Forum:Can someone give me tips on how to kill the rathalos?

Hello, I have been stuck on 'Slay the rathalos' quest (Monster hunter ps2 version) For nearly a year I have tried to kill it but I can't, I struggle with being able to hit it and healing when my health is low, the furthest i have got on this quest was getting it to go into area 5 on my last try with only 5 minutes left.

Has anyone got any tips that will aid me in killing it? The basic things I would like to know are; What things should I take onto this quest, what armor do you recommend, what weapons do you recommend and what tactics I should use?

At the moment the armor and weapons I have available to me at this moment in time are as follows;

Head: - None

Body: - Cephalos plate

Arms: - Gypcepros vambraces

Belt: - Cephalos tasit

Legs: - Gypcepros legs

Weapons (Equip and in item box); Equip: - Ultimate serpantblade In item box: -

1.Defender plus(Def + 4)

2.Golum blade(+)

If all of this equipment is ok please let me know, if not could you please tell me what armor and weapons I should be using.

At the moment in my item box I have these hunting items; 2 x potions

10 x herbs

10 x antidote herbs

28 x paintballs

5 x flashbombs

1 x pitfall trap

2 x trap tools

2 x nets

3 x mega juice's

3 x pyscho? (I don't remeber the name but it helps you track the wyvern for a short time without the use of a paintball)

1 x immuneiser

20 x whetstones

If there is anymore items I should take with me on this quest please let me know.

Thank you for your help it is greatly appreciated.