User blog comment:BannedLagiacrus/Monster Appreciation Week: Rathian (5th Gen)/@comment-26034899-20180324204800

As to be expected from the series flagship monster's mate, Rathian is back again, and she's still largely the same as ever, not that that's a bad thing. She's gotten some design and move set updates here and there, developing a "tougher" look and having some changes to her attacks, like her tail flip not poisoning hunters if the tail's severed (which makes more sense that way, because there's no venomous barbs on the severed tail). Equipment-wise, she still fills the same role she did in previous games, offering both Fire and Poison weapons that can easily turn the tides early-on if you decide to face her right away, since most monsters during that time are vulnerable to both, and her armour's got some Poison skills to go with its recovery skills, which makes it better overall. It would have been nice to have her cooperate a bit more with Rathalos (ex. them using combined moves, similar to other duos like Aruganosu/Goruganosu and the Gougarfs), but they do at least assist each other in fighting other monsters and are harder to trick into attacking each other, so that's good. All in all, not much has changed about her, and what has changed was for the better, which is perfectly fine.