User blog comment:BannedLagiacrus/Monster Appreciation Week: Astalos/@comment-16331478-20161104212910

Great monster right here. Fun fight, good equipment (although it gets outdone by thunderlord Zin) and nice design and music theme. Nothing bad I can say about it, I really like Astalos. It's my second favorite of the Fated Four and for a damn good reason. I just kinda wish we didn't have so many thunder monsters in this game, since some of them feel unnecessary (like Khezu or Kirin). Really all the ones we needed were this guy and Zinogre imo. Although the whole 'charges up electricity during the fight and gets stronger, but you can knock it out and make it lose its charge' gimmick is starting to get old. I seriously hope they don't use it again in the near future.