Koshai

Koshai
Details
Element(s)	Terra
Weakness(es)	Shock
Threat Level	9 17 (Heroic)
Recommended Power	330 550 (Heroic)

Koshai is one of the Behemoths in the world of Dauntless.

Journal Entry

”You're looking at a Koshai, cap. Or the Sovereign of Thorns, if you ask Admiral Zai."

Every Behemoth has the potential to devastate settlements, spread chaos across the frontier, and kill the Slayers pursuing it. Any Slayer worth their archonite knows that taking a hunt for granted is a recipe for a painful demise. But few Behemoths can more effectively wield the power of terra aether more effectively than the mighty Koshai, Sovereign of Thorns.

A relatively new Behemoth to the skies over Ramsgate, the Koshai is believed to have first emerged in the hinterlands of Ostian territory. Ostian Slayers and military officers alike told of massive beasts that rode churning terra-infused aether storms out of the Maelstrom and into populated regions. Admiral Janek Zai lost his command chasing a Koshai when a storm surge—assisted, he has always believed, by the Behemoth itself—send a wall of rock slamming into his ironclad airship. Forced to crash-land in Ramsgate, the Ostian admiral swore to stay in the city and aid its Slayers until the Koshai threat was dealt with. He’s still there to this day.

Unlike most every other Behemoth known to science, the Koshai's body really does seem to be composed of at least fifty percent plant matter. When it loses a limb in a fight, a Koshai will grow a replacement almost instantly from the vines and branches that make up parts of its own body. How the Koshai came to be such a bizarre hybrid of two distinct kingdoms of biological life is a puzzle that Dr. Priyani and the School of Behemoth Studies will likely working out for years to come. Assuming, of course, it is a recent evolutionary emergence and not a rare Behemoth species that had been hibernating en masse for a thousand years.

Kat's Hunting Tips:

-Destroy the vine pods at the center of a Koshai’s thorn fields to quickly bring down the surrounding thorns.

-Broken thorn fields will regenerate quickly if central vine pod is not destroyed.

-However, breaking the Koshai’s horns also severs the terra—fueled connection to its pods—instantly destroying all thorns on the field.

-A Koshai can be interrupted during its leap attack and when it is spawning its pod-bombs.

-When enraged, a Koshai calls forth an terra storm that protects the Behemoth from attack and forces Slayers to move through without regenerating stamina. Dissipate the storm by staggering the Koshai or by buffeting the storm itself with ranged attacks.

Koshai

From the heart of the Maelstrom came the mighty Koshai, Sovereign of Thorns. After tearing a swath of destruction through distant Ostia, this singularly powerful Behemoth set its sights on Ramsgate. And now the Sovereign has spawned others of its kind, an entire species of Koshais. A Koshai uses its aetheric control of vines, bramble, and thorns to devastating effect against Slayers, rooting its foes in place and demanding new tactics.

Drop Table

	Name	Obtained From
	Aether Thorn	Slay
	Vital Thorn
	Thornsoul Shard
	Splintered Antler	Break Antlers
	Vinetooth	Break Head
	Bramblespur	Break Limb
	Caudal Thorn	Sever Tail
	Sovereign	Slay Heroic variant

Hunt Modifiers

	Modifiers	Description
	Heroic	Behemoths are tougher and deal more damage.

Hint

Description
	Koshai's vines hurt to move through, and prevent dodging. Destroy them!
	Koshai creates a Terra storm that prevents Slayers from regenerating stamina. The storm can be destroyed by projectile attacks.

Gear

Weapons

Icon	Name	Power	Elemental	Perk	Cell Slots	Unique Effect
	Sovereign's Sceptres	60	Terra	+2 Sharpened	Power Utility	After not dealing damage for 4 seconds, your next 5 attacks deal +50% damage
	Sovereign's Wrath	60	Terra	+2 Sharpened	Power Utility	After not dealing damage for 4 seconds, your next 2 attacks deal +50% damage
	Sovereign's Lash	60	Terra	+2 Sharpened	Power Utility	After not dealing damage for 4 seconds, your next 6 attacks deal +50% damage
	Sovereign's Grudge	60	Terra	+2 Sharpened	Power Utility	After not dealing damage for 4 seconds, your next 2 attacks deal +50% damage
	Sovereign's Torment	60	Terra	+2 Sharpened	Power Utility	After not dealing damage for 4 seconds, your next 4 attacks deal +50% damage
	Sovereign's Sorrow	60	Terra	+2 Sharpened	Power Utility	After not dealing damage for 4 seconds, your next 5 attacks deal +50% damage

Armour

Icon	Name	Resistance		Elemental Strength	Elemental Weakness	Perks	Cell Slots
	Grasp of Thorns	25	140	+25 Terra	-25 Shock	+3 Evasive Fury	Power Cell
	Visage of Thorns	25	140	+25 Terra	-25 Shock	+3 Agility	Technique Cell
	Stride of Thorns	25	140	+25 Terra	-25 Shock	+3 Predator	Utility Cell
	Koshai Armour	100	560	+100 Terra	-100 Shock	+6 Predator +3 Agility +3 Evasive Fury	Technique Cell Utility Cell Power Cell Utility Cell
	Mantle of Thorns	25	140	+25 Terra	-25 Shock	+3 Predator	Utility Cell

Lantern

Icon	Name	Instant Ability	Hold Ability	Cell Slot
	Koshai's Bloom	10% of damage dealt will heal you for 8 seconds.	Dash in a direction, deal 750 Terra damage to nearby behemoths upon arrival.	Utility Cell

Mastery

Objective	Levels
Hunt Koshai
Hunt Koshai wearing Koshai Armour [10] times
Craft all Koshai Armour
Upgrade all Koshai Armour +6
Upgrade all Koshai Armour +10
Deal [5,000,000] damage to Koshai
Hunt Koshai while taking less than 100 damage
Hunt Koshai in under 3 minutes
Interrupt Koshai [x] times	Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 10 40 100
Stagger Koshai [x] times	Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 10 40 100
Wound Koshai [x] times	Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 10 40 100
Break [x] Koshai parts	Level 1 Level 2 25 75
Experience	Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5 300 900 3,240 8,100 14,460

Trivia

• The name was first mentioned in a preview on dualshockers.com
• Koshai's sounds were developed by rubbing a squeegee against wet glass

Interrupting

Koshai can be interrupted if you do enough damage when he is twirled up in a vine charging for his aerial attack.

Koshai can be interrupted if hit with a full charged axe swing, primed hammer hit or aerial slice with the sword but only if hit when he leaps to head down.

Koshai can be interrupted if hit with saboteur grip's mine while he is in the air after coming out of the ground leap (mine tossed directly, not primed).

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