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Facts about HC Monsters

Frontier has more than 60 Species of monsters that can be HC.

You started hunting HC Monsters at HR500 when you start SR(Skill Rank)

SR100 Velocidrome can 1 hit kill at 600 defense with a rage tail attack.

Supremacy Monsters count as another type of HC Monster.

Phantom Monsters also count as HC.

4th gens returning old monsters use Frontier designed HC style move sets. For example Basarios rolling attacks, the way Kirins basic behavior in general is, Velocidromes 4th gen behavior and some of Yian Garuga's attacks. Also this Super Nova attack everyone speaks about from Teostra also originated on Frontier.

Most HC monsters just appear to be older than normal monsters. For example Gravios just looks like his spikes grew all the way out and Velocidrome in my opinion just looks like he lived longer. Rathalos just gained muscle over the years and appears to have learned how to deal with hunters in the past as he flys with Dragon Wind power and flys low on purpose to catch hunters that try to hide under him as well as spit fireballs under him. Some other HC monsters show behavior that they survived hunter encounters or are just smarter than the average. Plesioth being one of them as he will purposely jump backwards before some of his attacks to make sure they hit. HC Cephadrome not only appears to be older but also after years shows us what a Corol Cephalos looks like.

While some monsters appear to be mutations of some type. For example HC Black Diablos is quite odd she has Blue eyes, One horn larger than the other and purple flesh. Shogun Ceanataur retains the power he had as a young crab to spit poison only in this odd adult form he is able to spit the poison in a mixed with water sweeping beam from his mouth and as gas from his shell. HC Silver Los him self was already a mutation but I don't know if its age or just a double mutation, he has golden spikes and scales. Blue Yian Kutku has grown a huge beak and uses it to make pitfalls.

There is a case where Gender of the Monster is actually only implemented in game as a HC version. For example all HC Tigrex are old males proven by the fact they have large horns and capcom said large horns = Male. HC Gogomoa points to being a male while normal ones appear to be female this goes by the horns again.

Some monsters just don't gain full control of their power until what appears to be age or maybe a mutation takes place. For example Kusha gains ice attacks and axtually can make more than 12 twisters and 8 free roaming twisters as big as him self at once with a hand like spinning motion of his wings. Kirin appears to be more worthy of being called a thunder phantom as it not only can run at speed so fast he appears to teleport but even changes area by jumping strait into the sky. Supremacy Teostra is a example of why we do not want Teo to actually control fire in some games instead of just explosions. Supremacy Doragyurosu is a example of using too much Dragon Element for his own good as his red color actually means he burnt his own body like a microwave.

Phantom Monsters are rare monsters that invade your quest when you intended to hunt a normal HC monster of its typw. For example if you intend to hunt a SR100 Rajang there is a extremely low chance you will encounter a Phantom Rajang also known as a Red Rajang.

Some HC monsters can be seen to have average companions in quest. For example a HC Baruragaru is eating a normal Velocidrome who was the partner of a HC Velocidrome.

The rare event Dual Mi-Ru was a HC quest.