User blog comment:BannedLagiacrus/Monster Appreciation Week: Dalamadur/@comment-5569775-20160228131002

Definitely one of my favorite monsters in the game. The scale of the fight is amazing, being able to climb onto it's back and attack it, it not being all that bothered by it until you manage to break one of it's spikes or it's claw. The fact that unlike the Fatalis brothers, Dalam actually destroys his habitat, creating a valley with it's tail at 1 point and the later destroying half the mountain; which makes Dalam's lore actually seem legit. The attacks are powerful, but most are easy to avoid if you pay attention or know how to panic dive. The only exception for the most part are the meteors, which are rather annoying, but in a way necessary. If he didn't have them, then he'd be less of a threat and thus less of a challenge; it be like fight a Moran that attacks even less often, but without the ship and dragonator. I just wish the meteors only hit right around the chest and arms instead of almost anywhere on the map; if the had made them a defensive thing only hitting those in melee range instead of someone a ways a way healing it wouldn't have been as BS. The only other bad thing about fighting it, is the number of people who can't tell when a bite is coming and don't know how to panic dive.

Moving on to the armor, while it looks nice I don't really care for it, but at least a few pieces can be used in mixed good mixed sets.

The weapons however, are really good. Sure most have negative affinity, but it's not enough to lower the average damage below an effective level. And they have good enough sharpness depending on if you can get Sharpness +1 and Razor Sharp on a set, or are using the GS or Hammer which go through sharpness slower than the others. And those extra 2-3(1 for IG) slots depending on the weapon can be helpful when building sets. The defense and status's(assuming the set you have naturally has Awakening) are just an added bonus. The IG is one of the better ones and the Bow is personally one of the best when combined with the Gogma set, gemmed for Use Power Coat and Focus(+5, 3 slot talisman), which gives it access to every coating except for Blast which was awakened on it by the set. The weapons shine better when upgraded with Sha parts, but I'll save that for Sha's MAW, which is quite large...I'll show myself out. But the high raw of the weapons really does make them worth it and they also look really cool.

Unfortunately farming for the weapons are a chore. I've defeated Dalam 41 times, Shar 13 times & ended via sub against the Dalam/Sha at least 100 times to upgrade all the 4 of the weapons I made. The fact that 90%+ of my carves/rewards were Steels and Glaives or Gems got old fast, but the fight is fun when not grinding it.