User blog comment:BannedLagiacrus/Monster Appreciation Week: Kushala Daora(4th Gen)/@comment-26421638-20151003092450

Kushala Daora... The Monster Hunter Dos' Flagship Monster...

I... Have mixed feelings about it... Generally, I really like this Monster, but there are some things that makes it really annoying... Of course is not easy... Is an Elder Dragon, and Elder Dragons aren't easy... But Nothing of extremely difficult after all...

In terms of Design is Absolutely Great... A Dragon with Metallic Skin that is able to control wind... That's great and very original... Its Roar is good too... And the Theme Music is Fantastic, probably one of the Most Memorable theme music of the entire MH Series BTW... I would like to do an Honorable Mention of the 2ndary Daora's Theme Music... Was great too, but unused in the latest games...

Hunting this Elder Dragon would be fun and exciting... If there wasn't the Annoying Wind Barrier... Well... Is able to do Melee attacks, wind blasts summon small or big Tornandoes, aerial attacks and have an high mobility... Is really a complete Monster... But there are two things that make the Battle a bit annoying... But still... When it activates the Wind Barrier and it flies at the same Time... Well, you don't have too much to do (Flashbombs) At least... There are many ways to Clear the Black Wind Barrier... Poison Weapons, make it flinch by focusing the head (stunning with blunt Weapons is great too), Flashbombs etc etc... Sometimes happened to me that Daora Comboed and killed me due to the big Tornando... Sometimes Daora hits you with a random attack and you will go straight to the eye of the Hurricane (literally) and when you wake up, you don't have chance to survive... (This Thing happened to me 3 Times) So... Excluding those two downsides, is a cool Monster... Way better than many other Elder Dragons like Lao-Shan, Ceadeus, Kirin or Chameleos imo
 * The Black Wind Barrier: When Activates the Wind Barrier is really difficult to Found a Chance to attack it... Attacks the head because the wind doesn't affect you too much... However I should admit that find a chance to attack the head is not easy... And attack an Elder Dragons on the Head... Well... Do it at your own risk... Just do ONE quick attacks and get ready to Evade/Block... A "hit and run" Strategy is not that bad imo...
 * The Big Tornando attack... Itself is not a real problem, In high Rank... At G Rank this Tornando move randomly in the area... Ok... Just pay attention and everything goes fine... Untill the Bad Luck strikes...

I should Admit that was Revamped well this Monster... MH4U's Daora Looks More Powerful, more able to control wind and has more mobility... But is ironically easier, due to the halved HP, if we compare the MHFU's One...

Is that me or the FU Daora Wind Barrier was Less Effective?

Now The Equipment... The Weapons are good in terms of Design (The GS, The SA the IG and other Weapons looks really Great) and are quite useful as ice Element Weapons... But could be better... The Armor is Excellent... Especially the G Rank one... Great Design, Good Defense, and Excellent skills that usually involves the Evasive skills and other ones... The G Rank Daora Armor is one of the best armor set in the end-game and is Really Useful to make excellent mixed sets (Usually with Nargacuga armor parts)

HC Daora? Well, o don't play Frontier, UT I've Watched some videos of many HC Monster, and I can easily say that HC Daora is one of the Best Hardcore Monsters imo...

Overall: For Me Daora is An Excellent Elder Dragon... With two Downsides... But this two downsides doesn't make the Monster bad at all... It still has a Great Design, Great Concept, Fun Fight, Good Weapons and Excellent Armor... Is Still One of My Favorite Elder Dragons after all... I'm happy that Returns in MHX

Now... Rusted Daora...

In Freedom Unite Was Just a Brown Daora with a different Roar and After the back hop, was able to chain it with a wind blade or a charge forward... Was Available only in Low or High Ranks... That's all...

Not Returns In This Game... But I've preferred if it wasn't there... Design: A Rusted Daora... That's all... Combat: an Overpowered Daora with a thought skin on its backlegs and chest... Wind Barrier + Though Skin = One of the Worst thing that happened in the Monster Hunter Series (Mind's Eye is not very helpful, because the Damage is still halved) Weapons: Ok.. The Rusted Daora Weapons have Purple Sharpness... But is very low... And the Affinity is ridiculous... (-40%? -50? I don't remember) Armor: The Armor should be ok... It technically have a better defense than the Regular One (1 more defense per piece, XD)... The Skill are good but I prefer the Regular G Rank Daora's one... And... If you want to craft Rusted Daora Armor you should farm Rusted Daora... Wich Means... H***L, NO! Who wants farm this Rusted Joke?

Overall: Worst Variant In MH4U... Bad Design, Annoying and Extremely Difficult Fight (one of the Most Difficult Monsters, imo) the Equipment isn't that bad, but the Regular Daora one is better and easier to made... Rusted Daora can Freely go to H**l, and I hope that doesn't return in MHX... Or... Capcom should Remake Rusted Daora from 0...