My Silver Rathalos/Liolaeus Prime showed up today. No need to go into full detail on him, since he's just a straight repaint of the normal red one I reviewed a little while back (meaning he has all the same issues - beast head and feet are small, Charge Blade is short, looks a bit lanky in robot mode, etc), so just some pics and a few comments.
For those wondering why a silver repaint exists at all, in the Monster Hunter games, different variants ("subspecies") exist of most monsters; differences in color usually mean differences in abilities, attack patterns, and overall strength. For Rathalos, there are three different color variations (in the canon mainline games. Other, stronger versions exist, but they're in spin-off games of questionable canonicity). Red is the average, punching-bag variety (which was also the first 'Flagship' monster, hence why Rathalos is the franchise mascot), followed by the slightly stronger Azure Rathalos, and then the final Silver Rathalos, which is the most powerful canonical form to date. 'SilverLos' is usually a G-Rank hunt, so its attacks hit as hard as an Elder Dragon, its roar can stun you unless you have the max-grade level of the Earplugs ability equipped, it loves to stay airborn and out of reach, it can spam fireballs that often leave burning areas on the ground (and are usually 100% guaranteed to inflict the Burn status if you get hit with one), and it has scales so hard that they require the maximun Weapon Sharpness available (either Purple or White depending on the game) for your attacks to not bounce off of it (and dulls your weapons quickly regardless, meaning lots of time spent re-sharpening your blades between attacking and dodging). It also quickly develops an immunity to Flash Bombs (you can usually only flash it 3 times before it stops working). So yeah, despite just being a repaint, this version of Rath Prime is intended to be a much, much more dangerous dude than his previous release was.
