I love this guy. The design, the fact it's a crab, the weapons. However, it's a game where you hunt monsters, and when you have to hunt this monster, it really REALLY doesn't want you to. This is Zenith Akura Vashimu, what happens when the MH Devs decide they want you to sweat and suffer. God, it's brilliant. Enjoy the video! x

@its_deer

6 ай бұрын

the design is very reminiscent of a branded devourer from Gw2 for me

@taob3850

6 ай бұрын

amazing work man, i just started fz and this is gonna b so helpful

@buragi5441

5 ай бұрын

I bet my left shoe that if Akura gets into mainline, it will get reclassified as a temnoceran, as that category did not exist when it first came out.

@dead_vibes

10 күн бұрын

This looks like a crab to you?

"A insectoid monster that looks powerful is very refreshing, compsred to the spiders we've recived in the mainline games." Seltas Queen: :(

@CeraCymmetry

6 ай бұрын

Jokes on you I love Seltas Queen and she isn’t a spider :^) need a tarantula monster that’s bulky as hell in one of the next games tbh

@hypertensiontwist6953

Ай бұрын

Ahtal-Ka would like a word

@magnabueno5360

9 күн бұрын

Rakna kadaki:

If the main MH team makes another scorpion, they'll probably do something original. If they do bring back both Akuras, they'll make it more reasonable, i'm sure.

@athos9293

6 ай бұрын

This is the Zenith. Base Vashimu and Jebia are pretty mainlinish

@ashra2191

6 ай бұрын

The tailcut requirement must be simplified if they're wanna put them in mainline.

@adonicetrig8908

6 ай бұрын

Base Jebia can fit in no prob, Base Vashimu needs a redone for the tail mechanic, other than that, they’re easy, and unique af, introductions.

@buragi5441

5 ай бұрын

Nah, keep it convoluted, because after all, you are basically cutting away one third of it's body and it's main source of attacks. Make the mechanic more simple and you end up making the monster into a joke.@@ashra2191

@joseluissilva6027

3 ай бұрын

​@@ashra2191See. I dont think it should be simplified, for the most part. Removing the color changing blood part would be more than enough. After all, think about it. Akura, and there relatives, the ONLY monsters in the franchise, whose part break SEVERELY affects there movesets. Every other monsters who has a tail cut will, at best, lose abit of range in there tail attacks, and at worst, will lose the ability to inflict you with a status (rathian for example, in some cases). The Akura's however, you cut off there tail and the lose ALL of tail attacks, the ability to inflict the crystal base blight AND they constantly trip over themselves. Simplifying there tail cut to just...."cut it off" would make them incredibly easy. And while sure Akura's for the most part arent incredibly powerful endgame monsters, more in the mid to high mid tier, but still...removing there unique tail cut or heavily change it is like removing Espina's triple status fireball or his trait of always starting asleep and only waking up after persistent damage. Like I said before, simply removing and/or tweaking the color changing blood part is enough. And honestly other then that, its a pretty seamless and relatively easy tail cut once you know what your doing.

I’m loving the series! Getting so much fascinating info about this monsters every week feels like a blessing! The editing is great, the jokes are funny, and the intros are awesome. Getting to meet this monsters in English is already luxury enough, having them introduced with such love is, again, nothing short of a blessing!

@CeraCymmetry

6 ай бұрын

By far the nicest comment on the series so far, thank you very much (:

Holy fuck, thats a tail cut if ive ever seen one. Ive always been dissapointed on some tail cuts just being a very small portion, and only a few being a fairly sized, so it was so satisfying to see a tail cut THAT big. Besides that, im so glad youre doing this series. Always been so interested in frontier, but never got the chance to actually experience it. Tysm for undertaking this project and satiating my curiosity

I am in fact enjoying this series. Also the jokes in this video made me laugh out loud. 10/10 video lots of suffering.

This series is awesome and I genuinely look forward to it every week

Enjoying every episode as I've been playing through frontier for the first time. Also, appreciate the djent/metalcore rifts in the beginning montage haha

@CeraCymmetry

6 ай бұрын

If I could put a Within The Ruins song at the start without getting copyright dinged I would, trust me :^)

@NoiseTank

6 ай бұрын

@@CeraCymmetry My man 🤘

On the one hand, his tail is easier to cut than the base species. On the other hand, he's still not fun to actually fight.

Waking up knowing i'll need 3 top tails from this guy for my support set

I can see Vashimu inspiring many folks to employ cheese strategies

I'm loving this series a lot! Can't wait for the next video

I've been really enjoying these videos because they're effectively a glimpse into what awaits me 200 hours from now when I finally get to them in Frontier. Despite all the warnings signs, I'm even looking forward to trying out Zenith Akura here. Maybe I just don't have the full "appreciation" for its fight because I've never done it, but I like the idea that it has this overwhelming power to kick your ass, and you have to work extra hard to take away that power, but when you do you're rewarded for it with a monster that's had some of its most dangerous abilities nerfed or taken away. It feels like the concept of fighting monsters underwater except cranked up to 11 (as expected of Frontier.)

@CeraCymmetry

6 ай бұрын

Oh for sure, I love all the Zenith Monsters dearly, but I couldn't resist a bit of Akura slander. It's just too much fun to talk about how putrid this thing can be sometimes. You definitely feel like a badass once you take it out without a single paralysis (:

huge fan of this series! I'm glad to be able to vicariously experience Frontier through this. Keep up the great work! :D

I've really liked the series so far. Hope you stick with it going foward👍

Zeniths were insane to get a single clear on... This brings back really warm memories but absolutely terrifying trauma.

This is a really good series. I am starting to learn more and more about a game I have interest in but can't really interact with, which is great.

I really love your videos, I only just realized after watching every one of your frontier videos i hadn't been subscribed. you've got a watcher as long as you keep putting out this content, its legit great as someone that always wanted to play frontier back in the second and third gen days to see what the game became

I just found this channel in time for this

This monster always looked so cool to me, and you can do a lot with its design, i really want to see it back

This series continues to slap, dude. Keep it up!

@CeraCymmetry

6 ай бұрын

You got it, glad you enjoyed it!

Great video as always! This is the single Zenith I've avoided fighting because it's terrifying LOL. Crystalblight normally sucks, but wow did they a number on it's Zenith version lmao. Thanks to your video, I feel a lot more informed and a bit more confident so I may attempt it in the future. Anyways, can't wait to see more of this series. I've been loving it so far!

@CeraCymmetry

6 ай бұрын

Thanks very much! Hope you can take it down, glad to be of help!

I am a hammer user in frontier, and zenith para fucks me over alot

One of the things that made the thing so annoying in the original iteration was another step for the tail cut, one that thankfully they got rid of in the Z version: Blood Color. After doing all breaks you had to ground the thing to a certain HP threshold and break the horn to flip it, you miss it or kill it accidentally? Start again.

The batshit crazy stuff in this game really makes me want Wilds to be an MMO

Yotube recommended me this out of the blue. Very nice format. Don't know much about Frontier monsters so this is great!

@CeraCymmetry

6 ай бұрын

Hey thanks, glad you liked it! (:

1: It's uncommon knowledge that lingering paralysis has some rather hilarious glitches that can (sometimes) potentially save you from entering the void. One of them which makes you cheat death altogether. No I am not kidding. 2: As a crystallization masochist, Z Akura is fucking awesome. That and it has KICK. ASS. GEAR.

i love how in a couple of the clips you get tagged by the paralysis spray, and then he just decides to keep doing it over and over again, essentially locking you in place and then ends it with a pin after spraying you like 3 times in a row. actually disgusting

W vid again cer

In my server, the OQ to get those advanced hiden items for the Bow and Magnet Spike (my main weapon) unfortunately requires you to hunt a Z4 Vashimu under a very short time limit, and the required subquest is to cut his tail off.

We need this in MH Wilds (maby not that extreme tho😅)

I need that boi in monster hunter wilds or im gonna commit war crime

@CeraCymmetry

6 ай бұрын

Guaranteed trauma if they bring the tail cut back with the monster ):

@Nathalios.

6 ай бұрын

​@@CeraCymmetry yeah if they briging im back they need to change this, because thats looks painfull as i see in the gameplay in the video

I started Frontier a month ago and hunted the regular version 3 times. Out of the 3 hunts, I got hit by crystalization once which was an instant cart since I was ill prepared. I haven't hunted another afterwards.

This was the first zenith i ever beat solo and it almost drove me mad. my favourite challenge against this guy is the try not to smash your face into your desk when getting zenith paralysis and crystalblight challenge seriously, crystalblight combined with zenith paralysis has to be the most evil combo ever

Did it's weapons and armor even justify all this torture? Also great job on the series, I'll be watching the rest of the future ones.

@CeraCymmetry

6 ай бұрын

Not really, para was pretty cool and the designs were dope but I personally never saw a reason to use it over most other Z weapons with a better boost or better sharpness/ailment :')

@AscalonFI77

6 ай бұрын

For a while it did, Z Akura was a good monster to get Guard based skill pieces. We got better specialist stuff down the line through rotational events and the thing got phased out eventually.

Hey uhm just some tips. You can just use 2 slots on your armor to just add Crystal Negate skill to your set from a deco available early game at HR4-5. Almost all armor at zenith GR200+ already has 15 slots easily. Another thing is you can just use SNS or Lance for both impact and cutting with decent damage for example. There is also Adaptation skills. There is actually a lot of easy counters to his crystal even just wearing a single part of Shagaru Magala gear instantly makes you crystal immune. Hope this helps people

@CeraCymmetry

6 ай бұрын

Cool tips, thanks! Just as a caution, I mention in the video that the hitzone requirement is only for the BASE species, slashing damage can be used all the way with Zenith Akura without needing adaptation, SnS or Lance, you could do it all with GS if you fancy!

@KoriNinja

6 ай бұрын

You don't need impact for the tail on Normal HR4-5-G either. You must be referring to Jebia Edit: You actually don't even need impact to break the crystals off either you just need to do enough damage in general. The hitzones on the crystals severely reduce cutting damage so it takes much longer. The same applies to the zenith. So you can as an LS user with not impact cut a Vashimu tail in any rank. Jebia is another story his tail will not flash rainbow until you apply some impact meaning it can be cut @@CeraCymmetry

@KoriNinja

6 ай бұрын

I forgot to add use Dash Juice, Mega Dash Juice or any buff that prevents stamina loss and you don't lose any stamina upon being crystalized. Clicking and spinning mouse counts as many inputs all at once making you escape crystal in seconds as well so then that's not a problem.

@CeraCymmetry

6 ай бұрын

@@KoriNinja well I’ll be goddamned, you’re right on that one there! I’d still recommend switching it up to avoid the pain of slashing away but you are right, good spot!

@opgroundzero2.0

2 ай бұрын

wasting slots/armor slot to counter cryatal blight when you can just take crystal res from diva is a no go

What do you think of making the same but with Deviant monsters

@athos9293

6 ай бұрын

Those are much better known

My brothers favorite monsters are chameleos and kezu mine is gypceros and I love the Akuras also we play blue and black in magic maybe we like not having fun xD

mh wilds best give us a damn scorpion

Do you have a song list for your videos?

@CeraCymmetry

6 ай бұрын

Not yet but if you'd like to know a track you can always ask (:

Trepang2 ost in the intro Good stuff I feel like theres always a dev or two that "has a few bad days" in each game. But damn, this thing is the worst I've seen.

Zenith Akura ain’t even that bad of a fight, you also forgot that the tail cut can only be done at the third topple. Not that it can be done by then, the third flip is the only time the tail can be cur

@jadollaron

4 ай бұрын

thats the worst bit ;(

I will be honest - I do not agree with it's visual design being amazing. (and it's gonna be a long one so sorry, if you don't like reading or you don't care to read it that's fine) In terms of visual design, Akuras have a treatment quite similar to some other Frontier designs that I do not enjoy. In terms of base body, it's very close to regular scropion, IRL scorpions are generally quite buff for something related to spiders, so his black coloring and intimidating look do not really stay away far from real animal and I do enjoy that. However it seems it didn't stay far away enough from it. On one hand, yes I see the changes in leg structure, claws and face but the black color could do a little bit of work OR at least have some good match with the crystals. It either the issue of not changing enough OR... ... the main issue of this design - there is a very acceptable monster under that crystal thrash disposal. Crystals generaly in games are quite uninteresting way of making something fantasy like - they very often are not connected to actual attacks and powers of the monster in game and monster himself does not use qualities of crystals in their fight beside the visuals (some explosions with some Crystal effect on top). Kuarusepusu if I remember correctly, that is also in Frontier, uses crystals to deflect light - an example how to use properties of material you use on your monster design in it's fight design and it also looks much better designed visually. In terms of Akura, they not only do not match the base monster, they are also easly replacable. What I mean is, a lot of her attacks could be made by an actual body part and not magical crystal mumbo jumbo. An exploding crystal on a tail could be a sack of some sort, a giant venom gland she leaves like Bee leaves her stinger and same goes for attacks I saw from her so far. I absolutely hate that they made a scorpion only to base it's entire attack pattern on very unrelated item attached to that scorpion. You can tell me i'm wrong, because hell, I didn't play Frontier, I am most likely not allowed to have an opinion here, but just remember, I don't judge the fight, I judge the visual design I see on my screen... and I think they could do better for a scorpion of this power for Frontier and Monster Hunter in general. Edit: So in this video you can actually see the Akura without most of her crystals and she looks much better and more well desinged just from these few shots. You can also see much better her body structure Without them and that it she is actually much more original than she seems in terms of design, triple claws and such.

@CeraCymmetry

6 ай бұрын

Frontier designs aren’t for everyone, and it’s all a matter of opinion, whilst I don’t agree I see your point with the crystals = generic fantasy thing. Thanks for watching regardless, I appreciate the time you took to write the comment! (:

Seltas Queen is proof a scorpion tail monster could work. just no crystals please Capcom

I dont see the problem with this monster being a carapaceon. Some people are like "scorpions are arachnids, not crustaceans". Yeah, but this is not the real world, it's MH, and they decided this guy was a crustacean that evolved to look like what we know as a scorpion, and that's fine. Also, this guy is Skarner

Song name? (Darude Sandstorm?)

@CeraCymmetry

6 ай бұрын

The intro is “Hidoi” from the Trepang2 OST (:

I’d like the Akura family if their status effect wasn’t the most groan-inducing, unfun mechanic in the series. And Garuba Daora, too.

@CeraCymmetry

6 ай бұрын

For sure, I love the design, the idea, the gear appearance but MAN did they really have to give us Hate Crime Blastblight?

@athos9293

6 ай бұрын

Just slot the two decos that make you 100% immune to it

I wonder why they decided to make it a carapaceon instead of a wholly distinct monster type. Scorpions are arachnids, not crustaceans after all.. Great series btw, I always look forward to watching it.

@CeraCymmetry

6 ай бұрын

I know, rather puzzling 🤔 And hey, thanks! Glad to have some regulars (:

@SkyonPyon

6 ай бұрын

@@CeraCymmetry Of course! It's hard to find good content of this quality about Frontier. So I'm really glad you're continuing to cover it tbh.

@athos9293

6 ай бұрын

My guess is that, as Vashimu was a very early monster, the COG dev team did not feel entitled to create a whole new Monster class for it exclusive to their game, so they put it under a pre existing classification

I love the look of this Zenith, but I have no desire to fight it at all at this rate. It genuinely looks completely unfun to fight if you don't have the gear to just deal with its status nonsense, and I hate monsters that require you to deal with their nonsense through armor skills alone. Crystalblight is enough of a pain point for me to begin with, throwing Paralysis But Worse on top of that is a complete pass for me. Feels like they put everything that sucks about status in one monster and sent it out the door. Super long range and fast attacks that inflict two statuses on you, a one hit KO, a pin, all stuff that's a recipe of Fuck You For Thinking About Trying To Kill This Thing. Is the gear you can make from it even worth it???

@CeraCymmetry

6 ай бұрын

This is EXACTLY the type of anger and hatred you need to feel for Z Akura because then you beat it out of sheer spite, good :^)

So scary