User blog comment:BannedLagiacrus/Monster Appreciation Week: Crystalbeard Uragaan/@comment-26826688-20161224013923/@comment-5020152-20161224145540

^ Thank you for telling me what I was already well aware of. Ash Lao-Shan is the only one that doesn't have SOMETHING new. Blue Kut-Ku has that wannabe-Azure-Rath attack in 4U, Purple Gypceros uses Deadly Poison, Green Plesioth sweeps its water beams, etc. They're not impressive, but at least they've improved from 1st Gen.

But why would taking attacks from subspecies make Deviants less good? There aren't any subspecies in Generations, so it's not like they're being unoriginal by doing that. Dreadqueen Rathian sharing Pink Rathian's Dancing Backflip attack doesn't matter because Pinkie isn't even in the game, and it makes Dreadqueen more of a threat than if they didn't add it to her moveset, so... you know, why not? Subspecies have some legitimately threatening moves that would serve Deviants well.

And for that matter, Deviants are experienced monsters that have learned to better combat hunters, so maybe part of their learning came from observing their subspecies! Dreadqueen could've watched a Pink Rathian triple-cart a team of noobs and thought, "Huh, that's pretty effective. I'll start doing that."