I feel this in my soul. It's insane how much harder it is to get these than gems. Not to mention most things you craft need 5 of them and not just 1. MHW and Iceborne have effectively turned 2 star item rarity into the real struggle.
Why do you hate it so much? The first phase is kind of boring, that's my only real complaint. Second phase is wild and I love how it uses sound.
Really liked it, one of the better MH final bosses.
I guess it ultimately comes to one's own experience, because you can break it out of rock form in under 5 minutes comfortably just by using CC to both tenderize parts and wall slams. And this is with regular pre Shara weapons.
You need to run the giant rock monster against walls with the cluch claw to break the rocks really fast
1st phase sucks I agree, 2nd phase is great. Then again Namielle might be the only new monster I disliked that they added to iceborne, so different strokes I guess.
LS getting the coolest looking moves in the game added to the dlc for no reason whatsoever will do that. the weapon wasnt weak, it doesnt have to switch states for meter management, it has a badass defensive option and they gave it the new anime slash as another offensive option.
Dire miralis and gogmazios were endgame bosses (like Ruiner Nergigante and Ahtal Ka), not story bosses.
Things are a bit different in world since they have a narrative going all the way through, but in my head I associate Nergi with the end of story bosses, Xeno with the true final boss in world. In Iceborne, Velkhana with the story final boss, Shara with the true final boss.
I view it like it it was in Tri.
I go by when the credits roll for story final boss, and that's xeno for world and shara for iceborne. Goldbeard ceadeus for 3U, for 4U I honestly don't remember who the credits rolled after but I know gogmazios is after that in G rank multiplayer only, narkarkos for gen, valstrax for gen U.
In fairness, it seems to live mostly underground which is not really a place to fight monsters since hunters can move around underground like that.
How is GL higher than lance. The guard is a joke compared and the only way to get real damage out of the weapon is shelling 100%. Feels like playing a tank firing pellets.
you probably going to get it soon but I wonder if your success will be better if you get those 5 purple box investigations...
Over 1700+ hours here...
If Shara living underground is going to present problems for its boss fight, then the obvious solution would be not designing it as living mostly underground.
Two Shara fights, 5 tenderplates and two gems. Not too shabby. This time I went with a lower DPS weapon (+ Elderseal, although I doubt it had an effect) and focused on the head until the scalp broke off. Then I carved it immediately the next time I KO'd it. I wasn't letting it disappear on me again.
Still a shit fight otherwise. Glad I have the materials for the arm piece, two of its weapons and plenty of tenderclaws for the other ED weapons.
If Shara living underground is going to present problems for its boss fight, then the obvious solution would be not designing it as living mostly underground.
And even then there were plenty of opportunities to do something different with it. The Guiding Lands would have been a perfect stage for a boss fight (with some alterations perhaps) with plenty of environmental interaction for player and final boss alike to work with. It would have been sense from a story perspective, too, since the corpse of Zorah Magdaros could still be a prime target for a monster that destroys (new?) ecosystems. Lastly, fighting it in the Guiding Lands first would have been a perfect bridge to opening the Guiding Lands for expeditions, thus establishing the endgame.
If you're worried about not being able to carve the scalp in time, just use a farcaster and go get your Ghillie Mantle from the camp. Lets you carve in peace and not have to worry about Shara killing you while you do it. Then you can farcaster again to get your useful mantles when you're done.
You jest, but I legimately hate how it's able to knock you down with one attack, then follow up with either a beam cannon or AoE explosions next. No matter how quick or slow you rise, you are going to eat the second attack and faint.
This "break the scalp, KO it, carve in peace" has worked well so far, but I hadn't thought of this yet. I might do this instead just to be certain I won't miss the carve opportunity. Thanks!
Surprised to see the IG that high, I rarely see anyone using it.
lao shan is just a lr boss. fatalis is the last final boss for mh hr
just notice lance got a counter claw after i first use it on diablos. guess its a better way to soften or slam to wall? probably gonna try a little more how it works. but atleast for lance it only takes one time to soften.
The final boss one, Acidic Glav, or the Nergigante one are the three that have the most potential. Unless you go elemental crit draw, which is pretty cool.
It's good, but don't assume it's a free wound. You basically get Rocksteady while on the monster, but you aren't invulnerable so if you latch on at the wrong time (like when Jho starts his rapid flailing like a lunatic) you can still die.
Shara GS is the go-to if you can't get all of the augments for the Acidic Glav one or you're worried about the 10 points of purple.
Shara, Acidic Glavenous and Ruiner Nergigante are the best ones. Tigrex one isn't too bad either.
For Crit Element, I think the Coral Pukei GS would also be pretty good just because it starts with high element and gets custom mods.
