Monsters roar too much

[Quadsword]

They roar when they aggro on you, they roar when they enrage, they roar when they run away, sometimes they roar because you made eye contact (particularly annoying in Elder's Recess when I'm minding my own business and get my eardrums blown out by a Bazelgeuse because I looked at it funny).
I'm tempted to run earplugs on my builds for weapons that can't block and don't have moves with super armor (GS shoulder tackle) just so I don't have to put up with the annoyance of having my control taken away for several seconds by a monster roar. Trouble is, other skills are too valuable to sacrifice for earplugs and the window for evading through a roar is extremely tight.

Deafness has to be a huge issue for hunters in this universe.

[Toxic]

Well you're right about the deafness. I've been exploding mega barrel bombs a few meters from me for 2 weeks straight against Kulve Taroth.

For the real topic of the thread; I use a lance so if you're facing the right direction or power guard in time for all directions, its like you have earplugs.

[LisaIsBraces]

Learn to dodge them, its not that hard once you get the hang of it.

[The Chubby Cat]

I think lv2-3 evade window is better, earplug take too much slot

[~KeNnEtH~]

If you use Earplugs, it's always 5 or nothing. It is the best utility skill since it provides you a free window to attack.

That said, I only ever use it on the insect glaive because dropping from the air due to a roar and landing in a bad spot is not cool.

Also, out of all the non-shield weapons, don't use it for the longsword.

For longsword users, the roars are actually big welcomes because they allow the Foresight Slash to proc and the monster never moves mid roar so the follow-up Spirit Roundslash almost always lands unless the user is out of range.

[𝓇𝒾𝓃𝒶𝒶𝒶𝒶𝒶]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Z9f1YzRjCs

A quick way to learn is to just go into hunts and do nothing but dodge their roars, once you get the timing right, roars go from annoying into dps windows.

[chefcook90]

You know what would be funny?

If Brute Tigrex was in Iceborne.

[Mr Compassionate]

Exactly I mean how many mechanics do you need that make the player character stand still
-Ground tremors
-Roaring
-Stun
-Sleep
-Paralysis
-Wind stagger

The game loves taking your controls away. 3 of these aren't even specific status effects they're just stuff every single darn monster does passively. Your character spends way too much time lurching about helplessly IMO.

[Blick Flair]

earplug gem or get good at rolling

[Deadman]

My favorite is when they will spam roars, like 4-5 times in a row and you're just animation locked the entire time.

[Carnaxus]

Originally posted by Deadman:

My favorite is when they will spam roars, like 4-5 times in a row and you're just animation locked the entire time.

Kushala did this to me yesterday, except I was too far away to be affected (which only made it weirder, because what exactly was he roaring at?). At least one time he went "ROAAAAA-ROAAAAAR," cut off his own roar just to roar again. Plus the length of the stun time from the roar is completely ridiculous. I got destroyed by a Teostra because he roared, paused, spun my way, reared back, and launched an attack all before my character had recovered from the roar.

[JPM岩]

Originally posted by chefcook90:

You know what would be funny?

If Brute Tigrex was in Iceborne.

God please

[Warkrunner]

I find earplugs useful specifically for insect glaive just for this reason.
I don't really run earplugs on anything else, except maybe hunting horn if I don't want my songs interrupted.
I have yet to try evade extender 3 for dodging roars and tremors, hmmm. Less gem slots required, too.

[Vazc0]

roars can be
-guardpointed with Chargeblade <- leading to an easy to hit SAED
-countered with Lance
-tackled with Greatsword
-dashed with Bows
-sidestepped with Gunlance/Chargeblade/Switchaxe and Lance

they can also be rolled (u can use evasion mantle or evade window if you are still learning)

I guess i even forgot some more counters for it.
I do only use earplugs on Gunlance sometimes. otherwise i wouldnt recommend them.

[Chili Dogs]

It's feels like Capcom should have implemented features and skills specifically to counter roaring...

[Mr.Hmm]

I am already deaf, their roars cant do anything to me :)

Serious answer tho, get earplugs they help counter their roars.