[MHW] Greatsword - Nightshade Paolumu, solo A rank, (5'37"73)

Another horrible experience just like Banbaro that took about 2 hours with a lot of resets.
Aside from the practically mandatory clutch claw spreadsheet at the start, this one is very RNG reliant when it comes to Paolumu going airborne for the 2nd time. The 3rd time isn't an issue due to the thorn pods he drops at low HP.
I initially tried to count tackles required to KO Paolumu and save the last tackle for when he goes airborne, but he only has one opening in the air where you can consistently hit his head with the last tackle to cause the KO, which is the air dash, which he doesn't consistently do at all. Too much timewaste.
So I opted for just banging my head against the wall until I got a run where I got a lucky stagger on his head using jumping attacks or opportunistic head snipes. In this case I had three of those lucky staggers.
I also spent way too long figuring out that flinch shotting Paolumu in the air while attached to the right side of his face causes the flinch shot to fail most of the time, yet always works on his right side, only because his animation is slightly different and causes a tiny bit of elevation difference making him not fall down.

[@nert4285]

Well done. I can never get more than a C rank in the arena, so it's nice to see someone who knows what they're doing. And those TCS' were things of beauty.

[@monhanking]

We all started somewhere. I couldn't even beat arena Garuga with lance back in MHFU. Hell when I picked up World for the first time I carted to Low Rank Tzitzi first time I fought it...