Monster Hunter Slang Explained #3

[@JCLegendary]

At one point the Huntsman even uses "Gogspeed". So the World writers really went all in on that joke.

[@jaye4157]

Dear Gog do I hope he shows up again, I didn't have internet when I was playing 4U and got bored of all the super hard fights since I was always solo so I never got the chance to fight gog.

[@sansotandrea4063]

I noticed that too and it made me incredibly happy

[@MeguminDStaff1007]

So the Church of Gog is Canon!!! Hell yeahh baby!!!

[@k1ngdeth]

Seeing it pop up in the game was the biggest feeling of validation for me who has non-stop been trying to make "Gog" a thing since 4U.

[@leonkaufmann9776]

The repeatable gogmazios quest in 4U is even called act of Gog

[@adventuretuna]

fun fact: teostra nova used to run on a 100-second timer dubbed the "teostra timer". this timer starts when teostra enters the enraged state and if not taken out of this state after 100 seconds, teostra will trigger the nova. even funner fact: this timer goes down while teostra is sleeping so it's entirely possible for teostra to go to sleep and immediately use the nova when you wake him up.

[@naefaren3515]

Once I learned this fact, the novas became MUCH more manageable. Just set an internal timer for a little over a minute to slash or bonk without fear, and then about 30-40 seconds of playing stupid careful waiting for that nova to strike

[@Pyritie]

I remember someone made a website specifically for this, where you could slap your keyboard whenever teo enraged and it would start a 1 min countdown

[@inazumatan7050]

Used to? Doesn’t it still function like this?

[@CytricAcid]

i remember this! i developed my own internal teo timer back in 4u, i would just get a good feeling when he was about to nova lol

[@rajangalala9492]

Drome It was a suffix used for pack leader monsters pre-gen-3. Velocidrome, Cephadrome, Bulldrome, etc. But some old-timers still use the term drome to refer to something as a pack leader. Some also used the suffix to conjure up fake pack leaders, like the mythical Kelbidrome or Popodrome, (which have also become nicknames for Kirin and Gammoth respectively).

[@archangel4868]

ik i've adopting saying the GreatDromes; same effect but with the added great bc of Jagras, Girros, Jaggi, Maaco, etc

[@pablomadrid6962]

Ah, the Izuchidrome, my favorite monster

[@sheicode3748]

Doshadrome in Wilds is gonna be lit

[@savvivixen8490]

😂😂😂 Kelbidrome 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I always felt like Kirin was like the Kelbi's benevolent god, but "Kelbidrome" hit me in the sides like a birdstrike! (omg "Popodrome" 🤣🤣🤣💀💀💀)

[@梅原健司-h7i]

Hello, Japanese gamer here! I want to share several perhaps japanese exclusive jokes and nickname! Bazelgeuse has several nickname, and one most famous one is ”Dung wyvern”. Yeah I know that the ”scale” is his body fluid, but its squishy, kinda hot, and it is waste product after all. Also, the community hated him just randomly interrupting the smooth hunt, he might smell like it too do to all the Dung Pods he had to take. The quest for breaking hunter rank cap have some meanings to it too! ★9 Beyond the Blasting Scales is required to go above hunter rank 29. And the target is to slay two Bazelgeuse. B-29. Got it? Crimson Bazelgeuse drops explosive blueberry.

[@nivalisilva]

On the topic of monster nicknames, Jay Leno, the nickname for Uragaan.

[@Medullar]

Dude that nickname is hilarious

[@agedcaskofcrits]

Alternatively, there is Steel Uragaan’s nickname: The Crimson Chin.

[@aaronjohnston2751]

I thought Ukanlos was Jay Leno and Uragaan was Thanos?

[@drxavier1870]

On the topic of the "Supernova" slang. Almost every monster with a very powerful attack do have official names. But for some reason Teostra's Supernova had become the most iconic For example, Lunastra's "Nova" is called Hellflare officially, Kushala's is called "Supercell" and Nergigante's divebomb is called Heavens Ruin Almost every Elder Dragon's "Big Attack" has official naming but the sources are EXTREMELY obscure

[@yado2217]

if you have a list of these, im interested in reading them all

[@cow12344]

what the other guy said, please i NEED to know

[@AgeofJP]

even if Lunastra's attack isn't called "nova", it still is one...any attack that's a complete spherical explosion/shockwave centered around the creature is a nova. At least by the generalized gaming slang definition of the word, the literal meaning is when a star "explodes" but without blowing up completely (in which case it'd be a supernova) So while a simple roar or a divebomb (with aoe impact) are *technically* part of the nova club, you don't see them called that because the terms "roar" and "divebomb" are established subcategories themselves and more specific and to the point. Yelling in panic that "Nergigante is about fly up, then come down to release an impact nova!" isn't as efficient as yelling "DIVEBOMB!!!"...and I personally never want to hear a roar being described as a "sound nova"

[@TheScottishMexican42]

​@@yado2217 Not him but I know some from Iceborne. Safi'Jiiva's map wide attack is "Sapphire of the Emperor" Fatalis' giant flame attack is "Schrade's Demise" And infamously, Alatreon's shockwave is "Escaton Judgement".

[@drxavier1870]

@AgeofJP Lunastra's super attack is a heat wave, not an explosion

[@abel_36]

"...the second coming of Gog?" I just can't 😂

[@naefaren3515]

If we see Gog, in his massive form somewhere in the oilwell basin, I think it'd break the game. Id love it, but I don't see it happening

[@tuukkamatikainen3389]

Epic video, unfortunately, you mispronounced Bazelgeuse, so we *will* be sending the Guild Knights after you

[@MrGshinobi]

As a person from latam i commonly refer to seregios as both steve and sergio, i would also like to say i call Malzeno the nickname “marcelo”

[@setya4540]

Let's go you put B-52 Bomber

[@jaredbanares9514]

Missed opportunity to say "Nova-dy knows"

[@jstar3382]

Bazel is also the only "uber hostile" monsters without a real reason why. Pickle is hungry, Rajang is angry, and bazel is a complete and utter bastard. Thats it.

[@JonathanNormandy]

I think there are some inside jokes referring to certain monsters never making appearances, or showing up too much. For example, Monoblos and Zinogre.

[@Blue_Bunny_Boy]

Despite living through the Je Suis Monte era, I had somehow never heard of Steve or George before, so I appreciate it!

[@CsubAzUrmedve]

Can you explain stroke? In short, "stroke" is what I get when I fight Lunastra.

[@sonicm4959]

5th gen here, it's so funny to learn about the history of monster hunter games and it's community. Thanks for making these vids!

[@pok2mon421]

" Holy shit it flies ! " is when a behemoth such as Gog starts flying after staying on the ground for the previous 20 minutes

[@THEGRUMPTRUCK]

You also forgot that Bazel has the slang "B-52" because its cry imitates a World war 2 Air Raid siren, which often consisted of bombing runs.

[@lordchu1430]

7:33 - no, sadly it's not :(

[@EternalDB1]

Saw the first two literally just before this came out. Super informative to someone who is a newer 5th fleet hunter!

[@Jonaleko]

These videos are so nice to watch, thanks for making them! I'm somewhat new to the community (I've been playign monhun for like, 5 years), so it's funny to learn stuff from when people were playing 3 and 4 as they came out

[@CuChuTrainMH]

Honestly I've only played back as far as 4 (unless you count playing at a friend's house as a kid) so its been fun for me to go back and see all the stuff as well. Half the time I know the meme, but I just dont know where they originated.

[@Jonaleko]

@@CuChuTrainMH Oh that's cool! So we're in a similar boat lol I've recently played a bit of 1 and 2 through the MH Oldschool servers and they are pretty neat (even if incredibly weird to control at first)

[@nathanhead9253]

Idk if you have heard of alot of slang from 1st fleet hunters but two come to mind. "Head locking" was a big one. You could stun lock Rathian and Rathlos into a static position using lance with precise timing so they wouldn't move and having a greatsword user cut the tail. This leads to "plate runs" as the other term. Rathlos and Rathian plates were super rare and it took a ludicrous amout of runs to get them. So " head locking" these monsters, cutting their tails, carving to see if it was a plate and abandoning if it didn't yeild one in a "plate run" was very common practice for endgame gear in mh1. As a result the troublesome pair which featured both rathlos and rathian was ran on repeat ALOT. Hope these old terms make it in as they hold alot of memories mastering headlocking to beat the abysmal RNG. Love these videos and hope you keep making them!!

[@thegoldenaegis]

Also note that in the player rankings. Our lord and saviour bazelgeuse got 52nd place

[@agedcaskofcrits]

Noob carving: Carving a monster or monster part (intact bugs, recently severed tail, etc.) while a large monster is actively attacking in the same zone.

[@MrGshinobi]

Can we also talk about noobs sharpening right in front of the monsters while their teammates are getting supernova’d?

[@ultimasurge]

I call that dominance carving. pop a monster tails and carved right in there staggered or tripping face.

[@ivybennett2274]

Noob carving? No that's called asserting dominance

[@agedcaskofcrits]

Most 5th gen monsters don’t do enough damage to put any risk behind frivolous actions IMO. Back then, two hits from mid tier G-rank monsters would be enough to outright cart you or stun you for a follow-up.

[@ivybennett2274]

@agedcaskofcrits that's just not true, 5th gen monsters do just as much as old gen ones if your using the same armor, if your under armored iceborne monsters will still absolutely 2 shit you or combo you to death. Barioth is fun because he's actually MORE deadly in 5th gen than he ever was before

[@SorcererLance]

With Bazel nicknamed "B-52", I'm surprised Valstrax wasn't nicknamed "Jet" or "F-14" or something

[@estefanoespinozapiccoli7015]

Cha-Cha and Kayamba are the 2 Shakalaka companions that you get in MH3U and their names have been used sometimes to refer to the totality of the Shakalaka and Gajalaka tribes (and in the enar future probably also might be used to refer to the Wudwuds)

[@raizekalos5721]

Maybe not used as much these days but "Headlocking" is a term used for when hunters/speedrunners optimize spacing and damage (usually with GS) to constantly flinch or trip a monster basically the entire hunt flinch-locking it do death, usually by hitting the head hence the name, as its often times a big weak point for monsters. Also might be a bit too specific but "World Tour" or "Around the World" refers to a specific move Rathalos and some flying wyverns did where they jusy fly waaaaaay up, circle the zone you're in way out of reach, then finally come back in with a swoop attack (usually missing pretty bad) it was super common and just annoyingly time wastey in the old games and they've made it so they do this less and less over time, to where I think Rath can only do it in World in his nest.

[@magicmaster9769]

"Around the World" is also the term used for Valstrax's highest damage move, where it flies into the stratosphere, circles around the zone, and then crashes back down in an explosion that you're best superman diving away from.

[@ito8082]

I always heard the Seregios being called the pinecone since 4u. Also idk if you covered weapon abbreviations yet like LS, DB, LBG, and idk anyone else that says it this way but I've always called switch axe, swax. Never seen it online but damn it's so goofy and fun to say. Rajang can also be called the super saiyan monkey when he rages. Like he's going super saiyan People also call magnamalo, kitty. Lagiacrus being called laggi / ivory laggi. Rathalos variants being called azurelos and silver los. Fatalis being called fatty sometimes. I've played since tri on the wii.

[@MojoyScourge]

I also say swax. It just feels so right

[@camil3545]

I think Angry Pinecone kinda fell off as I recall some also use it to describe Bazel and it's bombs.

[@granthefato340]

@@MojoyScourgeway better than saying SA, if you dont know that word has become an abbreviation for something else 😭

[@skybladebloodheart4247]

your correct pinecone is another common nickname for seregios, also yeah lagi absolutely was what we called it fun fact we used to make jokes correlating the name to 'the real final boss of tri lag' fatty is infact a very common and pervasive nickname for one of the series most iconic godlike elder dragons. im a tri boy two! edit: i still miss water glub glub.

[@VoidingTheContract]

Tri bros represent! I've always read swax since way back then until recently where the 2-letter abbreviations became common, no idea how I forgot about it until now.

[@DanielisAwesome52]

Don't feel bad about the Clagger, I knew the animation was added but had no idea you could extend it by clawing until your video

[@bass-dc9175]

Two terms which have gotten lost in time with World releasing were: Roman Lancing and Hame Runs. Roman Lancing was a term for special gunlance players. True gentlemen who knew the monster inside out, never hitting their team, randomly turning to a specific direction, charge up and perfectly snipe a charging monster out of the air as if they could read the future. These players are only second to Hunting Horn players in terms of appreciation. Others played the new stuff, meanwhile no matter how weak: The Gunlance continues blasting. (Note: "Nice Roman" is a term for knocking a monster out of the air mid charge) Hame Runs Hame is a ... unique word. But to translate it as ... normally as possible: It means screwing. And no: Not the engineering kind. It is a team run where one player stunlocks a monster while the others completely destroy it. In MH4U, it was common to have a LBG player with full reload put down Sleep, Bomb, Trap, Stun, Para, Sleep, Bomb, Tranq, Pitfall and the monster would be dead within less than a minute because 3 Full DPS HBG players on rapid fire pumped Pierce shots through it. Oh and a bit about the "nth fleet" hunters: The Monster Hunter logo changes with each generation. But one thing remains consistant: You can tell which generation it is by counting the number of dragon heads in the logo. Then there is "THE BOY", which is a pet name given to Dodogama. Now this was supposed to be an early game fight that you farm, but players never did because his armor is ... bad ... and ofcourse because he is the most adorable thing ever! This went so far that with iceborn Capcom introduced a quest: "Can't Bring Yourself To It", where the description reads: We're facing a rather unique issue at the moment. Research in the recess has come to a halt due to a rather rambunctious Dodogama. However, most of our hunters are refusing to hunt it because they think Dodogama are... "cute". Also: Pet the Poogie. That is one of the rituals. If you do the Pet minigame right, the poogie will be happy. Rumors are that this act cancels out the Desire Sensor. Finally: MAD. The MAD is a content format where monster hunters show off their skill. Edited highlight reels of funny coordinated attacks or combos that leave monsters breathless. Often deliberately putting oneself in danger just for the shot. (Like standing infront of Dalamadurs charge atttack and meele-knocking him out during it. Nearly Frame Perfect)

[@k1ngdeth]

Yes! I forgot about roman hunting!

[@estefanoespinozapiccoli7015]

Petting the Poogie always worked for me when I tried to cancel the desire censor, sadly Rise and Sunbreak decided they wanted pork to launch so I only can feed the baby Owlin in the Sunbreak tower, it doesn't have the same Powers as as Poogie but it's near enough

[@Lynx_Melynx]

The gog one is funny to me because my dad being a religious fanatic would sometimes refer to Satan as “Gog and Magog”. Saying “Oh my gog” infront of him would be pretty funny lol, especially considering just saying the standard OMG would get your ear barked off about how it’s blasphemy and a sin. Peak monster though.

[@Nasafitra]

This is quickly becoming one of my all time favorite mh channels.

[@KuromoriDiscord-yr8sd]

I love how I wake up, eat breakfast, check KZbin and see this. (Yes I slept more than ten hours, it’s 1:48PM for me right now, and I don’t regret anything. I fell asleep after 3AM.)

[@p529.]

Did anything prompt you to say this?

[@Qcumber_bitz]

Thank you for introducing "oh my Gog" as permanent edition to my vocabulary.

[@Little_TimTim]

I love how every now and then a silly nickname will show up for a monster that is seemingly completely unrelated to it. For instance in World Barroth is called by some "Pablos"

[@mikasweet1]

As a new fan, these videos r super helpful. Thank you so much for this series!! ❤

[@irogt]

I've been watching these and I just realized I never commented this: The bunny mascot is adorable. I love the drawing.

[@CuChuTrainMH]

its more or less the melffy bunny from yugioh... because I have a yugioh channel and i like the little guy

[@earthrester9198]

I dunno about all y'all, but I've always called Nergigante Giant Nerd.

[@MrRagnorrock1]

For the Teostras supernova, myself and my friends lovingly call it "praising the sun"

[@metaentropy1182]

3rd gen here. Laughed at the teir list, needed that. Speaking of which, think I'm gonna need that video in the future XD

[@gabagerodent3115]

I know Minoto in Rise refers to Toaster's attack as a nova, I think specifically "supernova"

[@collinnicholson8116]

Its in the vid at 5:13

[@myszek2316]

Whenever I hear bazelgeuse, I would just say "enemy ac-130 above!"

[@naugahyde1014]

Novae are generally just The Big Move that a monster does when you neglect to knock it out of its charged up state, if it has one, that it then exits out of that state after executing, and supernovae are moves that a monster does when certain conditions are met (invisible timer, health percentage threshold, whatever) that are often, but not always, unblockable and an OHKO (or leaves you with a sliver of health when you have an armor skill like Divine Blessing, only for the status that it inevitably inflicts you with to finish you off.) Lunastra in World is particularly egregious for her nasty habit of having a nova that not only is pretty much guaranteed to fill the entire area you happen to be fighting her in, doing massive fire tick damage if you don't outright cart on impact, but will *wait out the player knockdown i-frames to hit you again as you're getting up to unleash its second flare.* The Venn diagram of novae versus supernovae has, as you said, quite a bit of overlap, but they, generally speaking, are only granted by the CAPCOM dev gods to monsters they want to make difficult, imposing, or The Wall. As such, possessors of novae and supernovae are apex monsters (as in, the Big Bad Guy of a given region, not Rise/Gen 4 Apexes), Elder Dragons, and flagships, 95% of the time.

[@miguelcabreracastro6968]

not gonna lie, this is the first ive seen George in MH media, i didnt know any of that. And yes, Seregios its sometimes called Sergio in spanish, i mean its too similar and we dont have a Steve equivalent sadly... Esteban maybe. It was funny how, Teostra wasnt extremely hard in 4U but just for the nova, it was always like doing an open hearth operation.

[@MrGshinobi]

I also call Malzeno “marcelo”

[@Ggahni]

yeah I wonder why he went with that instead of, I dunno, Goku and Super Saiyan, at least those I heard way more than George, at least for Rajang

[@O_Foghlu]

I thought supernovas were the huge super hard to dodge explosions that some monsters have, not just their signature move

[@nobodyimportant3749]

I love watching monster Hunter videos without ever playing any of the games

[@10001vader]

One thing about Baselgeuse is that the B-52 has the nickname BUFF (Big Ugly Fat Fellow to use the more family friendly version of the acronym), and I'd say that fits Baselgeuse pretty well.

[@EduSolsa]

I started with Rise, so this series have been very infomation.

[@RAYzin69]

Another nickname for Bazelgeuse is beetlejuice. The reason why you have to carry literal poop in your bag when you get in high rank.

[@Anhelo_1742]

And we’re back!

[@Schrott_frbrt]

another great video! like a little timetravel back to the days when these words where first used :D

[@Coconut_Gaming_Life-g9c]

This is a great series

[@inazumatan7050]

IIRC, the name “Nova” for Teostra’s comes from one of the official Japanese strategy guide books.

[@Aldanari-h7v]

Ad-lib : In MH speedrun (idk if this is a speedrun thing in general) the term "Ad-lib" reference the part of the speedrun where the setup ends and the plan is to just hit the monster just improvise doing damage. I saw this term being used in any% runs mostly but it applies to any fight where the is a constant opening script, then the Ad-lib part. Edit: after some research i learned that this a term coming from musique and dance where artists just improvise, well fighting a monster can be quite beautiful to watch sometimes.

[@extrashoddy]

"I hope your computer's are OK for wilds" is a bit too real

[@BismaWillz]

And funny enough Bazel got the 52nd position on the 20th anniversary favorite monster vote

[@MaskedUlfjarn]

Bazelgeuse my beloved

[@plastic_alligator9819]

HELLS YEAH!!! More vocab to be taught

[@ConnorMasato]

From what I can come up with (as sometime who has only been playing for a year) I have a couple terms 1. Gambling (from World), 2. Limping, and 3. Turf war

[@ajschwartz3924]

Fun fact. The B52 also landed in spot 52 on the 20th anniversary monster poll.

[@dero4378]

I hope you cover the fleet thing as well, in the next one.

[@koreboar4646]

We made names for Elder attacks for Callouts, so many times a friend would die going for a tail cut or clutch clawing without seeing the monster's Nova. Namielle's we woul say "It's Alive!" like frankenstein's thunderbolts Black Veil we would say "He's Stimming!" just in a panic because we didn't know what was happening most often I just say "Kill Move" which is an old inside joke to turn based RPGs like Pokemon, but I recommend coming up with your own terms for things and then writing and angry blog post about how the monster sucks, that's how these things get started afterall 😊

[@Nyahahameha]

A video on monster nicknames? Oh, hey, Big Zam.

[@FateburnXVII]

since we got a "oh my gog/dear gog/holy gog", we need a fatalis equivalent soon xD

[@samudec5134]

I don't think the 4U team and the world team are the same, but Aiden, the Excitable A-Lister we meet in the intro, was an NPC in 4U (the ace cadet), so we know that world happen relatively soon after 4U Also, it seems like the commander in wilds is the Ace lancer and there's a theory that gemma is little miss forge and that the guildmarm and alma are related

[@camil3545]

The wording choice also points towards the localization team rather than the devs themselves. The actual devs, according to our better current day understanding of how they make these games, are largely of the same pool of people regardless of "main" or "portable", the differences are usually with a few higher up staff that typically work on one side, whereas the pool of general staff will jump between games as needed.

[@MeguminDStaff1007]

I think they are the same, 4U is a mainline game albeit its on portable but the portable team is handling MHGen/GU

[@samudec5134]

@@camil3545 oh, yeah, when i said team, i meant character team, like i though he meant the 5th fleet and the caravane/ace team were the same, not that the devs were the same (hence why i spoke about ace lancer being the commander in wilds)

[@daithiluck8749]

Don't forget Gore Magala and Shagaru Magala being called Maggie and Shaggy Maggie.

[@MrGshinobi]

I’ve also heard shagaru being called shiggy

[@camil3545]

I've heard of Shaggy and Shiggy, but never Maggie, simplu "Gore" just seems a far simpler way to refer to it.

[@magicmaster9769]

Shagaru has also been referred to as "Steven." I don't know the exact reason, but my running assumption is along the same lines as Steve

[@levismith9561]

A super nova is a misnomer, it's an old ass term to describe a new astrological sighting that is hella bright. Then they were found to be exploding stars and the rest is history

[@sharkt9877]

Ok! Some tips! Balze is straight based off a b52 His roar even sounds like an air raid siren! 2:31 his full name is pine cone Steve. Cause he looks like a giant angry pinecone when angry

[@Verbose_Mode]

So, as I see it, a “nova” is a particularly powerful attack that a monster cannot just _use,_ it has caveats for the monster and is determined by the flow of the fight. As of World/Rise, none of the Elder Dragons can use their novas unless “aura” (the ‘Stras’s Fire aura, Kushala’s wind, Nergei’s spikes) is at full strength and it clears it, meaning there is time between it. Essentially, if it’s charging up through the fight, threatens massive damage or forces mechanics reactions and then resets the monster’s threat after use, it’s a nova.

[@ThatFunnyTortoise]

Yay Gog has been added!

[@treysmith5146]

I've never heard anyone call out b52, but everyone i played with would call out Beetlejuice the moment he'd appear.

[@TheRilai]

objectively speaking, the switch axe is the best weapon in every MH game

[@yoster39]

Yeah expecially in freedom unite, mh1... Mh freedom...

[@左idari]

Sending ~good vibes~ to Narga.

[@JaceGarrdok]

i've never heard anyone call Gog George ever. He's always been Gog to everyone.

[@CytricAcid]

it was basically only used around the beginning of 4U's localization where we didnt have an english name for him yet. it didnt really stick around

[@k1ngdeth]

It was pretty much only used after the debut of "Steve" by users on Reddit trying to create a nickname bandwagon and most everyone just settled on shortening it to Gog afterwards.

[@CytricAcid]

@@k1ngdeth it was decently popular on MH facebook as well

[@kidwithnohats4498]

Great video, please keep making peak. 👍 You could briefly go into weapon move abbreviations like TCS meaning True Charged Slash or ZSD meaning Zero Sum Discharge but that's its own bag of ass 💀

[@CuChuTrainMH]

I was gonna do all the abbreviations one day, we have so many and a hit ton are overlaps. like PP and PP, DB and DB, and GL and GL

[@chrispienaar3848]

There's also to tenderise something. Weakness exploit in Iceborne, has 30% affinity boost on weakspots and an additional 20% if it is tenderised. So to tenderise something, is to clutch claw to the monster and attack it with your weapon or slap it with the claw until whatever you're attached to gets into its weakened state. Not only does it help utilise weakness exploit, but also make said body part, if breakable, easier to break.

[@stweamrock3219]

I think at this point you've covered most of the universal technical terms. The only ones remaining is the ocean of memes and weapon specific terms

[@redbrachydios]

For the nova definition, I believe novas are given to more explosive moves for elder dragons on a map. Teo's supernova is definitely a nova, but Valstrax's divebomb isn't. Same with Kushala's tornadoes, they aren't explosive. Namielle's electric bomb can be considered a nova because it is an explosive aoe. Like Escaton Judgement, Sapphire of the Emperor, and the Sea of Flame are more just 1-hit ko moves for the most powerful dragons. But yeah, the term is way too gray to get a specific definition

[@MeguminDStaff1007]

I don't know if this count for this series but you should cover about "Deviljho Eating its tail" story. The 6th fleet hunters MUST LEARN THE TRUTH!!!😂

[@CuChuTrainMH]

no we must continue the lie

[@skybladebloodheart4247]

i call bazeguese bagelgoose.

[@горшочек-ч9ж]

Great jagrussy

[@ChillBear11]

I have never found a video in under 20 minutes I found this in 15 minutes

[@Cojah01]

I call the Bazelguese "Battle Goose"

[@littleoneintheflask7707]

Nice video as always❤. You could do a weapon specific video like withe the chargeblade the ults ar called AED and SAED (i think) or „the big Bang“ from the hammer. But i don‘t know if this would count as slang or just attack names

[@Elabor8Panther]

Narga was on the box art for the US version. I remember getting it from GameStop.

[@CasualWarden]

Nova, any wide spread attack that does detrimental damage. Commonly some form of detonation.

[@kiyubee1925]

4:23 Hi, so I'm a Monster Hunter Stories fan so I actually have an idea of when Capcom may have started using that term. In the first Stories game, you can fight Teostra in the post-game and it can use the Super Nova attack when you fight it (yes I checked there is a space there for some reason) and it has the same animation as in the main series games, so the first Stories game is potentially when that name was first used by Capcom EDIT: ...I should probably finish watching videos before I leave comments

[@CuChuTrainMH]

lol tbh, I should have organized those a bit better. I guess the real question is if they named it that before the community called it that, or if its the other way around.... I guess we'll never know

[@paezlisandro800]

Allan for Alatreon Fatty for Fatalis Nova is all super flashy attacks, I mean: Teostra, Lunastra, Allan, etc The exceptions of this rule are the super attacks what have relevance during the hunt, like the Escaton Judgement (this also call a "Nova" since is like Teostra nova), Emperor's sapphire (Safi's one), etc

[@plus-delta4477]

4:50 we need a video about all of the attack names 👀

[@viporiox555]

In mhw, there’s a mod called hunter pie that does a ton of stuff. Within that stuff, it also tells you the monsters current animation name and it DOES call certain attacks novas

[@wesleyward5901]

A fan-made mod doesn't prove that they're officially called novas.

[@AleXwern]

Kiranico lists all the attacks, their names and stats. Most of them are more like short descriptions and all of them are in japanese.

[@wgyn6178]

No mh slang but i always like whenever new hunter use shock trap on kushala because.... It was made of steel lol.

[@chrispienaar3848]

How about a lightning rod?

[@budgiegryphon]

I think generally whether something will be called a nova or not boils down to "does it explode"

[@lanibentz9976]

I also call Steve, Sergio, I thought it was funny

[@itbeseb]

On the whole supernova thing I swear it's called that in world but now I don't know

[@JamesNintendoTurd]

One correction on Gogmazios being called "Gog", it was not just made up by the community. The more difficult version of Gogmazios' quest, which you unlock by deciphering scrolls, is called "Act of Gog", which is an obvious play on the phrase "Act of God", which is also why the games themselves keep using the pun.

[@mazoku34]

😅 I always call and seen the "sleepbombing" name" Wake up Call" or wake up carl😅 and wall it for the rise mounting, or in my originale language Crisslé dans le murs.

[@shikotanplays]

Dunno if anybody's actually mentioned it yet, but a *lot* of the goofy nicknames the monhun community uses for pre-gen 5 monsters is because of hardware reasons. Back in the days of tri to gens ultimate, it was pretty common for people to take turns requesting monsters for the lobby (which were only 4 players large back then). Because of this, youd be typing out monster names pretty frequently. This meant abbreviations and nicknames were commonly used due to a few reasons. For one, each message you sent had a character limit. Also, we had to type out messages using really clunky in-game keyboards. Naturally, because we already had a few goofy nicknames like Steve or Pickle, some of the abreviations evolved to become joke names as well. Nowadays, the funny nicknames continue as an extension of this as a community in-joke, and will even be extended to newer monster like Bazel's B-52 nickname.

[@NCemloen]

Like the dark souls game there is no team specifically for what is basically the .5s of each generation.

[@SunnyC.D.A221]

Blood Orange Bishaten B.O.B