User blog comment:Kogath/Monster Hunter: World Discussion/@comment-25083735-20190712190851

@Blazing Black Dragon

Considering Raging Brachydios is elderdragon level, capable of competing with akantor, teostra, hellblade, and even crimson fatalis despite being just a variant, not even a deviant, and the fact that both savage deviljho and Furious rajang are considered some of the hardest non elder dragon monsters, I wouldnt be suprised if shreiking legiana, which from what the trailer has shown us, can fly faster than valstrax and has ice explosions bigger than oroshi kirin's, is elder dragon level like every other variant.

Seriously though Shreiking legiana flew 100 feet straight into the sky faster than the blink of an eye and then swooped down and sent massive ice explosions every where. Logically speaking, legiana is already at the peak of the foodchain, only below deviljho and kirin. I highly doubt they would put a stronger version of legiana at the same difficulty as a standard one.