Forum talk:Rathian Guide by Bonaparrte

Mikegrann's Suggestions
In the beginning, you used "mitigate" excessively. Consider replacing it with a synonym at some points.

For "Choosing a Weapon", you never gave users a recommendation for Sword and Shield. I assumed you were just ignoring SnS in this guide, but you mentioned it a few times later on. The relatively strong water element Royal Claw+ is available.

With Sword and Shield and Long Sword, a single roll is enough to avoid the Rathian. Double rolling only places the hunter too far away from the Rathian to chase it down at the end of its charge. Additionally, the head can be attacked as rolling underneath the Rathian right before it charges will cause no damage.

In fact, underneath the Rathian can be a great position, as you are safe from its charge. After the first tail attack, rolling under the Rathian grants a few free hits, if you can stay directly below it where the feet do no damage. The only danger is the backflip, which is easily avoided as Rathian crouches a little and leans before flipping.

The only other problem is the roar, so if Rathian takes an unusual amount of time to charge, it's likely about to roar. In that case you may choose whether to dodge directly below it or to dodge directly away from it, depending on how close you are.

This is your guide, though, and I'm sure your method works well for the inexperienced noob who is unable to do these evasion tactics like we are. Hope I contributed something worthwhile in all this XD

Mikegran 22:24, June 16, 2010 (UTC)