Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25119729-20151216165951/@comment-26826688-20160131235831

Cbachura wrote: Shreknaktor wrote: @LaDarion

No one likes Kirin.

Sure, Kirin would spam lighting bolts all day and not break a sweat, but this won't work on monsters resistant against thunder. It also matters what type of monster it's up against. So far in this thread, Kirin has been rekt cause each monster it fights is probbaly stronger or fast enough. Kirin is actually really strong. I will admit the thunder element sure would save its butt alot but Kirin is also physically strong. Hc kirin can move faster than you can blink, and in grank in mh4u, his upwards hornthrust spam attack is a serious pain in the butt. While Im not sure if its really part of the real mh series in mh spirits kirin has a really strong finisher attack which is mainly tons of really quick horn thrust, which is another example of a strong physical attack. Honestly Kirin feels really under estimated kinda like Tamamatsune once was, or still is I guess, but kirin is actually really strong according to lore. Apparently one of its only predators is rajang, which both of them are insanely fast, strong, have body armor, and incredible lightning abilities, and Im pretty sure all of us have seen how strong the two of them are, or atleast one of the two. Another note to take is that Kirin usually travel in pairs, similiar to basically all mh kirin quest accept some highrank kirin and most lowrank kirin quest, which really is due to game difficulty. Not only but most kirins can get naturally very large, some exceedingly large when compared to your average lowrank kirin. Another thing to point out is most kirins travel with their oppisite subspecies, which Im pretty sure more than half of all monsters currently in mh are weak to atleast thunder or ice, or if thats not enough, incredible speed and strength. Honestly I think kirin could easily overpower most monsters, even the powerful kushala daora, or the menancing gore magala, due to the kirins increadible elemental powers. The few monsters that could beat kirin either are completely resistant to its attacks and abilities or are just plain powerful, which is why rajang is its main predator. I never really said Kirin was weak.I don't think Kirin is weak, I just don't like Kirin in general. I just said that monsters who could shrug off lighting bolts and are stronger that kirin would win. So far in this thread, Kirin was up against GTP Zinogre, Oliver, and Inagami. I believe Kirin will lose to those three. I doubt a horn that tiny is gonna hurt or do damage to those three monsters. Give kirin a better opponent and then Kirin will get more recognition.

How does it make Kirin strong if it travels in pairs? These are one-on-one fights. Also, stop mentioning Orishi Kirin. Its an entirely different monster on the battlefield compared to Kirin.