In Monster Hunter Wilds, you will need to take down a variety of monsters. Not only will many of the monsters be quest enemies that are required kills to finish the story, but you will also need to defeat several of them to get materials for all the armor in MHW.
One of the early game monsters you will need to take down is the Balahara, which was the spiraly monster from the chase at the beginning of the story. In order to take this thing down, you will want to know all its weaknesses, moves, and the best way to take it down.
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Balahara Moveset
The Balahara thankfully has a fairly simple moveset. It doesn’t have a whole lot of tracking in its attacks, so you just need to dodge where the attack is headed, then attack it back while you are locked on in MHW. Here are the handful of moves you expect from this massive monster while you hunt it.
Spit Attack
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The Balahara either rears back and/or opens its mouth a little before it spits. To avoid it, roll or run around the spit; if its mouth is open, you don’t want to be in front of it. If Balahara is on the ledge, knock it down with a ranged weapon or Flash Pod after dodging. There are several levels of Spit attack, but you dodge each the same way.
Lunge Attack
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When you are close to the Balahara, it can do a lunge attack with its mouth. It will open its mouth, then lunge forward. The best way to avoid this attack is to roll to the side. Since the Balahara’s weakness is the inside of its open mouth, this is a great time to dodge and smash it in the face with your weapons in this highly customizable action RPG.
Drill Attack
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A drill attack is when the Balahara spins at you with its whole body, cutting through the air and dealing a lot of damage. It will curl up, then will throw itself at you backward, tail first, to spin at you and try to knock you down. Its mouth drills into you, so make sure to dodge to the left or right instead of forward or backward. Make sure your Monster Hunter Palico is ready to heal you in case you get hit with this one.
Roar
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The Balahara can roar while you are attacking it, which doesn’t deal damage but can knock you out of your attack. Some skills and hunting horn buffs protect you from sonic attacks, but there isn’t a way to dodge this one. You probably won’t have any of these skills yet, however, so you just have to put up with its roar for now.
Tail or Claw Sweep
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The Balahara will sweep its tail across the ground after lifting its tail as shown in the picture. It hits a large area behind it, so you want to make sure to get in front of it. To avoid this move, you need to roll away from it towards its head. It can also sweep its hand if you are in front of it, which can be easily dodged as its arms are super short. Just roll towards its tail to get away.
Tail Poke
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If the Balahara is about to poke you with its tail when it picks up its tail. The wind-up is pretty long, so you should see this coming at you. You can easily dodge, as this move doesn’t seem to have tracking for your movement. Just dodge towards its head and start whaling on it.
Sand Dive and Lunge
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This move is a leap out of the sand that will knock you down. It will jump towards you, dive down into the sand, then come up out of the sand in about the same place. If you are close to it, it will lunge at you, and if you are further from it, it will spit instead. You can get it to come out of its dive early and stun it if you use a Screamer Pod.
Balahara Weaknesses and How to Fight
All monsters in Monster Hunter Wilds have weaknesses you can exploit to help you take them down faster and easier. The Balahara is no different, and you can use these weaknesses to take the monster down quickly and painlessly.
- The Balahara’s main weakness is its head and neck.
- It is extra weak to blunt damage and lighting.
- It will not take any damage from water attacks.
- As you begin to fight it, you will want to keep to the side of this monster as much as possible. It basically only attacks to the front or the back of itself.
- While you should focus on the head or neck, you can also sever its tail with a sharp weapon.
- Always knock it down from the pillar if it climbs up; knocking it down with a ranged weapon or a Flash Pod will deal a lot of damage to it.
- Many of its attacks can give you the Waterblight status effect; you can cure it with Nulberries.
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February 28, 2025
- ESRB
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T For Teen // Violence, Blood, Crude Humor