User blog comment:BannedLagiacrus/Monster Appreciation Week: Barroth (4th Gen)/@comment-36789434-20180910183012/@comment-31029678-20180910195532

Maybe they realized "we don't have water monsters... damn, let's put someone easy to add and that can cause waterblight at least"

@MHAdvent

Lavasioth is basically a fish that swims in magma,  it offers variety (and its DS are not that bad).

Its fight isn't that boring with the right equipment, personally one of the most fun hunt if you use a GL