Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate Guide: How to Kill a Zamtrios

You're going to need a bigger boat to take down a Zamtrios.

Cover your ears and prepare for the beast to roar whenever there’s steam rising from its face. The Zamtrios will roar and then cover itself in incredibly thick icy armor that even the sharpest of weapons has trouble breaking through. In all its forms, the Zamtrios of Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate is without a doubt at its most deadly when covered in icy armor. For one, its projectile attacks become more powerful and painful. Although, you can rest a bit assured that it isn’t enough to kill you, but still make sure not to become too lax.

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What will tear you apart is the liking this monster takes for doing the pouncing attack we mentioned before during this phase. More worrying is that when covered in icy armor, the amount of damage you can take when it simply flies past you is enough to cause severe concern. See a Zamtrios lining up to attack something else when covered in ice and you’d be forgiven for thinking this is a prime chance to strike. It is not, not in the slightest. Attacking from its rear half will make the monster jut massive spikes from its back. These hurt. A lot.

So you can’t attack it because the Zamtrios moves too fast and if you try, it’ll skewer you like a lamb kebab. When do you take the fight to the fin-laden little bugger then? Well those Sonic Bombs we mentioned are the answer. They’re useful when it isn’t iced over, but they’re incredibly useful when it is. As the Zamtrios submerges during its armor phase, the creature will pull itself out of the ice using its front limbs. This is a sort of safe time to strike because if you break some ice, you’ll force it from the water and onto its back for more damage-dealing.

While it is submerged, and we mean seriously only the fin is showing submerged here, throw a Sonic Bomb and rip it from the depths. This’ll almost totally expose its squishy underbelly and make for some of the finest sushi recuperation you’ll ever see in Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate.

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Battling anything in Monster Hunter 4 Hunter is often an exercise in being prepared for the unexpected. The Zamtrios doesn’t disappoint here either. Usually after its armored enraging phase, the Zamtrios will suddenly inflate to several times its original size. Its stomach distends to many times its original size, granting this usually fast beast the ability to roll around like Jabba the Hutt at an all you can eat buffet. In the fat phase as we’ll call it, Zamtrios do three different things usually.

First they’ll rest back on their fat belly and launch out ice balls. This is super easy to avoid and is a great chance to attack that tail fin for maximum damage. If you happen to be hit by it you’ll be back into the icy prison that usually comes, so stick close to comrades just in case.  The second is a bounce. Telegraphed by the beast facing towards its target and roaring before making a small bounce backwards, this is then followed up by a huge bound forwards that causes earthquake damage. Without a shadow of a doubt this is the most dangerous aspect of this phase.

The third and final attack is a humongous roll where the whole creature wobbles in a straight direction. Move to its side and chase the damn thing down. Why get close? Well because in this stage, you can do heaps of damage to a normally fast creature due to its sluggish speed twinned with a fat target. At the end of this, the stomach deflates and the Zamtrios of Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate goes back into normal phase, armor phase, fat phase progression.

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Be mindful of it using the fat phase because this can actually cover up the fact that the monster is weakened. Always assume in this phase that a Zamtrios is close to death, so give it everything you’ve got.

When grappled, it just rears back and roars often. Very well telegraphed and easy to predict. When armored, however, the thing will also wriggle about like a psychopathic shark thing covered in ice. It’s likely that by now you’re used to dealing with monster rodeos, so just remember all that you’ve learned and be extra careful.

The trick to winning a battle against a Zamtrios is endurance. It’s one of the creatures placed before you in Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate that rarely gives you a chance to deal any real damage from close range. Even ranged hunters need to be careful as it can move much faster than you’d think. A hefty amount of cold damage resistance is going to help you here, as is a weapon that dishes out thunder damage.

Melee hunters should be aiming for the legs and tail of the Zamtrios, while long-distance players should focus all of their attention on its fleshy back. Not exactly a hard target to miss now is it?

What monster is causing you trouble in Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate? Let us know in the comments down below and we’ll try to get some tips out just for you as soon as we can.

 


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