MH4U Monster Breakdown: Teostra!

This elder dragon isn't titled emperor or king for no reason, he hits for crazy amounts of damage and add the application of blast blight to almost every attack he has, and you've got yourself one hell of a problem. Teostra is the embodiment of fire and ember, when enraged he's like a ticking time bomb that explodes into a dazzling supernova that almost guarantees to one shot you (A level 140 Teostra nova could probably be a guaranteed insta-cart!).

One way of knowing when his supernova will come is using a drive or force wystone when he enters rage mode and then when the wystone runs out you've got yourself 10-15 seconds worth of time before a supernova comes. When he stops and creates rings of burning ash around him stay clear and watch out! It has four patterns, frontal, back, around him and a large radius centering him. Like what I told you earlier, his attacks are strong and if you're inflicted with blast blight and he hits you, it's either going to eat up 90% of your health or it just plainly kills you.

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When he's not enraged he has a passive immolation, it's like being near lava, this just shows how he easily manipulates his powers to give him hunter-melting protection.

A normal Teostra only has his head being protected by this fire barrier but a level 136-140 one has his whole body covered with it.

Luckily we as hunters can knock him out of this status by staggering him and he loses this ability when enraged or when his horns are broken (Elder dragon horns don't break easily, for Teostra he has to have less than 30% of his health for his horns to break). This monster has to be one of the coolest monsters I've ever faced, fought him before in MHFU but in MH4U he's a lot stronger and more ruthless.

Traps don't work on elder dragons so that's out of the equation, put a trap for him and he'll just laugh at you! (well if he could that is!).

Flash bombs still stun him making room for you to gather yourself and give time to heal or sharpen.

His tail can't be normally cut off, he's got to have less than 40% of his health left for it to come off. He always roars when he enters rage mode and none after that unlike Kushala Daora who loves to scream at you for the duration of the whole quest! Jeez!

His back legs are weakest to ice while his head is weak to water, his back legs by the way are weak to Cut/Impact attacks, it's a good place to pile-up damage and since it has a 45 hitzone and you almost always aim for it, the skill Weakness Exploit will be a big help!

This guy loves to lunge and run over you and he always does that through out the hunt, what you want to be looking for is when he does his flamethrower, this is his biggest opening. Hunt with precaution when dealing with this elder dragon or you'll eat a lot of ash and brimestone! Happy hunting!

MH4U Monster Breakdown: The Yian Garuga!

The reason why I made this post about this guy is that he's a freak of nature to deal with and it's so absurd once you try and fight a G-rank or a level 140 Yian Garuga cause the first time you deal with him, he'll wipe the floor with you at least that's what happened to me when I tried to solo him by trying to get some of his lash.

He'll be so fast that he's going to overwhelm you through most of the quest, but if you read all his patterns right you'll do just fine, fastest time I've soloed him was under 12 minutes, wasn't even using an overpowered relic but a level 136-140 Yian Garuga, well that's a completely different thing, might need 2-4 hunters to hunt that overpowered menace!

It's as if he was made to destroy hunters! He can poison with his tail, stun you with his roars and wind pressure and ultimately make you cart because of his ridiculous damage output.

He's a great challenge but his rewards aren't that much to brag about, he doesn't drop Zenith gems or any gem for that matter so if you want to get some of his parts, just tackle the regular G-rank one and you're all set to go. The Metroid event quest is a good one wherein you have to take out a frenzied Yian Garuga and even have the Samus LBG as a reward after beating him so that's a pretty good addition to it.

For this guy the blademaster armor skills I'd recommend are Earplugs or Evasion +1 if you're good at dodging his roar, Weakness Exploit because once you trip him or get to hit his face you'll do more damage than usual, Challenger is good on him cause he's almost always enraged, if not just get in some offensive skill like Attack up or Critical Eye, any of the two will do just fine. Just don't easily get frustrated like I do, or else he'll get up your nerves pretty quickly and it'll mess up your concentration.

Focus is the main key to hunting monsters! Lose a little bit of focus and you'll pay the price! This is true for most solo hunters that like to add a challenge to their game, why do they solo monsters instead of just joining in a group and beating the crap out of a monster? I'll tell you why, it's because there's always that addictive sense of achievement you get when you do a good solo hunt, it raises once spirit and self confidence to a higher degree than normal.

Anyways! This was the breakdown of Yian Garuga, the monster with a plethora of attacks that'll make your hunts miserable if you don't take him seriously as with a lot of monsters that MH4U has. More practice and happy hunting!