Kirin

Kirin resemble white unicorns with a glowing white aura caused by the electrical currents running within it. It casts a pure white "shadow" under it at all times. Kirin can summon lightning to strike you, or the area around it. Kirin are very swift & very strong creatures and are known to quickly leap around an area making them difficult to hit with larger weapons like great swords, lances, and hammers. Even without wind, their mane still flutter when they die because of the electrical currents still running through it. Kirin are glorified by some hunters, not only for their rarity, but for their uniqueness. The Kirins' most sensitive area on their body is their horn where the damage is nearley doubled as compared to its main body and are weakest to fire and water elemental weapons. Kirin can be witnessed in the tower area but few has witnessed it.

= Battle =

You should mainly focus on attacking the horn. This is easy for Great swords, Hammers and Lances. Caution is advised as these weapons almost always bounce of Kirin except when attacking the head or neck areas (this can be cancelled if you have ESP). For Dual and Sword and Shield users it is recommended that they focus their attack on the neck and the sides. Attacking the horn when possible is also recommended, but thanks to their short range this quite hard when Kirin is standing - especially if it's an especially large Kirin. By attacking Kirin from the sides you can make him fall over, leaving him lying on the ground for several seconds. During this period you can freely attack the horn.

Kirin can call forth lightning and let it go anywhere he wants. While enraged the amount of lightning strikes is increased and covers larger areas then normal. The lightning either strikes in a circle around Kirin, Kirin himself or it strikes in a forward motion. You should avoid attacking Kirin when he does this.

Because Kirin are very fast & very strong monsters (even at Elder level), health recovery becomes difficult. Bear in mind that Kirin can deal a plethora of damage no matter what rank it is fought in.

Pitfall, Stun traps and flash bombs don't work on him so don't bring them with you.

=Trivia=
 * Kirin can no longer be fought in the original Monster Hunter because it was online only, and the server shut down.