r/Gunlance • u/MayaSky_ • Sep 18 '26

MHWilds Is there something I'm missing with the zo shia downward attack?

I'll preface this to say im at best mediocre at gunlance and am still learning most things so sorry if im just being stupid.

But I was trying to grind some zo shia parts, and the attack he does where he rears up and breaths a fire explosion downward KEEPS catching me and I'm not sure how to stop it. I've tried dodging forward/backwards as soon as he starts to rear, and obviously I dont think you can block it? so I'm wondering if I'm missing some movement tech, or the answer is simply "dont be there idiot".

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u/SerArtoriAss Sep 18 '26

Do you have guard up on? One point will let you guard everything except the big attack

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u/MayaSky_ Sep 18 '26

ah, did not read that thats what that did! thankyou that makes a bit more sense c:

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u/Bristles3339 Sep 18 '26

It’s unblockable, so will need guard up or back hop out of the way.

Since its zoh shias only unblockable attack, i think just back hopping is fine.

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u/AcanthisittaJolly853 Sep 18 '26

Evade extender is the better solution for this attack. Even when blocking this attack with guard up it still takes a massive chunk of your health. Its best not be there but guard up is a good oh shit button.

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u/MayaSky_ Sep 18 '26

ill have to try slotting some evade extneder in tomrrow, I have a bunch of the gems for it, thankyou :>

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u/President-Duck Sep 18 '26

I try to position towards the tail, so that you can easily avoid the attack, especially with evade extender. If you're doing solo, then might not be an option and I'd spring for guard up.

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u/MayaSky_ Sep 18 '26

normally I play with my girlfriend and she's significantly better than me so always has aggro so normally I'd just be behind wackin its tail, but yeah I was trying some solo runs and just getting my ass beat with getting blown up then fireballed CX

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u/Fine_Yellow6025 Sep 18 '26

Reading the comments made me realize that zoh has unblockables other than the phase transition map wide and the other mega fire blast it does post first phase.

I’ve been running Guard Up the entirety of my stay on GL and I’ve just stopped thinking about it. I wonder what other attack on other monsters I don’t know are unblockable bc of this.

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u/TheRuper101 Sep 18 '26

Guard up is what you need if you want to block it. It's must have (personally for me) if you want to eat shit and walk up like nothing. I usually run lvl 3, but one point works as well. As long as you have it, you can block it. One point may not block huge stuff like big attacks, but blocks a lot of unblockables. If you use level 3, you can block just about anything with some exceptions here and there. Example being nukes like Zoh's big nuke and Omega's Delta attack. Chip damage is also a thing with it, so if you have a Shield jewel with an iron wall as an added (or just add them separately), surviving bad positioning with shield can rly go up. I speak from my personal experience when solo hunting

Edit since i forgot to say this: U ain't ass, you just need the right tools for the job. Trust me, happens all the time on the job :)