User blog comment:BannedLagiacrus/Monster Appreciation Week: Molten Tigrex/@comment-26034899-20160123053330

Molten Tigrex was a real challenge for me when I first fought it after completing the Pro Hunter's quest line. It wasn't very hard when it was calm, but whenever it became enraged, it became a real nightmare thanks to a combination of Blastblight, surprisingly fast quadruple charges, and incredibly powerful lungs. It practically taught me the importance of blocking attacks, and through my failures, I learned how to use the Great Sword properly, and it's become one of my main weapons ever since. Now he's not nearly the threat he used to be, but he can still be mildly challenging for a solo player like me. Strangely, I find his roars to be hard to dodge while Brute Tigrex's are fairly easy to avoid. Difficulty-wise, I find Molten to be the hardest of the trio (damn Detonation State), Brute the easiest (he dies quicker than the others), and the regular version to be in the middle.

The armor looks nice, has good defense, and has good skills for Hammer users, and the weapons seem to be pretty good on their own (or at least the Blademaster weapons do, I don't know much about the Gunner weapons; I never play as a Gunner because the damage output in solo play is too poor). Color-wise, he looks good, but I think that he would be better-looking if they incorporated more black into his design, like they did with his icon. Crimson is nice, but it looks kind of bland on its own, with only a slight bit of bright blue to contrast with it.

On a side note, I wonder how it would fare in a battle against Teostra, considering that both of them are explosive red felines who are highly dangerous.