User blog comment:BannedLagiacrus/Monster Appreciation Week: Dalamadur/@comment-16331478-20160227182535

I think we were all excited when we saw videos of Dalamadur back when MH4 was new. Despite being an HP tank, I think Capcom handled Dala quite well. The design is amazing, it's literally one of the best looking elders in the series to date. The fight itself is pretty cool, I like the large number of breaks it has and the different positions it will take during the hunt. The thing that sucks about hunting this guy is the random meteor spam. Meteors can fall pretty much anywhere on the map and it's pretty darn hard to react and get out of their way. This isn't the first monster to have RNG-heavy attacks like this of course, but Dalamdaur really does have the second most aggravating case of random spammy attacks (the first obviously being Shagaru Magala, the pillars are more of a problem than the moster itself in that fight). Despite that, I like everything else the fight offers. The sense of scale, climbing up on its back and head, attacking claws, tail and chest to break them and the arena itself with all its verticality. The weapons and armor are pretty bad as far as Elder Dragon equipment goes, with the Glaive and Switchaxe being the only weapons I like. But don't lie, we all made a lot of Dalamadur equipment because it looks cool as fuck.