Kushala Daora is an elder dragon with the ability to use the wind as a tool against you, with parts of its body being metallic, it can deflect even the strongest of weapons used against it. It was first introduced in Monster Hunter 2, You’ll face Kushala Daora in the 7 star Hub Urgent Quest “The Steely Storm” which was added with version 2.0. Defeating it will unlock your Hunter Rank further.

Overview¶

Kushala Daora uses the wind to great effect, it can conjure up whirlwinds, and send them your way, whilst keeping itself protected by its durable metallic plates covering most of its body, making attacking it tough at the best of times.

Weaknesses¶

Attack Patterns¶

Charge¶

Kushala will stick its head out with its wings raised, indicating a charge is incoming.

Wind Blast¶

Kushala will stand on its hind legs, wings spread, and blast a ball of wind from its mouth at your general direction. If the wind connects with you, you’ll get launched high into the air, and Kushala will follow it up with another attack, usually a Charge or a Slam, this can almost cart you so be careful.

Double Bite¶

Kushala will lunge forward, mouth agape, and attack you with a bite to its left. It’ll follow this up with a second bite to its right.

Swoop¶

Kushala will fly into the air, wings raised, then swoop through the air at you.

Lunge¶

Kushala will tilt its body to the side, lunge forward, and slam its body on to you.

Whirlwinds¶

One of its strongest attacks. Kushala will stick out its head with its wings raised, almost touching, then unleash whirlwinds which will travel towards you moving side to side. Expect to see between three and five Whirlwinds.

Later on, you’ll find Kushala using other attacks in between the gaps of the whirlwinds. Most of the time it will be Jet Stream, or Swoop.

Jet Stream¶

Kushala will look down whilst its wings are out to the side, and shoot out a beam of wind into the floor, then lift its head making the beam shoot out at you, looking similar to a jet stream.

Hurricane¶

Kushala will lean forward, wings stretched out wide. You’ll see wind gathering around it, the wind will suck you in front of Kushala, then it will snap its wings together forming a Hurricane in front of it. Make sure to keep rolling away from Kushala to avoid getting hit.

Enraged Wind Blast¶

Exactly the same as the normal Wind Blast attack, but the wind will have a black color to it, come at you faster, and deal more damage.

Pounce¶

When Kushala is enraged, it will fly into the air with its claws turning red, then pounce down on to you. It can do this up to three times in a row.

Strategy¶

Before going in to the hunt, bring max potions/megapotions, and some flash bombs to drop Kushala out of the sky as well as to aid you with some emergency healing if needed. The hardest part of Kushala (no pun intended), is its steel body, making a lot of your attacks deflect of it, meaning its head is the best place to aim for. The problem with that, is all of its most dangerous attacks come from there. So you’ll have to be quick with your guards or agile enough to get in some attacks whilst dodging Kushala’s.

A lot of its attacks are easily avoidable by running/dodging to the side, but its main attack, Hurricane will pull you in like a vortex before it conjures a massive Hurricane on top of you, dealing major damage if you’re caught in it. To avoid this, keep dodging away from Kushala, and when the Hurricane appears, continue rolling away due to it expanding a little.

Its next major attack which can cause problems, is its Whirlwinds attack. Kushala will fly away and release anything from one to five Whirlwinds which move side to side, the best way to avoid this, is to back up, and when you see an opening, run past them. Later on, Kushala will also add a Jet Stream or Swoop to the mix which can catch you out. After all that, you’ll most likely cart a lot from underestimating Wind Blast, because, if it connects, you’ll be launched into the air, and it’ll follow it up with another attack which can two-shot you if you’re not careful.

Material Drops¶

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