User blog comment:BannedLagiacrus/Monster Appreciation Week: Barioth (4th Gen)/@comment-5020152-20180915164153

"They also brought it back because they like its armor, especially for female hunters."

Confirmed - the fanservicey armor sets are as much for the developers' benefit as they are for ours. #TheMoreYouKnow

Anyway, Diego is a pretty cool cat (ha ha). Prefer him to both Nargacuga and Tigrex, although all three are fun. Design-wise, Barioth is absolutely killer, and is one of the go-to examples of Monster Hunter's creative monster designs when I talk about the franchise. I mean, sabre-toothed cat wyvern? Hello? But beyond that, I've always liked Barioth's almost dignified look, suiting his title of "The White Knight of the Tundra" perfectly.

As some of you have said, Barioth 1.0 was the best version, way back in Tri. All other appearances have been as Barioth 2.0, where they got rid of the Wing Slash attack that it shared with Narga, and replaced it with a Hip Check. Guess that makes him the first pseudowyvern to have the dubious honor of performing this infamous move. Yay?

And, I can't remember if this was the case in past games, but Barioth's Hip Check in GU has a really weird hitbox, and I can't get the timing down for Adept dodges. Maybe Diego learned this trick from Plesioth back in the day.

Never liked the design of the armor, but Barioth's weapons have always been some of my fave Ice-element equipment. DEFINITELY going to make a number of them.

Next week's MAW: the monster nobody cares about but had to be brought back anyways because ERMAHGERD NOSTALGUH