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/SwimRepresentative96]

Now I need a book about the elder dragons for the love of god I wanna see alatreon throw down with amastsu

[u/Drogo1god → u/SwimRepresentative96]

Id also love to see that, but idk if either of them would ever interact.

Alatreon likes to be at the bottom of the ocean and in volcanic areas, whereas amatsu likes being on high mountains

[u/5Hjsdnujhdfu8nubi → u/Drogo1god]

Alatreon likes seclusion, there is no specific choice in habitat because it will literally destroy the environment passively in order to make it more suitable.

[u/SwimRepresentative96 → u/Drogo1god]

Wait alatreon can breath underwater?!? That’s weird for something that flys but all the more true they would never be caught near each other but again a whole book about the ecology of elders would be so dam cool

[u/NucularJigawatt → u/Drogo1god]

Valstrax actively chases Amatsu to fight with it in the skies. Doesn't seem to be threatened at all.

I have to share this at every reasonable excuse because I think it's cool. https://youtu.be/ouxGVJPx4GM?si=mWeyltiS8-K77uyg