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Monster Hunter Wilds’s Title Update 2 is bringing a fan-favorite monster back into the fold. Originally introduced in Monster Hunter Tri, Lagiacrus is a majestic sea creature, complete with protruding back crystals and a massive tail. Paired with its bioelectricity, it’s a difficult beast to bring down.
Its introduction in Wilds is a bit worrisome, though, as your companion Erik remarks that Lagi’s presence in the Scarlet Forest represents a serious threat to the ecosystem. Here’s how to take down this latest monster as you complete the Trembling Blue Currents quest.
How To Unlock The Quest
To begin the quest,you’ll need tospeak with Erik in the Scarlet Forest, where he’ll tell you about some strange Rathalos activity reported in the area, and you’llinvestigate with him as your accompanying Handler instead of Alma. You’ll follow him on Seikretuntil a cutscene plays, introducing Lagiacrus, and the fight begins.
Best Equipment To Fight Lagiacrus
Fire and Dragon are particularly effective against Lagiacrus, so consider weapons with those properties, like theEnduring TorInsect Glaive, or theWyvern Blade LilyLong Sword.Bladed weaponsin theRathalos, Quematrice, Zoh Shia, and Arkveld treesare good choices, allowing you todestroy Lagi’s tailand exploit its elemental weaknesseseasily.
When it comes to armor,nothing beats a Rey Dau armor set, as it offers exceptional Thunder resistance, protecting you from Lagiacrus’s blasts while still offering good defense values.
Fighting Lagiacrus
Lagiacrus hasa long body, similar to Mizutsune, so you’ll need to becognizant of how you move around it. Generally, when it comes to physical attacks, Lagi willlunge at you with its midsection, attempting to body check you. This makeshanging out by the tail a little safer, as it will beeasier to roll awayand get past any attacks. However, you willneed to watch out for tail swipes.
Focusing your attacks on the tail is also smart, given that it can be severed and grant you another carve.
Of course, Lagiacrus has more up its sleeve than just brute force. It’s equipped with anarray of lightning-based attacksas well. The most tricky to assess would beits lightning burst, which it does while standing still. If you are meleeing the monster and you seethe crystals on its back glow, roll away quickly. Despite how quickly the attack activates, it hasdeceptively poor range.
Lagi will also spit lightning at you, but this is well telegraphed through its head movements and can be avoided either by running or rolling. If you’re struck by these lightning-enhanced attacks, you’re able to shed the debuff by eating a Nulberry.
After attacking the Lagiacrus for a while,it will become enraged, causing the crystals tocontinuously spark electricity. It will becomemore aggressive with the lightning spits, and the burst attack’s range will besignificantly extended, requiring you torun awayto avoid taking serious damage. Additionally, charge and body slam attacks will beenhanced with lightning effects.
Underwater Mechanics
During the fight,the Lagiacrus will retreat underwaterto unleash a powerful discharge attack, andyou’ll be able to follow it into the water to continue the battle.After you dive in, you’ll be given afew different waysto combat Lagi.
Get your bearings with the controls (you’ll only be able tomove up, down, and evade), then look forHelix Piercing Pods. These will be loaded into your slinger, andyou can shoot them at the Lagiacrus.
You can also destabilize rubble in the environment and make it fall on the Lagiacrus, but this is contextual, and you can take advantage of it only when the monster is in the correct spot.
Hitting the monster with your slingerwill open up opportunities to cling to it. This works just like mounting, except you need tomanually aim and selectwhere you may cling.
Once on the Lagiacrus,attack with your knife and weaponto destroy wounds, and after a brief cutscene,both you and Lagi will emerge from the water, where the fight will continue.
Capturing Lagiacrus
Whenthe skull icon starts appearingnear Lagiacrus on the minimap,it’s time to capture the beast. Set down your trap, hit it with tranq bombs, and the hunt will conclude.
If you do not have any traps or tranq bombs on you when the quest starts, they will be provided for you via the Seikret pouch at the end.
Lagiacrus - Drops And Materials
The Lagiacrus is ahigh-rank exclusive monster, and you can expect it to drop the following items:
Lagiacrus Sapphire
How To Change Handlers
After a brief conversation between Erik and the villagers,the quest will be completed, and you’ll be awarded ten pitfall traps, 50 tranq bombs, and five luring pods. Erik will now beunlocked as an equippable handler, and if you want to switch handlers, simplyspeak to him in the Scarlet Forest base camp.
