Forum:Ceadeus Guide by KrayzeeGuy (Bowgun)

Guide Made By: KrayzeeGuy

Guide for: Ceadeus

Game: Monster Hunter Tri

Rank: Offline Village

Weapon Type: Bowgun

Armor: Lagiacrus Set w/Sniper Gems w/Precision Talisman: Normal S Boost (NormalS Up +10), Elemental Atk Up (Elemental +10), Olympic Swimmer (Swimming +10), Status Atk Down (Status -10), Steadiness +2 (Precision +15) Guide:

Introduction
To start off, the Ceadeus is the only Offline-Only monster in the third generation to this date, personally I think it'd be fun to bash this guy with friends, but it's a glorious fight nonetheless. However, as I learned the hard way and many others probably did, there are strict guidelines with how you should fight this monster. These guidelines make bowgunners have a more difficult time dealing with the Ceadeus, and as such, I will be writing a foolproof and Ceadeus-bashing guide on how to 99.9% assure you a quality kill or repel. Both storyline quest, and non.

--Armor--
The reason this guide circles around Lagiacrus armor is because of how it is made for this fight. Without the gems and talisman, it already gives you both Elemental Atk Up (a must since elemental damage is the way to go with this guy) and Olympic Swimmer (Good for preventing you from being left in the brine behind it). Not only that, but this armor gives you a nice Water Resistance amount, and has a good base defense if you are a bit cheap with the armor spheres. This isn't to say that other armor sets are useless, but it's great if you aren't good at getting out of the way of his attacks in time (which your bowgun recommendation will also help with). If you feel risky though, you could equip a set that automatically gives you an attack boost.

--Bowgun Parts--
Bowgun parts are where a bit more debate will arise, but I can assure you two parts that will grant you many abilities, and even life-saving tactics.

Before I do so though, I'd like to point out a table courtesy of the Monster Hunter Wiki group.

With this table, you can see that losing Status damage really has no effect on the fight. You can also see how susceptible the Ceadeus is to elemental damage, which is a fairly decent chunk. From these tables alone, we can write up a simple list of what we want in a bowgun:

1) Dragon S

2) Thunder S

3) (Optional) Fire S (You'll understand why it's optional, but what the perks are if you have Fire S in your inventory later on)

Short list though, so let's think, some Bowguns come with shields, and with the fact that bowgun range is cut about in half underwater, you may have to pull some close calls with such a large behemoth, so let's add a shield.

4) Shield attachment

Goodness, if this were 2nd Gen though, I doubt any bowgun existent would fit all these categories without being outrageously difficult. But that's where the advantage of Bowgun Parts come in for 3rd Gen!

One bowgun part alone takes out Shield, Dragon S, and Fire S, and that is the Rathling Gun Barrel. This part I suggest the most out of all the parts you could leave out of my suggestions.

For the other recommended part, to fill in the Thunder S gap, that is the Thundacrus Stock, not too difficult to attain, and it doesn't leave your bowgun helpless with lack of ammo.

Finally, for the Frame, you can be creative, mostly go for damage to ensure you're actually hurting it when you unload, I used Poison Stinger Lvl 3, the damage is great on it, and it doesn't make the weight go to Heavy, or have a fold.

So for the finalized form: Pretty simple, but then packing your bags to take on the big guy isn't as simple unfortunately.

--Items--
Most of the stuff in the optional box will make your attempts against the Ceadeus much easier, but you can still successfully repel the Ceadeus with just the required materials, so long as you are agonizingly perfect with your execution.

It's also not that hard getting UW Ballista Ammo pre-quest, just make Argosy go to the Wyverian Hub, and he will trade it to you for a decent sum of trade meter.

Now that your bags are packed, weapon is ready, and armor is equipped, it is time to dive into the abyss.

Ceadeus Behavior 101
You should notice this immediately when you first dive in, but the Ceadeus travels