Monster Hunter World Iceborne - Shara Ishvalda Dragon Guide

In Monster Hunter World, the well-known action RPG by Capcom, by purchasing the expansion Iceborne you will meet the Elder Dragon Shara Ishvalda. In this guide we will shed some light on its weaknesses and explain how to defeat it.

MONSTER REWARDS:

• Soft Scale
• Megapiastra
• Petalstone
• Spring claw
• Gemma

ELEMENT WEAKNESSES:

Fire: 1

Water: 2

Thunder: 0, the monster is immune to thunder

Ice: 3, it is preferable to equip an ice weapon

Dragon: 1

WEAKNESSES OF STATE:

Poison: 2

Sleep: 0

Paralysis: 1

Burst: 2

Stun: 1

As you can see in the list, Shara Ishvalda is noticeably vulnerable to ice, so equipping a corresponding elemental weapon, preferably a long or ranged one such as a crossbow, can prove to be the best tactic, obviously combining it with skills.

Now follows a list of the cloaks to wear that will help you in this battle.

Tech Cloak: Helps you avoid potentially deadly attacks.

Stability Cloak: eliminates damage reactions, prevents wind effects, protects against monster screams and grants resistance to tremor, decreases damage from attacks.

Evasion Cloak: Increases invulnerability during evasion and grants a temporary attack boost to escape a monster hit at the last moment.

Vitality Cloak: Increases the chances of surviving fatal blows.

The fight takes place in 2 phases.

Phase 1

At the start of the fight, the dragon will be almost completely wrapped in stone. You will have to break its big shell. The head or chest are the points that will suffer the most critical attacks. Look around and see a well-marked trap on the minimap, exactly it is a crack in the yellow rock. Use the claw grapple to grab onto the monster's head, crash it into the crack by hitting it with the slingshot. In this world you will push the boss against the wall, causing it to collapse, dealing massive damage that will make it fall to the ground, and then hit it repeatedly. You can use this trick whenever the opportunity presents itself. After he gets up, avoid being in front of him as he will unleash his fury against anything that comes within range.

Phase 2

Despite her sturdiness, Shara Ishvalda is very agile. In this second phase, which will prove more complicated than the previous one, it will be better to continue attacking the head and wings with ranged weapons or with the Kinsetto. The parts of the body can be detached, even the front legs which will cause it to end up on the ground. On the minimap there are three points where you can make the rocky walls collapse at the head of the monster following the same procedure as in phase 1. You will have only three attempts and you will have to act cunning. In this circumstance the dragon will emanate powerful streams of vibration from the tip of its wings. Trying to lure the monster while standing in front of the cracks, the opponent may not approach but rather shoot at you and, consequently, if he hits the wall he will destroy it. In this case try to position yourself on the side of the rift, patiently waiting for it to approach to ensure the right moment to act, and it would not hurt to help you poison it, given the exaggerated amount of life it has.