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Kinship Skills

Kinship Skills are powerful skills that become available when riding your monstie in Monster Hunter Stories 3 (MHS3). See a list of all Kinship Skills and their effects here.

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All Kinship Skills

Skill Monstie Details
Ajarakan Tumble Ajarakan iconAjarakan Deals fire damage to one enemy. Chance to inflict Blastblight.
Anja Assault Anjanath iconAnjanath Fulgur Anjanath iconFulgur Anjanath Deals thunder damage to all enemies, then grants Thunder Attack Up to the user.
Astalos Pulse Astalos iconAstalos Deals thunder damage to one enemy. High chance of landing a critical hit.
Astalos Saber Boltreaver Astalos iconBoltreaver Astalos Deals thunder damage to one enemy, then grants Attack Up to the user. High chance of landing a critical hit.
Barrel Roll Shot Deadeye Yian Garuga iconDeadeye Yian Garuga Deals fire damage to one enemy, then grants Attack Up to the user. Chance to inflict Severe Poison.
Brachy Blow Brachydios iconBrachydios Deals fire damage to one enemy. Chance to inflict Blastblight.
Burn It Down Espinas iconEspinas Deals fire damage to all enemies.
Calamity Glacier Velkhana TBD
Cyclone Lariat Chatacabra iconChatacabra Deals non-elemental damage to one enemy.
Dark Thrash Nargacuga iconNargacuga Green Nargacuga iconGreen Nargacuga Deals non-elemental damage to one enemy. High chance of landing a critical hit.
Demonic Ice Spin Goss Harag iconGoss Harag Deals ice damage to one enemy.
Dual Razor Dreadqueen Rathian iconDreadqueen Rathian Deals fire damage to all enemies, then grants Attack Up to the user
Fiendish Cyclone Diablos iconDiablos Black Diablos iconBlack Diablos Deals non-elemental damage to all enemies.
Final Rampage Arkveld iconArkveld Deals dragon damage to one enemy.
Final Round Tetranadon iconTetranadon Deals water damage to one enemy.
Fireball Expulsion Yian Kut-Ku iconYian Kut-Ku Blue Yian Kut-Ku iconBlue Yian Kut-Ku Deal fire damage to one enemy.
Fruit Barrage Bishaten iconBishaten Deals non-elemental damage to one enemy. Chance to inflict Poison, Paralysis, or Darkness.
Gigavolt Crash Thunderlord Zinogre iconThunderlord Zinogre Deals thunder damage to all enemies, then grants Attack Up to the user.
Ground Cyclone Barioth iconBarioth Sand Barioth iconSand Barioth Deals ice damage to all enemies and inflicts Speed Down.
Hellblade Hellblade Glavenus iconHellblade Glavenus Deals fire damage to one enemy, then grants Attack Up to the user.
Hellfire Crematorium Magnamalo iconMagnamalo Deals non-elemental damage to one enemy. Chance to inflict Blastblight.
Hunger Rage Deviljho iconDeviljho Deals dragon damage to one enemy.
Hunter's Claw Arzuros iconArzuros TBD
Icicle Realm Legiana iconLegiana Deals ice damage to one enemy.
Kadachi Fury Tobi-Kadachi iconTobi-Kadachi Deals thunder damage to all enemies, then grants Thunder Attack Up to the user.
Lightning Impact Namielle iconNamielle TBD
Longhorn Upheaval Bloodbath Diablos iconBloodbath Diablos Deals non-elemental damage to all enemies, then grants Attack Up to the user.
Magma Surge Black Gravios iconBlack Gravios Gravios iconGravios Deals fire damage that ignores defense to all enemies.
Megavolt Lance Rey Dau iconRey Dau Deals thunder damage to one enemy.
Meteor Strike Dreadking Rathalos iconDreadking Rathalos Deals fire damage to one enemy, then grants Attack Up to the user.
Mirage Edge Lunagaron iconLunagaron Deals ice damage to one enemy, then grants Ice Attack Up to the user.
Moonlight Transience Mizutsune iconMizutsune Deals water damage to one enemy. High chance of landing a critical hit.
Moonsault Splash Royal Ludroth iconRoyal Ludroth Purple Ludroth iconPurple Ludroth TBD
Nightmare Blade Silverwind Nargacuga iconSilverwind Nargacuga Deals non-elemental damage to one enemy, then grants Attack Up to the user. High chance of landing a critical hit.
Parasitic Bloodletting Malzeno iconMalzeno Deals dragon damage to one enemy. Chance to inflict Bleeding.
Piercing Stars Seregios iconSeregios Deals non-elemental damage to one enemy. Chance to inflict Bleeding.
Pinecone Barrage Blood Orange Bishaten iconBlood Orange Bishaten Deals fire damage to one enemy. Chance to inflict Burn.
Plesioth Splash Plesioth iconPlesioth Green Plesioth iconGreen Plesioth TBD
Poogie March Great Poogie iconGreat Poogie TBD
Predator Needle Nerscylla iconNerscylla Shrouded Nerscylla iconShrouded Nerscylla Deals non-elemental damage to one enemy. Chance to inflict Sleep.
Rising Axel Canyne iconCanyne Deals non-elemental damage to one enemy.
Rock Smash Tigrex iconTigrex Brute Tigrex iconBrute Tigrex Deals non-elemental damage to one enemy.
Rushing Charge (Ice) Jade Barroth iconJade Barroth Deals ice damage to one enemy.
Rushing Charge (Non-Elemental) Barroth iconBarroth Deals non-elemental damage to one enemy.
Sea of Mud Almudron iconAlmudron Deals water damage to one enemy.
Searing Embrace Rakna-Kadaki iconRakna-Kadaki Deals fire damage to one enemy. High chance of landing a critical hit.
Siren Shell Somnacanth iconSomnacanth TBD
Siren Storm Aurora Somnacanth iconAurora Somnacanth Deals ice damage to one enemy.
Sky-High Dive Ratha iconRatha Rathalos iconRathalos Azure Rathalos iconAzure Rathalos Deals fire damage to one enemy.
Snow Dunk Blangonga iconBlangonga Deals ice damage to one enemy.
Spark Surprise Red Khezu iconRed Khezu Deals thunder damage to all enemies. Chance to inflict Paralysis.
Steam Burst Garangolm iconGarangolm Deals non-elemental damage to all enemies.
Sublime Transience Soulseer Mizutsune iconSoulseer Mizutsune Deals water damage to one enemy, then grants Attack Up to the user. High chance of landing a critical hit.
Target Acquired (Dragon) Ebony Odogaron iconEbony Odogaron Deals dragon damage to one enemy. Chance to inflict Bleeding.
Target Acquired (Non-Elemental) Odogaron iconOdogaron Deals non-elemental damage to one enemy. Chance to inflict Bleeding.
Thunderous Blast Lagiacrus iconLagiacrus Ivory Lagiacrus iconIvory Lagiacrus Deals thunder damage to one enemy.
Tigrexplosion Grimclaw Tigrex iconGrimclaw Tigrex Deals non-elemental damage to one enemy, then grants Attack Up to the user.
Velocicrush Velocidrome iconVelocidrome Deals non-elemental damage to one enemy.
Voltage Crash Zinogre iconZinogre Deals thunder damage to all enemies.
Voltage Crash (Dragon) Stygian Zinogre iconStygian Zinogre Deals dragon damage to all enemies and inflicts Wyvernsoul Defense Down.
Whirlwind Sickle Great Izuchi iconGreat Izuchi Deals non-elemental damage to one enemy. High chance of landing a critical hit.
X Blaze Glavenus iconGlavenus Deals fire damage to one enemy.

What are Kinship Skills?

Powerful Skill When Riding Monstie

Attack While Riding

Kinship Skills are powerful attacks that become available while riding your monstie which you can do by filling your kinship gauge, the teardrop-shaped gauge in the lower-left side of the screen.

How to Use Kinship Skills

Double Kinship is Available When Your Partner is Also Riding

How to Use Double Kinship Skills

When you want to aim for Double Kinship attacks, you must fill both party members' Gauges, and have them ride their respective Monsties. Double Kinship increasingly adds great damage, which is crucial against strong enemies!

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