User blog comment:BannedLagiacrus/Monster Appreciation Week: Black Gravios (4th Gen)/@comment-26421638-20160114103509

The "always feared" Black Gravios... Burning Our Hopes since 2006... Strikes again in MH4U... Well... What can I say? If I can easily say that Normal Gravios is one of my favorite Monsters, unfortunately I cannot say the same thing about Its Black Subspecies... This Monster is a mixed bag for me...

The Design is Great, probably one of the best design among the 1st Gen Subspecies... I like Gravios Design... So a Black Gravios is somewhat forced to look Badass! And then I absolutely love the red "Spikes" that have all around the body... They fits Perfectly with the black Skin... In Freedom Unite the black looked really weird, seems made with a stupid MS Paint or something of Similar... I want to mention that a Frenzied Black Gravios looks even more Badass, the skin seems made by obsidian and with red Eyes shows exactly who is the true evil presence of the Volcano, but that's a minor detail...

In Freedom Unite this Monster was the Incarnation of our worst nightmares... And I prefer to don't say Nothing else about FU's Gravios... I've still some traumas today 0_0...

But now Returns in MH4U... The Black Gravios was only a bit more difficult than its standard Counterpart, with only that beam who does some steps backwards who seems that causes some troubles to other users... But was more than Fine for me, and I was happy to know that Black Gravios was now and enjoyable fight... Untill I haven't Faced the G-Rank one... The Reason why I don't like G Rank Black Gravios is (mainly) only one... The "Walk&Laser&Fire gas" Attack... When does that attack I don't have problems at all with the short laser beams, due to being aimed and quite slow are Extremely predictable to evade... But the real problem is the Gas that Releases with every step of that attack... That's weird, because with regular Gravios was a great chance to attack it on its Legs, belly or (rarely) on the Tail... But due to the Flaming gas, this attacks turns into a waste of time... With only a few chances that you can attack the Tail... Of course this attack can turn deadly if you're in a corner! And then of course there is The Turning Fire Beam with can get you if you're on the wrong side... I really would enjoy facing Black Gravios if it didn't spam to much the fire Gas...

Now a Mention to the Equipment, the Weapons are interesting both on terms of Design and Stats... But unfortunately I cannot say the same thing for the Armor... While the Color Scheme is Excellent, the Design is Weird, looking extremely fat... In terms of Defense is good of course, but the Skill are interesting only for Weapons that can Guard (Especially for Lance and GL Users)... For a people like me who mainly uses LS, DB and rarely IG, this armor is pretty much useless...

Overall: This Monster is Damn Strong! And facing a G-Rank Black Gravios is really painful due to the "Walk&Laser&Fire gas" Attack... And farming this Monster to get the B. Gravios Pallium is one of the worst thing to do in MH4U... But hunting this Monster sporadically isn't "that" bad... The Design is Great and the Equipment is OK for some specific users... This Monster cannot be defined a "Useless Subspecies" or a "Bad Subspecies"... Is just a Sub who is difficult to fight and kinda annoying... But at least is useful... However, if we compare 4U's B. Gravios with FU's B. Gravios... The first one is a joke...