The Official Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate Topic

You can only break Royal Ludroth's face and mane (two different breaks), and cut off his tail. His claws are not breakable

Yeah, I wiki'd him and just found out his claws are just a rarer drop and that you can't actually break them LOL. Good thing trying to hit the claws eventually breaks his mane-go anyway so all this effort wasn't for nothing.

Barroth was called the "noob killer" because he was just that. He was an urgent quest in Tri, one that most people got stuck on and were unable to rank up more until they did beat him. He's considered the "noob killer" simply because of mud and the fact that if you don't understand the concept of dodging, or think the game is a "mash-em-up until they die" like DMC (or similar games), he kicks your ass. I also think they slowed him down a little in 3U, but I honestly NEVER once had an issue with him, so I honestly don't remember how good or bad he was because he never gave me trouble in the first place.

I guess they had to have changed things a bit since Royal is fought first now unless I'm mistaken and he seems like HE's the one who'll show you that button-mashing won't do you any justice since he's very agile and can attack you from just about any position.

RL is a pretty easy monster once you realize that being on his sides is the worst idea ever, considering how much he likes to roll over and how large of a hit range that has. Being on his tail or head makes your life easy, as his tail swipe is pathetic and he can only really hit you with a lunge when you're at his face. If you want to trip him, go for his back legs (the unarmored ones).

I find his sides to be the best spot to attack him from. I usually stick to his neck or ribs unless I'm going after the tail. I tank the rolls no problem, but I can usually avoid them since I usually don't get too greedy with the hits anyway since using a greatsword you really don't have much time to attack too much unless the target is trapped or something. I usually attack about 1~3 times then dodge away > sheath > run away if needed > close back in and swing another 1~3 times. If I'm able to I'll charge 1~3 times before getting a hit out on the target. I don't like being in front of him since he'll either shoot his spit at me, chomp me or swipe me with his teeny arms.