User blog comment:BannedLagiacrus/Monster Appreciation Week: Deviljho (4th Gen)/@comment-25119729-20160116102157

Deviljho is one heck of a monster. It has an awesome look (dese chinspikes man), a pretty cool roar and is a monster you encounter pretty late, with the power to justify that. Really, it is basically a super hungry T-Rex, whose design was a bit atjousted to make it fit in the MH universe. How could you not love that?

Despite Deviljho mainly using its jaw for most of its attacks, the fun is still fun and challenging at the same time. You got the typical bit attacks, the tail swipe from pretty much every monster with a tail, but also some suprising ones like the boulder thrower or the move where it brushes aside people in front of it with its tail by spinning. And not to mention, its iconic attack, the dragon breath. Also a nice touch is the acidic salvia once it gets exhausted, even though the defense down can be quite a pain if you forgot armor seeds. The only move I can't understand that they made is the dragon breath were Jho walks around with its head held up high. It looks dumb and is almost easier to avoid then the normal dragonbreath.

Deviljho equipment is quite useful, It normally has a good amount of sharpness and it looks pretty damn cool while being at it. No other monster weapons look so much organic, making you believe the weapons are actually alive. Armor looks cool and also has decent skills, even though I prefered the Tri version which had sharpness+1 instead of just razor sharp. One thing that bothers me though about the weapons is the lack of element. I mean, why? In Tri all the Deviljho weapons had natural dragon element, no Awakening needed. Why did they removed that? I mean, I guess it's understandable with normal Jho weapons, given it can only use dragonbreath while enraged, but that makes no sense for Savage Deviljho weapons, since Savage Jho throws out dragonbreath like no tomorrow. I liked the weapons with natural element more.

All in all, Deviljho is one of the best monsters Capcom has put out. It is fun, cool and is for a good reason very popular. Also it is an icon of sorts for the 3rd gen, given that Brute Wyverns got introduced in that gen for the first time. Even more reason to like it.