User blog comment:BannedLagiacrus/Monster Appreciation Week: Bloodbath Diablos/@comment-26826688-20181113004507

I have a lot of trouble making comments in these MHGU monster appreciation posts because I don't have the game, but I'll write something for this guy (or girl).

Seeing a Diablos, let alone a deviant, as a flagship is just weird. It's like when you find out Azure Rathalos was a flagship monster even though he's just a subspecies. It's not like I hate it, but why not just make Valphak your single flagship. Does Bloodbath have any significance to the story, or is it just a "oh heres a strong monster. Kill it please" type of situation?

In terms of the fight itself, I have to say Murder Mode Diablos has a lot of cool movesets. The steam explosion, spina-a-rooney, spinning dig, fake-out charge into head slams, and roar stun charge are all unique and creative moves. The roar stun charge however looks mad cheap and if Bloodbath ever returned to another game (not anytime in the forseeable future), that move would suck without any hunting arts or styles. Not to mention it seems to one-shot gunners, so not only is it cheap, but it can make you fail the quest just because you couldn't dodge the roar in time.

The armor is very oni-like and the weapons got a lotta chains on them. The Bloodbath Soul skill also looks like an awesome skill for evade lancers.

A bit meh on the whole flagship thing, but Bloodbath itself looks like the Deviant with the most effort put into it.