User blog comment:BannedLagiacrus/Monster Appreciation Week: Valstrax/@comment-1712810-20180929181731

Valstrax... another amazing Elder Dragon, right up there with my boi Xeno (who does not get enough appreciation, WTF u gaiz?...) on my favorite ED list.

Now I've heard some people complain that Val is a little... too awesome for its own good, design and attack wise. I can kinda understand why, cuz Val does come off a bit...

... I wanna say, anime-ish... but to be fair, we do have some pretty wild monsters in the main series. Brachydios? My favorite monster ever... he's pretty crazy! A badass boxing brute who can make brilliant explosions with slime mold of all things! Yeah, that's pretty out there.

So, a dragon that is basically a star fighter... sure, maybe a little over the top, but not entirely farfetched in the grand picture.