User blog comment:BannedLagiacrus/Monster Appreciation Week: Ruby Basarios/@comment-26202836-20160501093039

I don't know if anyone agrees with me, but I find the Basarios and his ruby bro somewhat... underwhelming.

When I first fought him back in Freedom Unite, he was ridiculously tofu in terms of defense. But then again, if you're abusing the Eraser (Terra Shogun Ceanataur's water pierce bow) Basarios was not even a problem. If compared to his older form, I still prefer going after Gravios/Black Grav since they have somewhat of a challenge. And gave out pretty good fire/poison gear too.

Then came 4U, where you can mount monsters. From that point, I swapped to melee since there is no more Shogun bows (was there?) and yup. It's tough. Still, compared to Gravios... he's MEH.