User blog comment:BannedLagiacrus/Monster Appreciation Week: Radobaan/@comment-26421638-20180421152431

First time that I've seen Radobaan in a trailer I taught "Oh no, another crappy Uragaan-like Monster, I always hated Uragaan and all of its stupid variants (and then people complain about Zinogre getting too much love, Uragaan is almost at the same level)", Uragaan is bad, Steel Uragaan stinks (literally), Crystalbeard Uragaan is a variant has been erroneously labeled as Deviant, and we shouldn't forget about Pumpkin and Watermelon Uragaan...

And then, here comes Radobaan: Sceptic since the beginning, but after I've faced it once, I'm glad that I was totally wrong! After 5 Uragaan-like Monster, they did one of them who doesn't suck, congrats! Sure, in the core is still an Uragaan (considerably easier), but its changes are good enough to make it more than interesting unlike its cousins.

Well, it is a Uragaan, with the only difference that it doesn't have its traditional brass-color skin, looks completely black and most of its body is covered with various bones, giving a more menacing look. Diablos' horns on its hips are a nice touch BTW.

Even in terms of gameplay is really similar to its volcanic counterpart, but it has the whole bony armor gimmick and some moves are different (for example Radobaan replaces the quadruple chin smash with a double chin swipe). The bones aren't just a simple armor, Radobaan uses these bones even for offensive purpose, and that's why breaking its bones is not just a way to create openings to its soft skin, but also halves Radobaan's offensive capabilities (for example, reducing its abilities to roll or to throw bones).Also, I love when Rado turns into a living spinning top. This little changes makes Radobaan better than Uragaan in every aspect, even if they still remains similar to each other, but is not an issue for me.

I'm not a fan of its Armor (both in terms of design and stats) and Weapon design could be better (but that's an issue of MHW in general), but its weapons have Sleep status so we don't have other options if we want to do some Sleepbombing (unless if Kulve yields some good Relics, but since is limited time only and Relics depends by RNG, doesn't really count).

Overall: Radobaan is another proof of my not-so-popular opinion were if something is original doesn't mean that is good. Is Radobaan original? Not too much, beside a few tweaks isn't that different from Uragaan but... But is just better! Since I don't really like too much 5th generation monsters, I have to say that Radobaan is probably one of my favorite 5th Gen Monsters. Another positive point for Rotten Vale's ecosystem, everything that involves that rotten place is... DELIGHTFUL!! But please, no Subspecies for Radobaan in case if MHWG will be a thing: I don't want to have a game filled with giant chins...

I'll leave Uragaan for another time... About next week, ugh... Well, I'm not going easy for that Amatsu wannabe (yep, another Amatsu Wannabe, Amatsu seriously need to Copyright itself).