User blog comment:BannedLagiacrus/Monster Appreciation Week: Nightshade Paolumu/@comment-26826688-20200127230458

Probably the jannetty of the 2 star subspecies trio. Gear isn't impressive and too annoying to bother fighting. In terms of mixing things up compared to it's normal counterpart, I'd say it does a good job.

I don't want to imagine fighting this rat without sleep resistance. Let alone a cutting weapon. Although Nightshade can be cheesed with sleep resistance, the same cannot be said about normal Paolumu. Dudes easilty the hardest 2 star monster with that terrifying triple bounce attack.

And jesus christ the amount of health this dude has. I looked up the hp stats of the MR monsters and Nightshade has more than Rathalos.

Alright subspecies I guess.