User blog comment:BannedLagiacrus/Monster Appreciation Week: Rustrazor Ceanataur/@comment-15446856-20181014150939

Rustrazor Ceanataur is something I haven't fought, but have an opinion about like the Nightcloak Malfestio.

Yes, while its short range and long range differences by its skulls are original, there is of course the big feature of this monster that I have a problem with. Out of all the things they could have done with a Shogun Deviant, why did they have to have the need to make it has a Glavenus skull and make it have the exact same features and even the freaking signature attack of the Glavenus? Sorry, but I can't pass this off as anything original. Glavenus already has enough attention in the game too as the main highlight of the Fated Four and original Generation's true flagship, it had the strongest Deviant in Gen, the only monstie available from Gen in Stories and you could get a Navirou costume of Glavenus for having the save data from Gen. So why in the name of hell did they have to essentially shill it by making another Deviant based off it? Just because Shogun also has blades? Nah, its probably they really did want to highlight Glavenus even more. Wouldn't be surprised if Glavenus is the only one out of the Fated Four to get added to World at this point.

Rustrazor Ceanataur at least also has its long ranged mode new attacks and its multistabbing attack to prevent it from being completely unoriginal. However the whole "re-uses the base concept of an old monster in a slightly different way" thing really damages my opinion of this Deviant. They could have done something different and much more unique by actually having it use poison or just make it have sharp claws to begin with and without having it have to use Glavenus again. They could have even used an Uragaan skull instead so it can attack from the rear at close range like with its claws.

I feel like this Deviant's potential was wasted with an, unpopular opinion, lazy rehash of an old monster just to further hype it up. If they had gone the original route, this could have been the first great Carapaceon in main series.