The fiery flamingo Aknosom is a ferocious beast that you will early on in your Monster Hunter Rise campaign. The creature’s body is covered in a mix of rock-solid scales and soft, fleshy spots for you to stab at in order to take it down, and this guide will tell you everything you need to know.

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In this guide we will be breaking down Aknosom’s elemental weaknesses and weak points, go over to strengths you don’t want to let it take advantage of, and then suggest some weapons and armour for you to use in order to take it down. Just scroll down below for everything you need to know to take down Aknosom in MHR.

Aknosom’s Strengths And Weaknesses

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Aknosom can be intimidating because the easiest body part to hit is its legs, which are armoured. These will be tough to penetrate with any weapon, so you avoid hitting the legs at all. When fighting Aknosom you will want to try to hit the head, which it regularly lowers as part of a taunt animation. The legs are tough, but it’s better to damage to them than none at all, and then you can aim for the head when the opportunity appears.

Aknosom breathes fire, and as such it will nullify any incoming Fire element damage, meaning you should completely avoid any fire-element weapons if you want to be effective. Instead the best element to use is Water, which should be obvious - water beats fire, of course. If you don’t have a Water element weapon, then Lightning damage takes a close second place for effectivity.

Finally, Aknosom is very resistant to gun weapons. Any weapon that fires craftable ammo will find itself doing much less damage to Aknosom overall, even if they use advantageous elemental ammo. Both sharp weapons and blunt weapons are far more effective against Aknosom, with blunt weapons winning the day. A hammer will even do good damage to those armoured legs, but is still best used against the head.

Aknosom Breakdown

  • Weak Point - Head
  • Resistant Point - Legs
  • Elemental Weakness - Water, Lightning
  • Elemental Resistance - Fire
  • Best Weapon Type - Blunt

Best Weapon And Armor To Fight Aknosom

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You won’t have too many perfect options in the early game, but you should try to use a hammer, and the best hammer to use would be one from the Royal Ludloth tree, as it is one of the only hammers to make use of the water element.

As you might expect, one of the better armour sets to wield against the Aknosom is the Aknosom set, but a much easier set to earn and upgrade is the Izuchi set, which will have almost as much fire resistance, but Izuchi and Great Izuchi are much easier to hunt and earn materials for.

Best Weapon And Armor

  • Weapon - Royal Ludloth Hammer
  • Armor - Izuchi Set

Quick Tips For Fighting Aknosom

The two attacks you want to watch for when fighting Aknosom is a big charge attack which it will wind up for, and blasts of fireballs. The best way to avoid both of these attacks is to ensure you stay to the side of the monster, rolling out of the way when an attack animation begins.

Blades will work well against the body of the beast, but will prove entirely ineffective when the feet are in the way. If you’re struggling to aim for the head, swing for the tail of the beast while it’s standing, and use Switch Skills to attempt to topple it and go for the head.

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