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Guard Up
Guard Up
Complete list of attacks requiring Guard Up and truly unblockable moves!
Guard Up underwent significant changes in Monster Hunter Rise. Unlike previous games where a single level would fully block special attacks, it now requires three levels and still lets through at least 20% of the attack's damage. This makes the skill much less efficient for your builds.
In the endgame especially, even with Guard Up 3, these special attacks can still hit devastatingly hard. Most of these powerful moves have clear telegraph animations or voice lines, giving you time to position yourself safely out of the way.
Rise also introduced more truly unblockable attacks that can't be defended against even with Guard Up. Given this, plus the high skill investment needed for Guard Up 3, you're usually better off learning each monster's tells and planning your positioning accordingly. Save those precious skill slots for more impactful defensive options like Guard, Intrepid Heart or Heaven-Sent or offensive skills that'll help you end the hunt faster.
The Guard Up list is based on kenny_yc's Guard Up Sheet ð
ð Original Guard Up Sheet
Aknosom
no special guard requirements
Almudron
no special guard requirements
Amatsu
guard up
requires guard up:
- tornado that pulls you close to it
- double barrel vortex
Anjanath
no special guard requirements
Apex Arzuros
no special guard requirements
Apex Diablos
no special guard requirements
Apex Mizutsune
no special guard requirements
Apex Rathalos
no special guard requirements
Apex Rathian
no special guard requirements
Apex Zinogre
no special guard requirements
Arzuros
no special guard requirements
Astalos
guard up
requires guard up:
- creates a lightsaber from mouth and slams head into ground
Aurora Somnacanth
no special guard requirements
Barioth
no special guard requirements
Barroth
no special guard requirements
Basarios
guard up
requires guard up:
- fire beam
- all gas cloud attacks
Bazelgeuse
no special guard requirements
Bishaten
no special guard requirements
Blood Orange Bishaten
no special guard requirements
Chameleos
no special guard requirements
Chaotic Gore Magala
guard up
requires guard up:
- nuke attack (becomes multi-hit during frenzy state)
Crimson Glow Valstrax
unblockable
cannot be blocked:
- ambush - sheathe and superman dive, or sheathing retreat iframe :)
Daimyo Hermitaur
no special guard requirements
Diablos
no special guard requirements
Espinas
no special guard requirements
Flaming Espinas
unblockable
cannot be blocked:
- nuke after stomp - sheathe and superman dive, or sheathing retreat iframe :)
Furious Rajang
guard up
requires guard up:
- lightning beam attack (can easily be avoided with sheathing retreat)
Gaismagorm
unblockable
cannot be blocked:
- falling meteors
- hand slam explosion in phase 2.5
Garangolm
guard up
requires guard up:
- nuke where it pulls out rock underneath
Gold Rathian
no special guard requirements
Gore Magala
no special guard requirements
Goss Harag
no special guard requirements
Great Baggi
no special guard requirements
Great Izuchi
no special guard requirements
Great Wroggi
guard up
requires guard up:
- all poison gas attacks (Guard Up prevents poisoning)
Jyuratodus
no special guard requirements
Khezu
guard up
requires guard up:
- lightning balls that travel along ground (causes heavy paralysis)
Kulu-Ya-Ku
no special guard requirements
Kushala Daora
no special guard requirements
Lagombi
no special guard requirements
Lucent Nargacuga
guard up
requires guard up:
- super tail slam where it goes invisible, jumps around, then slams
Lunagaron
no special guard requirements
Magma Almudron
no special guard requirements
Magnamalo
no special guard requirements
Malzeno
guard up
requires guard up:
- nuke where it drops giant qurio ball
Mizutsune
no special guard requirements
Nargacuga
no special guard requirements
Narwa The Allmother
guard up
unblockable
requires guard up:
- tail slam
- light wave
cannot be blocked:
- dragonator
- supernova
Primordial Malzeno
guard up
unblockable
requires guard up:
- dive bomb with crossed wings
- large explosion during last phase before exhaustion
- double wing slam attack
cannot be blocked:
- triple laser line in second phase - must sheathe and superman dive or use sheathing retreat to iframe
Pukei-Pukei
no special guard requirements
Pyre Rakna-Kadaki
guard up
requires guard up:
- all web attacks
- fire beam attack
Rajang
guard up
requires guard up:
- lightning beam attack (can be avoided with sheathing retreat)
Rakna-Kadaki
guard up
requires guard up:
- all web attacks
- fire beam attack
- all ceiling attacks
Rathalos
no special guard requirements
Rathian
no special guard requirements
Risen Chameleos
no special guard requirements
Risen Crimson Glow Valstrax
no special guard requirements
Risen Kushala Daora
no special guard requirements
Risen Shagaru Magala
guard up
requires guard up:
- beam attack
Risen Teostra
guard up
requires guard up:
- supernova
Risen Valstrax
guard up
unblockable
requires guard up:
- charged stab after charged spin (performs 2 stabs after level 270)
cannot be blocked:
- ambush attack - must sheathe and superman dive
Royal Ludroth
no special guard requirements
Scorned Magnamalo
no special guard requirements
Seething Bazelgeuse
guard up
requires guard up:
- mega nuke
- dive bomb
Seregios
no special guard requirements
Shagaru Magala
guard up
requires guard up:
- laser beam
Shogun Ceanataur
no special guard requirements
Silver Rathalos
guard up
requires guard up:
- nuke
Somnacanth
guard up
requires guard up:
- all sleep gas attacks
Teostra
guard up
requires guard up:
- supernova
Tetranadon
guard up
requires guard up:
- double jump in fat mode
Tigrex
no special guard requirements
Tobi-Kadachi
no special guard requirements
Velkhana
guard up
requires guard up:
- ice breath attack that causes freeze
Violet Mizutsune
guard up
requires guard up:
- spirit bomb bubble (can be deflected back by hitting it)
Volvidon
no special guard requirements
Wind Serpent Ibushi
guard up
requires guard up:
- tail slam attack
- attack where it throws floating rock at you
Zinogre
no special guard requirements