Barroth Guides

Znewbie's Lance Guide AKA How I Hunt the Barroth
I'm new to MH but i have come across a fairly reliable and low cost strategy for dealing with Barroth with the Lance weapon. Presented for you here is the general outline for that strategy. While I am no veteran or expert by any means, I'd like to share what I have personally had success with. If you find my strategy lacking, feel free to alter the guide.

At the time I fought the Barroth I was wearing Rhenoplos armor and was using the Ploshasta Lance. The armor is a resistance to mud making the "doggy shake" attack less of a threat. The lance used shouldn't matter overly much as you should be blocking more than anything else during this fight.

As a matter of course when I hunt I bring the maximum 10 mega potions, 10 potions, and 10 well done steaks as well as as many whet stones I find. While performing the strategy below i have never used all of my potions, however, the stamina will be critical in this hunt so i strongly suggest the well done steaks.

Also as a matter of course during my hunts i take all of the usable supply items from the trunk and use them first(waste not want not) and as stated elsewhere on the wiki, I take Cha-Cha to distract the monster.

A Note: As of this writing I have not managed to cut off the Barroth's tail or shatter his face. If you have success in these areas please post in the guide.

The Hunt:

The Barroth lives in it's mud pool in section 3, Usually he is waiting in ambush like in his ecology video, be aware of this as you approach the pool and keep an eye out for his forehead which is easy to spot as he's usually moving.

As you approach the pool he will make is presence known and begin the battle. I find it useful to paint him, but it is not necessary.

The fight itself is rather simple. Most of his attacks are straight forward and easily blockable, however, they deal large amounts of damage so your stamina drops a large amount with each hit. The key to this fight is continuing to block his attacks despite this. In order to accomplish this feat, one must simply keep moving. Moving while blocking allows you to regain stamina, while keeping your guard up. His charges, while possibly devistating come in no more than threes, while the third will break your block if you haven't regained stamina, by walking while blocking you regain stamina efficiently enough to block all his attacks successfully. The desired direction of movement is towards the monster, this allows you to keep your guard pointed to where most of his attacks come from and allows you opportunities to attack, more on this in a moment. The charge attacks have two large hit boxes, the first associated with the monster's head, the second with his tail, by simply moving into the monster, you regain stamina and avoid the second tail hit box. The forehead smash and the doggy shake are also defeated in this manner. However, the tail swipe attacks do not come directly at you from the monster, but from his left (your right). So, when you see these attacks coming point your shield right.

Moving into the monster opens up attack opportunities, as stated above, these opportunities come in the form of the doggy shake and any point at which the monster is turning and you are directly below it. The twisting head butt attack and even the tail swipes will in general miss if you are beneath the monster, the Doggy shake will rarely hit, but it does happen, do not panic continue on despite this, you can take a charge or two and not worry too much, thats what potions are for. The lance's diagonal stab is of great use here as it deals more damage and a majority of the monster is above you. You will probably remove the mud from his hands and legs as you perform this strategy, making your attacks more effective.

The monster will reapply mud occasionally, this can either be used as an opportunity to attack or heal/sharpen. Similarly the Barroth doesn't like Cha-cha and will attack him if given the opportunity.

If delt enough damage the Barroth will move towards the center of the area and dig itself beneath the ground. At this point I usually stop attacking and heal/sharpen while keeping an eye out for dust clouds indicating which direction he is fleeing in. This is not necessary if he is painted as the yellow cricle and pink dot indicating him will move too whichever section he fled to. Additionally, from his home in section 3 there are only two places he could have fled, if you missed where he went, you have enough time to check both. If the Barroth flees to a section where there are other monsters, keep them in mind but remember, his attacks are more powerful and block his attacks over the attacks of smaller monsters. Additionally keep in mind he can destroy scenery structures. This can be used to your advantage, particularly in section 4, if he destroys the Jaggi nest there, the jaggi will flee the area (the will return if you leave and come back, but they wont' spawn while your there anymore).

Rage mode is indicated by puffs of steam not from his mouth but from the nostrals on his forhead, he is a carnivore so tainted meat is an option but i have never used it, he will also drool and limp when he's low on stamina. Rage mode charge attacks will drain more stamina but again, if you keep moving while blocking you gain stamina and chances to attack, don't let up on him. Further more the roar indicating the start of rage mode will cause you to flinch, and may prevent you from having your guard up in a timely fashion, but if you have your guard up prevents you from flinching.

in summary:

1. MOVE INTO THE MONSTER WHILE BLOCKING

2. ATTACK WHILE UNDER HIM DURING DOGGY SHAKE

3. DON'T LET UP. CHASE THE DUST PUFFS(after healing/sharpening)