User blog comment:BannedLagiacrus/Monster Appreciation Week: Viper Tobi-Kadachi/@comment-24734669-20200119023504

Viper Tobi-Kadachi is a nice subspecies. I don't like it as much as Coral Pukei-Pukei, but it is still a good monster.

I kinda like how Capcom went "hey, Tobi-Kadachi is a snake, so let's give it a subspecies that does what snakes are famous for doing". I know being able to fire spines using tail moves is a bit overdone (especially since Lucent Nargacuga was the last monster to be able to fling poisonous spines from its tail), but I thought it was a pretty nice touch, since it allows for being a dual-ailment monster by having its bite paralyze; I kinda like how breaking its tail mitigates its ability to fling those poisonous spines. I also like how it's able to fly around better than its standard counterpart, and can use that to achieve proper positioning; since there are no trees underground, Viper Tobi-Kadachi had to adapt somehow.

Just a heads up, a full set of MR Pukei-Pukei armor completely flexes on this thing; due to the fact that you have LVL 3 Poison Resistance, the chances of it poisoning you are pretty much non-existant. As well as this, I think I may have been bitten by it multiple times, but I did not get paralyzed once; I wonder if it was also due to the armor I was wearing. Due to this, I was pretty surprised to see how easy it was to me, despite the fact that it's one of the most feared/hated monsters in the expansion.

Next week is looking to be lackluster...