User blog comment:Kogath/Monster Hunter Generations Discussion/@comment-6050823-20161003221508/@comment-5963861-20161006002521

@Nin 10DillN64:

Well I wouldn't count Astalos out on not being able to use its abilities to counter an enemy's attack. In the opening it  immediately used it's electric pincers to effectively counter the Rath's talon strike.