User blog comment:BannedLagiacrus/Monster Appreciation Week: Kushala Daora(4th Gen)/@comment-25119729-20151004084804

Kushala Daora is a mixed bag for me. On one hand the design is cool, a dragon that is made out of metal (or in this case covered in metal) and controls the wind. The roar is something really unique, it isn't a deep pitch you normally hear and exspect from dragons. It is a high pitched shriek, something akin to the wind blowing through a canyon or something. I really like this.

On the other hand Kushala Daora is one of the monsers where I would say have artificial difficulty to it. The wind barrier is, like all barriers, something that bothers me just because it exists, but in combination with the pushing effect it gives, as well as the fact that it simply is no longer possible to cancel it because of the missing armor skill, makes this fight annoying and unfun. Rusted Kushala Daora only pushes this to the limit by making you bounce off it, so you are constantly tripped by the wind barrier, stanind in one spot like a duck because you bounce and get tons of damage hammered into you because it has no problems hitting you in this state. I can see why so many people seem to hate this monster for this.

In all honesty, I can't see any reason why Garuba Daora is worth an "honorable mention". It is a reskined Kushala, with gold instead of steel and crystals sprouting from the body and as a weapon used by it. It isn't impressive, esspecially for Frontier standards, and has no significance whatsoever.