User blog comment:Lord Loss/Discussion of the Week: Strategies/@comment-25137139-20140721150911

Flashbombs are great... in the 1st and the 2nd gen. They got nerfed really hard in the 3rd gen since the monsters would recover more easily if they keep getting flashbombed. However they are helpful at disabling certain attacks like Akantor's charge attack. But using flashbombs against monsters like Rajang is not a good idea..... good luck with that.

I love using the adrenaline strategy to solo tough monsters like Gravios and Fatalis. Normally I only use this strategy with ranged weapons, and it's really helpful to kill monsters a bit more faster.

Sonicbomb is my least favorite tactics only because of Cephalos and Plesioth. I always keep wasting sonicbombs against them, and it just gets frustrating trying to get them out of the water/sand. I do use sonicbomb against some monsters like Diablos and Daimyo, but I never enjoyed using them overall.