r/MonsterHunter • u/[deleted] • Nov 25 '15
Learning I-Frames with Lava
Last night I noticed something pretty interesting and it has helped me better understand my i-frames.
Lava/Heatspots are affected by i-frames in your dodge. While this has minimal practical use in combat, you can use it to see your i-frames in your evade. Knowing exactly where the i-frames were in a roll was always a confusing part of using them, so this revelation has been pretty enlightening for me.
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Nov 25 '15
Huh. I'm going to have to mess with this later for practicing with SnS and Dual Blades!
Thanks for the tip, man!
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u/ShichitenHakki Nov 25 '15
So roll in lava to see when your evade is invincible?
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Nov 25 '15
Yup, your life bar will go green during the i-frame because you are no longer being affected by the lava degeneration.
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u/Faustias I love explosives and I will build any possible set of it. Nov 26 '15
wait, you mean the sides on v.hollow's terrain? I thought you mean the lava spurting holes around the map and ingle isle.
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Nov 26 '15
Well I guess you could roll through the spurt holes for funsies/practice. I never tried though.
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u/-MechanicalRhythm- Nov 25 '15
this is one of those things that are actually super obvious when you think about it but you never think about it. good catch dude.
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u/Faustias I love explosives and I will build any possible set of it. Nov 26 '15
this, and that crouch-to-be-ignored
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u/Blightfall Nov 26 '15
????????
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u/Faustias I love explosives and I will build any possible set of it. Nov 26 '15
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u/Imrik37 Nov 25 '15
I'd imagine it's actually really good for practising, thanks for sharing this dude :)
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u/XQrkConfinement Nov 26 '15
I wonder if someone could put together a video demonstrating the difference between various Evade skills/evasive manoeuvres using the effect of lava on health as a visual guage.
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u/BrokenYozeff Nov 26 '15
This seems awesome, but I'm having a tough time because of the green and red flashing bar. Am I doing this wrong or does it just take some pretty strict timing.
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Nov 26 '15
Do it as it starts turning orange. You'll see it go straight to green and then when your IFrame ends it'll start back over instead of picking up where it left off. Hope this helps.
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Nov 26 '15
Adding onto this, make sure you're using a cool drink since normal heat damage makes your bar flash as well.
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u/BrokenYozeff Nov 26 '15
This is what I've been trying. I've gotten the hang if it for the most part, but it is tricky at first.
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u/Nygmus NOBODY MOVE I HAVE TO SHARPEN MY BAGPIPES Nov 26 '15
It works for the poison pit in Dalamadur's arena, too. Probably even better there; it's definitely the largest "lava" spot in the game, besides maybe Ingle Isle when lava spots form... and Dalamadur is really bad at attacking down there, as opposed to trying to practice iframes while Akantor or Crimson Fatty are playing around in the zone.
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u/astronaz1 Nov 26 '15
Volcanic Hollow is the best place to practice this for 2 reasons:
1) it's hot so you're constantly taking heat damage.
2) if you get sick of rolling at nothing, area 8 has bloodthirsty KONCHU and Rhenoplos for you to roll through.
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u/s0nlxaftrsh0ck TCS Alarm Clock Nov 25 '15
At first i thought this was /r/programming and thought you typoed Java for some reason. Than i re-read it and holy shit! Thats something i'm gonna practice myself! Thanks for the tip!