User blog comment:Kogath/Monster Hunter X Discussion/@comment-6050823-20151204024455/@comment-26836109-20151204032611

@Shrek

Well it displays it has an understanding of armor unlike many other monsters and does it manually. I can't really find any other monster that can do that.

Maybe it hardens its arms and makes it do more damage. An example is Sub-Zero freezing his arms and then punching you, it's gonna hurt more.