Monster Ailments and charms - Monster Hunter World

One of the most important things to know before going on a hunt in Monster Hunter World is what sort of ailments a monster inflicts. It’s fine to know what type of damage you should output yourself but staying healthy means avoiding whatever hellish doom the monster can inflict on you. In this guide, we’ll look at the ailments dealt by each monster, as well as how you can counter them with charms and jewels.

Monster blights and ailment inflictions

It’s important to note that there are multiple ways to counter blights and ailments inflicted by monsters in Monster Hunter World. Collecting all mantles in Monster Hunter World can temporarily protect you, but the most effective counter to an ailment dealt by a monster is a charm. Charms can give you permanent protection from ailments and allow you to use your mantles and jewels for other purposes. In the table we put together blow, which we owe a shout out to the Monster Hunter World wiki for, we’ll only be using charms and resistance numbers, not mantles.

Monster	Infliction 1	Infliction 2	Counter 1	Counter 2
Acidic Glavenus	Defense Down	N/A	Guard Charm 3	Iron Skin 3
Ancient Leshen	Bleeding	N/A	Bleed Charm 3	Bleeding Resistance 3
Anjanath	Fire	N/A	N/A	Fire Resistance 3
Azure Rathalos	Fireblight	Poison	Fire Charm 3	Poison Charm 3
Banbaro (HR)	Iceblight	N/A	Ice Charm 3	Ice Resistance 3
Barioth	Ice/Water/Fire Blight	N/A	Blight Charm 3	Blight Resistance 3
Barroth	Waterblight	N/A	Water Charm 3	Water Resistance 3
Bazelgeuse	Fireblight	N/A	Fire Charm 3	Fire Resistance 3
Behemoth	Thunder	Fire	Thunder Charm 3	Fire Charm 3
Beotodus	Iceblight	N/A	Ice Charm 3	Ice Resistance 3
Black Diablos	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Blackveil Vaal Hazak	Effluvial Buildup	N/A	Miasma Charm 1	Effluvia Resistance 3
Brachydios	Blastscourge	N/A	Blast Charm 3	Blast Resistance 3
Brute Tigrex	Fireblight	Waterblight	Fire Charm 3	Water Charm 3
Coral Pukei-Pukei	Waterblight	N/A	Water Charm 3	Water Resistance 3
Deviljho	Dragonblight	N/A	Dragon Charm 3	Dragon Resistance 3
Diablos	Stun (Roar)	N/A	Stun Charm 3	Earplugs 6
Dodogama	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Ebony Odogaron	Bleeding	Dragonblight	Bleed Charm 3	Dragon Charm 3
Fulgur Anjanath	Thunderblight	N/A	Thunder Charm 3	Thunder Resistance 3
Glavenus	Fireblight	N/A	Fire Charm 3	Fire Resistance 3
Gold Rathian	Fireblight	Poison	Fire Charm 3	Poison Charm 3
Great Girros	Paralysis	N/A	Paralysis Charm 3	Paralysis Resistance 3
Great Jagras	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Jyuratodus	Waterblight	N/A	Water Charm 3	Water Resistance 3
Kirin	Thunderblight	N/A	Thunder Charm 3	Thunder Resistance 3
Kulu-Ya-Ku	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Kulve Taroth	Fire	N/A	Fire Charm 3	Fire Resistance 3
Kushala Daora	N/A	N/A	Windproof Charm 3	Windproof 5
Lavasioth	Fire	N/A	Fire Charm 3	Fire Resistance 3
Legiana	Iceblight	N/A	Ice Charm 3	Ice Resistance 3
Leshen	Bleeding	N/A	Bleed Charm 3	Bleeding Resistance 3
Lunastra	Fire	N/A	Fire Charm 3	Fire Resistance 3
Namielle	Waterblight	Thunderblight	Blight Charm 3
Nargacuga	Bleeding	N/A	Bleed Charm 3	Bleeding Resistance 3
Nergigante	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Nightshade Paolumu	Sleep	N/A	Sleep Charm 3	Sleep Resistance 3
Odogaron	Bleeding	N/A	Bleed Charm 3	Bleeding Resistance 3
Paolumu	N/A	N/A	Windproof Charm 3	Windproof 5
Pink Rathian	Fire	Poison	Fire Charm 3	Poison Charm 3
Pukei-Pukei	Poison	N/A	Poison Charm 3	Poison Resistance 3
Radobaan	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Rajang	Thunderblight	N/A	Thunder Charm 3	Thunder Resistance 3
Rathalos	Fire	Poison	Fire Charm 3	Poison Charm 3
Rathian	Fireblight	Poison	Fire Charm 3	Poison Charm 3
Ruiner Nergigante	Bleeding	N/A	Bleed Charm 3	Bleeding Resistance 3
Safi'jiiva	Fire	Dragon	Fire Charm 3	Dragon Charm 3
Savage Deviljho	Dragon	N/A	Dragon Charm 3	N/A
Scarred Yian Garuga	Fireblight	Poison	Fire Charm 3	Poison Charm 3
Seething Bazelgeuse	Fireblight	Blastblight	Blight Charm 3	N/A
Shara Ishvalda	Stun	N/A	Stun Charm 3	Stun Resistance 3
Shrieking Legiana	Iceblight	N/A	Ice Charm 3	Ice Resistance 3
Silver Rathalos	Fireblight	Poison	Fire Charm 3	Poison Charm 3
Stygian Zinogre	Dragonblight	N/A	Dragon Charm 3	Dragon Resistance 3
Teostra	Fireblight	Blastblight	Blight Charm 3	N/A
Tigrex	Iceblight	Waterblight	Blight Charm 3	Ice/Water Charm 3
Tobi-Kadachi	Thunderblight	N/A	Thunder Charm 3	Thunder Resistance 3
Tzitzi-Ya-Ku	Stun	N/A	Stun Charm 3	Stun Resistance 3
Uragaan	Fireblight	Sleep	Fire Charm 3	Sleep Charm 3
Vaal Hazak	Effluvia	N/A	Miasma Charm 1	Effluvia Resistance 3
Velkhana	Iceblight	N/A	Ice Charm 3	Ice Resistance 3
Viper Tobi-Kadachi	Poison	Paralysis	Poison Charm 3	Paralysis Charm 3
Xeno'jiiva	Fireblight	Dragonblight	Blight Charm 3	Clearmind Charm
Yian Garuga	Fireblight	Poison	Fire Charm 3	Poison Charm 3
Zinogre	Thunderblight	N/A	Thunder Charm 3	Thunder Resistance 3
Zorah Magdaros	Fireblight	N/A	Fire Charm 3	Fire Resistance 3

Below are some notes to keep in mind, mostly because they didn’t fit neatly into a table:

Any blight can be countered with Blight Resistance. This works in the form of Blight Charm 3 or by using jewels to reach Blight Resistance 3. For example, if a monster inflicts Fireblight, you can counter this with the Fire Charm 3, or with the Blight Charm 3. You could also use jewels to reach Fire Resistance 3 or Blight Resistance 3. Blight Charm 3 is useful if a monster can inflict multiple blights on you.
Most charms are made up of a resistance. For example, Fire Charm 3 gives the benefit of Fire Resistance 3. However, if you cannot craft the Fire Charm 3 (or any other charm for that matter), you could use jewels to reach Fire Resistance 3 by slotting them into your gear. Ebony Odogaron can inflict Dragonblight and Bleeding. You could use Dragon Charm 3, then reach Bleed Resistance 3 through jewels.

Now that you've got a comprehensive list of monsters and the charms needed to counter them, visit our Monster Hunter World strategy guide for more.