User blog comment:BannedLagiacrus/Monster Appreciation Week: Barroth (4th Gen)/@comment-36789434-20180910183012/@comment-24734669-20180910205438

@Metbert

>shares a model with Jyuratodus (a far less infuriating Piscine Wyvern)

>stole Agnaktor's armor mechanic and made it tedious by having it cover its entire body and cool down incredibly quickly

>has an incredibly broken fireball attack

>every other attack it has is incredibly generic

>armor isn't even that good

Lavasioth does nothing to benefit the game in its current state; even if it's a "fish that swims in lava", we still have stuff like "fish that coat themselves in mud", "fleshy hell hounds", etc.

In MHGen, Lavasioth was pretty bearable (at least compared to Plesioth and Cephadrome), and its attacks and movements were at least interesting (what with the jumping slams, shrapnel fireball, and the little "sit in place and look around" it does after it performs its burrowing attack). Capcom was incompetent enough to completely deface it in World.

World took on a more ecosystem-oriented approach to their worlds, and that especially shows with the Ancient Forest and Wildspire Waste. Meanwhile, the Elder's Recess is one of the most bleak environments to exist (along with the Coral Highlands and Rotten Vale), and Lavasioth does nothing to help it feel more alive. No tracks, no turf war, nothing. In all, Lavasioth went from "decent to good" to "flaming pile of garbage" in just one game, and it hurts to see that we'll be stuck with it for 3 more years.

... I'm pretty surprised I managed to write that much.