User blog comment:BannedLagiacrus/Discussion of the Week: Frontier's End - Part 4/@comment-24734669-20191213035250

1: I really like the Zenith Species! I feel like they were supposed to be some sort of parallel to Generations' Deviants (except they're actually interesting), but they certainly succeed in being the successors of the HC monsters. I'd say my favorites have to be Daimyo Hermitaur (for being incredibly threatening and unpredictable), Khezu (because awesome versions of terrible monsters always deserve lots of respect), and Anorupatisu (an upgraded version of an already awesome monster), while my least favorites have to be Hyujikiki (because such a shitty monster would barely be improved by its Zenith version) and Toridcless (incredibly annoying and spammy fight).

2: I honestly like Zenaserisu. It has a cool design, it has a pretty unique fight, and it's a Water-element monster; this is enough for me to like it.

3: Aside from being horribly overdesigned, Eruzerion just feels like another tasteless lightshow fight. Dishonorable mentions go to Bogabadorumu, which is just really forgettable for supposedly being the OG Zenith species.

4: I'd honestly choose Zenaserisu and Keoaruboru, mainly because they're the ones that feel the least OTT out of the 4 OG monsters we got. Even then, I'd try to tone down their flashiness just a bit (as well as give them updated skeletons).

5: It looks pretty cool, but I have no opinion on it otherwise.

6: All I know about the Hunter's Road is that it's a big old boss rush leading up to an underpowered White Fatalis.

7: TBH, compared to the Conquest War Fatalis and Crimson Fatalis, the Hunter's Road White Fatalis just looked really underwhelming (not to mention that giant horn looked derpy on it). I am glad we finally got one after all those years, but there was so much more that could be done with it.

8: I share thoughts with FinalHunter97 and Nack the Dragon. Making an OG Zenith Species kinda sounds like making an OG subspecies or OG Rare Species; due to the fact that Zeniths started out as upgraded versions of monsters, it's just not really easy to do.

9: TBH, they've been incorporating a lot of Frontier-like elements into Iceborne, what with the new hunter moves as well as endgame monsters such as Shara Ishvalda, Brute Tigrex, the Metal Raths, and Safi'jiiva (all of which either have incredibly flashy moves, crazy superpowered modes, or both). However, in terms of actual Frontier monsters getting in, I have no hope.

10: Overall, Frontier had an awesome run. Not only did we get many cool monsters with complex mechanics that made them more boss-like than most of the mainline monsters, we also got lots of really neat concepts that would even influence the main series from here on out. It's honestly going to be pretty crazy moving forward without Frontier, as the series has gone on for 11 years and had a great impact on how the franchise evolved.

Let us all have a moment of silence for the most successful MH spinoff to have ever graced the world.