Zabarugga

The Zabarugga is a Fanged Beast recently discovered in the Ancient Outback of the Belurius Region and the Wildspire Waste of the New World.

Physiology
Resembling what would best be called a "large, horned Zebra", the Zabarugga is a rather strong Fanged Beast. Its body is of a very light cream color, with a striking brown (Ancient Outback) or black (Wildspire Waste) stripe pattern. Its head looks like that of an ordinary equine, however, there are two large and robust horns over its eyes and also a type of plating running down the nose. It has a short and scrubby mane going down to its withers and a rather thin tail with a long and bristly tuft of hair at the end. Its limbs are long and muscular with rather small but strong hooves, allowing for powerful attacks as well as long sprints.

Behavior
The female individuals are usually very docile and travel in herds of up to tens of thousands individuals. These herds are usually composed of smaller groups of females and foals with one stallion guarding the group. Young stallions and those who are not part of a group usually lead a solitary life, due to them aggressively competing with other males of their species.

This aggression can also cause problems with human settlements, some reports even mentioning attacks on villages solely due to frustration of having lost a battle or being cast out of a group.

Abilities
Possessing no elemental powers, the Zabarugga relies on physical attacks or, if a threat is too dangerous, their rather impressive speed. They can deliver powerful blows with their ram-like horns and strong legs, as well as having strong jaws and teeth, despite them being herbivores.

Rage And Tired States

 * Rage Mode: Breathes more heavily; mane stands up more prominently; veins on neck, face and leg musculature stand out.
 * Fatigued: Drools; legs shiver slightly when standing still; usually trips after charging

Interactions With Alternate Statuses
Frenzied Zabarugga have been confirmed, although very few sightings have been documented. The reports do not mention any new attacks, besides a more erratic way of moving and a generally darker hide.

Interactions With Other Monsters

 * Versus Other Zabarugga: The two individuals paw the ground, snorting and emitting deep and guttural growls. Suddenly both charge into each other making their heads clash audibly. After this both rear and attempt to kick the opponent with their hooves. The stronger individual performs an unexpected forward chomp, making the other Zabarugga trip and dealing medium damage - usually around 300 to 500.
 * Versus Barroth: Both monsters roar at each other, the Zabarugga bellowing and barking while also rearing. The Barroth lowers its head and charges at the Zabarugga, the Fanged Beast reacting in the same way. As the violently crash into each other, both receiving medium damage - about 450 each. The recoil from this makes the Zabarugga trip, while the Barroth just performs its "harder" flinching animation.
 * Versus Waeopial: The Waeopial circles the Zabarugga, which makes the beast enrage immediately. The Zabarugga tries to knock its opponent down with its horns but misses, as the Weaopial jumps and latches onto its back, biting, clawing violently and repeatedly dealing damage (around 95, four times). In panic, the Zabarugga bucks and rears, throwing the Waeopial off and then powerfully kicking it with both rear legs, doing around 200 to 250 damage.
 * Versus Monoblos: The Zabarugga bellows angrily, the Monoblos answers screaming. As the Zabarugga prepares a charge, the Monoblos quickly digs and resurfaces right under it, lifting it up and violently throwing it down again, all in one swift move. The Monoblos wants to strike with its tail as well, but the Zabarugga gets up again and flees immediately. The damage done to Zabarugga is usually around 900 to 950.
 * Versus Diablos: The Diablos aggressively taunts the Zabarugga, displaying its large horns and angering its opponent. Frontally facing each other, both tThe Zabarugga and the Diablos paw the ground before the fanged beast tries to perform a series of quick kicks and bites. The wyvern is faster, reacting with a horn uppercut that launches the Zabarugga a few feet away and deals high damage. Having received over 1000 damage, the Zabarugga is on the ground. Screaming, the Diablos puts its victory on display.

Mount
The animation is the same as Kirin's in MHWorld. However, its head is not accessible for mounting due to the large horns, making the mount essentially like in past generations.

Attacks
Zabarugga shares some attacks with Kirin and smaller monsters like Kelbi or Anteka.
 * "Roar": The Zabarugga raises its head and emits a series of high pitched barks, followed by a deep, guttural growl. The roar effect is very weak and short.
 * Fast Kick: Done either at the front or the back, the Zabarugga snorts and quickly lifts one leg to kick whatever is in reach.
 * Horn Thrust The Zabarugga lowers its head and makes a quick jump forward in an attempt to knock down whatever is directly in front of it. The covered distance can vary.
 * Horn Uppercut: With an angry snort, the Zabarugga quickly and forcefully raises its horns to lift its opponent into the air.
 * Head-Swing: Violently swings its head from side to side while moving forwards, knocking down whatever is next to it.
 * Quick Stomp: Raises its front half and stomps down again, stretching its legs out in front of it as to cover a larger area. Can be done either once or more times in succession.
 * Strong Kick: When its opponent is behind it, the Zabarugga quickly raises its back half and performs a violent and forceful kick. This can send hunters flying.
 * Charge: Lowers its head and paws the ground twice before starting to sprint. This attack is very strong and can send hunters violently flying. The Zabarugga finishes braking sharply, which can also damage hunters.
 * Forward Chomp: With a swift forward movement of its body and head, the Zabarugga unleashes a strong and fast bite at its opponent.
 * Rearing: Rears up and unleashes a rain of fast blows and kicks with its front legs while growling and barking ominously. It can finish this either with just stomping down again or it chains it into another attack, usually its bucking move.
 * Bucking: It essentially jumps around fiercely, kicking with both front and hindlegs and swinging its head around. It finishes this with a strong backwards kick.
 * Pin: Shakes its head before slowly going backwards and lowering its head. Suddenly, with a quick jump, the Zabarugga starts to sprint even faster than usually, knocking down any thing in front of it. When hitting the hunter, the attack pins them down. The Zabarugga notices that the hunter cannot move, brakes sharply and runs to them. It then attacks like an angered mule, madly kicking the hunter. If the hunter does not break free, the Zabarugga will bite them and launch them away.
 * Violent Uppercut: Forcefully lifts its head, which in turn makes it rear. The Zabarugga will use this momentum to violently stomp down again, attempting to crush whatever is in front of it.

Rage Mode

 * Capriole: One of its stronger attacks. The Zabarugga snorts and suddenly jumps, kicking out violently with its rear legs. It lands forcefully, crushing unlucky hunters with its weight.
 * Curbstomp: Rears up and barks loudly, before then performing a quick jump and landing powerfully with all four legs. The Zabarugga then turns around very fastly and sharply, so that the hunters face its backside before it then kicks out violently.
 * Swish Swish: The Zabarugga quickly lowers its front half, ramming its head into the ground. It then scrapes its head along the ground while turning in a full circle, using the built up momentum to lift itself into a rearing position and either performing the Rearing attack or simply stomping down while growling and shaking its head.

High Rank Exclusive

 * "Snaking": With a lowered but stretched out head, ears pinned to its neck, the Zabarugga starts to run, moving its neck side to side. Speeding up, the side to side movements become stronger and stronger, until the attack finishes with the Zabarugga swinging its head up to either te left or the right.
 * Kneeling: With a powerful jump, the Zabarugga gets on its "knees", meaning its forelegs are bent. What looks like the opening for an attack is quickly disproven by the beast swishing its head to one side, mouth agape, trying to maul its opponent with a strong bite. The momentum from this movement makes it easy for the Zabarugga to get up again, while also raising dust and small rocks that can hit the hunter.

G-Rank Exclusive

 * Striped Madness: Rears while barking and screaming very loudly. It then performs several very fast kicks that can stunlock the hunter, jumps down onto the ground again before violently ramming its horns several times onto the floor. Slightly dizzy, it shakes its head and prepares a charge. It rams its horns onto the floor again, remaining in that position, before sprinting across the area, attempting to crush anything it manages to hit.

Carves
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 * width="40px"| Hide Icon Brown.png
 * width="170px"| Zabarugga Hide
 * The fur appears to be soft, but years of exposure to sun and sand have turned it into sturdy and thick bristles. The stripe pattern is very intricate!
 * width="40px"| Monster Parts Icon White.png
 * width="170px"| Zabarugga Manehair
 * While the hair is longer than the fur itself, it is just as bristly and hard. The stripes are evenly distributed, making for beautiful ornaments.
 * width="40px"| Horn Icon Dark Brown.png
 * width="170px"| Zabarugga Horn
 * Thick, heavy, perfect for weapons. While neither sharp nor pointed, the brute force required to swing it turns it into a deadly tool. Polishing it reveals its true, black color.
 * width="40px"| Carapace Icon Dark Brown.png
 * width="170px"| Zabarugga Headplate
 * A rare drop from a Zabarugga's face. The plating is astoundingly tense and heavy, serving as a formidable protection. Neither sand nor other monsters can truly penetrate it.
 * width="40px"| Scale Icon Black.png
 * width="170px"| Zabarugga Chestnut
 * A vestigial toe of the Zabarugga, remnant of the monster's past. While this reeking callosity certainly appears plain and worthless, its hardness makes it a perfect component of a nice armor!
 * width="40px"| Monster Parts Icon Grey.png
 * width="170px"| Zabarugga Tassel
 * The silky and yet also strong and sturdy hair of a Zabarugga's tail. The hair starts out light, but then it "fades" to a very dark color. It adds just the right touch of rebellious vibes to an armor.
 * width="170px"| Zabarugga Chestnut
 * A vestigial toe of the Zabarugga, remnant of the monster's past. While this reeking callosity certainly appears plain and worthless, its hardness makes it a perfect component of a nice armor!
 * width="40px"| Monster Parts Icon Grey.png
 * width="170px"| Zabarugga Tassel
 * The silky and yet also strong and sturdy hair of a Zabarugga's tail. The hair starts out light, but then it "fades" to a very dark color. It adds just the right touch of rebellious vibes to an armor.
 * The silky and yet also strong and sturdy hair of a Zabarugga's tail. The hair starts out light, but then it "fades" to a very dark color. It adds just the right touch of rebellious vibes to an armor.
 * -|High Rank=
 * width="40px"| Hide Icon Brown.png
 * width="170px"| Zabarugga Hide+
 * A harder version of the normal Zabarugga Hide, this fur has been exposed to many, many years of grinding sand and burning sun. The fur stings like a bunch of needles.
 * width="40px"| Monster Parts Icon Grey.png
 * width="170px"| Zabarugga Manehair+
 * Shiny, beautiful and very useful... as a paintbrush. This hair is very sturdy, while still looking beautiful with the stripe pattern. The light hairs have been turned beige by years of exposure to sand.
 * width="40px"| Horn Icon Dark Brown.png
 * width="170px"| Zabarugga Horn+
 * Even heavier than usually, most probably due to older age. The curvature is very even, although there are some nicks here and there, mostly at the tip. When polished, the horn seems to give off a beautiful black glow.
 * width="40px"| Carapace Icon Brown.png
 * width="170px"| Zabarugga Faceplate
 * Plating that covers the upper part of the Zabarugga's forehead. These are not as rounded as the lower ones, serving apparently not only as protection but also as a weapon. Headbutts with these must hurt!
 * width="40px"| Ball Icon Yellow.png
 * width="170px"| Zabarugga Gem
 * Layers of ingested dust, sand and also plant material have formed this beautiful jewel. While its smell may not be pleasant, its look completely make up for that. One can feel the moving dunes and hear the dry grass of the desert.
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 * width="40px"| Ball Icon Yellow.png
 * width="170px"| Zabarugga Gem
 * Layers of ingested dust, sand and also plant material have formed this beautiful jewel. While its smell may not be pleasant, its look completely make up for that. One can feel the moving dunes and hear the dry grass of the desert.
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