User blog comment:BannedLagiacrus/Monster Appreciation Week: Deviljho (5th Gen)/@comment-26421638-20181202194856

Deviljho, devouring everything to its path since MH3... This Brute Wyvern made its debut in the first chapter of 3rd Gen games and didn't missed one MH Game afterwards, including spinoffs! However, Jho invaded MHW not at day one, roughly one month later, as the first "post-release" content of MHW... The beginning of the end...

I wasn't a fan of Deviljho back in 3rd Gen, but between 4U/Gen I started to appreciate it, maybe because was simplified? Maybe it was nerfed to give more room to Savage Jho? Or maybe because I've learned how to face it? Maybe for all this reasons together? But that's not the case for MHW's Deviljho.

Double Tail spin

I'm fine with Deviljho redesign, the additional fangs and a completely new head shape makes it totally menacing, more visible yellow eyes, more prominent "spikes" on its back and tail and seems more muscular than before, especially when enraged and that's it. To be honest, I don't have a real preference between Jho's older BGM and its newer counterpart, the new one is better in some parts, worse in others but I had enough with its old theme so... Ok... I guess. But I'm not a huge fan of its new roars, especially the one before the dragon "breath", seems an asthmatic duck.

Double Tail spin

In this game Deviljho truly incarnates its Lore and Ecology, properly capable to be as it was planned: attacking everything/everyone that encounters, having turf wars with the Apex predators in any area (Jho vs Blos and Jho vs Bazel are the best) or even using smaller monsters as weapons! Jho also changed its breakables (breakable chest and head breakable only once) and have a new attack where it slams its opened jaws to the floor, an impressive new attack capable to do considerable damage even to other monsters, but the positive traits of this new Deviljho ends now...

Double Tail spin

For some reason he lost the spinning bite&tail slap gained in MHP3rd (oh BTW, Happy 8th Birthday to Portable 3rd!), its Dragon breath turned into a oral fart, its hitboxes got worse for unknown reasons and... What the Hellblade is wrong with its double tail spin!? This Jho is only capable to spam double tail spins and why has been "blessed" by Plesioth? They are exactly as bad as MHGEN's Plesioth with the only difference that MHW was supposed to be the "polished" game. Oh, let's not forget that Deviljho became tankier for no reason, Tempered Deviljho is mysterious buffed on its health because MHW likes to listen to its fans and dealing with Deviljho in Ancient Forest... Dear Gog, why does escape like a coward ALWAYS AND FOREVER!? Ohohohohwaitwaitwait, we wanna talk about the area where Jho goes to sleep when near death in the ancient forest? Ahem... No... I don't wanna, just don't forget your capturing tools...

It's weapons are okay, but other Dragon element weapons weren't needed at all, and I'm not impressed by its armor.

Overall: Good to see but terrible to fight, Deviljho needed a small revamp but this one is more like a downgrade... Is fun seeing all of its interactions and all, but is boring and not fun to fight. Thumbs down without any doubts. P.S.: Great Jagras seems that works better as a weapon, according to Jho's... And I cannot deny it...