User blog comment:BannedLagiacrus/Monster Appreciation Week: Yian Garuga(4th Gen)/@comment-7584137-20150814140312/@comment-5043481-20150814184748

Garuga was deliberatly redone into a very strong monster, after MHFU where he appeared in village 4* and fitted that difficulty level. Though MHF1 Garuga was still worse, mostly because he was used as an evil challange halfway through the village quests.