I managed to get some more quality time with Monster Hunter Freedom 2 over the festive period finally taking down my first Elder Dragon of the game, Chameleous. Well, technically it was a first round repel but it got me through the quest…
Its not the easiest of fights to say the least. The invisibility I can deal with to a degree… the two moves that give me problems the most are, the one that reduces your stamina to zero in one hit and debuffs you preventing consumption of rations or steaks, and the tongue attack that steals items from you when hit by it.
For the most part its easy enough to avoid one or the other attacks, but get caught out with the stamina reduction and a few tongue attacks dodged too late and suddenly your at zero stamina with no rations or steaks left. Obviously if you use a hammer this fight ramps up in difficulty if you get hit/come out unprepared so bear that in mind and get plenty of meat cooked up.
My strategy was, using Devil Slicer long sword hack the crap out of it whenever it popped into view or its breath/shimmer gave it away. While it was invisible it was generally moving away from me then charging back so some deft rolls are in order here. The attack pattern seems to have it retreating invisible then charging visible two or three times, then its close quarter work for a while… shaking tail attack limits the angles you can attack from so keep it short and sweet with lots of rolls to get range… the spit attack is long range and once used to the animation its easy enough to get out of the way and stay out of the area of effect.. the tongue attack is a little harder to predict and tends to pop up right after you finish a roll, expect to get hit a few times with this.
Now, for all I know there could be a way to remove its invis, or stop certain attacks by breaking its armour in some way but I’ve not found it yet…
After my success with Chameleous I worked on my offline guild hall rank some more unlocking a new tier of quests and crafted a few new items.. all in all, a very productive return to this game this holiday
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