To beat back the big monsters in Monster Hunter Stories 2, you need a load of information; you need to know what types of weapons to use, what types of attacks to use to counter them, and what their elemental weaknesses are. Even the most basic monster fight requires you to use the right weapon and the right attack or you’ll get crushed. And there are dozens of monsters to fight — each part of a monster has a different weapon weakness, and monsters tend to change up their attack patterns at important intervals in the battle.
If you’re sick of forgetting which monsters attack when and what you need, then you’re just like us. That’s why we’ve put together a cheat sheet for every single monster in the game, letting you know what you need for each one in the simplest terms possible. Scroll down for a rundown on monster attacks, when they change, what weapons to use, and what each monster’s elemental weakness is. This only covers the big monsters — the little monsters are just a nuisance, the big monsters are the real threat. Grab your best bone axe, and let’s wade into the monster battling arena together.
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Every large monster has a weakness and an attack pattern. If you don’t want to memorize every single monster’s attacks, you can use the cheat sheet below.
Press [Ctrl+F] to search through the full list of monsters and find the weaknesses you need to make battles easier.
Agnaktor
- Primary Attack: Speed
- Secondary Attack: Power (Swaps after Molten Cross / Uppercut) & Technical (Enraged)
- Elemental Weakness: Water
Anjanath
- Primary Attack: Speed
- Secondary Attack: Power (Enraged)
- Elemental Weakness: Water
Arzuros
- Primary Attack: Power
- Secondary Attack: Technical (Enraged)
- Weapon Weakness: Blunt (All Parts) / Slash (Stomach, Tail) / Slash (Wings w/ Bolt)
- Elemental Weakness: Fire
Astalos
- Primary Attack: Technical
- Secondary Attack: Power (Bolt)
- Elemental Weakness: Ice
Barioth
- Primary Attack: Speed
- Secondary Attack: Power (Enraged)
- Weapon Weakness: Slash (Stomach, Tail) / Blunt (Spikes) / Piercing (Stomach)
- Elemental Weakness: Fire
Barroth
- Primary Attack: Speed
- Secondary Attack: Technical (Mud Armor)
- Elemental Weakness: Fire (Normal) / Water (Mud Armor)
Basarios
- Primary Attack: Technical
- Secondary Attack: Power (Enraged)
- Elemental Weakness: Water
Bazelgeuse
- Primary Attack: Speed
- Secondary Attack: Technical (Enraged)
- Elemental Weakness: Thunder
Brachydios
- Primary Attack: Power
- Secondary Attack: Speed (Enraged)
- Weapon Weakness: Slash (Head, Body) / Piercing (Tail) / Blunt (Fist w/ Slime Charge)
- Elemental Weakness: Water
Bulldrome
- Primary Attack: Power
- Secondary Attack:
- Weapon Weakness: Slash
- Elemental Weakness: Thunder
Cephadrome
- Primary Attack: Speed
- Secondary Attack: Technical (Enraged)
- Weapon Weakness: Piercing (Back) / Blunt (Stomach) / Slash (Tail)
- Elemental Weakness: Ice
Congalala
- Primary Attack: Technical
- Secondary Attack: Power (Enraged)
- Weapon Weakness: Blunt (Head) / Piercing (Body) / Slash (Tail)
- Elemental Weakness: Fire
Daimyo Hermitaur
- Primary Attack: Technical
- Secondary Attack: Power (Enraged)
- Weapon Weakness: Blunt
- Elemental Weakness: Fire
Deviljho
- Primary Attack: Power
- Secondary Attack: Speed (Pumped Up)
- Elemental Weakness: Dragon
Diablos
- Primary Attack: Power
- Secondary Attack: Speed (Enraged)
- Weapon Weakness: Blunt (Horn) / Piercing (Legs) / Slash (Tail)
- Elemental Weakness: Ice
Duramboros
- Primary Attack: Power
- Secondary Attack: Technical (Enraged)
- Weapon Weakness: Blunt (Body, Tail) / Slash (Legs)
- Elemental Weakness: Fire
Gammoth
- Primary Attack: Power
- Secondary Attack:
- Weapon Weakness: Blunt (Head, Legs, Body w/ Snow Slurp) / Slash (Nose, Tail w/ Snow Slurp)
- Elemental Weakness: Fire
Gendrome
- Primary Attack: Speed
- Secondary Attack: Technical (Enraged)
- Weapon Weakness: Slash / Piercing
- Elemental Weakness: Ice
Glavenus
- Primary Attack: Power
- Secondary Attack:
- Elemental Weakness: Water
Black Gravios
- Primary Attack: Power
- Secondary Attack: Technical (Enraged)
- Weapon Weakness: Blunt (Head, Stomach) / Slash (Legs)
- Elemental Weakness: Water
Great Baggi
- Primary Attack: Speed
- Secondary Attack: Technical (Enraged)
- Weapon Weakness: Slash / Piercing
- Elemental Weakness: Fire
Great Jaggi
- Primary Attack: Technical
- Secondary Attack: Speed (Enraged)
- Weapon Weakness: Slash / Piercing
- Elemental Weakness: Fire
Gypceros
- Primary Attack: Power
- Secondary Attack: Technical (Enraged)
- Weapon Weakness: Slash (Stomach, Tail) / Piercing (Head)
- Elemental Weakness: Fire
Iodrome
- Primary Attack: Speed
- Secondary Attack: Power (Enraged)
- Weapon Weakness: Slash / Piercing
- Elemental Weakness: Water
Kecha Wacha
- Primary Attack: Speed
- Secondary Attack: Technical (Enraged)
- Weapon Weakness: Blunt (Body, Claws) / Slash (Head, Tail, Body)
- Elemental Weakness: Fire
Khezu
- Primary Attack: Technical
- Secondary Attack: Power (Enraged)
- Weapon Weakness: Piercing (Head) / Slush, Blunt (Body)
- Elemental Weakness: Fire
Kirin
- Primary Attack: Speed
- Secondary Attack: Technical (Enraged)
- Elemental Weakness: Fire
Kulu-Ya-Ku
- Primary Attack: Technical
- Secondary Attack: Power (Rock)
- Weapon Weakness: Slash, Piercing / Blunt (Rock)
- Elemental Weakness: Water
Kushala Daora
- Primary Attack: Technical
- Secondary Attack: Power (Enraged) / Speed (Flying)
- Weapon Weakness:
- Elemental Weakness: Thunder
Lagiacrus
- Primary Attack: Power
- Secondary Attack: Speed (Enraged) / Technical (Electrified)
- Weapon Weakness: Slash (Body) / Blunt (Tail, Back w/ Electrified)
- Elemental Weakness: Fire
Lagombi
- Primary Attack: Speed
- Secondary Attack: Power (Enraged)
- Weapon Weakness: Slash
- Elemental Weakness: Fire
Legiana
- Primary Attack: Speed
- Secondary Attack: Power (Enraged) / Technical (Flying)
- Weapon Weakness: Slash (Body, Head, Wings) / Blunt (Body / Wings)
- Elemental Weakness: Thunder
Mizutsune
- Primary Attack: Technical
- Secondary Attack: Speed (Enraged)
- Weapon Weakness: Blunt, Slash (Body, Legs) / Piercing (Tail)
- Elemental Weakness: Thunder
Monoblos
- Primary Attack: Speed
- Secondary Attack: Power (Enraged)
- Weapon Weakness: Piercing (Stomach, Tail, Legs, Horn) / Slash (Stomach)
- Elemental Weakness: Thunder
Nargacuga
- Primary Attack: Speed
- Secondary Attack: Technical (Enraged)
- Weapon Weakness: Piercing
- Elemental Weakness: Thunder
Nergigante
- Primary Attack: Technical
- Secondary Attack: Power (White Spikes) / Speed (Black Spikes)
- Weapon Weakness: Slash, Piercing (Body w/o Spikes) / Slash, Piercing, Blunt (White Spikes) / None (Black Spikes)
- Elemental Weakness: Thunder
Nerscylla
- Primary Attack: Technical
- Secondary Attack: Speed (Enraged)
- Weapon Weakness: Piercing (Chest, Needle) / Slash (Legs, Stomach) / Blunt (Head)
- Elemental Weakness: Fire
Paolumu
- Primary Attack: Technical
- Secondary Attack: Speed (Flying)
- Weapon Weakness: Blunt (Body) / Piercing (Neck w/ Flying)
- Elemental Weakness: Fire
Plesioth
- Primary Attack: Technical
- Secondary Attack: Power (Enraged)
- Weapon Weakness: Piercing (Body, Back, Tail) / Slash (Body)
- Elemental Weakness: Thunder
Pukei-Pukei
- Primary Attack: Technical
- Secondary Attack: Power (Enraged)
- Elemental Weakness: Thunder
Qurupeco
- Primary Attack: Technical
- Secondary Attack:
- Weapon Weakness: Slash (Body) / Blunt (Head)
- Elemental Weakness: Ice
Rajang
- Primary Attack: Power
- Secondary Attack: Power / Speed / Technical (Swaps glowing Aura)
- Weapon Weakness:
- Elemental Weakness: Ice
Rathalos
- Primary Attack: Power
- Secondary Attack: Speed (Flying)
- Weapon Weakness:
- Elemental Weakness: Thunder
Rathian
- Primary Attack: Speed
- Secondary Attack: Power (Enraged)
- Weapon Weakness: Slash
- Elemental Weakness: Dragon
Royal Ludroth
- Primary Attack: Power
- Secondary Attack: Technical (Enraged)
- Weapon Weakness: Slash (Body) / Piercing (Head)
- Elemental Weakness: Fire
Seltas
- Primary Attack: Technical
- Secondary Attack: Power (Formation)
- Weapon Weakness: Blunt (Head) / Piercing (Stomach)
- Elemental Weakness: Thunder
Seregios
- Primary Attack: Technical
- Secondary Attack: Speed (Enraged)
- Weapon Weakness:
- Elemental Weakness: Thunder
Teostra
- Primary Attack: Speed
- Secondary Attack: Power (Enraged) / Technical (Flying)
- Elemental Weakness: Water
Tetsucabra
- Primary Attack: Power
- Secondary Attack:
- Weapon Weakness: Slash, Piercing / Blunt (Rock Wall)
- Elemental Weakness: Water
Tigrex
- Primary Attack: Speed
- Secondary Attack: Power (Enraged)
- Weapon Weakness: Slash (Head) / Slash, Blunt, Piercing (Legs)
- Elemental Weakness: Thunder
Tobi-Kidachi
- Primary Attack: Speed
- Secondary Attack: Technical (Enraged) / Power (Electric Charge)
- Weapon Weakness: Slash (Body, Tail, Legs) / Blunt (Body, Tail)
- Elemental Weakness: Water
Uragaan
- Primary Attack: Power
- Secondary Attack: Technical (Enraged)
- Weapon Weakness: Blunt (Head, Tail, Rock) / Slash (Stomach, Tail)
- Elemental Weakness: Water
Velkhana
- Primary Attack: Speed
- Secondary Attack: Technical (Ice) / Power (Flying)
- Elemental Weakness: Fire
Yian Garuga
- Primary Attack: Technical
- Secondary Attack: Power (Enraged)
- Weapon Weakness: Slash
- Elemental Weakness: Water
Yian Kut-Ku
- Primary Attack: Technical
- Secondary Attack: Speed (Enraged)
- Weapon Weakness: Piercing
- Elemental Weakness: Ice
Zamtrios
- Primary Attack: Technical
- Secondary Attack: Speed (Ice) / Power (Swell)
- Weapon Weakness: Slash / Piercing
- Elemental Weakness: Thunder
Zinogre
- Primary Attack: Speed
- Secondary Attack: Technical (Following Electric Charge) / Power (Following Thunder Supercharge)
- Weapon Weakness: Piercing (Head, Tail) / Slash (Tail)
- Elemental Weakness: Ice
