Monster Hunter Stories is one of the spin-offs in the Monster Hunter series by Capcom. This game allows players to take on a completely new type of character, focusing on a Monster Rider rather than a Monster Hunter. This allows players to make friends with these monsters.

While players work to befriend and ride monsters, they will have to fight some of the monsters, especially if they want to obtain their eggs. Here is everything that is known about the monsters and their attack patterns.

How Combat Works In Monster Hunter Stories

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The combat system in MHST is a bit different than in MHST 2. While players can easily guess the monster's next move in MHST 2, that isn't the case in MHST. Instead, players just need to understand how monsters behave and use their best judgment to decide what move is the best. The picture above shows how moves work: Power beats Technical, Technical beats Speed, and Speed beats Power.

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Monsters have an Attack Tendency, which is usually the attack they will lead with. This means players will want to use an attack that has the monster's Attack Tendency as its weakness. After that, they will need to guess the best approach. Thankfully, monsters have a pattern of sorts; they usually use their Attack Tendency the most, and then, depending on that attack type, they will use another specific type more often than the final type. The list below will help players understand which Attack Tendencies use which attacks.

Attack Tendency

Ranking of Attack Types

Power
  1. Power
  2. Technical
  3. Speed

Speed
  1. Speed
  2. Power
  3. Technical

Technical
  1. Technical
  2. Power
  3. Speed

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All Monsters & Their Attack Patterns In MHST

Here is a breakdown of monsters and their attack patterns.

This will continuously be updated as more monsters are encountered.

Name

Type

Tendency

All Head-to-Head Attacks

Barioth

Flying Wyverns

Speed
  1. Speed
  2. Power
  3. Technical

Basarios

Flying Wyverns

Technical
  1. Technical
  2. Power
  3. Speed

Diablos

Flying Wyverns

Power
  1. Power
  2. Technical
  3. Speed

Gendrome

Flying Wyverns

Speed
  1. Speed
  2. Power
  3. Technical

Gravios

Flying Wyverns

Power
  1. Power
  2. Technical
  3. Speed

Khezu

Flying Wyverns

Technical
  1. Technical
  2. Power
  3. Speed

Nerscylla

Flying Wyverns

Technical
  1. Technical
  2. Power
  3. Speed

Rathalos

Flying Wyverns

Power
  1. Power
  2. Technical
  3. Speed

Rathian

Flying Wyverns

Speed
  1. Speed
  2. Power
  3. Technical

Seregios

Flying Wyverns

Technical
  1. Technical
  2. Speed
  3. Power

Tigrex

Flying Wyverns

Power
  1. Power
  2. Technical
  3. Speed

Gypceros

Bird Wyverns

Power
  1. Power
  2. Technical
  3. Speed

Iodrome

Bird Wyverns

Speed
  1. Speed
  2. Power
  3. Technical

Qurupeco

Bird Wyverns

Technical
  1. Technical
  2. Speed
  3. Power

Velocidrome

Bird Wyverns

Speed
  1. Speed
  2. Power
  3. Technical

Yian Kut-Ku

Bird Wyverns

Technical
  1. Technical
  2. Speed
  3. Power

Lagiacrus

Leviathans

Power
  1. Power
  2. Technical
  3. Speed

Royal Ludroth

Leviathans

Power
  1. Power
  2. Technical
  3. Speed

Zamtrios

Amphibians

Technical
  1. Technical
  2. Speed
  3. Power

Zinogre

Fanged Wyverns

Speed
  1. Speed
  2. Power
  3. Technical

Apceros

Herbivores

Power
  1. Power
  2. Technical
  3. Speed

Aptonoth

Herbivores

Power
  1. Power
  2. Technical
  3. Speed

Popo

Herbivores

Power
  1. Power
  2. Technical
  3. Speed

Barroth

Brute Wyverns

Speed
  1. Speed
  2. Power
  3. Technical

Deviljho

Brute Wyverns

Power
  1. Power
  2. Technical
  3. Speed

Uragaan

Brute Wyverns

Power
  1. Power
  2. Technical
  3. Speed

Arzuros

Fanged Beasts

Power
  1. Power
  2. Technical
  3. Speed

Bulldrome

Fanged Beasts

Power
  1. Power
  2. Technical
  3. Speed

Congalala

Fanged Beasts

Technical
  1. Technical
  2. Speed
  3. Power

Lagombi

Fanged Beasts

Speed
  1. Speed
  2. Power
  3. Technical

Kirin

Elder Dragons

Speed
  1. Speed

Great Poogie

Poogie

Power
  1. Power

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Monster Hunter Stories
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Released
October 8, 2016
ESRB
Everyone 10+ / Crude Humor, Fantasy Violence, Mild Language, Users Interact
Developer(s)
Capcom, Marvelous
Publisher(s)
Capcom, Nintendo
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