Rajang is too easy, that was disappointing.

[I predict the past]

He's not even close to what Extremoth was in HR. Unbelievably overhyped monster :/.

UPDATE: Just fought the tempered one. Not that much of a difference..
Some of you think I used sticky bowgun? Well, not really.

Normal Rajang - LS
Tempered Rajang - IG

[Waffles]

Tempered monkey boi just destroys me.

Literal one shotting from full health.

[xtianalfonso29]

He is the Deviljho of Iceborne, Safijhiva is the kulve of ICeborne as well, We havent gotten the challenging monster yet so...

[Remi]

Originally posted by ZH Yōkai:

Originally posted by ็ikun:

Extremoth is hard ???? O...k...

Are you trying to say you could solo extremoth during your first attempt? You're a god then.
I needed hours for it and I beat Rajang for the first time with ease.

No one can, even non-blind you need to actually experience the slam for a while to adapt to it, pair that with the artificially difficult arena, either crystaldrops or random lava spurts and that's out of the question.

[Xedhadeaus]

Maybe because it was a baby Rajang... Bigger ones do not play especially if you don't have quake res. also, idk if the always super Saiyan one is coming.

[I predict the past]

Originally posted by Remi:

Originally posted by ZH Yōkai:

Are you trying to say you could solo extremoth during your first attempt? You're a god then.
I needed hours for it and I beat Rajang for the first time with ease.

No one can, even non-blind you need to actually experience the slam for a while to adapt to it, pair that with the artificially difficult arena, either crystaldrops or random lava spurts and that's out of the question.

That's exactly what I mean. Extremoth is a muscle memory monster and requires a couple of attempts, so he's not really easy.

[mewlynx]

Originally posted by ZH Yōkai:

Originally posted by ็ikun:

Extremoth is hard ???? O...k...

Are you trying to say you could solo extremoth during your first attempt? You're a god then.
I needed hours for it and I beat Rajang for the first time with ease.

Your standard for difficulty shouldn't be solo Extremoth.

[I predict the past]

Originally posted by maelynx:

Originally posted by ZH Yōkai:

Are you trying to say you could solo extremoth during your first attempt? You're a god then.
I needed hours for it and I beat Rajang for the first time with ease.

Your standard for difficulty shouldn't be solo Extremoth.

Standard maybe not, but I've seen so many memes and players cry about Rajang being insanely difficult and I had more hopes for him. He's harder than the majority of monsters, but not even close as hard as people described him.

[Fenrir_El]

you're comparing Extreme behemoth to mid-tier monster. Not even to its tempered version.
It's the same as comparing AT elders to anjanath in World.

I still find Rajang difficult to fight with my switch axe. Not many openings to dish out damage without getting punished. Takes me around 15-20min to capture.

[mewlynx]

Originally posted by ZH Yōkai:

Originally posted by maelynx:

Your standard for difficulty shouldn't be solo Extremoth.

Standard maybe not, but I've seen so many memes and players cry about Rajang being insanely difficult and I had more hopes for him. He's harder than the majority of monsters, but not even close as hard as people described him.

Fair. TBH, I kind of wonder how far they plan on taking difficulty for future MR content, specifically with AT Elders.

[Fat Pigeon]

Originally posted by ZH Yōkai:

Originally posted by maelynx:

Your standard for difficulty shouldn't be solo Extremoth.

Standard maybe not, but I've seen so many memes and players cry about Rajang being insanely difficult and I had more hopes for him. He's harder than the majority of monsters, but not even close as hard as people described him.

You have to think about that, players who already achieved a certain level of skill and can adept fast then those players would have less difficulties, but i know some players who already get mad at him cause how he behaves, i personally also dont think that he is difficult, i like him since his first appearence in MonHun.

He can hurt if he hits, he announces his stronger attacks pretty well (like his jump, his flexing or kamehameha) but i can understand that newer player or some who cant play some content flawless would think he is difficult

Hell, there were even people who called behemoth the most difficult content in MonHun... those people never played frontier i guess...

[Remi]

Originally posted by maelynx:

Originally posted by ZH Yōkai:

Standard maybe not, but I've seen so many memes and players cry about Rajang being insanely difficult and I had more hopes for him. He's harder than the majority of monsters, but not even close as hard as people described him.

Fair. TBH, I kind of wonder how far they plan on taking difficulty for future MR content, specifically with AT Elders.

AT Shara, instead of merely looking at the player breaking the 4th wall, now actually attacks the player, breaking your scalp before you can break his.

[Netsa]

It seems to me like they're relying on Tempered for difficulty. Some of the monsters returning from previous games feel really off. Heck, some of the MR variants of base-game monsters feel off (like Blackveil being easier than normal Hazak).

[I predict the past]

Originally posted by maelynx:

Originally posted by ZH Yōkai:

Standard maybe not, but I've seen so many memes and players cry about Rajang being insanely difficult and I had more hopes for him. He's harder than the majority of monsters, but not even close as hard as people described him.

Fair. TBH, I kind of wonder how far they plan on taking difficulty for future MR content, specifically with AT Elders.

I just hope they don't make them like AT Nerg. Like 1 move = the entire diffculty, then all good.

[Narcoleptic Marshmallow]

The amount of people saying Rajang is not an endgame monster, or suggesting that the special assignment was supposed to be easy just because people are doing it without major issues.

It's not a hard fight and was overhyped, get over it. You had trouble with it on console because you're not as good as you think. He has like 3 moves.

[lexilogo]

For the record, I actually beat Rajang on my first try with... I think one cart?

Anyway, of course (for you) it was overhyped if you seriously thought it was going to be on the level of Extremoth? What?! Extremoth was designed to be the single hardest fight in the game up until that point (many people will still argue it was the hardest fight in the game above AT Nerg/Xeno) and so people who beat it could flex that to others. It was essentially an AT monster.

Meanwhile, Rajang is just a Deviljho-esque monster. Around on the same level as an Elder and designed to have a lot of new tricks you won't be used to, but still just a monster, not an AT-level fight before it's even hit its Tempered form. It's just a fight that keeps you on your toes waaay more than most others and for me that makes for a really fun experience.

I'm not sure what exactly is up with people expecting standard Iceborne Master Rank content, not even Tempered monsters, to be as hard as Arch-Tempered monsters from basegame. It seems to happen more than it should.

Originally posted by Netsa:

It seems to me like they're relying on Tempered for difficulty. Some of the monsters returning from previous games feel really off. Heck, some of the MR variants of base-game monsters feel off (like Blackveil being easier than normal Hazak).

I guess it's just a difficulty curve thing. Hazak hits like a truck but is slow as hell and once you learn it, it's kind of a joke. Blackveil Vaal is actually a decently designed fight that has more tricks up its sleeve, and while some of its attacks are still somewhat underwhelming, at least its ultimate move isn't "pretend to die and then do a bit of a beam when you get up", but if you already know Vaal (and especially if this time you brought effluvium resist) then obviously it won't feel as hard as your first Vaal.

However in pretty much every objective way, Blackveil is harder.