The time has finally come for the Monster Hunter World and Final Fantasy XIV crossover event, and hunters will be tasked with taking down a massive monster from a strange world known as the Behemoth. When players log in after August 1st, they will notice a new NPC near the Resource Center with a quest marker above her head named Serious Handler. She will give players the quest titled “A Visitor From Another World” to investigate strange beings popping up in the Wildspire Waste, which will have hunters track down a mysterious crystal located in the middle of the map, being guarded by a moogle. A Kulu-Ya-Ku will then swipe this crystal, and become powered up and larger in size, which will become the main target of the quest. After taking down the thieving bird, hunters will return to the Serious Handler where they will be given a quest to track down the Behemoth itself. This fight is like nothing we have seen before in Monster Hunter, and requires high level gear, major preparation and most importantly, teamwork. Let’s take a look at how to take down the powerful Behemoth.
The Behemoth has a unique mechanic, where hunters in the party can pull attention to themselves, creating an opening for the rest of the party to do damage without being the focus of attacks. This mechanic is called enmity, and works the exact same way as pulling aggro in many other games. Players can pull enmity by attacking the head of the monster repeatedly. Once a member of the party has enmity from the Behemoth, the monster will focus its melee and elemental attacks towards that player for a short period of time. Take advantage of this as much as possible to deal out a hefty amount of damage in the time period allowed. During the majority of the fight, the monster will not let up its constant sporadic barrage of attacks from all angles, so being able to control the fight and the monsters focus will give hunters a much needed advantage in battle.
Being a magical beast from Final Fantasy, Behemoth’s elemental attacks come in the form of spells. On the right side of the screen, players will notice a combat log popping up, letting hunters know which spells the Behemoth is about to attack with. Knowing which one does what is crucial to navigating the battle, and will give the hunters an advantage when they know what is coming for them. The first attack to watch out for is the Charybdis spell, which summons a small tornado onto one hunter in the party that can cause wind damage and a knockback. If a hunter is targeted, a small wind storm will begin to blow around them. After a few seconds, Behemoth will let out a roar at the sky, and summon the tornado in the last location the hunter was in. To avoid being caught in this attack, run away from the gust in any direction, and when the Behemoth lets out its roar, dodge roll out of the way twice to cover distance away from the wind tunnel.
A Nintendo Switch trailer was also released.
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An announcement trailer was also released.