MH4U: Guild Quest Shenanigans! (Level 136-140 Rajang Solo Part 3)

Okay! Part three of my gruesome solo adventures against an Apex Rajang! This time he's level 138. Since I'm new to using the CB, it took quite some time to get used to the attacks and by the time I got used to it, I think I'll stick with the CB for a bit.

It's got a lot of cool attacks and also mastering Guard Point is so rewarding. The quest lasted for 33 minutes before I defeated him but do note that it took me A LOT of tries before taking him down and I mean A LOT. If you could only see my guild card it's all full of "Abandoned Quest Level 138 Rajang" about a hundred of those. I am not kidding when I say a hundred because that is the amount of time I spent trying to find ways outsmarting this overpowered beast!

So here are the armor skills I've used:

Honed Blade
Weakness Exploit
Evasion +1
Elemental Atk Up

I'm a fan of evasion and mix this up with good timings with Guard Point and you'll take this guy out surely!

I used Daora's Thwartoise but due to my low stock of Strong Armor Spheres, I couldn't hone it for attack. You could say that this could have gone quicker if I had that great +20 more attack. I would have also used the Challenger +2 skill but I lacked the appropriate talismans for it.



With the number of times I failed beating him I knew I had to step up my game, I had doubted myself if I could even beat him with the CB. A lot of headaches and hardships later I finally gave his sleeping head a good Ultra Burst to finish the quest.

It was a much better feeling than the first time I beat him because all of the pain of going through a whole new weapon and adapting to this guy's behavior with it, made me more confident with the CB and ultimately use it as a sub-main weapon of choice.

 One of my favorite moments was knocking him out of Apex mode with a Guard Point. Boy was it such a good Guard Point! Don't ever give up guys! A big thanks to Alice-99Th's video of taking down a 140 Apex Rajang with the Akantor Severance CB which gave me a lot of techniques and ideas to handle my own Apex Rajang soloing.

This guy's video is awesome, took down the Rajang in under 13 minutes! Way faster than my time but for me, a victory is a victory. It was tiring but worth every single ounce of frustration. Hold your head up high hunter! Don't ever doubt yourself like I did! Perseverance is the key! Happy hunting!

Games News: Monster Hunter Cross! MHX! (3DS)

The Monster Hunter community exploded when they heard that there was a new Monster Hunter game for Japan set to be released this year. The footage of the game titled Monster Hunter Cross, yes cross not x, seemed that it had four different towns that you could explore including the return to Yukumo, Pokke and previous towns from older Monster Hunter titles.

New areas for hunting have been added where it gives a prehistoric feeling or vibe. Returning maps also seem to be in it such as the Yukumo village misty mountain. No new weapon was added but a lot of variation for weapon customization was included.

The trailer portrayed new flashy moves from the 14 different weapons the game has and from the producers they said that you could customize or personalize your weapon from choosing four different play styles.

I guess they wanted to add more depth to the game by making a lot of weapon modification and the freedom to choose which style would suit you better. I've got mixed feelings from this game as it seems that it's the son of MH4U and MHO and it is a main Monster Hunter Title to begin with.

I loved the Monster Hunter series because of its simplicity to just grab any type of weapon and start a quest with but I'll give this game a go if it does reach the west and gets translated to English. It still retains the vertical mechanics from MH4U so mounting seems to be in it and some attacks that was seen from the footage included aerial assault (like the one the GS did).

I don't know if there's any G-rank but with or without it, this game will still get a lot of attention from fans alike. MH4U was just released this February and we're still in awe on how great the game is and then in less than four months another MH title graces the 3DS, what is this?! An early Christmas gift?! Nonetheless I'll take it! If it doesn't have an English port I'll respect their decision but with the success of MH4U I think it'll have a chance to be localized. Finger crossed and hope to play this game in the future! Happy hunting!