#;Monkey Business (Rajang);

[simon-newman]

And the award for the SECOND monster of Iceborne that has kicked my ass goes to...

Raging Brachydios!

Between this walking explosion and Angry Monke I picked the Furious Rajang to “Get the hard one out of the way”.

I tested my new Anti-Explosion gear on regular Brachydios (it made the fight extremely easy), equipped partbreaker and some ice attack boosters and...

Got my ass handed to me...

Okay. Okay. Maybe it wasn’t that bad really. I did quite well on my first attempt. But the fight was brutal and I carted twice before the monster retreated to it’s lair.

My mistake was forgetting the quest objective is not to “Hunt” but to “Slay” the monster.

I followed it into the lair with only one healing potion left - not knowing the finale triggers an event that cuts you off from any attempt at escaping. You can’t resupply. And to make it worse you can’t trap the monster either.

I struggled for a while and got in a few more hits but ultimately with such limited healing options I failed.

Today I went for round 2.

It took me a while to sever the tail. The thing about this monster is that it’s not only a walking explosion. It spreads an exploding slime all over the area that explodes for massive damage after just a few seconds.

AND it can fall off it’s body if you hit it - tail included. Removing the tail is one way to make the fight easier.

Plus. Asshole developers from Capcom made it actively react to your clutch claw. You basically NEED a temporal or rocksteady mantle to tenderize/flinch shot the monster. Something that was only true for Rajang before (and the monkey has a few moves where he’s too busy to react as well).

The idea was to save the mounting chances to the finale so I used traps and flinch shots for the initial fight.

The finale went surprisingly well:

I’d say the finale is actually easier than the rest of the fight. Given you have the healing potions.

Anyway. I don’t want to fight this guy ever agai...

Shit... I’ll need to fight him again...

[justgoji]

Rajang theme randomly playing in my head like the thing just appeared in my brain and is now messing around and doing monkey business in my mind

[monsters-of-the-world]

Reject hunter life.

Return to monke.

[monsters-of-the-world]

Walking through the underbrush, a rather large primate-looking creature would make its way.  Most of the smaller animals and lesser monsters who saw or heard it coming would quickly vacate the area, not wanting to incur its wrath.

The Rajang would continue on its somber stroll, not really looking too angry or enraged; rather, it looked calm, but that was only because it was looking for a good place to nap.  It would soon find one under a tree with large, flat foliage for its leaves, like an umbrella, where it would plop down on its back in the shade, and would snooze.  Best not to disturb this beast...

[monsters-of-the-world]

The primate Fanged Beast didn’t care who this ‘Dark Lord’ was; this thing looked at it wrong, and Rajang was pissed.

Its fur turning a shade of yellow and sparking with electricity, the angered Rajang would leap into the air to bring both of its fists down in a double hammer blow, right onto the Dark Lord’s stupid head!

[monsters-of-the-world]

"ᕼᙓY! YOᙀ ᖇᙓᗩᗪIᑎᘜ TᕼIS!"

"YOᙀ ᘜOT TᕼIS, ᗩᒪᖇIᘜᕼT?  ᕼᗩᑎᘜ Iᑎ Tᕼᙓᖇᙓ."

[monsters-of-the-world]

/i saw the trailer, there are no gods in monster hunter anymore, they are dead and there are only demons/

None of you are safe.

[monsters-of-the-world]

"Tιmᥱ for mᥱ to gᥱt FURIOUS!"

LOUD HYPE APE NOISES

[monsters-of-the-world]

@thehouseofivo

A large boulder is chucked through the air like a baseball, hurtling towards the hunter over by the cliffside.  If they didn’t move, they would surely be not only hit by the massive chunk of rock,  but definitely knocked off the cliff for a long, long fall.

[monsters-of-the-world]

"I ᒪOOK ᖴOᖇᗯᗩᖇᗪ TO ᑭᑌTTIᑎG Tᕼᕮ ᖴᕮᗩᖇ Oᖴ GOᗪ IᑎTO YOᑌ ᑎᕮᗯ ᑭᒪᗩYᕮᖇS TO ᗰOᑎSTᕮᖇ ᕼᑌᑎTᕮᖇ."

[monsters-of-the-world]

He’s just sitting there at the gate, waiting to be let in.  A brief scratch at his side, but otherwise perfectly still.  Only one more day left to wait..

[monsters-of-the-world]

@thehouseofivo

He’s making that ‘i’ve got my eyes on you’ gesture at the hunter.

[monsters-of-the-world]

"ᕼOᙎ ᙅOᙏᙓ ᖇᗩᒍᗩᑎᘜ ᑎOT Iᑎ SᙏᗩSᕼ!?  ᖇᗩᒍᗩᑎᘜ ᙏᗩKᙓ ᘜOOᗪ ᖴIᘜᕼTᙓᖇ! ᖇᙓᑭᒪᗩᙅᙓ TᕼᗩT STᙀᑭIᗪ KOᑎᘜ ᙎITᕼ ᖇᗩᒍᗩᑎᘜ ᗩᑎᗪ YOᙀ Sᙓᙓ!"

[monsters-of-the-world]

"ᗯOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!  ᑎOᗯ ᗯᕼO'S Iᑎ IᑕᕮᗷOᖇᑎᕮ, ᕼᑌᕼ!?  IT'S ᗰY TIᗰᕮ TO SᕼIᑎᕮ ᑎOᗯ!"

[monsters-of-the-world]

"ᖇᗩᒍᗩᑎG TIᗰᕮ?" 

"ᖇᗩᒍᗩᑎG TIᗰᕮ."

[monsters-of-the-world]

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