User blog comment:BannedLagiacrus/Monster Appreciation Week: Blangonga (4th Gen)/@comment-26421638-20160930082324

My former Favorite Fanged Beast, now this title goes to Kecha Wacha, however this doesn't mean that I don't like the Snow Lion anymore... I'm glad that has returned in MHGen, but I have to say that could get a better Revamp than this.

Ok design, A White yeti-like monkey with developed fangs and mane... The Only thing that I Dislike of the design is the ridiculous bump in the Head...

I enjoy fighting this Monster in general, it Is capable to do a couple of interesting moves, unfortunately it doesn't stand still for more than 2 seconds making quite difficult to find an opening to strike your stranger attacks. In MHGen gained a new Attack (an hook-like punch) and two new combos in HR (the possibility to chain an attack after it surfaced or the double jumping Claw Swipe), unfortunately this doesn't mean that can be considered a good revamp, this Monster still looks old and outdated if compared with most of the 4th Gen Monsters. Some of its movements looks broken and unpredictable (the charge) and this is not OK for a 2016 MH Game!

At least the "new" Snowy MountainsArctic Ridge theme, the possibility to break its Fangs without Fire and the Tail that is easier to break (at least for me) put a patch on all of this.

Blangonga's Equipment is forgettable... The Weapons are Bad looking and aren't exactly ths best Ice Element Weapons available (they are fine for 4 or 5 Star village quests but nothing more) and the Armor looks really bad and offers useless Skills... The Only weapons that I like in terms of Design is one of the LS and the upgraded version of the Bow...

Since it is mentioned in the MAW, I would like to spend some words on Copper Blangonga. Is the best 2nd Gen Subspecies IMO and still Today remains my 2nd Favorite Subspecies of all time (Stygian Zinogre goes on first place ;P), great color scheme and the fight feels really different from standard Blangonga. About Flame Blangonga, I've seen it only for a couple of minutes, it wasn't bad but could be better.

Overall: Dethroned from "Favorite Fanged Beast" by Kecha Wacha, the Leader of Blangos goes in second place, I always liked to hunt this Monster since Freedom 2 and this Monster brings to me a lot of memories from the beginning of my MH Carrer... It Returns in this Game, but unfortunately, it didn't get a good revamp (still better than Shogun and most of the 3rd Gen Monsters) and still looks old for the new standard. This Monster only needs a better Revamp and would be more than fine.

P.S.: A lot of people complain about Bullfango, Konchu or Rhenoplos. But I have to say that in this Game Blangos are more irritating than those Monsters mentioned before!