Leshen - Monster Hunter World

Leshen
Enemy Type	Large Monsters
Species	Relicts
Elements	None
Ailments	Bleeding
Weakness	Fire (⭐⭐⭐) Dragon (⭐⭐) Thunder (⭐⭐)
Resistances	Water Sleep
Locations	Ancient Forest

Leshen is an Large Monster in Monster Hunter World (MHW).?? in Japanese.

 Dwelling deep inside the forest, these creatures use their innate magic to control all flora and fauna within their territory. Revolures and Jagras controlled by a Leshen are tough to approach, but the Igni Sign is very useful in fending off Leshen's lashing roots.

Leshen Details & Locations

• Found in: Ancient Forest
• Target of Quest: Contract: Trouble in the Ancient Forest
• Is immediately hostile at any range
• Attacks other monsters: No
• See Ancient Leshen for another variation.
• Small Monsters version: Controls Jagras and Revolture
• Sizes: 549.7 ~ 549.7
• Species: Relict

Leshen Combat Info

• This monster attacks with its claws, and commands a flock of Revolures and a group of Jagras to attack Geralt. It can also use wood magic to summon roots to attack or "defend".
• This monster can inflict Bleeding
• This monster is weak to the Igni Sign, as well as Fire (⭐⭐⭐), Dragon (⭐⭐) andThunder (⭐⭐)
• This monster can be staggered with the Hunter Runestone
• Geralt can break the Leshen's Antlers, Body and Legs.
• Combat tactics
• This monster is resistant to Water and Sleep
• Kinsect Extract:
  • Red: Head/Antlers
  • Orange: Waist/Body
  • White: Legs
• The Igni Sign can be used to instantly kill the Jagras the Leshen summons. This is especially useful to keep a certain ally alive.
• Dispell the cloud of Revoltures with the Igni Sign
• You can actually mount the Leshen. The animation is weird and it has only one spot you grab onto, but it works nonetheless. Brace whenever it tries to shake you off and you will get a free knockdown.
• Break the Leshens antlers twice to stop it from summoning Jagras. Easier said than done however. Mounting the Leshen will help.
• SPOILERS!
  • While completing the "Investigation" that leads up to the fight, you will come across a Pukei-Pukei hanging dead in some roots. Head right to continue the quest, but if you head left, you will find another Pukei-Pukei, choked by roots. From there you should see a third Pukei-Pukei, barely alive and quite beaten up. Burn the Roots with Igni and it will fly away for now. It will later join Geralt towards the end of the Leshen fight.
    • Pukei will Poison the Leshen at least twice for some great Damage. It will also deal low physical damage
    • The biggest danger to Pukei are the Jagras. Make sure to deal with them as quickly as possible.
  • Keep Pukei alive with Dust of Life (make sure to grab the EZ Dust of Life from the chest at a base camp) and you will get a special reward at the end (Plus, it's just really heartwarming).

Leshen Weaknesses

Each ⭐star shown below represents more weakness to each ailment

Ailment
Weakness Level	⭐⭐⭐	-	⭐⭐	⭐⭐	⭐

 

Each ⭐star shown below represents more weakness to each damage type

Weak Point
Antlers (Breakable Twice)	⭐⭐⭐	⭐⭐⭐	⭐⭐⭐
Body & Tail (Breakable Twice)	⭐⭐⭐	⭐⭐⭐	⭐⭐⭐

 

Detailed weakness information(Legend Explanation: here)

Credits to AsteriskAmpersand, Deathcream and MoonBunnie.

 

Leshen High Rank Carves

Defeating this monster allows the player to carve the following items:

LeshenWeapons & Armor

Armor and Weapons related to the Leshen Monster. 

Weapons

• Witcher's Silver Sword
• Witcher's Silver Sword +

Armor

Notes & Trivia

• Can be lured with ??
• Camouflage works until ?? range