User blog comment:BannedLagiacrus/Monster Appreciation Week: Bazelgeuse/@comment-4899131-20180721165306

Fun not-fact: Bazelgeuse is only its surname, its first being "Oh piss off".

But seriously, I love this living B52, concept & design are great, it has probably my favourite roar in the whole series, and the actual fight is one of the most unpredictable in World, even though one can make life much easier for oneself by taking the tail off as early as possible.

The equipment is very well designed & useful too. Ok, weapons have now been made obsolete by Luna, but if you want earplugs &/or critical draw on a set, then the armour is your go-to, and the helm & especially the arms see a lot of use in my sets.

As one of the biologists tells us "Bazelgeuse have been seen in the Old World too, although they look different & are known by another name." Now I took this to mean an evolutionary link with Seregios, but I'd like to know if anyone thinks differently.

Despite having an even better knack than Jho of gatecrashing hunts at exactly the wrong time, Bazel is easily in my top 5 new monsters in World & can be quite an ally in hunting old Pickletail too. Long may it rain its explosive scales upon us.