Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25119729-20151216165951/@comment-27125903-20160110104848

Shreknaktor wrote: @Blazing Black Dragon

Raviente is probably a tad bit bigger than Dalamadur. Thats not much of a difference.




 * He has a lot of health when going up against hunters. His health pool would be only useful if the battle took hours. Assuming Dala and Rav are fighting to kill, it's health won't help much. And like what SamRex and Cbachura said, what type of damage monsters can deal from hunters is irrelevant.




 * The paralysis won't work against Dala. For those explosions to work, Ravi would have to get really close, infact it would have to touch it. It would be impaled by hundreds of spikes on Dala's body.




 * Don't forget Dala is heavily based off a snake and it has a longer jaw. It's jaws extend extremely far. Even IF Ravi had bigger jaws, it's little, puny teeth would tickle Dala. It's tusks would interfere with it's bite, so bitting Dala would just be unnecessary and useless.




 * And exactly how does eating all the inhabitants of the island help Ravi in the fight? Also... RAVIENTE NEVER ATE AN ENTIRE ISLAND WHOLE! It just ate the monsters on it. Not to mention it needed the help of an convenient volcano and earthquake to kill them.




 * To be honest, a lot of monsters can survive in lava. Volvidon can even survive in lava. Gravios' didn't stand a chance against Akantor even with it's "shell".




 * Ravi's digging can be dangerous but it is also can be exploited. If Ravi were to land a hit or miss, it takes a while for it to resurface due to it's size and length. It's body is pretty much open for attacks. Dala can bite a huge chunk of meat each time it digs. Ravi takes a long time to completely enter the earth (not move around in it when it's already inside. Two completely different things), so Dala can land as much hits as possible before it digs.Please don't forget this is Raviente vs Dalamadur. This has nothing to do with Berserk Ravi.

Anyway, like I said earlier, Raviente’s defense is much weaker than Dala's steel scales. Hunters pretty much need Purple sharpness or mind's eye to attack some parts of Dala (Fan blades, claws, etc). Also, Ravi has a Gigantic weak point: It's under belly. It has zero protection, so one swipe to it's throat would do heavy damage. Not to mention Dala's Giant teeth can pierce Ravi's shell with ease. If Dala were to bite Ravi's neck, Ravi wouldn't have a way to shake it off since it has no limbs. Dala's teeth are meant to grip onto it's prey, so if Dala were to land a bite on Ravi's throat, its game over.

Raviente never destroyed ANY island. Ravi heavily damaged the surface, but it never destroyed one. Dalamadur, however, can crumble and re-shape mountains, as seen in the 2nd phase of the battle against Dala. He destroys part of the mountain.

I say Ravi's only advantage is it's "strength" and mass. He has his tusks, but his head isn't really armored compared to other monsters who use horns as their main weapon (Diablos, Monoblos, etc). This means that for Ravi to strike Dala with it's tusks, it's neck or forehead would be wide open.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.89;margin-top:11pt;margin-bottom:11pt;"><span style="font-size:13.333333333333332px;font-family:Arial;color:#3a3a3a;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Whoever designed Raviente was pretty confident that it would be unstoppable, so they gave it weak defensive skills. That is another flaw. Dala's biggest weak point is it's chest, but with it's arms, it can protect it's chest from most attacks.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.89;margin-top:11pt;margin-bottom:11pt;"><span style="font-size:13.333333333333332px;font-family:Arial;color:#3a3a3a;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">So... No. Raviente is not superior. The very fact Dalamadur has arms is a winning factor.

Pretty sure Raviente would crash right into those arms like paper. Dalamadur has the spikes on his back but Dalamadur physicality is generally weaker Most monsters can survive lava? didn't SamRex just say not to take concepts from in-game battles as they aren't entirely accurate? I've said this before I'll say it again.... On a large mountain or group of mountains, Dalamadur will have the terrain advantage and would win.... but in places with flat terrain... Raviente would shrek't a Dalamadur almost instantaneously. People are starting to hate Zinogre because he's getting too much variants and we aren't getting any new fanged wyverns.