Flaming Espinas

Flaming Espinas
エスピナス亜種 (Esupinasu Ashu)
English Name	Flaming Espinas
English Title	Brown Thorny Wyvern Passionate Poisoner
Japanese Title	棘茶竜 激情する邪毒
Chinese Name	棘茶龙 (Simplified) 棘茶龍 (Traditional)
Korean Name	에스피나스 아종
General Information
Monster Class	Flying Wyvern
Elements	Fire
Ailments	Fireblight (5th Gen) Poison Defense Down Movement Down (MHO)
Weakest to	Water
Habitat	Tower Tower 3 Citadel Forlorn Arena (MHRS) Great Forest Peak Gorge Interceptor's Base Sky Corridor Moonlands
Size	2812.0 1489.7
Related Monsters	Espinas Espinas Rare Species Zenith Espinas Meraginasu Gravios Black Gravios Zenith Gravios Basarios Ruby Basarios Crystal Basarios Sandstone Basarios Gureadomosu Diablos Black Diablos Varusaburosu Monoblos White Monoblos Shattered Monoblos
Generation	Fifth

Flaming Espinas is a Subspecies of Espinas introduced in Monster Hunter Frontier Season 2.5.

Physiology

Flaming Espinas features a brown carapace with red spines, claws, and horns. When enraged, its body is covered in glowing orange veins. It is otherwise identical to the common Espinas.

Abilities

Flaming Espinas is capable of producing larger and more powerful bursts of fire than the common Espinas, and is more resistant to damage. Instead of inflicting Paralysis, its breath now contains a concentrated acid that can melt the armor of their prey. Flaming Espinas' most noteworthy ability is the ability to charge up their breath attack before unleashing it in a single burst, which causes a massive fiery explosion that scatters toxic clouds.

Behavior

Similarly to the common Espinas, it is a docile and passive wyvern which will only attack when provoked. It sleeps for much of the day, and is usually encountered in this state. Similar to the common Espinas, this monster is powerful enough to face and even defeat Elder Dragons such as the Teostra.

Habitat

Flaming Espinas is known to inhabit the Tower and Forlorn Arena (MHRS), where it resides in solitude at the very top. In addition, it can be found in the Gorge, Citadel, and at the Great Forest Peak.

Other Non-Subspecies Forms

Hard Core (HC) Flaming Espinas

SR51+ required to hunt.

Members of the Flaming Espinas with longer, more developed spikes down the middle of its back as well as more spikes on its wings, all with a white tip including the horn. They are more aggressive and more vibrant when enraged as their veins glow an unusual green.

Like HC common Espinas, they have the ability to charge at incredible speeds, scratching the ground as the only warning. A new attack they perform is ducking down while charging up a giant fireball similar to the ones they make huge explosions with, only it spits it into the sky, which bursts into multiple balls that rain on its enemies with incredible precision aimed at up to four targets at once.

Game Appearances

Main Series

• Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak (Introduced in Main Series)

Frontier

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• Monster Hunter Frontier Season 2.0 (Introduced)

• Monster Hunter Frontier Season 3.0
• Monster Hunter Frontier Season 4.0
• Monster Hunter Frontier Season 5.0
• Monster Hunter Frontier Season 6.0
• Monster Hunter Frontier Season 7.0
• Monster Hunter Frontier Season 8.0
• Monster Hunter Frontier Season 9.0
• Monster Hunter Frontier Season 10
• Monster Hunter Frontier Forward.1
• Monster Hunter Frontier Forward.2
• Monster Hunter Frontier Forward.3
• Monster Hunter Frontier Forward.4
• Monster Hunter Frontier Forward.5
• Monster Hunter Frontier G
• Monster Hunter Frontier G2
• Monster Hunter Frontier G3
• Monster Hunter Frontier G Genuine
• Monster Hunter Frontier G5
• Monster Hunter Frontier G6
• Monster Hunter Frontier G7
• Monster Hunter Frontier G8
• Monster Hunter Frontier G9
• Monster Hunter Frontier G10
• Monster Hunter Frontier Z
• Monster Hunter Frontier Z Zenith

Spin-offs

• Monster Hunter Online

In-Game Description

Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak An Espinas subspecies with a slightly more muted body color. The boldness of the standard Espinas remains: run-of-the-mill attacks won't rouse Flaming Espinas from their slumber. Their breath attack contains a powerful poison, and a dense acid that deteriorates armor. Take this attack head-on, and you won't stand a chance... Threat Level (危険度): ★★★★★★★★★ Monster Hunter Frontier G (?) Monster Hunter Online 分类 飞龙种，棘龙的亚种。 生境范围 与居住在树海的棘龙不同，棘茶龙的栖息地多为峡谷或古塔。 生态位 强大的身体力量，锐利的棘刺，吐息的猛毒火焰，拥有强大实力的棘茶龙在峡谷中成为了可怕的掠食者。 适应性 天生憨厚老实的棘茶龙很少会主动捕食，多数是在被吵醒后顺便填饱肚子，然后会再度入睡。如此惫懒的棘茶龙没有成为偷袭者的口粮全仰仗于布满尖刺的甲壳，既不用担心在睡眠中被吃掉，也不用担忧到手的猎物被抢走。 行为 棘茶龙拥有比棘龙强度更高的甲壳，毒性更猛的火焰，甚至冲刺的速度都要更快更猛，无法抵抗的陨石毒火更是让其他的掠食者都对其敬而远之，哪怕是轰龙也会选择避开这个毒刺猛兽。

Notes

• General
• MHRise
• Frontier
• MHO

General Notes

• Its head, back, and wings can be broken, and its tail severed.
  • Breaking one wing breaks both.
• Flaming Espinas's roar requires HG Earplugs to block.
• Before its localization for its Western debut, Flaming Espinas was simply referred to by a translation of its Japanese name, "Espinas Subspecies."
• Flaming Espinas was voted 99th place in the Hunters' Choice for Top Monster during Monster Hunter's 20th Anniversary.
  • While a mostly idle account, Monster Hunter Frontier's official Twitter/X account congratulated Espinas' and Flaming Espinas' ranking in the polls.

Monster Hunter Rise

Flaming Espinas was added to Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak in the second Title Update, along with Violet Mizutsune and Risen Chameleos on September 29, 2022.

Flaming Espinas is unlocked at MR 10, alongside Amatsu, Chaotic Gore Magala, Gold Rathian, Primordial Malzeno, Seething Bazelgeuse, Silver Rathalos, Velkhana, Violet Mizutsune, and Anomaly Quests. The player must speak to Doctor Tadori to accept the quest.

• Some of these additions specifically require other quest completions to unlock, Primordial Malzeno requiring Amatsu to be defeated, both Rath Rare Species requiring Seething Bazelgeuse's defeat, and Violet Mizutsune requring Flaming Espinas' defeat.

Flaming Espinas gains several new attacks; for example, it will now jump into the air, land, then spin around before jumping again and slamming its tail into the ground while landing.

After charging, Flaming Espinas can launch a fireball instead of charging again.

After reaching low enough HP, Flaming Espinas will launch its ultimate attack a second time by flying in the air to charge before firing.

Monster Hunter Frontier

Flaming Espinas can be found in the Gorge as its natural habitat, but is also known to roost in the Tower and Tower 2.

HC Flaming Espinas's roar requires Super HG Earplugs to block.

Monster Hunter Online

Flaming Espinas has green eyes in Monster Hunter Online, similar to its Frontier HC variant. However, its spikes retains the color and shape of a standard Flaming Espinas.

In Monster Hunter Online, Flaming Espinas utilizes all of the moves its HC variant from Frontier uses, alongside the new attacks introduced with Online's common Espinas. In addition, its body no longer softens while the monster is enraged.

In G2-Rank onwards, the majority of Flaming Espinas's body gains the ability to deflect weapons with Purple Sharpness. Along with that, much like G2 common Espinas, the fireballs of the subspecies scatter when they explode, and its sleeping and passive attacks Poisons hunters.

The poisonous sludge Flaming Espinas spits, along with the puddles of poison left by it's raining fireball attack, inflicts Silked.