Gravios
Getting Started
I would just like to point out that there are differences between G-Rank and Colour. I won't do separate guides, but just read closely and the differences will be brought up.
What to bring
Book of Combos 1
Book of Combos 2
Book of Combos 3
Book of Combos 4(Optional)
Potion x10
Mega Potion x10
Max Potion x2(Not Necessary)
Ancient Potion(Not Necessary)
Herb x10
Blue Mushroom x10(Optional)
Whetstone x10(Blademaster)
Trap Tool x2
Net x2
Shock Trap(For Capturing)
Pitfall Trap
Paintball x10
Large Barrel Bomb+ x2
Large Barrell Bomb x3
Large Barrel
Gunpowder
Scatterfish x4
Tranq Bombs(For Capturing)
Small Barrel Bombs x10(Optional)
Steaks(Any Kind) x5(G-rank and with 100- Stamina)
The Pitfall Traps can become useful, especially for bombing it's open chest. I find bombs useful, especially if you're just beginning. They really help break open it's chest which is also its weak point. If you wish to capture, bring the Tranqs, but you can still bring the Shock Trap to stall. Book of Combos 4 just makes sure that your bombs are made. Up to 3 makes it 95%. I added Max Potion and Ancient Potion if you really need it. I also added Small Barrel Bomb in case you want to blow up the bombs that way instead of paintballs if you're a blademaster and can't blow it with shells or arrows. That's basically it.
Armor and Weapons
Well, depend on if you're facing a G-Rank or regular, you should have plenty of defence if you're a blademaster. G-Rank should have about 350 and Non G-Rank should have about 250 if not a bit more. Gunners don't quite matter. You're done in about 2 or 3 hits, depending. 100+ should do for either one. If you're meleeing, ESP is mandatory. If you have a shield, Guard Inc and Guard +1/+2 would be useful. For blademaster and gunner alike, High Grade Earplug is a must, especially gunners. When you put it in rage mode, it will roar and then rip you to shreds if you don't have High Grade Earplug. Weapons that have ice, water or dragon attributes work well. Weapon types I like are longsword and maybe a gunlance. Bows work rather well. Same kinds of attributes. I haven't tried Bowguns really, so I can't advise you there. Evade +2 isn't needed, but it may come in handy. Getting Felyne Heroics or Adrenaline could prove useful for you Gunners out there. The only time you might get hit is by a Charge from a long ways away(but I don't think anyone would stay that far away) and a sweeping beam attack if you're too slow to get out of the way. Artisian and Sword Sharpening Inc. can also be useful for the melee hunters
Know The Enemy
The Gravios is a massive hunk of living rock, armored just about everywhere. Weak by it's neck and upper belly, it can be hard to penetrate under there due to it's extremely hard shell that protects it from head to tail. It can breathe hot lava from its mouth and is said to only roam in swamps and volcanoes. It seems to bath in the burning hot lava. It's earsplitting roar pierces a hunters ears, forcing them to cover their ears for a long period of time if they don't have highly protective earplugs stuck into their ears.
Weaknesses
Ice and Water. Dragon when its chest is broken.
Attacks
Gravios Bite - The Gravios will swing his head to his left whilst biting. Does minimal damage. Pretty unpredictable. Gravios will usually do it when you're standing directly in front of him. To avoid, simple stay away from the front. I believe that you're just simply knocked over.
Gravios Charge - The Gravios will charge and at the end, he will slide, digging his feet into the ground to stop. The charge itself does quite a bit of damage and when he skids to a stop, you can still get caught in that and I think that does even more damage than getting hit by the actual charge. Very easy to predict. The Gravios will sort of growl, bend low, raise its wings and slowly look from left to right in a "charging" stance. The charge isn't exactly fast, but I wouldn't call it a turtle pace. It won't skid to a stop until it passes you. Don't think he can charge straight because if you're far away enough, it'll curve to your direction. If it charges into two "exploding rocks" it will stop and shake it's head. To avoid, run away from in front of him and stay close to cut the angle. If you're directly in front of him and can't get away, try and jump, but to the sides or into him, just in case he doesn't "skid" into you. You will go flying backwards if hit and lay on the ground for a short period of time.
Gravios Fall - The Gravios will jump up into the air(the tail is still visible if you're under it) and flap it's wings once or twice before falling in an attempt to squash you. Sometimes, it may just stay in the air for much long and just land. The squash doesn't do a lot of damage, but more than a bite for sure. When it flies, it will be stirring a lot of wind, so High Wind Press could be one of your skills, but it doesn't do this attack that often. When you see it jump up to fly and you're under it, you'll probably get squashed if you don't have High Wind Press unless you manage to roll away after fighting against the wind. Unpredictable and nearly unavoidable if you're caught under it without High Wind Press.
Gravios Roar - Simply put, there are two variations of the roar. One is when it sees you for the first time or sees you when it's unaware. This roar lasts quite awhile, turning its head to its right and then left, letting out an earsplitting roar every time. You will always have time to recover unless maybe you have you're weapon out and/or you're right under it. The second roar is different. It'll always roar when you piss it off. Every time, for sure. If you make it flinch and it lets out a fraction of the roar, you still get caught. This roar lasts more than half of the first roar and is very dangerous since you're vulnerable for free hits when it's in rage mode. If you're close to it's feet during the second variation of the roar, it will step forward and that can knock you over, saving you from covering your ears if you don't have High Grade Earplug. For some reason, I got killed, with about 75 health and I was standing right by his face with High Grade Earplug. Lest it be a glitch or it really can hurt you, I can't answer, but I've had the exact same thing happen to me before and after and nothing happened. As you can see, High Grade Earplug is key. Note: If you hit it while it's doing the first variation of the roar, it will stop.
Gravios Tail Spin - The Gravios will spin 180 degrees knocking to the ground in it's radius. Does a bit more damage than the bit since its tail is rather dangerous. You may still be able to dodge it if you're closer to the body, away from its "mace" of a tail. Unpredictable and can be avoided by staying either far, or really close. It always works if you stay by its feet, but the feet can still knock you over, even though it does minimal damage. Like the next attack, it will just knock you off your feet.
Gravios Tail Whip - The Gravios will stand and whip it's tail first to its let and then the right. However, the tail, after going to its left and then its right, it will swing a couple more times which can also damage you. You can tell when it's going to do this when it goes into a sort of stance and then lifts its tail up to its right side. This is usually done after a Charge and it will simply knock you over, doing little to moderate damage.
Gravios Gas - Here's where colours come into play. When the regular one is not in rage mode, it will excess white(sleeping) gas that will put you to sleep if you are in its radius. When it is in rage mode, has a chance of expelling red(fire) gas. The Black Gravios only expels red gas, always. Anyways, the tail can still be meleed if you have, say, a longsword. Don't get too close though. If you're under it with a shield, make sure it blocks before you release you're guard. The block doesn't happen right away, but takes 2 seconds or so. It will raise its head and wings, exposing it's neck before doing this move. Its tail will be bent downwards. This is a good opportunity for Gunners to attack the neck and upper belly. This move lasts for about 5 seconds. The red gas does about as much damage as the bite. To avoid, simply roll away when it does the move. Get as far as past the wings if not more. If hit, you'll be sent flying backwards.
Gravios Beam - Ah, yes, this is the move I'm going to talk most about. G-rank and normal rank comes into play. I will also cover a part that most people wouldn't cover, but instead say "it comes at random". I'm talking about the red gas that is released at some times after a Beam is done. First, let's talk about the beam. You can easily tell that it is about to do this attack when it raises its head and wings, head high in the air, looking straight and the wings spread wide. Now, the head may move to its left when the head is at its peak and then the head will come near ground level and a beam will sweep across the ground in front of it at a degrees going downwards into the ground. Don't be fooled. The attack still goes far and I've been hit, even though there was no fire beam under my feet, but I was close. The attack goes from wing to wing, but this is only for G-rank. If not G-rank, it cannot turn left to do a sweeping beam attack, it's attack can only go straight at 0 degrees for an infinite length. Easy to dodge, especially G-Rank ones. Don't stand by his head, under him and anywhere in front of his head, or if he does a sweeping attack get as far as his wingtips. When doing the sweeping attacks, the wingtips move so move with it. You only have to do this if you're on his right wingtip. If you're on his left, just get past where his head is facing(by his left wingtip) and wait for him to move his head to his right, sweeping the beam across in front of him, away from where you're standing. After it moves, feel free to attack him, but don't get close to his head since when he breathes the beam, a big sort of fireball appears by his mouth. Now, if it does a sweeping beam attack(remember, G-rank only), no red gas can expel from his body. So, G-rank or no G-rank and it does this attack and looks straight forward, watch his head go up and then you'll see his head go down. Watch his head and neck go down. After you see it normally come down, expel a beam and then recover, that is the normal beam attack without gas. However, after you see that, you can compare it to the normal beam attack with gas. So, how to tell is by watching the speed of how fast the neck and head come down. If it comes down slowly, it will expel gas after. If it goes at a normal rate, it won't. After a little while, you get used to see how fast it is coming down. It is harder to tell if it's going to do this when it is rage mode, but you can still tell. This can really annoy blademasters since they go in for attacks, only to get knocked away. This attack does quite a bit of damage, depending on a number of factors. If you're too close and can't run from the sweeping beam attack, simple sheath your weapon as fast as you can, run and jump. If hit, you'll go flying backwards.
Battle Tactics
Well, this guy may be hard at first glance, but don't be intimidated. Gravios is slow and actually rather easy to take down. Well first off, you're either staying really close or a just out of reach. I suggest the just out of reach. If you're too close, he can miss you on things like bites, tail whips and charges(if you listen, he sort of growls before charging so you can simply roll through his legs). However, you won't be able to notice if red gas will come out after a beam. It also will be extremely hard to get out of under it if it expels gas alone. Staying far enough away so that you don't get hit by its tail is a great distance. Cuts the angle on a charge, you can quickly roll away, you won't get hit by any gas, if there's a sweeping beam, you can roll to its wingtips, the fire from his mouth whilst doing a Beam won't hit you and many more. It's where I stand. I tend to stand on its right side, but if you're G-ranked, stand on its left side. Why? If it does its sweeping beam attack, you can go in for some attack whereas if you're on its right, you'll have to wait by its wingtips. My suggested weapon would be a Longsword or a Bow. A Longsword can reach up to his upper belly and neck area where it is weak and if you are using a Bow, simply stand in front, off to one side and rain arrows on it. Hearing Protection is key for Blademaster and Gunner alike. When he uses his Gas move, a Gunner will have free shot on his exposed chest. Its tail can become annoying if you're meleeing so try and cut it off. It may be high in the air, but there are chances. One, when it uses its gas move, its tail can be reached with a Longsword. Two, when it charges and skids to a stop into a wall, attack the tail. Three, when it uses the Beam move and expels gas after, giving you plenty of time. Finally, you can attack it when he uses the Fall move. When the Gravios falls down, it creates High Wind, but go to its rear and start attacking around the tail area to disallow the Wind or run in after it falls down. Getting rid of its tail can prove quite useful since you cut off the big "mace" which you wouldn't be able to roll through unless you have Felyne Escape or Evade. Ah yes, don't forgot that you'll want ESP, melee hunters.. So, when attacking with a melee weapon, you can tell if you're hitting the weak spot when you don't see the yellow "sparks" that shoot out when you hit an armored part. Instead, you'll see blood. A good strategy for breaking its chest faster is by bombing it. Shock Traps don't really give enough time, but it can be done. I prefer Pitfall Traps still. When you attack broken areas(it can be broken twice), I believe it does more damage telling by the amount of blood that is given off. Here's an odd little situation. When using its Beam attack and you make it flinch, the beam is tell there. I'm not sure if it damages you, but I wouldn't risk going in there if you're seriously attempting the quest. Now, some tactics that you can use in the Volcano is to send it charging into the exploding rocks. If it hits two, it will flinch. I can't think of much more to talk about right now, but as I've said, High Grade Earplug is a must have skill. Evade and Adrenaline are optional. Oh yeah, knocking over the Gravios is probably the funniest thing you'll see. Or not. He falls to one side and then rolls. I believe his chest is no exposed so you can go for the tail, if it's not cut already. By the way, you can tell when he goes into rage mode when he does the second variation of the roar and he'll have smoke spewing from his mouth. He is faster(yet still slow compared to others) and has a chance of emitting red gas. Have fun fighting the rock giant!
Sorry of I missed anything in particular. Please let me know if I have or if I have done something wrong. Feedback is always appreciated.
Tigrex is up next and then a Specific Quest Guide on the Dual Tigrex. Then, I think I'll do Rajang.
This message was edited by xsynergyx on Jan 15 2008.
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I know all about the first mh monsters *NOTE* not freedom lol.
