Yian Kut Ku

Description

The Yian Kut-Ku is a small Bird Wyvern, and usually among the first kills a new hunter makes. Not particularly difficult to bring down, it still represents a large step-up in challenge from things such as Velocidrome. Loud sounds, whether they be from a Sonic Bomb or Barrel Bomb, will cause Kut-Ku to flinch, ears ringing in pain. It will teeter a bit, dazed, until it regains its senses, at which point it will instantly enter rage mode and be immune to sounds for the duration.

When weak, its ear flaps fold back and it will limp.

Yian Kut Ku
Names
English Name:	Yian Kut Ku
Nicknames:	YKK,Kut-Ku
Titles:	Jungle Menace The Great Kut-Ku
Japanese Name:	イャンクック
Chinese Name:	-
Korean Name:	얀 쿡
Romaji:	Iyankukku
Japanese Title:	Mystery Bird
Description
Type of Monster:	Bird Wyvern
Size:	1204.9-459.9
Signature Moves:	Multiple Firespew
Monster Icon:	-
Description:	-
Other information
Element:	Fire
Secondary Status' Inflicted:	None
Weakest to:	Water,Ice
Weakness sign:	Limping and Ears folding back
Habitats:	Jungle,Forest and Hills,Swamp,Tide Island
Other monster in relation:	Blue Yian Kut-Ku,Yian Garuga,Hypnocatrice
First U.S. Appearance:	Monster Hunter
First Japanese Appearance:	Monster Hunter
Generation:	1

Statistics

General Information and Item Effectiveness

# of Carves	3x Body
Flash Bomb	○
Sonic Bomb	○
Pitfall Trap	○
Shock Trap	○
Meat	×
Roar	-
Wind	Small
Quake	-

Health and Attack

	Health	Attack Multiplier	Defense Multiplier
Lower Tier	600～2599	1.0～1.4	1.0～0.8
Upper Tier	2599～4000	1.5～3.0	0.7～0.65

Damage Type / Elemental Weaknesses

Lower Tier, Upper Tier, HR100+, Training

Area	Slashing	Blunt	Projectile	Fire	Water	Lightning	Dragon	Ice	Faint	Stagger
Head	50	80	100	10	30	30	0	40	100	80
Neck	50	60	50	10	80	50	20	50	0	100
Back	40	50	40	10	20	15	0	15	0	130
Stomach	80	70	80	10	20	15	0	15	0	130
Tail	50	60	30	10	20	15	0	15	0	80
Wings	75	70	70	10	10	25	0	15	0	100
Legs	25	30	30	5	5	5	0	5	0	100

Variants

Area	Slashing	Blunt	Projectile	Fire	Water	Lightning	Dragon	Ice	Faint	Stagger
Head	45	55	60	10	-5	5	0	10	100	80
Neck	45	30	30	10	50	5	0	10	0	100
Back	40	50	30	10	10	5	0	15	0	130
Stomach	50	45	40	10	10	5	0	45	0	130
Tail	50	60	75	10	20	5	40	5	0	80
Wings	60	60	50	10	10	5	0	5	0	100
Legs	25	30	40	0	-5	-5	-5	-5	0	100

Status Effect Resistances

Status Effect	Initial Threshold	Increment	Maximum	Duration	Damage Taken
Poison	100	50	300	60s	20dmg/5s
Paralysis	100	65	360	10s	-
Sleep	110	25	210	30s	-
Faint	100	65	360	10s	-

Break/Shiny Drops

Break Location	Requirements
Ear	Stagger the head x2
Shiny	Chance to drop shiny when hit with an explosion.

Habits

Attacks

• Introduction: When the Yian Kut-ku first becomes aware of a hunters presence, the first thing it will do is unfurl its large ears. After that it will start the fight off by doing one of three things: turn straight at the hunter and let out a bird screech, straight out attack, or, the most preferable, scratch the ground a little and tilt his head from side to side, trying to figure out who's there. Note that attacking Yian Kut-ku during the first moment will immediately make it start attacking, and a surprise tackle is not unheard of.
• Bite: A wide range bite with slightly deceptive distance. Generally a minor annoyance that leaves a large opening to attack his head, hunters should be cautious though of surprise tackles after the bite is over.
• Peck: An attack of 3-4 rapidly successive blows in front of it. Largely used as a pressure attack, since it rapidly drains the stamina of shield users and Yian Kut-ku likes to use it in successive amounts.
• Rush: Comes in two variants, run and glide. The run variant has Yian Kut-ku run towards its prey opponent with its wings spread out in an intimidating pose. Once it reaches attack distance it stops immediately then does a random attack, usually a bite, but it can also do a tail whip or a peck. The glide variant is more dangerous, because it usually ends in a peck attack and Yian Kut-ku travels much faster with the glide variant and so puts more pressure on hunters trying to back off in order to heal/repair their weapons/set up traps/etc.
• Tackle: Yian Kut-ku usually does this if its opponent is far away but not too far away. It does a big charge across the field in the hopes of slamming into its target and anyone else that is caught in the path. It is easy to dodge though. The tackle can be dangerous though because it can also do it in close range, and is especially surprising when it does it after a bite.
• Tail whip: Yian Kut-ku spins in a little less than 360 degrees in two halves. During each half, he whips his tail about, sending hunters flying and injured upon impact. The tail whip hit-box is deceptive and can catch new shielding hunters off guard.
• Fireball: Comes in three variants: one is a normal fireball, which Yian Kut-ku spits out half-heartedly from its mouth in a low arc, landing just a few feet in front of it. It has some splash though so it can catch hunters that are attacking in front of it off-guard. Another variant is a quadruple fireball, where it will stand still and proceed to spit fireballs around its sides, two for each side going in a format like Left, Right, Left, Right. Not very dangerous and leaves Yian Kut-ku highly vulnerable to attack. The third variant only occurs during rage mode, where Yian Kut-ku will spit out fireballs around its sides while tackling.
• Pursuit: When a targeted hunter gets to far away from Yian Kut-ku, it will bend down slightly then leap into the air, gliding straight towards its target. Rarely hurting the target, it does produce a large amount of wind, which stuns the hunter for a few seconds if they lack proper wind protection.
• Back jump: When feeling pressured, Yian Kut-ku will sometimes suddenly leap back and glide a bit, shielding itself with a wall of wind while it lands.
• Flight: Not really know when he'll do this except for one particular occasion, Yian Kut-ku will start flying around the area the fight is currently taking place in, doing a few circles before finally coming back down and landing.
• Rage: Yian Kut-ku will suddenly stop what its doing and start hopping up and down, angrily cawing at the hunters and bobbing his head up and down, making it hard to hit it. Does a fair amount of damage if a hunter with poor armor stands under it while its hopping up and down. General side-effects is that it becomes faster in everything, making peck attacks that much more dangerous and giving its tackle increased speed, power, and the additional fireball property. Luckily it also does the quadruple fireball attack more frequently when enraged though. Final word of caution: while Yian Kut-ku is largely vulnerable to sonic bombs, he automatically goes into rage mode when the effects wear off, regardless of his health status.
• Taunt: Yian Kut-ku will scratch his foot against the ground and coo a few times tauntingly at his opponent. Usually one of the best times to attack its head and legs, but caution should be had because its easy to be knocked over from the scratch and take some damage from its tail while taunting.

Strategies

• Important note: Yian Kut-ku will automatically become enraged after a sonic bombs effects end, so it is usually suggested to save sonic bombing for when you're group hunting or you know that the Yian Kut-ku is already about to become enraged from damage.
• Another important note: When Yian Kut-ku first arrives into the area you wish to fight him in, he first starts off with the landing animation from flying. Although it's tempting to attack him while landing for some free hits, it is advised to not do so, due to a bug/glitch that cause him to sometimes suddenly take flight, thus delaying the fight and potentially agitating fellow hunters.