The Secret Wall of Monster Hunter. 

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the Jhen must flow.

6:47 a japanese strategy is to lay a felvine bomb, use an item to buff up, the bomb explodes shortening the animation (felvine bombs don't do damage), and now you're buffed up with a pink mist on you than lasts 3 minutes (same amount of time as the buff). When the mist expires, so does the buff.

This whole thing plays out like one of those complicated heist movies, where there's like 10 people all with specialties to get the job done. Except this time it's just one dude.

The damage you're missing out on by skipping early ballistas is costing you a considerable amount of time. With speed gather you can also make better use of the on-deck cannons and ballista ammo. Cannon shots are just good body damage, and ballista shots to his tusks give that satisfying "Wahhh!" break (and jaw damage). Even though you'll eventually go through all of the shots (cannonballs disappear, ballista shots run out) they return in the second phase. With Heavy Artillery you'll be breaking the cracks, tusks, arms (both) so easily that you'd really only leave the ship to drop the anti dragon bombs on one of his tusks for massive tusk damage. And honestly, even all of that could be skipped if you just low-recoil some HBG pierce shots into his face; honestly I enjoy the hustle of a Speed Gather set to get the most of the siege experience, but getting the final showdown prompt early with HBG because you're over-damage-skipping his ship jumps will probably feel like a sweet, soothing balm for you. But final remark, in second phase siege god mode mouth ballista sniper mode, you can actually push him so far back with staggers that he falls over dead out of the map and can no longer be carved. Your only real plan flaw here is continuing to lance attack spots you'll bounce off of (inside the broken crack) dealing only 25% of your damage and losing sharpness at an accelerated rate when you could be shooting him in the face with ballista and cannon shots after your manual breaks are done on the two back spots. (Although a fully charged GS strike to these zones won't bounce, as mentioned earlier, so it can be satisfying to set up shop in there, too.) Not to take away from your achievement though. You did it the hardest way possible and succeeded. I have played every monster hunter game since the first and always ran solo, so trust me when I feel your pain and pride in getting over a personal hurtle, and doing it your own way.

I am so happy that Tri is getting a small community around it ever since Loc Lac came back. I can't wait for the day that we crack online and can experience this masterpiece together again. Loc Lac be eternal!

insane. Never even considered to do a Jhen Moran solo back when the servers were still online

I can assure you the G rank version is incredibly hard to do solo in MH3G. I had to do that and it literally had me in tears of frustration. It was only when I discovered that 2 hits with GS in the mouth of the downed Jhen in final phase was the make or break. I will never attempt it again. It was so hard. So I feel you!

Nice to hear the MH jazz covers, they definitely deserve more love.

Fighting Jhen when I was a kid is one of the last times I remember feeling truly happy. The contortionist speedrunner strats needed to clear this quest solo make perfect sense to me because (imo) you’ve basically going into the fight with 3 arms tied behind your back. I think the thing that made me enjoy this fight so much was its ability to turn strangers from the hub into comrades in arms. Maybe I just got lucky with lobbies, but it seemed like everyone always had an important role to play in the fight. A would take the ballista and have the Binder ready, B and C would be running like hell getting ammo for the cannons, and D (usually a veteran of the PS2 games or FU) would be going beast mode with bombs, perfect timed melee, and she’d never miss a Dragonator shot. There was just this thrill whenever someone would get a last-second gong to stop a body slam, it felt like getting away with something against the rules (even though everything was obviously intended). And there was like this unspoken trust if you were the man on gong duty, or if you got to the Dragonator first - none of us noobs had beat it first try, so everybody knew the consequences of messing up if you were in the hot seat. The combination of those “high stakes” with the quest being, honestly, not mechanically difficult for a party of four, was such a great recipe for old-school online gaming fun.

"I made a huge mistake, but decided to carry on." And other famous last words on MH.

I am so happy they've added HP scaling in the newer games based on how many players are present. Super interesting to think about this and other hunts that are exponentially harder in the present day because of the game assuming you've got the damage output of four people!

"If there's a quest you can't clear right away in Monster Hunter, you can change up your tatics and strategize. Change your weapon and armor set, bring different itens with you, or come to an understanding of monsters movements so you can effectively deal with it. In the end, your technique as a hunter is the ultimate deciding factor!" Nice work to figured out!

super informative for the uninitiated + good tension building and capturing the sheer difficulty of the fight. you made a good video and you know it

for those wondering monster hunter jazz was an official project by capcom across two albums the first was done by zac zinger and the other was done by the composers of the series

I'm loving these Tri video. Really a blast from the past, such good times. Those track remixes are nice too

Actually it is quite possible to use the Dragonator 3 times on that quest, and break its left tusk faster. I did it twice back in the day; still, it requieres a godlike timing.

First game I played was 3U, and I only played solo. Village Jhen Mohran was a nightmare for me, though not to this degree. I never even tried a guild Jhen Mohran in that game because the village one went so badly. After looking up some guides I managed to do it with a bow, but it was rough, especially as I was more used to a tank and spank strategy with Gunlance. If I remember correctly, I used the Ice Bnahabra bow and focused on using the pierce shots. Congrats on achieving this even more difficult challenge!

I remember my dad doing this solo back in the day for a solid week it was insane. Great job!

A core virtue of being a hunter is perseverance. Congrats! Also, as a fiver playing through the past games, it's super entertaining to watch these videos, keep it up!

You know how you know you are the real deal? Losing sleep over it. Only people who care can worry, and only people who care a lot can worry that much. You, sir, are a true warrior.

It's good to know that I'm not the only one that thought this was impossible to solo. Even in 3u I had to optimize as best as possible just to repel

Well done my guy. This reminds me when I got to "The Troublesome Pair" quest in the Original Monster Hunter on PS2 after the servers were shut down, which made me square off against high rank boosted Rathalos and Rathian in nothing but low rank gear. The tenseness of it all is maddening, particularly with that timer ticking down bit by bit. Bask in your achievement, you've certainly earned it. Also, here is a tip that (if true) will help you in fighting tanky monsters: Large Barrel Bombs are apparently damage multipliers, and hitting them right on the edge with a weapon should deal maximum damage. Try hitting just outside the model to set off the blast without actually hitting the LBB model. I was taught this trick years ago by some guys I used to roll with online, and it seems to work. (Disclaimer: I've never looked into the math for the damage calculations, so everything here could be the equivalent to holding B when catching a Pokemon, but still worth a shot!)

in addition to what others in the comments have mentioned about making lots of use of artillery (i remember back in the day the accepted wisdom was to focus almost solely on ballista/cannon damage until you were in basically endgame gear, because it takes A Lot to outpace that fixed damage), one other big thing is that after jhen's spine cracks break, there is still a hitbox just at the very top of the hole that takes the full weakpoint damage (at least, it's definitely there in 3u and i'm *almost* certain i remember solo guides back in tri mentioning that too). the recommended weapon of choice back then was greatsword, part because a slow, predictable monster is easy to consistently charge attack, but also because the length and arc of the overhead charge is perfect for clipping that lingering hitbox if you line it up right, which allows you to do *way* more damage than hacking at the spine or arm (68 cutting hitzone on the weakspots vs 33 for arm/21 for body). the technique you'd see in videos would be to do a lv3 charge standing at the right spot, then doing a spin slash with A to chain into the next charge while keeping your position still, i was never actually brave enough to give solo jhen a proper attempt back in tri and certainly would've given up much more easily, so congrats on seeing it through!

Watched some of the VODs from the previous Jhen Mohran streams you did and man, you weren't kidding when you said it's one of the hardest hunts you did. Great video man!

Attacking his crack as much as possible is definitely what got you that W

I remember playing Tri, and my favorite wall I ever encountered was the first wall: Low Rank Barroth. It was my first Monster Hunter game, and I failed Barroth so many times. Spent hours trying to figure it out. But when I finally killed the beast, I realized I could do anything! Monster Hunter was a great game.

Abyssal Lagiacrus underwater in Tri Ultimate was hardest for the Boulder, that and the Hero’s Challenge that comes right before it. Last couple quests for Moga were brutal.

Man I don't know what to say besides the fact that these 2 videos you've posted are genuinely amazing, I don't remember the last time I've gotten chills watching someone hunt Jhen morhan or talk about tri. So keep it up, keep streaming and posting videos with this kind of quality and passion and your channel can only go up from here.

We could never beat Jhen with 2 of us let alone solo! We got so close like 20 times. It always invigorated us when proof of a hero started playing but we were always left with a crushing defeat. Even when we broke all Jhen's parts!

I've recently discovered you through ur previous MH video and I gotta say, it good to see people like you still talking and covering the classic Monster Hunter games. They are gems to behold and its amazing that you brought them to light again. Subscribed!

So nice, I hope you pump out more Tri content, it was where I started and it's a joy to see these!

A SIEGE MONSTER THAT IS ACTUALLY CHALLENGING? MY GOD I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD LIVE TO SEE THIS! To be fair it's not like I've played every single mh on every single rank, but the siege monsters I DID fight were either easy as fuck or a test of patience through the boredon of waiting for fucking shen gaoren or lao shan to finally reach the final area where you can kill them.

I NEED that tutorial man, great video btw im really liking the heavily edited style with these monhun videos

This reminds me so much of soloing Gogmazios; the time limit’s really your biggest enemy in both quests, haha

So hyped to get to watch this channel grow. Hope u have enough content to make mh video essays and challenges on cuz I could watch this all day

If Im not mistaken there is an incredibly powerfull ice hammer you can craft for this stage in the game, I used it for this fight and it helped me a lot. I don't remember spending more than a couple of tries on this fight after trying that weapon

You could've had a way easier time by using cannonballs more often, especially once you broke the two holes on the back since bounce damage is ridiculously low. And if you would've only shot ballista while he is out of reach in the second phase and ran up to him right away you can even beat him without the adrenaline/fortify combo.

Something to know is that you CAN use dragonator 3 times in this fight. IF you time it correctly in the early phase when he does his first side slam to the ship you can hit the horn with it. It was a speedrun strat used to break the first horn fast. This was shown by Kogath I think on his youtube channel for MHp3rd, but worked just as well for MHtri. But due to the situation of doing dps with weapon I am uncertain if it's worth to use the early dragonator or focus on melee on his back.

ive never played tri, but I solo'd the entirety of MH3U multiple times with a total of 8000+ hours by myself on my 3DS, the hardest Jhen fight in it could easily be demolished with a solid Gunner build + Dragonator / Turret damage boost skills. i heard tri is a totally different grind tho and i gotta respect it

Solo G-Rank Jhen Mohran in 3U was the trickiest and hardest quest I've done, even more so than doing G-Rank Alatreon Solo in the same game. Can't even imagine how it was in Tri

God i remember doing this current content. I felt like a badass having his set

I still vividly remember finally beating this wall solo back in the day. It took soo many attempts, each 30 minutes long dear god was it the most stressful grind of my life It was doable but dear god, did it stretch my ability to its limit

Your dedication is legend

Third Gen was no joke. 3U still has the one monster I have never killed: the giant green Plessy in "A Father and Son Outing".

I didn’t have internet connection so I had to solo everything in this game, and beyond the times it destroyed my ship at the beginning I don’t remember this fight being hard at all. So here’s what I noticed we did differently. The first thing I do is blast the cannons until I’m out of cannonballs. When it allows me to climb on his back I do some mining and destroy the cracks just like you did. I also use the Dragonslayer and gon just the same. A big difference is that when it shows it’s tusk I usually attack it to leave it weakened. Finally phase two starts and I just ballista the tusk till both are destroyed, and from there just attack it and use gon and dragon slayer as much as possible. As for my equipment, my preferred weapon is that sword that looks like a giant glip which has about 1200 damage and dragon bonus, however I believe when I first fought the Jhen I didn’t have it yet, but I can’t remember my previous weapons much. I also didn’t use sets or any booster seeds or anything, I had the black pants from the Egyptian dog armor and the top where that cat that shoots spikes, because they together look like normal clothes in my hunter. The results where that once I managed to keep it from destroying the ship, I always repelled him, never lost even once to the timer, and eventually I started killing it all together which must be when I got the 1200 sword I suppose. So, the likely reason you had such a hard time was because you didn’t use the cannons whereas I only stopped once I was out of cannon balls, and you also don’t seem to target the tusk which I’m not sure but maybe they lower his defense or something? I just wanted the materials but maybe it played a part on my victories I didn’t know about. Anyways, for me the first phase is cannonball, mining and damaging the tusk and back cracks as much as possible. Second phase is ballista and everything seems to have gone the same. So, use cannons next time.

Loved doing Jhen on tri back in the day. Has been forever. Failed my first few because I had no idea what I was doing lol. Good memories.

This was truly epic, man. Thanks for helping to keep MH alive with your hard work.

Man used an ultra meta build for ridiculous damage all to just get a repel. I'm actually curious how much exact health this Jhen has.

I don't remember having any problems with this monster somehow.. Maybe it is just infinitely easier if you use more siege weapons? I used to fire the shit out of the canons and ballistas and didn't attack myself that often (Except when jumping on him)

11:14 I feel this reaction right here summarized awesomely well thrilling it felt to win against Jhen solo the first time. The burst of adrenaline, coupled with the relief and satisfaction of knowing you put in the work and you locked in and it finally, *FINALLY* , paid off. I don't think I've ever experienced something that's motivated me and given me the pure happiness that winning this battle did, and I'm actually grateful for being able to feel that good. Unfortunately the real world isn't as rewarding for some of us. Oh yeah, the fight starts to get gradually easier (or you get better?) over time in such a way that you'll likely never feel the ultimate rush that your first win made you feel, but I feel that first win is something not many hunters will easily forget.

The siege quests in MH series is basically a dps check. Not only that, but you also need to time your damage burst right, so it casues the giant monster to flinch just in the right moment to cancel its attacks to the stronghold. All the siege weapons in those quests like the dragonator are there to help you with that damage burst. So it's less about skill but more about knowlege of the mechanism and planning. It's more or less a beginner's trap... and in Rise / Sunbreak capcom has abandoned that design pattern to make the quest more intuitive. (There's still a bit of it left in the Ibushi fight, but way less frustrating) I think it's a positive change.

Love those Videos, keep it up! ^^

I got three words for you: Hallowed Jhen Mohran using a Blademaster set. To this day that beast is, no joke, the most difficult hunt I ever done. All because of how difficult is to Kill it Solo in G Rank, due to the limited time and his huge HP Pool. I always repel it but never kill it. This guy must be a long lost relative to Lao Shan Lung: Not very deadly but so very tanky!

Nice video and thank you for having subtitles!!

This was so fun to watch, I just did this fight in 3U solo and struggled, this looks crazy.

as someone who's been playing through MH3U, it's not any easier, even with G-rank gear, it's still a pain. i'm honestly curious if you're just not supposed to use your weapon and just focus on the mounted armaments or something, but i have no idea what actually does optimal damage

I assume ammo doesn't last you through the whole fight to make guns viable for soloing Jhen?

Dude you're very talented! Worth the sub man keep it up

I’m loving these vids, post more! I’m commenting to help this get more exposure in the algorithm!!!

Why didnt you use the GS and hit the weak spot on his back? it stays even when broken. That way i killed it in H Rank in like 7 minutes back then.

flyann

I'm so happy I came across this video because I used to love playing this exact game solo in high school and this quest is what made me stop playing (or at least making a new character lol). Helps knowing I wasn't just crap at the game but that this was actually super hard the way I had to try and do it.

I don't understand how you don't have more subs - this is quality content

I don't remember having a hard time with him solo

Wow. Also that tri jazz arrange soundtrack is amazing in background

Would love to see a tutorial of it since I wanted to play Tri from Start again over Christmas... but not sure anymore xD Great videos on this channel so far - looking forward to more of it! Take care

I'm glad I randomly found this, never thought I'd find a good video on tri

This truly makes me wanna go back and play 3u. It had some of my most favorite monsters in the entire series

I feel like I'm utterly missing the forest for the trees by commenting this, but shoutout to how this dude says "loc lac", just really enjoy how it sounds when they say it

You did very well. I only fought Jhen in Portable Third, but it always seemed like it came down to the wire just like that.

Great video, Flyan! This fight seen to be a tough to take on solo. Your Efforts are really appreciated! By the way. It was great when you Dropped by with a Raid on Twitch. I want to thank you and thank the 90 people on your community who stopped by and Say HI. We love Monster Hunter and It's great to see how many people love this series as well. It was really fun! Thanks for everything and Wish you Great Success!🎮👍

The biggest problem tri had was with enemy HP amounts. It was somewhat present in solo as well, but every major monster was (or at least FELT) SUPER tanky relative to earlier and later MH games. MH3U seemed to have solved it, but I can't speak for the NDS version or other 3rd gen japanese exclusive versions.

GG dude. Popped into one of your streams while you were farming G. Jaggi. Didn't even realize you had THIS waiting for you. Good luck in High Rank.

I'm so glad that Loc Lac is back. When I was a kid I always wanted to visit it but wasn't allowed to connect our wii to the wifi. When I got older the servers were already shut down and I lost all hope of ever being able to visit it.

Fuck. The moment i read wall, the fucking green fish immediately popped in my head. That green fuk really left a mark on me

My memory of doing this is a little hazy, but I definitely remember doing it. I used to do this in a leather set with a charm and maybe 1 loclac piece (I don't remember exactly). I would have spd gather, gathering, pro transporter and felyne bombardier. You try not to use too much ballista ammo before the land phase so that you have a lot to flinch with and a full inv when it starts. I usually used bowgun, no idea what setup. Break back with bombs, then use more bombs once it's broken and run. Before land phase you could cannon it when it was coming in to the ship instead of gong or binder and just take the hit to the ship, or if lucky, flinch it. Making sure you get the two dragonator hits before land phase is essential for saving ballista shots. Don't die because the little shits jumping on deck flinch you before a tusk swipe. That's pretty much it.

Just bought myself Tri. Can't wait to try out this unique twist on the MH formula

I've only ever played monster hunter world iceborne, before that I had no idea monster Hunter games were even a thing but after 100 hours of soloing mhw I've come to appreciate this series and commend them for doing such a great job, I've been on so many quests that I thought I wouldn't overcome but I always came out on top but I definitely wouldn't want to fight this boss solo and I commend you for doing so good sir 👍

Loving the backing tracks!

Beautiful video The execution The style The jazz cover in the back And Loc Lac

This was my first MH game and seeing Jhen for the first time was magical, and terrifying

Breaking the horns with the ballista help greatly with damage

"I couldn't do it on stream, SO I PLAYED SOME MORE OFFLINE BECAUSE WHY NOT??!" What a madman!

I remember being forced to solo him when my team disconnected. I was barely able to repel him and was so damn happy.

I remember barely making it with a Diablos/Lagiacrus Pierce bow gun set, spending every single ballista and cannonball on both phases and every single bomb I could craft. I was ready to fail when I soloed it again in the PS3 MHP3rd port, but an ice hammer and the artillery drink got me through first try. There really is something legendary about Tri Jhen that you don't get fighting it in other games.

This brings me back to when I was doing the high rank version of Jhen Mohran in the village and even with g rank gear it took so long for me to complete that quest

Dude please keep making MH videos this was refreshing to watch

Have you tried using Binder + Cannon combo? My preferred weapon for Jhen Mohran is gunlance. Any gunlance of equal rank (or higher) as the quest. Dragon or Ice element. I've never tried this version before. So, I dunno if this will still work. But, I know that Binder + Cannon combo is better than just running up to him with your weapon.

Yes, I love that win. The sigh of relief and excitement.

This is just - a wow. I am currently trying to get 100% completion on MHF1 and be just like you hardcore solo players in the future. There were plenty of moments where I had to do difficult (easy compared to what you guys do), and the feeling of finally getting it right is one of a kind. Good job out there! Also wish if somebody told me the name for the music piece used there ^v^ It slaps amazing

Even players who played 3U don't have a clue just how unforgiving vanilla tri was. Barroth was nearly unbeatable for 80% of the new community because after a charge, he could spin around almost instantly, and it was not uncommon for him to hit you ONCE and then you can just put the control down because you're going back to camp. He also required earplug to not be stunned by his roar, and contrary to ALL monsters up to this point, his head is armored and his tail is held way off the ground. This was the monster you needed to beat to go from 2 star village quest to 3 star village quest, and Barroth is a 4 star monster. You also topped out at green sharpness by this point. Barroth honestly showed you who was boss and how to hunt.

Man, just seeing this makes me want to get back into Generations again, that’s the thrill of the hunt.

I still have that hyperventilating kind of tension when i remember seeing jho for the first time and his surprise attendance on every hunts. That was my wall when i started in 3u

Wow, I haven't played Tri since I was a teenager and this brought back a ton of memories. Feeling helpless in LR Jhen because I didn't have an internet connection to play with anyone (now I know why it felt impossible), finally beating him with my brother's help, the dumb noise it makes when you eat something, pulling my hair out farming Lagiacrus because the underwater fighting was butts. What a game to fall in love with MH over and I'm so sad I never was a part of base Tri's online community because it sounds like Loc Lac was a wonderful place to spend time.

Tri was my first game in the series, I have many fond memories playing

10/10 for music choices alone

I think the near lost media status of MH3 multiplayer is a testament too how all games should have something prepared for going offline so all base content is available.

I never played Tri but this was really fun to watch. Loved the jazz.

You deserve the sub. goddamn, this is so much work. god bless you. holy shit.