Forum:Lagiacrus

Guide Made By: DungeonDragon

Guide for: Lagiacrus (Farming)

Game: Monster Hunter 3 Tri

Rank: Village 

Weapon Type: Longsword (Wyvern Blade Fire)

Armor: Any armor with a good base defense, e.g Baggi, Barroth, Quropeco etc,

Guide: Firstly, this guide is for those of you who are farming Lagiacrus for his armor set, which is my personal favorite, which I completed today after farming around 20 Lagiacrus' for the Plate. The first time I killed him I used the Great Sword, Caticlysm Blade, made from Royal Ludroth and Gobul parts, and I used the charge, strike, flee method, however, this took a while and became tedious. So, after that I unlocked the Rathalos quest and was able to make the Wyvern Blade Fire Longsword straight after, this was the first time I had made a Longsword on MH3 but it was all I used in MHF2 and MHFU. I wanted Lagiacrus mail, and I decided that, due to it's natural weakness to Fire Element, the Lagiacrus would have a difficult time when pitted up against the Wyvern Blade Fire... and I was right.

Having Cha-Cha with you is incredibly helpful as he will distract the Lagiacrus, as well as eating Dragontail and some kind of drink from the Felyne Chef, for Health up and Attack Up Small.

So, firstly, the thing's you will need..

10 Potions

10 Mega Potions

10 Herbs

20 Whetstones

Wyvern Blade Fire or any other Longsword, but I will be writing this guide in pressumption that you have this sword and are using it, as it's sharpness goes a long way in determining the Lagiacrus' remaining health.

The supplied I mentioned above will suffice, Blue Mushrooms and Honey are not essential, as I find my self more often than not, returning to the village with only 1 Potion being consumed after this quest.

Attacks to Watch Out For:

Bite: When he lunges shortly forwards and snaps, you will want to roll upwards out of the way.

Lunge: This attack comes in three varients, normal, Electrical and Twister. Electrical is easy to distinguish as he will spark slightly before. However the Twister varient is not, however it is a faster and further lunge with a twister of water jetting from Lagiacrus whilst lunging. Whichever way, he will swim away from you before uncoiling to face you and coil into a sort of ball and look at you. Put away your weapon instantly, and swim to the left, when he charges, wait till he is near you before rolling out of the way. The electrical current can sometimes hit you even when diving, but you should have some distance between you and the monster.

Tail Whip: He will swim forwards slightly, then flip up and bring his tail crashing up towards you, roll to the left instantly.

Electric Ball: An easy to dodge move, he will bring his head up and fire a ball of Electricity at you, or two when in rage mode, simply get out of the way with a roll or two.

Electric Shield: An attack coming in two varients, he will coil downwards and roar before bringing his head up with Electricity flowing out of his body. As soon as he coils down, roll upwards or downwards depending on where you are. The second varient is much more prolonged and not just an electric sheild covers him, but electricity balls will explode around him. Roll in any direction up to five times, heal once you are out of range if nessessary, or sharpen your blade.

''' Note: Pressuming you are using Wyvern Blade Fire, once your weapon has decreased in power once, this is an indication that Lagiacrus' health should be at around 35%. '''

So, you'll be starting at base camp, (this is the low rank Village quest "Fell The Lagiacrus" that this guide is based around) and you'll want to take everything from the supply box except the Gunner Ammo and the Torch, these items take up space, however take them if you wish, this really has no effect on the guide.

Next, dive into the water at base camp and swim down through the water to take the shortcut to zone 9, then continue to zone 10 and then zone 11 if Lagiacrus has not started in zone 10.

Now that you have found Lagiacrus, regardless of which zone, you want to swim upto him and get 3 hits on him before he roars. You do not need to paintball him as it isn't nessessary due to him only ever being in zone 10, 11, 12 when resting and occasionally but rarely, 5.

Once he knows you are there you want to swim behind him and get a few hits on his back. You will want to focus on the chest of Lagiacrus to get your Spirit Gauge up on your Longsword. then you can focus on the head and breaking his horn. Once the horn is broke, a significant amount of damage should have been done to him and he will likely switch to either Zone 10 if he is in Zone 11 and vice-versa.

If he leaves the water, follow him out, and focus on the tail. Once the tail is removed, focus on the chest and unleash Spirit combos on the body. He is incredibly easy on land, remember to keep your health constantly above 50%, around 75% at least. Once he has returned the water or if he never left, the fight resumes as usual. (unless you are going for the capture, otherwise wait untill he goes to Zone 12, then you should wait 15 seconds before entering, setting the trap and waking him up.)

Thankyou for reading, I hope this helps, using this method, I have slain him in between 10 and 15 times everytime :)