User blog comment:BannedLagiacrus/Monster Appreciation Week: Gammoth/@comment-26421638-20161111152147

Gammoth (Aka Gamuto, Popodrome or Kogath's Wife) is a Mixed bag for me, it is without any doubts the Most Original of the Fated Four simply for its skeleton... As always if a Monster is original doesn't mean that is always perfect... I have to say that this is not only my least favorite of the Elite Four, but also my least favorite Flagship Monster in the Main Series along with Brachydios. However isn't completely bad either... It still has a bunch of good traits making it interesting in some aspects.

An Elephant/Mammoth like Monster was requested by a lot of people and now we have it! And then in the main series is one of the strongest Fanged Beasts as for today...

As I already said, all of the Fated Four have an Excellent design, its massive size (One of the Biggest Non-Wyvern/Elder Dragon Monsters), the armored head and the Red and blue fur are the reason why I like its design, well done Capcom! For some reason, I also like its BGM... Suits perfectly for a Giant that resizes in the Arctic Ridge!

I like "her" personality: a really calm Monster that doesn't need to attack the other foes... However turns really destructive when provoked and can simply use her size to take advantage from predators.

Ok then... So, what's wrong with this Monster? And what bothers me? The answer is fighting this Monster. Honestly, I find it poorly done and unbalanced, but let me explain better... Its low mobility isn't a real problem and cannot considered boring due to a great variety of moves and that's OK. The reasons is mainly one: outrageous hitboxes. With aerial style this Monster turns into a joke: Grab your Weapon with aerial Style and Spam Aerial Attacks and that's it. With any other style you can easily realize how much are difficult to evade its attacks due to terrible hitboxes, what I don't understand is why certain Attacks cannot be successfully evaded even with Adept style: It's easier to Adept-evade Teostra's Supernova rather than Gammoth's Charge or Multiple Stomps! Charge, Multiple Stomps, Trunk Slam are all examples of moves with broken hitboxes.

I like Gammoth's Weapons... Sure the negative Affinity is a small issue, but they have Ice Element and an interesting Raw Damage. Good mid-game weapons. In terms of Design I like GS, LS, SA and, most importantly, HH. Unfortunately I don't like at all the Armor both design-wise and Skill-wise... Thumbs down.

Overall: While I have to say that is really impressive design-wise and if the most original of the Fated Four, I find it stressful to fight for its weird hitboxes... I've nothing against HP Tanks (Except Lao-Shan or Gogmazios for obvious reasons), but I way prefer Monster like 4th Gen Gravios or Duramboros, those giants sure are big and Tanky, but at least I enjoy them. Still a good Fanged Beast, of course, but needs a small rework... When I hunt this Monster I feel like that I'm facing a 2nd Gen Tigrex, not for the difficulty, but because is technically poorly done.

However... I Can't wait for Tiny Gammoth... To smash her small skull! }:-)