Xeno'jiiva | Monster Hunter World Wiki

They gave the coolest monster introduction to the easiest boss in the game. It makes sense though, as you are fighting literally a newborn. Even with how easy it is, one of my favorite monsters and has one the coolest designs.

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Easy but fun. Got her down first try with Odogaron armor and Pukei SnS. Took a while but it was satisfying taking my time.

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Hello, everyone. I know that some think Xeno is a pushover, and I agree. With optimal gear that is. For those who underprepare, Xeno can hit hard and takes a long time to kill. So, I am here to give a Xeno move set, combat tips, and an optimal build against her( note: I call Xeno’jiiva a female, so I will be using those associated pronouns).

ALERT!!! Contains endgame content, so read at your own risk.

Combat tips: Xeno is big, and she has a large amount of health. Her attacks can also deal a fair amount of damage to those who have suboptimal or less than optimal gear.
For starters, eat for health at the Canteen, the Chef’s Choice Platter, to get a health boost. Due to Xeno’s damage table, have your Palico take a poison weapon, I recommend the Rathian Rapier. If the math is correct, you should be able to poison Xeno six times throughout the fight. Each round of poison deals 800 damage to her, so we are looking at a total of 4800 damage. Since Xeno has 15,500 HP this amount of damage is very useful by lessening the time it takes to kill her.
When she enters her second phase, where she starts flying, pack dung pods. They’re useless in deterring her, but if you run out of slinger drops, those will still work.
She has four slinger drops: Slinger thorns, Slinger bombs, dragon pods, and piercing pods. In order to break all of her parts( head, individual forearms, tail, and wings), use these carefully. Use the Slinger thorns in her head to build up a stun. When she’s stunned, hit her wings. Hit her wings with the piercing pods and Slinger bombs, although it is satisfying to shoot a piercing pod from her head to her tail. Dragon pods are useful for shooting her down and for causing a flinch, and aim for her head and forelimbs.
Focus her tail in the first phase, as the tail takes a total of 900 damage to cut, but can’t be cut until phase 2, kind of like how you can’t break Kushala’s, Teostra’s, or Lunastra’s head until they’re at 20% HP. Her tail will be severed on the first hit on it.

Now, for her move set:

Claw swipe: Basic attack. Xeno will look in the direction she will swing, either left or right since this can be done with both hands. She will then swipe in an arcing motion in front of her. This attack will deal, moderate damage, but is blockable with the base sword and shield.

Tail slam: Xeno will only use this attack if the one who she is targeting is behind her. She will then lift her tail up high and then bring it crashing down. This attack is not blockable with the sword and shield. It will deal moderate damage, and it will knock you back. If she is in her critical state (glowing chest) this attack will leave behind an explosion, which will deal moderate damage as well.

Swinging tail slam: Xeno will rarely use this attack. When someone is behind her, she will slam her tail to her left, then swing it across. This attack will deal somewhat heavy damage, and it will leave behind explosions where her tail tip hung over. These explosions will also moderate damage, but they will knock you back.

Body slam: Relatively easy telegraph, as Xeno will stand on her hind legs and roar. She will then come crashing down, moving a bit forward. Standing close to her will cause tremors, which need max tremor resistance to block. However, standing far enough away from her will negate the tremors. Standing behind her hind legs and around her tail area will also leave you safe from this attack.

Charge: Yet another relatively easy telegraph. Xeno will look in your direction, roar, then charge at you. This attack is blockable with the sword and shield and it will deal relatively low damage. However, when she is in her critical state, this charge will leave the ground that she walks over heated, which will burn the player. Standing too long in one of these molten puddles will cause the player to contract fireblight.

Straight beam: Xeno will roar with her head down, then proceeded to fire a straight beam of dragon element energy. Do not block this attack, as it will high damage. Instead, run perpendicular to the beam to safely dodge it.

Sweeping beam: Xeno will angle her body to the side, and her neck will be arched. she will then unleash the beam, only she will start sweeping it in a 180° arc in front of her. standing behind her or to her side will allow you to safely dodge this attack.

Single shot: Xeno will open her mouth, which will start glowing, and then unleash a blast of dragon energy. This blast targets, the one who has her attention, and if they stay where they were, the blast will hit them. The blast is not blockable, and will deal a decent amount of damage. The best way to dodge it is to run perpendicular to the blast.

Triple shot: Xeno will fire a straight shot, then move her head, 45° to her left and unleash another shot. She will then move her head 90 to her right, and fire a third blast. Her head will linger there for a moment, so you can get one or two hits off. in the end, the attack pattern of the attack looks like a cone, or a dinosaur footprint. The best way to dodge this attack is simply run towards Xeno.

Standing beam: Xeno will stand on her hind legs, and begin to fire beam at the ground. where the beam touches, the ground will become molten. She will then not move for a moment before going back on all fours.

Explosive slam: Xeno will only use this attack in her critical state. She will roar, rear up on her hind legs, and slam the ground. This initial slam will cause a small tremor, but isn’t damaging. She will then thrust her hands into the ground, and a violent explosion will erupt from there. You do not want to be hit by this, as without the health boosting meal, you die. With the health boosting meal, you will take a ton of damage at full health. Best way to avoid this is to run away from Xeno when she does this.

Standing beam 2: Xeno will raise her head while on all fours, and you’ll see blue sparks from her mouth. She will then fire a beam, launching herself on her hind legs. She will sweep the beam in a similar pattern to the first Standing beam, only she will fall into the ground afterwards. Keep distance from her when she falls, as it will cause a tremor. Xeno will only use this attack in her critical state, making her chest a weak point and a large one at that. Focus the chest when she’s down until she gets back up.

Take flight: Xeno will take flight. She will then be able to use her aerial attacks. When she takes flight, there are two things to note. One, it generates wind pressure, but doesn’t give her time to attack as you’ll be reset. Two, when she takes flight, that means there are slinger drops somewhere. Find them, and shoot her down. You have to be careful, as every time you hit Xeno while she’s airborne, she will enter a damage animation. You have to wait for her to reset before firing the next shot. It takes 2-4 shots to bring her down, depending on what slinger shot she’s hit with.

Flying shot: Xeno fires a blast of dragon energy at the player. To dodge this attack, don’t stay still. Run in any direction. This attack deals moderate damage and can’t be blocked.

Flying beam: Xeno rarely uses this attack. She will fire a beam directly below her, then lift her head, moving the beam as well. The ground becomes molten when she uses this attack, so be careful. Do not block this attack.

Dive bomb: Xeno raises one of her forelimbs, then flies low to the ground, thrusting her hand into the ground in a swiping motion. The ground will then explode, dealing heavy damage. Do not block this attack.

Returning dive bomb: Xeno will return to the battlefield, crashing down in a similar fashion as to when you first enter her second area.

Arm thrust: Xeno will raise one of her arms, then thrust it down into the ground. A line of explosions will follow up. Being near her front limbs will cause tremors, so run away. This attack has a long telegraph, for Xeno at least, so it gives you time to run away.

Discharge: Xeno will shake for a moment with her head lowered, then roar. This will cause a random burst of dragon energy in the ground. They deal minimal damage, but give you Dragonblight. Use a Nulberry to get rid of it, or have 20 dragon defense.

Roar: Xeno roars. Her roar has an astonishingly large radius, so be wary. However, you are returned to normal before she positions herself to attack you. Xeno will roar at three intervals; when you first enter the area, when she enrages, and at random points throughout the fight. Some of these roars will not need earplugs as they’re non stunning.

Move: Just by moving, Xeno can damage you. It deals minimal damage, but gives you a red health bar.

This is the move set of normal Xeno’jiiva, not Arch Tempered. I know AT Xeno has a few other moves, and is made more dangerous, but I am in the dark until I fight her. As for the boulder traps, use them in the story, but not in any other moment unless it’s AT Xeno. The reason for this is to break all of her parts more efficiently. Each of Xeno’s broken parts, except for the tail, take more damage when broken.

The best for last, my build for hunting and farming Xeno’jiiva. Note that some of this gear is event quest specific, so I will fill in on how to beat them to achieve this loadout. I am a SnS main, but I’m sure it can work well with other weapons:

Head: Dante’s Hair. You can get this by completing Code: Red and obtaining the required materials. Equip a Fire Resistance jewel to it.

Body: Azure Starlord Armor. You can get this by conpleting the USJ: Blazing Azure Stars event and obtaining the required materials. Equip a Jumping Jewel to it.

Arms: Harvest Trama. You can get this by gathering enough Harvest Tickets or whatever they are and obtaining the required materials. Equip a Jumping Jewel and a Dragon Resistance Jewel to it.

Waist: Azure Starlord Tassets. You can get this by completing the USJ: Blazing Azure Stars event and obtaining the required materials. Equip a Blaze Jewel to it( note that I used this in another one of my builds, so there’s probably a better Jewel for it).

Legs: Dante’s Leather Boots. You can get this by completing Code: Red and obtaining the required materials. This is the hardest piece to obtain from the Dante set as one needs a Teostra Gem. I just used a Gold Wyverian Print at the Elder Melder. Equip a Gobbler Jewel and a Fortitude Jewel to it.

Charm: Defense Charm 3. You can get this by crafting and upgrading the Defense Charm with the required materials.

Weapon: Witcher’s Silver Sword. You can get this by beating the Witcher 3: Wild Hunt collaboration quest and crafting it with the Leshen’s materials. Equip a Defense or Attack Jewel to it, as I’ve tried both, but I go with Defense. If you need help beating the Leshen Quest, find my post in the Leshen’s page. It will be the ridiculously long one.

In turn, the skills you will get are Defense Boost 4, Weakness Exploit 3, Handicraft 2, Evade Extender 2, Fire Resistance 1, Dragon Resistance 1, Critical Eye 1, Fortify, Resentment 1, and Speed Eating 1. Upgrade it to maximum, and you’ll have an adequate Xeno farming build. This will also give you more than 20 Fire and Dragon defense, so you don’t need to worry about blights.

That’s all I got. Thank you for taking the time to read this comment, and I would say “May the Sapphire Star light your way”, but Xeno is the Sapphire Star, so… go get her?

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When your the final boss of the game but you have no unique weapons: * sad xeno noises *

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good luck hitting its head if you're melee

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A really pleasant fight imo. Some of the other elder dragons are anything between annoying and nigh-impossible, while some of the normal monsters, even on the hardest difficulties for them, are a joke at best, so this was a nice middle ground. With the right tactics, losing is almost impossible, but go in unprepared and you might find yourself carting before you got a hit off.

Also, hitting a Penetration Pod all the way from tip of the tail through to the head? Pure satisfaction.

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bruh I killed it first try without any buffs or food or health buff

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Used My odogaron set to kill this one it's easier and fun rather than kushala

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I used hammer + nergigante armor except the helmet (which was azure, couldn’t get nergigante gem) and this boss was way easier than I thought. Killed him solo no faints

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This guy was easy as hell you just aim for the forelimbs and run away when he go stompy

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this boss is really easy with the right strategy, one of the easiest in the game in fact, because it's extremely predictable. Just attack its hind legs, even when they're not vulnerable yet (for the love of god bring a sharp weapon and some fins). When it rears up run away and wait for the blast. When it topples cut its tail. When it takes off stay below its arse and pepper him with dragon pods in order to drop him, then focus his forelegs or head until he starts to get up, and transition back to its hind legs. If you can stay on the outside you literally can't be hit, if you stay on the inside you can juggle between the two legs and only be hit by its charge, which does so little damage it barely shows up on your hp bar. If you find yourself far away or in front of its head at any time just circle around and get back to its hind legs while sprinting. Use the downtime while he's doing his aoe blast to recover stamina. That's it. Follow this strategy and you'll never cart. If you're careful enough you can pull off a no hit run in a couple of tries with this.

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Midir's infant cousin

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wait does this guy resurrects and become Safi?

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Shut up xeno is not ez

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Xeno jiiva was probably easier than anjanath

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*What’s is fine cocoon*

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It's a decent fight, my friend beat it with maxed-out Titzi Yaku armor, didn't faint once. Or maybe he's just too good lol.

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Midir on gummy vitamins instead of roids.

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xeno'jiva was suprisingly easy, got it on the first try

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Hint: Xeno will move around a lot and does a **** ton of damage, use fast, ranged weapons like the dual blades, long sword, heavy/light bowgun, bow, sword and shield, or charge blade to make sure that you're out of the way when it attacks, and that you can hit it enough before its all the way on the other side of the arena

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Is juvenile safi’jiiva does not look alike

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Every ds3 player would know how easy this guy really is.

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I have not play the game (but I want to but its not on switch ;-;) but this looks beautiful

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I might regret saying this but at xeno is actually very fun to fight I feel like it’s the right amount of everything except he puts fire everywhere

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does he rly have 16k hp? it felt more like 6k~ maybe

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If u need help to kill this thing for the 1st time, just use insect glaive and learn the insect mechanic, after u learn that, just spam the fly thing and the double jump move thing

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Aim for the area where the wings intersect with the body. If you can't, aim for the BACK legs. It's easy enough when it isn't enraged, but it can quickly become very difficult very fast when it gets enraged. When it's enraged, it will take more damage, and although this may be tempting, be patient and cautious of the front legs. If it roars and stands up in the air while you're near, try to triple-role away. A weapon that has a white sharpness is very helpful for this fight. When it uses its laser beam (for lack of better words) horizontally, it can be easily dodged with a well-timed role. Even though the damage boost on the tail my be tempting, it is often not worth it as it has a very powerful tail slam attack.

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Defeated it for the first time on the first try, got a gem and tail while carving the tail

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I was surprised when I noticed, that I can carve the Xeno'jiiva tail twice.

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This is like fighting a toaster in a bath tub :(

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there IS a hack to capture this thing

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"Is the juvenile form of Safi'jiva". But Safi'jiva is a Iceborne monster, so did a bunch of xeno'jiva just happen to fly over to iceborne and say "Hey! I'm gonna grow up here!"?

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Found out coral puki-puki has more hp

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First time beating it I got two gems, one from carving and another for rewards lol

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Super fun fight, reminds me of Seath the scaleless and the crystal cave area

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Die ***** is what she say btw do u no date wae

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Something not in this wiki, when she's enraged, her chest glows very brightly, and the ground under her becomes molten. The molten ground stays molten for a minute after she moves away, leaving trials of dangerous molten areas. Just back off, and let her tire.

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Dont know if i got lucky or this final boss on the story was supposed to be very easy. Just finished killing Vaal Hazak, went straight to the Xeno quest, didnt resupply any potions and etc, killed it very easy and got a Xeno Gem from carving. As i said, dont know if i got lucky or this happens for everyone.

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I got a tail from this guy .

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Love the design, love the music, love the fight. I wouldn't say it was "easy" - It sure hits hard, with melee weapons it's hard to hit it sometimes, but it's doable. Don't be intimidated by its size and attacks - just whack him as often as you can, dodge, heal frequently (Max/Ancient Pots for carts) and rely on your palico to do it's support stuff. I myself carted two times because I was to greedy in getting those few hits in. Just be careful, get this thing out of the air asap and you'll be fine! - Happy hunting my fellow Hunters!

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she’s Cute but deadly

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Blue bastard. it almost took me 50 min to beat him. so hard to aim for his tail using long sword

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Fighting this thing is like having sex with your mum: yeah, she's massive, but it's still hard find an opening.

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First time I fought this thing I didn't even go to the canteen because how was I supposed to know an alien Elder Dragon was going to pop out of an egg filled with bio-energy. I did beat him though, first try.

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I see many people complaining that it is hard to get certain parts (Mainly the shells) I get shells just fine somehow but I can't get his wings. I can get at least 3 of everything else Xeno related at the end of the fight.

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What if xeno hatched before we got there?

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My palico was barly doing any damage

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It was cool

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Sinh the slumbering dragon with midir lasers

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ITS TOOTHLESS ON STEROIDS

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He probably has the longest hitbox of any monster, which makes pulling off that perfect spine roll with the Dual Blades VERY satisfying.

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How do I know if Xeno is enraged.

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Xeno was easier than nergy by tenfold. It took 2 tries to beat Xeno, and like 700 to beat nergy.

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I'm newbie, is there any way to survive the horizontal laser other the guard up skill and evade?

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It’s funny glowy alien boi turns into Smaug from hobbit

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So, I've seen a lot of posts about the armor and determined that it's either the best armor in the base game... Or absolute garbage... Regardless, why don't we compile a list of pros and cons for it, keep it civil, and no fighting.

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It just will not die, I figured out its weaknesses times to bash it etc and spent fifty five minutes whacking it with a decently high tier gunlance. It Just Did Not Die. I did not find it to be a difficult fight, but my god it just refuses to eat the dirt for me

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1st try very disappointing

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kinda disappointing last boss for the main story line, to be honest

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Tired of this dude screaming kamehameha waves at me

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Fought him for the first time today finishing the story and got a gem lol

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Anyone else a bit disappointed there's not a MR version? I mean, Zorah got MR gear

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It’s name means alien origins

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REEEEEEEEEEE GIVE ME YOUR HORN

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this dude likes f***ing with you mentally, especially if you use the greatsword. it sits there for a few seconds and gives you the impression "hey I'm vulnerable! hit me!" you hit it ONCE and then it spider crawls away and ruins your framerate with that horrid laserbeam. but then again that's some great lookin armor so it makes the whole fight worth it... until you have you fight it again because you don't have the mats for the rest of the gear. 10/10 would spend an hour fighting again

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try using insect glaive for the first time at this boy (some people said it works on him pretty well) he got to hit me only a few times and when he hit me I just go extract his tail for free heal although I need run around from his head front legs and back legs to rebuff

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Wait, you don’t mount Zorah Magdaros? Did I hallucinate that entire mission?

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I'm a hammer main on my way doing this dude's quest thought I'm well prepared just keep hammering his feets and it took me 36 min OTL his hp pool is maybe 2 times larger than other elder dragons and he keep charging( changing his position ) or flying and I can't seem to find any pods around him lol also there's barely any environments at all just one ledge on the first fighting area and a few

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This dude was... Interesting. Every time I've fought him (... Like 3 times...) I killed him just after the '10 minutes remaining' message. Definitely time consuming, but kind of fun. He is a bit underwhelming though, you learn the moves and you've basically won. Best design though, he looks incredible! Also, would you say his armour and weapons are worth it? (mainly glaive and light bowgun)

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Oh hey midir, I see you escaped the ringed city

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tedious fight, especially using a hammer.

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this guy is too easy. my disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined.

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for horns should i do a slicing partbreaker build on hbg? asking for a friend

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AT Xeno is what the adult version would look like

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Did you know you can damage it using weapons :O

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I tried fighting it and ran and left I wasn’t prepared

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AAAAAMMMAAAZZZIIIIIINNNGGG ..... target lock

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How has no one commented that it is an obvious combination of the Ur Dragon and Daemon from Dragon's Dogma?

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Anyone know the HP of AT Xeno in solo?

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Think about it: This creature just hatched and it can already fly and fire lasers outta its mouth. If your character fail to slay it and it got away, lil' Timmy here will mature into a world-ender. By comparison, when I came out of my mother's womb, I can only do 1+1=2. So weak man

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male or female ??

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It’s so satisfying cutting off the tail.

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first time fighting him i got stunned, he used straight laser and i survived by being stunned longer than the laser lasted. lol my head should have been ash. later during the fight i had really low health, got stunned, and my palico got me out of the stun, and when they do that it does a little bit of damage, and i fainted. stupid cat

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For some reason, even though I have killed it three times in total, I can't select Xeno'jiva as a preferred target when searching SoS flares.

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Since this guy has JUST been born, how exactly can he be classified as an "Elder" Dragon.. I don't think capcom knows what elder means...

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If your having trouble with him, use a Shattercryst build. Was able to beat him first try in 15 minutes. Pierce 3 on his chest when it is glowing during the second phase just destroys him

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RNG in this game is so weird, got a gem my first try fighting this guy but it took me 20 hunts to get a rath gem lol

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I feel I'm gonna get destroyed

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As a hammer used I have to say: It sucks that you can't get the tail at all

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The story one is so much easier to fight than the event and optional quest ones wtf

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Not that hard... but extremely annoying dmg sponge with broken hitboxes. Worst fight of the game for sure

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Technically you can mount the zoran magdros. You are getting on it's back and attacking it. It just doesn't have that animations like other monsters such as anjanath or diablos

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Easiest monster still wondering why some player plays it multiplayer

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I was hunter rank 15 when I first solo’ed it and I was using the nergal reaver 1 lol with a attack gem in it

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pretty much Midir from DS3 but considerably easier and way more boring

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Health pool has to be wrong because i got a card at the end of hunting xeno that said i dealt 23151 how cuz the random i was with did not know at all how to even charge his phails with the charge

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Pretty but boring af to fight after the first fight

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Gain carpace by using the Plunderblade which can be accuired by helping the Plunderers in the Rotten Vale near Vaal Hazak's cave.

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To be fair, the most beautiful and easiest elder dragon in the game after Negigante. Time consuming though due to this bih cant stop moving around lol... Easily God of Elder Dragon

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easiest monster in the *****ing game.....

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