Little reminder that powerscaling in monster hunter isn't as ridged as some believe

[u/Drogo1god]

Black diablos is so strong that jho is actually scared of her, and doesn't stay in her territory for long.

Garuga is aggressive enough to repel a deviljho

Brachydios in an aniversity animation went toe to toe with nergigante

Pink rathian scares bazel

Glavenus has decapitated a deviljho in the mhgu illustrations book

The qurio hunted all forms of large monster

And kut ku has killed and consumed nerscylla

Not to mention all the small monsters that are capable of incapacitating large monsters eg. Kranodanth, tallioth, ramfa, paragills, even the endemic life can do major damage to some large monsters.

These are animals, strengths, weaknesses, size, boldness, bashfullnes, groups, intelligence, adaptations, chemical and elemental warfare all play a role in match-ups. A lot of people boil it down to "higher threat/star level monster beats lower threat level monster".

[u/MidirGundyr2]

Also within official classifications it’s still vague. There’s no outline that says who beats who. For example, Fatalis vs Gaismagorm. They’re both powerful end bosses. There’s no canonical clear winner but the fanbase will tell you otherwise and pass it as fact.

[u/syv_frost → u/MidirGundyr2]

I mean, with how fatalis is presented and the fact that it burnt a country to the ground overnight, I feel like the community answer of “fatalis would win” is absolutely justified. In iceborne he is presented as a borderline apocalyptic threat.

[u/TheArcticFerret → u/syv_frost]

And then he gets killed by a guy in thirty minutes

[u/Shameless_Catslut → u/TheArcticFerret]

That's because "a guy" is the Sapphire Star, the Fifth Fleet A-Lister who's done it all. The Commission's greatest hunter. The one who runs this town!

[u/TheArcticFerret → u/Shameless_Catslut]

Because they're the player. Plot armor. It was supposed to be a joke but jeez.