User blog comment:BannedLagiacrus/Monster Appreciation Week: Xeno'jiiva/@comment-1712810-20180824114511

Unlike that filthy pile of rags we had last week, THIS... this thing, right here... is a REAL elder dragon!

Xeno'jiiva has so much going for it - Super cool laser beams, an awesome design befitting a dragon of mystery, an equally awesome and alien sounding roar (first time I heard it, chills went down my spine... chills of pleasure~), an epic theme that captures the scale of the fight perfectly, and of course - really neat looking armor!

A few minus points for the the fact that its weapons aren't entirely orignal, although they do look quite nice when blended with Lunastra's materials.

Of course, fighting it is no simple walk in the park. Xeno is plenty of aggressive - a lot of people seem to get cocky and careless because of how large this big boi is. Know what happens? Yeah, that's right, they get carted after being BLOWN INTO COMPLETE OBLIVION FROM A HYPER BEAM!

Xeno keeps me on my toes, I usually fight it with an Insect Glaive cuz staying in the air is a good idea when the floor is lava! It does fly around in the air at times, but not for very long and not too often - not like Alatreon anyway.

All in all, it's one of my favorite dragons to fight, I simply enjoy the kind of challenge that Xeno offers, and honestly, I usually fight it solo. In fact, I fight most of the elders in World solo...

I will say that certain bows do make this fight way easier with dragon piercer utterly wrecking Xeno and giving it more a-holes than it will ever need, but arguably, this is the case for plenty of other monsters as well. I see plenty of hunters rocking HGBs and mowing down monsters like there's no tomorrow all the time.

That being said I have to give Xeno'Jiiva 10 Hyper Beams and 5 Well-Done Steaks for being one of the best elder dragons Capcom has graced us in a long time.

I can completely forgive the disgusting disgrace that is Vaal Hazak thanks to Hyper Beam Boi's presence.