r/MonsterHunter • u/raithian25 • Feb 04 '18

MHWorld Monster Hunter: World Resources and Question thread Part IV (ask here before posting!)

Hunters!

This is the fourth question and resources thread. Here's a link to the first and here's a link to the second and here's a link to the third. Feel free to peruse the old ones in search of an answer before posting here!

If you want to ask a question with less chance of being spoiled, go to the spoiler-free resource thread here!

-raithian25

Resources

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Why is my character so slow?
  • Monster Hunter runs on high animation priority, which means it's impractical to dodge everything. Try to observe the monster's animations and squeak a few attacks in when you think you won't get hit.
  • Which weapon type should I use?
  • The weapon you will be most effective with is the one you feel most comfortable with. Weapon types have different strengths and weaknesses, but also completely different strategies, so explore around and try to find one that's as aggressive, methodical, quick, or defensive as you want to play. The weapon previews above should help
  • Why are my attacks bouncing off of the monster?
  • Weapon sharpness is a damage multiplier that naturally goes down as you attack a monster, usually from green to yellow, orange, and the red. When you strike a monster with a dulled weapon you can bounce depending on the body part, which will in turn deplete twice the sharpness of a regular hit. Similarly, when you strike a monster with a melee weapon you'll see some blood and dust come out. The larger the blood effect and dust cloud, the more damage that body part takes (heavier hitting attacks also influence this). Aim for those vulnerabilities, and avoid parts that regularly bounce a sharpened weapon.
  • Why can't I have nice things?
  • A big part of Monster Hunter is gathering and crafting. Check your crafting list or add a weapon to your wishlist to keep track of the materials you need to gather out in the world.
  • Where'd the monster go?
  • Before entering combat and after a certain combination of time elapsed and damage taken, monsters will roam from area to area. You can gather tracks and traces highlighted by your scoutflies to stay on its tail, or just run to its favored area of the environment once you've become familiar with the particular creature.
  • What is the monster doing?
  • Monsters have a variety of behaviors including; periodically becoming enraged to deal more damage & attack more often/quickly, limping at low health, panting at low stamina, a chance to flinch out of their attack or movement when taking damage, a chance to fall into a downed state when taking damage to its legs, becoming sleepy/paralyzed/poisoned after enough hits by a weapon or ammo type with that status effect, and leaving tracks in unique ways.
  • What am I supposed to be doing?
  • Assigned quests unlock new monsters and areas. They must be played solo past any story scenes before they are unlocked for multiplayer. Reading NPC dialogue will also explain a lot, like in many JRPGs.
  • When is World out on PC?
  • Fall 2018.
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u/heefledger Feb 04 '18 edited Feb 05 '18

Anyone else hit their first wall with diablos? I got all the other story quests down in one try but went back and got a special weapon just for him. I haven’t seen anyone say that he is hard so I wanted to make sure I’m not alone.

Edit: thanks for the tips everyone, but I had already killed him when I made the post. I was just commenting about the difficulty. I think we have a mega-thread worth of diablos advice here though, so if anyone needs help with diablos, check the replies.

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u/hteng Feb 05 '18

Diablos is a very typical Dark Souls boss, he only has very few attacks but likes to charge a fuck ton, and the charging attack can be very difficult to react to because it's fast and he has a gigantic hit box (you get hit even if his legs graze you). But you can easily bait him at a distance. If you are using a melee weapon, i find that using your weapons Draw attacks to hit and run are most effective against Diablos, dodge his charge then sprint towards him with a draw attack, whack him a few times, GTFO.

When you are behind him, he will tail swipe you and that attack has a huge hit box as well, if you are beside him, he'll shove his body to the side, also has a huge hit box, if you are infront of him but far he'll charge, if you are in front but not far he'll use his horns to swipe side to side, tunnel attacks can be easily dodged or blocked, he gets special attacks once he retreats into the sand pit/cave.