User blog comment:BannedLagiacrus/Monster Appreciation Week: Akantor(4th Gen)/@comment-26421638-20150927141521

Akantor, the Supremacy Wyvern... The Online Final Boss of Monster Hunter Freedom 2... Or the Offline Final Boss of Freedom Unite... (correct me if I'm wrong)

In Terms of Design is great... A very big Black Dragon with huge tusks and huge spikes on its back... And when it goes in rage the body turns red, looking even more Aggressive... The Upper Part of the Head and the skeleton really resembles Tigrex... The Roar is great, because is able to cause lava explosions in the area... The Music is... Not Very good... I mean... Isn't bad... But doesn't fit too much with Akantor...

The Fight was good since Freedom 2... It wasn't that difficult... Just pay attention and was "easy"... If I Remember Well, there wasn't a True G Rank Akantor in Freedom Unite (only via Dlc)... So... I cannot compare to much the 2nd Gen G Rank Akantor to 4th Gen G Rank Akantor... However, judging by the HR One... 2nd Gen HR Akantor wasn't too much difficult than 4th Gen HR Akantor... The Area "Battleground", was really annoying.

I know that only a few people remember that, but Akantor Returned in MHP3rd... But didn't changed too much... The Uppercut Bite became faster and was changed into a pin attack, was able to perform a 180 degree turning bite, was able to do the sweeping wind tunnel attack... And lives in the Lava Canyon (BTW, I miss that area)

Now appears again in MH4U... New attacks? Multiple Charges, a "bite and tail swipe" combo and the G Rank one... is able to do a Double Wind Tunnel Attack that causes lava explosions and it end with a Body Slam!? This Attack looks so Badass! Speaking about the "bite and tail swipe" Attack, this move can be really dangerous in G Rank and when Akantor is in rage, because if its you with the bite, will inflict defense Down Status, and when you wake up, aka will hit you with the tail swipe and usually kill you! (not always...) The Ingle Island is a great arena imo. The Only thing that I dislike when I fight this Monster is... Hunting it online... Because random players doesn't use Armor Skin/Adamant Seeds and they usually die Against Akantor after a few seconds when it goes in rage! And They also... Have troubles to panic dive the Sweeping Wind Tunnel? I seriously don't Understand... That's the reason why I Prefer to solo G Rank Akantor... I know is not easy at all and takes a lot of time... But I prefer to take longer time to complete the Quest rather than failing due to other Players... Yeah... G Rank Akantor is not easy and don't Underestimate it... But there are many Monsters that are more Dangerous...

Now the Equipment... I used Akantor armor back in Freedom Unite and was good, but the slots were only a few... In This Game Akantor Armor is good imo... And Aesthetically seems Badass... But the G Rank Armor... Meh... I would like to See something of different than a retextured HR Armor... Akantor Weapons?... What the Fairunokku is wrong with them? The Raw Damage is something of incredible... Ruined by their "Sharpness"... Sorry but I consider useless a weapon with that... "sharpness"... At least the GS, SA and the CG looks great Aesthetically...

Bt the Way... I prefer Akantor than Ukanlos... I prefer Akantor Design... I prefer hunt Akantor than its "colder brother"... And (that's purely personal) I've 15 Of Fire Res and 5 of Dragon Res but I'm weak to Ice (-15), that's another reason why I Prefer Akantor than Ukanlos...

Overall? The Good sides are: Good Monster... Great Design... I like its Armor... Enjoyable fight, and I like slaying those Behemoths... However... Now the bad sides: The Weapons are something that should be forbidden (Or reworked)... The "bite and tail swipe" combo can cause some troubles... And the worst thing... The Experience of hunting this Monster online is something of terrible... But I still like this Monster...