Master Kushala Daora in Monster Hunter: World! Learn its weaknesses, strengths, attacks, and strategies to defeat this Elder Dragon. Includes elemental and ailment info.
Walkthrough
- 1You can hunt Kushala Daora after collecting enough Research Points in the Ancient Forest and completing the assignment "A Wound and a Thirst."
- 2The assignment "Kushala Daora, Dragon of Steel" (8 ecursive_star:) becomes available after meeting the prerequisites.
- 3The optional quest "The Winds of Wrath Bite Deep" (8 ecursive_star:) unlocks after completing the "Kushala Daora, Dragon of Steel" assignment.
- 4At Hunter Rank 50, Tempered Kushala Daora can be hunted via investigations.
Stats / Weaknesses:
- Type: Elder Dragon
- Vulnerable Areas: Head (Cut/Blunt), Front Limbs (all damage), Tail (Ammo)
- Breakable Parts: Head, Wings
- Severable Parts: Tail
- Elemental Weakness: Thunder (***)
- Elemental Resistance: Water (X), Ice (X)
- Other Elemental Affinity: Dragon (**), Fire (*)
- Ailment Susceptibility: Poison (***), Blast (***), Stun (**), Thunder (**), Sleep (*), Paralysis (*)
- Special Abilities: Wind shroud (deflects attacks, knocks down melee attackers), Tornadoes (ground hazards).
Strategy:
- Bring Flash Pods to counter its aerial attacks.
- Use weapons with Elderseal to reduce its wind shroud and hinder its wind abilities.
- Stunning Kushala Daora temporarily removes its wind armor.
- Be mindful of its wind vortexes; reposition if too many are present.
- Exploit its weakness to Thunder damage.
- Target the head for Cut and Blunt damage, the tail for Ammo damage.
- Be cautious of its sweeping claw attacks and biting maneuvers.
- Avoid its powerful wind breath attacks, especially the ground-based ones preceded by a roar.
- Carves: Daora Dragon Scale+ (****), Daora Carapace (****), Daora Claw+ (***), Daora Horn+ (**), Daora Webbing (***), Daora Gem (*)
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