User blog comment:BannedLagiacrus/Monster Appreciation Week: Ash Kecha Wacha/@comment-5020152-20160312144859

ASH KECHA WACHA

Concept: Most great subspecies possess new abilities and slight aesthetic differences to distinguish them from their cousins. Preferably, they should also be actual subspecies, and not genetic mutations or crap like that. Luckily, Ash Kecha Wacha meets all of these criteria! 7/10

Design: The same as Kecha Wacha. However, instead of a glaringly-bright fur coat made up of eye-popping yellows and oranges, Ash Kecha has a cool blue-white coat speckled with black spots. Additionally, his ears are black with huge yellow blotches and long spikes lining the edges. Despite looking a bit too much like Venom, Ash Kecha has probably one of the best color schemes in the game, made even better by how different it is from the ordinary Kecha Wacha. 9/10

Sound: The same as Kecha Wacha. You fight Ash Kecha in the same areas as his orange cousin, so there’s really no change in music, either. 6/10

Gameplay: Despite being a very similar monster to Kecha Wacha, fighting Ash Kecha is a surprisingly different experience. First of all, while Kecha Wacha tends to hang around on vines and Nerscylla webs, Ash Kecha actually avoids those, preferring to fight under the open sky. His fighting style practically revolves around his gliding abilities – heck, he’s in the air almost as much as Rathalos! Get ready to see a ton of aerial somersaults and flying tackles. Additionally, Ash Kecha uses the Fire element instead of the Water element, and likes spitting flaming mucus out of his nose. He can spit that fiery snot over huge distances, too, so be on your guard. The most annoying thing about Ash Kecha is that his ears actually function as armor, making your weapons bounce whenever you land a hit. Additionally, he has his mask on about 80% of the time, so good luck breaking those ears if you don’t have a Switch Axe or the Mind’s Eye skill. All in all, I have to say that Ash Kecha Wacha is really interesting and fun when it comes to battle, but he can be extremely irritating at times. 8/10

New Stuff: N/A

Equipment: Basically the same as Kecha Wacha – just replace the Water attribute with Fire and the bright red with dark blue. I have to say, the dark blue color scheme in particular makes the weapons look phenomenal, and if you don’t want to fight a ton of Rathaloses for Fire-element weapons, then go ahead and make Ash Kecha weapons! Even the armor has almost the same skills as Kecha Wacha’s armor, except with Fire Atk +2 instead of Water Atk +2. While the Water-element resistance is pretty awful, I’d say it’s a good armor set to start your G-Rank journey with. 8/10

Cutscene: N/A

Summary: Although a subspecies of the Kecha Wacha, Ash Kecha has managed to become a significantly different monster thanks to its unique battle style and equipment. His awesome color scheme certainly helps, too! Whereas Kecha Wacha is kind of passive and likes to swing around on vines, Ash Kecha is aggressive and prefers swooping down upon you like a wyvern. The super-hard ears present a problem, definitely, but aside from that, Ash Kecha Wacha is a superb monster that I always like to hunt. Overall 7.5/10

P.S. Dat name. I know they named it "Ash" because of its coloration and its choice of element, but I'm pretty sure the REAL reason was so everyone could make Pokémon jokes.