Monster Hunter: World Leshen – how you can combat it, what’s its weak spot

Monster Hunter: World has a few crossover occasions, however essentially the most formidable places us within the sneakers of Geralt of Rivia as he hunts down the monster that transported him and a Nekker to the forest. This seems to be the Leshen who has taken up residence within the Ancient Forest and disturbed the pure order. You’ll due to this fact must put it down.

Those new to searching monsters, or for those who simply must discover a specific monster information to rise up to Hunter Rank 16 – wanted to begin this quest – ought to head over to our Monster Hunter: World guide hub for a plethora of guides.

Monster Hunter: World Leshen information

This information will go over While techincally a brand new class of monster referred to as a “Relict”, they’re usually discovered within the Ancient Forests of Velen and are slow-moving magic customers that may flip into crows. They’re primarily based on the Slavic mythological deity of the forests, referred to as the Leshy, and are discovered solely in woodland areas with a view to be near the animals.

Leshen’s weaknesses and resistances

As any Witcher is aware of, hearth is by far the most effective factor to make use of towards the Leshen. It not solely offers lots of injury, however for those who use the Igni magic towards it, it’ll stagger it for a short while, dispersing a few of the Revoltures round it or burn away any of the roots it has set as much as defend itself towards you. Water and Ice are the worst parts to try to use towards it, whereas thunder and dragon deal first rate injury, however realistically it is best to by now have a fireplace weapon to reliably hit it with.

As for the illnesses, it’s a lot the identical breakdown, solely poison is the optimum factor of alternative. It’s inclined to paralysis, although I by no means fairly acquired blast to work towards it. The ones to keep away from completely are sleep, which can do nothing, and stun, which is simply not price it when paralysis works just a little higher.

Luckily, its head is the weak level for all weapons and it may be damaged twice for various rewards. Body and leg photographs will ultimately break them, however realistically you’ll need to go for the pinnacle as a lot as potential.

How to search out the Leshen quest in Monster Hunter: World

First of all, it’s essential to be of Hunter Rank 16 or above to finish the hunt. This means you’ve on the very least accomplished the primary story by defeating Xeno’jiiva and saving the brand new world. If you’re combating this child Elder Dragon, head to our Monster Hunter: World Xeno’jiiva information to study extra about how you can defeat it. Once achieved, discuss to the cats standing close by at Astera, or simply go straight to the Research Base to speak to the individual at with the exclamation level. This will ultimately result in Geralt of Rivia being summoned. Agree to start the mission “Contract: Trouble within the Ancient Forest“.

Contract: Trouble within the Ancient Forest

You want to finish a few in-mission quests earlier than yow will discover the Leshen. The first mission might be to speak to a close-by researcher. After exhausting the dialogue choices, head ahead till you discover some feathers. Follow the path and also you’ll discover one other useless Aptonoth surrounded by Revoltures. Quickly run in and use Igni to disperse them with out a combat. This will full the primary a part of the contract.

The second will be discovered for those who head in the direction of the north-east of the map. Examine the guide highlighted and comply with the path, as much as a second guide, then to look at some roots, earlier than lastly arriving on the researcher. After speaking to him, use Igni to free him from his bonds. Talk to him some extra to get extra data to finish the hunt. If you’ve accomplished each quests, head to the brand new purple approach level on the map in space 12 to be ambushed by Jagras. They’re just a little stronger than standard, however shouldn’t be an issue. Once crushed, work together with the totem to burn it down and start the hunt for actual.

Side quests

This occasion additionally has some aspect quests to finish earlier than you end the hunt. You’ll want to complete all of them to get the true ending for this specific quest.

• Rescue the Pukei-Pukei – Look for the one Pukei-Pukei left alive within the roots. This is in the identical space the researcher who’s trapped within the vines is in, so use Igni to free it. Use the Lifepowder when it seems in the course of the Leshen combat.
• Strange Markings from Gajalaka – Find any of the markings in caves. Talk to the researcher in Area 12, then go up the tree to close the camp at 17. This is the place Rathalos’s nest is. Defeat the Gajalaka, then conform to be their chief. Head straight to Area 13 (or Area 1 if you wish to discuss to the handler first) with a view to discover the previous chief subsequent to a large vigorwasp. Defeat him to finish the aspect quest.

How do I kill the Leshen?

Want some recommendation Hunter? Geralt of Rivia’s sword is not any match for a few of the gear that you just’ve been build up and likelihood is that you just’re most likely utilizing a weapon set that isn’t only a straight up sword and protect. Therefore it’s beneficial that you just swap out Geralt’s gear one of many weapon units by way of the folks close to the camps. Leshen is surprisingly inclined to the Dual Blades getting used straight after the entire Igni hearth assault, nevertheless it’s additionally very susceptible to any assaults that take a very long time to cost up in that state.

Leshen has quite a lot of assaults it may possibly yield. It can summon Revoltures to encompass it, which means getting in near dish out injury might be a barely painful expertise. Use Igni to burn them away when potential. The Revoltures will be ship outwards in a wave for reasonable injury, so search for when its arm is outstretched.

Not content material with simply with the ability to summon Revoltures, it may possibly additionally make the forest itself assault you, or defend towards your assault. It’ll telegraph this by plunging its claw into the bottom, so simply control the bottom for ripples. If the ripples come in the direction of you, dive to the aspect to keep away from the ripple, or ahead to dodge the branches springing outwards to assault. If the roots encircle it, attempt to make your approach round it, or use Igni to burn away any bothersome roots.

Another annoying factor concerning the Leshen is that the claws have a serrated edge to them. It can due to this fact inflict the Bleed standing ailment. To heal this, be sure you aren’t locking onto the goal earlier than you press the dodge button and nothing else. This will make you crouch, which provides you a number of seconds to heal Bleed and provoke some latent therapeutic for those who’ve not recovered totally.

The factor that may most likely throw you for a loop is the Jagras it summons. Yes, these minnows are much more of a nuisance than they had been once you’ve been combating the Great Jagras, thanks in no small half to the truth that round three to 4 of them can seem directly, interrupting you everytime you attempt to heal. Whenever they spawn, telegraphed by the Leshen emitting a loud howl, attempt to ignore the Leshen except you’ve Igni readily available to burn the Leshen and any close by enemies.

Once you defeat the Leshen, you’ll get the Hunter Runestone rune on your troubles and might use the Igni capability by both utilizing the stone or the Witcher 3: Wild Hunt emote.

What supplies can I get from Leshen?

The Leshen can’t be captured, much like an Elder Dragon. Though the usual model is just obtainable single participant, there’s a nastier Ancient Leshen that may seem in a while that you have to join with a number of different gamers to outlive. You can take a look at our Monster Hunter: World PC multiplayer information for extra data. Leshen’s supplies are important for crafting any of the Witcher gear that this replace brings, so you possibly can both take a look at our Monster Hunter: World combat information or our Monster Hunter: World armour information. In the checklist under, the celebrities point out the frequency during which the merchandise in query will drop, in addition to particulars on whether or not some gadgets are obtained by breaking a particular a part of the monster.

Leshen supplies (excessive rank solely)

When you’ve lastly taken down the Leshen, there might be an Ancient variant coming quickly, however aside from that there’s solely the beforehand obtainable monsters to slay. So repeatedly hunt monsters to get first rate tools to organize your self for the brand new island. You can study extra concerning the earlier bosses launched within the free updates from our Monster Hunter: World Behemoth, Monster Hunter: World Deviljho, or our Monster Hunter: World Lunastra guides. There can also be one other elusive Elder Dragon that solely seems as soon as in a blue moon, so put together upfront by taking a look at our our Monster Hunter: World Kirin information.