The Best Monsties To Use In Monster Hunter Stories 3

Monsties that off-the-bat are incredibly powerful with their default genes and high stat trends.

Monsties that, with a small amount of Gene adjusting, can be incredibly powerful. Also have good stat trends.

Monsties that require some Gene adjusting to really shine, and have more specific stat trends that work best in more niche scenarios.

Monsties that aren’t that great by default, and would need quite a bit of Gene adjusting to be viable. Also have low or very niche stat trends.

Monsties that don’t have many redeeming qualities outside of the early game, and are hard to make especially viable even with extensive Gene adjustments.

Malzeno

One of the fastest Monsties, and has the ability to self-heal with Blood Rite

Velkhana

Some of the highest collective stats, and somne of the highest HP in the game.

Namielle

Maxed-out HP and very high Defense makes them one of the tankiest Monsties you can get.

Arkveld

Decently high stats, but naturally resists almost every element.

Ratha

Locked to the party, but is a great all-rounder, and is treated as having S-rank in every habitat for the sake of Excursions.

Rathalos

Has basically identical stats to Ratha.

Azure Rathalos

Trades a small amount of Defense for increased attack power.

Dreadking Rathalos

Even lower Defense for increased HP and Attack, while also gaining powerful new moves.

Stygian Zinogre

Incredibly high stats, and on of the few Monsties with the Dragon element. Also has Skills to boost their Dragon attack even further.

Thunderlord Zinogre

A more powerful version of the regular Zinogre, it sacrifices Defense to increase every other stat.

Soulseer Mizutsune

Quite good stats, but its SKills allow it to become incredibly evasive while boosting basically all of its stats, and can even inflict Burn on enemies.

Tobi-Kadachi

Stays generally powerful throughout the game, while Genes that introduce high Crit-Rate Skill compliment them well.

Rey Dau

Has very good spread of stats, while their natural Skill let them increase Thunder attack and their speed.

Seregios

Comes with a host of high Crit-Rate Skills, and the Normal element helps counter enemies that sometimes gain Normal weakness.

Silverwind Nargacuga

Has the highest speed in the game, as well as plenty of Skills that are guaranteed to hit.

Grimclaw Tigrex

Has the highest attack in the game, though is a bit of a glass cannon. Buffed Defense makes them very powerful.

Brute Tigrex

Higher Defense but lower Attack and HP than Grimclaw. Works better off-the-bat, but can’t each the same damage potential.

Ivory Lagiacrus

Can be acquired in the very first region of the game, and has a generally high Stat Trend and good resistances.

Black Gravios

Has the highest HP in the game and very high Defense, as well as good resistances.

Gravios

The inverse of Black Gravios, with the highest Defense in the game nad slightly lower HP.

Dreadqueen Rathian

Very good HP, Attack, and Speed, though with more lacking Defense. Has access to powerful Fire and Poison attacks.

Glavenus

Generally high stats across the board, and very powerful dsefault Skills

Hellblade Glavenus

Incredibly low Defense, but some of the collectively highest HP and Attack of any Monstie.

Espinas

Very high stats, and resists every element by default.

Diablos

Some of the highest collective stats of any Monstie, even when paired against Elder Dragons.

Black Diablos

Lowered Defense in exchange for higher Attack.

Bloodbath Diablos

Even lower Defense in exchange for maxed-out Attack and higher HP.

Magnamalo

Generally high stats across the board, as well as being one of the few Monsties that can naturally inflict Blastblight.

Deviljho

Very high Attack, and has access to SKills that make them even more powerful.

Brachydios

Very high Attack and HP, and has access to many means of applying Blastblight.

Astalos

Very high Attack and Speed, with access to powerful Thunder attacks.

Boltreaver Astalos

Lower Defense leads to higher Attack and HP.

Odogaron

One of the fastest Monsties, and can both inflict Bleeding and naturally recover their HP

Ebony Odogaron

Drops Defense for higher Attack and HP, as well as gains the Dragon element.

Zinogre

High and even stats overall, and powerful Thunder attacks.

Mizutsune

Decently high attacks, as well as Skills that increase evasion.

Tigrex

Nice and even stats across the board, but has none of the expertise of its mutated forms.

Lagiacrus

Higher Defense than the Ivory version, but doesn’t quite have the same potential by default.

Rathian

Strong,especailly for how early she can be gotten, but is overall weaker than her other variants.

Pink Rathian

An improvement over the default Rathian, but still not quite on the level of Dreadqueen.

Almudron

Despite middling stats, the Mudbogged status helps elevate Almudron, with some workmaking them surprisingly useful.

Barioth

Fills a similar role to Tigrex, though does have much higher speed by default.

Sand Barioth

Swaps out Ice for Normal, and slightly lower Defense for slightly higher Attack.

Legiana

Overall a good stat spread and a powerful Ice Monstie, but doesn’t have too many signature aspects by default

Nargacuga

Has very high Speed, though doesn’t have the precision of Silverwind.

Green Nargacuga

Gains access to powerful Skills neither other Nargacuga variants have, though its Stats are still overall lesser than Silverwind.

Deadeye Yian Garuga

Much higher Attack and HP than regular Yian Garuga, though still needs some work to be made more useful.

Garangolm

Can work very well as as defensive Monstie, though is somewhat lacking by default compared to Gravios.

Canyne

Very fast and comes with powerful Skills, though the lacking stats in other regards means tehy require some extra work to shine.

Khezu

Decent stats and can inflict Paralysis, though lacks an edge to make them stand out.

Red Khezu

Has higher Defense than regular Khezu, but still not enough to make them shine,

Lunagaron

Has quite high Attack and Speed, though not many Skills by default to really make them shine.

Goss Harag

Very good attack, though needs a bit of adjustment to work well.

Shogun Ceanataur

Quite high Speed and good Defense, as well as Skills that inflict Bleeding. With some adjustment, would really shine.

Shrouded Nerscylla

Stands above the default Nerscylla due to the natural Skills it has, though overall has lacking stats.

Rakna-Kadaki

Has higher stats than other Temnocerans, though lacks unique Skills to sell that.

Barroth

Very good defense, though lacks other aspects to stand out.

Jade Barroth

Uses the Ice element and is more evenly balanced, though still lack a distinctive feature.

Anjanath

Good attack, though lacks distinctive features.

Fulgur Anjanath

Higher HP and Attack, as well as uses the Thunder element, but still lacks a standout feature.

Aknosom

A decent stat spread, though poor resistances and lacking Skills fail them.

Yian Garuga

Decent stats, and OK resistances, though again lacks anything to make them stand out.

Somnacanth

Decent stats, Speed especially. Also has access to Sleep, so boosting Speed can make them useful to put enemies to Sleep.

Aurora Somnacanth

Similar to Somnacanth, but now in Ice.

Royal Ludroth

Royal Ludroth can be useful early on, though their usefulness quickly fades/

Purple Royal Ludroth

Slightly adjusted stats, but is overall identical to Royal Ludroth.

Arzuros

Overall low stats, and weak to every ailment.

Bishaten

Good Speed, and some fun situational Skills, though that makes them quite niche.

Blood Orange Bishaten

Higher Attack and lower Defense, while some unique SKills can now inflict Burn, but still a bi lacking.

Plesioth

Overall decent stats, though lacks anything to stand out beyond that.

Green Plesioth

Like the default Plesioth, though with higher Attack and HP but lower Defense.

Tetranadon

Decent HP and Attack, though not much else.

Blangonga

OK stats, but incredibly weak to every Ailment.

Ajarakan

Good HP and Attack, and can inflict Burn, but not much else.

Nerscylla

Can inflict Poison and Sleep, though overall just lesser compared to Shrouded Nerscylla.

Velocidrome

Very good Speed, but nothing else.

Great Izuchi

Skills have high Crit-Rate, but poor stats and are weak to every Ailment and many Elements.

Kulu-Ya-Ku

Good Speed as well as Skills that ca buff Defense, but not much more.

Yian Kut-Ku

Fairly low stats and lacking Skills compared to most other monsters.

Blue Yian Kut-Ku

Yian Kut-Ku, but slightly altered stats.

Gypceros

Can inflict Darkness on enemies, but is overall fairly middling.

Purple Gypceros

The same as regular Gypceros, but slightly altered stats.

Paolumu

Decent Defense, but nothing else.

Chatacabra

Has some fun unique Skills, but Stats are too lacking to make them distinctive.