosive beat-down. ''4 Ultimate'' added the Raging Brachydios variant with a separate Icon, yet it does not have a separate name in-game from an ordinary Brachydios, much like the Savage Deviljho in ''3 Ultimate''. ''Explore'' features two variant, one that looks like [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Unit 01]] and another that has Ice powers. |
| 1064 | ---- |
| 1065 | * AscendedMeme: Yes, Raging's final phase in ''Iceborne'' has it basically going ''muda muda'', as a nod to its nickname [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure DIO]]. |
| 1066 | * TheBerserker: Once sufficiently pissed off or wounded, Raging Brachydios is aggressive to the point where it will actively harm its own body from its blasts if it means a chance of [[TakingYouWithMe blowing the opponent up with itself]]. |
| 1067 | * BlobMonster: Not exactly a slime, but Brachydios has a symbiotic relationship with an explosive slime mold. It’s a thin layer over Brachy’s entire body, but the mold is concentrated on its horn and arms. |
| 1068 | * CanonImmigrant: Like Zinogre and Deviljho, it appears in ''Frontier G8''. This contrasts the situation of the Hypnocatrice and Lavasioth, who originated in ''Frontier'' before being introduced to the main games. |
| 1069 | * ContractualBossImmunity: Raging Brachydios can't be captured just like the Elder Dragons. In ''4 Ultimate'' and ''Generations Ultimate'', it is impossible to place traps in its own habitat. Zigzagged in ''Iceborne'', it will flat out ignore traps when heading to the final area and traps are specifically disabled while it seals you in for a final battle; however, the Palico gadget Flashfly cage can still place down a trap at the right time and capture the monster. Doing so will lead to a Quest fail due to the quest being a ''Slay'' quest. Later however, a patch fixed this so that Raging Brachydios still couldn't be captured period. |
| 1070 | * CurbstompCushion: Brachydios's Turf Wars in ''World'' are all ties to varying degrees. |
| 1071 | ** Against Flying Wyverns like Rathalos or Azure Rathalos, Brachydios gets punished for missing its first punch against the nimbler Rathalos, who bites the Brute Wyvern until the latter grabs the Flying Wyvern and throws it over its shoulder. |
| 1072 | ** Against Fanged Wyverns like Odogaron and Zinogre, Brachydios actually gets the initiative and easily knocks them over by getting a hold of them with its jaw and dragging them into the ground, only for them to get back up and retaliate with either a bite (Odogaron) or a TailSlap (Zinogre). |
| 1073 | ** Against Tigrex and Brute Tigrex, Brachydios once again gains the initiative by charging its opponent and toppling it, but Tigrex takes advantage of the rollout between the two to get on top and pin Brachydios with a bite. |
| 1074 | * DamnYouMuscleMemory: If you think that Brachydios will be just like every other Brute Wyvern and just charge at you until the Popo come home, you're in for a rude awakening as it comes at you with dynamite punches with the level of finesse you'd expect from a boxer. |
| 1075 | * DelinquentHair: The crest atop its head is reminiscent of a rather long pompadour. |
| 1076 | * DevelopersForesight: It actually was possible to capture Raging Brachydios in ''Iceborne'' with the use of the Palico traps... too bad that the game says '''[[ExactWords slay]]''', not '''hunt''', so capturing it ended in failure just as slaying a capture target does. Later, this oversight was patched. |
| 1077 | * DuelToTheDeath: It is not possible to capture Raging Brachydios in any of the games it appeared. Traps cannot be put in its habitat from ''4 Ultimate'' and ''Generations Ultimate'' (Ingle Isle), so the only option left to complete the quest is to kill it. In ''Iceborne'', traps don't function in the monster's lair once it is sealed off and with no escape, even with a Farcaster, all battles are ultimately turned into cage match duels to the death. |
| 1078 | * GoodOldFisticuffs: Brachy [[StrongAndSkilled fights like a boxer]], dodging and weaving around attacks and expertly placing its punches where they’ll do the most damage. |
| 1079 | * HairTriggerExplosive: The Raging variant's slime is so volatile that hitting its head, arms, or tail a few times will cause an explosion that damages anyone unlucky enough to be nearby. Both variants will also prime their slime to explode immediately upon impact when enraged. |
| 1080 | * HavingABlast: The slime mold that Brachydios pals around with spreads its spores by exploding. |
| 1081 | * HelpfulMook: Of the accidental kind. Although friendly fire is present in the games, it's rarely very noticeable just because of how damage is calculated and applied when one monster's attacks accidentally hit the latter. Brachydios's explosions, however, are considerably more damaging to other monsters [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-h0WhwCU8c as seen here]]. Granted, there are other moves that are more damaging to other monsters, such as Rajang's electricity beam, but Brachydios's slime explosions play a part in nearly every move it can do, making it an ideal assistant in taking down other tough enemies. |
| 1082 | * HitboxDissonance: Ironically, the leap attack is more dangerous to the people beside him ''when he jumps'', because you take full damage from the liftoff part of the attack too. |
| 1083 | * AnIcePerson: The Iceblast Brachydios in ''Explore'' can cover the ground in ice and summon explosive icicles. |
| 1084 | * InASingleBound: Brachydios can make some incredible leaps, usually used to [[DeathFromAbove pummel or stomp]] [[GroundPunch you.]] |
| 1085 | * InfinityMinusOneSword: The weapons made from the Raging variant are only rivaled by that of Fatalis, boasting purple sharpness, very high raw damage, great Blast element and neutral affinity. |
| 1086 | * ItCanThink: In what may be one of the most prominent displays of intelligence by a monster, Raging Brachydios knowingly [[YouWillNotEvadeMe seals off the exits to its lair]] and ''[[TakingYouWithMe rigs the whole place to explode]]'' when near death. |
| 1087 | * KaizoTrap: Raging Brachydios in ''Iceborne''. When it retreats to its lair, instead of sleeping, it causes a massive explosion that seals the room, preventing players from escaping (not even Farcasters work). Additionally, its slime puddles will now deal damage to anyone standing on them. |
| 1088 | * {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7PlOxyMQks "Brave Icon"]], a heroic military march that denotes Brachydios' straightforward approach to fighting. An updated version of it, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dYYaBx946k "Brutish Indigo"]], plays in ''Iceborne'', augmenting the original with a full orchestra. During the third major update to ''Iceborne'', Raging Brachydios would get its own theme during its final phase, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39v0pjiPIPc "Brutish Indigo Rages"]], replacing the symphony with a powerful chorus and upping the tempo. |
| 1089 | * LightningBruiser: It's surprisingly nimble for its size, has the health you'd expect a strong monster to have, and its explosions pack quite a [[{{Pun}} punch]]. Combined with its [[StrongAndSkilled skill in combat,]] it’s something that most monsters generally don’t walk away from intact. Watch its ecology video as it tears an Agnaktor apart with its punches and slime. |
| 1090 | * {{Mascot}}: Of the Japanese version of ''3 Ultimate''. |
| 1091 | * MeaningfulName: "Brachydios" is likely a synthesis of the Latin root word "brachio-," arm, and "dios," largely associated with gods and the supernatural. "Dios" is also just the Spanish word for "god" or "deity." So...Arm God. |
| 1092 | * MightyGlacier: Raging Brachydios deals much more damage than the normal variant, but moves much slower as well. |
| 1093 | * NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: In case you need a reminder that the variant version is even more volatile and dangerous than the vanilla version, its name is '''Raging''' Brachydios. |
| 1094 | * ParentalNeglect: Brachydios tolerate the presence of their offspring, but won’t actively look after them, not even batting an eye when the soft-shelled youngsters accidentally blow themselves up trying to copy their parents. |
| 1095 | * PlayingAgainstType: {{Invoked|Trope}} by WordOfGod, which indicates that Brachydios was given developed arms and a punch-based fighting style in order to break Brute Wyverns out of the stereotype of being basic [[RammingAlwaysWorks charge-happy]] creatures. |
| 1096 | * PlayingWithFire: Not by itself, but some of Raging's slime can sometimes cause fireblight rather than blastblight. |
| 1097 | * PowerFist: WordOfGod says that those are actually talons covered beneath slime, which become visible once they are broken. |
| 1098 | * RareRandomDrop: Brach Marrow in Low Rank, Brach Gems in High Rank, and Brach Pallium in G Rank. Raging Brachydios has its own unique rare carve, the Immortal Reactor. |
| 1099 | * RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver While not ''evil'' (it ''is'' just a very large and dangerous animal) the Raging variant turns black once it shakes off most of its slime and closes off its lair in ''Iceborne'', giving it this look. |
| 1100 | * RequiredSecondaryPowers: Brachydios is the only monster that resists explosive damage, to the point where explosions just deal ScratchDamage to it. If it didn't, it would easily kill itself with its own explosions. However, this isn’t a trait it’s born with; juvenile Brachydios don’t have a shell hard enough to resist explosions, and will sometimes kill themselves by accident trying to copy their parents. |
| 1101 | * RidiculouslyCuteCritter: One of the AllThereInTheManual variety. [[http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/monsterhunter/images/5/53/Babybrachy.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20130128030235 Baby Brachydios]] are, for lack of a better term, frigging ''adorable''. |
| 1102 | * StrongAndSkilled: |
| 1103 | ** Brachy’s physical prowess and symbiotic relationship with [[StuffBlowingUp explosive slime mold]] are combined with actually being a highly intelligent and skilled fighter, resulting in a monster that’s simply too good at what it does to be challenged by things that aren’t Elder Dragons. |
| 1104 | ** Raging Brachydios weapons in ''Iceborne'' have 300 true raw damage, a sliver of purple sharpness, neutral affinity, decent blast damage, and a level 4 and 3 decoration slots. |
| 1105 | * SuperSpeed: In G-Rank starting with ''4 Ultimate'', Brachydios can "boxer sprint" at a frightening pace to catch up to you. You could be on the other side of the stage and stop to drink a potion, and Brachydios will be right in front of you before you're done drinking. |
| 1106 | * SwordAndFist: Downplayed; Besides its fists, it also uses its mace-like tail and head as blunt weapons occasionally. |
| 1107 | * TurnsRed: |
| 1108 | ** When Brachydios enters Rage Mode, the slime on its body turns Yellow, and skips straight to exploding when it hits the ground. Taken more literally with the Evangelion Brachydios. The Green parts of its body turn red, a halo appears over its back, and its (previously missing) tail mace suddenly grows back glowing red. In addition to the usual Rage Mode blasting, it also gains an ''[[DeflectorShields A.T. Field]]''. |
| 1109 | ** In ''Iceborne'', once Raging Brachydios is on its last legs, it'll lure players into its nest before entering a final rage mode that has its detonate everything in its body, turning it scorched and black while [[LastStand igniting the whole arena to trap hunters for one last brawl]]. In this mode, it'll fight even more ferociously and spread its Flashpoint Slime all over the place with each of its attacks, which no longer explodes naturally or inflicts Blastblight, but will cause continous tick damage on contact. Every so often, Brachydios will also let out an ear-splitting roar before causing ''all'' slime in the room to explode, which deals massive damage and a potential OneHitKill to unlucky hunters caught in it, but [[CastFromHitpoints deals equally huge damage to itself]]. |
| 1110 | * UniquenessDecay: In ''3 Ultimate'', it's the only monster that can cause Slimeblight, and most Slime weapons are made from its parts. In later games, Slime got renamed to Blast, there are more monsters that can inflict Blastblight, and there's a wider variety of Blast-elemental weapons. |
| 1111 | * TheWorfEffect: As confirmed by one of the skulls Nakarkos uses, it is one of its many prey items in ''Generations''. |
| 1112 | [[/folder]] |
| 1113 | |
| 1114 | !Fanged Wyverns |
| 1115 | |
| 1116 | [[folder:Zinogre]] |
| 1117 | !! Zinogre ''(Jinouga)'' [-(variants: Stygian Zinogre, Thunderlord Zinogre)-] |
| 1118 | !!! Thunder Wolf Wyvern, The Living Thunderstorm, The Usurper, Lord of Lightning / Hell Wolf Wyvern, Emperor of Hell / King of Thunder Wolves |
| 1119 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mhrise_zinogre_render_001.png]] |
| 1120 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Stygian Zinogre]]\ |
| 1121 | https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mhwi_stygian_zinogre_render_001_3.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 1122 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Thunderlord Zinogre]]\ |
| 1123 | https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mhgen_thunderlord_zinogre_render_001_4.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 1124 | |
| 1125 | ->[-'''Appearances:'''-] |
| 1126 | -->[-'''Nominate subspecies:'''\ |
| 1127 | ''Portable 3rd'', ''3 Ultimate''\ |
| 1128 | ''Monster Hunter 4'', ''4 Ultimate'', ''Generations'', ''Generations Ultimate''\ |
| 1129 | ''World: Iceborne'', ''Rise'', ''Rise: Sunbreak''\ |
| 1130 | '''Stygian subspecies:'''\ |
| 1131 | ''3 Ultimate''\ |
| 1132 | ''Monster Hunter 4'', ''4 Ultimate''\ |
| 1133 | ''World: Iceborne''\ |
| 1134 | '''Thunderlord deviant:'''\ |
| 1135 | ''Generations'', ''Generations Ultimate''-] |
| 1136 | |
| 1137 | ->''Look upon its prowess, its movement full of spark\ |
| 1138 | Its claws cut through the silence, its fangs bite through the dark\ |
| 1139 | Gaze upon perfection, thunder given form\ |
| 1140 | Either knock its lights out or die fighting the storm.'' |
| 1141 | |
| 1142 | A blue lupine monstrosity which can generate electricity and followed around by a horde of Mega Thunderbugs, otherwise known as Fulgurbugs. It tears apart foes using claw swipes, acrobatic moves, and a Rage Mode it can charge all by itself. ''3 Ultimate'' introduces a black-gray-red-scaled Subspecies with the Dragon element and a new ability to use Dracophage Bugs to attack Hunters. ''Generations'' adds the deviant Thunderlord Zinogre, who can shoot yellow electric attacks a la Rajang. |
| 1143 | ---- |
| 1144 | * AutobotsRockOut: The Zinogre's theme is one of the very few themes in Monster Hunter that contains the sounds of, appropriately, an ''electric guitar.'' Better yet, hunting horns that can be fashioned from Zinogre parts also look like said instrument. ''World'' added in weapon poses that, when done with a stringed hunting horn like the Zinogre one, will be accompanied by playing a cord on said horn. |
| 1145 | * BigDamnHeroes: In ''Sunbreak'', [[spoiler:an Apex Zinogre shows up during the fight against Amatsu, briefly fighting with the stronger Elder Dragon before being temporarily overpowered. This overpowering, however, [[NiceJobFixingItVillain allows for the player to mount an Apex monster]] for the first time ever.]] |
| 1146 | * BizarreAlienBiology: Downplayed, but worth discussing, especially given the graphical updates in ''World''. In its past appearances, the patterns on the backs of its spikes simply looked [[SpecialEffectsFailure odd and out of place]] thanks to the lack of proper detail. However, come ''Iceborne,'' we can finally see them for what they are: built-in Thunderbug/Dracophage bug hives. These, combined with its organs that absorb electricity (or the dragon element for Stygian Zingore) rather than generating it, allow Zinogre a unique and well-explained arsenal of Thunder/Dragon attacks. |
| 1147 | * BulletHell: The Stygian variant releases blobs of Dracophage Bugs with almost every attack when supercharged, and each blob calls down a red bolt of Dragon energy after appearing. Once it enters rage mode, the area is almost always coated in the insects, save for some small gaps you can use to stay safe. |
| 1148 | * BlackKnight: Stygian Zinogre armor evokes this image, especially with integrated WolverineClaws and [[BladeBelowTheShoulder forearm blades]] on some variations of the gauntlets. |
| 1149 | * BreakoutCharacter: Zinogre's popularity has caused it to appear in many spinoffs such as ''Frontier'' and ''Online'', gain multiple variants, and get hyped up whenever it makes a new appearance in general. It was one of the most requested monsters for ''Iceborne'', and lo and behold, it was the final monster announced for the expansion prior to its release. |
| 1150 | * CanisMajor: This wolf is as big as a truck. |
| 1151 | * CanonImmigrant: It makes a debut appearance in ''Frontier G8'' as a monster hailing from the main series, contrasting ''Unite's'' Lavasioth and Hypnocatrice who are {{Canon Foreigner}}s hailing from ''Frontier''. |
| 1152 | * CounterAttack: Don't be too aggressive when attacking a toppled G Rank Zinogre, as it will perform a spin kick right after getting up. |
| 1153 | * CurbstompCushion: All of its Turf Wars in ''Icerborne'' are ties because Zinogre gets punished for failing to land the first hit on its opponent, but makes up for it by quickly getting back on its feet and slapping the enemy away with its tail. |
| 1154 | * DamnYouMuscleMemory: Anyone who thinks that Stygian Zinogre must be weak to the Dragon element just because it controls it is going to be in for a [[NoSell big]] [[FeedItWithFire surprise]]. |
| 1155 | * DanceBattler: Zinogre is one of the most acrobatic monsters across the series, and its attacks greatly resemble breakdancing moves. |
| 1156 | * DiscardAndDraw: Stygian Zinogre loses the immunity to shock traps, but gains increased powerup speed instead to Dragon Elemental weapons. |
| 1157 | * DiscOneFinalBoss: Of ''Portable 3rd''. [[spoiler: Even its introduction quest in ''Iceborne'' ends up being this, as the quest leads to the introduction of Safi'jiiva.]] |
| 1158 | * DragonsAreDemonic: Stygian Zinogre mixes this trope along with {{Hellhound}}. |
| 1159 | * TheDragonslayer: Many of Stygian Zinogre's carves and weapons are described as being feared by dragons. This is integrated into the gameplay, too; while most monsters that use the dragon element [[TakesOneToKillOne are also weak to it]], Stygian Zinogre takes no damage from the dragon element at all, its weapons deal dragon elemental damage, and its armor is tremendously resistant to dragon attacks. This is exemplified in ''Iceborne'', as the Stygian α+ set comes with '''Dragon Attack Lv 3''' and '''Elderseal Boost Lv 1'''. |
| 1160 | * TheDreaded: As demonstrated in its ecology video, its presence alone is so intimidating that even [[BearsAreBadNews an Arzuros]] had to drop its honey and bail at the first sight of this fearsome wolf-like creature. |
| 1161 | * EvilCounterpart: It's a graceful monster that likes to jump around and utilize DeathFromAbove who uses the BigCreepyCrawlies it lives in a symbiotic relationship with to attack, much like Insect Glaive users and their Kinsects. Subverted in that it's not actually ''evil'' (it ''is'' just an animal, after all.) |
| 1162 | * FeedItWithFire: Stygian Zinogre will charge up faster if you hit it with a Dragon-element weapon. |
| 1163 | * FlunkyBoss: |
| 1164 | ** Zinogre are never seen without a cadre of Thunderbugs, while the Stygian Zinogre hosts Dracophage Bugs. Both insects are used to charge the Zinogre, as projectiles fired out in wide arcs or as delayed aimed shots, and can be caught as as loot. Zinogre's symbiois with Thunderbugs is because the latter are the main prey of Gargwas... and Gargwas happen to be Zinogre’s favorite meal. So the symbiotic relationship between Zinogre and the Thunderbugs isn’t solely for Zinogre’s benefit; the Thunderbugs themselves are safe from predation, and if any Gargwa IS [[TooDumbToLive dumb enough]] to try eating Thunderbugs that are close to a Zinogre, it’s the Gargwa that’s likely to be eaten instead. |
| 1165 | ** In G-Rank in ''4U'', Stygian Zinogre will release Dracophage Bugs with every significant movement of its body when in full rage. Apex Zinogre from the same game picks up the same trick, but the Apex-affected Fulgurbugs change to continuously homing in on a hunter for several seconds. Since in fourth generation Zinogre is fond of long combos with notable ending lag, the bugs effectively become constant cover fire. |
| 1166 | * {{Foil}}: Zinogre is a literal wolf to contrast Yian Garuga's metaphorical wolf, and both are the only launch monsters to be exclusive to the Guiding Lands. They even tie in turf wars. |
| 1167 | * ForceAndFinesse: |
| 1168 | ** Stygian Zinogre is the force to Ebony Odogaron's finesse, having similar power/speed contrast, though both are fairly ferocious, making this downplayed compared to Mitzutsune. |
| 1169 | ** It's the finesse to Rajang's force however, being far more controlled than the gorilla and more focused on lightning attacks, but is not as physically strong. It even extends to their weapons, as Zinogre weapons have average raw damage and a lvl2 decoration slot, but superb elemental damage, natural white sharpness that reaches purple with handicraft, and neutral affinity while Rajang's weapons have superb raw damage and a lvl4 decoration slot, but poor elemental damage, low natural sharpness that hits white with handicraft, and negative affinity. |
| 1170 | * GameplayAndStorySegregation: Stygian Zinogre is considered a Tier 3 monster in ''Iceborne'', something normally reserved for Elder Dragons and Elder Dragon-tier threats, yet not only does it not have any turf wars against them, it is treated as the same as the nominate species and draws a tie against many Tier 2 monsters such as Rathalos and Yian Garuga. |
| 1171 | * GlassCannon: When fully charged they're faster and deal more damage, but more vulnerable as well. |
| 1172 | * GlowingEyesOfDoom: In ''Rise'', once Zingore's sufficiently charged up, his eyes glow with an intense shade of blue electricity. |
| 1173 | * GoldColoredSuperiority: One of Zinogre's color is gold, fitting as it is currently the strongest Fanged Wyvern. Thunderlord Zinogre is this for the species as a whole as it is much stronger than a normal one. |
| 1174 | * GoldenSuperMode: Thunderlord Zinogre can charge up even further, turning its body and electricity golden. In this state, its forearms become tougher and some its attacks are guaranteed stuns. |
| 1175 | * GreenAndMean: The Thunderlord deviant. |
| 1176 | * {{Hellhound}}: WordOfGod says the Stygian Zinogre was designed to have the presence and attitude of one. |
| 1177 | * TheImmune: In a departure from other monsters that use the Dragon element, Stygian Zinogre is ''completely immune'' to the Dragon element on account of the element not being its own properly, but rather supplied by the Dracophage Bugs drawn to it because it eats Dragonfell Berries. Rather tellingly, when it has fully charged up, any elemental damage to its back (where the bugs are primarily focused) is completely negated. |
| 1178 | * InASingleBound: It was acrobatic already, but when ''Generations'' gave it a habitat with cliffs for area transitions, it handled them by leaping skyward. |
| 1179 | * {{Irony}}: Despite its title as TheUsurper, [[spoiler:Zinogre itself had its territory usurped from it by Amatsu]]. |
| 1180 | * {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auE4CYwszco "Sparkling Blue Light"]]. Unlike most monster themes, Zinogre's motif stands out for combining wild shamisen strums (a nod to its {{Raiju}} inspiration) with the power of an [[AutobotsRockOut electric guitar]], fittingly enough for something that controls lightning and fights like a breakdancer. ''Iceborne'' would see its theme updated into [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLNGQiOK8B0 "Spark of Blue"]], backing the original track with a full orchestra, and should the player mount it, the theme will be backed up with ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oY9rue5p2Tw heavy metal drumming.]]'' |
| 1181 | * LightningBruiser: It's strong and VERY agile, able to even do spinning moves on one hand similar to a breakdancer. It also has above average HP as well. [[{{Pun}} And it also uses lightning]]! |
| 1182 | * LogicalWeakness: Both the regular and Stygian versions use insects to charge up their power (Fulgurbugs for vanilla, Dracophage Bugs for Stygian), so using a simple bug net to catch them off its back while it's tripped simultaneously decreases its charge while [[{{Pun}} netting]] you some bugs. |
| 1183 | * {{Mascot}}: Of ''Portable 3rd''. |
| 1184 | * MixAndMatchCritters: It is equal parts dragon (the hide and the majesty) and wolf (overall look). |
| 1185 | * MsFanservice: Not the monster, but surprisingly, the female armor made from it parts. Male Zinogre armor looks exactly like what one would expect, being a full armor resembling the wolf, but the female armor shows the midriff and some leg/thigh. |
| 1186 | * NiceJobBreakingItHero: Using a shock trap on a Zinogre will cause it to be fully charged when it breaks free. And in the case of a charged Zinogre... |
| 1187 | * NoSell: Using shock traps on a charged Zinogre is pointless, as they will just destroy the trap and not even get slowed down. Averted with Stygian Zinogre, since it uses dragon-type attacks and thus ''is'' vulnerable to shock traps; [[NiceJobBreakingItHero it charges up faster whenever it gets hit by Dragon-element attacks instead]]. |
| 1188 | * NobleWolf: Zinogre inspires a sense of awe with its large stature and tendency to make slow walks, but it's still a very dangerous monster. |
| 1189 | * OurDragonsAreDifferent: While Zinogre is mainly based on a wolf, it has scaly reptilian skin to remind you that it's a Fanged Wyvern, not a Fanged Beast. Stygian Zinogre drops the pretense and uses Dragon elemental attacks. |
| 1190 | * ThePowerOfRock: Zinogre-based Hunting Horns are designed like electric guitars, and produce rock riffs when used. |
| 1191 | * PreciousPuppies: [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/monsterhunter/images/0/0c/Jinouga_Scan_5.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20110330035352 Juvenile Zinogre]] are fluffier than the adults, to help them get used to harboring Thunderbugs. |
| 1192 | * RareRandomDrop: |
| 1193 | ** Zinogre has Zinogre Plates in Low Rank, Zinogre Jaspers in High Rank, and Zinogre Skymeralds in G Rank. |
| 1194 | ** Stygian Zinogre has S. Zinogre Umbrages in High Rank and S. Zinogre Skymeralds in G Rank. |
| 1195 | * RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: The subspecies has a black and red color theme rather than the gold/teal one. |
| 1196 | * RedRightHand: The Thunderlord deviant has a characteristic enlarged right horn. |
| 1197 | * {{Samurai}}: All versions of the Zinogre and Stygian Zinogre armor sets resemble Japanese samurai armor. |
| 1198 | * SavageWolves: It's quite vicious in battle, and even has a pin attack where it eats the hunter alive. |
| 1199 | * ShockAndAwe: The normal species. |
| 1200 | * ShoutOut: |
| 1201 | ** Appropriately for a lupine-looking wyvern, it has several moves that evoke [[VideoGame/FatalFury the legendary Hungry Wolf from Southtown]], including a spinning handstand tail swipe, a backflip tail slam, a forward shoulder tackle, a GroundPound that unleashes a rising energy blast, and a [[DeathFromAbove leaping dunk attack]]. It even does the Buster Wolf when it's fully charged![[note]]Specifically, the pounce move where it rears up on its hind legs and charges a short distance forward, accompanied by a blast of lightning.[[/note]] |
| 1202 | ** Stygian Zinogre in ''World'' continues the fighting game shoutouts. Specifically, it ends its rage mode with a [[Franchise/StreetFighter Psycho Crusher]]. |
| 1203 | ** Thunderlord Zinogre can use an electrically charged [[Franchise/StreetFighter somersault tail swipe]] that even has a golden crescent slash effect. |
| 1204 | ** Unlike most other monsters, Zinogre can willingly induce a rage mode by sitting still and powering up. After powering up enough, [[Franchise/DragonBall the fur on its body spikes upwards and its whole body glows with power whilst wrapped in electric currents]]. |
| 1205 | ** The Stygian Zinogre's appearance bears a striking resemblance to the Berserker Armor wielded by [[AntiHero Guts]], the main character of ''Manga/{{Berserk}}''. The '''Stygian Zin β+''' armor you make from its parts even has the helmet somewhat. |
| 1206 | * TheSlowWalk: They occasionally start walking menacingly towards the player, and the Stygian Zinogre summons thunderbolts around itself as it walks. |
| 1207 | * SpectacularSpinning: Uses backflips to crush hunters with its tail, performs breakdancer-style handstand attacks, [[RuleOfThree and]] launches projectiles using somersaults. |
| 1208 | * SpikesOfDoom: Generates these on its feet and spine when provoked. |
| 1209 | * StanceSystem: The Thunderlord deviant has two different levels of charge, each filling a different niche; the first level of charge emphasizes speed and aggression over power, and the second level of charge emphasizes [[MightyGlacier power and range over speed]]. It can shift between these phases by building up power (the second charge) or releasing it with a supernova-like explosion (the first charge). |
| 1210 | * StockAnimalDiet: It feeds on Gargwas, incidentally protecting the Thunderbugs it’s symbiotic with. |
| 1211 | * SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: |
| 1212 | ** For lack of underwater combat in ''Portable 3rd'', the Zinogre fills in the role of the Lagiacrus. Averted in ''3 Ultimate'' where they both appear. |
| 1213 | ** In the third generation overall, it's this to Rajang, both Berserker-esque monsters who have a SuperMode involving Lightning reminiscent of Saiyans in ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', in addition to both monster based off of the {{Raiju}}. Like with Lagiacrus, this would be averted later, as both monsters show up in ''4''. |
| 1214 | * TacticalSuicideBoss: Once depowered, it will eventually go through a lengthy recharging process. This allots you a sizable window to wail on it (preferably its head, which may interrupt its charging) or, as of ''Iceborne'', slap it in the face a couple times with the Clutch Claw and toss it into a wall with a Flinch Shot. Averted in ''Rise'', as Zingore's now able to charge itself during regular attacks, and no longer needs to stand in place to do so. |
| 1215 | * TookALevelInBadass: Zinogre gained quite a few new tricks in ''Rise''; most notably, it can now follow up most of its moves by charging up its power, which is signified by Fulgurbugs coming out of it when it does so, and when fully powered, it can follow up its hip-check with a charged front step attack, a move which, in previous games, Zinogre could only do in High-Rank and above. It can now also pull a page out of Kirin's book by summoning a series of lightning bolts in front of its head. |
| 1216 | * TurnsRed: Zinogre are unique in that they can charge up their own Rage Mode by summoning Mega Thunderbugs. Once it is sufficiently charged, they summon forth a thunderbolt to energize them, giving them the ability to generate lightning. On top of that, Zinogre has a traditional rage mode that can only be activated when fully charged, in which it glows blue for regular Zinogre and red for Stygian. Thunderlord Zinogre is in its charged state by default, and can charge up even further. |
| 1217 | * UniquenessDecay: |
| 1218 | ** From its debut and up through the various entries of the 4th generation, Zinogre was part of the set of monsters with the distinction of being the only members of their class, Fanged Wyvern specifically in this case (the other being Nerscylla as the sole Temnoceran, until ''Rise'' added Rakna-Kadaki). ''World'' would go on to add several new monsters to the classification all at once, including two which would essentially split the makeup of Zinogre itself - Tobi-Kadachi gets its element typing, while Odogaron gets its canine features and strength. ''Rise'' would also add Magnamalo to the list. |
| 1219 | ** Inverted, in a sense. Apex monsters can't be knocked into a Wyvern Riding state period in ''Rise'' and ''Sunbreak'', until the latter allowed Apex Zingore to do so under one very specific circumstance: [[spoiler:facing off against [[TheRival Amatsu]] in a Turf War, with Zingore's presence requiring Utsushi as a Follower]]. |
| 1220 | * UnstoppableRage: Once Zinogre becomes fully charged, it will stay that way until players stagger it enough times. While this means players can't wait for it to calm down like most monsters, it also means that Zinogre can be forced out of its second rage mode if it's staggered enough. |
| 1221 | * TheUsurper: Where the Stygian Zinogre carries TheDragonslayer as a primary theme in the weaponry and armor that can be crafted from it, this is the theme of the standard Zinogre. Likely to posit it as a direct rival to the Rathalos and Rathian, the King and Queen respectively, ''both'' of whom share a harsh weakness to lightning (as well as Dragon). Fittingly, every first-tier Zinogre weapon has "Usurper's" in their name (Usurper's Storm, Usurper's Boltslicer, Usurper's Crime, etc.). |
| 1222 | * TheWorfEffect: ''Sunbreak'' has a Zinogre take on a Scorned Magnamalo in it's introductory cutscene and while the two Fanged Wyverns are fairly evenly matched at first, the Zinogre is quickly cut down with a [[SingleStrokeBattle single blow]] from Scorned Magnamalo's arm blade once the latter enters it's [[SuperMode powered up state]]. |
| 1223 | * YellowLightningBlueLightning: It creates bright blue lightning with yellow cores. [[ColorCodedForYourConvenience It's even colored blue And yellow]] to let you know that it's electric to boot. Thunderlord Zinogre uses green and later gold lightning. Stygian Zinogre uses Dragon-elemental lightning that's red and black. ''Rise'''s Apex Zinogre also uses gold lightning. |
| 1224 | * {{Youkai}}: Much like the Rajang, it's based on the {{Raiju}}. It's a Thunder-type monster, can appear like a ball of Thunder/Fire, has yellow and blue fur, and looks like one of the described forms of a Raiju, namely as a Wolf. |
| 1225 | [[/folder]] |
| 1226 | |
| 1227 | !Elder Dragons |
| 1228 | |
| 1229 | [[folder:Ceadeus]] |
| 1230 | !! Ceadeus ''(Nabaldeus)'' [-(variant: Goldbeard Ceadeus)-] |
| 1231 | !!! Ocean Dragon, Moon in the Water / Emperor Ocean Dragon, Surpasser of Gods |
| 1232 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/monster_hunter_ceadeus_5031.png]] |
| 1233 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Goldbeard Ceadeus]]\ |
| 1234 | https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mh3u_goldbeard_ceadeus_render_001.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 1235 | |
| 1236 | ->[-'''Appearances:'''-] |
| 1237 | -->[-'''Nominate subspecies:'''\ |
| 1238 | ''Monster Hunter 3'', ''3 Ultimate''\ |
| 1239 | '''Goldbeard subspecies:'''\ |
| 1240 | ''3 Ultimate''-] |
| 1241 | |
| 1242 | An enormous, whale-like Elder Dragon with a pair of massive horns, one of which is larger and covering its eye. ''3 Ultimate'' introduces an older, golden subspecies, now with both eyes covered by horns. |
| 1243 | ---- |
| 1244 | * AnimalJingoism: While the two have yet to appear in the same game, it's been revealed that Ceadeus and Nakarkos (Who take inspiration from whales and cephalopods respectively) are natural enemies, each known to be willing to eat the other (though Nakarkos only goes after young Ceadeus). |
| 1245 | * BreathWeapon: Borders on being an out-and-out WaveMotionGun, wherein Ceadeus takes the "wave" part literally, sucking in a massive amount of water and blasting it back out at you like a geyser on steroids. |
| 1246 | * ColossusClimb: While it's certainly big enough, the entire fight is spent underwater, so you're swimming ''around'' it instead of climbing it. |
| 1247 | * ContractualBossImmunity: Is not vulnerable to any status effects. He also can't be captured. |
| 1248 | * CowardlyBoss: When you can fight Ceadeus freely -- as in during a non-Urgent Quest -- you don't have to kill it, and chances are you won't, as it flees after 30 minutes. It usually takes two or three hunts to finally kill. |
| 1249 | * DamageSpongeBoss: Goldbeard Ceadeus is a different story; it doesn't carry over any damage sustained between non-abandoned attempts, so you ''must'' kill it in less than 50 minutes. If you don't have the best possible weapons, this limit is very pressing. |
| 1250 | * DeathFromAbove: One of Goldbeard Ceadeus's deadliest attacks is swimming up to the top of the arena and firing a water beam aimed ''directly'' at you. Only use of a Farcaster will let you avoid it in solo. |
| 1251 | * DiscOneFinalBoss: |
| 1252 | ** Of ''3 Ultimate''[='=]s Moga Village. Beating him will unlock the high rank chapters, which in total have more quests than the low rank ones. |
| 1253 | ** Goldbeard Ceadeus appears as part of the Urgent Quest needed to unlock G Rank quests. |
| 1254 | * DragonsAreDivine: Ceadeus is visually striking and dazzling to behold, all [[GoldAndWhiteAreDivine golds and whites]], with a surprising grace for its immense size. Sure, [[LightIsNotGood it’s a territorial animal,]] but it’s truly a majestic creature. |
| 1255 | * EyeScream: Trying to alleviate the pain of one horn overgrowing over an eye is [[spoiler:the true reason for Moga's earthquakes]]. Goldbeard has it worse; ''both'' of its eyes have been covered by the horns. |
| 1256 | * FinalBoss: Of ''3's'' offline storyline. It turns out to be [[spoiler:the true responsible for the earthquakes in Moga Village, and defeating it is the only way to prevent a permanent evacuation of its inhabitants]]. |
| 1257 | * GentleGiant: Surprisingly, despite being the final boss of ''3''. It's by far the least aggressive monster through the entirety of the main campaign, at least until it gets enraged and phase 2 begins. |
| 1258 | * GoldColoredSuperiority: Goldbeard Ceadeus is ''much'' more of a threat than regular Ceadeus. |
| 1259 | * HitboxDissonance: Any attack Ceadeus does that isn't a TailSlap or the [[WaveMotionGun water cannon]] turns its [[CollisionDamage entire body into a hitbox]]. If it's aiming for you, chances are you'll be hit by the horns more than anything else. |
| 1260 | * {{Leitmotif}}: ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHQXMflSDcY Lunar Abyss]]'' and ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFYYhtBpX_0 Moonquake]]''. |
| 1261 | * MakingASplash: Though it can also inflict Dragon-type damage, Ceadeus primarily attacks with a huge water current. |
| 1262 | * MightyGlacier: It has large amounts of health and hits hard, but moves slowly. |
| 1263 | * MixAndMatchCritters: A combination of a humpback whale, a serpent, a goat, and a water buffalo. Or a Kaiju version of Capricorn. |
| 1264 | * MovesetClone: Shares a lot of its physical attacks with Lagiacrus (and by extension, Royal Ludroth). |
| 1265 | * NonMaliciousMonster: Ceadeus is only causing problems by accident, in an attempt to alleviate its [[EyeScream discomfort with its overgrown horn.]] It barely notices the Hunters slowly poking it to death, and until the final phase it couldn’t care less about them. Averted with Goldbeard; it’s crankier and more aggressive than the base species, and more likely to attack without provocation. |
| 1266 | * NonstandardGameOver: In the Urgent Quest for the main storyline, you must break Ceadeus' furry mane before it gets to the end of Area 2, or you will fail the mission. In the battle's second phase during the Urgent Quest, you must also break Ceadeus' horns within the mission time limit, or you will again fail. However, any damage it's sustained will carry over to subsequent attempts until it's killed, downplaying this trope. |
| 1267 | * OhCrap: Cha-Cha evidently had this reaction once he found Ceadeus on his solo expedition to the Underwater Ruins, [[spoiler:as does Moga Village when they realize what's ''really'' causing the earthquakes]]. |
| 1268 | * PowerGlows: It's not immediately obvious, but the entire body of the Ceadeus glows a faint bluish white, as shown in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsuMJu6lekQ "Everyone So Big-Big!"]] video. Overlaps with BioluminescenceIsCool once the creature goes into Rage Mode and the scutes on its underbelly light up. There's a good reason this thing is called [[RedBaron "The Moon In The Water"]], after all. |
| 1269 | * RareRandomDrop: Deep Dragongems for Ceadeus and Dark Dragongems for Goldbeard Ceadeus. |
| 1270 | * SequentialBoss: Vanilla Ceadeus in offline mode has two phases. In the first, it's on rails and treats you like no more than an annoying fly as you swim around to damage it. In its second phase -- when it reaches Area 3 -- [[RageBreakingPoint it's notably more pissed off]] [[TurnsRed and decides to stop taking your shit.]] Goldbeard Ceadeus, on the other hand, immediately engages you in Area 3 at the start of the quest. |
| 1271 | * StoneWall: Vanilla Ceadeus is mostly passive during the first phase of the battle with it, and will rarely attack you directly unless you anger it. However, it may occasionally attack you deliberately in the first two areas of the Underwater Ruin, even when it's not enraged. |
| 1272 | * SuckingInLines: Sucking in ''water'' really, but it doesn't make the [[WaveMotionGun following attack]] any less devastating. |
| 1273 | * SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: To Lao-Shan Lung. Both are colossal Elder Dragons fought as they advance through their respective stages, all while the creature barely pays you any mind. The path taken in both fights are mirrors of each other though: with hunters attempting to divert Lao away from a fortress while in contrast trying to drive Ceadeus back to its nest. |
| 1274 | * TailSlap: And considering the size of its tail, it's no joke. |
| 1275 | * TimeLimitBoss: Whereas vanilla Ceadeus plays with the trope (as long as you get past the first phase at least once, you can continuously retry the fight from the second phase if time runs out), it's played straight with Goldbeard Ceadeus. Players who think it will carry over damage from failed attempts are in for a rude awakening, as its entire health must be depleted in one go. On the plus side, you can bring along a full party instead of taking it on alone, but if you're playing the 3DS version but don't have the packet relay tool for [=WiiU=] or have local hunting buddies, [[DamageSpongeBoss well...]] |
| 1276 | * TinyHeadedBehemoth: Its head is disproportionately small compared to its long body. |
| 1277 | * UnderwaterBossBattle: Ceadeus can only be found and fought in the Underwater Ruins, so its battle is of this type. The involved quest even requires you to equip either Cha-Cha or Kayamba with the Ancient Mask (which provides oxygen refills periodically) before starting it. |
| 1278 | * VillainDecay: It went from being a 6-star monster in ''Tri'' to a 5-star monster in ''3U''. The Goldbeard subspecies has a 6 star rating, however. |
| 1279 | * WalkingSpoiler: It is the true culprit of the Moga earthquakes, but for most of the Low Rank village campaign you're led to believe that the Lagiacrus was behind them. You don't find out about this monster until after you've defeated the Lagiacrus. |
| 1280 | [[/folder]] |
| 1281 | |
| 1282 | [[folder:Jhen Mohran]] |
| 1283 | !! Jhen Mohran [-(variant: Hallowed Jhen Mohran)-] |
| 1284 | !!! Crest Mountain Dragon / Soul Mountain Dragon |
| 1285 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/monster_hunter_jhen_mohran_1856.png]] |
| 1286 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Hallowed Jhen Mohran]]\ |
| 1287 | https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mh3u_hallowed_jhen_mohran_render_001.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 1288 | |
| 1289 | |
| 1290 | ->[-'''Appearances:'''-] |
| 1291 | -->[-'''Nominate subspecies:'''\ |
| 1292 | ''Monster Hunter 3'', ''Portable 3rd'', ''3 Ultimate''\ |
| 1293 | '''Hallowed subspecies:'''\ |
| 1294 | ''3 Ultimate''-] |
| 1295 | |
| 1296 | A colossal Elder Dragon, the Jhen Mohran swims through the sands of the Great Desert like a whale travels through the ocean. Its massive size requires the use of sand-ships armed with cannons and ballista to bring it down. It first shows up in a high-ranking Event Quest. ''3 Ultimate'' introduces a purple-spined subspecies with a more aggressive stance. |
| 1297 | ---- |
| 1298 | * AchillesHeel: The Dragonator is very effective in dishing considerable damage, but suffers from a slow charging rate, so the player must be ''really'' tactical as to when to use it. |
| 1299 | * {{Acrofatic}}: Despite its size, it can breach ''over the Sandship''. |
| 1300 | * AdvancingBossOfDoom: In the second phase. |
| 1301 | * AttackItsWeakPoint: It has two cracked sections on its back that can be destroyed, and its tongue is highly weak to damage if you manage to knock it over. |
| 1302 | * BackgroundBoss: Played with -- straight in some segments of the first half, where you had to shoot at it from afar with cannonballs, ballistae, and harpoons, as well as the occasional Dragonator. Subverted in both other parts of the first half, when you can attack the Jhen Mohran's spines, and the entirety of the second half, where you can run up to it and directly attack it (though you can still use the Sandship weapons if you so choose). |
| 1303 | * TheBadGuyWins: In ''Tri'', the online Loc Lac City would be hit with a several-day sandstorm every few weeks, heralding the appearance and assault of the Jhen Mohran (and providing quests to fight the High Rank Jhen). The sandstorms appeared and lasted for the week before the servers shut down and Loc Lac became unavailable -- leaving the implication that the migration of moving mountains successfully destroyed the city. |
| 1304 | * ColossusClimb: You can jump on its back to attack it, or to mine minerals off of it. |
| 1305 | * DamageSpongeBoss: It has so much HP that unless you manage to land the Dragonator in the first phase and attack constantly in the second, you will ''not'' kill it solo. |
| 1306 | * DamnYouMuscleMemory: Unless brought into the fight by a friend, many players will probably have fought Ceadeus before Jhen, and will thus think the Sandship's Dragonator is the same as the one in the Underwater Ruins, being a row of spikes that would logically come out of the side of the Sandship. '''It isn't'''; ''this'' Dragonator is a [[ThisIsADrill drill]] on the ''front'' of the ship that is only to be used when Jhen tries to ram the ship head-on in the first phase, and to plow into its gut if it gets too close to the Sandship in the second phase. |
| 1307 | * DishingOutDirt: Similar to Nibelsnarf, Hallowed Jhen Mohran can absorb a large amount of sand with its large mouth and then proceed to shoot it in the form of a horizontal hurricane. It deals ''a lot'' of damage, both to the hunters and to the sandship. |
| 1308 | * DragonsAreDivine: '''[[MeaningfulName Hallowed]]''' Jhen Mohran. |
| 1309 | * EscortMission: You have to stop some of Jhen's attacks because they actually damage the Sandship; allowing it to be destroyed results in a quest failure. |
| 1310 | * FangsAreEvil: And boy, are they ''big'' (minus the "evil" part; it's an animal, after all). |
| 1311 | * FlunkyBoss: Delex follow it and will attack the player if they get the chance. |
| 1312 | * GimmickLevel: The fight with Jhen Mohran proceeds ''much'' differently than normal large monster fights, to say the least. |
| 1313 | * HoldTheLine: If the time limit runs out, it will leave (i.e. get repelled, as the quest requirement is "Slay a Jhen Mohran ''or repel it''") and the quest will be counted as completed anyways. Don't think you can just dillydally, though, as it will continously advance towards and attack the Dragonship if left unchecked. |
| 1314 | * {{Leitmotif}}: ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXjc8b_hs0k The Ridge Floating in the Sandsea]]'' and ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0l2QsuQvdWg Assaulted Great Gong]]'', also shared with Dah'ren Mohran. |
| 1315 | * MightyGlacier: It moves sluggishly and uses slow attacks that have massive tells, but they hit ''hard'' and wide, and it has the durability of a moving mountain. |
| 1316 | * MixAndMatchCritters: Jhen Mohran is what happens when you cross a crocodile, a shark, and a whale and give it two narwhal tusks. |
| 1317 | * NonStandardGameOver: If it destroys the Dragonship, QUEST FAILED. |
| 1318 | * PurpleIsPowerful: Hallowed Jhen Mohran has a purplish tint and is one of the game's strongest monsters. |
| 1319 | * RareRandomDrop: Earth Dragongems in High Rank and Earth Dragonsphires in G Rank, shared with Dah'ren Mohran. |
| 1320 | * ReadingsAreOffTheScale: Like the Ceadeus family, it's so big that it has ''no in-game length measurement.'' Officially, it's about 110 meters long. |
| 1321 | * RedOniBlueOni: The blue to Dah’ren Mohran’s red. Dah’ren is [[HairTriggerTemper irritable and aggressive,]] while Jhen is a [[NonMaliciousMonster very peaceful creature.]] |
| 1322 | * SandIsWater: Despite its massive size, it can swim through the sand as easily as a whale in seawater. |
| 1323 | * SequentialBoss: Two phases. The first is a Sandship chase, and the second is a land-based fight. |
| 1324 | * {{Superboss}}: Hallowed Jhen Mohran can only be encountered after defeating (slaying or capturing; repelling doesn't count) every large monster except Abyssal Lagiacrus, Lucent Nargacuga, and Savage Deviljho. |
| 1325 | * TemporaryOnlineContent: Can no longer be fought in ''Tri'' due to the online servers shutting down. |
| 1326 | [[/folder]] |
| 1327 | |
| 1328 | [[folder:Alatreon]] |
| 1329 | !! Alatreon ''(Albatrion)'' |
| 1330 | !!!Blazing Black Dragon |
| 1331 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mhwi_alatreon_render_001.png]] |
| 1332 | |
| 1333 | ->[-'''Appearances:'''\ |
| 1334 | ''Monster Hunter 3'', ''Portable 3rd'', ''3 Ultimate''\ |
| 1335 | ''Generations'', ''Generations Ultimate''\ |
| 1336 | ''World: Iceborne''-] |
| 1337 | |
| 1338 | An immense flying Elder Dragon whose scales are said to shred anything they touch. They can wield all five elements simultaneously and are considered living natural disasters whose very presence can affect the weather. It resides in a large caldera called the "Sacred Land", often destroying ships that pass by.\ |
| 1339 | \ |
| 1340 | Alatreon returns in ''Monster Hunter World: Iceborne'' as part of the fourth Title Update, showing up in the New World some time after the Commission initially repelled Safi'jiiva. The mere rumours of its presence force the Commission to quickly investigate and take action against it before it can even gain a foothold in the New World. |
| 1341 | ---- |
| 1342 | * AchillesHeel: In ''Tri'', it will only start flying after charging its horns with electricity, and staggering the head will prevent it from ascending: destroying the horns entirely prevents it from accessing its flight mode. It is weak to sleep and paralysis ailments as well. |
| 1343 | * AllYourPowersCombined: Subverted. Alatreon may have access to all elements except Water, but it cannot use them all at the same time; it may only use Dragon and Fire while on the ground and Ice and Electricity for a fixed while when flying. In ''Iceborne'', it can use any element in any stance (albeit favoring some depending on the mode) and it gains the ability to use water at long last, though it's not so much water as it is dousing oil that ignites you when hit by Alatreon's fire attacks. |
| 1344 | * AnimalisticAbomination: While far tamer than most monsters that are this trope, its ability to use multiple elements make it stick out like a sore thumb. |
| 1345 | * BadassLongcoat: The armor crafted from it looks like a big, scaly trench coat, and any hunter who was able to make such a suit by killing an Alatreon is definitely a badass. |
| 1346 | * BarrierChangeBoss: Alatreon's weaknesses change when it changes which elements it can use. |
| 1347 | ** In the third generation and ''Generations Ultimate,'' it's weak to Ice and Water, resistant to Dragon, and immune to Fire while grounded. While airborne, it becomes weak to Dragon and Fire and immune to Ice. In either stance, Alatreon is at least somewhat vulnerable to Water, and heavily resists or neuters Thunder. |
| 1348 | ** In ''Iceborne,'' Alatreon's moves no longer change depending on which state it's in, but its weaknesses still do. In its orange Fire active state, it's very weak to Ice/Water, resistant to Thunder, and immune to Fire; this is reversed in its blue Ice active state, being weak to Fire/Thunder, resistant to Water, and immune to Ice. It also has an "intermediate" purple state between them which is moderately weak to all elements (especially Dragon) and is the only time that its horns can be broken, which delays its ability to switch to the opposite active state. |
| 1349 | * BeefGate: Gaining access to Fatalis in ''Iceborne'' requires you to clear the chain of post-story Special Assigments up until "Point of No Return", after which you gain access to both Alatreon's and Fatalis's Special Assignments. However, the latter still requires you to fight a watered-down Alatreon as the first step, which can complicate things if you never dealt with Alatreon's mechanics before then (and they're also unannounced in that particular assignment), no matter how toned down its health pool is. |
| 1350 | * BlackEyesOfCrazy: Alatreon's eyes are a blood red sclerae with fierce yellow irises, mimicking the shape of the eye-con on your minimap. It also happens to be one of the most wrathful Elder Dragons out there when provoked, and crafting gear out of its carves is unwise since they all point towards [[TheCorruption a corrupting force]]. |
| 1351 | * CassandraTruth: [[spoiler:Evidently, the reason there's no records on Alatreon available is because its PowerIncontinence was too far-fetched for the higher-ups to believe it...and so they were burnt.]] |
| 1352 | * CharacterizationMarchesOn: Prior to its appearance in ''Iceborne'', raw or status-focused weapons were better against Alatreon due to its shifting elemental weaknesses while its status thresholds start low and also have low max thresholds. Jump to ''Iceborne,'' and its significant status resistance and the mechanics of Escaton Judgment necessitate using elemental damage instead. |
| 1353 | * CharacterSelectForcing: |
| 1354 | ** In ''Iceborne'', Escaton Judgement only becomes survivable by dealing enough elemental damage to Alatreon to weaken it. This means weapons that focus on raw damage or status effects are more of a liability against Alatreon. |
| 1355 | ** Surprisingly downplayed with slow weapons. While fast weapons are better at dealing elemental damage than slower weapons, the game has [[https://www.reddit.com/r/MonsterHunter/comments/hpjzsi/for_people_saying_slower_weapons_got_screwed_over/ a special modifier for inflicting elemental topples on Alatreon]] that penalizes faster weapons. While fast weapons with high elemental damage still stand a much better chance against Alatreon, slower weapons with sufficiently high elemental damage can still work. |
| 1356 | * TheCorruption: Weapons crafted from Alatreon parts in ''Iceborne'' all have a sinister description on how they start eating away at the wielder's soul and reveal their darker desires, eventually leading them to yearn for dragonhood or plunge into madness. |
| 1357 | * DamageSpongeBoss: Alatreon's health in ''Iceborne'' stands tall at 52,500 HP in solo play, scaling up to 118,150 HP with 3 or more hunters. To put it into perspective, the only monsters that can surpass its durability are Safi'jiiva,[[note]]A siege monster that has much less HP at 20,000~40,000, but is capable of frequently healing to full if you haven't depleted all its energy[[/note]] MR Kulve Taroth,[[note]]54,000 HP that scales up to 108,000, meaning it'll have more health when solo but less with a full party[[/note]] Arch-Tempered Velkhana,[[note]]57,600 HP that scales up to 138,240[[/note]] Ancient Leshen,[[note]]67,500 HP, but with no multiplayer scaling[[/note]], and Fatalis.[[note]]66,000 HP that scales up to 171,000[[/note]]. Additionally, elemental damage thresholds to whittle down Escaton Judgement's full power also become significantly higher in multiplayer, making it unwise to party up if not everyone can pull their weight in the frantic DPS check. |
| 1358 | * DeathFromAbove: It can summon either ice rain or thunderbolt rain. |
| 1359 | * DelinquentHair: Alatreon's horns are strangely shaped to resemble a broom-styled pompadour, and the Elder Dragon itself is particularly aggressive. |
| 1360 | * DragonsAreDemonic: It’s the Blazing Black Dragon, it has a truly monstrous appearance, it lives in [[LethalLavaLand basically Hell]], and is as apocalyptic as Fatalis or Dire Miralis. |
| 1361 | * TheDreaded: Even by Elder Dragon Standards, Alatreon is feared; [[http://monsterhunter.wikia.com/wiki/Dangerous_First-Class_Monsters it's on the same level as Fatalis and Dire Miralis]]. In ''Iceborne,'' the Handler mentions that even its name is an omen of destruction. |
| 1362 | * ElementalPowers: Alatreon gets four of them -- Dragon, [[PlayingWithFire Fire]], [[AnIcePerson Ice]], and [[ShockAndAwe Thunder]]. [[MakingASplash Water]] is added in ''Iceborne''. |
| 1363 | * FinalBoss: Of online mode in ''Tri''. |
| 1364 | * FireIceLightning: Its main arsenal of elements. Its Water element is exclusive to ''Iceborne'' and used comparatively sparingly, while its Dragon element is permanently active. |
| 1365 | * {{Foil}}: To Fatalis. Both are part of the category [[FlipFlopOfGod alternately called]] [[DragonsAreDemonic Black Dragons]] and [[TheDreaded First-Class Dangerous Monsters]], which are the very top of the totem pole when it comes to power among monsters, and both are [[PersonOfMassDestruction devastatingly powerful]] creatures who take violent exception to other life intruding on them. However... |
| 1366 | ** Fatalis is aggressive, an AbsoluteXenophobe, and actively seeks out life to destroy, deliberately incinerating everything in its path. It also has a very focused ability set, “merely” PlayingWithFire but possessing greater mastery over it than all other monsters. |
| 1367 | ** Alatreon, on the other hand, [[TheHermit craves solitude and silence,]] and while it will kill any intruders in its territory, it deliberately makes its home in places so inhospitable that just ''reaching'' it is an accomplishment. While Fatalis deliberately incinerates its territory, it just kind of ''[[WalkingWasteland happens]]'' around Alatreon because of its uncontrollable elements. On that note, while Alatreon’s control over its elemental power is [[PowerIncontinence negligible]], it has ''so much'' of it and ''[[AllYourPowersCombined so many]]'' of them, it can be just as dangerous to combat. |
| 1368 | * GlassCannon: The Alatreon you fight in ''Iceborne''[='=]s "Dawn's Triumph" Special Assignment has the exact same abilities, aggression and damage output as the one you fought in "Blazing Black Twilight" and related event quests, but suspiciously has less than a fifth of the latter's health and thus isn't as long to fight.[[note]]10,250 compared to the regular version's 52,500, which is even less than a ''Great Jagras''; however, note that Alatreon will always do at least one Escaton Judgement before kicking the bucket, no matter how much damage you've dealt.[[/note]] This is intentional, as "Dawn of Triumph" is meant to be a minor checkmark in order to access the star of ''Iceborne''[='=]s final title update, Fatalis. [[DevelopersForesight However, defeating this weakened Alatreon won't actually give Alatreon parts as rewards]], although you can still grab some through part breaks, carves, or dropped shinies. |
| 1369 | * HairTriggerTemper: Although its reclusive nature makes it hard to find in the first place, nearly anything that actually encounters it will immediately cause it to attack. This also plays a part in its out-of-universe design: in Japanese myths, some dragons would have an inverted scale that was both a sign of their power and a BerserkButton if touched, which says something when Alatreon's ''entire body'' is covered with inverted scales. |
| 1370 | * TheHermit: Unlike Fatalis, which is an aggressive AbsoluteXenophobe that both kills everything in its path ''and'' seemingly projects an aura of fear that prevents lesser monsters from approaching it, Alatreon is a voluntary loner that chose its home precisely ''because'' it’s so barren and desolate. It’s a creature that desires solitude so much that it will seek out the harshest, most inhospitable environments it can find to reside in, including [[{{Irony}} the pressure-rich floor]] [[KillItWithWater of the deepest oceans]], just so it can have some peace and bloody quiet. |
| 1371 | * KillItWithWater: It's weak to water in all states, though it takes significantly more damage from ice while using fire and dragon, and dragon while using lightning and ice. [[{{Irony}} Rather funny]] when it’s revealed that Alatreon can also be found at the bottom of the ocean. Come ''Iceborne'', Water and Thunder damage are the safest elements to use against it, since they will always be at least moderately effective. |
| 1372 | * {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJYeDcl49Hw "Battle / Alatreon"]], which consists of two distinct sections: the first half introduces you to the monster with an ominous organ pipe as the symphony's melody settles in; the second half spices things up as the orchestra gains in intensity, with a wild electric guitar giving the crescendo a constant push; the bold tempo changes are likened by the composer as a mirror to Alatreon's unstable elemental shifts. The track then gives way to a resplendent rendition of ''Tri''[='=]s theme, "To One With Life", before plunging back into the chaos of battle. Alatreon's theme would end up rearranged with a higher quality symphony as [[https://youtu.be/6Hua5QCWi58 "Chime from a Shimmering Bell"]] in ''Iceborne'', though this version lacks the organ pipe and the electric guitar of the original, instead adding flourish to ''Tri''[='=]s theme. |
| 1373 | * LightningBruiser: Weapons below white sharpness will bounce off its chest, and it can even blitz you while it's in the air. Alatreon is also notorious for chaining several powerful elemental attacks without pause, giving you very little room for breathing. |
| 1374 | * LimitBreak: Escaton Judgment, first introduced in ''World''. It bypasses all defenses, annihilates anything in the area, won't trigger {{mercy invincibility}}, and does so much damage so fast that there's almost no cheesing the attack without the most perfect of timings. The only way to survive it is to do a certain amount of elemental damage to Alatreon during the fight to achieve a special knock down. The more times you get the special knock down the weaker Escaton Judgment becomes. Players need at least one knockdown per cycle to be able to survive each time. |
| 1375 | * MadeOfPlasticine: In ''Iceborne'', its horns have an ''absurdly'' low threshold for breaking them, possibly to compensate for Alatreon's [[LightningBruiser ferocity]] and the fact you can only break them in its Dragon Active. In fact, they're so brittle that they'll just snap right off after slamming it into the wall with the Clutch Claw once or twice. Good thing, too, as those horns allow it to switch to the opposite element, rendering your weapon about as effective as a wet noodle if it's the same element. |
| 1376 | * MagicKnight: Weapons crafted from Alatreon in ''Iceborne'' are fairly average in raw power and have low elderseal values, but possess impressive Dragon damage, and the bowguns have access to all elemental ammo, with the Light Bowgun gaining the Rapid-Fire perk on them. |
| 1377 | * MeaningfulName: The word "Escaton" in Escaton Judgement is likely a mispelling of the word "eschaton", which is related to theological discussions regarding TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt and doomsday scenarios. In this context, Alatreon rains down an apocalyptic breath of pure energy on your hunting party once it deems you unworthy to pass the damage check needed to whittle down its power. |
| 1378 | * MovesetClone: Shares many of its attacks from other Elder Dragons with similar body types such as Teostra, Velkhana and Kushala Daora. |
| 1379 | * NothingIsScarier: The icon for this monster is simply a giant question mark. Subverted in ''Iceborne'' [[https://twitter.com/monsterhunter/status/1241343271995092996 with a proper icon]], but its status as a Black Dragon with very little ecology available still lets this trope apply. However, there are in-universe rumors of a subspecies, which is said to have the ability to produce blue flames that make its white scales sparkle. Also, in a preview for on the official Monster Hunter World website, it states all records of it were burned for an unknown reason, later revealed to be by people who refused to acknowledge such a beast could even exist. |
| 1380 | * OutsideContextProblem: No one knows why Alatreon has decided to nest itself in the Secluded Valley some time after Safi'jiiva's defeat, though the Tracker surmises that it's definitely not to pick a fight with the Red Dragon considering Alatreon's [[TheHermit isolationist nature]]. Meanwhile, the Field Team Leader is bothered by the fact that Alatreon coincidentally took advantage of the Commission's fight against Safi'jiiva to take residence in the latter's now-former lair, and shudders to think what would happen if both Elder Dragons were to have clashed. The team is only more confused when Alatreon ''reappears'' in the Secluded Valley even after its first encounter. [[spoiler:The final title update for ''Iceborne'' and the ''Dive into MHW: Iceborne'' book, however, give a clearer picture of what's actually going on; the second Alatreon is among the many monsters that are leaving the Old World ''en masse'' because of Fatalis's awakening, while the first Alatreon actually ''did'' want to pick a fight with Safi'jiiva, or at least wipe its offspring off the face of the earth.]] |
| 1381 | * PersonOfMassDestruction: It's described as a living natural disaster. However, in order to prevent itself from destroying everything around it, [[TheHermit Alatreon]] prefers to keep to itself, living in the most inhospitable places in the world of Monster Hunter. |
| 1382 | * PowerIncontinence: Alatreon has very little control over its elemental power; it can’t stop its scales from pumping out elements, it can only channel them. It [[StanceSystem changes elements]] based on whichever one it’s currently overloaded on, and it causes freak storms just by being in the area. |
| 1383 | * PurpleIsTheNewBlack: It's described as having black color, but look (too) closely and it's actually a very dark purple. This is reflected by its carves having purple icons. |
| 1384 | * PurpleIsPowerful: One of the strongest Elder Dragons. |
| 1385 | * RareRandomDrop: Azure Dragongems in High Rank and Azure Dragonsphires in G Rank. |
| 1386 | ** In an interesting inversion, Alatreon's regular drops are conspicuously named after the rare drops of most other monsters (Scute and Plate in High Rank, Mantle and Pallium in G/Master Rank), furthering its exceptional nature. |
| 1387 | * TheRival: The ''Dive into MHW: Iceborne'' guidebook clarifies the reason for Alatreon's presence in the Secluded Valley. Namely, it's there to kill off the Xeno'jiiva cocoons left by Safi'jiiva, given Alatreon is naturally driven to prevent other monsters from growing as strong as itself and is the perfect counter to Safi'jiiva's ecosystem-reshaping tendencies by [[PersonOfMassDestruction destroying everything to reset it to its natural state]]. |
| 1388 | * SinisterScythe: The Longsword crafted from Alatreon parts, Dark Claw, is among the few Longswords that aren't shaped like ''nodachis'', though its moveset is still the same; in this case, it's a massive, spiked scythe with an equally large handle guard along the pole. |
| 1389 | * TheSpook: Meta example, as Alatreon is the second of the so-called "Forbidden Monsters" (or "Black Dragons as they're sometimes called). As with the original, Fatalis, Capcom has a policy of almost never featuring them in the promotional material (the sole exception being the 15 Anniversary size comparison video). In ''Iceborne'', the Third Fleet Master reveals that the only thing that's known about Alatreon is that it's a force of destruction with control over the full power of nature (read: elements); apparently, most of the documents pertaining to Alatreon were burned by people who refused to acknowledge the dragon's existence. After you defeat Alatreon a few times she has special dialogue where she says that mysterious individuals of that same mindset appeared when she tried to get the data the Sapphire Star had gathered to the guild demanding she burn it. She doesn't, despite an admitted temptation to. |
| 1390 | * StanceSystem: |
| 1391 | ** Starting from ''Portable 3rd'', if Alatreon is grounded mid-flight (whether automatically after certain attacks or when forced to by the Ballista Binder or disabling statuses), it will still be unable to use Fire or Dragon attacks, but gains a few unique Thunder attacks. It's directly linked to purposefully flying and landing, as its flight mode ending while grounded will cause it to fly up and land to re-access its Fire and Dragon attacks. |
| 1392 | ** In ''Iceborne'', Alatreon switches between three main modes called Active elements, each with their own set of resistances and weaknesses. Depending on the assignment you picked up, it can either start on Fire Active or Ice Active, and will transition to Dragon Active midway through the fight, before finally unleashing [[LimitBreak Escaton Judgement]] and switching to the element opposite of the initial one [[note]]If you started with Fire Active, Alatreon will eventually switch over to Ice Active, and vice-versa[[/note]]. However, if you manage to break Alatreon's horns [[note]]Unlike the mechanics for weakening Alatreon's [[LimitBreak Escaton Judgement]], any damage type will do for breaking the horns[[/note]] before Escaton Judgement comes to pass, you will prevent it from switching to the opposite Active element for that specific cycle, saving you a great deal of elemental matchup woes. |
| 1393 | * SuspiciousVideogameGenerosity: Alatreon in the third generation can use every element save for Water. This is ''immensely'' helpful for users with a Mixed Set (which oftentimes have poor elemental resistance across the board) since at best you can eat food to raise defense for every element ''except'' Water. This is no longer the case in ''Iceborne''; Alatreon uses every element and [[NintendoHard no god can save you.]] |
| 1394 | * TakesOneToKillOne: Inverted in that the best element to take against Alatreon in ''Iceborne'' is the opposing one-- Fire against its Ice Active state and vice-versa. Observant hunters will notice that Alatreon will start in a given state depending on its quest, with Blazing Black Twilight, The Evening Star, and Dawn's Triumph for Fire Active starts, and Dawn of the Death Star for Ice Active starts.[[note]]Blazing Black Twilight and Dawn's Triumph can't be taken again after beating each for the first time, while The Evening Star/Dawn of the Death Star will alternate daily.[[/note]] However, in order to stop Alatreon from swapping into the opposing active state and shutting down all of your elemental damage, you will need to break its horn while it is in Dragon Active state. Fortunately, Fire and Ice still do respectable damage to the monster when it is in Dragon Active. |
| 1395 | * TemporaryOnlineContent: Can no longer be fought in ''Tri'' due to the online servers shutting down. |
| 1396 | * TookALevelInBadass: ''Iceborne's'' iteration of Alatreon keeps many of their original moves and multi-elemental offense, but is far more aggressive and has a much wider arsenal of ways to use its elemental powers. In addition, its new Escaton Judgement turns the fight into a frantic elemental DPS race that forces players to play around its rotating elemental weaknesses and press the attack, lest they suffer a TotalPartyWipe. |
| 1397 | * VocalDissonance: In ''Iceborne'', Alatreon's shrieks are very high-pitched and almost synthetic in contrast to its overall sinister appearance, which makes it all the more unnatural even by Elder Dragon standards. |
| 1398 | * WalkingWasteland: Alatreon's elemental instability bleeds out of its body and causes freak storms in its vicinity. |
| 1399 | * WouldHurtAChild: The first Alatreon that shows up in the Secluded Valley in ''Iceborne'' is there to burn any surviving Xeno'jiiva cocoons. Justified given that Xeno'jiiva is an ecological disaster of its own accord [[spoiler:especially when it matures into Safi'jiiva]]. |
| 1400 | [[/folder]] |
| 1401 | |
| 1402 | [[folder:Amatsu]] |
| 1403 | !! Amatsu ''(Amatsu Magatsuchi)'' |
| 1404 | !!! Storm Dragon, Heaven's Catastrophe, Looming Calamity |
| 1405 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/amatsusunbreak.png]] |
| 1406 | |
| 1407 | ->[-'''Appearances:'''\ |
| 1408 | ''Portable 3rd''\ |
| 1409 | ''Generations'', ''Generations Ultimate''\ |
| 1410 | ''Rise: Sunbreak''-] |
| 1411 | |
| 1412 | ->''Ominous clouds, torn apart, unleashing a torrent of rain\ |
| 1413 | Then, an unrelenting typhoon, connecting the heavens once again\ |
| 1414 | Finally it shows its form, a hurricane made flesh\ |
| 1415 | Bringing death through gale and storm, a dragon god ready to thresh.'' |
| 1416 | |
| 1417 | A beautiful but dangerous Elder Dragon which spends most of its time airborne. It is said to have the ability to control wind and rain, as evidenced by being surrounded by storm clouds and violent typhoons.\ |
| 1418 | \ |
| 1419 | Amatsu returns in the fifth Title Update of ''Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak'', where it's being tracked by the Chevaliers as the calamity who destroyed the old kingdom where [[spoiler:Kagero, Yomogi, and Tadori come from]], culminating in a confronation when it sets its sights on Kamura Village. |
| 1420 | ---- |
| 1421 | * BlowYouAway: Some of its attacks include wind blasts and tornadoes, and it's constantly surrounded by a torrential rainstorm. |
| 1422 | * CanonImmigrant: It was introduced to the ''Frontier'' series in ''Frontier Z'' as a monster hailing from the main series. This contrasts with the Hypnocatrice and Lavasioth, who were first introduced in ''Frontier'' but later became part of the main series. |
| 1423 | * CombatHandFan: The Dual Blades made from its parts are this. |
| 1424 | * DamageSpongeBoss: Although ''Sunbreak's'' iteration of Amatsu is beefy but not unusually so for something its size,[[note]]76,200 without multiplayer scaling, which is slightly higher than the likes of Gaismagorm or Risen Shagaru Magala, and is only surpassed by certain Hazard quests or Afflicted monsters[[/note]] the [[OptionalBoss Hazard Amatsu]] fought in Event Quests is notable for boasting a whopping 114,000 HP that scales to ''228,000'' with four players, giving it the most health of any monster in the game outside of the highest level Anomaly/Special Investigations. |
| 1425 | * DeathFromAbove: One of its most lethal attacks involves flying high into the air before sweeping the ground beneath it with powerful water beams similar to Plesioth's. |
| 1426 | * DragonsAreDivine: While it’s as aggressively territorial as any monster, its graceful movements, elegant physiology and [[GoldAndWhiteAreDivine beautiful colors]] make it a far more majestic and wondrous creature than, say, [[DragonsAreDemonic Dire Miralis.]] |
| 1427 | * FinalBoss: Of ''Portable 3rd'' in multiplayer. It's the monster reponsible for [[spoiler:the migration of the Zinogre population to the nearby areas of Yukumo Village]]. It's also this in ''Sunbreak'', wrapping up the Kamura storyline at the end of Title Update 5 as the monster [[spoiler:responsible for the destruction of Tsukito City and the evacuation of Yomogi and Kagero to Kamura.]] |
| 1428 | * GatheringSteam: In ''Sunbreak'', its armor skill Heaven-Sent will only activate if you spend a certain amount of time in combat without getting hit. Once it activates, it'll bless the player with unlimited stamina and sharpness, as well as the ability to reload ammo, regenerate sharpness, and cure status ailments with a Switch Swap. While Heaven-Sent is active, it'll also significantly reduce the damage of the first hit taken, at the cost of disabling the effect until you go hitless for the required duration again. |
| 1429 | * GiantFlyer: It's huge, and the only time it's ever on the ground is when you knock it down or use a Binder on it. In ''Sunbreak'', if you manage to put Amatsu to sleep, it'll stay floating even as it slumbers. |
| 1430 | * GlassCannon: While by no means lacking in the health department (in fact surpassing Akantor, Ukanlos, and Alatreon in ''Generations'', and surpassing ''all'' monsters in ''Sunbreak'' that aren't Afflicted or Hazards) and also possessing immensely damaging attacks, Amatsu is much more reliant on simply staying out of reach for melee users and letting its wind aura deflect ranged attacks. However, unlike all of them, Amatsu's head is much more easily accessible, especially for players good at dragging it out of the air, making it far easier to kill it quickly. |
| 1431 | * GoldAndWhiteAreDivine: Fitting its nature, Amatsu is primarily white and gold, with silver accenting. |
| 1432 | * ImpossiblyGracefulGiant: Amatsu moves with much greater speed and grace than one would expect from its scale (it’s similar in size to Akantor and Ukanlos), which only adds to its [[DragonsAreDivine beauty.]] The one found in ''Sunbreak'' is even larger and no less swift for it. |
| 1433 | * {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIVY7bXYvtg "Feathers Dancing in a Gale,"]] which changes to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAGDmFDpJnI "Life Blazing in a Storm"]] once Amatsu is angered enough to enter its second phase. There is also a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZKQgSk0Onk unique victory theme]] that exclusively plays at the end of every Amatsu hunt. |
| 1434 | * MakingASplash: It can fire high pressure water jets that can effortlessly cleave through stone and metal. |
| 1435 | * MeaningfulName: Amatsumagatsuchi is an ominous Shinto-based name: Amatsu means heavenly, a term reserved for Amaterasu and the like, referring to the storms it brings, while Magatsuchi refers to a pair of disaster kami, the dangers to civilization most Elder Dragons bring. As such, its common title translation is [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast "Heaven's Catastrophe"]]. |
| 1436 | * MovesetClone: Many of its attacks resemble those of Leviathans underwater, using the skeleton in the first game past the introduction of swimming to remove swimming. |
| 1437 | * NoOntologicalInertia: The arena where the fight against Amatsu takes place is surrounded by a storm. Defeating Amatsu causes the storm around the Sacred Mountain or the clouds around the Infernal Springs to instantly vanish. |
| 1438 | * PersonOfMassDestruction: Even when it's not actively attacking, the storms it causes in its vicinity can literally tear the landscape apart, and an intentional attack from an Amatsu has the potential to devastate entire cities [[spoiler: and even entire kingdoms, such as the one Kagero, Yomogi, and Tadori come from]]. |
| 1439 | * PowerGlows: Its horns and chest will start pulsing gold once it becomes enraged. |
| 1440 | * RareRandomDrop: Heavenly Dragongems in High Rank and Heavenly Dragonsphires in G Rank. |
| 1441 | * ShockAndAwe: ''Sunbreak'' gives it the ability to wield purple lightning once it's sufficiently enraged. It's capable of summoning lightning bolts from the sky, hurling buzzsaw blades of wind and electricity, and shooting out surges of electricity similar to Narwa, as well as use it for a powerful LimitBreak once pushed far enough. |
| 1442 | * SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: For Ceadeus in ''Portable 3rd'', being a white-colored Elder Dragon that uses Water. Unlike the other substitutes from ''Portable 3rd'', Amatsu does not appear alongside Ceadeus in ''3 Ultimate''. |
| 1443 | * TheRival: [[spoiler:It has an intense rivalry with the Zinogre due to it forcing them out of their territory. Returns in full force during ''Sunbreak'', where Utsushi summons an Apex Zinogre into the battle, resulting in a Turf War.]] |
| 1444 | * TookALevelInBadass: For their appearance in ''Sunbreak'', Amatsu not only keeps many of their original moves, but also gains plenty of new ones like shotgun-esque vortex tunnel blasts, an arsenal of thunder attacks to complement its wind and water ones, and ''multiple'' {{Limit Break}}s that can easily send hunters back to camp if they aren't careful. They also have their own version of Alatreon's ultimate from ''World'' which, unless the hunter uses a Great Wirebug to ascend high into the sky/out of range of, will electrify the entire zone and melt their health in the span of seconds. [[note]]Normal Amatsu's drains at half the rate of a non-weakened Escaton Judgment, whereas the Hazard version will drain much faster.[[/note]] |
| 1445 | * TurnsRed: Quite literally, as the red spots on its body will glow brightly and more prominently as it gets angrier. In ''Frontier Z'', the Exotic Amatsu has an ''additional'' rage mode where its entire body becomes dark bronze and blue, and it begins to use the Dragon element. |
| 1446 | * TheUsurper: [[spoiler:It forced the Zinogre out of their natural habitat and claimed it as its own, causing them to go into the Misty Peaks.]] |
| 1447 | * ViolationOfCommonSense: ''Sunbreak'' gives it a new attack where it will gather the storms around it and launch any nearby hunters in a hurricane. While it is dangerous, it's still a hurricane, meaning the safest thing to do is to stay inside the eye and wait it out, although they'll have to watch for Amatsu preparing another attack in the meantime. |
| 1448 | * WeirdBeard: They have a pair of barbels at their snout that you can break for extra rewards. |
| 1449 | [[/folder]] |
| 1450 | |
| 1451 | [[folder:Dire Miralis]] |
| 1452 | !! Dire Miralis ''(Gran Miraos)'' |
| 1453 | !!! Smelting Black Dragon, Lord of Hellfire and Calamity |
| 1454 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/diremiralishd.png]] |
| 1455 | |
| 1456 | ->[-'''Appearances:'''\ |
| 1457 | ''3 Ultimate''-] |
| 1458 | |
| 1459 | A serpentine semi-aquatic Elder Dragon covered in rock-like armor with various "plumes" all over its body, from which it can fire balls of lava at its prey. |
| 1460 | ---- |
| 1461 | * AnimalisticAbomination: While monsters with exotic designs viewed with fear and confusion in the series are nothing new, the Dire Miralis seems to act and appear as if it's from another world and any descriptions of it describe it as more of a malicious force or the devil himself. |
| 1462 | * ApocalypseHow: Dire Miralis is one of the most rampantly destructive Elder Dragons in existence, being a [[TheDreaded First-Class Dangerous Monster]] like Fatalis and Alatreon. It has shoulder-mounted volcano cannons, it’s known to venture out to islands and ''sink them'', and even when [[WalkingWasteland it doesn’t actively do anything,]] it still has a body [[MyBloodRunsHot so superheated]] that it boils the ocean it walks in. |
| 1463 | * AttackItsWeakPoint: The swirling magma blots on its body -- ''not'' including the spots where magma come out of -- are where you should ideally hit it. Even after their part is broken and their glowing stops, they're still completely vulnerable. |
| 1464 | * BeatStillMyHeart: One of the items you can carve/loot from it is its heart, which is stated in is description to still be beating even after Dire Miralis is dead. Fittingly, its name is "[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Immortal Heart]]". |
| 1465 | * CognizantLimbs: Sort of. The wings don't really attack, but they revive themselves after being broken whenever Dire Miralis goes into rage mode. Breaking the arms they're attached to, however, shuts them down permanently. |
| 1466 | * CombatPragmatist: |
| 1467 | ** The fireballs it launches like an impromptu meteor shower during the introduction cutscene are an actual attack, falling on you right after it's finished playing, and there is ''always'' one that lands right in front of you in case you try running straight at the dragon. [[TheComputerIsACheatingBastard And yes, the meteors still fall even if you skip the cutscene.]] |
| 1468 | ** The double Snap n' Drag attack. It obnoxiously waits on using the second one specifically to run out your MercyInvincibility, letting it hit you twice in succession. |
| 1469 | * CompositeCharacter: Dire Miralis is, in many ways, a blend of the two Black Dragons introduced before it. It has the fire focus and [[MovesetClone body shape]] of Fatalis; the raw, uncontrolled, [[WalkingWasteland passively devastating]] power of Alatreon; and a personality combining both (it likes solitude as much as [[TheHermit Alatreon]], but ventures out of its territory to cause destruction like [[AbsoluteXenophobe Fatalis]]). |
| 1470 | * DeathFromAbove: It can shoot meteors upwards from its wing which later rain at you. |
| 1471 | * DragonsAreDemonic: “[[SatanicArchetype The devil prophesied to destroy the world]],” Dire Miralis is a [[AnimalisticAbomination powerful]], [[RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver terrifying]], and [[WalkingWasteland destructive force]] that contrasts sharply with the likes of [[DragonsAreDivine Amatsu.]] |
| 1472 | * FinalBoss: Takes over the spot for Alatreon in ''3 Ultimate'''s online/multiplayer mode. |
| 1473 | * FromASingleCell: Dire Miralis can grow back from the [[BeatStillMyHeart Immortal Heart.]] |
| 1474 | * HellishPupils: Um, ''yes''? |
| 1475 | --> '''Miralis Evil Eye description:''' "The ominous eye of a Dire Miralis. Often the last thing a [[LeeroyJenkins foolhardy hunter]] will ever witness." |
| 1476 | * {{Leitmotif}}: ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KM0TY-um8K8 Battle / Dire Miralis]]''. |
| 1477 | * MagmaMan: It has magma coursing through its body. |
| 1478 | * MeaningfulName: The un-upgraded forms of all the Dire Miralis weapons have "Megiddo" in their name. As in Tel Megiddo, the source of the word ''Armageddon''. |
| 1479 | * MightyGlacier: It has large amounts of health and powerful attacks, but moves slowly. |
| 1480 | * MyBloodRunsHot: Dire Miralis’ body is so superheated that the ocean it calls home, the Tainted Sea, is completely devoid of life because when Dire Miralis [[WalkingWasteland stepped in,]] everything in it was BOILED TO DEATH. |
| 1481 | * NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: |
| 1482 | ** It has "Dire" in its name, which should say enough about the monster's power. |
| 1483 | ** The quest in 3U's online mode to kill it is "The Black Flame of Calamity." That should tell you a bit about what you're about to be fighting. |
| 1484 | * NighInvulnerable: At half HP, its body becomes super-tough, deflecting weapons with even purple (i.e. max) sharpness. Its regular weak points are still fair game, though. |
| 1485 | * NothingIsScarier: Its icon is a big question mark. |
| 1486 | * PersonOfMassDestruction: Literally [[MyBloodRunsHot boils oceans]] by [[WalkingWasteland walking through them]], and is known to venture out and SINK ISLANDS. |
| 1487 | * PlayingWithFire: Fireballs, meteor showers, and miniature [[FantasticNuke Fantastic Nukes]], oh my! |
| 1488 | * PowerGlows: Aside from [[MagmaMan the obvious]], glowing parts signify them being not yet broken. They also glow brighter when Dire Miralis is enraged. |
| 1489 | * PowerIncontinence: Globs of magma spew out of it whenever it does ''anything''. This can be stopped by breaking the parts that spews them, though. |
| 1490 | * RammingAlwaysWorks: When on all fours, it can do a "Snap n' Drag" lunge at you twice in succession. |
| 1491 | * RareRandomDrop: Dire Dragongems. |
| 1492 | * SatanicArchetype: Its entry in the Monster Notes describes it as "the devil prophesied to destroy the world", and its introduction certainly gives off a sense of entering Hell, plus a {{Leitmotif}} full of OminousLatinChanting. |
| 1493 | * ShockwaveStomp: More of a Shockwave Body Slam, but still. |
| 1494 | * SingleSpecimenSpecies: There’s only one Dire Miralis in existence. [[AnimalisticAbomination Thank]] [[PersonOfMassDestruction goodness.]] |
| 1495 | * TheSpook: The third member of the group of "Forbidden Monsters" that Capcom has a policy of never talking about in almost all of the series' promotional material. |
| 1496 | * SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: To Fatalis, specifically Crimson. Justified in that the two species are part of the Black Dragons group, and are probably related; Dire Miralis’ frame is very similar to Fatalis. |
| 1497 | * TailSlap: With a tail as long and nearly as wide as its body, the simple act of ''turning around'' is enough to send what is essentially a wall of cooled magma into your face. |
| 1498 | * UnderwaterBossBattle: It will periodically submerge into the waters of the Tainted Sea, forcing the hunters to swim there to continue attacking it. |
| 1499 | * WalkDontSwim: While Miralis is semi-aquatic, it can't swim; it's simply [[{{Kaiju}} too big]] and [[SiliconBasedLife too heavy]]. Like Zorah Magdaros two generations later, it simply wades through the sea. |
| 1500 | * WalkingWasteland: Again, the Tainted Sea was completely depopulated just by Dire Miralis walking through it. |
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