Chi-You

[Nicho]

What are the best weapons and strategy for dealing with the Chi-You early game? Any blaze gun is good or do I need a cannon/shotgun? Also, can I deal good damage with a blaze melee weapon and break it's armor? Thanks

[Cake]

If you have a Pierce Gun, craft some bullets to hit from above for easy head hits. With a crush gun just shoot crush bullets at his lower half. Also frequently devour and shoot his Aragami bullets at him, especially if you have a crush gun.

[ShoterXX]

Make blaze shotgun shells for whatever weapon you're using, then spam at close range (legs, if you can).
You can make these for guns other than Shotgun, and they work well with the Assault type.

As for strategy, have a full party. I use Kota with Normal Bullet +L, since it often causes enemies to stagger. Just don't use Kanon. Keep in mind that SSS+ is only available for Solo runs, so you'll need to make a choice.

[Patchy]

Short Blade is really easy to kill chi-yous with, just jump and attack their head/upper wings and whenever its about to attack guard or step away.

Hammer isn't too hard either, but you'll have to break the legs to do good damage since hitting their heads is too difficult with the hammer's awkward aerial attacks. Once you do though, it's easy.

If you're using cannon or shotgun, spam their legs. If you're using assault or sniper, aim for their head.

I find spear too difficult to attack their heads with due to their again awkward aerial attacks, and their legs are especially resistant to piercing. Scythe and Long Blade might be fine but I don't use those weapons much so I can't comment.

Oh, I nearly forgot: the absolute best weapon to use against chi-yous is the buster blade. The charge comes down vertically and they usually do crushing damage, so you can attack their legs or their heads as you please. Their aerial attack isn't too bad either.

[Azursoul]

i go with a weapon with venom skill effect (with lvl 10 right now), so even if i don't do much dmg the venom will do the rest ^^

[Nicho]

Thanks for the info guys, I appreciate it! Happy hunting

[DarkSephiroth85]

If it is for early game Chi-You's you'd probably wanna see how devastating a buster sword can be on them :p https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rbcn8ETsHnE

Note:This is me playng and i scored the perfect run for my avatar card :p

[sagamov]

Originally posted by DarkSephiroth85:

If it is for early game Chi-You's you'd probably wanna see how devastating a buster sword can be on them :p

Positioning takes to much time and the hits are not that consistent, doesn't sound like the most ideal choice for low rank Chi-Yous.
A scythe of same rank to that sword could do similar DPS but cut a minute of time, break more parts and be overall more safe, if you really want to take your time for big damage a hammer would also offer more mobility and break more parts.
But for new people pierce bullets to the head is really the way to go, either with a bullet that auto aim or a manual that hits multiple times

[Cake]

Originally posted by DarkSephiroth85:

If it is for early game Chi-You's you'd probably wanna see how devastating a buster sword can be on them :p https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rbcn8ETsHnE

Note:This is me playng and i scored the perfect run for my avatar card :p

What's that shot? 5 Shot/Curve Earlies at different angles? Looks fancy as hell. And this really reminds me of MH. No Idea why I main GS there and barely touch BB here.

[HeavenlyHost]

piercing dmg to his torso or head will do well( normal/charged) but overall EXcalibur will annilate it