User blog comment:BannedLagiacrus/Monster Appreciation Week: Lao-Shan Lung (4th Gen)/@comment-26826688-20180922000518/@comment-24734669-20180925005817

@Jonathon2goals

- Barroth is quite a bit clunkier and slower than it was before (freezes for 5 seconds before charging) - Rathian is the same - Rathalos thankfully no longer has magnet claws, but it also feels kinda underwhelming - Diablos is slower and doesn't have as much oomph as it did in previous games - Lavasioth just straight-up sucks now - Azure Rathalos got most of his cancerous moves removed, but also got some new cancer combos - Black Diablos, despite its challenging new moves, is still somewhat slow - Kushala Daora also straight-up sucks now - Deviljho, despite its mild increase in difficulty, became less unique (why did it have to lose its gluttonous appetite?)

The only monsters that actually got improved were Kirin, Pink Rathian, and Uragaan, and even then, Kirin is still kinda questionable. Lunastra also got an overhaul, but rather than being "watered-down", she just became OTT.