User blog comment:Dracosaurian/Monster Appreciation Week: Lagiacrus (4th Gen)/@comment-5020152-20161029181922

There's no denying that Lagiacrus was revamped really well to suit a land-exclusive environment. I love all the additional Thunder-element attacks, and the special effects are cool-as-sh*t-looking. To make it even better, Laggy still has a killer design and awesome roar.

My only problem (and it's a dang big problem) is that Lagiacrus seems... incomplete without water combat. The big croc might hit pretty hard, yeah, but the problem is that he's not properly adapted to maneuvering on land and pretty much has to rely on a crapton of electricity to pose a threat. Laggy looks so ridiculously comical when he's waddling around that I find it difficult to keep a straight face. Contrast this with Mizutsune, who moves so fluidly and elegantly on land that it's easy to see that she's in her element and can put up one heck of a fight.

In Tri and 3U, Laggy was one of the most badass and majestic monsters in the game because of how easily he fought in the underwater environment while you struggled in comparison. On land he's a fish out of water. He doesn't belong. He's vulnerable. The loads and loads of electricity he throws at you in MH Gen proves that he's desperate to compensate for the loss of his main strength.

Call me when underwater combat comes back.