User blog comment:BannedLagiacrus/Monster Appreciation Week: Odogaron/@comment-26421638-20180506150324

Best Monster of MHW? Naahh that's too much, my Favorite Monster of MHW? That was close but Teostra keeps his throne. Odogaron is just my favorite 5th Gen Monster. Since I'm a dog person IRL, I'm always interested with any Dog-Like (or any canine) creature in any media, and MH is not an exception, I really like Zinogre and I really like Odogaron. Unfortunately Odogaron is the only new Fanged Wyvern that I really like (I like Great Girros too, but not as much as Odogaron) and, along with Tobi-Kadachi (even if I hate it) the only Fanged Wyverns who matches with the previous definition of Fanged Wyvern IMHO. But we already covered this discussion in a previous MAW and I don't really want to be more repetitive...

I love how Odogaron looks: a "skinless" rabid dog with fierce fangs, scaled back and tail and ten claws for feet, all of this makes the monster really scary and perfectly adapted for Rotten Vale, but I do like the idea that Odogaron can be encountered at Coral Highlands too. I kinda wished that Odogaron roar was louder and its ears were more visible making it a bit more dog-like, but I can accept it.

In terms of gameplay is my second favorite Monster to hunt in World. This Monster is fast, aggressive and capable to perform a large amount of different combos (not really different from a Zinogre in that aspect, huh?). Odogaron is capable to inflict Bleeding with its claws (Bleeding is an annoying status but needs more monsters that use it, so I'm fine with it) and sometimes is even capable to counter when it trips, and Odogaron have a lot of different turf wars in any environment (outclassed only by Deviljho in terms of quantity) Odogaron also have some kind of alternative rage form but even a mediocre player can beat the doggo before it can trigger this mode, unless if we fight Odogaron in some Arena or Event quests. The only bad thing that I could say on Odogaron are its hitboxes, not because they're bad but... They're just too small, especially the jump&tail flip combo, makes a lot of damage but is almost a challenge to GET HIT!

Odogaron weapons are good looking and, just like Nargacuga, have a great Sharpness and good Affinity, but they have a hidden, useless and questionable Fire element but unfortunately they've a terrible Raw Damage. Odogaron Armor is probably one of the best Armors in game, great looking (or surprisingly sexy) and offers a good set of skills that could compete with most of the end-game Armor sets. Just... Great!

Overall: One monster between Nergigante, Vaal Hazak or Xeno'jiiva had the potential to be my new favorite 5th Gen Monster, But due to some of their respective cons, Odogaron actually got that "title" in a few hunts, Odo was my first monster in World that caught me off-guard during the first hunts, and I feel really bond with that ugly doggo. Odogaron is just good in every aspect and I can easily give a metaphoric silver medal among the monsters of MHW; Why just a silver medal? Well, sorry guys but the gold medal belongs to Teostra. In any case, Odogaron is in the top 10 of my favorite Monsters.