The Ultimate Guide to The RITE OF CHANELLING & Gene System Explained | Monster Hunter Stories 2

[@gatotkacaputrabima]

you can actually choose where you want to put the gene now?? that'll save us A LOT OF TIME. I remember having to grind Deviljho for God knows how many hours to get that Spread Dragon Breath in the right gene slot.

[@ArekkzGaming]

Yep!

[@raxDel96]

Yeah dude I was thinking the same!!!

[@captchaos08]

I know right I had to farm so long

[@kamm3021]

The pain was real

[@ethanhenry77]

I had an absolutely broken tigrex in the first game. It could solo most anything. I spent so long getting all the genes I wanted for him. This game is gunna be amazing! Though I’m sad I can’t get a duramboros...

[@INFERN0FIRE]

I played the whole game with an Ice Azuros.

[@ethanhenry77]

@@INFERN0FIRE I rocked one for the first half of the game too!

[@mkupo617]

@@ethanhenry77 Duramboros is in the game

[@ethanhenry77]

@@mkupo617 I know it’s in the game but I don’t think you can get it as a monstie. It does not have an egg by its name.

[@seanataur3498]

Imagine duramboros helicopter as a kinship attack it would be awesome as hell seeing a duramboros helicopter

[@lonewolfnergiganos4000]

The more they post Stories 2 videos, the more impatient I'll be.

[@passwordnottaken5601]

same

[@cyberdragoon1432]

Well in technicality 1 more day left.

[@ZoraVisions]

@@cyberdragoon1432 a few hours if you want to ruin your night schedule and wait for 12 like me

[@imortal333]

@@ZoraVisions I would but I work tomorrow lol. Oh well, a few hours in the morning will be fine.

[@markos50100]

@@imortal333 i asked to have 4 days off just to play all day lol, fortunately it was on friday so I'm actually not losing actual working hours for the week.

[@poogstaman6075]

I’m gonna make a fire-element Aptonoth because I saw that cursed image of the Parasaurolophus breathing fire.

[@Mrpawsum2]

best idea

[@poogstaman6075]

Thank you

[@michaelsnyman2800]

Like manelgers fire breathing aptonoth

[@wycade1498]

Make it able to kill fatalis

[@cyberdragoon1432]

@@wycade1498 Oh yes, a god-killer Aptonoth to slay a god, nice.

[@ethanrathke8897]

One of my favorite parts of the first game was making monsters have different elements and seeing the changes in appearance I hope I can still do thst

[@Valkirth]

it does as long as the element is the dominant attack element.

[@MasukaXros]

A question no one is popping and its important, does the color change still exist?

[@OrionnPax]

It doesn’t anymore from what I’ve seen!!

[@Lyth13]

It should be because that was a cool mechanic and also because Kayna’s velocidrome has red stripes (which would lead me to believe that the color change is still in) But yeah it doesn’t look like it’s in from this video (though he did say they were still figuring out everything with changing the element)

[@jaysonpapa7769]

I mean images of Dragon Aptonoth hatched from the egg has different color. And look at the thumbnail there's blue patches with the Aptonoth!

[@captainswagger2838]

A picture is going around of an aptonoth with red markings instead of brown due to dragon element. But it seems monsties can loose the new coloring by leveling up?

[@ruiribeiro8010]

It is still available

[@JoshWhiteMonsterMania]

I wanna watch all these vids being released, but they're spoiling too many of the monsters for me so I gotta resist the temptation lol

[@kadachinova5302]

HE HAS CHEVAL IN HIS PARTY

[@elias4241]

Yes, yes he does

[@aaajeear8654]

well, Avinia and the blonde hunter i always forget the name is in there, not a huge surprise that Cheval would also be there.

[@nexiledflare5070]

I saw that too XD Cheval is back!

[@ZoraVisions]

O.O

[@kampridgaway5634]

Do the Monsties still change color and element depending on the genes they have?

[@Dalavine]

They do but you need a specific gene type for each element.

[@jasonleejames_official]

It's finicky because if the Natural Element overtakes your XL gene(which it most likely will) it will revert back to it's default. Capcom broke something and it's harder to keep the changed element.

[@captainswagger2838]

Hoping the color changing is a possibility in this game, and didn't get removed or busted . I had a thunder Element azure rathalos and due the the thunder all the darker blue scales were turned into a golden color and it looked really good.

[@Alba_Trium]

I hope so much too

[@Hailey-wv5of]

I think it will because if you look at Avias (Idk what it's name it was Kayna's velocidrome) the stripes are red which is what velocidrome looks like when it has the fire element. I had a Velocidrome I turned into the fire element in the first game and he got the red stripes after the rite of channeling

[@lennonhartness4104]

@@Hailey-wv5of what gene do that, trying to make a thunderclaw tigrex.

[@Dubstequtie]

It's not possible apparently for even slightly heightened leveled monsties... or at all I think, from what I heard.

[@CaptainBargain]

RITE of channeling

[@Nasha842]

With the seemingly ever-changing elements I *think* what's happening is that your Monsties have unlocked filled gene slots, and given that the pre-filled slots typically match the Monstie's base element (or lack of one) that their base element is then being increased to a higher value then your desired element because of the newly active genes.

[@dagoimngo8852]

This

[@alicjak700]

My thoughts excatly.

[@femthingevelyn]

from what I can tell, your monstie scales with it's natural element, but the element+ genes don't offer scaling, so after a point the element+ genes aren't overpowering the natural element anymore, because the natural bonus has outscaled the genes which are a flat number

[@saintnight9792]

gonna breed them all

[@2Padre.]

*pun intended*

[@kademarlowe1419]

Arekkz Paradise and Two Six Nine are the real MVPs

[@pokemagi1018]

Throwback to MST1 when I had an Ivory Lagicrus with Thunder Dbl Fang and a spread thunder breath. As well as a Dragon element Sergios that carried me through the endgame… (and Deviljho of course cause pickle go brrrr)

[@jamesmiller6886]

So we just gonna ignore the fact he's battling twosixnine at the end of the video?! Lol getting washed too

[@HiPlayerProdigy]

Well he's not great at Turn-based RPGs he said as much.

[@ferdinandavila-soto7233]

I think you may have mispelled "Rite" in your video title and description, or was this some kind of pun?

[@nexiledflare5070]

Well it got fixed now lol

[@tiger-jf6oh]

For the elemental change did you try putting an active skill on a monster? In the original game I had a tigrex that I wanted to make lightning, however the element only seem to stick after giving it an active skill

[@mekudu-man3804]

good call

[@femthingevelyn]

The active skill wasn't really a factor in 1, you just had to hit a certain value in the elemental attack or defense. I would bet that it has to do with the genes that unlock at higher levels nudging the original element back into the top slot

[@dagoimngo8852]

@@femthingevelyn seems so tbh

[@jasonleejames_official]

Can't really say this is an "Ultimate guide" as you didn't go through testing what skills stack and what skills don't. Like Does Might L stack with Might M, Does Crit XL stack with Crit L, Etc I would hope they do but things may have changed. Maybe you, Para and 269 could Collab on Does It Stack???

[@BlueTheInstructor]

I agree. That's what I want to know. Also, if I have Monstie with Den Protector L, I'm wearing armor with Den Protector M, and a Charm (Necklace) with Den Protector M, do they all add up or is the L dominant and/or does the two M stack?

[@jasonleejames_official]

@@BlueTheInstructor Den Protector only triggers on the killing blow so if your Monstie lands the kill with M it will be less than what you would gain with it on your armor at L. I wouldn't know about the stacking but I could test that quickly myself.

[@jasonleejames_official]

@@BlueTheInstructor DPL and DpM works but it might be bugged the popup said 25% but the Monstie fled anyways(DPL was 15%) I haven't tried 2 Ms yet but I assume same level skills don't stack

[@thebluePumpking]

Just a quick question: Is it important if i use a Rainbow-Monstie as my base or can i also use a regular one. Do they get extra stats if they are rainbow ones?

[@lew87ys]

I'd also like to know this.

[@chadcowman6293]

How do you know when u have a God Stat rolled monster so you know that's the best one to start your gene splicing on

[@luistijerina1164]

I believe if it's really stinky/ smelly and the heaviest you can get with the rainbow light show when you pick up the egg it'll have really high stats. Perks you'll need to look for.

[@TheRealIronMan]

0:30 I wasted the last 3 days deciding what team I want to have, once I got Nargacuga, Legiana and Tobi-Kadachi Im gonna deck them out with all bingo genes right away :)

[@DragonKing_GRAgni]

Something I found out, is when channeling the same monster, their appearance can change. I channeled 2 brute Tigrex’s and my monsters color changed from orange stripes to red ones. So does that mean channeling the same monster species gives a slight appearance change🤔 because I LOVE my brutes appearance now!!!

[@prod_by_walker808]

Wait whut? Is this a real thing? 100 hours in and never seen that

[@willy6223]

Ah yes...it is time to dominate the multiplayer with my Ultimate GREAT JAGGI again.

[@AveryCreates]

I just got to the point in the game where I'm seeing those. I HATE them 😭🤣

[@Rune-Sage]

You really are on fire with the content.I mean you released 5 videos in one ☝️ day.Props to you.

[@davidjamesthomas]

in the lore the monster is "set free" after the gene is given right? havent played mh stories 1 in a long time but thats what i think i remember

[@Lizardman567]

How about stacking XL, L, M, and S skills? I'm still not willing to do the science myself :)

[@Tragiccheese]

Sheeeesh Just what I asked for 😆

[@nickcampbell3812]

By the way, the percentage increase for attack damage is 10% for each of the first 2 bingos in a given category and 5% for every bingo after that.

[@frogjackethuman781]

just so i'm understanding, i'm new to stories, so i have 9 red (fire) genes, that's 8 bingos, so 10% + 5%*7 = 45% increase to fire, and it's not possible for any type of gene to boost beyond that?

[@nickcampbell3812]

@@frogjackethuman781 I forgot a character. I meant each of the first 2 bingos. I have edited the original comment to reflect that. To be clear, the bingo bonuses are as follows Number of Bonus of the same type: Damage Increase 1:110% 2:120% 3:125% 4:130% 5:135% 6:140% 7:145% 8:150% I am unsure if there are any gene or mechanics that can boost these percentages higher as my knowledge only covers Bingo Bonuses.

[@frogjackethuman781]

@@nickcampbell3812 Got it, thanks!

[@fenix_hero]

Is it possible when an egg hatches and it says +2 fire that increases the Elemental Stats? If Tigrex has 8/10 No Element and 6/10 Fire but you get +2 Fire on an egg hatch, perhaps it turns 6/10 to 8/10?

[@crimsongold6980]

What I want to know is, is if you do a specific gene altering, does the monstie change colour? 👀

[@flyingfishgaming5529]

Can you channel a rainbow gene?

[@tatererer9747]

@@flyingfishgaming5529 yes

[@crimsongold6980]

@@flyingfishgaming5529 I believe so, yes!

[@captainswagger2838]

Yes but it seems they can lose it

[@flyingfishgaming5529]

@@captainswagger2838 what do you mean lose it?

[@UltimateTH]

Is it possible to change a monsties attack type? Like can I turn a Velocidrome from Speed into Power?

[@emc246]

I think you can teach them Power skills, but they will still use Speed basic attacks by default.

[@ruiribeiro8010]

No

[@nexiledflare5070]

Cant change a monstie's direct tendency, but like the other person said, you can give them skills that use those attack types. Breaking dash from a great jaggi can be added to, say, a diablos, giving it a speed skill.

[@drowningin]

If you have a monster hearted(favorite) does it stop you from consuming it by taking a gene?

[@Druid-T]

Yep, you also can't release said monster if it's favourited

[@poogstaman6075]

Can you add genes to it?

[@Druid-T]

@@poogstaman6075 Yes, you can add to them freely

[@Ryodraco]

@@Druid-T note that by canon monsties used to give a gene aren't consumed but get released into the wild. So it makes sense that making them favorited blocks both as the end result would be the same.

[@ruiribeiro8010]

It stops you from taking any genes from it, it allows you to put genes in it tho

[@MarkSeinIII]

Monsties don't change colour anymore?

[@mekudu-man3804]

I hope they do

[@EmanuelleMaroni]

They do to a degree, I got an Aptonoth in the demo that hatched with Dragon element and while in the overworld it's colours are red and deep burgundy, it's pretty cool, but in battle and in menus the colour revert to normal for some reason? I saw someone say that it's a bug and they could fix it with a day 1 patch Also I can't level that Aptonoth because even going to level 2 remove the dragon element, which is a bummer

[@MarkSeinIII]

@@EmanuelleMaroni It's nice to know that feature is still in the game.

[@mekudu-man3804]

@@EmanuelleMaroni biggest of Fs

[@antic0n59]

Did the color change like in mhst1 ????

[@ZoraVisions]

Yes, didn't you see khanas red striped velocadrome

[@incrediblehak2833]

This just came out for ps4 and I'm loving it. But the way these genes work, it's a little discouraging. Like what makes a monster unique at all if they can have any gene and all the stats start off the same. Theoretically,... can't I just get all 5 star monsties and give them all the exact same genes won't they all just be the same monstie just different skins??? I wish there were some exclusive genes for specific mons. I plan on getting into pvp but I feel like everyone Is going to have the same meta build. Is there something in missing???

[@MichelleBorden1995]

How many monsters is there all together do anyone know? And how many monsters are u allowed to keep I would like to at the end have one of every single monster and one of every single color dog think there’s 6 of them but atm I can barley keep any monsters maybe 10 or something if there’s like 200 how do I upgrade my thing to beable to keep them all

[@MichelleBorden1995]

I’m little confused on 2 parts I wanted no can u take ur rainbow one from others and make one full rainbow card will that do anything also I was wondering u have purple gray gray in a row there what do that do bc I thought it had be all one color in a row no matter what color what is the difference if u have just say 2 gray one fire and all of them are power for example do rhag make a power fire attack or would u need all 3 to be red what is the difference if u have one or two color and one gray or two gray bc I’m wondering if it makes a difference or would it still be normal attack not fire until u have all 3 red

[@mekudu-man3804]

Colour changes?

[@ZoraVisions]

Yes

[@ZoraVisions]

Can someone please explain where you see the points to change element I don't understand

[@phantomraimundo]

3:30 thx i dint know ypu can actually unlock those kind of slots ^^ Btw how do you get thise items to unluck the slots ? Is it a super rare drop of something or from something completly diffrent ?

[@BlackReshiram]

only just got into this game but this is incredibly helpful, thank you!

[@gabi-saint]

Anyone having the game early, is Qurupeco in?

[@Going4Broke2528]

Yes, he's in. I believe I saw him in the background of one of Arekz' Co-Op Videos, against the Misutsune but I could be wrong. I am 100% sure he made it in, though.

[@aaajeear8654]

every monstie that was on Stories 1 is in Stories 2.

[@neomamba7555]

@@aaajeear8654 even the great poogie and some strange dlc monsters like kurenai gukami and epona ?

[@ZoraVisions]

@@neomamba7555 epona, is a no

[@gabi-saint]

@@Going4Broke2528 you're right! Paradise did a 5 tips video and it's the first monstie that hatches. I'm extremely happy now! :D

[@fayehannah646]

I just want to know if I can move a rainbow gene into my fav monstie.... X

[@aaajeear8654]

honestly doing a build with bingos boosting all 3 attack types aren't super great, it's good for a jack-of-all-trades monsties you plan on just using by default, but more focused builds tailor-made to fight certain monsters will always be stronger, not really important for the story but it's something worth noting when moving to post-game.

[@Ryodraco]

Plus given you won't always be able to tell the monstie what to do, would you say its best to focus on bingos that match that monster's preferred attack type, i.e. speed, power or technical?

[@aaajeear8654]

@@Ryodraco definitely get the bingo type that your monstie uses the most, if it also unlocks a skill with another type of attack, make a bingo for that too, for example: Ivory Lagiacrus is a Power monstie that gets two offensive skills by levelling that are Thunder/Power and Thunder/Speed, so ideally you'd want to make a bingo of Power, Speed and Thunder + whatever gene that increases Attack and Thunder, completely disregarding Techinical attacks, that would be the way to maximize a monstie's damage potential, and ideally you'd have another monstie focuses on Technical attacks to support it.

[@bh.d.ravenous]

YAY I WAS WAITING FOR GENE EGG CLASS

[@teifan6674]

Is there a way to switch the position of genes that are already on a monstie?

[@aaajeear8654]

no, you can however get another monstie with the gene you want and simply put it anywhere

[@soritari]

I should have watched this video before releasing my rainbow gene Yian Kut ku :(

[@sournote8610]

The prep for PvP is intersting, actually. Something I'm not used to coming from Pokemon. This guide will help me lots, thank you very much for posting it! Also, I am definitely going to make my Aptonoth spit flames.

[@Yddor1]

A gene book wasnt in the 1st game right?

[@nexiledflare5070]

Unfortunately, there wasnt one in MHS1.

[@motherlodegt3887]

You fixed the word ''rite'' in you title, but ''Channeling'' is still spelled wrong lol. Great video though!

[@louisdellalucca8969]

How do you know which eggs are better in the nests? Or is that fairly random? I know we can use prayer altars, but is there a way to tell BEFORE we pick up an egg?

[@setsuna5919]

does your monstie have status capped? I have Might M and MIght L in my monoblos when I tried to upgrade MIght M to star 1 it didnt increase any status

[@primallionheart5318]

Nah I did it where I'm at, I got a crazy Pukei Pukei. Boy is livid as hell

[@ItzdagawdligerZ]

Wassup

[@lonewolfnergiganos4000]

Hi

[@ItzdagawdligerZ]

@@lonewolfnergiganos4000 this game is gonna be hyped as hell

[@lonewolfnergiganos4000]

@@ItzdagawdligerZ indeed my friend, indeed.

[@pheonixeternal8981]

Boy oh boy am I confused 😞😞😞😩

[@stevefernandez6431]

I kind of just want builds i specifically want a velocidrome build because my velocidrome in the first stories was still useful to the final boss

[@Neoshadow3942]

Does anyone know where to get a lot of stimulants, can only get one of each type at the bottle cap vendor

[@deraelevans222]

I was just wondering this and boom a video Now I really want a Thunder Anjanath or legi

[@powertrio123]

Ok cool cause i want to use ranmar and it’s cool u can unlock padlock slots. Thanks for ure help

[@fikmomo9140]

I need still need to wait 3 more days for my game delivered. I believe to get our monstie high chance to change attributes by rng when we hatch our monstie. You guys notice we got + atk or def on certain elements. We might need to get 3 or more(if that posible?) Atk of our desire elements or i might be completely wrong about it 😝

[@royloplays]

Can you stack 'all element def up [L]' with 'non element def up [m]'?

[@dynamicsketch]

I have monsties from the demo that were hatched with genes with a star on them. I knew they were important for some reason.

[@renanhs]

Please Capcom, give us a way to fight our Stories monsties on Rise.

[@sdgamer1860]

What ever happened to Zamtrios's Spread frost breath attack? That was actually a pretty damn good attack in the first game

[@GavinLIVE715]

All I know is, my strat in in the last game was to boost a monsters best element as well as attack type. Sometimes I’d throw in some juicy bits to give them more versatility, say an elemental attack that covers a weakness(doesn’t always work like Pokémon but typically a monster of say lightning is weak to either ice or water so I’d throw a water type move on a Rath who is weak to lightning). Occasionally I’d just tweak a monster to the point where it used an entirely different element than what it should. In Stories 2, the channeling I want to do the most is convert Gammoth into a monster that uses water attacks, because in monster hunter, one of the monsters I’ve wanted to see the most is just an elephant monster that’s element is water, using it as a high pressurized beam as well as artillery, but still keeping the raw physical strength of an elephant. It could be almost a subspecies of Gammoth, I just want one, and so I’m creating one in Stories 2.

[@heatmasta4703]

So, am I to understand you guys didn't make use of the bingo elemental bonus for this?

[@AlejandroRodriguez-cy8ee]

i'm assuming once you get the stimulants and progress further you will be able to keep the monstie on the preferred element. seeing as leveling up the aptonoth you've showed will unlock non elemental genes.

[@theaccountant8062]

As an accountant, thank you for the Ctrl+C and Ctrl+X analogy

[@muninn92]

Some monsters are just so strong in the default that you can't outmatch them

[@terrawyrm877]

Plz can someone confirm is seltas queen is a monstie?

[@fluDragon]

What happens if you get a bingo with rainbow genes? Can you only have 1 on a monstie or is it able to be lined up?

[@femthingevelyn]

With being able to put genes wherever you want we may see actual builds coming out, with where to put what genes on what monster and everything. that could be interesting

[@pigzard01]

Can the existing genes be repositioned or not?

[@weakneerose7614]

I’m just gonna go for new monstie (mostly WORLD monsters) for my play through

[@iszakchan9529]

With the changing element, (still using the aptanoth) could it be that you need an upgraded fire gene or a large gene rather than a medium?

[@evilpulse25]

Thank you for making this guide! Super helpful!!

[@MohammedAbdullah-ir9gn]

why you always try to spoil everything

[@alexhernandez1216]

Are bottle caps a limited resource or are they rather something that you can only get so many over a period of time

[@nexiledflare5070]

Some you get from finding chests and completing certain quests, the rest are from the everdens I believe, at a rare chance.

[@Fenrir8080]

Thank you for all your mh stories 2 videos Kratos! it has gotten my hyped up for the game which will be delivered today!

[@antoniobriones1480]

Can you transfer the rainbow Gene ?

[@captainsoarineagle]

its been a long time green narga...

[@AlexGORSKIandra]

These videos are sooooo helpful!!

[@anklyo263]

could I turn an anjanath into fulgur anjanath?

[@eamonncranfield5243]

You can party up with Mr edge cheval!!

[@Rathadude]

So does changing the monsters primary element only effect the kinship skill? Like if your monstie's primary element in non-elemental but you have a fireball gene on that monstie it can still do a fire attack?

[@lucinafanboy6213]

Can you do a video on expanding my monstie slots? As in how many I can keep in the stable plz

[@RoboThunder]

If you're talking about how to increase your max amount, you have to talk the Melynx Palico usually close to your stable, and buy the Stable Blueprint. They increase your max amount of monstie slots in your stables, for a cost of bottle caps (found in everdens)

[@gloomymyra5839]

please help with one question there are an difference between lets say one low rank velocidrome to an high rank velocidrome ? like the high rank one will have more status ?

[@nexiledflare5070]

High rank monsters are much, much stronger than their low rank counterparts(doesnt mean a high rank velocidrome will be as strong as, say, a low rank deviljho though). They also drop better materials(exclusive to high rank), used for upgrading armor/weapons into their + version. A high rank monster retreating doesn't mean better eggs, though, atleast statwise In short, they are far stronger and far tougher than their low-rank version.

[@gloomymyra5839]

@@nexiledflare5070 thank you very much !

[@Kevil911]

How early in the game can you start channeling? Like what level after the demo ends?

[@nuwanano1523]

Yeah next area you go to is where your going to be able to do this i think?

[@Appsmmogamer]

If the monster has no slots free can you overwrite a slot in use?

[@nexiledflare5070]

More than likely yes.

[@armedcuga2930]

I wanted a water bazeljuice :(

[@Duppy0906]

Are 2 star genes the max upgrade level

[@ultraginge1990]

Do you stack both the colour and the symbol for a double bonus?

[@RoboThunder]

Stacking both would increase both damage from the elemental and the attack type

[@Kakkarot211]

this helped so much, thanks man

[@DonQuitto]

can you only have 1 rainbow gene in the board?

[@jaysonpapa7769]

Only 1 max per monstie.

[@Sludgecaked]

I can't believe how many monsters I've been spoiled on!

[@rodneyhorsley8601]

Imagine a full board with rainbow genes

[@MrElvenbrother]

Seems you can only have one rainbow gene per Monstie.

[@WisdomAkpan211]

@@MrElvenbrother and even if you could have a full board of rainbow genes, what skill would you be activating? LMAO

[@MrElvenbrother]

@@WisdomAkpan211 yeah, and of course there's that. Depending on bingo power, the rainbow gene might not even be worth it on a lot of builds in the end

[@zaguldo]

i.e

[@TrvisXXIII]

✍️ ✍️✍️ Edit: My only critique, or question is why would anyone want to add another attack type to their monstie? Why not maximize their strengths and use them for the role they were intended, just like in Pokémon, you wouldn’t add physical EV points to a special attacker, because it would be wasting its potential in their stats

[@taylorester2658]

This game looks like a ripoff of Call of duty

[@markf.l.8001]

Oh you silly goose, that it's incorrect. In any this would be a ripoff of Sekiro Shawdow die twice

[@taylorester2658]

@@markf.l.8001 nah I see now it's a ripoff of pepsiman

[@ZoraVisions]

Call of duty is a shooting game?

[@onaga2452]

They’re not for COD is a shooter game while Monster Hunter Stories 2 is an RPG turn base.