User blog comment:BannedLagiacrus/Discussion of the Week: Monster Revamps/@comment-5020152-20170428133045

1) Plesioth hands down. They took one of the worst monsters in the series and turned him into one of the best in 3rd Gen. They fixed (most of) the hitboxes, gave him more breakable parts, updated his appearance so that he was no longer flat orange and blue, and fleshed out his moveset with a bunch of cool underwater tricks. Insist that Plesioth underwater is super-annoying and an all-around painful experience all you want, but Plesioth's speed is perfectly fitting for a fish monster and the only attack that can really be called annoying is the tail whip. Say what you will, but Plesioth easily got the best revamp.

2) So... Zinogre got revamped? That's news to me. I didn't really see any difference between 3rd Gen and 4th Gen Zinny. I think the most he got was a new electric paw slam or something in 4th Gen? Wouldn't exactly call that revolutionary. Same for Barioth - I haven't seen much Barioth gameplay, but from what I have seen, all I remember is one new attack.

3) Khezu. I'd revamp him by kicking him out of the series once and for all.

4) Khezu. Nothing can make him any less annoying.

5) Khezu.

6) LAGIACRUS, MY GOD. Also Great Jaggi - for some reason he seemed like a bit less of a pushover back in MH Tri.

7) I wouldn't exactly say that Diablos' 3rd Gen revamp was "dramatic" (sure they made him look heavier and more muscular, but I still think the Raths got the most dramatic revamp by a long shot), but yeah, completely overhauling and improving an old monster to fit a new generation is always cool to see. The question is, which monster(s) could that be applied to?

8) Considering how they've recently been revamping the old monsters (Lagiacrus and Plesioth both come to mind), they'd probably just make it worse.

9) No, I don't. "Revamp" implies to me that they gave the monster a bunch of changes to significantly improve on its old self. But just one new attack? Going back to Zinogre, I don't see a lot of difference besides that one new move, and the G-Rank thing it does where Fulgurbugs fly everywhere whenever it moves. It's still got the same behavior and same set of moves.

10) Malfestio. Even my favorite monster could use some improvement. Maybe fix the hitbox on her swoop/Aerial Ace attack and have the Confusion wear off a bit faster. And of course, some new moves wouldn't hurt either.

11) All of the monsters that still use the old flying wyvern model. Rathalos, Yian Kut-Ku, etc. Take a leaf from Anorupatisu's book and give them the 3rd Gen model.