User blog comment:BannedLagiacrus/Monster Appreciation Week: Ukanlos (4th Gen)/@comment-26421638-20160309155306

Ukanlos... Ukamurubasu... Ukamulbas... Ukambalaas... Uka... White God... Avalanche Wyvern... This Monster is known with a lot of Names, Nicknames and Titles, but this Monster is Well Known to be MHFU's Online Final Boss and also as a Roadblock to reach G-rank in MH4U...

I Like the Design, a huge Dragon with some turtle-like thing, I absolutely love the fin on it's back and the blade-like scales on it's belly... The Only thing that I Dislike is the Chin... Yeah the shovel-like chin is a good idea, but to oversized compared to it's Head, the chin could be smaller or the head could be bigger, but it's still OK... As somebody else mentioned before me, this Monster resembles Stan Smith from American Dad :)

The Concept works a lot... This Big Wyvern can swim into the Ice an can cause avalanches with various methods like swimming, roars or with its popular beam... This Monster is One of the faces of the word "Destruction" and it Really Deserves the Title of "Avalanche Wyvern" The Music is One of the Best MH themes IMO, and I love it's roar...

This Monster is Usually Compared with Akantor, they are similar and different at the same Time, while I prefer Akantor just because fits better with my tastes, I consider Ukanlos a great Monster too and pretty much equally good as Akantor... While I prefer to solo Akantor, I way prefer to hunt Ukanlos online...

This Monster was one of the Most Difficult Monsters of Freedom Unite... Was the challenge of MHFU... Soloing this Monster was A true test for your hunter Skills, was barely possible to solo this Monster... Something that usually takes you 40~45 Minutes and almost forces you to use all the Items... The Beam could easily OHKO almost everyone... Unless if you had a high Defense and some Resistance to ice... I also Remember how much was bad the Snowy Mountains Peak as area...

Returns In Portable 3rd... But I barely remember it since I've Slayed it only once, the 3rd gen Polar Field looks better than 4th Gen one with that Cool Aurora... In MHP3rd it gained two new attacks, the 180 Degree "Uppercut Bite" which was extremely difficult to evade it (hitbox fixed in 4th Gen) and the Sweeping Water Beam which, if I recall correctly, was aimed in MHP3rd... And when roars, ice chunks fall from the ceiling...

It Returns in MH4U... For some reason, it loses The green Shaders that had in the arms, looks smaller IMO and seems that it's claws are covered with snow... Looks more Metallic and Frosted at the same Time... The Swim Attack is slower, but it also hurls random Ice chunk during the Attacks, and it can Dramatically change the area, since it can collapse (or resurfaces) big chunks of terrain with it's attacks... Maybe the Ai Is changed, but is pretty much Similar to 3rd Gen one... Although MH4U Ukanlos is Easier compared to MHFU Ukanlos, 4th Gen Ukanlos is still a difficult Monster... Especially to solo... At least hunt this Monster Online, compared to Akantor, it's not a tragedy!

Game After Game, Ukanlos had some Changes, but it's Ice Beam is always Spectacular into my Eyes, and the Swimming Attack is always it's most feared attack... It's fun that Sometimes A Panic-Dive is the most stupid thing to do to avoid the Swim Attack... Let's take a look to the Equipment... Eww... Not exactly the best equipment that I've seen... The Weapons have A Huge Raw Damage, some ice Element and, if I remember well it boosts your Defense, but the Negative Affinity and the Bad Sharpness are the Reasons why I always discard Uka's Weapons; but Unlike Akantor, Uka Weapons can are good with Sharpness +1... In terms of Design I like the Lance, Hammer and the GL, I don't like the other ones... The Armor Could be way better, the HR Armor is Bad both in Terms of Design and Skills... The G Rank One have is Aesthetically Quite Good (Except for the Male Blademaster Armor, it looks Popeye when it smiles) The Skills aren't that Bad, but some Armor pieces are Mostly used for the Popular Uka-Uka Mixed Sets...

Overall: Ukanlos Is A Great Monster and it's absolutely one of the Toughest Ice Element Monsters (Excluding Frontier), it has a Interesting Design and Concepts, a great Music and also a challenging and intense fight... The Weapons could be better, but aren't Garbage like Aka's Weapons, almost the Opposite with the Armor (I Prefer Akantor Armor than Uka Armor)... I Just Prefer Akantor for various reasons, but I can Easily Understand People who prefers Ukanlos than Akantor... They Are Equal for various aspects... Better Than Akantor online, but worse to Solo... That's it...

Extra Content: What to say about Odibatorasu? Born as a Concept of an Ukanlos Subspecies/Closed Relative, this project evolved into the 3rd member of the "Cave Wyvern" (?) Family... I absolutely love it when it shoots Sand Or Boulders with the Cannon and all the Sand Related Attacks... Interesting Design, the Shell/Cannon makes this Monster gigantic, but I hate the shape of the head...