User blog comment:BannedLagiacrus/Monster Appreciation Week: Royal Ludroth (4th Gen)/@comment-5020152-20160813024102

Yep, Royal Ludroth. I'll always remember him as the "baby's first leviathan" that served as the first big water combat test in MH Tri. Royal Ludroth is the perfect tutorial for learning how to hunt underwater, as he has a very limited movepool when he's in the water and tends to spend most of his time on land anyway. This is why he doesn't feel too out of place in MH Generations, because he was hardly ever in the water to begin with. He's a decent land fighter, with all kinds of close-combat moves ranging from body slams to rubber-band tail whips to relentless charges.

Royal Ludroth hasn't really changed at all. That continuous charge-while-spitting-water move is as annoying as ever, as are his Barrel Rolls (which he can now do at an angle like Purple Ludroth in 3U). I still enjoy hacking at the bath sponge around his neck that just SCREAMS for you to hit it. It's still funny how he retreats to a waterfall to take a shower when he's tired. Pretty much the only thing that changed for Royal Ludroth is the hitboxes on his Lunging Hip Check - now the tail hits you as well. Annoying as hell if you don't have Adept.

I guess that's it. Royal Ludroth is the same as he always was. He's a monster that I'll always look back on with fondness, but he certainly doesn't provide the most exciting fight in the world.