User blog comment:BannedLagiacrus/Monster Appreciation Week: Kushala Daora (5th Gen)/@comment-26826688-20180805211420

It seems Kushala finally got revamped like I had hoped so. Let's look back on what i said about Kushala in the 4th gen appreciation thread:

"I always found Kush's design to be pretty...weak.

''Compared to the four true elder dragons, Kush's design is the most generic. The only reason that saves Kush's design is it's metallic skin and gnarly face. It's fight is ok, but what makes it hard in how small it's body parts are. Hitting it's head while its on the ground requires pin-point accuracy and it won't stop thrashing around. I would like Kush better if it was bigger, cause I find it quite underwhelming. In the opening for MHdos, it looked so frighting and intimidating, but when you see it in person, it looks "meh". It seems like I'm in the minority in this thread, but I find Amastu to be the better "wind" dragon. Duramboros is definitely a better wind dragon. ''

''I think Kush should use ice based attacks in the future. ''

''I don't dislike Kush, but out of the other elder dragons, I tend to stay away from it. Needs a revamp.''"

Geez, I really liked Duramboros a lot (still do). Anyway, what I think of Kushala is mostly the same from 3 years ago. He still kinda looks generic but at least they finally made him bigger. He was so tiny back then and it was fustrating when his head was so spastic and thin. He definitely is much more intimidating and is the best designed Kush in the whole series. However, it seems Capcom looked at my comment and said "More ice! No, more wind!". Kush has no ice moves, which is just weird. You could've had TWO ice monsters in the game but decided one was enough. At least he spams as much wind attacks as amastu so I guess there is no best wind dragon anymore. And for the last part, yes, I still stay away from Kushala.

One thing I still don't understand is that Kushala was always a Rathalos but 10x more annoying and yet not a lot of people cared about that back then. He always flew too much and you had no reliable wat to put him down besides flash bombs. At least with Rathalos you could hit his tail or feet, which are pretty big. Good luck getting concrete attacks off on Kushalas tiny body back then with a blademaster weapon.Heck, just find any 4th gen Kushala video and you'll see he's always flying. And if hes not flying, hes charge spamming and shooting wind beams. Oh well, at least I'm not alone on the Kushala hate anymore.

So basically, they made the fight 100x cancerous, but they improved everything else I hated on Kushala. Hes not pathetically tiny, he doesn't look like garbage, he has his red nose back, and his new theme is much better than before. Even though the fights more cancerous, Its not as boring as it was back then. Even though the way they made him harder is unfair, he has a bigger moveset, so it doesn't feel like he spams the same moves over and over again.

Please don't bring Rusted Kush back, let it be imprisoned in MH4U forever.