User blog comment:BannedLagiacrus/Monster Appreciation Week: Boltreaver Astalos/@comment-5020152-20181019153352

The true Sith Lord of Monster Hunter - and because he's a flying wyvern, he's always got the high ground.

I must say, he's definitely interesting and one of the few Deviants I look forward to fighting. The subtle hints of blue on his shell is a really good touch, and his new attacks look scary as hell. I remember watching the first bit of leaked Boltreaver gameplay and being impressed with his Tail Plug, 360 Noscope, Magnet Bomb, and Plasma Sword. And his aggression is taken up to eleven as well - regular Astalos was aggressive but still not over-the-top crazy, but from what I've seen, Boltreaver is absolutely nuts.

It's also cool how they mentioned that a Dreadking vs Boltreaver fight would be 50/50 rather than a guaranteed curbstomp. If that extends to the normal individuals, does that mean the Rathalos in the MHGen opening movie just got unlucky?