User blog comment:BannedLagiacrus/Monster Appreciation Week: Duramboros (4th Gen)/@comment-26034899-20170107220425

Duramboros is a pretty neat monster as far as I'm concerned. It's got a great design, what with the Hammer tail and the combination of mammilian and reptilian traits, has a nice variety of attacks, and in regards to its tail attacks, it nicely parallels Hammer users. And who doesn't love the Durambocopter? It's such a funny attack, and yet it somehow works with the monster, even if the upward version does leave it open to damage (the backwards version isn't so kind). I also like how you can sever its tail with blunt weapons and ordinary shots; it helps with grinding for rare materials (and surprisingly, even a lowly kick or stone toss can sever it, though it might take a while to get there due to how weak the attacks are). My main complaint about the monster is how much of a damage sponge it is; when fighting Duramboros, the timer is your main threat, not the monster itself. Fortunately, it's vulnerable to poison, and the humps can be accessed by using Pitfall Traps or toppling it when it starts using the Durambocopter attack, making the high health less of an issue. To make a long post short, Duramboros is a decent monster all-around.