Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24734669-20151230221636/@comment-24734669-20160101143056

Notyloise wrote: I think it's pretty hard to judge if a monster is smart or not from infos that we already have. (Unless if it comes directly from capcom to confirms it.)

- Dragon element weakness shouldn't be the best way to measure monster's intelligence since there are way too much exceptions to this. (I think it's possible that the dev team doesn't consider this too much when selecting weakness for a monster)

- Seemingly impressive things like escaping from pitfall trap, making lava armor, sharpening tail blade or making skin armor doesn't necessary shows intelligence. These are possibly chain of reflexes, which is genetic trait and are based on instinct. The correct way to measure their intelligence with these actions is to compare the action's complexity.

I do think making armor with skins and crystals is the most complex action I've seen in this series so far, so in my opinion nerscylla should be considered more intelligence a lot of monsters here.

- Considering monster's intelligence based on their in-game moves might not be accurate, for example Dinovaldo. He's fast but can also be considered predictable, yet in opening cutscene we see him blocking gunner's shots with his tail (But if i am that gunner I'd use crag shot and laugh at the result).

- This is only obvious in MH4U's monster intro scene(given all monsters do this in-game, except maybe brachy), but some monsters show 'observative' behavior; they calmy observe the hunter and not attacking right away, which shows a high level of thinking. These monsters are Kecha(albeit playfully), Rajang, Shagaru, Teostra and Chammy (Maybe there are more? Can't really remember). Special mention goes to Congalala(Observing and being a jerk to hermitaur in his eco video) and Tama (Peaceful in nature despite not being a pushover).

-Monsters with better socializing behavior should be considered more intelligence. I think this only applies when comparing conga to blango or something, given elder dragons and rajang prefers to be alone. Also possibly baggi is the smartest species amongst the dog wyverns due to them having really good coordination skill(setting you up for g.baggi's hipchecks) and being the most successful/annoying minion amongst the raptor-likes. Nice reply!