User blog comment:BannedLagiacrus/Monster Appreciation Week: Azure Rathalos (4th Gen)/@comment-37617547-20181202134942

I know that this blog is from 2 years ago, so it is extremely old, but since Azure is my favorite Subspecies and holds something "special", I'll give a comment in this blog...

So, for Azure Rathalos is the design first. Blue colored Rathalos with purple eyes and green wing membrane. Impressive? Tbh, not really, but the coloring fits Rathalos more just like how pink fits Rathian.

And now for the gameplay, in an unpopular opinion, I enjoyed Azure Rathalos (not a Frenzied one at least). 3 Ultimate Azure Rathalos is piss easy, but in 4 Ultimate, oh boy, this bad boi has become a completely merciless master hunter. It is for me the fastest Rathalos (even faster than Silver), it rarely ever landed during the fight (if it does land, it'll just take off very soon afterwards), it can constantly move airborne to confuse players and will actually try to poison you more than even Pink Rathian. That's not done yet, when airborne, it can perform an attack, then chaining it into another attack, and then chaining it again, really, really merciless. In G Rank, it has a new Poison talon → Fireball attack, and the new version of the downward aerial fire bite attack, where it hangs it's backlegs and tail high into the air, and the propels itself a little bit forward before actually biting (hmm, kinda annoying I guess). Overall, Azure Rathalos's fighting style really shows it's personality in the ingame Monster List: Once these master hunters select a target, there is little hope of escape, you can't run away from Azure Rathalos, fighting it is the only way to escape.

Frenzied Azure Rathalos on the other hand, like any other Frenzied Monsters, is annoying...

For the Equipment, I love Rath Soul Z Armor design, that's all.