User blog comment:Kogath/Monster Hunter XX Discussion/@comment-6050823-20170111155148/@comment-7784930-20170111214945

Lao will most likely still be a health tank, just because there is only one area now before the final zone doesn't mean the HP has to drop, not that it even needs to with all the new ways to attack it now with 6 styles, 3 new weapon types since Lao has been in the game and new sets of artillery for the Fortress on top of all that.