User blog comment:BannedLagiacrus/Monster Appreciation Week: Boltreaver Astalos/@comment-6050823-20181019140629

This is how you make a Deviant! Boltreaver Astalos is easily one if not the best Deviants in the game. Compared to most of the other Deviants, Boltreaver Astalos is very different from its normal counterpart, even more so than usual. I was expecting it to have a few new attacks, yes, but I wasn't expecting it to have such variety in its moveset! When I first heard about this Deviant, I thought it wasn't going to change very much, but Boltreaver Astalos is definitely a lot more violent and fast! All of its attacks have more speed to them, which makes them more terrifying in some cases, and its new attacks are just amazing additions to Astalos's already badass moveset. Lightning Blade and Graviton Surge are great additions to Boltreaver's moveset, especially the first one! For Graviton Surge, I'm glad the Main Series finally used electromagnetism in some form for at least one monster, I hope they do this for another monster in the future as well. In G3 and above, Boltreaver Astalos has a new combo it performs when it exits its Boltreaver State where it uses Graviton Surge to pull in hunters, then uses Lightning Blade on one, and finally ends it all with a Wing Slam to the ground while the sphere pulls you in towards it. That combo is easily one of my favorites in the series because it uses three signature attacks, all of which can be fatal, at once to end you. That's evil, but I love it for that! I also really love the sound effects for Boltreaver Astalos's attacks, especially for its projectiles and Lightning Blade! As most of you know, Astalos is my favorite of the Fated Four, and Boltreaver Astalos is officially my favorite of the Deviant Fated Four simply from its fight overall! Its fight is intense and fun as hell with a lot of variety! Hands down, it and Bloodbath are the best Deviants in MHGU!