User blog comment:BannedLagiacrus/Monster Appreciation Week: Rathian (5th Gen)/@comment-26421638-20180324202717

Rathian is always Rathian and she keeps her appearance streak along with Rathalos. Time flies, MH series grows and goes on, but Rathian still keeps her place, in a positive way of course.

Design-wise well, it's a Rathian, but is really good ti see her in a game with better graphics, is exactly how we could imagine her in real life. The only negative trait that I could mention about 5th Gen Rathian is that she lost her traditional Wing pattern, or at least is barely visible.

MHW's Rathian doesn't really have new attacks or major new features, her most notable "changes" are reworked animations and of course the necessary tweaks for a 5th Gen game. In terms of new animations, I'm glad that they improved the classic double tail whip (this applies with every Flying Wyvern, of course) and the aerial backflip, now the aerial flip does have a natural animation, unlike the previous games (that was almost an insta-flip). However, now the AoE Fireball became a Pink Ian's peculiar move and FINALLY the Backflip doesn't poison anymore if severed! Horray!

On a side note, Rathian still remains the best Monster for make practice with a new weapon class, do you wanna try a weapon that you never used before? Then bring X weapon and test it against a Rathian! Rathian is well balanced in terms of strength, speed and more and is excellent to learn timing or combos for your weapon.

Rathian Weapons always caught my interest (in World, Rathian LS was my choice for low rank), some of them uses Fire, others Poison and they are usually good choices to proceed in the game, some of them remain interesting even in the late-game. MHW Rathian Armor kept her traditional recovery Skills, but also gained Poison-releated Skill, making it a bit more valuable than previous games.

Overall: I think that this traditional female wyvern cannot be easily forgotten by anyone, first because is a pretty symbolic monster of the series and in a second place this monster is well done and is really difficult to find someone who really hates Rathian (at least, the normal one). This Monster has always been good and she improved (even a little bit) generation after generation and World isn't an exception. Rathian still remains Rathian and never betrayed herself and that great!

P.S.: For once I didn't s***posted in a MAW related to MHW, but you don't have to worry about it, this is just a "break" and I'm waiting my turn for Paolumu! 😈