Ancient Kushala Daora

Ancient Kushala Daora is a variant of Kushala Daora.

Description
After a Kushala Daora is too old to generate new scales, it becomes the Ancient Kushala Daora. It retains the skeleton of Kushala Daora, but lacks its steel scales, exposing the skin underneath.

Abilities
Ancient Kushala Daora retains all the abilities that regular Kushala Daora has, but its age has allowed it to gain extra knowledge, and is able to predict a hunter's strategy after fighting one for extented periods of time. Due to the lack of scales, it is possible to pierce an Ancient Kushala Daoras hide with only yellow sharpness. The lack of the scales also works in the Ancient Kushala Daoras favour, as it is able to move much faster than a regular Kushala Daora. The Ancient Kushala Daora has a much stronger wind barrier, able to deflect bowgun ammo and completely ignores super armour even with wind res (hi). The only way to disable the wind barrier is to use siege equipment to break its horns.

The storm following Ancient Kushala Daora is also much stronger, at random points in the fight, lightning will strike somewhere in the area, more likely to hit high up targets, much like real lightning, so it is wise to position yourself somewhere low down. However, this will make mounting difficult.

When fighting in a desert, the storm is able to call up sandstorms, which can inflict the blindness status, reducing a hunters vision. When fighting in snow, it can call up a blizzard, which can inflict both blindness and snowman.

Ancient Kushala Daora is able to discharge its wind, tripping hunters all over the area. It is also able to call in wind, which pulls hunters toward it, Ancient Kushala Daora almost always follows up this attack with a mega tornado, which is a giant tornado that lasts for twenty seconds and follows the Ancient Kushala Daora around the area.

Ancient Kushala Daoras age means that it is even more suceptable to poison than before, however, Ancient Kushala Daoras stronger wind barrier is able to deflect throwing knifes, arrows, and bowgun ammo, plus, melee weapons are out of the question.

Ancient Kushala Daora is in the last stage of its life, and if twenty quests with the same Ancient Kushala Daora are done in a row, the Ancient Kushala daora will depart for its final resting place, making it impossible to collect rewards or zenny.