| “ | Ominous clouds, torn apart, unleashing a torrent of rain. Then, an unrelenting typhoon, connecting the heavens once again. Finally it shows its form: A hurricane made flesh. Bringing death through gale and storm, a dragon god ready to thresh. |
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Amatsu is an Elder Dragon introduced in Monster Hunter Portable 3rd.
Physiology
Amatsu has a unique body structure similar to that of a Leviathan. Its head itself is quite small, though it is adorned with massive golden horns, flanked by tendrils of flesh. Amatsu's body is largely pale white in color, and covered entirely in fins that stretch along all four limbs. From its back rise more pointed fins, whereas its underside is grey and scaled.
Because it flies through the air and spends no time on land, Amatsu has almost vestigial feet and small, nearly useless back legs. The front legs are bordered by more white fins.
When enraged, red veins stand out more prominently in its wing membranes, and when near death, its chest, horns and eyes shine with a faint golden luminescence.
Abilities
Amatsu's unique abilities allow it to freely control storms and wind, allowing it to alter the weather around it. In addition to swimming freely through the sky using its fins, Amatsu can stir up destructive gales and tornadoes, protect itself with a barrier of wind, and cause wide-reaching torrential storms. It also stores large amounts of water in its body, which it can use to fire pressurized water blasts strong enough to blow away clouds and cleave stone. Unlike Kushala Daora, another Elder Dragon with control over wind, Amatsu's abilities are far stronger and do not seem to diminish no matter how injured or impaired it is, in fact only intensifying as it sustains injuries and gets angrier; at a certain point, it may also begin to harness the lightning from the storms to smite foes.
Amatsu's mere presence is a calamitous event which can decimate the landscape and drive other monsters out of their territories. Its sheer destructive power is said to be greater than that of natural disasters and can destroy entire cities, making it an extreme threat feared by many.
Behavior
Amatsu is very territorial and will attack any intruders on sight, especially flying monsters or human airships; it is known to use its destructive storms to wipe out all competition in a wide area when claiming territory, and may even descend to decimate human civilizations in its territory. Although it mostly stays at high altitudes, it will descend down to lower heights in order to battle direct threats.
Habitat
It is thought to live only in the Sacred Pinnacle and the areas around Yukumo Village, the former of which being where it is also battled. It spends the majority of its time patrolling high in the skies, making it difficult to track its movements. It has also been seen in the Infernal Springs around the Kamura Region, and is known to have been spotted in Tsukito City in the past, as well as destroyed it.
Game Appearances
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Main Series
- Monster Hunter Portable 3rd (Introduced)
- Monster Hunter Generations
- Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate
- Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak
Frontier
Spin-offs
Crossovers
- Puzzle & Dragons
- TEPPEN
In-Game Description
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Elemental/Status Effectiveness
Monster Hunter Portable 3rd
Information are taken from mhp3rd.net.
| Hitzone | Cut. D. | Imp. D. | 
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| Head | 60 (70) | 70 (80) | 25 | 0 | 15 | 10 | 35 |
| Neck | 35 | 30 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| Chest | 44 | 44 | 20 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 20 |
| Front fins | 40 | 40 | 20 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 20 |
| Back fins | 25 | 30 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20 |
| Back | 30 | 25 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| Tail | 35 | 30 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 |
Numbers in brackets are for Amatsu's second state of rage (with golden horns and purple markings).
Music Themes
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MHP3rd/MHX: Amatsu Theme (Phase 1) |
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MHP3rd/MHX: Amatsu Theme (Phase 2) |
Notes
General Notes
- Its front two fins can each be broken/damaged. The head can be damaged twice; the first time Amatsu will lose one horn, the second time its right mustache will be cut. Amatsu's back can also be broken. In addition, its tail can be severed, giving two extra carves.
- Breaking parts of Amatsu or severing its tail doesn't have any effect on its powers, unlike previous Elder Dragons (like Kushala Daora). However, Amatsu falls to the ground if its fins or its chest receive enough damage, giving a good opening to attack. This can be done several times during the battle.
- Amatsu's roar requires Earplugs to block.
- Amatsu's Super Tornado readying time is approximately 7.4 seconds while the sucking time is 2.79 seconds (simplified determination).
- If Amatsu is put to sleep, it continues to float and does not fall to the ground.
- Amatsu was voted 30th place in the Hunters' Choice for Top Monster during Monster Hunter's 20th Anniversary.[1]
Monster Hunter Portable 3rd
- The Ballista Binder is only effective when Amatsu is using an attack.
- However, like items on other monsters, the Ballista Binder will be less and less effective on Amatsu as several successful shots are performed. After roughly three or four uses, the binder's duration will become so short that it becomes almost useless for anything except interrupting Amatsu's attacks.
Monster Hunter Generations
Monster Hunter Rise
- Amatsu is the final unique monster added to Sunbreak.
- Some of these additions specifically require other quest completions to unlock, Primordial Malzeno requiring Amatsu to be defeated, both Rath Rare Species requiring Seething Bazelgeuse's defeat, and Violet Mizutsune requring Flaming Espinas' defeat.
- This was originally teased in a Twitter post by Capcom. [2]
- The Cannons each contain two piercing cannonballs that can be charged and fired at Amatsu while it's airborne. The ammo will replenish after a duration.
- The Ballistae each contain a Binder that can temporarily bring it to the ground and immobilize it. However, Amatsu's wind barrier will deflect the Binders unless it is currently in the middle of an attack. Unlike the cannonballs, the Binders are single-use and will not regenerate.
- The Third Gen sound effects for gathering items and cooking are also used.
- The first time this occurs, Amatsu suspends all players in the air before releasing a ring of tornadoes similar to Kushala Daora, or a wall of tornadoes.
- Partway into the fight, Amatsu will begin charging up a powerful attack that deals initially manageable chip damage to all grounded players, before becoming lethal after some time has passed, (Similar to the Fatalis fight in Monster Hunter World: Iceborne). To avoid this, players may use Great Wirebugs to launch themselves into the air and suspend themselves with Wirefall.
- The third time this occurs, Amatsu will use an attack similar to Eo Garudia's wind tunnel from Monster Hunter Explore, suspending players within a tunnel of wind before charging at them. After this, it may also release a wall of tornadoes towards hunters.
- This makes Apex Zinogre the first Apex to have a Wyvern Ride, however this requires Utsushi as a follower. If Utsushi is not following, Crimson Glow Valstrax appears instead.
- During this, Spark of Blue- Zinogre will play until Apex Zinogre leaves.
- This makes it the second monster in Sunbreak to have this trait, the first being Daimyo Hermitaur.
Monster Hunter Frontier
- In this phase its wind based attacks are now tainted with the Dragon Element, in addition to its new attacks.
