User blog comment:BannedLagiacrus/Monster Appreciation Week: Deviljho (4th Gen)/@comment-16331478-20160118181626

Dear god, what's up with those armor renders? Why aren't all armor renders as good as those ones?

Anyways, yeah, Deviljho. It's a cool monster. Back in the 3U days, this is the monster that taught me evasion was important, therefore convinced me to pick up the Switchaxe, which went on to be one of my favorite weapon types in the series. I find Deviljho to be a ton of fun to fight, even though it's really not that hard at all. It was kept relatively unchanged in the passage from 3rd to 4th gen, with the only notable twist being its new "walk the dinosaur" move, which for some reason it always spams like 5 times in a row. I was kinda disappointed by how absent it was from MH4U, I had Jho as a guest monster maybe a total of 4 times in my whole 800 hour-long playthrough. It also sucks how there's no real Deviljho quest in G rank, without counting events (and even then there was only the frenzy one). But all in all, I still love this monster and I'm glad to see it brought back in MHX. Vangis armor still has one of the most badass designs in the series and some great skills, but its weapons feel really sub-par, always having at least one aspect that brings them down (The GL has great stats but Lv3 shelling, the SA has insane raw but Dragon phial, etc...).

Onto Savage Deviljho, it's one scary mofo for sure. Just take the regular Deviljho and double its speed and dragon breath range when enraged. Savage is still a ton of fun to fight and actually pretty challenging due to the absurd speed at which it moves. Esurient armor is pretty much a straight upgrade from vangis which is always good, though in my opinion it doesn't look as badass.

And now, Apex Deviljho. All I have to say is: hardest monster in the game. Level 140 Deviljho is a nightmare, but it's also a great quest to farm some broken charms. I came back from my first 140 run of this guy with a Handicraft+6 Fastcharge+4 OOO charm, and I know Wolf got herself an Evasion+9 OOO charm, hence the nickname Santa Jho (Just scrolled down to see she wrote the exact same thing but I'll leave this in anyways :P).