User blog comment:BannedLagiacrus/Monster Appreciation Week: Royal Ludroth (4th Gen)/@comment-26421638-20160812121940

Royal Ludroth... The First Leviathan that you encounter in a 3rd Gen Game or MHGen... And it's also my Second Favorite Leviathan of the series! (Agnaktor goes In first place for me), liked since my first encounter back in MHP3rd.

The Design is simple... An oversized Lizard with a spongy Mane, small crown-like "horns" and various spikes on the arms... It may not be the best design ever but is still good looking, the spongy Mane could be ridiculous in a first instance, but not too much.

The Reason why I really like this Monster is because it has a really wide movepool, especially to be a 3 star village Monster: Claw Swipes, Tail whips, bites, rolls, waterballs, forward jumps and many others! I think that there are 5 Star village Monsters that have a smaller movepool compared to the King of Ludroths... This is a perfect Monster to prepare you for the Stronger Leviathans.

However, MHGen Royal Ludroth is exactly the same of MHP3rd Royal Ludroth, only with the Addition of the Mounting mechanic, I wish that it had at least one more move... In MH3U wasn't that different either, but there was Underwater... If Royal Ludroth on land is fun, UW turns really boring, it was capable to do only 4 or 5 moves... And then was extremely easy even for a user like me who su*ked at underwater hunting... It's true that UW R. Ludroth was supposed to be an "Underwater training Monster" but it wasn't at all (For various reasons that I don't want to talk about because will turn a Never ending story...). So I'm glad that there is not UW, making R. Ludroth more fun to hunt.

But not everything of this Monster is good, and the bad things comes when is time to talk about the Equipment. Ok... The Weapons are OK water element weapons good for the beginning... The Armor is the Worst thing of this Monster, not only for the bad design, but also for the nearly completely useless Skills. But i'll close one eye since it's an early-game equipment.

Overall: Excellent 3 Star Level Monster, (It can rivalry only with names like Kecha Wacha or Tetsucabra), fun fight, interesting design and is also my Second Favorite Leviathan! I wish that the Armor could be more interesting for the early-game, but I don't really mind. The removal of underwater mechanics makes it exactly the same of MHP3rd Royal Ludroth, which is good, however I wish that could have something of new in this Game.