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MH Rise Rathian Combat Info

The strong venom in her tail, along with the wide reach of her sweeping attacks, makes maneuvering around the Rathian a dangerous feat. Cutting off her tail can give you quite a bit more breathing room.

• Threat Level: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
• Elemental Fire Damage monster
• Inflicts
  Fireblight
  Poison
• Weak to
  Dragon (⭐⭐⭐)
  Thunder (⭐⭐)
• Resistant to
  Fire (Immune)
• Kinsect Extracts:
  • Red: Head, Neck, Tail
  • Orange: Torso, Back, Leg
  • White: Wing
• Item Effectiveness:
  
  • Effective: Shock Trap, Pitfall Trap, Flash Bomb, Dung Bomb, Drugged Meat, Tinged Meat
  • Ineffective: Sonic Bomb, Poisoned Meat
• Enraged Mode: Indicated by flames spewing from its mouth and a more aggressive behaviour.
• Rampage: Rathian fills the Stalker Role during Rampage missions. Stalkers tend to focus on attacking hunters, moving very quickly and stalking them across the Stronghold. They can also destroy Hunting Installations if a hunter is manning them.

Quick Combat Tips

• Rathian is weakest at its head but its attacks tend to be aimed in that direction. Wait for openings or create one by repeatedly attacking its legs. Applying constant pressure to its legs will knock it down, leaving its head vulnerable for a few seconds.
• Rathian likes to charge in a straight line repeatedly, trampling hunters along its path. Break its legs to slow down its charge attack, possibly making it trip at the end of the animation.
• Staying near between Rathian's tail and legs is generally safe as its tail sweep attack will miss you and you will be just outside of or within 1 sidestep's distance of its somersault's hitbox.
• Rathian's signature Somersault Tailwhip deals a lot of damage and inflicts Poison. While severing its tail tip will not disable its poison, it will significantly reduce the damage dealt by the attack.
• Rathian can inflict the Fireblight effect with its breath. While its damage is often negligible, when combined with Poison, it can quickly drop a lower-level hunter's health. Dodge several times to remove the Fireblight effect and use Antidotes to remove Poison.
• Keep your health at maximum as much as you can, as some of its tail attacks are very lethal and you may get insta-killed otherwise. You can remove its tail to gain a considerable advantage as the range its tail attacks will decrease in range, making those attack much safer and easier to dodge by you, gaining a lot of space back. Mind that even with its tail it can still get you and poison you, removing its tail only affects its reach.
• In and Out: Hunter can get under the monster and attack it quickly, perform a combo to get multiple hits on it, and get out of there before it attacks you with its tail. It's about not staying for too long under the monster. An smart way to do this, is to go under the creature by using a combo that takes you closer will hitting it. But you can also attempt to hit it's head, body and tail, by crossing underneath the monster by using combo movement and then quickly jump out.
• You should save a wirebug whenever you are about to engage against the monster, as you may need to quickly gain a good distance for whenever you get poisoned as the monster won't give you enough space to heal and cure the poisonous effect.

Rathian Attacks & Moveset

Somersault Tailwhip - Rathian's strongest attack is also its most obviously telegraphed. After audible cues from your hunter, Rathian takes flight, locks onto a hunter and performs a backwards somersault, kicking its tail along the arc. This attack deals heavy damage, knocks players away and inflicts Poison, but has a very narrow hitbox that can easily be sidestepped. It will often follow up with a second tailwhip but it will reposition first without landing. Severing Rathian's tail reduces the damage dealt by this move, but does not disable its poisoning ability.

Swooping Attack - When the Rathian is in the air, it will sometimes return to the ground by flying directly at a hunter and ramming its body or legs into them. Deals moderate damage and knocks players away but is highly telegraphed.

Relentless Charge - Rathian's most commonly used attack is a series of mad dashes along a straight line. After one dash, it will turn around and lock back on to its target and charge again. It usually charges 3 times but may charge additional times. Each dash has a deceptively large hitbox and hunters should make sure they are out of the way. Wait for the monster to finish charging before resuming your attack. Its final dash is indicated by a biting animation.

Tail Sweep - Rathian turns its head to its side or rear and then quickly sweeps with its tail while spinning in a 180-degree arc. It will follow up with a second sweep, returning it to its original orientation. The sweep has a rather large radius so be careful when dodging backwards. Remaining between its legs and tail will make this attack miss you while you execute some attacks of your own.

Fire Breath - Rathian raises its head in a small arc from its left side and then unleashes a breath of fire directly in front of it. The flames persist on the ground for a few seconds. This move deals moderate damage but is easily avoided due to its narrow hitbox.

Fireball Barrage - Rathian raises its head in a small arc from its right side and then shoots out 3 fireballs towards different directions in quick succession. First fireball travels straight ahead in front of the monster, the second travels at an angle to its right and the third is shot at an angle to its left. This attack is easily dodged as the pattern is always the same. Simply staying away from Rathian's head trivializes the attack.

Quick Bite - Rathian tilts its head to the side and lunges forward, taking a bite out of hunters. Its bite deals light damage and knocks hunters off their feet but has a relatively small hitbox and can easily be sidestepped.

Relentless Assault - Rathian locks onto a hunter and spreads its wings for a moment, then charges relentlessly at it at high speed, dealing heavy damage. Rathian will then take to the skies and immediately attempt to follow up with either a fireball, swoop attack, or a tail somersault. The somersault attack is heavily telegraphed, as your hunter will give out a verbal warning. If you get hit by the first part of the attack, keep yourself down, as the invulnerability frames will negate the combo attack. Rathian will only use this move in Master Rank.

Rathian Weaknesses

The table below indicates the various parts of the monster, including the types of damages that are weak to it. This information is specific to MH Rise.

Rathian Parts
Head	70	75	65
Neck	40	45	35
Torso	35	30	25
Back	35	30	25
Wing	45	45	35
Leg	40	40	35
Tail	45	40	35

 

The table below indicates the various parts of the monster, including the different elements that are weak to it.

Rathian Parts
Head	0	15	20	15	30
Neck	0	0	5	0	15
Torso	0	5	10	5	20
Back	0	5	10	5	20
Wing	0	10	15	10	25
Leg	0	0	5	0	15
Tail	0	5	10	5	20

 

Rathian Ailment Effectiveness

The higher the bars on the graphs and the more stars, the more advantageous it will be for the player. This information is specific to MH Rise.

Master Rank Rathian

The table below indicates the various materials or items obtained from the High Rank variation of Rathian, it also includes the percentage chance of how it can be acquired. 

Material	Target Rewards	Capture Rewards	Break Part Rewards	Carves	Dropped Materials
Rathian Shard	14%	14%[x2]	60% (Head)	41% (Body), 33% (Tail)	42%, 44%
Rathian Cortex	27%	28%	30% (Head), 24% (Back)	30% (Body)	39%
Rathian Weave	15%	--	20%[x2] (Wing)	--	--
Rathian Surspike	7%	--	70% (Back)	5% (Body), 42% (Tail)	4%, 1%
Conflagrant Sac	18%	21%	--	17% (Body)	--
Monster Toughbone	12%	--	--	--	--
Rathian Ruby	5%	7%	7% (Head), 4% (Back)	5% (Body), 7% (Tail)	3%, 1%
Rathian Mantle	2%	3%	3% (Head), 2% (Back)	2% (Body), 3% (Tail)	1%
Rath Wingripper	--	17%	80% (Wing)	--	15%
Rath Medulla	--	10%	--	15% (Tail)	--
Wyvern Tear	--	--	--	--	15%
Large Wyvern Tear	--	--	--	--	35%
Afflicted Scale	--	--	20% (Anomaly Quests)	20% (Anomaly Quests)	--
Afflicted Scale +	--	--	--	20% (Body)	--

High Rank Rathian

The table below indicates the various materials or items obtained from the High Rank variation of Rathian, it also includes the percentage chance of how it can be acquired. 

Material	Target Rewards	Capture Rewards	Break Part Rewards	Carves	Dropped Materials
Rathian Scale +	14%	12%(x2)	60% (Head)	43% (Body), 35% (Tail)	42%(x1), 44%(x1)
Rathian Carapace	31%	25%	30% (Head), 26% (Back)	31% (Body)	39%
Rathian Webbing	12%(x2)	--%	20%(x2) (Wing)	--	--
Rathian Spike +	7%	--	70% (Back)	5% (Body), 40% (Tail)	4%(x1), 1%(x1)
Inferno Sac	18%	20%	--	17% (Body)	--
Monster Keenbone	12%	--	--	--	--
Rathian Plate	5%	5%	7% (Head), 3% (Back)	3% (Body), 5% (Tail)	3%(x1), 1%(x1)
Rathian Ruby	1%	3%	3% (Head), 1% (Back)	1% (Body), 3% (Tail)	1%
Rath Wingtalon +	--	13%	80% (Wing)	--	15%
Rathalos Marrow	--	12%	--	10% (Tail)	--
Rathalos Medulla	--	10%	--	7% (Tail)	--
Wyvern Tear	--	--	--	--	20%
Large Wyvern Tear	--	--	--	--	30%

Low Rank Rathian

The table below indicates the various materials or items obtained from the Low Rank variation of Rathian, it also includes the percentage chance of how it can be acquired.

Material	Target Rewards	Capture Rewards	Break Part Rewards	Carves	Dropped Materials
Rathian Scale	14%	16%(x2)	60% (Head)	38% (Body), 50% (Tail)	45%(x1), 45%(x1)
Rathian Shell	28%	34%	36% (Head), 29% (Back)	26% (Body)	39%
Rathian Webbing	19%	--	20% (Wing)	17% (Body)	--
Rathian Spike	7%	--	70% (Back)	5% (Body), 40% (Tail)	4%(x1), 1%(x1)
Flame Sac	17%	21%	--	13% (Body)	--
Monster Bone L	13%	--	--	--	--
Rathian Plate	2%	3%	4% (Head), 1% (Back)	1% (Body), 3% (Tail)	1%
Rath Wingtalon	--	14%	80%(x2) (Wing)	--	15%
Rathalos Marrow	--	12%	--	7% (Tail)	--
Wyvern Tear	--	--	--	--	50%

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