
If you want to capture Magnamalo, it must be weakened enough that your Palico says something along the lines of “Your enemy is ripe for capturing!” Doing so will also cause it to potentially fall over and provide another opening.

Additionally, when its body parts are glowing with purple fire, you should focus on attacking those areas, particularly the armblades. If Magnamalo makes contact with it, it might topple over, giving you an opening to attack. If you do a Wirebug dash (press ZL + A), you’ll leave behind a “ball” of Hellfire. However, you can actually use the Hellfireblight status affliction against Magnamalo. If you’re inflicted with Hellfireblight, you’ll have to cure it with Deodorant. When Magnamalo exudes a purple gas, that’s your cue to get away. You’ll want to avoid the Hellfireblight status. It’s best to try and attack it from behind. Even worse, its attacks have incredible range. Try to flank Magnamalo to score some hits in from behind. If you want to capture the beast, make sure to bring along Shock traps or Pitfall traps, and also Tranq Bombs. Capturing monsters ends the fight much sooner and sometimes yields resources you wouldn’t get otherwise. If you don’t want to spend any precious money on healing items, do an Expedition Trip to the Shrine Ruins, as the place has plenty of Herbs and Honey to forage.Īt this point, you should decide whether your goal is to kill the Magnamalo or capture it. Potions are crafted by combining two Herbs, and Mega Potions are created by combining one Potion and one unit of Honey. Knock out three times and you fail the mission. Make sure that you’re carrying plenty of Potions and Mega Potions so you don’t get knocked out. A consistently solid trio is Dango Polisher to speed up weapon sharpening, Dango Fighter to decrease stamina depletion, and Dango Feet to prevent getting knocked over. Capcomįor your pre-hunt meal, go ahead and choose your usual order. Magnamalo preparation, crafting, and dango In this case, it’s best to just equip whatever armor you have that has the highest base defense. Unfortunately, this also means that none of the armors with elemental resistance are going to help you. It works similarly to “Blast” damage from previous Monster Hunter games - if you’re affected by Magnamalo’s Hellfireblight status ailment, you’ll be hit with an additional explosion after a few seconds.

Magnamalo’s attacks are dubbed “Hellfire” elemental. (My personal weapon of choice is the Longsword so I forged the Drowning Shaft weapon.) Most Water elemental weapons are part of the Royal Ludroth Weapon Tree, so you may need to farm materials from that monster before taking on the Magnamalo.Īs for your armor, it’s still up in the air what element its attacks actually are. I suggest creating a Water elemental weapon of whichever weapon type you prefer. Capcomįire and Dragon damage are completely nullified, so don’t bring any of those into the fight.

Here’s a closer look at Magnamalo’s physiology.
