User blog comment:BannedLagiacrus/Monster Appreciation Week: Beotodus/@comment-31029678-20200104110928

Beotodus, at first I thought it would have been either Jyura 2.0 so something not dangerous enough or World Lavasioth2.0 so something fine but with a terrible armor mechanic or perhaps Zamtrios 2.0 where the armor feels more like an advantage to the player rather than the monster.

Happy to say Beotodus exceeded my expectations and more.

It's the most original looking Piscine with got in ages, its palico armor is cute, the armor looks awesome and useful (heck, I completed the entire story up to MR 100 Ruiner with just the Beo full set) also its DB were pretty great as well, funny that they are more powerful than the flagship's weapon (it kinda reminds me of Kelbi Bow and Slime in 3U). Design-wise my only complaint is about the weapons, but that's more of a problem of World\Iceborne rather than Beotodus.

its moveset is nice and personally pretty fun for a "low-tier" monster, it is what Jyura was meant to be. Personally I really love how it uses the enviroment in a clever way, it definetly fit with the theme of Gen5... its legs are the weak points so it make sense it wold spend most of the time in "swim mode" to cover them and use the tail and body to throw snow at you. Also pretty unusual that it does have roar... I guess Zenith Plesioth isnt the only one anymore.

I'd also say that it's fight is the perfect practice for the clutch claw, it moves relatively fast, it roars, you can send it into a wall causing everything to fall off him or use the clutch claw to take piercing pods to stop its jumping attack mid-air.

Biology it isnt that much crazy or unique but I love how they made him an integral part of the Boaboa's culture, speaking of that, the special quest when you hunt that big tempered Beotodus alongside an army of Boaboa it's great... a shame we can't try that again.

Also it's another shame that it and Jyura were not added in Guiding Lands though I can kinda see why... still a shame though.

In conclusion one of my favourite introduction in Iceborne and my favourite introductory monster to "G-rank" so far, I hope it will come back in future games, hopefully with weapons with original design... I can already imagine him being a natural rival to Zamtrios.