User blog comment:BannedLagiacrus/Monster Appreciation Week: Dodogama/@comment-26421638-20180616133250

Ninja Drake!

Dodogama: the garbage among garbage. This Monster fails pretty much in everything. I mean, I could tolerate a monster like this if it was an early LR Monster, but why making Dodogama an HR Exclusive Monster!? (yeah yeah, Elder's Recess is HR only). Really, this Monster is probably the easiest Monster that ever existed in terms of "AI" and I cannot understand why something like this is an HR Exclusive Monster. Back in my days monsters like Rare Species, Rajang, Deviljho or any Final Boss were HR only and that was fine but after MH4U Capcom completely screwed the line between LR and HR monsters and in the latest years we've seen monsters like Cephadrome, Daimyo Hermitaur (MH4U), Kecha Wacha, Seltas (MHGen), Giadrome and Congalala (MHGU) being HR/G Rank exclusive monsters. Seriously, the whole concept of HR has been ruined and that's why people continue to ask for G-rank, if HR will return to its old glory, probably we wouldn't need of G-rank.

But let's go back with Dungama... Ahem... Dodogama.

Dodogama is so bad that even a Bulldrome is better in terms of design, this Monster is just Peter Griffin a fat lizard an ugly developed chin (one of the monster designers probably has a fetishism for big chins), and it doesn't have anything else of special beside the molten rock mechanic. This Monster is just a pokemonized version of Tetsucabra and I completely disagree to anyone who say that is cute: Dodogama's face is just a new definition of "Ugliness".

Hunting this Monster is just like shooting at the low-hanging fruit, its AI can be compared with any NPC from Bethesda Games like TES or Fallout, while is somehow capable to inflict a considerable amount of damage with its molten rock, Dodo is defenseless if you attack it on its hips or on its tail. However is capable to roll sideways or doing a tail slap but is a special event as rare as Zorah's quest. Oh, is capable to inflict Blastblight, before this junk landed on a MH Game, only great monsters like Brachy, Teo, Crimson Fatty, Molten Tiggy or Hellblade Glavy were blessed with the holy power of Blastblight (well, even Emerald Congalala can use it but is not his primary status), but the Evil (Dodo) stained of dishonour the word of Blastblight, my saviour.

Dodogama equipment reflect the monster itself: garbage. Bad looking weapons and armor, useless weapons. At least offers some skills that helps GL and CB users.

Overall: A bad looking monster and stupidly easy, how this thing is capable to being an HR monster? A straight downgrade from (Berserker) Tetsucabra and a shame for Blastblight Monsters. One of tons of monsters that I despise in MHW. You know what happens? When you're so bad? Huh? Dodogama... YOU JUST MADE THE LIST!