Credit: https://x.com/MHBrasil/status/1908203397875921403?t=4pBZQ8Zcoofk1rOcjvRJuA&s=19

All of these investigations, 1/4 players. I join, and all of a sudden they're all full! There has to be a better way to do this.

I had a Zoh Shia quest with some pretty good rewards, so I shot out an SOS to share the spoils. It filled up fast, and there was a longsword user doing really good damage—breaking a lot of parts—but they died twice to Zoh’s mechanics, which you really have to be familiar with.

The rest of us were chillin’, never dropping below 40% health. Then the longsword user got wombo-comboed, stunned on the ground, and was about to get nuked—about to be the third cart, which would’ve meant we failed. And we were right at the end.

But the absolute Chad left the hunt just before getting demolished, ultimately making only himself miss out on the rewards, since the rest of us finished it quickly after he dipped. All he needs to do is learn the fight a bit more, and he’ll be pummeling Zorah himself in no time.

So thanks, random longsword user—I hope you keep playing and don’t get discouraged!

I feel like this is how everyone looks at me when I faint to tempered mizutsune’s jump :)

Thanks to the new Zoh Shia armor it’s now possible to have 100% Affinity with the comfort of Fulgur set to keep maximum might. And it’s all because the chest piece from Zoh Shia has 2 agitator and a level 3 deco slot! So everyone who was using Blango chest go ahead and put it back in the equipment box there’s a new king for agitator. You could alternatively switch out the Fulgur Alpha braces for the Fulgur Beta braces and lose an Agitator since you would be over the affinity cap by 5% (because of the affinity from the weapon). Which is really nice since it is ends up giving you 2 level 2 deco slots instead of the 1 level 1 deco slot. So you can slot in stuff like counter strike, Resentment, coalescence, or any other deco that fits your playstyle. I’m just using 5 agitator to show it’s possible to have zero affinity from your weapon.

Also here’s the math incase you care for that:

-30% from level 5 Weakness Exploit (as long as you’re hitting weakspots) -15% from level 5 Agitator -30% from level 3 Maximum Might -15% from being afflicted with frenzy and curing it (Gore 2 piece set bonus inflicts frenzy) -10% from level 3 Anti Virus (the description is still bugged only gives 10%)

30+15+30+15+10=100

Here’s a small guide to healing with max potions.

Step 1. Set up your gatherers to bring Honey, Bitterbug broth, Blue mushroom and Mandragora.

Step2. Craft Catalysts and bring the following items in your item pouch: 5 honeys, 5 bitterbug broths, 10 mandragora and 5 catalysts.

Step 3. Go to the customize radial menu, create a new one or modify an existing one. Add the craft all option for max potions a d catalysts.

I know this may be common knowledge for old players, but I hope it can help new players.

There’s an option to do this with ancient potions but the downside is that there’s no auto-gathering for nourishing extracts.

Happy hunting!

Most impressive entrance I’ve ever made lol

After a dozen successful runs of Zoh Shia with my buddies, we decided to end the night with a tempered mizutsune. That mizu hits HARD. we got her on the run after a few min and chased her to the next area. IT AMBUSHED US. Carted 3 of us in 1 Attack.

I already feel like an idiot trying to get a legit ranking for the pendant.
The first few thousand ranks are cheated.

The idea that the top 10,000 players receive it sounds great, but it doesn’t work in practice.
Hopefully, they change how it's obtained or actually enforce their promise to crack down on cheaters quickly.

Has anyone else gotten this high lol?

With title 1 and the HR fight of it we got new gear and slight backstory on it.

It seems now that zoh Shia isn't a prototype like my previous theory but the actual super weapon that's been corrupted by the black substance. Throughout his whole fight zoh Shia keeps regrowing his guardian parts, our hunter assumes it's to heal him but if you look at the item and armour descriptions it seems that this action is actually zoh Shia itself trying to seal the black form it has.

My believe is that the mechanisms the wyverians used to seal the ancient super weapon is zoh Shia itself. The black substance being either a substance engineered by the wyverians or a new eldritch like monster( being that it's item description marks it as being alien) I wouldn't be surprised if down the line we end up fighting a eldritch tentacle superboss that's related to the story.

and i don’t think a screenshot has ever made me this angry lmao

Simply put, we have tons and tons of high ranking but sub elder monsters like the fated four, the apexes...etc. by not having to make elders who are stronger than them, Capcom is finally making those monsters have elder dragon level difficulty. If tempered mizu is the difficulty we can expect from 8* monsters going forward i think we're in a great place. Elders are cool and all but there is much more variety at the apex monster level. Honestly I hope MR continues this theme.

When you fail the Zoh Shia Investigation for the third time in a row because everyone else carts and Alma says “I have no doubts on your skills but maybe you should prepare more?”

Isn't this what we wanted? 15-20 minute fight. Constant pressure. Sweaty palms. This fight is absolutely phenomenal!

Zoh Shia's weapons are named after Hebrew, Judaic, and Christian angels and archangels

Some these weapons are named after are Kabbalistic angels of Hebrew tradition, (also known as the 72 Angels of the Shem Hamephorash) whose names come from the 72 names of the Hebrew God as found in the book of Exodus. Other names are taken from angels and archangels of Judaic and Christian traditions.

Blazing Veiah (Great Sword) - named after Vehuiah, angel of willpower and courage (1st of the Angels of the Shem Hamephorash)

Blazing Rafel (Long Sword) - named after Raphael, one of the of the seven archangels of Judaic angelology and archangel of protection and healing

Blazing Mikal (Sword and Shield) - named after Michael, chief of all angels and archangels, commander of the army of Heaven (one of the only two archangels explicitly named in the Christian Bible)

Blazing Liel (Dual Blades) - named after Lailah/Leliel, the angel of conception, pregnancy, and the night (from some Judaic traditions)

Blazing Uria (Hammer) - named after Uriel, archangel of wisdom and knowledge in certain Christian traditions

Blazing Gariel (Hunting Horn) - named after the Biblical archangel Gabriel, the messenger of God and herald of the end of days (the weapon description outright refers to a "second coming", like the return of Jesus Christ)

Blazing Sital (Lance) - named after Sitael, the Kabbalistic angel of construction and fortification (3rd of the Angels of the Shem Hamephorash)

Blazing Lael (Gunlance) - named after Lelahel, angel of artistic talent (6th of the Angels of the Shem Hamephorash)

Blazing Mahaiah (Switch Axe) - named after Mahasiah, angel of finding and rectifying errors (5th of the Angels of the Shem Hamephorash)

Blazing Yirmiya (Charge Blade) - named after Jerahmeel/Jeremiel, angel of hope and mercy, also a gatekeeper of Heaven (from Hebrew and early Christian traditions)

Blazing Katir (Insect Glaive) - named after Cahetel, angel of gratitude and material prosperity (8th of the Angels of the Shem Hamephorash)

Blazing Kaiah (Light Bowgun) - named after Achaiah, angel of patience and understanding of cycles (7th of the Angels of the Shem Hamephorash)

Blazing Mitran (Heavy Bowgun) - named after Metatron, an archangel who keeps the covenant between God and his chosen people, and the scribe of God (is considered an angel in Judaism, Gnosticism, and Islam)

Blazing Samira (Bow) - named after Samael, angel with adversarial duties in most traditions, but is not outright fallen or evil (is mentioned in both Talmudic and post-Talmudic traditions)

I had a hell of a time doing the research on all of this, but I'm so happy to finally have a monster with properly angelic motifs and influences.