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The Fumebeak is a raven-like Kemono inWild Hearts. It will dive around the battlefield with great speed, utilizing its poisonous fumes to deal damage over time. When it’s not attacking, it can fly out of the way, avoiding your close-range attacks.
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The Fumebeak is a difficult Kemono to hunt, but it has some obvious openings that can be exploited. Below, we’ll take a look at the Fumebeak’s strengths and weaknesses, the best armor to use to fight it, and some strategies for beating it.
Fumebeak - Strengths And Weaknesses
The Fumebeak is aWind attributeKemono that utilizes the power ofpoison. As such, this Kemonotakes very little damage from Wind weapons, and thePoison ailment has no effect. Conversely, the Fumebeak isweak to Earth attribute attacks, and the Ablaze, Fatigue, Frozen, and Entangled Ailments have moderate effectiveness.
The Fumebeaktakes the most damage from Lunge-type weapons, like the Bow, which is coincidentally the perfect weapon to use for this fight due to the Fumebeak’s tendency to fly into the air and avoid melee attacks.
Best Equipment To Fight Fumebeak
The best armor set to use for your first fight with the Fumebeak is theVeteran set, crafted withGoldshard and Sporetail materials. This set provides good normal and Wind defense, and the pants have thePoison Recovery skill, allowing you torecover faster when Poisoned. This armor set is definitely worth crafting before you fight the Fumebeak.
Due to the Fumebeak’s ability to repeatedly fly into the air, we recommend bringing theGlider and Stake Karakuri. During this fight, you will awaken to a fusion of these two Karakuri into theRepeater Crossbow. The Crossbow canshoot the Fumebeak out of the air, stunning it for a second as it falls to the ground. Additionally, theFireworks Karakurican do the same thing, butonly fires once, making it a bit trickier to use if you’re able to’t time it perfectly. However, to compensate, theFireworks will stun the Kemono for longer than the Crossbow.
Gathering and eatingAkebia Fruitin theAkikure Canyonscan be very helpful for this fight. This food providestwo percent Antitoxin, decreasing the build-up of the Poison ailment.
Fumebeak - Fight Breakdown And Moves
The Fumebeak mainlyattacks with its wings or poison globs. If you are hit with any of its poison-spreading attacks, you will be inflicted with the ailment. When the poison meter fills all the way, you will begin takingdamage over timewhile the meter drains. There’sno way to manually clear the poison, so you’ll need torely on the Poison Recovery skillto help it drain faster, or theHealing Mist Karakurito heal through the damage.
The Fumebeak’s wing attacks will have toswipe its wing in a wide arc, throwing out poison globsat the same time. This attack has alarge hit area, but can be avoided with awell-timed dodgetoward the Kemono. Occasionally, the Fumebeak will use this attacktwice in a row, so be prepared to dodge again.
While on the ground, the Fumebeak mayspread both of its wings widebefore quicklyjumping at you. If the Kemono lands on you, you will belocked in placeas the Fumebeak performs a series of attacks. However, if the Fumebeak misses you, it willcrash to the ground, leaving itselfvulnerable to attackfor a few seconds. When you see the Fumebeak raise its wings, get ready to dodge out of the way and prepare to get close for a counterattack.
The Fumebeak has a series offlying-based attacksto watch out for. If itquickly flies into the air, it maylaunch a poison bombat you. Sometimes, it will launchwaves of three poison bombsin an arc. Although these attacks don’t do the most damage on their own, they will build up your poison ailment, which will be difficult to deal with when the Kemono is using higher-damage attacks later.
If the Fumebeakflies into the air and spreads its wings wide, it is about tolaunch a giant glob of poisonthat deals high damage. When you see the Kemono perform this maneuver, try toget behind it, or use a Spring Karakuri to get far away.
The Fumebeak may also fly into the air andpuff its chest out, then quickly land and begin performing awhirlwind attackin which it swings its wings around several times whilechasing after you. This attack does a lot of damage, but the Fumebeak will need afew moments to recover afterward, so takes this opportunity to deal some damage.
One of the Fumebeak’s hardest attacks to avoid is itsfast dive. When the Kemonoquickly flies straight up into the air, it will thendive forward, moving quickly and dealing damage along its path. Although this attack is hard to avoid, if you are able to, there is along window of recoveryafter that can be exploited.
When the Fumebeak is enraged, itswings will glow red, and it willpuff out clouds of poison as it enters this stage. This enrage transformation attack can be avoided byremaining close to the Kemono, but not too close. While enraged, the Fumebeak willfly into the air more often, performing itsdive attack twice in a row. If you are hit by the first dive,wait to heal yourself until you are sure you’re out of dangerfrom the second dive.
If you’re using the Crate Karakuri, this dive attack can actually berepelled using the Bulwark Karakuri. If you are able to set one up fast enough, this will provide a great chance to stop the Kemono while opening a window of attack.
Fumebeak - Drops And Materials
The Fumebeak will drop the following materials, which can be used to craft theAll-Black armor set.
