Editing Rathalos

|caption={{symbol|other}}<br>Official artwork of Rathalos from ''Monster Hunter: World''.

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|games    = ''[[Ultimate]]''

|console  = PlayStation 2

A Rathalos is a recurring monster from the ''Monster Hunter'' series and is both the flagship monster for the original Monster Hunter and the mascot of the series as a whole. While many monsters of varying types are referred to as "Wyverns" in the ''Monster Hunter'' universe, the Rathalos closely fits the real-world classical definition of a wyvern, like an armless, winged dragon with fire breath and poisonous claws. It is sometimes known by its epithet "King of the Skies", and belongs to the Flying Wyvern family of monsters. In addition to its female counterpart Rathian, there are a number of Rathalos subspecies in existence, such as Azure Rathalos. Its description in Monster Hunter World states that "Rathalos descends upon invaders from the sky, attacking with poison claws and fiery breath", which is reflected accordingly in its attacks in Smash.

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===As a Boss===

As a boss, the Rathalos fights as he did in his home series. He fights using his talons, tail swipes, fireballs, and flying into the background, and can stun his enemies with a screeching roar. During the fight, certain items will appear, those being Explosive [[Barrel]]s, [[Bob-omb]]s, [[Deku Nut]]s, and [[Pitfall]]s. The Rathalos is vulnerable to all of the mentioned items, which will open him up to free damage before he recovers. The Rathalos can also be stunned briefly by breaking the armor on either his face or back, triggered by dealing sufficient damage to that area first. Attacking his tail will cause him to drop an item, a reference to how his tail can be severed for extra items in his home series.

When his [[hit points|Stamina]] drops to 0, the Rathalos will drop the ground and flail around before lying still, as in his death animation in the ''Monster Hunter'' series.

====World of Light====

Rathalos is encountered in the [[Forest Hill]] sub-area found on Tortimer Island, where the player can see him as soon as they enter. The player must chase Rathalos around the Forest Hill, approaching from specific directions whenever he flies away and lands in a new spot; if the player does not approach from the correct direction, then Rathalos will return to his starting position.

*When Rathalos is at his starting position, approaching from the right will cause him to fly to the camp; approaching from the left will cause him to fly towards the bridge.

Rathalos cannot be summoned on 3D Land, Brinstar Depths, Fourside, Kalos Pokemon League, Living Room, Luigi's Mansion, Lylat Cruise, Mario Bros., Mementos, Minecraft World, Mushroom Kingdom U, Mushroomy Kingdom, Mute City SNES, Palutena's Temple, Princess Peach's Castle, Reset Bomb Forest, Spear Pillar, Spirit Train, Temple, The Great Cave Offensive, Tomodachi Life, Wrecking Crew, and Yoshi's Island Melee.

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**Despite making his debut as a boss in that game, [[Ridley]] was [[Unused content (SSBB)|planned]] to be an Assist Trophy in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl|Brawl]]'', but the idea was scrapped to keep him as a boss instead.

*Rathalos' eye color differs from [https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/monsterhunter/images/8/87/MHW-Rathalos_Screenshot_011.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20180226005229&format=original the main ''Monster Hunter'' series] and [[:File:Rathalos.jpg|''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'']].

*Rathalos is the only boss in The Light Realm that didn't originate from ''Smash''.

*Rathalos is the only boss from a universe with no characters, items, stages, or [[series symbol]].

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