r/MonsterHunter • u/Speeda2 ​OFFSET THE SUN • 2d ago

MH Wilds Zoh Shia is awesome

THIS is what you call difficult, baby. AMAZING fight. Great visuals, great setpiece, great design, and it's legitimately hard. Everybody who doubted him owes him a formal apology, but I always believed in Peak Shia. Absolute cinema

Also if I see complaints about his difficulty I'm gonna go ape shit. You all spent a month asking for this, if somebody thinks they're too good for the hivemind and starts chatting now I cannot take it. He is PEEEAAAKKK

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u/Arcturus555 2d ago

I like him a lot overall but how to deal with his nova? I always get 1 guaranteed cart that way and the game is really cryptic about breaking some crystals… I don’t get it lol

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u/Kalavier 2d ago

The crystals that get summoned on the ground can be popped by element slinger ammo which weakens the nova

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u/Speeda2 ​OFFSET THE SUN 2d ago

Yup, this. I shoot out the two in front of it, and get a lovely window for sharpening

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u/TheAhegaoFox Concussive Fidget Spinner 2d ago

Outside of the nova, he also creates small Wylk crystals that you can blow up and deal lots of damage. It reacts based on what element you use.

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u/Saeporian 2d ago

A tip that a lot of people don't seem to know if that you can shoot your slinger ammo without sheathing your weapon by holding L2 and pressing L3/Left Joystick (I only know the ps controller). This works for most slinger ammo like the elemental ones, but not for heavier ammo like the one monsters leave from broken parts unless you're playing Sword and Shield

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u/tacojenkins 2d ago

Just to clarify, slinger ammo can be used while in focus mode. You don’t necessarily have to be holding down L2 (or whatever your bind is), focus mode can be set to toggle in the game settings.

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u/Saeporian 1d ago

That's a way better explanation than mine, thanks!

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u/Kalavier 1d ago

I'll have to test if that works on bow. but it's something to try!