Topic: Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate - OT

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Hello scar392,

i dont know if you already done your mark of heroes quest , but id like to give some advice.

I wouldnt go with zephrens advice ( although im pretty sure he is more experienced than me ) But for me i believe with bit thinking u can learn more than use cheap way like slime easy mode ( im newcomer myself and prefer to learn instead of exploit ^^ )

Personally i avoid any slime weapon, because i think they are too strong and unbalanced. ( yes im a MH noob too) MH3U is my first monster hunter game. But playing with any slime weapon is just not fun ....

So this fight is very strategical . First u fight an ivory lagiacrus alone then u have to fight brachi and azure rathalos at ONCE. oO
First i too thought oh man this is impossible i "need" online and G rank and better stuff to beat this thing.

But no totally untrue. All which is key is simple preparation and bit training. When i did it first time yes i died twice.

But with better knowledge im pretty sure its possible to do it without death. So as of userfriendliness i took any beneficial item with me 3x times each. Because if i really die 3 times i gonna need rebuffs 3 times too. So ideally u wanna go with 2 maxi potions and ancient potions. And dont forget many armor potions and damage ones ( you know mega demondrug and mega armordrug and so forth). Then of course i had 10x normal heal potions and 10x mega potions. Really if u are not that good at dodging at the moment like i am u gonna burn mega potions fast ^^
So to soften the challenge i took 10x honey so i can turn my normal potions instantly to mega potions.

In my thinking the most deadliest enemy in this fight is the brachidyos. So naturally i brought a weapon which is most effective vs the brachi to take him out as fast as possible.

My gear was high rank ivory lagiacrus set for that blightdefense. With that armor set u are immune to fire , ice , water and lightning. So u dont need nullberrys or have to constantly dodge to turn out the fire. My weapon of choice because i played whole game with switch axe class was the Inceadeus. Which was upgraded one time to great inceadeus, which is totally doable in this state without any online or g-rank crap.

The first fight vs ivory lagiacrus is after abit training fairly easy. The most important part is not to just go and button smash like a berserker. Watch the lagiacrus and let it come to you. Wait for openings. Sure sometimes u are in the heat and want to just stab his belly. But its better to always do just 1 or 2 swipes and then dodge or wait his attacks again. Its mostly patience and anticipation.
The brutal part is the second phase where u have to fight azure + brachi at once. My strategy was to use flashbombs to ideally paralyze both at once. Sometimes u get even the azure rathalos in crashing on the land.
Id say ivory fight takes about 15 minutes. And until then u should have gathered all support items from the crates. Lifepowder , simple flashbombs etc
So i went beneath the brachidyos and mostly stabbed his belly in sword mode. Because the great inceadeus got water element it got maximum efficiency vs slime beasts. So second phase is mostly a survival mode. If its impossible to attack the brachidyos then just take your distance and dodge like a mad man. Those two monsters damage each other too. But ideally u just kill the brachidyos super fast. Of course 2 traps help too. The shock and the pitfall traps.
So basically you stuff your inventory with tons of support items. You survive and have patience and kill the ivory lagiacrus. And either rush the brachi in second phase to kill it fast or survive and let the monsters damage each other.
biggest weakness of rathalos is flashbombs , with those u can make him crash while flying
My strategy somehow worked , well ok i died twice, but only cause im still not good enough in dodging ^^
Hope it helps. Several attempts for training wont hurt. Of course u could take the long road go online do g-rank craziness and come back with uberequipement.
But in my view neither slime weapons nor uberequipement are necessary ( and take some fun out of hard fights).

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Hope that wall of text helps ^^

Ps I: i dont know but in the mark of hero quest are all those monsters of G-rank quality or totally out of the place ?! I ask because i still havent met any of those monsters in g-rank in port tanzia

Ps II: whats your most nostalgic moment ? Mine was when i fought the giant duramboros first time ever in single player ( you know when kayamba gets lost in flooded forest) I had no clue what to expect and no clue about weak spots. So i went there with my dragonmaiden switch axe as usual and hack and slashed. Until 40 minutes passed. And guess what ? I used all whetstones and dropped to red sharpeness. So in axe mode my weapon couldnt even hurt that beast. This fight was so satifying because i still beat it with like crazy 30 seconds left !!!! I had to fight that thing whole time with sword mode with my dragonmaiden switch axe and constantly spam that elemental charge power attack. Otherwise axe mode and normal sword swipes would just bounce of and do nothing. Phew this game is crazy ^^

now really cheers