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English Name: Khalvyas (Kal-Veeyas)
Romaji: Karubiyasu
Size: Medium
The Khalvyas is a menacing Pseudowyvern with metallic scales. It first appears in Monster Hunter Z Ultimate. It is first encountered in HR 100, that is, the start of Z rank.
Appearance[]
Khalvyas are famous for their silver, steel - like hide, and sharp, bladed wings. They have saw like protrusions from their jaws instead of teeth that they use to tear up and chomp down flesh. Khalvyas are also sexually dimorphic - only the males have the sharp stinger like barb on the end of their tail, and possess bigger horns on their heads. Females however, are more aggressive, and tend to be larger.
Behaviour[]
They cannot chew, so in order to rip their prey into edible pieces, they have to grab a hold of them and shake them violently until all the parts of their victim are severed.
Female Khalvyas give birth to live young, and the hatchlings slowly develop their steel hide overtime by consuming different kinds of ore; the higher the quality, the tougher their hide gets. They also sharpen the edges of their hide by rubbing themselves against a tree bark, or by jumping off of rocky cliffs (causing their hide to slowly harden). Adult Khalvyas tend to be restless - constantly on the move for hunting, patrolling or relocating. They never give up their territory without a fight to the death. They have even been known to stand against Teostra and other Elder Dragons that trespass into their territory. When Khalvyas is enraged, their wings change colour and they are far more agressive. Their hide also becomes much thicker, almost impenetrable, causing fast cutting weapons (like the Longsword or Insect Glaive most especially) to bounce off without the ESP skill.
Abilities[]
Khalvyas can inflict the new Haemorrhage and Severe Haemorrhage status ailments. A hunter affected with Haemorrhage will have his / her health sapped away slowly. The effects of healing items are reduced by 50%, and damage taken by that hunter will be amplified by 25%. The red part of the hunter's hp will also get depleted instantly after taking damage, thus, not allowing it to regenerate. Severe Haemorrhage decreases health quicker, reduces healing item effectiveness by 70% and amplifies damage by 40%. These status effects can be waited out, or removed by using an Immunizer.
Khalvyas have a massive amount of stamina; they will not get fatigued that easily in battle. With this amount of stamina, they can also move around very quickly without too much effort, making them very agile. The steel covering its hide is tough enough to actually deflect bowgun shots in some places.
Attacks[]
Most of Khalvyas' attacks deal high damage. Armour with the evasion + skills or a weapon that can guard are highly recommended. Khalvyas, like Barioth, also move around an awful lot, until its wings are broken. A fast weapon like the Longsword or Dual Blades will be suitable for it, but note that these cutting weapons will bounce off without the ESP skill when Khalvyas enters rage.
Also, when enraged, Khalvyas is capable of performing a notorious series of attacks that can easily kill a hunter who is off guard.
| Attack | Rarity | Damage |
Description |
Ailment Inflicted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strafe | Very Common | None | Khalvyas, like Nargacuga and Barioth, will leap towards one side to get a better position for an attack or to get behind a hunter. | None |
| Charge | Common | Moderate-High | Charges forward in a way that resembles a cross between a Tigrex's and Nargacuga's charges. | None |
| Slash | Very Common | Moderate - High | Khalvyas lunges forward at a hunter and slashes at them with its wing, similar to Nargucuga's wing slash attack. |  Haemorrhage
|
| Sudden Bite | Very Common | Moderate |
Khalvyas will suddenly jump a short distance forward and bite at a hunter. Even though it does not deal that much damage, this attack can be extremely annoying and hard to dodge since it can be followed up after any attack and will always be aimed at a different hunter. It also happens without any warning. |
None |
| Headbutt | Rare | High (Enraged) | Khalvyas will pause for a brief moment, its head in the air. It then headbutts its target. | Haemorrhage
|
| Flying Slash | Not that Common | High - Very High | Khalvyas will jump up on a wall, then climb up a few meters (depending on how far its target hunter is) or if there is no wall, it will glide around in circles in the air while slowly rising upwards, then face its target. Once it has locked on a hunter (which takes a few seconds), it will quickly jump off the wall and lunge at its target, slashing it with both wings. | Haemorrhage
|
| Tail Slash | Common | Moderate | Khalvyas will jump back while turning sideways (its head facing the target hunter) in a 180 degree angle, then jump at the same angle back again while swinging its tail forwards to hit a hunter. |  Severe Harmorrhage
|
| Wide Tail Slash |
Calm - Very Rare Enraged - Rare |
Very High | Khalvyas will plant its right claw firmly on the ground, position its left claw back, then after a brief delay, with the help of its left claw, spins around 360 degrees quickly with its bladed tail stretched out. This attack is extremely dangerous and must be dived, blocked or rolled if the Evasion up skill is acquired. | Severe Harmorrhage
|
| Vertical Wing Slash to Slam |
When near hunters - Very Common When far from hunters - Rare |
Moderate - High | Khalvyas leans back. After a brief moment, it slashes upwards with its right wing, while throwing itself into the air. After a quick backflip, Khalvyas smashes back down on the ground to cause a quake effect. If the wing slash connects, it will cause Haemorrhage. | Haemorrhage If hit by its wing
|
| Pierce |
Calm - Not that Common Enraged - Very Common |
High | Khalvyas raises its tail above its head, then drive its tail to the ground just in front of it. Any hunter caught by the attack itself will be damaged and suffer the Haemorrhage status ailment. The attack causes small shards of rock and steel to fly off in several random directions. Any hunter hit with the shards take a small amount of damage. | Haemorrhage If hit by its tail
|
| Head Crash | Rage Only | High - Very High | Khalvyas' signature move. It will flap its wings to throw itself back and into the air, then flap its wings the opposite way to crash its head spike down hard on the ground. Any hunter hit will suffer Haemorrhage while surrounding hunters will suffer the quake effect. Khalvyas' head will be stuck in the ground for roughly 4 seconds, giving time to attack or heal. This attack is also extremely fast with little warning. | Severe Harmorrhage
|
| Roll | Rage Only | Moderate |
When enraged, Khalvyas will slightly jump up in the air, and perform a frontflip, tucking its arms and wings in its curled body. It rolls on the ground once before repositioning itself to face another hunter. This move follows up with a deadly series of attacks that are always on the same target (apart from the last attack). |
None |
| Fling |
After the Roll |
Moderate |
Khalvyas will drive its front legs underground for a brief moment, knocking away any hunter it hits. After a brief moment, it raises its front legs up, throwing rocks and hunters that are hit in the air. Avoid this attack at all costs, as Khalvyas will follow up with one of the two Backflip Slash attacks. |
None |
| Backflip Slash (Front) | After the Fling | High |
Khalvyas will perform a backflip to get itself into the air. While airbourne, it will perform a cross - slash with its front legs at a hunter that it knocked in the air with the fling attack. Khalvyas will stay hovering after this attack. |
Severe Harmorrhage
|
|
Backflip Slash (Behind) |
After the Fling | High |
If its target hunter is knocked up in the air and behind it, Khalvyas will perform a backflip to get itself into the air. While airbourne, it will spin around and slash at the airbourne hunter behind it with both of its claws. Khalvyas will stay hovering after this attack. |
Severe Harmorrhage
|
| Aerial Pierce | After a Backflip Slash | Very High | Khalvyas smashes its tail on the ground after hovering. | Severe Harmorrhage
|
| Roar |
First Sight / Transition into Rage mode |
None | The standard Pseudowyvern roar. Requires a weapon that can guard, or the earplug skill to block. | None |
Notes[]
- When Khalvyas is enraged, its eyes turn red, its spikes glow blood red on the tips and its tail blade extends (Females grow spikes around the edges of their tails due to the lack of the stinger - like blade).
- When Khalvyas' wings break, their edges turn a rusty brown.
- Only male Khalvyas' tails can be cut off.
- Female Khalvyas' tails can only be scarred.
- Khalvyas is extremely vulnerable to the thunder element - its steel hide conducts electricity.
- Khalvyas' horn can only be cut off with the fire element.
- When all of Khalvyas' breakable parts are destroyed, It can no longer inflict the Severe Haemorrhage status ailment.
| Item Effect | ||||||
| Item Name | Able | Effectiveness | Duration (1st time) | Duration (2nd time) | Duration (3rd time onwards) | Notes |
| Pitfall Trap | ✔ | ★★☆ | 12 seconds | 9 seconds | 7 seconds | Less effective when enraged (-2 seconds) |
| Shock Trap | ✔ | ★★★ | 15 seconds | 13 seconds | 11 seconds | Very vulnerable to shock traps due to it's metal body |
| Flash Bomb | ✔ | ★★☆ | 10 seconds | 8 seconds | 6 seconds | Drops a shiny / Less effective when enraged (-2 seconds) |
| Sonic Bomb | X | ☆☆☆ | Sound bounces off it's thick, steel hide. | |||
| Dung Bomb | ✔ | ★☆☆ | ||||
| Meat | X | ☆☆☆ | Khalvyas eats ore from mining areas. Preferably, Dragonite, or higher quality ore. | |||
