User blog comment:BannedLagiacrus/Monster Appreciation Week: Banbaro/@comment-25119729-20200115192738

Banbaro looks as much of an ice area themed mon as one can get, yet it can be found on any map in the game. Since it only aggros on you if you either hit it or stand to close to it while fighting another monster, it isn't the same kind of invader like Ebony Odogaron of Fulgur Anjanath. So I guess that is a plus. A bit of irony here as well, since the magma boulder in Elder's Recess is definetly the most dangerous thing it can pick up. A ice area looking monster being the most dangerous while in a volcano.

Design wise it is basically a elk brute wyvern. Pretty nice, especially since the big horns put a twist into the charges it performs. The move where it swings it head while moving backwards also has caught me more times than I'd like to admit. The sounds it makes are pretty good too. I really like its roar, definetly one of the best roars in World for me.

The only thing I don't like about it is the actual equipment. The armor looks pretty awesome, the alpha set more than the beta, but those skills are just...eh. Mushroommancer is kinda useful, giving you cheaper demon and armor drugs, a cheaper dash juice and a way better max potion. But the blue mushroom effect and the poison mushroom are just garbage. Resentment is kinda nice if you can max it out, but unless you are fighting a monster with poison or somehow poison yourself, it is situational in a fight. Speed eating and health boost are just quality of life skills, nice to have but not really worth keeping the moment something better shows up.

Overall a nice monster, but honestly it really shouldn't be encountered outside the Hoarfrost Reach.