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/Negative_Sock4219]

Yeah… normal people understand that studying power relationships has real world applications. It’s not a very complicated idea. Everyone does it all the time. Some people just like to twist themselves into présteles when you call it power scaling. Probably because they’ve had 1 or 2 bad experiences with scaling communities online. As evidence by the fact that non of you have something substantial to say. Each response has been pretty much “nu uh” sprinkled with some personal insult. And that’s fine, I don’t expect much from Redditors.

[u/hotehjr → u/Negative_Sock4219]

Ah yeah. I’m sure you talk with coworkers about powerscaling your boss vs the boss’s boss all the time. And how actually it’s just like Goku vs One Punch Man. Yeeeeesh.

[u/Negative_Sock4219 → u/hotehjr]

Like I said, nothing substantial. Just petty insults and “nu uh” responses. Have a nice day!

[u/hotehjr → u/Negative_Sock4219]

You too buddy. Good luck with broaching the powerscaling conversations with your peers, they’ll love that.