How to kill the kusha dora

[pepesito1]

The drop rate for Daora Claws is awful. To deal with it, I've been following this process using Titania (Dragon Element GS that you can get fairly easily prior to Kushala):

0. DECENT ARMOR (at least 100 defense, and I think(?) ice resistance if you're fighting him in the snowy mountains), 10 Potions, 10 Mega Potions, Max Potions if you really need them, 5 Flash-Bombs, Paintballs, Whetstones
1. Find Kushala
2. Carefully hit him w/ at least 3 poison throwing knives, ideally all 5 (these should be provided as Quest Supplies)
3. While he's poisoned his OBNOXIOUS wind can't activate, so take this time to wail directly on his head.
3a. You can often bait him into doing a wind blast that leaves him vulnerable, make sure to quickly turn left or right then smack his face.
3b. If he starts flying try to bring him down with a flash-bomb. You have 2 from Quest Supplies but should bring 5. Smack his head.
3c. Don't bother with barrel bombs, just hit him in the face.
3d. When he jumps backwards, he will ALWAYS do a roar that leaves him open to attack. If you hit him enough, you can make him fall to the ground for more free hits to his face. If you can get him to do it INTO a wall or a cliff, he'll sometimes get in a loop of jumping back and roaring - exploit this as much as you can.
LATER...
4. By now, one of his horns should be broken. He can no longer create a wind aura, but he can still fly and shoot. Hits to the head are best, but you can also break his wings and cut his tail (once he's below 40% health, I think).
5. Make sure to keep yourself away from 1-hit and you should be good. Sometimes he'll do nothing but fly around - tickle his feet but prioritize staying alive.

If you follow all of that you should kill him no problem! Unless I've forgotten something big, which is entirely possible. Getting rid of his wind barrier is the key to killing him with melee.

when can i hit him with the level 3 charge???????????????????????????????????????????????

[Risky(Glyph)]

when can i hit him with the level 3 charge???????????????????????????????????????????????

Ah, something I hadn't considered: I don't use the patch controls. Using unsheath attacks is vital.

You MIGHT be able to off level 3 charge attacks when he's KO'd or blinded out of the sky.

I go for unsheath attack followed by back slash and side slash over and over again. It's a marathon, a death by 1000 (okay maybe 100) cuts.

I'd be happy to watch you fight him or otherwise help if you're struggling!

[pepesito1]

when can i hit him with the level 3 charge???????????????????????????????????????????????

Ah, something I hadn't considered: I don't use the patch controls. Using unsheath attacks is vital.

You MIGHT be able to off level 3 charge attacks when he's KO'd or blinded out of the sky.

I go for unsheath attack followed by back slash and side slash over and over again. It's a marathon, a death by 1000 (okay maybe 100) cuts.

I'd be happy to watch you fight him or otherwise help if you're struggling!

i beat him i suppose the 4th fight (after having slain him once) is harder?

[Risky(Glyph)]

That's correct, the next time you hunt Kusha he'll have full health.

I was so confused when I killed him the first time since he went down so easy - I wasn't aware the damage carried over from before.

Great job! Let me know if you get Kusha claws from him next time you hunt him so that I can be super mad about it because I STILL HAVEN'T