History Characters / MonsterHunterFifthGenerationMonstersWorld

* AchillesHeel: Several monsters are weak to poison, but Legiana and most notably Shrieking Legiana are especially vulnerable. Shrieking Legiana's Ice attacks are even ''completely nullified'' by it, pretty much cutting down its difficulty by a huge margin.
* AnimalMotif: Hawks. From its wings resembling hawk wings to its screech resembling a hawk's cry, the resemblance can get a bit uncanny. The Low and High Rank helmets, as well as the Master Rank normal Legiana beta helmet, even look like a hawk's head.

* MixAndMatchCritters: It's your usual draconic ''Monster Hunter'' wyvern with characteristics of a bird of prey and the motifs of a blue sea slug.
* MovesetClone: {{Downplayed}}; it has the same skeleton as Rathalos as well most of the same moves while grounded, it gets an almost wholly unique moveset once airborne however.

* AchillesHeel: Several monsters are weak to poison, but Shrieking Legiana is especially vulnerable. Its Ice attacks are even ''completely nullified'' by it, pretty much cutting down its difficulty by a huge margin. Sometimes, a poisoned Shrieking Legiana would start vomiting, showing just how bad poison is for the monster.
* AnimalMotif: Hawks. From its wings resembling hawk wings to its screech resembling a hawk's cry, the resemblance can get a bit uncanny. The helmets on the Low and High rank armor sets even look like a hawk's head.

* BossArenaIdiocy: Legiana become disoriented and woozy when poisoned, greatly crimping their flying abilities. However, the upper reaches of the Coral Highlands the nominate subspecies likes to frequent has several poisoncups in it, which can be activated and subsequently clip the Legiana's wings for a time.

* AnimalMotif: Hawks. From its wings resembling hawk wings to its screech resembling a hawk's cry, the resemblance can get a bit uncanny. The helmets on the lower ranked armor sets even look like a hawk's head.
* BadassCape: The Alpha armors crafted from the Legiana for both genders feature a slick cape bearing the Legiana's district cross-like marking.

* AchillesHeel: In "Iceborne", several monsters are weak to poison, but Shrieking Legiana is especially vulnerable. Its Ice attacks are even ''completely nullified'' by it, pretty much cutting down its difficulty by a huge margin. Sometimes, a poisoned Shrieking Legiana would start vomiting, showing just how bad poison is for the monster.
* AnimalMotif: Hawks. From its wings resembling hawk wings to its screech resembling a hawk's cry, the resemblance can get a bit uncanny. The helmets on the lower ranked armor sets even look like hawk's heads.
* BadassCape: The Alpha form armors crafted from the Legiana for both genders feature a slick cape bearing the Legiana's district cross-like marking.

* BossArenaIdiocy: Both species of Legiana become disoriented and woozy when poisoned, greatly crimping their flying abilities. However, the upper reaches of the Coral Highlands the nominate subspecies likes to frequent has several Poisoncups in it, which can be activated and subsequently clip the Legiana's wings for a time.

* DualBoss: When a Shrieking Legiana and a normal Legiana are both in the Hoarfrost Reach, the Shrieker will often call their cousin to fight by their side.

* AnIcePerson: The only Ice elemental monster in base "World", in fact. Legiana is capable of generating ice clouds, then shoot it at its enemies to injure them and hinder their stamina. Shrieking Legiana's Ice attacks are even more powerful as the variant can generate bursts of icy spikes on the ground, impaling its target.

* MovesetClone: Downplayed; it has the same skeleton as Rathalos as well most of the same moves while grounded, it gets an almost wholly unique moveset once airborne however.

* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Legiana's appearance and form recall birds and aquatic creatures moreso than draconic ones. Its armor even carries elements more often seen on the series' water based monsters. Considering its habitat being a terrestrial coral reef, this is likely intentional.
* PeekABooCorpse: Dead Legianas occasionally fall into the Rotten Vale (which happens to be located beneath the Coral Highlands). These can be carved for materials or taken away by monsters such as Odogaron.

* TrademarkFavouriteFood: Recovers stamina by hunting and eating the local Raphinos.
* TheWorfEffect: Is easily defeated in Turf Wars against Deviljho and Rajang.

* SummonBiggerFish: Noios won't fight directly if they're provoked but they do have a trick up their sleeves. The mighty Diablos dislike loud noise since it startles and annoys them. When Noios feel provoked, their loud screeches attract a Diablos to its area, getting the monster to fight its aggressor for it.

* AchillesHeel: Shrieking Legiana is one of the most vulnerable monsters when afflicted by poison. But its ice attacks are also ''completely nullified'' by it, pretty much cutting down its difficulty by a huge margin.

* Catch22Dilemma: Legiana was the only monster in vanilla ''World'' that dealt Ice damage, so its armor's ice resistance was of rather limited use. ''Iceborne'''s introduction of numerous ice-elemental monsters, including the flagship Elder Dragon, Velkhana, alleviated the problem.

* GracefulInTheirElement: In a different way from Paolumu. On land Legiana fights more or less like the majority of Flying Wyverns across the series (Rathalos, Rathian, etc.), but while airborne it gracefully dances around the air delivering its attacks with a certain refinement instead of outright force. This is acknowledged in-game, where the story quest to fight it is titled "Embodiment of Elegance".
* HairTriggerTemper: An extremely territorial monster, standing near one for around 10 seconds is enough to make it hostile and attack you. Upon first entering Coral Highlands, the player Hunter and the Handler are immediately attacked by a Legiana for just stepping into its territory and it is also the monster responsible for stranding the Third Fleet in Coral Highlands, attacking their airship and sending them crashing down and stranded for years.
* AnIcePerson: Is capable of generating ice clouds when fighting enemies and is the only monster in the base game that uses the Ice element. Shrieking Legiana has even more powerful ice attacks, such as the ability to generate bursts of icy spikes on the ground.

* BackgroundMusicOverride: Just like Deviljho, Bazelgeuse's theme will override any and all other songs playing in the background, telling you that it has sighted you and is probably on its way to ruin your day. Though if ''both'' Bazelgeuse and Deviljho show up at once, Deviljho's theme will override.

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* AnimalMotifs: Bazelgeuse armor set has a distinctive lion motif, alluding to the large number of scales on the monster's bloated neck. This is more pronounced and easily noticed in the male versions of the set as well as the Palico armor. Notably, the Seething Bazelgeuse's armor and a number of the species' final weapon forms also feature the word "pride", a word often associated with the lion. Its scales and long tail also significantly resemble those of a pangolin.

* CurbstompCushion: Bazelgeuse isn't an Elder Dragon, but it is a powerful apex monster that can be just as dangerous as one. As a result, Bazelgeuse is able to fight off some particularly tough creatures, even though Bazelgeuse gets injured in the process.

* GiantFlyer: Among the Flying Wyverns that frequently flies, Bazelgeuse is one of the largest. It is the second largest Flying Wyvern in ''World'' as Diablos is slightly bigger, but out of the two, Bazelgeuse is the one that flies. Bazelgeuse is quite capable of flying for extended periods of time, which is made more impressive by the fact that its bombs should be weighing it down by a significant amount.

** {{Downplayed}} when fighting Deviljho or Rajang. As mentioned before, Bazelgeuse certainly gets injured by either of them but it hits them back roughly as hard. Deviljho pins Bazelgeuse to the ground but Bazelgeuse injures Deviljho's face with bombs. Rajang slams Bazelgeuse around but Bazelgeuse breaks free and purposefully crash-lands at Rajang.

* EarlyBirdBoss: In ''World'', Bazelgeuse is pretty much ready the moment you're in High Rank. Using Low Rank equipment while taking it on is unreasonably difficult as you will be dealing low damage to Bazelgeuse and getting taken out by just one of its attacks. Spend some time farming High Rank equipment and the fight is much more manageable. {{Averted}} with Seething Bazelgeuse, who is unlocked after you defeat Velkhana (an ''Elder Dragon'') in ''Iceborne's'' main story.

* GiantFlyer: Among the Flying Wyverns that frequently flies, Bazelgeuse is one of the largest. It is the second largest Flying Wyvern in ''World'' as Diablos is slightly bigger, but out of the two, Bazelgeuse is the one that flies. Bazelgeuse is quite capable of flying for extended periods of time, which is made more impressive by the fact that its scales are essentially ''bombs'' and should be weighing it down by a significant amount.

* StrongAndSkilled: Its weapons have good raw damage, neutral affinity, and can obtain a decent amount of purple sharpness if given maximum handicraft. It can also benefit from the Non-Elemental Boost skill on top of having high elderseal, or reasonable dragon damage if its element is awakened instead.

* EarlyBirdBoss: In ''World'', Bazelgeuse is pretty much ready the moment you're in High Rank. Using Low Rank equipment while taking it on is unreasonably difficult as you will be dealing low damage to Bazelgeuse and getting taken out by just one of its attacks. Spend some time farming High Rank equipment and the fight is much more manageable. {{Averted}} with Seething Bazelgeuse, who is unlocked after defeating Velkhana(an ''Elder Dragon'') in ''Iceborne's'' main story.
* EasyLevelTrick: The quest "Beyond the Blasting Scales" has you fight two tempered Bazelgeuse. An effective strategy is drawing the other one out when you located the first one, then stand aside and let the two kill each other.
* {{Foil}}: To Seregios. Both are invasive Flying Wyverns that can generate and detach small body pieces as a form of attack. [[FatAndSkinny However, Bazelgeuse is large, stocky, and relies on its body's bulk while Seregios is average-sized, slender, and uses its claws much more]]. Additionally, Bazelgeuse drops bombs while Seregios flings sharp scales. In fact, it's even implied that Bazelgeuse evolved ''from'' Seregios, or at least one that figured out a way to make its scales explosive.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: The Seething variant's purple bombs are more volatile and gain a wider blast radius, but if the player is aggressive enough, they can topple it by damaging its neck, prematurely detonating the bombs.

* MightyGlacier: Bazelgeuse isn't particularly fast, but it's highly resilient and its attacks pack a punch, with its explosive scales capable of taking down a Low Rank hunter in one hit. [[InstantDeathRadius With how well it can launch its explosive scales on the ground, it doesn't even need to be close to a careless hunter to take them out]]. {{Downplayed}} with Seething Bazelgeuse, who is slightly faster and more relentless.
* MightyRoar: Its ''very'' loud and distinctive roar ''will'' leave you stunned for a very long time if you don't have a sufficient enough Earplugs skill. Fittingly, its alpha armor set has five levels of the Earplugs skill that render the hunter [[NoSell immune to even the loudest roars]].

* StuffBlowingUp: Bazelgeuse(sometimes known as the '''Bomber''' Wyvern) hunts by flying over its prey and scattering its explosive scales over the ground below, swooping down afterwards to prey on whatever died in the blast. It prefers to open fights with its bombing run before landing. Additionally, Bazelgeuse weapons cause Blast damage.

** Bazelgeuse can go into a superheated state, signified by its body glowing hot red. In this state, its bombs will explode almost instantly upon touching the ground, making the fight more dangerous for hunters when they are trying to get close to the monster or evade its attacks.
** Seething Bazelgeuse's default state is generally normal Bazelgeuse's superheated state. As a result, Seething Bazelgeuse has its own more powerful superheated state, signified by its body glowing ''scorching bright white''. In its superheated state, Seething Bazelgeuse drops more bombs than usual, and at the same time, powers up its bombs to be even deadlier. When the bombs are powered up enough, they glow purple and explode with a much wider radius. The [[StickyBomb bombs can also be lodged into surfaces before exploding]].

** In ''Rise'', Magnamalo battles Bazelgeuse in turf wars and '''wins'''. Magnamalo fights it the same way it does against many other large flying monsters, by grabbing and damaging it while it is flying in the air, then forcing it to crash-land, [[OhCrap preferably on hunters]]. All Bazelgeuse is able to do to it in return is give it fireblight, though it does manages to push the Fanged Wyvern off itself and recover fairly quickly.

* GlassCannon: Seething Bazelgeuse is more aggressive and far more damaging than its normal counterpart, but is also more fragile. This is taken further once its bombs turn fully purple: their damage and blast radius go up even more, but they'll take even more damage and, if attacked enough, will explode for massive damage and a guaranteed knockdown.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Literally. When the Seething variant is superheated, its bombs are more volatile and gain a wider blast radius, even letting it pull off its nuclear dive move. However, if the player is aggressive enough, they can topple it by damaging its neck, prematurely detonating the bombs.

* StickyBomb: Seething Bazelgeuse's purple bombs will stick to whatever surface they're flung onto. This is notable since, when the monster is utilizing these purple bombs, it often throws them rather far, and keeping track of all of them and Bazelgeuse itself can be quite challenging. In ''Rise'', the nominate species gains this ability by default.

** Conversely, the trope is {{Averted}} with Bazelgeuse weapons, which are UnskilledButStrong. They have high raw damage and Blast damage in exchange for a -10% affinity penalty.

** {{Downplayed}} when fighting Deviljho or Rajang. As mentioned before, Bazelgeuse certainly gets injured by either them but it hits them back roughly as hard. Deviljho pins Bazelgeuse to the ground but Bazelgeuse injures Deviljho's face with bombs. Rajang slams Bazelgeuse around but Bazelgeuse breaks free and purposefully crash-lands at Rajang.

* AnimalMotifs: Its armor set has a distinctive lion motif, alluding to the large number of scales on its bloated neck. This is more pronounced and easily noticed in the male versions of the set as well as the Palico armor. Notably, the Seething Bazelgeuse's armor and a number of the species' final weapon forms also feature the word "pride", a word often associated with the lion. Its scales and long tail also significantly resemble those of a pangolin.

* CurbstompCushion: Bazelgeuse isn't an Elder Dragon, but it is a powerful apex monster that can be just as dangerous as one. As a result, Bazelgeuse is able to fight off some particularly tough creatures, even though Bazelgeuse gets itself injured in the process.

* CurbstompCushion:
** Unlike other large monsters who get swiftly owned to hell and back by Deviljho, Bazelgeuse is able to deal some considerable damage to the Brute Wyvern despite being slightly physically outmatched.
** Its nominate variant is intercepted by Ruiner Nergigante during your first trip to the Guiding Lands, but puts up quite the fight itself.
** While most flying monsters are tossed around by Rajang (Bazelgeuse is no exception), Bazelgeuse does escape Rajang's grasp with the explosives on its tail, letting the Flying Wyvern retaliate with a swift divebomb.

* StickyBomb: Seething Bazelgeuse's bombs will stick to whatever surface they're flung onto when it's superheated, which makes keeping track of all of them and Bazelgeuse itself even more challenging. In ''Rise'', the nominate species gains this ability by default.

* TheWorfEffect: Downplayed; it is overpowered physically and pinned to the ground by Deviljho in their Turf War and takes considerable damage, but manages to deal some considerable damage back by igniting its exploding scales right in Deviljho's face, and can go airborne again while Deviljho is recovering from the explosion. Compare this to the other monsters that Deviljho engages in Turf War, with all of them lying on the ground and writhing in pain at the end of the fight. Played straight in ''Rise'', where it has a turf war with Magnamalo and ''loses''. All Bazelgeuse is able to do to it in return is fireblight, though it does manages to push the Fanged Wyvern off itself and recover fairly quickly.

* {{Foil}}: To Seregios. Both are invasive Flying Wyverns, [[FatAndSkinny but Bazelgeuse is large, stocky, and relies on its body's bulk while Seregios is average-sized, slender, and uses its claws much more.]] In fact, it's even implied that Bazelgeuse evolved ''from'' Seregios, or at least one that figured out a way to make its scales explosive.

* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: It can ('''and will''') randomly show up during High Rank in ''World'' and ''Rise'' to give you a hard time. If it's in the same habitat as hunters, it will make a beeline for them when they fight other large monsters, no matter its respective distance to the hunters in question.

* PurpleIsPowerful: When Seething Bazelgeuse's body becomes superheated, its explosive scales will pressurize and glow bright purple before causing larger explosions than normal.

* TheRival: In ''World'', Deviljho is an '''''incredibly''''' ''powerful'' invasive monster whose presence has gone uncontested, but then comes the equally invasive Bazelgeuse, who proves to be capable of facing Deviljho and fight it to a draw in turf wars. In ''Iceborne'', Seething Bazelgeuse is not an invasive monster, but it is still one of the very few monsters capable of fighting Savage Deviljho to a draw.

* BloodKnight: Bazelgeuse '''lives''' for the fight. If it senses a battle going on in the distance, it will fly over there to join in. Its poem in ''Rise'' indicates that Bazelgeuse enjoys carnage and destruction as the reason it appears when other monsters are fighting is because it thirsts for violence.

* DeathFromAbove: Bazelgeuse's bombing runs involve it flying around the area and dropping explosive scales onto the ground(similar to a bomber aircraft) before dive bombing toward its target and exploding all the scales in range. Becomes even more dangerous when the monster is enraged, since the scales will explode instantly upon hitting the ground. Seething Bazelgeuse's explosive dive involves it causing extremely high damage on its target by dropping ''itself'' from the sky. ''Sunbreak'' even gives Seething Bazelgeuse the title 'Death from Above'.

** Seething Bazelgeuse's default state is generally normal Bazelgeuse's superheated state. As a result, Seething Bazelgeuse has its own more powerful superheated state, signified by its body glowing ''scorching bright white''. The monster's bombs will turn purple and spread slightly out before exploding with a much wider radius and the [[StickyBomb bombs can also be lodged into surfaces before exploding]].

* DeathFromAbove: Bazelgeuse's bombing run involves it flying around the area and dropping explosive scales onto the ground(similar to a bomber aircraft) before dive bombing toward its target and exploding all the scales in range. Becomes even more dangerous when the monster is enraged, since the scales will explode instantly upon hitting the ground. Seething Bazelgeuse's explosive dive involves it causing extremely high damage on its target by dropping ''itself'' from the sky. ''Sunbreak'' even gives Seething Bazelgeuse the title 'Death from Above'.

** Seething Bazelgeuse's default state is generally normal Bazelgeuse's superheated state. As a result, Seething Bazelgeuse has its own more powerful superheated state, signified by its body glowing ''bright scorching white''. The monster's bombs will turn purple and spread slightly out before exploding with a much wider radius and the [[StickyBomb bombs can also be lodged into surfaces before exploding]].

* DeathFromAbove: One of its attacks involves it flying around the area and dropping explosive scales onto the ground(similar to a bomber aircraft) before dive bombing toward its target and exploding all the scales in range. Becomes even more dangerous when the monster is enraged, since the scales will explode instantly upon hitting the ground. Seething Bazelgeuse's explosive dive involves it causing extremely high damage on its target by dropping ''itself'' from the sky. ''Sunbreak'' even gives Seething Bazelgeuse the title 'Death from Above'.

* GlassCannon: Seething Bazelgeuse is more aggressive and far more damaging than its normal counterpart, but is also more fragile. This is taken further once its scales turn fully purple: their damage and blast radius go up again, but they'll take even more damage and, if attacked enough, will explode for massive damage and a guaranteed knockdown.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Literally. While the Seething variant is enraged, its scales are more volatile and gain a wider blast radius, even letting it pull off its nuclear dive move. However, if the player is aggressive enough, they can topple it by prematurely detonating the scales.

* PurpleIsPowerful: When Seething Bazelgeuse's body becomes more heated, its scales will pressurize and glow bright purple before causing larger explosions than normal.

* StickyBomb: Seething Bazelgeuse's scales will stick to whatever surface they're flung onto when it's enraged, making keeping track of all of them and Bazelgeuse itself even more challenging. In ''Rise'', the nominate species gains this ability by default.

** Once it is enraged, Bazelgeuse's grenades will turn red hot and its scales will explode instantly upon touching the ground, meaning even less time for Hunters to get out of the range of the exploding scales.
** The Seething Bazelgeuse is constantly at red... instead it goes to ''white hot,'' and the grenades turn unstable, resulting a much wider blast radius and the ability to [[StickyBomb lodge themselves into surfaces before exploding.]].

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** Becomes this to its Seething subspecies in ''Iceborne'', gaining the ability to create bombs that [[StickyBomb cling to whatever terrain they hit.]]

* DeathFromAbove: One of its attacks involves it flying around the area and dropping explosive scales onto the ground(similar to a bomber aircraft) before dive bombing toward its target and exploding all the scales in range. Becomes even more dangerous when the monster is enraged, since the scales will explode instantly upon hitting the ground. ''Sunbreak'' even gives Seething Bazelgeuse the title 'Death from Above'.

** In ''Rise'', Bazelgeuse is still a very powerful endgame monster but it was introduced in the 2.0 update and takes a backseat to Rajang as far as invasive monsters go. In fact, where it draws in turf wars with '''Deviljho''' in ''World'', it outright loses to Magnamalo in ''Rise'', though it leaves the Fanged Wyvern with fireblight and is able to recover and push Magnamalo away right after.

** In a ''Sunbreak'' cutscene, Volvidon and Tetranadon are wrestling against each other until they notice an explosive scale dropping between them. They realize what the scale came from and '''''immediately''''' ''run for their lives''.

* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: It can ('''and will''') randomly show up during unstable High Rank hunts in ''World'' and ''Rise'' to give you a hard time. If it's already in the map, it will make a beeline for hunters when they start fighting large monsters, no matter its respective distance to the hunters in question.

* HairTriggerTemper: Part of the reason they are [[BloodKnight blood knights]]. Aside from hunting down preys, Bazelgeuse is assaultive in general to fight off potential rivals. The Quest "Beyond the Blasting Scales" shows that Bazelgeuse generally don't like even each other. Seething Bazelgeuse takes it a step slightly further by being much more aggressive, and having the regular Bazelgeuse's superheated state as its default state.

* ItCanThink: Bazelgeuse's first reaction upon being gnawed by an angry Deviljho is to plant bombs in its mouth as retaliation. It's also smart enough to drop bombs all around when a Rajang grabs it by the tail and slams it like a rag doll, allowing it to escape and dive bomb the Rajang.

* RecurringElement: It's another invasive monster introduced in the franchise (other examples include Deviljho and Seregios). Invasive monsters are monsters who randomly show up in any habitat to mess up your hunt. Deviljho joins Bazelgeuse in ''World'' as its {{Rival}}. Bazelgeuse also returns in ''Rise'' while Seregios joins in the ''Sunbreak'' expansion.

* RoarBeforeBeating: The Seething variant has a move where they make a noise similar to an airplane propeller starting up beforehand. If you hear that noise, [[NukeEm it's time to]] '''''[[RunOrDie RUN]]'''''.
* SchmuckBait: Seething Bazelgeuse can scatter a large ring of explosive scales as it takes to the air. While it would seem logical to just stand in the center to avoid them, this is just what the monster is counting on, crashing down a second later and detonating all of its scales like a draconic warhead.

** Bazelgeuse's bombing runs are a distinct tactic. It lifts into the air and does two to three passes over its target, raining down scales as it goes. It then divebombs its target, with the scales detonating when it lands or immediately if enraged.
** Seething Bazelgeuse gets a new special maneuver that's more akin to Teostra's iconic supernova: it launches into the sky while spinning, resulting in it launching explosive scales everywhere in a huge radius, then lets them all explode, before diving back down on its original launch point and detonating every scale on its body all at once for a massive explosion.
* SirNotAppearingInThisTrailer: Despite being reintroduced in ''Rise''[='=]s Version 2.0, Bazelgeuse does not appear in the trailer promoting the update, which instead showcased the trio of second generation Elder Dragons (Chameleos, Kushala Daora and Teostra).

* StrongAndSkilled: Though it mainly leans towards UnskilledButStrong. While it gets trounced by Deviljho in raw might, Bazelgeuse is no slouch in the physical department either, having a lot of tackles and charging, with an occasional short burst of flame. It makes up for its lower might by being [[ItCanThink smarter]] by planting bombs in Deviljho's mouth while the former is beating the shit out of him.
** Conversely, its weapons have a [[UnskilledButStrong high raw damage and blast damage in exchange for a -10% affinity penalty]].

* AnimalMotifs: Its armor set has a distinctive lion motif, alluding to the large number of scales on its bloated neck. This is more pronounced and easily noticed in the male versions of the set as well as the Palico armor. Notably, the Seething Bazelgeuse's armor and a number of the species' final weapon forms also feature the word "pride", a word often associated with the lion. Its scales and long tail also significantly resemble those of pangolins.

* MightyGlacier: Bazelgeuse isn't particularly fast, but it's highly resilient, and its attacks pack a punch, with its explosive scales capable of taking down a Low Rank hunter in one hit. [[InstantDeathRadius With how well it can launch its explosive scales on the ground, it doesn't even need to be close to a careless hunter to take them out]]. {{Downplayed}} with Seething Bazelgeuse, who is slightly faster and more relentless.

* TheRival: In ''World'', Deviljho is an '''''incredibly''''' ''powerful'' invasive monster whose presence has gone uncontested, but then comes the equally invasive Bazelgeuse, who proves to be capable of facing Deviljho and fight it to a draw in turf wars.

** In a ''Sunbreak'' cutscene, Volvidon and Tetranodon are wrestling against each other until they notice an explosive scale dropping between them. They realize what the scale came from and '''''immediately''''' ''run for their lives''.

* {{Foil}}: To Seregios. Both are Invasive Flying Wyverns, [[FatAndSkinny but Bazelgeuse is large, stocky, and relies on its body's bulk while Seregios is average-sized, slender, and uses its claws much more.]] In fact, it's even implied that Bazelgeuse evolved ''from'' Seregios, or at least one that figured out a way to make its scales explosive.

!!!Explosive Scale Wyvern, Party Crasher / Death from Above

* BombardierMook: Bazelgeuse(sometimes known as the '''Bomber''' Wyvern) hunts by flying over its prey and scattering its explosive scales over the ground below, swooping down afterwards to prey on whatever died in the blast. It prefers to open fights with its bombing run, often not even landing. Unlike other examples of this trope, it's a formidable fighter and just as dangerous up close as when flying overhead.

** In its ''Rise'' introductory cutscene, a Tigrex actually gets a bit frightened by hearing the roar of a Bazelgeuse in the distance as well as by the explosive scales.
** In a ''Sunbreak'' cutscene, Volvidon and Tetranodon are wrestling against each other until they notice an explosive scale dropping between them. They realize what the scale came from and ''''immediately'''' ''run for their lives''.

* {{Foil}}: To Seregios. Both are Invasive Flying Wyverns, [[FatAndSkinny but Bazelgeuse is large, stocky, and relies on its body's bulk while Seregios was average-sized, slender, and uses its claws much more.]] In fact, it's even implied that Bazelgeuse evolved ''from'' Seregios, or at least one that figured out a way to make its scales explosive.

* TheRival: In ''World'', Deviljho is an ''''incredibly'''' ''powerful'' invasive monster whose presence has gone uncontested, but then comes the equally invasive Bazelgeuse, who proves to be capable of facing Deviljho and fight it to a draw in turf wars.
* RoarBeforeBeating: The Seething variant has a move where they make a noise similar to an airplane propeller starting up beforehand. If you hear that noise, [[NukeEm it's time to]] '''''[[RunOrDie RUN.]]'''''

* StuffBlowingUp: The scales under its neck and tail explode into flames when launched into the ground. Also extends to its weapons, which cause Blastblight.

* CowardlyLion:
** Depends on how angry it is. When calm, its preferred hunting strategy is to launch a surprise attack against prospective prey that's already engaged in combat. When encountered on its own, Bazelgeuse is likely to flee immediately if it's not aggravated quickly enough. That being said, once it's been riled up(which is surprisingly easy to do), Bazelgeuse will stay and fight it out with even other apex monsters (such as Rathalos or Diablos), even once it's lost the element of surprise. The trope altogether is {{Averted}} if [[TheRival Deviljho]] is around.
** {{Averted}} with the Seething variant, who is braver and easier to get enraged.
* CurbstompCushion

* DemotedToExtra

** In a ''Sunbreak'' cutscene, Volvidon and Tetranodon are wrestling against each other until they notice an explosive scale dropped between them. They realize what the scale came from and '''immediately''' ''run for their lives''.

* EasyLevelTrick: The quest "Beyond the Blasting Scales" has you fight two tempered Bazelgeuse. An effective strategy is drawing the other one out when you located the first one, then hide and let the two kill each other.

* GiantFlyer: Among the Flying Wyverns that frequently flies, Bazelgeuse is one of the largest. It is the second largest Flying Wyvern in ''World'' as Diablos is slightly bigger, but out of the two, Bazelgeuse is the one that flies. Bazelgeuse is capable of actually flying for extended periods of time, which is made more impressive by the fact that its scales are essentially ''bombs'' and should be weighing it down by a significant amount.

* HairTriggerTemper: Essentially the reason why they mostly avert DirtyCoward; they might prefer hunting down its prey when its distracted, but they will gladly fight even with the lack of element of surprise once angered. Seething Bazelgeuse takes it a step further by actively engaging its prey as opposed to bombing it, being much more aggressive, and having the regular Bazelgeuse's superheated state as its default state.

* MightyGlacier: Bazelgeuse isn't particularly fast, but it's highly resilient, and its attacks pack a punch, with its explosive scales capable of oneshotting a Hunter at the beginning of High Rank hunts where it shows up. [[InstantDeathRadius And since it can launch its scales on the ground which explode later, it doesn't even need to be close to a careless Hunter to take them out ...]]
* MightyRoar: It has a ''very'' distinctive roar that sounds very similar to the ''T. rex'' from ''Film/JurassicPark'', and hearing it ''will'' leave you stunned for a very long time if you don't have a sufficient Earplugs skill. Fittingly, one of the skills of its Alpha Armor Set is Earplugs 5 that render the Hunter immune to all roars. Hilariously enough, this also is its weakness during a quest where you have to hunt two of them. The trigger for Bazelgeuse going on the warpath is another monster's roar, so a good tactic is to just get one of them to roar and then take cover and watch as the two continue to fight until one of them is dead and the other one is severely weakened.
* NoSell: While Deviljho can try to toss it around if they get into a turf war, Bazelgeuse can easily just shrug it off, and even give Deviljho a face full of explosive scales for its effort. It's actually the only monster in vanilla ''World'' that can force a draw against Deviljho. In ''Iceborne'' the Seething variant is a similar match for Savage Deviljho, who can force a draw with many ''Elder Dragons''.
** Its armor set has the Earplugs skill, which enables the Hunter wearing it the ability to ignore monster roars.

* PurpleIsPowerful: When Seething Bazelgeuse is enraged, its scales will pressurize and glow bright purple before causing larger explosions than normal.

* RecurringElement: It's the Fifth Generation's equivalent of the Deviljho and Seregios, as the monster who randomly shows up during High Rank to mess up your hunt. Downplayed with the former due to its eventual introduction to ''World'', and the latter with its reintroduction into ''Sunbreak''.

* TheRival: After numerous entries where its presence has gone uncontested, the Bazelgeuse proves capable of facing the infamous '''Deviljho''' and surviving; their Turf War even ends with them dealing roughly the same amount of damage to each other.

* BombardierMook: Bazelgeuse hunts by flying over its prey and scattering its explosive scales over the ground below, swooping down afterwards to prey on whatever died in the blast. It prefers to open fights with its bombing run, often not even landing. Unlike other examples of this trope, it's a formidable fighter and just as dangerous up close as when flying overhead.

** Depends on how angry it is. When calm, its preferred hunting strategy is to launch a surprise attack against prospective prey that's already engaged in combat. When encountered on its own, Bazelgeuse is likely to flee immediately if it's not aggravated quickly enough. That being said, once it's been riled up(which is surprisingly easy to do), Bazelgeuse will stay and fight it out with even other apex monsters (such as Rathalos or Diablos), even once it's lost the element of surprise. The trope altogether is [[AvertedTrope averted]] if [[TheRival Deviljho]] is also around.

* HairTriggerTemper: Essentially the reason why they mostly avert DirtyCoward; they might prefer hunting down its prey when its distracted, but they will gladly fight even with the lack of element of surprise once angered, which is easy to do. Seething Bazelgeuse takes it a step further by actively engaging its prey as opposed to bombing it, being much more aggressive, and having the regular Bazelgeuse's enraged state as its default state.