User blog comment:BannedLagiacrus/Monster Appreciation Week: Azure Rathalos (4th Gen)/@comment-5020152-20160101182554

Azure Rathalos is okay. I don't really like how he flies around spamming fireballs and chaining together Poison Claw Dives constantly, but at least he's fresher than the ordinary Rathalos, who has become rather boring after fighting him through several games. In other words, I like to fight him despite the constant aerial combos causing me grief.

The best part of Azure Rathalos is the color scheme. It was extremely bland in Freedom Unite (but then again, most were), and now it's just beautiful. There's the blue and black that fit together nicely, and then there's the gorgeous green wings. "Azure" doesn't do him justice anymore. He should have been called Aqua Rathalos or Turquoise Rathalos when he came to 3 Ultimate.

All in all, I'd say he's better than regular Rathalos, and less annoying but less awesome than Silver Rathalos.

(Truthfully, I find him more manageable than Pink Rathian, who insta-backflips you before hounding you constantly so you can't drink an Antidote.)