Revision as of 17:52, 4 November 2019

Not to be confused with Subspecies, Rare Species, Burst Species, Origin Species, Lone Species, HC Monsters, Deviants, Supremacy Species, and Zenith Species.

A variant is a rare individual or anomalous group of a given species of monster. They are often almost identical to a common individual but possess one or more certain unique traits that set them apart. Variants are more powerful than a normal member of their species and are more in tune with their inherent abilities.

List of Variants by Game

Monster Hunter 2

Rusted Kushala Daora

Monster Hunter Freedom Unite

Furious Rajang

Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate

Savage Deviljho

Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate

Monster Hunter World: Iceborne

Monster Hunter Frontier

Monster Hunter Online

Monster Hunter Explore

Comparisons

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	Chaotic Gore Magala

Gore Magala	Evangelion Gore Magala

Bird Wyvern

Comparison

Hypnocatrice	Breeding Season Hypnocatrice

	Scarred Yian Garuga

Yian Garuga	One-Eared Yian Garuga

Brute Wyvern


	Raging Brachydios

Brachydios	Evangelion Brachydios

	Savage Deviljho

Deviljho	Aberrant Deviljho

Duramboros	Explosive Peak Duramboros

	Pumpkin Uragaan

Uragaan	Shiningrock Uragaan

Carapaceon

Comparison

Shogun Ceanataur	Swordmaster Shogun Ceanataur

Fanged Beast

Comparison

Caeserber	Ghost Caeserber

Lagombi	Witch Lagombi

	Furious Rajang

Rajang	Enma Rajang

	Christmas Volvidon

Volvidon	Black Star Beast Volvidon

Fanged Wyvern

Comparison

	Immortal Zinogre

Zinogre	FFBE Zinogre

Flying Wyvern

Comparison

Barioth	Frozen Barioth

Basarios	Crystal Basarios

Bazelgeuse	Seething Bazelgeuse

Diablos	Gilded Diablos

	Virulent Gigginox

Gigginox	Yoga Gigginox

Legiana	Shrieking Legiana

Monoblos	Shattered Monoblos

Nargacuga	Fiercewater Nargacuga

	Flame Rathalos

Rathalos	Destruction Wyvern Rathalos

	Conflagration Rathian

Rathian	Scorching Heat Rathian

Seregios	Demonic Seregios

Leviathan

Comparison

Agnaktor	Purgatory Agnaktor

Gobul	Witch Gobul

Lagiacrus	Landconquest Lagiacrus

Mizutsune	Thunderbubble Mizutsune

Lynian

Comparison

Felyne	Goruru

Melynx	Metaru

Piscine Wyvern


	Whitewater Plesioth

Plesioth	Seabream Plesioth

Elder Dragon

Comparison

Kirin	Thunder Emperor Kirin

Kushala Daora	Rusted Kushala Daora

Merphistophelin	Elemental Merphistophelin

Nergigante	Ruiner Nergigante

Vaal Hazak	Blackveil Vaal Hazak

Trivia

Savage Deviljho is a Deviljho that has lived a very long time and has cannibalized other Deviljho.
The Aberrant Deviljho was created in collaboration with Attack on Titan and Capcom for the Aberrant Titan.
The Raging Brachydios is a Brachydios who's explosive slime mold has covered it's entire body and will spontaneously combust on contact.
Furious Rajang is a rare special Rajang individual that is constantly enraged for unknown reasons. Its theorized by the Guild that the Furious Rajang's power is unstable due to the loss of its tail and that its power potentially comes from its heart along with its nerves.
Chaotic Gore Magala is a Gore Magala which has failed to molt properly into a Shagaru Magala.
Rusted Kushala Daora is a Kushala Daora which has not shed its skin recently.
There were no variants in the first generation of Monster Hunter.
Variants gained a more important role in the fifth generation. In Monster Hunter World: Iceborne, five new variants were introduced (by far the largest debut in a mainline game), becoming a sizeable part of the endgame and getting their dedicated entry in the Hunter's Note. Two achievements in the game were also related to Variants (Kill your first Variant, Kill 30 Variants).
One-Horned Diablos (Japanese ディアソルテ/マ王ディア) and One-Eared Yian Garuga (Japanese 傷ついたイャンガルルガ), which appeared in Monster Hunter Freedom Unite, aren't variants.

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 {{-}}
 ==Monster Hunter World: Iceborne==
+*[[Shrieking Legiana]]
+*[[Seething Bazelgeuse]]
+*[[Blackveil Vaal Hazak]]
 *[[Ruiner Nergigante]]
-*[[Shrieking Legiana]]
+*[[Scarred Yian Garuga]]
 {{-}}
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 *[[Shattered Monoblos]]
 *[[Conflagration Rathian]]
+*[[Elemental Merphistophelin]]
 {{-}}
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 *[[Witch Gobul]]
 *[[Christmas Volvidon]]
+*[[Black Star Beast Volvidon]]
 *[[Seabream Plesioth]]
 *[[Immortal Zinogre]]
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 | align="center" bgcolor="#3A5766" |<font color="White">'''Breeding Season Hypnocatrice''' </font>
 |-
-| style="border: 1.5px solid #000000;" |[[File:MHWI-Yian Garuga Render 001.png|270px]]
+| rowspan="3" style="border: 1.5px solid #000000;" |[[File:MHWI-Yian Garuga Render 001.png|center|270px]]
+| style="border: 1.5px solid #000000;" |[[File:MHWI-Scarred Yian Garuga Render 001.png|center|270px]]
+|-
+| align="center" bgcolor="#3A5766" |<font color="White">'''Scarred Yian Garuga'''</font>
+|-
 | style="border: 1.5px solid #000000;" |[[File:MHO-One-Eared Yian Garuga Render 002.png|center|270px]]
 |-
 | align="center" bgcolor="#3A5766" |<font color="White">'''Yian Garuga'''</font>
 | align="center" bgcolor="#3A5766" |<font color="White">'''One-Eared Yian Garuga'''</font>
+|-
 |}
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 |-
 | rowspan="3" style="border: 1.5px solid #000000;" |[[File:MHW-Deviljho Render 001.png|center|270px]]
-| style="border: 1.5px solid #000000;" |[[File:MH4-Savage Deviljho and Great Jaggi Render 001.png|center|270px]]
+| style="border: 1.5px solid #000000;" |[[File:MHWI-Savage Deviljho Render 001.png|center|270px]]
 |-
 | align="center" bgcolor="#3A5766" |<font color="White">'''Savage Deviljho'''</font>
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 | align="center" bgcolor="#3A5766" |<font color="White">'''Deviljho'''</font>
 | align="center" bgcolor="#3A5766" |<font color="White">'''Aberrant Deviljho'''</font>
+|-
+| style="border: 1.5px solid #000000;" |[[File:MHGen-Duramboros Render 001.png|270px]]
+| style="border: 1.5px solid #000000;" |[[File:MHXR-Explosive Peak Duramboros Render 001.jpeg|center|270px]]
+|-
+| align="center" bgcolor="#3A5766" |<font color="White">'''Duramboros'''</font>
+| align="center" bgcolor="#3A5766" |<font color="White">'''Explosive Peak Duramboros'''</font>
 |-
 | rowspan="3" style="border: 1.5px solid #000000;" |[[File:MHW-Uragaan_Render_001.png|center|270px]]
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 | align="center" bgcolor="#3A5766" |<font color="White">'''Pumpkin Uragaan'''</font>
 |-
-| style="border: 1.5px solid #000000;" |[[File:MHXR-Shiningrock Uragaan Render 001.png|center|270px]]
+| style="border: 1.5px solid #000000;" |[[File:MHXR-Shiningrock Uragaan Render 001.jpeg|center|270px]]
 |-
 | align="center" bgcolor="#3A5766" |<font color="White">'''Uragaan'''</font>
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 | align="center" bgcolor="#3A5766" |<font color="White">'''Enma Rajang'''</font>
 |-
-| style="border: 1.5px solid #000000;" |[[File:MHGen-Volvidon_Render_001.png|270px]]
+| rowspan="3" style="border: 1.5px solid #000000;" |[[File:MHGen-Volvidon_Render_001.png|270px]]
 | style="border: 1.5px solid #000000;" |[[File:MHXR-Christmas_Volvidon_and_Anteka_Render_001.png|270px]]
 |-
-| align="center" bgcolor="#3A5766" |<font color="White">'''Volvidon'''</font>
 | align="center" bgcolor="#3A5766" |<font color="White">'''Christmas Volvidon'''</font>
+|-
+| style="border: 1.5px solid #000000;" |[[File:MHXR-Black Star Beast Volvidon Render 001.jpeg|center|270px]]
+|-
+| align="center" bgcolor="#3A5766" |<font color="White">'''Volvidon'''</font>
+| align="center" bgcolor="#3A5766" |<font color="White">'''Black Star Beast Volvidon'''</font>
 |}
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 |-
 | colspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#3A5766" |<font color="White">'''Comparison'''</font>
-|-
-| style="border: 1.5px solid #000000;" |[[File:MHW-Legiana_Render_001.png|270px]]
-| style="border: 1.5px solid #000000;" |[[File:MHWI-Shrieking Legiana Render_001.png|thumb|270px]]
-|-
-| align="center" bgcolor="#3A5766" |<font color="White">'''Legiana'''</font>
-| align="center" bgcolor="#3A5766" |<font color="White">'''Shrieking Legiana'''</font>
 |-
 | style="border: 1.5px solid #000000;" |[[File:MHWI-Barioth_Render_001.png|270px]]
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 | align="center" bgcolor="#3A5766" |<font color="White">'''Basarios'''</font>
 | align="center" bgcolor="#3A5766" |<font color="White">'''Crystal Basarios'''</font>
+|-
+| style="border: 1.5px solid #000000;" |[[File:MHW-Bazelgeuse Render 001.png|center|270px]]
+| style="border: 1.5px solid #000000;" |[[File:MHWI-Seething Bazelgeuse Render 001.png|center|270px]]
+|-
+| align="center" bgcolor="#3A5766" |<font color="White">'''Bazelgeuse'''</font>
+| align="center" bgcolor="#3A5766" |<font color="White">'''Seething Bazelgeuse'''</font>
 |-
 | style="border: 1.5px solid #000000;" |[[File:MHW-Diablos_Render_001.png|center|270px]]
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 | align="center" bgcolor="#3A5766" |<font color="White">'''Diablos'''</font>
 | align="center" bgcolor="#3A5766" |<font color="White">'''Gilded Diablos'''</font>
-|-
-| style="border: 1.5px solid #000000;" |[[File:MHO-Monoblos Render 001.png|270px]]
-| style="border: 1.5px solid #000000;" |[[File:MHO-Shattered Monoblos Render 002.png|center|270px]]
-|-
-| align="center" bgcolor="#3A5766" |<font color="White">'''Monoblos'''</font>
-| align="center" bgcolor="#3A5766" |<font color="White">'''Shattered Monoblos'''</font>
 |-
 | rowspan="3" style="border: 1.5px solid #000000;" |[[File:3rdGen-Gigginox Render 001.png|center|125px]]
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 | align="center" bgcolor="#3A5766" |<font color="White">'''Gigginox'''</font>
 | align="center" bgcolor="#3A5766" |<font color="White">'''Yoga Gigginox'''</font>
+|-
+| style="border: 1.5px solid #000000;" |[[File:MHW-Legiana_Render_001.png|270px]]
+| style="border: 1.5px solid #000000;" |[[File:MHWI-Shrieking Legiana Render_001.png|thumb|270px]]
+|-
+| align="center" bgcolor="#3A5766" |<font color="White">'''Legiana'''</font>
+| align="center" bgcolor="#3A5766" |<font color="White">'''Shrieking Legiana'''</font>
+|-
+| style="border: 1.5px solid #000000;" |[[File:MHO-Monoblos Render 001.png|270px]]
+| style="border: 1.5px solid #000000;" |[[File:MHO-Shattered Monoblos Render 002.png|center|270px]]
+|-
+| align="center" bgcolor="#3A5766" |<font color="White">'''Monoblos'''</font>
+| align="center" bgcolor="#3A5766" |<font color="White">'''Shattered Monoblos'''</font>
 |-
 | style="border: 1.5px solid #000000;" |[[File:MHWI-Nargacuga Render 001.png|thumb|220x220px]]
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 |-
 | colspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#3A5766" |<font color="White">'''Comparison'''</font>
+|-
+| style="border: 1.5px solid #000000;" |[[File:MHGen-Agnaktor_Render_001.png|270px]]
+| style="border: 1.5px solid #000000;" |[[File:Purgatory Agnaktor.png|270px]]
+|-
+| align="center" bgcolor="#3A5766" |<font color="White">'''Agnaktor'''</font>
+| align="center" bgcolor="#3A5766" |<font color="White">'''Purgatory Agnaktor'''</font>
 |-
 | style="border: 1.5px solid #000000;" |[[File:3rdGen-Gobul_Render_001.png|270px]]
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 {| class="linetable cellpadding=" style="border: 3px solid #000000;" align="center" 1   "
 |-
+| rowspan="3" style="border: 1.5px solid #000000;" |[[File:MHGen-Plesioth_Render_001.png|center|270px]]
-| colspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#3A5766" |<font color="White">'''Comparison'''</font>
+| style="border: 1.5px solid #000000;" |[[File:MHXR- Whitewater Plesioth render 001.jpeg|center|270px]]
 |-
+| align="center" bgcolor="#3A5766" |<font color="White">'''Whitewater Plesioth'''</font>
-| style="border: 1.5px solid #000000;" |[[File:MHGen-Plesioth_Render_001.png|270px]]
+|-
-| style="border: 1.5px solid #000000;" |[[File:MHXR-Seabream_Plesioth_Render_001.png|270px]]
+| style="border: 1.5px solid #000000;" |[[File:MHXR-Seabream_Plesioth_Render_001.png|center|270px]]
 |-
 | align="center" bgcolor="#3A5766" |<font color="White">'''Plesioth'''</font>
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 | align="center" bgcolor="#3A5766" |<font color="White">'''Kushala Daora'''</font>
 | align="center" bgcolor="#3A5766" |<font color="White">'''Rusted Kushala Daora'''</font>
+|-
+| style="border: 1.5px solid #000000;" |[[File:MHO-Merphistophelin Render 001.png|center|270px]]
+| style="border: 1.5px solid #000000;" |[[File:MHO-Merphistophelin (Ice State) Render 001.png|center|270px]]
+|-
+| align="center" bgcolor="#3A5766" |<font color="White">'''Merphistophelin'''</font>
+| align="center" bgcolor="#3A5766" |<font color="White">'''Elemental Merphistophelin'''</font>
+|-
+| style="border: 1.5px solid #000000;" |[[File:MHW-Nergigante Render 001.png|center|270px]]
+| style="border: 1.5px solid #000000;" |[[File:MHWI-Ruiner Nergigante Render 001.png|center|270px]]
+|-
+| align="center" bgcolor="#3A5766" |<font color="White">'''Nergigante'''</font>
+| align="center" bgcolor="#3A5766" |<font color="White">'''Ruiner Nergigante'''</font>
+|-
+| style="border: 1.5px solid #000000;" |[[File:MHW-Vaal Hazak Render 001.png|center|270px]]
+| style="border: 1.5px solid #000000;" |[[File:MHWI-Blackveil Vaal Hazak Render 001.png|center|270px]]
+|-
+| align="center" bgcolor="#3A5766" |<font color="White">'''Vaal Hazak'''</font>
+| align="center" bgcolor="#3A5766" |<font color="White">'''Blackveil Vaal Hazak'''</font>
 |}
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 *Rusted Kushala Daora is a Kushala Daora which has not shed its skin recently.
 *There were no variants in the first generation of Monster Hunter.
+*Variants gained a more important role in the fifth generation. In Monster Hunter World: Iceborne, five new variants were introduced (by far the largest debut in a mainline game), becoming a sizeable part of the endgame and getting their dedicated entry in the Hunter's Note. Two achievements in the game were also related to Variants (Kill your first Variant, Kill 30 Variants).
 *'''One-Horned Diablos''' (Japanese ディアソルテ/マ王ディア) and '''One-Eared Yian Garuga''' (Japanese 傷ついたイャンガルルガ), which appeared in Monster Hunter Freedom Unite, aren't variants.
 [[Category:Variant]]

Changes: Variant