Raging Brachydios | Monster Hunter World Wiki

Worst fight. Not fun at all getting run down and blasted all over the time. Raging Brachy can **** off.

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Blast resist 3 charm + staying under and tendering the legs = win

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You thought blue Brachy was bad? Poor of you, that was the baby version, get ready for daddy Brachy going BOOM BOOM

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For those who don't know how to fight this monster, simply do the Endgame Special Assignments

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Maybe I'm crazy and missed it on the page but never see anyone mention it.

In 1st phase (sometimes second) bringing FlashFly cage you can knock him twice with a SINGLE boom bug cage. Free easy damage, he also goes far as hell being slinger shot for walls

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1. Roll INTO his attacks, going UNDER him
2. Spam Stooge decoy

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Fight was challenging to learn, but fun as all hell.
Did NOT expect a pit fight arena at the very end, truly turned an average 'variant fight' into a spectacle. Gave off some serious Metal Gear Rising vibes too

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I despise the last stand. Absolutely hate it. Of the 10s and 10s of attempts, this phase has stopped me defeating him. It is utterly unfun.

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wellcome to hell, hunter

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Got back to monster hunter, challenged this guy again. Man, its a good fight. Openings are tricky. Try to note which hand is punching and which side gets nuked, you can actually come in during certain attacks, as long as you cover a safe side. When he does his explosive punch walk, you can clutch to his leg or tail, tenderize or get that. Im running fire res against him for the fireblight. My hammer is always rolling from his swipes . Im finding that I just naturally roll out blast if I attack it and dodge what it throws. Its so aggressive, that also helped my dps since rolling for the sake of curing blast is a waste of time. I definitely suggest having augmented gear against this guy.

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probably the most annoying of the monsters

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It's not that bad to kill this monster but if you just want him's materials just bring partbraker 3, bonk his head and you got all you need

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They gace all the best weapons to the worst monster.

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It's honestly a wonder just how much the Lance trivializes many monster hunts. Raging Brachy is no exception. Only carted to it once during his nuke that I stupidly fumbled around and failed to dodge. Health3, AntiBlast3, Guard5, GuardUp, Weakness Exploit3, Handicraft5, Def7, as much Crit as possible, as much Atk as possible, rank11 Rajang lance, Damascus Armor set (the sheer amount of slots makes this set amazing for Grinding Lands and playing super safe with new/unknown hunts. Because he's so damn aggressive, counter clawing is the name of the game and really protects ya from most hits. Took me ~20 mins to take it out first time, and that's with the Lance QoL mod I use that so desperately ups the MVs of all the Lance's moveset on top of giving better elemental damage because lolelementaldmginmhwilol (sans the bow with its retarded good elemental damage moveset). And no, I don't play multiplayer, period; not even raid battles. Solo all the way, baby. Been a solo hunter since Freedom Unite, and will forever be a solo hunter.

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Weirdly, I find the second phase significantly easier than the first one. Sure, the big area explosions can absolutely nuke you if you aren't careful, but because his limbs don't get slimed anymore and the explosive patches only blow up in the big boom, it becomes much more predictable.

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His damage and size are bullshit of the highest order. If he was normal size and did maybe 25% less damage it would actually be a fun fight but the way it is you basically cannot get any openings because all of his attacks reach across entire ****ing arena and deal 80% of your health.

But that's nothing new. It feels like the balance team in the later title updates Iceborne was more concerned about making the immortal gods of the speedrun community feel some pain for once rather than making actually fun encounters. I don't mind difficulty per se, I really liked the Raging Brachydios in 4U even though I sucked at fighting him, but not like this. Not when a monster doesn't even give me a chance to observe it's behavior because it's so absurdly deadly even from the first second.

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best fight can change me mind

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Honestly the first phase is too annoying. The damage is to high, the hitboxes are horrendous, and explosions from certain attacks can reach you from other side of the map. However, the second phase is amazing. The phase transition is amazing. It is the first monster, who when backed into the corner goes sicko mode and rages so hard that it even can hit itself with an explosive attack. The atmosphere of the last phase is awesome too,
At first it was like 6-7/10 now it is solid 9

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why his dip got so much goddamn chip

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When u thought u are far enough to heal, this thing just go wwe style jump on u from across the screen

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So I’m back with some more tips. I would HIGHLY recommend using a water or ice weapon. That’s of course assuming you want to get rid of the flashpoint slime. I personally don’t like to get rid of the slime on his arm because when he has it it means less mines in the arena. When it comes to fighting this guys I would say take caution because he hits extremely hard and is really fast. He has a lot of tricks up his sleeve so just be warned . When you get to the last stage it usually gets better there. But when he does his supernova RUN away from him. The damage when he hits you with his fists is ridiculous. Well that’s it for now! Hope everyone has a blessed day! Happy Hunting!


~ Eriatha

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use GS you will get a lot of topples if you can hit it

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This fight is not fun period

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This beast was implemented after over almost a year of of Guiding Lands farming, gear optimization and the Safi'jiva siege. It's not meant to be fought at MR24! Get to MR100 first, feed the steam machine, upgrade your gear, get life regen on your weapon and you will succeed eventually. Your reward will be one of the best armor sets in the game so do your homeworks!

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i wish he had turf wars would love to see him go head to head with a furious rajang

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Finished it with 4 mins remaining 10/10 fight so intense not annoying

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I find it funny that all the fights that everybody hates I love. This is an example.


~ Eriatha

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He is very fast and hits like a freight train so I would highly recommend taking defense boost for this fight. If you haven’t been taking health boost during Iceborne now is the time to take it. You are going to need around 1000+ Defense so I recommend Shara or Damascus. If you have the option though take Alatreon armor. Always take a water or ice weapon! You want to keep the slime of his arms! I also recommend evade window and/or the evade extender.
He is tough and don’t be surprised if you cart once. Once you get to the nest he isn’t that bad. You have to be careful because he is very good at chaining his attacks. He also can trick you into thinking he is going to start moving forward while smashing or just doing one punch and moving to the other side of the area. I carted to this many times. Oh you might also want to take attack boost because he has a lot of health. Remember he is tough and he will take many tries. Personally this is one of my favorite fights but I know people don’t like him. Don’t give up and happy hunting!


~ Eriatha

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my first few attempts were horrible and unfun and then randomly I found myself in the final phase and won with only minor complications; had less health than I expected, although I don't know what I was expecting since it still took 21 minutes
I still think it's incredibly annoying that neutralising the flashpoint slime creates an explosion shortly after, you can get cheated out of a proper topple punish because of it

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I suppose he's fair enough. Cancer is after all the hardest battle to win.

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I'm surprised i got him on my first attempt considering the only preparation i did was get a frostfang barioth weapon, i feel what really helped was rolling in during attacks and just doing as much damage as i could while underneath him as its relatively safe there, but that could just be switch axe stuff

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I think i've died to this guy more times than i've died to Malenia. He geniunely makes me want to stop playing the game entirely (i won't tho because i love it) and it's because i just feel like i'm not really doing any mistakes while fighting him: i play very safely, remove the slime from his hands whenever i can and i usually just die because bullshit hitboxes on some attacks or just because some random slime puddle he put on top of lava (thus making it near invisible) 23 years ago blew up behind me and nearly one shot me. I've even tried sending an SOS flare, something which i've literally never done before in the game but nobody came. i like challenging fights but it's because i feel like i improve with each failure, while this one just feels depressing. Do you guys have any tips? i already use blast resist 3 and i can't imagine anyone beating him without it. I guess i'll try fully devoting my build to health/defense as i've seen it work for some people online...

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got 2 reactors from carving this bomber, i can finally rest

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This guy alone made me switch from GS to LS. No matter what I did, just could not survive. These hitboxes are insane, but persevere hunters, we'll make it through this. We always have.

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He also does fire element damage and inflicts fireblight.

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Idk why this fight is such a big deal to most people, I found it really easy and thought it was super fun and had a really cool, unique design.

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This fight sucks. Boss is too big for anywhere, hitboxes are beyond ****ed, and hits like a massive truck. Worst fight in the game

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This is the best fight in the whole game!! It is SO fun!
You can thumbs me down but it won’t change my mind. It’s a challenging fight and Challenge=Fun

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His roar is like taken from t-rex roar sound. B)

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lol awesome final phase. she locked herself with me, poor raging mf.

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Imo a well-designed fight, not really that difficult in terms of strategies but just hits very hard & is unexpectedly mobile. Final phase was really ****ing epic ngl

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best fight in the game dont @ me

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slime drop rate is too much.

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cutting the tail sure is fun

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Why is it so big???

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this monster stuns you at the worst times

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Best weapons, best armor of regular Iceborne.
Ofc it isn't a walk in the park.

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actual cancer, harder then solo Kulve

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killed it with the beo ig

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I'm finding this fight incredibly dificult! I have yet to git gud, and I've gotten help on pretty much every assigned quest. But then I've soloed every monster at some later point. This guy left (and whatever comes next), and I just get instagimped. Died twice before getting SOS help, died again immediately. I guess I should go for some blast resistance, maybe even defense. Go for durability over dmg..

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GIMME THE GODDAMN REACTOR

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From what I experienced as an elemental CB user, I equipped my palico a sleep status weapon and a flashfly cage gadget, and just do an SAED on Brachy's head whenever he sleeps and flinching him with Boombug and Thunderbug cage as much as possible. He slept on me 2 times then went into his area for his last phase. Then I went back to camp to restock and change my palico gadget to a meowlotov then tenderized his arm and ordered a Meowcano.

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During this fight i went from "**** THIS GUY" to "This is ****ing awesome" when phase 2 started, probably my favorite fight.

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Am I a noob for finding him very difficult even though it’s been months after it’s been added to iceborne?

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Who would win?
Furious Rajang or raging brachy?I know that rajang may destroy him but I think raging brachy stood a decent chance since you much slay him while furious rajang can be captured

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Pro Tip : Putting the brachy to sleep during his last raging phase cleans up the room of any slim .

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So is its hp 28k or 28.120 million?

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The scariest part of this monster is the reactor drop rate.

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I see so many people having a hard time with this mf so I thought I had to step in.

I defeated this guy on my first try with 2 faints.

1) I used SnS as it's fast and has the ability to block. Weapon choice helps, but it's doable with slower weapons too.
2) Using a water or ice weapon is OBLIGATORY. They make that slime fall. When the slime falls, it's attacks no longer explode. Though the dropped slime will explode on the ground, be careful. I used Noble Ana Palas. (upgraded Velkhana SnS)
3) Dodge through the attacks as the wiki says, try not to dodge outside. And use your whole invulnerability window, stay lying on the ground if you must because he chains his attacks mostly.
4) Blast resistance is not obligatory but it helps.
5) Defense is not the main concern if you can dodge, I used Teostra B+ and had around 850 defense. Stock up on fire resistance though, as it's slime incinerates you on top of exploding.
6) You can't use traps in the last phase so try to use them early on. The damage windows they create can really shorten the fight.
7) Try to keep your HP full. An explosion can take around 90 HP. I got carted once because of that. Try to fit some Health Boost in your build.
8) Temporal Mantle really helps. Fireproof Mantle + and Immunity Mantle (+ if you can) are good choices too as they help with blasts.
9) Try the Coalescence skill. It grealy boosts your attack and elemental damage after recovering from Blastscourge. I had a Phoenix Jewel 3, even level 1 Coalescence helped a lot.
10) Stamina Thief is another great skill, especially for the last phase as tiring him out is much easier than clutch claw or mounting.
11) He's not always enraged in the last phase, try waiting and dodging a bit for him to calm down and slam his head to the walls. When dodging, try to get all his slime in a half of the area. Try to move to the other half of the are when it makes them explode and damages itself. Rinse and repeat. Spreading the slime all over will make it harder.
12) Slinger is a lifesaver. Try to get slinger ammo, it usually drops slinger bombs from clutch clawing. When aimed at the head, it's enough to make him flinch for a moment. And in the last phase, try to use the crystalbursts on the ground. They make him flinch at the head too. If not for the slinger bombs, I had failed.
13) STOCK UP ON POTIONS

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this bastard has made me more frustrated than i ever have been playing this game hhhhh o l y m o l y.

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Just trap spam him then it’s easy also you can always knock him into a wall twice. Once you get the hang of it he is very easy

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This fight would absolutely be bearable if it wasn't for his floor slime taking up half your health. Sucks for lancers. Tip: tool specialist 2-3 and fireproof mantle. Slot in gobbler in the mantle and bring crafting mats for 12 max pots. You can also bring blast resist if you plan on staying under him like lancers do. This will make the fight bearable to farm.

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at first i thought his hands were lava

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Safi's Aquashot LBG is amazing in this fight for multiplayer

Sticky bombs will knock him to the ground often (esp at the start when threshold is still fresh). You can heal teammates with recovery ammo 2 (which happens often and can mean the difference between a clutch or cart). And despite all of that, you still have access to your own paralysis and sleep ammos. If knockdowns are becoming rarer in the 1st volcanic area, that's a good time to cheese the traps (and please correct me if im wrong but trap paralysis has a different threshold/timer than regular paralysis, and vice versa). Then in the last area, paralysis and sleep can continue to CC him. All the while, your main DPS option can knock him with several shots even as the threshold goes higher.

release 3 for two charges of sticky 3 before reload, and evade reload 2 is fast provided nothing scuffs you up on the 2nd evade (like those damnable ledges!)

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This guy makes safi feel like an old guy on a ventilator

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wait sooooooooooooooo remind me again why he exist NORMAL branchy already has an enraged state
yes it is true i play mhw thats how i know it duh if you ask me they should have made a poisonous branchy instead of this monster but they already used there last free title update so...












ADD IT CAPCOM IM TRYING TO GIVE YOU IDEAS

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MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA! MUDAAAAAAAAA!

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Have you tried getting good? If your not meta dont even bother. If you are and still cant hack it go fight the baby monsters. This guy is for PROS only.

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I was just playing MHGU and I was wondering, who do you think would win? Extreme Blood Bath Diablos, Or Raging Brachydios in World, You can just comment instead of the like dislike B.S

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Hate the fight solo but not too bad in co op. Still think its design philosophy sucks.

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is this event or i could fight him later just got ice borne

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His element is blast, but the damage of blast is fire, heavy fire resistant gear is great, same for fire res mantle. Better to use elem meal L then take max potion, Blast resist won't help at all for explosions he detonate himself, like his special punches. Traps won't be place able last phase, best to spam him early on. Temporal mantle is great, theres many chances to wall bang him in this fight

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Hmmmm, just did this big bastard, and while his armor shows in my smithy his weapons do not...Aggravating, to say at least

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who do you think would win this guy or frost fang barioth?
give a thumbs up for raging brachydios and give a thumbs down for frost fang barioth
be honest and if you give a thumbs down then just cause you dont like it im gonna think it a vote

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First of all: In my opinion he's easier solo (and that's noobs opinion).
Second: Last area is the easiest. The slime no longer deals blastcourge but instead deals damage like lava in volcanic region does. Even his supernova isn't anything that will one shot you when you have at least 150 HP.
Attack his legs, it's extremely easy to exhaust or ko him this way. It is also hard to mount him so plan your mounts carefully
In lava region set some traps on the lava geyser
And one tip for glaive users: it's very easy to exhaust or ko him with descending thurst hitting his legs and fists

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“EXPLOSIONS!?”-you know exactly who said this

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The question is, are his or safi weapons better?

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why do you exist bro haha the og brachydios already has a rage mode haha

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90% of the time (I didn't count the % part I am just wanna show how frequent it is) in the 3rd place where Raging Brachy goes which is in the lava area with the lava geyser that there would be 2 faints or more and my party would be down to 1 faint almost all the time in that area! And eventually someone dies in the last area sadly :( He is so difficult because not only that he is genuinely a challenge already but almost every time I fight with a random party theres always gonna be that someone who only has around 900 or 800 defense and thats why most of the time I failed the quest. Tips for Raging Brachy? well...
1. Bring ice/water elemental weapons
2. Have at least over 1000 defense! (But if your good at dodging then do whatever you want)
3. Every time you have blast courge roll about 6-7 times
4. bring cool drinks when your in the lava area
5. Flinch shot to wall for more damage and part break
6. In the last area he will close all the exist and you would fight him in that single area so before you fight if you have only little bit of healing or you have no cool drinks than go back to your camps to prepare.
7. Note that I don't really know about this but I think its true that in the last phase you can't use far caster to go back to camp you can only get carted.
8. For more info try checking the bottom comments. Ok thats all good luck :)

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The multicarting extraordinaire

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AAAAAAATATATATATATATATATATATA WATTAAA

Omae wa mou shindeiru

The ground : NANI

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Up until the final phase, Raging Brachy isn't particularly different from normal Brachy, aside from a few things: slime falling off of attacked limbs (i.e., don't mash attack and prepare to roll at a moment's notice), its penchant for slime Shouryukens (which sometimes shoot fast-acting slime in a V shape), and its triple headbutt into tracking Shouryuken (DON'T roll towards Brachy for the final uppercut; either he'll follow your movement and nail you, or you'll get caught in the slime trail. Use lateral movement for the three headbutts, and run AWAY for the uppercut, Superman'ing if necessary). For the final phase, I highly recommend coming in with some sort of Earplug buffs (I personally use Shara Ishvalda's set + Mantles), as this will give you time to escape if Brachy does its detonation roar and you happen to be standing on explodo-lava. Since you no longer need to worry about slime exploding (aside from the roar), you can really just wail on him until he does his scream, escape/panic dive during the scream if you have Earplugs, and repeat. Of course, that detonation roar can easily wipe out an entire party of unaware randos, so it MIGHT be best to do this guy solo rather than with a PUG.

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I failed so many times facing this mofo. Finally did it after 20ish hunts. If this monster was this hard, Dunno what it's like to face alatreon later...

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Reminds me of that mh3u one

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Roll to the side to dodge, forward works of you are near his legs and can get to his back. Hits hard but is clumsy, letting an attack pass, keep near enough to smack him and withdraw quickly/ go to his side or back again is good. It’s dangerous to trade hits w it. Only combo if he is staggered/ attacking an ally and not facing you. Best to smash his head from the side. Lots of slime in front. Prep an evasion mantle when he calms down, you can safely clutch him and flinch shot to a wall. Or use it defensively for his rage state. Prep good gear vs blast

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BOOM B**CH, GET OUT THE WAY.

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I heard gold rathain and silver rath has 23k heath

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'Raging Brachydios might be terrifying on the offense, but it doesnt have much health.' 28k health in solo is considered not much? That's more hp than MR Elder Dragons (not regarding Shara or Tempered).

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ya know i failed to finish him off 4 times ina row due to people keep dying. But when i finally slayed him i got immortal reactor for the first time!!!

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his final move in the final zone it was amazing as hell!(literally) like he punches the ground so many times that a bunch of slimes started coming out from the ground! I was so scared because I thought they would explode but it was just like fire. But they can explode on his command, for me he is harder then furious rajang since he has blastcourge .

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This guy was the first time in this game where it felt like it was just.. unfair.
He just keeps coming at you over and over and over, 2shotting you

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Blast resist + guard up = win

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My favorite farm machine for my blast type weapons. 9 out of 11 hunts gives me Immortal reactor.

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I realy gave up of this anoying uberboss...One hit kill blasts after 45 minutes of gameplay, is bull*****

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Im not gonna get married. This dude can fvck me up well everyday

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Solo killed him with shara/vaal set. With some decos my stats were max def, max blast resist, regen max, health max, vaal set bonus, stun proof, max fire res, max part breaker. Vit and tempo mantle. Legiana ls. A bit of advice for solo pro's is to prio def L at canteen and adamant pills. Also bring comb mats for max potions. I also solo run safi with same set.

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Just make sure to build as much def as possible (neckalce on 4+ big def jewel = 7 points in def-boost) then go for explosion resist and make sure your health-boost is on top. damage is not that important on him. Every member of the team should have fireproof mantle and groul heal. fill everthing up after each phase und stun him as much as possible in 4th phase: easy hunting

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How is the male armor not pictured yet???

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Zero immortal reactors after 10-12 kills. Also side note since it's not listed, if you're having issues with removing the slime, use pods. Specifically the puddle pods or bomb/piercing pods. They'll instantly remove the slime on his hands and head. This will significantly reduce his damage output until he reapplies them from a safe distance.

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Got four immortal reactors in one run yesterday. It's too bad luck like this doesn't last long.

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