Rathalos

Rathalos, or commonly known as "Los", is an aggressive, red, medium-sized wyvern. Rathalos are the male counterparts of the Rathian. They have 2 other subspecies, the Azure Rathalos and Silver Rathalos.

=Battle= The Rathalos can be fairly easily slain, once you understand it's attack patterns. When on the ground, a Rathalos will either charge at you, shoot a single fireball that travels quickly across the ground in a straight line in the direction he is facing, jump and glide closely to the ground in order to topple you, or the standard "Tail Whip". But, before it initiates any of these attacks, he will turn towards your direction. The speed and style in which he turns can be an excellent way to anticipate his next attack. When it flies into the air to shoot fireballs at you, standing in its shadow will allow you to avoid the attack and give you an oppurtunity to strike as its landing. Its ground fireball attack is rather easy to dodge since the fireball goes in a straight line; a couple of steps can evade the attack. Beware of the Rathalos' signature attack, in which it flies around the sky and unexpectedly dives at you from above. Foe wielders of the Great Sword, a Rathalos charge guide is available on YouTube.

The Rathalos often flies to other areas unlike its female counterpart who favors a more land-based style of fighting. Rathalos have poison in their claws. The tail of the Rathalos can be cut off and carved once. The most sensitive part of their body is the head. They take the most damage with dragon elemented weapons. However make sure you cut both it's wing claws as well for fire dragon claws.