Rathian

Rathian, also known as "Ian", is the female counterpart of the Rathalos. Rathian are green wyverns that slightly differ from Rathalos in looks and attacks. She has a patch of brown thorns on her upper back and her tail spikes are filled with poison. The Rathian fights on the ground a lot more than the Rathalos, who more often exhibits aerial attacks such as fireballs & claws attacks. They are prized for their rarer Plates & Rubies] which has led many into thier lucks worsening every attempts on getting these items.

The Rathian has two other subspecies, The Pink Rathian and Gold Rathian.

Facts

 * The Rathian's wing claws and head crest can be broken, and her tail can be cut off.
 * The tail can be carved once or twice with Carving Celebrity for a very rare Rathian Plate, Rathian Ruby or even Rathian Divine Plate in MHP2G.
 * The Rathian bears longer stamina when charging than the Rathalos, and can fire three fireballs on the ground.
 * She is also capable of a single or double backflip attack during which she poisons you with her tail (even with the tail sliced off it can still poison you but damage and range will be lowered).


 * The Rathian's weak points are obviously the head (regular and pink) and wings (gold).
 * Attacking weak points with a Dragon elemented weapon produces the best results.
 * Cutting off the tail is advised to lower the range of its attacks, although you may still become poisoned if the slight chance is fufilled. You can anticipate the signature Rathian Flip when she bows her head down, takes a step back, and spreads her wings. This attack deals the most damage and also inflicts poison status on you. So be careful!

Trivia

 * The Rathian is often referred to as either the "Queen" or "Earth" in the titles of quests such as "Anger of Heaven and Earth" and "The Queen's Descent"


 * In the MH3 trailer and a few other Famitsu pictures shows that the kurupekko is able to somehow control or provoke a Rathian to attack a hunter in some way


 * The Rathian in MH3 is somewhat revamped in colour scheme as the scales will appear darker than it's earlier green scales.


 * In the MHF2 jungle area, for some unknown reason the Rathian is targeted by groups of Velociprey's attacks whenever she goes to the no. 7 part.