What are Apex Monsters?
Monsters can be encountered at various difficulty levels in Monster Hunter Rise. Low-Rank monsters, for example, are made for beginners who still need to learn the movesets and weaknesses of a certain monster. Once you get into High-Rank, the movesets change a bit and you can get even stronger weapons and armor with all-new Armor Skills.
Apex Monsters are monsters that are so fierce and diabolical, that they are considered the Apex of their entire species. You can think of them as Apex predators they destroy everything in their path. The havoc wreaked by an Apex Arzuros, for example, was exponentially more than any regular Arzuros could hope to achieve. These Apex Monsters are characterized by the blue hue of their monster icon in your Hunter s Notes. You will have to raise your Hunter Rank up to at least High Rank in order to encounter them in a Rampage Quest. After you ve gotten to Hunter Rank 8, you can encounter even more Apex Monsters in Rampage Quest
How have Buddies changed?
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Just as the Hunter Rank cap has been unlocked, the Buddy level cap has also been unlocked so that they can be leveled up past level 20, all the way up to level 50. The Buddies hired from the Buddy Scout, Iori, will also have a higher default level from now on.
What new monsters can I fight?
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A big part of the new update is the ability to fight multiple new monsters. Three Elder Dragons have been added to the game, namely Chameleos, the chameleon-inspired monster, Teostra, a firey lion, and Kushala Daora, a fierce dragon.
This is a huge week for “Monster Hunter Rise” as the game’s second major patch goes live with new content and gameplay improvements. The free Title Update will bring back several fan-favorite monsters, along with the unlocking of the Hunter Rank cap.
‘Monster Hunter Rise’ version 2.0.0 brings back familiar dragons
Title Updates are usually the point where developers deliver new content. But in the case of “Monster Hunter Rise” version 2.0.0, long-time fans might be more interested in the things Capcom is bringing back to the series.
“Monster Hunter Rise” fans have been waiting for the return of the Chameleos, and it is finally happening this week through version 2.0.0. The Elder Dragon is best known for its camouflaging ability and unpredictability, increasing the challenge it poses to hunters.
Guild Wars 2’s Icebrood Saga finale “really ups the stakes and the chaos”
At long last, Guild Wars 2: The Icebrood Saga is reaching its epic end. Beginning with its prologue chapter Bound by Blood way back in September 2019, and threaded through nine other stages over the past 18 months, the MMORPG’s saga’s final raging battle has now dropped – and that showdown “really ups the stakes and the chaos” this time.
Ushered in with a new trailer – which you can check out below – the Guild Wars 2 Icebrood Saga: Champions finale Judgment sees “the Elder Dragons of Ice and Fire face their last battlefield in The Icebrood Saga’s final chapter”. Players have to “join the fight to save Tyria from an elemental cataclysm – and tip the scales to ensure Jormag and Primordus can’t hide behind their mortal champions forever.”