User blog comment:Kogath/Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate for the Nintendo 3DS/@comment-28303251-20151223025120/@comment-17735225-20151223064922

If you just need his material I recommend breaking everything and end via subquesting, avoiding the infamous 'metor spam phrase' since its largely RNG-based and its not fun at all. Normally I usually waste 80% of potions I used during the quest in this phrase lol.

If you really need to (for solo-completion sake or for quest completion) I recommend staying at the very thin ledge below his head during his low health phrase. There you are safe from most of his attack.

1. You can snipe/ jump attack his head after his bite attack or even his roar if you have HGE. If you stagger him enough there he will fall and stay down for a bit of time.

2. From my experience the meteors drop less around where his head is, so if you stay here you are mostly safe from his BS roar+meteor. There are some weird things happen too but its pretty rare.

3. Between this ledge and his claw is the safespot from his right claw swipe attack. He has his tell before doing it so it's good to be able to read that. Be careful though since meteors can drop like rain on this space, so dont' stay too long.

One thing to note is that his glowing/scorching part change seems to time-based, while his position change is damage-based(or time if it takes too long) so it feels random at times.

My best solo time is 18 minute with honed attack Black Fatalis Blade and weakness exploit+ typical GS set. It can go much faster though due to his RNG screwing me up.