Can't kill Anjanath...

[Iki]

I need some serious tips here. This ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ has a ♥♥♥♥ing ton of health, and I just don't have hours of my life to keep throwing away at these ♥♥♥♥ing hour long bouts with nothing to show for.

Using the glaive to get on his back more easily, and do that often, but this ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ just wont ♥♥♥♥ing die.

I mean, is there any sense to this enemy, or is it just a damage sponge and I need some overpowered weapons?

[Seamus]

Pick one leg. Keep hitting that one leg until it visibly breaks. That leg will then take increased damage making whacking him in the legs far more effective.

And quit spamming air attacks with insect glaive. It's fun, but the damage output is abysmal compared to red buff on the ground.

[Fat Pigeon]

He is weak toward water, his main weakpoint is his nose or his wings followed by his head and the tail with your type of weapon.

If you want to reach his weakpoints with that type of weapon, do what Seamus said, and go for one of his legs, as soon Anjanath drops on the floor, you can go for his nose.

[JPM岩]

Sounds like you need to get stronger gear; the bone tree weapons usually hit harder, so aim for those, and if youre using glaive, upgrade your kinsect as well, you want to make it as fast as possible.

[Iki]

Legs just doesn't work or I'm doing something weirdly wrong. Every time I hit it in the legs, my weapon just bounces off as if hitting armor.

Using bone weapons, maybe try the bow.

[Xilo The Odd]

i preach patience. it sounds like your trying to speed run the fight when you should be in and out with this guy, if you try to sit under him he'll eventually punish you for it. you wanna be under em, in front of em, and behind him back and forth as much as possible that way whatever attack he picks is less likely to hit you.

then his neck becomes inflamed. this changes tactics. you'll not want to be near the head just after an attack lest you get burned. you'll also need to keep an eye out for a windup and a higher pitched whine as he is about to expel a jet of flame in either a sweep or a straight shot. in either case, dont let that hit you. while hes like this, having puddle pods or whatever that green moss is as slinger ammo, when he finishes a normal attack, hit him in the face with the pods. this will cause a big knock down making him easy to damage for a few seconds.

from there its just learning how to deal with a brute wyvern, theres 2 more with similar fighting styles to meet.

[luisldc]

Originally posted by Iki:

Legs just doesn't work or I'm doing something weirdly wrong. Every time I hit it in the legs, my weapon just bounces off as if hitting armor.

Using bone weapons, maybe try the bow.

You are sharpening your weapon?
Because if the sharpen metter is yellow it will bounce in certain parts often and do lower damage.
You want to keep almost all the time in green or better, so use wetstones to sharpen.

[chefcook90]

Use a Pulsar Bow.

The Pulsar Bow is the answer to literally everything that breaths fire.
Or water
Or poison.
Or ice.
Or uses the Dragon Element.

Basically, every monster in this game that can't burrow under ground or use electricity itself is weak against electricity lol

[Fat Pigeon]

Originally posted by chefcook90:

Use a Pulsar Bow.

The Pulsar Bow is the answer to literally everything that breaths fire.
Or water
Or poison.
Or ice.
Or uses the Dragon Element.

Basically, every monster in this game that can't burrow under ground or use electricity itself is weak against electricity lol

Anjanath is weak toward Water, followed by ice, then thunder and dragon

Even 3/4 Rathlings have a primary weakness toward Dragon then thunder,
but Azure Rathalos have a Ice as secondary weakness.
Teostra -> Water/Ice
Lunastra -> Ice/Dragon
Zorah -> Water/Dragon
Lavasioth -> Water, thunder as secondary (fire if you want to heat his armor up)

The only two fire monsters who have a primary weakness against thunder are Bazelgeuse and Dodogama

Edit: And monster who are weak toward thunder are
Legiana, Pukei,Tzitzi,Jyura (if he isnt covered in mud), Bazel, Dodogama, Kushala and Nergi

So, no thunder isnt the anwser to all who isnt using thunder

[Pocahawtness]

The monsters can be pretty bad at first because you are most likely badly equipped! In my mind the best thing to do is just equip a party ( fire an SOS ) to spread the load ( four players is easier than one ) because if you keep going once you get some better gear you will be able to handle them easily. But this game is a lot more fun in parties anyway and if you get some more experienced players you learn a lot too.

[Hammer Of Evil]

Originally posted by Iki:

I need some serious tips here. This ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ has a ♥♥♥♥ing ton of health, and I just don't have hours of my life to keep throwing away at these ♥♥♥♥ing hour long bouts with nothing to show for.

Using the glaive to get on his back more easily, and do that often, but this ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ just wont ♥♥♥♥ing die.

I mean, is there any sense to this enemy, or is it just a damage sponge and I need some overpowered weapons?

trust in the lance. spartan up, and start your phalanx advance.

Originally posted by chefcook90:

Use a Pulsar Bow.

The Pulsar Bow is the answer to literally everything that breaths fire.
Or water
Or poison.
Or ice.
Or uses the Dragon Element.

Basically, every monster in this game that can't burrow under ground or use electricity itself is weak against electricity lol

This is not the way to play the bow. bow users aren't cheap, and know to have 1 of each element. bow is not like hammer. with hammer, you build Diablos II, and you make smashy on any monster. Bow is not like hammer. Please don't use your bow like a hammer.

[lshikhov]

also died several times with gunlance, then switched to dual blades and killed him from the first try.
try different weapon types to find most suitable for you

[chefcook90]

Originally posted by Fat Pigeon:

Originally posted by chefcook90:

Use a Pulsar Bow.

The Pulsar Bow is the answer to literally everything that breaths fire.
Or water
Or poison.
Or ice.
Or uses the Dragon Element.

Basically, every monster in this game that can't burrow under ground or use electricity itself is weak against electricity lol

Anjanath is weak toward Water, followed by ice, then thunder and dragon

Even 3/4 Rathlings have a primary weakness toward Dragon then thunder,
but Azure Rathalos have a Ice as secondary weakness.
Teostra -> Water/Ice
Lunastra -> Ice/Dragon
Zorah -> Water/Dragon
Lavasioth -> Water, thunder as secondary (fire if you want to heat his armor up)

The only two fire monsters who have a primary weakness against thunder are Bazelgeuse and Dodogama

Edit: And monster who are weak toward thunder are
Legiana, Pukei,Tzitzi,Jyura (if he isnt covered in mud), Bazel, Dodogama, Kushala and Nergi

So, no thunder isnt the anwser to all who isnt using thunder

Ok, from your list it's pretty clear that you're using that crappy MHW wiki for reference, since they never bothered to update the Thunder Element page with the Deviljho and doesn't list ANY of the monsters with secondary thunder weaknesses.

But hey, so long as you're using that wiki, maybe you should take a look at the section that says "list of monsters with thunder resistance."
You can literally count them on one hand.

Also, don't try to move the goalposts by implying that primary weaknesses are the only weaknesses worth targeting. A secondary weakness is still a weakness.
If you have to pick between 260 thunder damage or 160 water damage against a monster that has a 3* water weakness and a 2* thunder weakness, thunder damage will work just as well, if not better.

...BTW, you've got over 600 hours logged in this game, so I'm sure you're aware that all of those firebreathers you listed are end-game HR monsters, most of which are found EXCLUSIVELY in Elder's Recess.

What relevance does your point have when the TC still hasn't killed his first Anjanath yet?

Actually, why did you even include Zorah in that list? The only part of him that you actually "fight" are his cores, and it's like shooting fish in a barrel! The lava they spew out can't even reach you if you spam DPs. The only other hazard is Nergi, who actually has Thunder as his primary weakness.

[dylan the jewish guy]

It just comes down to learning how to dodge without putting yourself in a position where you can't attack afterwards. If you maintain a relatively constant barrage of attack, and dodge the more lethal amongst Anja's hits, you should always come out on top.

When I hit the same wall you did, I was using full Great Jagras armour and a rarity two bow. After learning its attack patterns from being at range with a bow, switching to Insect Glaive and killing it from the air became ridiculously easy.

It's a matter of trial and error, and you need to avoid the definition of insanity - trying the same thing over and over and expecting different results.

[Seamus]

Originally posted by chefcook90:

Originally posted by Fat Pigeon:

Anjanath is weak toward Water, followed by ice, then thunder and dragon

Even 3/4 Rathlings have a primary weakness toward Dragon then thunder,
but Azure Rathalos have a Ice as secondary weakness.
Teostra -> Water/Ice
Lunastra -> Ice/Dragon
Zorah -> Water/Dragon
Lavasioth -> Water, thunder as secondary (fire if you want to heat his armor up)

The only two fire monsters who have a primary weakness against thunder are Bazelgeuse and Dodogama

Edit: And monster who are weak toward thunder are
Legiana, Pukei,Tzitzi,Jyura (if he isnt covered in mud), Bazel, Dodogama, Kushala and Nergi

So, no thunder isnt the anwser to all who isnt using thunder

Ok, from your list it's pretty clear that you're using that crappy MHW wiki for reference, since they never bothered to update the Thunder Element page with the Deviljho and doesn't list ANY of the monsters with secondary thunder weaknesses.

But hey, so long as you're using that wiki, maybe you should take a look at the section that says "list of monsters with thunder resistance."
You can literally count them on one hand.

Also, don't try to move the goalposts by implying that primary weaknesses are the only weaknesses worth targeting. A secondary weakness is still a weakness.
If you have to pick between 260 thunder damage or 160 water damage against a monster that has a 3* water weakness and a 2* thunder weakness, thunder damage will work just as well, if not better.

...BTW, you've got over 600 hours logged in this game, so I'm sure you're aware that all of those firebreathers you listed are end-game HR monsters, most of which are found EXCLUSIVELY in Elder's Recess.

What relevance does your point have when the TC still hasn't killed his first Anjanath yet?

Actually, why did you even include Zorah in that list? The only part of him that you actually "fight" are his cores, and it's like shooting fish in a barrel! The lava they spew out can't even reach you if you spam DPs. The only other hazard is Nergi, who actually has Thunder as his primary weakness.

Thunder does less than half the damage per hitzone to Anjanath. Better off just using water. Or, hell, even ice, though OP doesn't have access to ice yet.

[chefcook90]

The best water bow he has access to right now only deals 90 water damage tho... ;/
Not to mention it'll become completely useless once he gets to the Coral Highlands.

The Pulsar line can carry you through LR right up until the Diablos fight, and you'll be wanting a Pulsar to farm the Legania parts needed to make a Glacial Arrow to counter Diablos.