User blog comment:BannedLagiacrus/Monster Appreciation Week: Blue Yian Kut-Ku(4th Gen)/@comment-24965733-20151024133722/@comment-24965733-20151024145331

Both Pink Rathian and Ivory Lagiacrus are neither of those, yet by my metrics both are among the best subspecies in the series.

The primary thing which determines the quality of a subspecies, at least imo, is how different the fight is. Nearly-identical subspecies are poor examples, radically different fights are good. Blutke does fall into the former category, yes, but there are FAR more egregious examples (Green Narga, Green Plessy, Rust Duram, Purple Gyp, and DS/SQ, to name a few) so I don't think it's particularly noteworthy as a bad sub. It's pretty much average as subs go tbh. While I'll certainly concede blutke is awful, that's mostly due to to worthless equipment and the monster it's a sub of, not its quality as a subspecies.