So...Tigrex..Tips pls?

[Gin-chan]

Alright just got past the Velkhana base defense story quest and now farming some materials to complete a few stuff before fightng it for real. But wow i can't seem to fight this Tigrex monster without at least carting once or twice . All others up to this point i have almost no problem facing and can farm with ease solo but this guy is the most trouble i've had so far fighting effectively (Barring Lunastra).... So gonna ask are there any tips to fighting the guy?

Oh and i'm using IG btw .

[InstableMonster]

Dont try to attack it when it decides to charges 2-3 times in a row until you know when you can get hits in. Other than that its pattern learning and finding opportunities. Hunt him a couple of times and you'll get more familiar with its moveset

[Sacred Heart]

Aim for it's arms to break them as well as it will cause him to trip and be open when he does the charge, and play it safe when it's enraged as he does far more damage, but like instable said fight him a bit to learn his patterns.

[Sin]

Make a decent lance and get hearing protect 4 or 5.
He's so aggressive and one dimensional that it's almost like a lance training mission,
"Block that" "counter attack that" " only do two attacks after that then counter again" "etc."

[Ashley]

Originally posted by Sin:

Make a decent lance and get hearing protect 4 or 5.
He's so aggressive and one dimensional that it's almost like a lance training mission,
"Block that" "counter attack that" " only do two attacks after that then counter again" "etc."

Oh don't remind me of my noob days nearly 10 years ago

[DaBa]

With Insect Glaive: get out of his way, i frame the spin, focus on tripping him. It's one of the more basic fights as far as mechanics go, there's not much to play around. If you get down the basic rythm, the rest plays itself.

[Flo]

Equipe lance, release shield button never ever

[Lamizor]

I usually hunt this way:

- Stun resistance III
- I take rocks
- I hook its head
- I push it into the wall when not enraged
- collect items on the ground and hitting him
- when enraged, I run into other monsters

[Magnussen]

Originally posted by Haggord:

Originally posted by Sin:

Make a decent lance and get hearing protect 4 or 5.
He's so aggressive and one dimensional that it's almost like a lance training mission,
"Block that" "counter attack that" " only do two attacks after that then counter again" "etc."

Oh don't remind me of my noob days nearly 10 years ago

Actually,Sin is right. I play both Lance and Bow. Whenever it is a new monster or I suspect that it will give me some problems as a bow user, I play lance the first time. This way it is easy to kill the monster (if you know how to play lance) while still learn the monster's movements. Such as how many times a monster does this attack, or combos, when to punish him, etc... It is important to use the Palico so that you also trigger all possible monster's attacks and watch movements at close and long distances and from different angles, plus the vigorwasp if need some healing and don't have time to sheath the weapon. You learn and you kill the monster. Also, playing lance is very fun.

I think it as if it was real life. First, I watch and learn as safest as possible, then I try to speedkill. You would be surprised how optimum this is :)

By the way, as Sin said "...only two attacks...". That is a good tip for this monster in a lot of situations.

Keep trying, Tigrex is pretty easy, but all of us have a certain monster we have problems with.

[OG.UA SAPUTRA]

Playing El Toto with rapid pierce LBG with evading reload + evasion mantle should do the job, and when he is downed / drooling use that moment to wound him

The same thing could also be applies to diablos, should be able to kill both of them under 10 min

[NoobMaster69]

Best thing with Tigrex I've found is to not try to cram too many hits in. Also make use of the clutch claw when you can to knock him into walls.

What I sometimes do is to go into the fight without preparing so that I don't waste money or points on buffs and don't spend all my potions in a close fight... and just go in with the mindset that I'm gonna die.

That way you can see how long you can last and it forces you to learn the moves... and you can yolo spam the quest multiple times without wasting time preparing for it.

[lexilogo]

Others have already given pretty good advice, so to avoid repeating what others have said, I think with Tigrex it's good to get into the Diablos mindset of when the monster charges, you need to respect that, and not try to screw with the charge. Tigrex is a lot like Diablos in that he has a limited but deadly moveset, and a lot like Diablos the key is largely not screwing around with his moves and instead going for him when he isn't doing his moves.

[Gin-chan]

Damn a lot of great tips here thanks guys will keep everything in mind next time i face him >.< . And yeah i've probably been too aggressive fighting the guy myself . Should probably play a little bit more on the safe side

[NoobMaster69]

Originally posted by Gin-chan:

Damn a lot of great tips here thanks guys will keep everything in mind next time i face him >.< . And yeah i've probably been too aggressive fighting the guy myself . Should probably play a little bit more on the safe side

Just fought him again then, definitely use the clutch claw more if you are not getting enough openings. I've only just started Iceborne so I didn't really know the full potential of how deadly the clutch claw is but damn it makes taking out these master rank monsters way quicker. Had a much easier time on my 4th time fighting him because I could knock him into a wall and create an opening when I wanted to (i.e, once my Charge Blade phials were full).

Also really helps to focus on his moves don't get distracted by how awesome he looks when he charges directly at you hah. Also if you're not using a weapon you can block with, yeet your way out of there when he's in rage mode if you're still unfamiliar with his multi-chained charge/yolo attack that ends with a spin. He does that a lot when mad and faster than normal too.

[mewlynx]

Hit the wings. IG should have an easy time sneaking in hits. If he's charging, stay out of the way and anticipate a spinning finisher.

[Juno Brier]

Everyone else said everything else, so I'll just say Tigrex's elemental weakness.
Use Thunder.