Raviente

Raviente (ラヴィエンテ) is a new monster featured in the Monster Hunter Frontier 7.0 Update. Raviente is a giant, tusked serpent living on a lonely island far from civilization. It can burrow both underground and underwater. Raviente's roar is on a whole other level unlike any seen before, requiring a skill larger than High Grade Earplugs to block. Raviente primarily attacks by smashing its face into the ground causing an array of flying rocks. Because of the succession of these hits, hunters caught in the vicinity will become knocked out (dizzy). Once in awhile, Raviente will become stuck into the ground for roughly 15 seconds becoming vulnerable. It has many instant-death attacks like its gigantic fireballs, but Raviente will deeply inhale before releasing this devastating blast; giving ample warning. Its fireball target will be indicated as a green aura on the ground.

Raviente can release a powder that ignites, much like the Teostra. After burrowing into the ground, there will be a series of volcanic geyser eruptions similar to Akantor's fire pillars, except that it takes a bit longer before it explodes. Stepping onto the fire area decreases your health. It is also capable of summoning a hail of meteors to bounding across the field. Much like Lao Shan Lung, simply being in contact with this mammoth beast while it is moving causes you to take damage. It appears to be the largest monster in the Monster Hunter universe thus far. Raviente can be hunted by 4 hunters and 4 non-playable hunters simultaneously.

Raviente has been criticized by a number of players as being "broken" because of its enormous size, allowing the player to attack without consequence, as well as the fact that most of its attacks are one-shot kills that mostly consist of it swinging its head or biting. To quote a few youtube user's comments, Raviente is proof that size doesn't exactly matter, it's cool to look at, but not to fight, and "totally not how it should have been."



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