User blog comment:BannedLagiacrus/Monster Appreciation Week: Volvidon (4th Gen)/@comment-26421638-20160909140015

My favorite of the Fanged Beasts trio... I kinda missed this Monster in MH4U and I'm glad that has returned!

I'm fine with its design, A red armadillo-like monster with a long tongue... Sure, not the best design that a Monster could have, but is more than fine. Oh yeah... I like its behavior when you mount it.

I enjoy hunting this monster for a simple reason, Between Arzuros and Lagombi, this is the one with the wider moveset. Claw Swipes, various Roll or jumping Attacks, tongue whips, paralysing balls and a stinky gas! Sure, the soil status is not good, but since is a weak monster, you don't have need to heal yourself when you deal with this creature... Nothing else to say except for one thing: I think that its paralyzing mucus is one of the worst aimed attacks in history, how many times it doesn't get you even if you stay still on a place? Between MHP3rd, my short time with MH3U and now MHGen, I remember that got me with the Para mucus only once in all my MH Carrer (simply because a Nibelsnarf stunned me before).

The Armor is acceptable among the 4 and 5 Star village quests, the design is OK. The Weapons are good for mid-tier Para weapons, nothing else...

Overall: A fine Monster, fun to hunt and offers an equipment that may interest some users. 4th Gen Volvidon is exactly the Same of MHP3rd (or Low/High Rank in MH3U) and I wish that could have something of new, but still remains the best and the most Original of the Fanged Beasts trio IMHO... I still don't understand why didn't get a Deviant... It is not really necessary, of course, but since Arzuros and Lagombi got a Deviant, I don't see the reason to don't make a Deviant for the Red Shell Beast.