User blog comment:BannedLagiacrus/Monster Appreciation Week: Black Gravios (4th Gen)/@comment-5020152-20160109015208

Black Gravios. I'd usually write up a proper review for this guy, but I'm going to spare you from that and instead treat you to my humble opinion on what matters most... the gameplay. And it SUCKS.

While by no means the worst subspecies in the game (better concept than most of the "genetic mutations" that Capcom loves throwing around), G-Rank makes him an absolute jerk. Why, you may ask? THE FIRE GAS. Practically every time he fires his laser, he overheats and spews out the exhaust. And what does he like to do? Spam the lasers. Lasers, lasers, lasers. You think it's a chance to get free hits on this HP tank of a monster, but nope, he just farts on you and forces you to get out of the way of his next attack while up in flames. And then there's the new G-Rank Walk-and-Shoot move, where he walks around sniping people with fireballs. You can't stop him, because every time he shoots, FIRE GAS. Sure, you can break his back to basically take the Fire Gas out of emission (pun fully intended), but it's difficult to do that when he's constantly on the move and you don't have an Insect Glaive user on the team. And I'm not even going to comment on the Super Heat Blast, because that hurts like hell.

Black Gravios is a pretty neat monster, with a good concept and all, but fighting him is INFURIATING.