User blog comment:BannedLagiacrus/Monster Appreciation Week: Kushala Daora (5th Gen)/@comment-26421638-20180804121551

The Flagship Monster of MH Dos has always been kinda a popular monster and of course one of the most popular Elder Dragons of all time, but seems that's not the case of MHW for the simple reason that is... Ruined... Seeing what they did to Kushala Daora in MHW is just like when one of your childhood friends will turn into a scumbag... Daora was one of my favorite Elder Dragons but turned into one of my (numerous) Most-hated Monsters In MHW.

Aesthetically I cannot complain: is good but I was expecting something of stunning, the steel skin could be better but definitely a step forward from MHO's Daora who looked made of plastic. Its new BGM is simply amazing, it gives a more legendary tone to one of most iconic Elder Dragons but the good stuff ends now...

Gameplay-wise is not bad, is a waste mountain! I have no idea who come up with this fight because it doesn't have anything good and whoever he was, must be DELETED by Woken Matt Hardy... Since there are tons of icy monsters in MHW they decided to completely remove Ice Element from its attacks making them just gust of winds and they also decided to redesign its twisters into something like bland air columns, If this wasn't enough its wind attacks are barely visible. Daora changed a lot of moves, it lost most of its traditional attacks and gained just bland moves, now it has the same terrible mobility of Rusted Daora and the whole wind barrier is even more annoying than before, forcing most of us to use anything of windproof (proper skills, rocksteady mantle etc). Some people found quite frustrating when Daora in 4th Gen summons the big tornado... And actually, it was (but wasn't anything broken at least, beside a few cases)... But Capcom decided to turn this garbage into its second main feature, now Daora spams these tornadoes and two of them may be enough to make the area partially locked and we should mention its nest on Elder's Recess: 3 tornadoes when it's enraged... That area is a good incarnation of artificial difficulty. How about its AoE Wind Blast? I don't get it if it has a broken hitbox of if the AoE is partially occulted due to its wind being barely visible. Lack of good attacks, costant movement and fly, bad looking wind attacks, Poison became useless, wind pressure spammed like Fortnite Videos on YouTube/Twitch in 2018 makes Daora one of the worst fights of MHW and one of the worst fights of all time in MH. Tempered Daora is CENSORED and Arch-Tempered Daora isn't here yet but might be the worst monster that ever existed!

Despite Daora fits quite well in any area filled with crystals of Elder's Recess, is terrible to fight Daora when volcanoes are in the background, better face it in Ancient Forest where wind is clearly visible trough grass and plants and a few snowflakes drops from the sky.

Daora Equipment is viable, offers Ice Element weapons and since there are a few of them are needed if you're looking for elemental advantage and its armor may be interesting for Handicraft or evasive Skills.

Overall: 5th Generation Daora cannot be defended even by its fans, I feel bad for them since Daora is a very iconic Elder Dragon for most of us. I think that anyone here have at least one good memory with Daora but certainly nothing from MHW unless if Platinum Trophies are involved. Capcom have "killed" Daora and I cannot imagine what could happen in future updates (with AT Daora) or with next 5th Gen Games (think about a 5th Gen G-Rank Daora or Rusted, your sanity is already gone), and this dude, along with my huge "MHW black list" is one of the multiple reason why I cannot really appreciate MHW. Oh wait, next week? Finally something of Good!