User blog comment:BannedLagiacrus/Monster Appreciation Week: Seregios/@comment-4969421-20151220125823

More really good things than bad ones.

Seregios is a really solid flagship, a better rival to the Raths than Lagiacrus (although I don't even know if Lagia was supposed to be a rival for them), and completely unique fight.

I've always thought designing an original flying wyvern that actually looks different from the others is harder and thus more impressive than just taking a real life animal that hasn't been done before and making a monster based off it. And 4th gen was a bit short on new Flying Wyverns, so seeing a new one in 4G made me really happy. Seregios has an interesting design. Unlike most people here, I don't find it bird like at all. It's not the eagle wyvern I've been waiting for a million years now, not exaggerating :( . Sure, it has zygodactyl feet like parrots and other birds, but it looks nothing like one. It reminds me of  a certain skink species, Tiliqua rugosa, more than anything. I wonder if I'm the only one, but seeing what @Ohmpahkan said down there makes me think I am not. When calm, Regios looks quite plain, boring even. But when enraged, it turns into a giant mess of blade scales, looking quite intimidating actually! And its horn turns into a dagger. Everyone saw that rage mode coming, but I think it's a nice change from previous flagships just getting more glowy when enraged.

It's the fight where Seregios really shines, for the most part at least. It's 100% unique. A mix of true and four legged wyverns, all of Regios' attacks are unique. Not a single shared animation. That's impressive. Really impressive, in fact. Absolutely impressive. With its extensive range of aerial claw-based attacks, its true bird-like nature shows up. It feels like you're fighting some kind of giant, weird looking kestrel. I wish it had more ground based attacks though. That cool looking dagger like horn it has when enraged is not used at all. And its AI is actually really bad. When grounded, it'll just resort to spamming projectiles until you come close to it. And I mean spam as in doing the same attack for 5 minutes straight. That's bad. And unfortunately, that's how the fight goes most of the time. That or it just gets triplocked until it dies. Everyone has pointed this out already, but Seregios can be really easy. And that's a shame, seeing how it's portrayed by NPCs and the game's story. I still think the fight is more good than bad, though.

Now for the Equipment, Regios weapons are one of a kind. I am so glad they went with something original such as auto sharpening instead of a game-breaking new element or Dragon in Low Rank. And it's a hit-or-miss. Its weapons are either unusable garbage, like the Lance, SnS, Duals and HBG, or top tier, like the GS, SA, or Bow. And I'm going to say it now, best Hammer in the game. Awesome raw, one slot, positive affinity and infinite purple sharpness. Add that to the fact that Stun is actually affected by sharpness and you get all you could ask for. Almost makes me forget I'm playing a game where Hammer has been nerfed to oblivion ;_;. The armor looks pretty cool and has good skills as well. However if you're that HR200 guy still wearing full Regios armor people might give you a strange look.

This is getting a bit long so I'll finish by saying that Seregios is an amazing monster overall and a welcome addition to the series.

However Apex Regios was an awful final boss and I am not even going to comment how horrid the whole Apex mechanic is.