Alatreon Counterbuilds and Counter Skills

This is a guide to countering the Alatreon in Monster Hunter World (MHW) Iceborne. Read on to learn about Alatreon' Weaknesses, skills that counter it, and recommended setups.

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Alatreon Related Quests

Alatreon Quests
The Evening Star (Fire Active)	Dawn of the Death Star (Ice Active)	Dawn's Triumph Easy Version

Alatreon is a unique monster in that it is the last airben capable of switching elements in the middle of the fight. Its attacks will not change much but its elemental weakness does. Elemental damage is a must have against Alatreon to knock him down. This makes knowing the starting elements of Alatreon a necessity.

How to Beat Alatreon

To conquer the elemental elder dragon, you'll need to learn all about its elemental states and Escaton Judgement. We have full guide on conquering alatreon with the link below!

Alatreon Weakness and Strategy Guide

Strategy Summary

Using elemental weapons that counters Alatreon's starter element is a must (ice for fire and fire for ice). Keep launching elemental attacks to bring down Alatreon then break its horn to weaken the Escaton Judgement!

How to Survive Escaton Judgement

Escaton Judgement is Alatreon's supermove and also signals his elemental shift from Dragon Element into the opposite element of its previous one (from fire to ice and vice versa). Breaking Alatreon's horn will stop Alatreon from shifting to his next element AND it will also weakn the attack. While the attack whittles your HP, use an Astera Jerky or a Max Potion to counter its damage.

Alatreon Best Counterweapons and Skills

★How to Counter Alatreon★
Use Elemental Weapons (fire or Ice)
Awakaned Kulve Taroth weapons works wonders
Safi Weapons also works great

Use Elemental Weapons

Using elemental weapons is the key to weakening Escaton Judgement. This is why knowing which element Alatreon starts out with is important. Dealing enough elemental damage to Alatreon will seal its power.

Break Alatreon's Horn

The Downside of choosing a starting weapon is the necessity to weaken escaton judgement AND breaking Alatreon's horn. If you fail to do either of the two tasks, the quest is pretty much over (or difficult). If you fail to break Alatreon's horn, it will switch to the same element as your weapon making you practically useless in the remainder of the fight.

Kjarr Weapons

Kjarr weapons from Kulve Taroth is a near necessity against Alatreon. These weapons come with a passive Critical element skill that amplifies your elemental attacks when they critically strike. They also have a high base damage making them still worthwhile against Alatreon's dragon element.

Safi Weapons

Safi Weapons are great too, they have a higher base elemental damage than kjarr weapons making their damage more consistent. They can also work with a True Critical element setup from Silver sol if you fully wish to make an elemental loadout.

Best Builds for Alatreon

Anti Alatreon Loadout

Kjarr Weapon (Change with Your Chosen Weapon/Element)

Kjarr Slicer "King"
	Rarity	Attack	Affinity	Elem.
	12	420	15	Fire 390
	Def.	Elderseal		Slots
	20	-		①ーー
Skill	Critical Element
Sharpness

Armor

Anti Alatreon Loadout

Build Notes

This is a sample loadout with the bare necessities to fight against Alatreon. Several affinity skills are added to take advantage of Kjarr's elemental damage abilties. It lacks Partbreaker which can make breaking Alatreon's Horn difficult but it will not suffer in regards to dealing elemental damage to weaken Escaton Judgement.

Best Items To Bring Against Alatreon

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Best Builds

Best Endgame Builds and Weapon Progression Builds

Best Builds Per Weapons

Melee Weapons
Long Swords	Great Swords	Sword and Shield	Dual Blades
Hammer	Hunting Horn	Lance	Gunlance
Switch Axe	Charge Blade	Insect Glaive

Ranged Weapons
Bow	Light Bowgun
Heavy Bowgun

Best Counter Builds

Monster Counterbuilds
Fatalis	Alatreon