User blog comment:BannedLagiacrus/Monster Appreciation Week: Basarios(4th Gen)/@comment-26443628-20150601162537

I like barsarios, simple as that. he's a good monster to fight and prepares you for his adult form, gravios and other bulky monsters like ankantor. I like his design, even though his face looks nothing like gravios, but the moss and that branch on him was a nice touch, we should have that on swamp dwelling gravios.

equipment wise barsarios isn't the best (expect the hammer, with is good for high rank and looks cool).

you might not know this, and lots of you more than lightly disagree, but I'd prefer facing a bulky, slow monster that hits like a bus, than a speedy, agile monster that hits like a magikarp. in other words, I hate being out speeded and combo'ed, so slow monsters like gravios may hit hard but I usually get damaged like once maybe twice in a quest, so yea I like slow monsters.