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DermoPower

High Rank Monsters: Can you react to every incoming attack?

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TL;DR Can you react to all incoming attacks, or are some too fast to react to?

I beat the Main Quest recently and I've started fighting all the optional High Rank monsters. I've also started going on Multiplayer hunts, after playing most of the game solo. However, I felt like I was spending too much time running from the monsters and using healing items when I should be in the monster's face, helping my team do damage.

I looked for advice online, and saw that people suggested going back to Solo mode to learn every monster's attack pattern. Since I needed Black Diablos' horns for several pieces of equipment, I decided to switch to Hammer and start with her.

I spent a few hours today fighting her and trying to predict all her attacks, but I still got hit a lot. Because she attacks so fast, I was often unaware of how I got hit, so I started recording all my fights and going through the footage afterwards. I went frame-by-frame every time I got hit to see when I made a mistake.

I was able to notice some telegraphs that I didn't notice while playing in real time. I also found which zones are relatively safe to hang out in (under her belly, between her feet and forward a little) and which are dangerous (in front of her feet), but I'm still having trouble. Some of her attacks are very fast, and I can't react quick enough to them. And obviously there are much faster monsters than Black Diablos.

So I think I'm looking at this the wrong way.

Can you react to every attack from every monster? Or are some too quick to react to?

I've looked up speedruns and no-hit runs on YouTube and Twitch, and it seems like the meta revolves around high-damage equipment that staggers the monster and kills it quickly. People also seem to focus more on positioning (staying in places they know to be safe) and being proactive so that they don't have to dodge/block every attack.

Is that the strategy? Should you focus on positioning, and staggering the monster? Or can you react to every attack with enough practice, dodging and blocking as needed?

Posted Oct 3, 2019, 3:30 AM UTC

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NAI_WATCS Upskirts•

Most HR monsters are actually pretty slow compared to the hyper aggressive monsters you find at endgame or MR. I'd say most veterans can predict and avoid 99% of HR attacks with roars or attacks like AT Nergigante instant slams being the hardest to predict or avoid. Like, you will probably never get hit by HR Great Jagras or Pukei Pukei if you really tried and didn't get cocky and impatient.

Yes, the goal isn't to avoid attacks but to not be where they are to begin with. This lets you attack more often. Some monsters are too fast for you to try to "take turns" dodging and attacking with. Their next attack will come out by the time you're done dodging. You need to be proactive and well positioned.

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DermoPowerOP•

Thank you, this answers my question. I have been trying to "take turns" dodging and attacking, which seems like the wrong approach. I'll focus on trying to learn the proper positioning for each monster instead

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stoneyDL•

I have been carefully training myself on dodging and knowing what's coming to prepare my next attack. I like to think of it as a dance if that makes sense. You kinda just have to pay attention to the monsters animations and someday you can even dodge a roar!

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kcb7xGrimalkyne•

I'd say some aren't, but those are highly situational. The question is can "you react". Sure, 90% of them you can avoid, but if you're committed in an attack animation or something like that, you're gonna get hit. As stated previously, learning their moves and tells is key.

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Table5614Dual Blades•

I’d say every monster in the game has a move set that’s learnable if you put in the time, there’s not really anything that’s unfairly unpredictable

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HegoesbySpacemagicCharge Blade•

Make sure your armor is up to snuff too, so you can take a hit or three before you need to heal

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dungorthb•

You will gradually get better dont worry. It feels really good when you see how far you can progress in a game like this. Keep at it and have fun.

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kennyxddd•

just a simple advise, don't follow those speed runner's strategy, they do homework far more than what you saw on their video, you can follow if your gear can do enough damage compared to theirs gear, because they counted every single amount of damage needed to stagger a monster, if you fail to stagger anything, the strategy won't work, my another advise is, bring weapon with shield, like SnS, it's okay to fight a gigantic monster with a shield, not a shame to hide behind it either.Positioning is a good thing to learn, but with shield positioning become optional, by that way you can practice your positioning with it and when things goes wrong you can always hide behind your shield

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AwokenTitansGreat Sword•

You can learn every attack animation from every monster in the game but you're gonna get hit no matter what. You could dive from one attack and not have time to dodge the next or you can be in the middle of an attack and not have time to stop. The important thing is you avoid the attacks that you can and always work towards being better. When I first started world it took me 40 minutes to hunt a fucking anjanath, now I can hunt gold rathian in 7 minutes. It all comes in time

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dungorthb•

You will gradually get better dont worry. It feels really good when you see how far you can progress in a game like this. Keep at it and have fun.

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