User blog comment:BannedLagiacrus/Monster Appreciation Week: Rathalos(4th Gen)/@comment-16331478-20150719082746

And here's the series' posterboy. While he's not exactly one of my favorite monsters and I don't find him that fun to fight there's a certain satisfaction in smashing this thing on the head. The equipment is great, often having the best fire weapons in the entire game, but I always found his armor pretty bad. I would keep the mantles to make weapons and ignore the armors altogether. Overall this guy has never impressed me that much but he's such an integral part of the series I have to confess it would feel weird not having him around.