User blog comment:BannedLagiacrus/Monster Appreciation Week: Glavenus/@comment-4969421-20161126123959/@comment-3298463-20161127193124

Sorry but saying that the only thing that separates Glavenus from Abiorugu is the tail sharpening, even in concept, is grossly reductive. Abiorugu is not based around its tail nearly to the same extent as Glavenus is: Abiorugu it has the entire moveset of Deviljho, plus a few new tail attacks and some other moves of its own (dunno about higher ranks or HC). It's a bunch of concepts rolled into one, and the tail blade is hardly a core concept since there's also the spike throwing, the acidic saliva, the combos, etc. Put simply, I don't think the Frontier team set out to create a monster that was primarily based around a blade tail when designing Abiorugu, and rather they wanted to create a counterpart to Deviljho to which they added a bunch of stuff.

Whereas about half or more of Glavenus's attacks are based around its tail, and they all have unique animations. The tail sharpening, which we so easily dismiss as a "minor" mechanic, effectively changes its attacks significantly (can't use the spinning slash if dull, gains projectiles when red hot). There's also the the throat igniting mechanic, which lets it use fire in a completely different way than Abiorugu and ties with 3rd and 4th mechanics of monsters having distinct modes other than rage.

The inspiration is obvious but saying it's a complete ripoff or literally the same is unfairly selling it very short imo.