MHW has a ton of monsters to kill, and they get increasingly harder as you go up the ranks. At first you soar through the game, slaughtering monsters left and right....then you meet High rank. And once you beat high rank, you meet some tempered monsters. In these moments of increasing difficulty, you often encounter a stumbling block (Why Nergigante? Why?). Usually, overcoming these stumbling blocks results in very clutch or tense moments. Sometimes you finish the hunt by sheer luck. tl;dr- what are the most tense or clutch moments you’ve experienced in MHW? I’ve got three: 1.Nergigante [spoiler]Nergigante...a huge wall that stands in the way of awesome armor and elder dragon hunts. When I first hunted this guy, I had received many warnings. Being the overconfident hunter that I am, I set out to kill this beast. At first, I thought the battle was pretty easy. Then, he roared. Stunned, I look up to see him jump into the air, and spiral into the ground, covering literally [b]every[/b] inch of ground around him. Not being able to get out the stun, I get carted back to Narnia when he hits me. I shrug it off and try again. I faint two more times. Then I fail the quest two more times. Although I was pretty pissed, I gave the quest one more run. I buffed literally everything I could, I maxed my armor, and got the best bow that I could take. I venture out again. During his first dive bomb, he left me with an inch of health. I eventually learned how to dodge it. But then came the part where he retreats to the crystal cave; the part where I died the most. In this cave, all he does is spam dive bombs. I venture into his cave, and I set up a bomb. I shoot it, and the beast awakens. I evade left and right, trying to keep my stamina above zero. Once he rises into the air, I panic, and I run to my right, but I hit a wall, and he carts me. Two more lives left. At this point, I was about to throw my controller away. I go back the caves, and I try to end this elder dragon once and for all. And for the first time, I successfully evade his dive bomb. The fight lasts for five minutes, until I charge up my dragon piercer. Then, he begins to fly. He was going to dive bomb. Then, my charged dragon piercer goes flying right into his chest, and he drops to the ground, dead. This was the most satisfying feeling I got out of MHW [/spoiler] 2. Black Diablos [spoiler]To me, Black Diablos was another stumbling block. I first encountered her in an expedition. I decided to try fighting her, but I fainted. I go after her again, but she (*sob*) leaves the locale. I decide to take on her optional quest. I didn’t come prepared. The fight was long, and she hit me many times. Her stun was what made me a living punching bag. I eventually get her to low health, but she didn’t retreat yet. By now, I had one continue left, but she eventually rams be back to Astera. I go on the quest again, and I bring my best armor with me. By now, I’ve learned how to dodge her attacks; but the issue here was that I was being extremely cautious, so I wasn’t doing enough damage. This extended the fight, and after 40 minutes of just shooting arrows and evading (and getting hit, of course), she is finally wounded. I decide to capture her, since I had enough of her nonsense.[/spoiler] 3. Kushala Daora [spoiler]Kushala was fairly easy at first...his tornados became a bit annoying, but it was nothing that I couldn’t handle. After a lot of fighting, I get him down to a wounded condition, and he retreats to his nest. Now, the problem here was that all he does around his nest is crap tornadoes. Eventually he craps so much that the whole area is just slathered by tornados. I try and move, but no matter what, I always run into a tornado, and get staggered, and then get hit. He eventually carted me. I man up and try again. After a lot of fighting and frustration, he retreats to another area (Thank goodness). When I get near him, he starts spewing out tornadoes again. He drains my hp, and I decide to fire a dragon pod at him as sort of a panic move. The dragon pod hits, and, surprisingly, he dies. [/spoiler]