The Evolution of Nargacuga in Monster Hunter (OLD) - Heavy Wings

[@HeavyWings]

An updated version of this video exists with much better audio and a lot of fixed errors. Be sure to check it out! kzbin.info/www/bejne/aqCZg6Rmq9OYbtksi=Jw2THaZL38xCE2zi

[@matthewgay5713]

You also forgotten about these versions of Nargacuga The Blinking Nargacuga, Fiercewater Nargacuga And Lucent Nargacuga don't forget to add in your updated version please 🙂🥺

[@SuperT380]

Silverwind Nargacuga is like fighting a competitive level Guile in Street Fighter

[@ZephSeph]

Surprised you didn’t mention his weakness to sonic bombs, which stagger him and send him into rage immediately

[@srlopez875]

Those weren't the flash bombs? It happens in Rise

[@liviekumori]

And he also only falls for pitfall traps when enraged, he just dodges otherwise

[@babybuling2620]

if you sonic bomb him during his pose(forgot what its called)(before pouncing) itll lead to a knockdown

[@peterdingle5128]

Wait I’m sorry what

[@HeavyWings]

One thing I couldn't find anywhere to fit in the video but I'll mention here, is that I'm fairly certain Nargacuga doesn't work properly on really hilly maps. Every one of his appearances are in games with flat maps, and when 4 Ultimate introduced the geographically varied ones, Narga was absent. In Generations Nargacuga cannot go in any maps that were in 4U, only the flat maps from old games In Iceborne he doesn't leap around nearly as much, making the fight very different to how it is in Generations. And in Rise he's his Generations self again. Leading me to believe there's something about how Nargacuga interacts with hilly maps that makes the MH Devs rarely put him there.

[@marcusaaronliaogo9158]

Iceborne narga kinda acts more like a tigrex that uses it’s tail alot.

[@songbird6414]

It’s probably the varied “leaping backwards” attacks that he uses to reposition himself. His agility is a big part of his moveset, but it looks weird if he’s constantly hopping up or down planes.

[@furnoprime9439]

@@songbird6414 ​ ​ Yeah I can confirm it's funny weirdness when ya see the likes of Magnamalo, Scorned Magnamalo, and Barioth absolutely nyooming down the Citadel's slope between Area 5 to 2 whenever they do their dive attacks. I fucking hollered when Scorned Magnamalo's dive attack did just that and it ended up merking a poor, unsuspecting hunter who was coming to join the fight. Was _not_ a happy camper after being done like that let me tell you

[@HeavyWings]

This is my last video using my old microphone. Next week's, and all videos onwards will use a newer high quality one I purchased recently. Honestly wish I'd bought it earlier, it sounds 10x better and you'll all hear the difference *immediately*

[@cruzerion]

Happy to hear this, it's been my only gripe with this excellent series ^^

[@WonkOfWonkyness]

Narga is one of my favorite monsters to fight, with his engaging and fast paced combat experience. 10/10 would die again.

[@benjamator6700]

Lmao that bulldrome appearing and fatties theme playing is so good! Loving this series too, keep it up!

[@tylermacgregor1320]

Seeing his longsword on my back always, always, always gives me a heavy dose of nostalgia. I only wish he took advantage of his environment more like in lore. I hope in the next MH game he lures you into an area where he can disappear into the foliage then come at you from any direction, like how Diablos does with the sandfalls in World.

[@JaxonDavis132]

I laughed so hard when the fatalis theme started to play on the bullfango

[@jodofe4879]

GU has the best Narga. World really did him dirty. Making Nargacuga slow was a massive mistake. And so was removing his iconic leaps. Rise Nargacuga is a step in the good direction again and is a lot of fun to fight with the increased mobility from the wirebugs.

[@MieuxMerci]

Nargacuga is very cool. Easily a favorite monster for me! I would love to see Green Narga come to Rise. In my mind I can see he would rely on his tail a bit more than regular narga and inflict bleed with it. With his agile moves and wingswipes he would debuff/remove or affect your wirebugs. Its a fight where a combination of green narga's natural speed with his new ability to reduce your mobility mean you've got to watch your step! As always a great video that gets me hyped for Sunbreak!

[@HeavyWings]

They could definitely find other ways to differentiate Green now that Black Narga has just become him. Giving him better tail properties and control is a fantastic suggestion, like Acidic Glavenus

[@MarkV-f3q]

Nargacuga is amazing!.....as a great sword.

[@Dushess]

@@MarkV-f3q And just as is too.

[@monsterriot8500]

That bulldrome appearance shows just how strong he is. Just by standing there

[@XmortoxX1990]

Iceborne updated Nargscuga is great, easily my favorite version, like with many monsters. MHW/I is easily my new favorite Monster Hunter now and I hope that expand on that vision

[@DaniNyoMH]

Blinking Nargacuga being absolutely ignored is a travesty.

[@nathanmyers836]

cannot wait for you to release more videos of this series! the editing and commentary is extremely informative and enlightening. Your channel is going to continue growing if you keep this up! Love the content

[@UrbanBeatz9]

Easily one of my favourites. I really like Silverwinds aesthetic and ranged attacks. Reminds me of Sokka from ATLA saying airbending slice hahaha

[@LayZKimochi420BlazeIt]

I feel like fifth gen made narga way too slow, which is weird considering how much faster the hunter got

[@marcusaaronliaogo9158]

Atleast rise narga is a much more faithful to old narga than iceborne which the only similarity it had are the tail attacks

[@marcusaaronliaogo9158]

Rise narga is faster than iceborne narga. Don’t know how you find it slow lmao.

[@tylermacgregor1320]

@@marcusaaronliaogo9158 I went back to face Iceborne Nargacuga thinking this, expecting him to be slower, and he honestly kind of caught me off guard. He doesn’t move like pre-4th gen obviously, but he’s definitely quicker than I remembered, quicker than Rise Narga to the point where coming back to Sunbreak I found my muscle memory really throwing me off, I had to readjust because my timings were all slightly too early.

[@strikerali2160]

Really enjoying this series! You got a sub from me! One thing I wish you’d talk about was the appearance change narga has in world and onward. When it’s not in an aggressive state the smaller wing blades are concealed behind the larger ones and when it’s in combat they are revealed. I think it’s a very nice touch!

[@biggnesss7192]

I love Narga's mount theme its amazing one of my favorite monsters. Keep up the work heavy.

[@Rhetco]

In G rank, silverwind gets a new mechanic where it can launch a homing projectile while doing the repositioning side-hop. It's pretty nasty, they sure didn't mess around when they were making the endgame variations on nargacuga.

[@Carlisho]

I know you dont cover Frontier stuff in this series but man Frontier Nargas are wild, would love to see some of those moves in a mainline game

[@thebuddah1253]

Tigrex: Constantly trying to smash you and bite your head off. Nargacuga: Constantly trying to dance around and outsmart you.

[@pokeblue596]

Barioth: Constantly trying to freeze you and evade through airborne movements

[@LloydTheZephyrian]

Welp, now that we know Lucent Nargacuga is coming in the first title update for Sunbreal, Heavy Wings is gonna have to make a follow-up. Kinda strange he never brought up the sonic bomb weakness.

[@clockwork204]

Just with the addition of the mix-ups in its pounce combo in GU G-Rank, made Nagra much more difficult and tricky, rendering the "OP" Adept dodge virtually useless. I love it. Also, it's awesome watching it from afar, like watching a hyper cat toying with tis prey.

[@thebuddah1253]

I have a feeling Master rank Narga will have all of his missing iceborne moves.

[@HeavyWings]

Probably, I can definitely see the backflip tail swing return

[@oDDDflysPlanes]

Just found these, and absutely binging these history videos on my s.oke breaks at work lol.

[@Rekeses]

the bullfango appearance lmao

[@emilyrjl]

Was waiting for his video, also glad to be early gang for once

[@ayoonine]

The developers had fun making Narga.

[@littletrucker2551]

Personal favorite is silverwind (never played gen 2 or 3), its such a differently paced fight, and honestly was the first in gu to make adept style have risk. The way it combos its moves, and the projectiles, with adept style it legitimately felt like footsies in a fighting game. A lot of monsters give that vibe but only at close range, this one had all the tools to fight at range, and punish if you approach to carelessly. Only just recently was able to complete the G5 and EX hunts, and damn that shit is just fun.

[@lonewolfnergiganos4000]

New subscriber here, your channel is absolutely amazing 💙😁.

[@beatrix4519]

silverwind's tail slam and the projectile that come off it are garunteed to bleed in my experience while the other attacks can bleed you as well, those ones instantly do it

[@HiimInfiniteMH]

Nice video of Evolution! i really like narga one of my favorite monster in the game, freedom unite first MH and when i meet narga i was a complety hunt change, also theme is too good!

[@Manectrix2000]

I’m torn between loving Sunbreak’s Lucent Narg and Sunbreak Narg more. He definitely felt like a warm up version of the species in World. Slightly not looking forward to Silverwind’s range when I exclusively play Alchemy style Hammer in GU. Nargacuga also makes a great cuddle plushie.

[@peternagy6847]

"Nargacuga is much slower in World" That just sent a "dear God..." down my spine

[@Heftyhamster137]

My favorite monster. I hope for any other versions of him in Sunbreak.

[@HeavyWings]

Lucent Narga would be awesome after all this time

[@skeletonwar4445]

@@HeavyWings Well well well

[@Heftyhamster137]

@@HeavyWings this aged very well indeed

[@wanderer9994]

2:20 lol

[@RicDreamlandAvalon]

2:27 Hahahaha that moment

[@thegardenofdagon]

Capcom please bring back Lucent Nargacuga for Sunbreak. I miss him

[@pokeblue596]

You wish has been granted

[@spiritwyrmk8622]

Nargacuga in Rise is one of the few instances where it's faster than world. It's still slower than gen though

[@lhamaseveramenteirritada9760]

2:27 *Buldrome* The black fanged beast

[@I-VoidParadox-I]

Can we get a brief updated version for Sunbreak? I'm fairly confident that they gave him the pouncing whip spin attack in Master Rank!

[@I-VoidParadox-I]

Actually, it might be the new Lucent Narga that does this!!

[@1TheVelociraptor]

#makenargaroaragain when ported to P3rd, nargacuga no longer roars before a tail slam, we lost an integral part of it

[@irvingcobian]

Narga is my second favorite monster. I felt like he was too easy in rise. He was difficult for me in MHFU I remember getting one shotted by his insane tail slam. Now in rise it doesnt do much damage.

[@tenshouhoji5092]

Blinking Nargacuga = VergilGOD

[@HazmanFTW]

I remember playing the Japanese version of Freedom Unite (Portable 2nd G) before it got an English release and we didn't know what the Nargacuga was we just called it a black Tigrex

[@one-rifle0585]

That would be confusing in portable 3rd

[@YGNLightmusic]

Can we have the evolution of introduction monsters like grand jaggi ?

[@GarliccDread]

Yess Narg is one of my favorite monsters 🐈‍⬛

[@GucciBucci]

What song was that at 7:02

[@Sunaki1000]

Silverwind is an exercise in Adeptstyle. Hes pretty fun if you know how to do it, but tedious if not. And its not a big thing, but greens Eyes in 3U glow now Yellow. 3U and Gen Narga are pretty nead. World fixed the infamous Tailhitbox, but deleted a lot of the recovery Animations so im not sure if I like that one more or less... Base Narga is best Narga for me.

[@desmondgovender3142]

True,speaking from my own experience it's really fun fighting silverwind with adept dual blades

[@Sunaki1000]

@@desmondgovender3142 Oh yeah Adept DB is a god sent.

[@zexelmonsterousity]

Being I met nargacuga in mh stories 1 the combat is of course very different but I like green narga

[@HareHeadGFX]

I find Iceborne Narga really frustrating, he jumps around so much, yet is so unaggressive that he's just kind of boring most of the time since I'm usually just running over to him instead of having to constantly time attacks and dodges like in the other games. I find that this is applicable to several returning flagships in Iceborne such as Brachy and Glavenus, so I hope they return in sunbreak they also return to form the same way nargacuga did in base Rise.

[@Sunaki1000]

Just be the bottom and let her dominate. Its easier if she runs towards you.

[@marcusaaronliaogo9158]

Narga in iceborne has less pounces than bite and tail attacks.

[@yurei4414]

Brachy not aggressive? Did we play the same game? Because everytime I fight it, it just doesn't stop.

[@Sunaki1000]

@@yurei4414 Brachy was insanely aggro in 4Us G-Rank, but even outside of that, Brachy was allways kinda brocken because he inflicted and triggered Blast so easy. Blast does about 50 Damage fix, about 1/3 of your healt, plus his own Hit. But in Iceborn its 1/4 because of Healthaugments and you have enough Space to just skill in Blast Immunity. Brachy in Iceborn is about as hard as all the other T2s, Rathalos, or Diablos, or Barioth. Pre Iceborn he was easily harder then some of the small Elders. Definitly over Chame, and Deviljho, and maybe even Kushala.

[@stephenjohn2131]

Please correct me if iam wrong which i strongly feel iam, basically what i understood from your comment is that you prefer the monsters to be slow not only that but also they shouldn't jump and avoid your attacks while your hunter has gained insane mobility and many silkbinds? God forbid if that actually came to pass then SunBreak would be really boring, specially considering it's a G rank expansion where difficulty traditionally rises. If anything monsters desperately need some speed right now more than ever before, new combos and enhanced AI to keep up with us hunters and be slightly challenging. Nargacuga is nowhere near challenging with it's easily 4 predictable moves that it keeps repeating in MHRISE right now. One being the wide tail sweep, 3 claw swipes, tail finisher and the jumping attack. It desperately needs an enhanced AI and wider moveset because it's one of the most boring hunt experiences for me at least. Surprising for me because Narga was easily one of my top five favorite monsters alongside Legiacrus, Steve, Gammoth and Glavenus. I hope what i said doesn't give bad vibes but i will still stand up for my point that there's nothing wrong with monsters being mobile and punishing to the point of being somewhere annoying to feel challenging for every QOL we currently have. But not close to Barioth or Rathian brainless charge spam level, as hunting those two for me are outright annoying despite the shorter time it takes to finish them.

[@sarin3088]

Beat well over 150 of these things in Freedom Unite,got so good at it I could beat him and only getting hit a few times. Also really miss the Great Forest map now

[@jockpackage1770]

nargacuga is the ninja wyvern, much more literally with the lucent nargacuga that i hope we get in Sunbreak so chameleos isn't the only invisibility monster. i'm not going to ask for malfestio and nightcloak since it's very unlikely. maybe in 6th gen we'll get the owl but even if we got him with his apex i'd imagine they'd fuck him up like they did with many other apexes even if it would be really easy not to. Sunbreak already has bleed with lunagaron showing it off in gameplay clips and shogun ceanatour that will use it as well so i'd imagine we'll get the tail feathers that inflict bleed like Iceborne. if you touch them even if they don't hit you and you walk into them when they are on the ground for a few seconds. if lucent does come, having bleed and poison from the tail feathers would be brutal lol but i'd be fine with that or swapping bleed with the poison. i'd say lucent's tail projectiles are worse than silvverwind since the wind blade discs are much easier to see than the spikes but, if they don't fuck up, he'd be fun in a rampage but the feathers coming down from off screen would suck.

[@HeavyWings]

I don't think Malfestio is unlikely at all actually, in fact he was in the previous portable game so I think he has a big shot. Although he was a bit easy even in G Rank of GU, with Nightcloak bringing the heat. I think Lucent would still be poison and not bleed, would differentiate him better and allow for alternate endgame poison weapons aside from Chameleos

[@jockpackage1770]

@@HeavyWings for malfestio you may be right since his shape is not hard to use at all. for lucent nargacuga, i said both poison and bleed was a possibility, i never said just bleed, and the weapons would still be poison. you forget that bleed is not something hunters can use. i just thought it would make him fit better with endgame if they added that, also making it even more unique, but if it doesn't have both that's fine.

[@mysteryrandomasian]

I still like the JP name Naruga Kuruga more and many other monster names than their localized names

[@Nixans_nyo]

Wait is blinking Nargacuga not on here?

[@stormerjc9493]

Mabye this is wierd coming from someone who started with freedom unite but nargacuga doesn't feel like a Flagship to me, don't get me wrong he's really cool but he's one of this Flagship that isn't really a Flagship, Also side not i really really wish we got lucent Nargacuga in iceborne as he needed a more powerful version to stay relivent in the endgame, plus he's my favourite version

[@sufnskanne469]

Yeah hes sorta like underplayed for some reason

[@solotheprowler335]

Do brachydios evolution?

[@goldenhydreigon4727]

2:26) BULLDROME

[@dumithegreat3892]

i’m glad i’m not the only one who hates how Silverwind basically spends an entire hunt zoning you with the wind projectiles. he’s really fucking annoying, and Lucent was just so much better. if an Alpha Narg appears in Sunbreak, i’d much rather them take elements from Lucent, or even Blinking Narg, as opposed to Guile from Street Fighter

[@torhek24]

Best monster Change my mind

[@kassmalz2069]

gen 5 gutted the thrill of the hunt of nargacuga. less mobile and slower

[@marcusaaronliaogo9158]

Which version?

[@kassmalz2069]

@@marcusaaronliaogo9158 gen 5 as whole or you dont know what game are under gen 5

[@landenriley8442]

Actually are you even doing the other 3 evolution videos like at all?

[@HeavyWings]

What do you mean? I have others planned aside from those in the little intro.

[@landenriley8442]

Oh

[@mattiismouse1086]

The monster with the most amount of r34

[@Nerdgaming101]

I still hate this dude even after fighting him a good 100+ times across 4u to rise

[@HeavyWings]

I hated him at first too but in P3rd I finally learnt how to fight him and in GU he is perfect Valour Longsword practice

[@Scorchlette]

I gotta say, having experienced Iceborne, Rise, P3rd, and GU Narg, Iceborne's is probably my favourite. I like how slow and deliberate he is most of the time, which makes his speed increase when enraged all the more engaging since he easily outpaces most of World's slower weapons and forces you to readjust your tactics to be less methodical and more reactionary.

[@jodofe4879]

To me he just felt like a budget Tigrex in Iceborne. Toning down his speed and his leaps really removed what makes Narga iconic.

[@yurei4414]

G rank SilverWing is the perfect example of why I hate GU. With its new attacks and combos it's really hard to keep up with it without valor. Most G rank Monsters in GU gain bullshit attacks that are made with valor in mind (* cough cough *Lagiacrus) and because of that fighting G rank Monsters with Guild Style is more frustrating than anything. Tldr I hate Lucent's stupid skydrop spikes.

[@desmondgovender3142]

Well we have evasion skills(hunting arts and armour skills) so fighting Silverwind with guild style is doable if you play without overcommiting to attacks..BTW I find siverwind easier with using adept style(mostly using dual blades and longsword on silverwind) than using valor

[@tintinjoestar2894]

Too bad you didn’t talk about blinking narga

[@Grimm0sen]

Ah, yes. Gen 4 narga is swift as f, even though OG monster hunter was medium paced, meanwhile on iceborne, wich is new-styled and fast paced, has a rusty, slow narga.

[@bowersthewolflord6750]

Please do deviljho

[@HeavyWings]

Subscribe and it might happen!

[@roc635]

2:27 hog

[@landenriley8442]

Up next diablos

[@VPT2]

I prefer the world version mostly because the controls in world are really smooth so I can consistently dodge his attacks.

[@marzialalfonzocanada888]

I hate that tail slam in rise makes me always turtle up as a GL user

[@Lin_Nascimento]

I used to hate narga, but then I learned its moveset, now the fight is just meh. Never understanded why people love him so much

[@rastafrance_amv]

nargacuga is so slow in rise

[@nutbuster7896]

He’s actually super easy to fight in MHFU. Tail swipes could be dodged head on, you just need to time it right, and his side dashes could also be dodged directly, and his roars as well. Timing is the key mate