Rakna-Kadaki was one of the few monsters players got a glimpse of in the reveal trailer forMonster Hunter Rise. Details about the new monster wouldn’t come out for quite some time and whenMonster Hunter Risefinally released, it turned out Rakna-Kadaki was actually quite a late game monster, meaning it’s no pushover.
Prep, Hitzones, and Weaknesses
Rakna-Kadaki’selemental attacks are all firebased, therefore players will want to consider coming to the battle with increased fire resistance. That being said, fireblight is probably one of the easiest blights to cure as players can cure it simply by rolling. While this is true of other blights, fireblight is cured significantly faster by rolling than other blights. Fire resistance can still be helpful in decreasing some of the damage from Rakna-Kadaki’s fire attacks however.
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Water and ice are the only elements that Rakna-Kadaki is weak to. It resists all other elements. If players have a choice between bringing a water weapon or an ice weapon, then bringing an ice weapon is going to be the better choice. Keep in mind though, that elemental damage is more important to fast attacking weapons so if say,a greatsword user, has a really good sword that deals only raw damage, and also has a much weaker ice greatsword, then the raw damage sword may be a better choice.
As far as status ailments go, Rakna-Kadaki resists poison and blast. Iceblight is rated at a two star effectiveness and every other ailment is rated as one star, sostatus ailment inflicting weaponsprobably aren’t really going to come into play much with Rakna-Kadaki.
Rakna-Kadaki has really bad hitzones though. They’re really low on pretty much everything but the head. It’s certainlyworse for shot type weaponsthan it is for cutting and blunt weapons. Which admittedly is strange given Rakna-Kadaki’s armor is very good for bow builds. Regardless, every weapon type is going to want to aim for the head and the threading around the legs. It’s claws take good ice damage, but it’s standard hitzone values are so low there that it’s likely not to help much.
Fighting Rakna-Kadaki
Rakna-Kadaki has a wide variety of attacks. Some deal physical damage, some deal fire damage, and some will entangle players in webbing. In terms of its physical attacks, it will sometimes fling one of its Rachnoid children across the arena and then pull itself towards it which can inflict damage. Similar to Nerscylla frompast games likeMonster Hunter GenerationsUltimate, it can also attack with the claws in front of its head, which it will swing twice with. The range on this attack is pretty significant and it’s easy to underestimate how much space is needed away from Rakna-Kadaki to be safe. Rakna-Kadaki will also rise up sometimes and try to slam down on hunters.
Another physical attack that players shouldn’t underestimate sees Rakna-Kadaki slam its abdomen into the ground. This attack has pretty good trackingmuch like Rajang’s laserand does pretty decent damage, so if the monster raises its abdomen, get out of the way.
Rakna-Kadaki can expel fire from its body from all directions. Sometimes it will expel fire from one side of its body and then walk sideways towards hunts in order to hit them with the fire. If players notice fire coming from one side of Rakna-Kadaki and they’re on that side, they need to move quickly or Rakna-Kadaki will close the distance. Rakna-Kadaki can also breathe fire and will often do a sweeping motion with the flame breath it creates. It also will do this twice in succession so if players are hit by Rakna-Kadaki’s breath, they need to be careful they don’t immediately wirefall and get hit by the second sweep. It can also just expel fire all around itsimilar to the way Khezu expels lightningaround it. When hunters call out that Rakna-Kadaki is about to use a powerful attack, it’s going to expel fire all around it and then breathe fire in a wider radius around it, so players need to get pretty far away.
The monster can also make use of the environment. While, rare, if hunters are in a cavern with Rakna-Kadaki, it will sometimes cling to the ceiling with it’s webbing and breathe fire around it. It’s possible to knock it down from this state from a knockdown, butplayers will need aerial attacksor ranged weapons.
If the webbing on two Rakna-Kadaki’s legs is broken, then it will fall down and hunters can score some free hits on it. After it gets up, it will wrap more web around its abdomen. Its attack where it slams its abdomen down on hunters becomes way deadlier when the monster is like this. After enough damage is dealt to the abdomen, it will fall down again wherein players can score some free hits again. After it gets back up, it will then spin the web back on its legs and the process begins again.
Rakna-Kadaki can also use itswebbing and Rachnoid childrento debilitate hunters. Sometimes Rakna-Kadaki will spray multiple threads of webbing out of its mouth and if hunters are hit they will be stuck in place for a time unless they use a cleanser or are hit by a teammate or buddy. Rotating the left stick and pressing buttons can also shorten the amount of time players are webbed. They’ll usually have enough time to break free and get out of the way of Rakna-Kadaki’s next attack, but not always, so be careful. Rakna-Kadaki can also fling balls of webbing from its abdomen that will have the same effect if hunters are hit by them or touch them once they’re on the ground. The Rachnoids that Rakna-Kadaki throws out can also web players or sometimes they’ll spit fire instead of webbing.
Monster Hunter Riseis now available for the Nintendo Switch. A PC release is slated for 2022.
