Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak - Risen Chameleos (First Encounter)

Risen Chameleos' appearance is noticeably different from a standard Chameleos, now being mostly gray and black with some areas (such as its head, feet, wingarms, and tail) still being slightly purple. Its body is covered in wounds resembling burns, which have a bright orange glow upon entering its Risen state.

This version of Chameleos has overcome being afflicted by the Qurio and has become more powerful as a result. Its physical abilities are heightened and its poison becomes more volatile, allowing it to perform multiple new poison attacks that cover a wider area, and utilize its poison to cause massive toxic explosions. It is also considerably more aggressive with its physical attacks, such as its usage of its tongue to grab and pin hunters, and can notably turn invisible and perform attacks simultaneously.

Double Tongue Lash: Risen Chameleos can use its long tongue as a whip to lash at its foes. Just like normal Chameleos, this can steal Spiribird pollen.

Body Slam: A strong body slam attack that can send hunters flying. It can also execute a body slam from its invisible state. Keep track of its silhouette whenever it shrouds itself in the mist! Its head will sometimes stay lowered on the ground after the slam, so this is a chance to deal massive damage to it!

Jumping Tail Fan: Risen Chameleos advances by jumping and then follows up with a tail fan to cover both its front and back. Unlike normal Chameleos, it doesn't launch rocks when the tail hits the ground.

Stealth Attack: Risen Chameleos briefly turns invisible then swipes its head twice at hunters when it reemerges. It will temporarily go out of its invisibility state to attack so watch out for its outline!

Stealth Venom Blasts: Risen Chameleos can turn invisible and unleash two blasts of venom once it reappears. It can move around while invisible too, so keep your guard up while it's hidden. It will sometimes follow up with a Sweeping Venom Beam.

Venom Beams: Risen Chameleos spits out a concentrated beam of venom like a laser directly in front of it. It then follows up with a sweeping beam, inflicting heavy damage and Venom on contact. Move away from Chameleos' head when it performs the initial laser and quickly run towards the opposite side of where the sweeping laser begins to avoid this attack. Alternatively, get closer to its body to deal hits to it while it's still firing the beams.

Venom Breath: Risen Chameleos fires off poisonous mist than can inflict Venom on those caught in it. The mist can go straight in a single direction or cover a wide area.

Venom Fountain: Risen Chameleos spins and then expels balls of venom around it. It follows it up with two long-range beam attacks that can inflict Venom and sometimes finishes with a Venom Breath attack.

Flying Venom Balls: Risen Chameleos flies up and spits balls of venom that scatter in several directions. Upon hitting the ground, they'll continue travelling for some distance. It will fire two sets of venom balls, so watch for the direction they're moving when you're evading. Using a Flash Bomb during this attack will bring the monster down.

Toxic Explosion: This attack has the monster blasting its toxic breath on the ground followed by a tail slam, causing a large explosion. It covers a wide area around it, so stay clear once it starts the move!