Board Thread:MHX General Discussion/@comment-25706585-20151203134449/@comment-25119729-20151212131730

WolfQueen wrote: Blazing Black Dragon wrote:

Bajarias.josef wrote: you mean the fact they're smarter and that the dragon element deals more hurt the smarter your target is?? yes Except that's like a whole load of bull, lol. And contradicted by Capcom themselves, seeing how many many monsters they state as being intelligent barely take damage from Dragon. Just a few examples:

Yian Garuga, avoids traps and is said to be a very intelligent wyvern, weakest to water and ice.

Nargacuga, same as Yian Garuga, weakest to fire and thunder.

Simian Fanged Beasts: Stated by Capcom to be intelligent, mostly immune to Dragon.

Nerscylla: Same as the others.

Gypceros, fakes death and status effects in Frontier: Same.

Zinogre: Same as the others.

Barioth: Same as the others.

Raptorial Bird Wyverns: Same as the others.

Gamuto: Same as the others.

Berukyurosu and Doragyurosu, canonically the smartest wyverns in the series: Weakest to ice and fire/water respectively.

And then there's stuff like Jho and Tiggy that are clearly not intelligent yet their primary weaknesses are still Dragon.

If what Capcom said actually made sense, I think those monsters should have Dragon as their primary weaknesses, yet they don't.

Looks like another case of CCE to me. Capcom ignoring their own established lore is not something new, but discussing that would dersevre its own thread, so I'm not gonna elaborate on that for know.

Only explination that would make these examples you provided somehow reasonable would be that even though these monsters are intelligent, they are not "sentient". Which would still be pretty shoe horned.