User blog comment:BannedLagiacrus/Monster Appreciation Week: Molten Tigrex/@comment-26421638-20160124124953

Molten Tigrex... The Rare Species of the Roaring Wyvern... This Monster have a special place into my "heart"... Once I hated this Crimson Tigrex, but day after day I've started to liking it, now... It's my Favorite Rare Species!

The Design is Great and Badass, while when is not in Rage is Just a Bigger Bloddy-Red Tigrex, when is in the Second Stage of the Rage (Aka Detonation State) looks so Demonic and Badass! I Love the Glowing Red Veins that it has all around the Body... I Also Like the Idea that it has flint-like claws that Causes Explosions/Explosove Powder on Impact...

I Cannot Hide that This Monster is not easy at all, but isn't That Difficult, I Was Expecting something of Extremely difficult in G Rank, but with Patience, Skills (And Some Luck :^)), will turn into a Fight that can be handled quite well... I Also Like to Solo This Monster, even if, at the moment, I've Soloed only twice (G Rank)... And I must to Say that doesn't last too much longer than a Regular G Rank Tigrex...

When is Calm, It's extremely easy, probably the Less Dangerous Tigrex that you cam face, its attacks are wider due to the size, yeah, but is really, really Slow, however, Head and Arms Are Really Tough and you've need Purple Sharpness to don't bounce on them, so, in The First Phase, is Recommended to Focus on Tail backlegs or Chest...

When is in the First Stage of the Rage, the things are going to be more interesting, a bit faster, More Aggressive, Performs the Trampling Charge from Brute Tigrex, but is still "easy" to handle...

When it Goes In The Detonation State, we are face-to-face with the True Molten Tigrex, Fast, Aggressive, Brutal, Smart and really Difficult... However, it's also true that its Defense will be Dramatically Reduced, making it one of the least resistant Monsters of Monster Hunter... It Turns into a "Glass-Cannon", more or Less... Although is true that turns really "fragile" when is in the Detonation State, it's really difficult to find a safe chance to attack Successfully Molten Tigrex due to it's Aggressiveness, in fact, I Prefer to spam wisely aerial attacks when is in Detonation State... When Tigrex Is Flinched/Knocked down/Successfully Mounted when is in this state, you can deal a lot of Damage to the Great Roaring Wyvern... Yeah, you've need a lot of gut to attack Molten Tigrex in Detonation State... The Explosive Powder Clouds Are Kinda Annoying, because makes more difficult to find chance to attack it successfully, and then they cause Blastblight who isn't the best thing to have against M. Tiggy, is also true that usually you have a chance to cancel Blastblight in the meantime, but what if you cannot do it in time? The Answers are 1) Cart 2) Survive with only a few HP The Super Roars are, usually, not a great problem for me, but they hurts and M. Tiggy Knows when and where to do them XD... But the Most Annoying thing of this Monster when is in Detonation State, is when it chains 4 or 5 Charges, in a corner or in any kind of bad place, you cannot do anything to evade them, and sometimes even a Panic Dive Cannot Save you... At Least When it chains 5 charges, M. Tiggy falls and you have a chance to di some quick attacks wich Is Really Important...

Regardless of the Difficulties, I enjoy facing this Monster a lot...

But the Best Part of Molten Tigrex is the Equipment... The Weapons are pretty interesting, with high stats, the only downside of them is that Needs Awaken to get the Blast Element... I love the Design of all of them due to the Red Glowing Coloration, but the most memorable to me are the LS, the SW and the HBG... The Armor is... One Of The Best Armors Sets imo... Awesome Demonic Looking design (My Favorite Armor Set In Terms of Design) Really Good Skills (Especially for Hammer Users, but works with all Users too), Interesting Elemental Resistances (Except for the -25 of Water Resistance, but water attacks are the Less Dangerous imo)... Yeah, could have one or two more Slots for decorations, buis still OK, and some of the Armor Parts are useful for some Mixed Sets...

Overall: my Favorite Rare Species! Good Concept, Awesome Design, And Excellent Equipment, the Battle is fun, can be frustrating sometimes when is in Detonation State, but can still be handled well by expert players... It's a shame to know that Molten Tigrex Doesn't Return in MHX... We'll miss it, and I don't think that RHC Tigrex can Fully Replace it...