User blog comment:BannedLagiacrus/Monster Appreciation Week: Tzitzi-Ya-Ku/@comment-26421638-20180331162313

Tzitzi-Ya-Ku (often called "Tizio Ya Ku" by me and my IRL friends) had the potential to be my new favorite "Raptor" Bird Wyvern, but something went wrong in terms of Gameplay.

He looks like a mix between any raptor dinosaur combined with dilophosaurus with a blue/purple tint, a design like this works a lot for a medium-sized monster.

Its main gimmick is the flash produced by its membrane (photophores for geeks) and these flashes works in a similar way of Gypceros or Gobul, with the only difference that has a "cone" of action, unlike a proper AoE of the previously mentioned creatures. The thing that surprised me most is how much is different from Kulu-Ya-Ku in terms of gameplay, usually raptor bird wyverns shares a lot of moves in common, for example Velocidrome with Gia/Gen/Iodrome or Great Gaggi with Baggi/Wroggi (and a little bit with Great Maccao) but these two raptors are nearly completely different monsters, and that's good. So what's wrong with this Monster imho? Well... The main reason are its flashes, while covers a smaller area, Tzitzi just spams this move, a good chance to attack on its back, sure, but that's not the case depending by your position. And then Stun became the most annoying status in MHW... Really, Stun makes more victims than a Tempered Nerigigante in this Game! Why my stupid Hunter needs to slap himself everytime hat I was stunned? And then unlike the other raptors, this Monster knocks you back really often and I think that most of its attacks have a hitbox sightly inaccurate (I'm referring to Tail Whips or Jump&Tail Whip combo). However, even with these two little flaws doesn't make Tzitzi a threat, just more annoying but no other issues.

Not really a fan of its equipment, if I completely forgotten how Tzitzi Weapons/Armors there must to be a reason. But Sunglasses are sunglasses!

Overall: After a first good impression, I started to dislike this Monster hunt after hunt simply because is quite annoying to fight, a little pity, Tzitzi had a good potential. However not everything of this Monster is bad, and I can see why some people like it.

On a side note, the Tzitzi-Ya-Ku as main Objective of the HZD Palico Gear is a great idea! Tzitzi-Ya-Ku can really emulate a Watcher from Zero Dawn!