User blog comment:Lord Loss/Discussion of the Week: Rare Species/@comment-16331478-20131201091053

Rare Barroth for the win! I would love to see a variant that lives in volcanic areas, covering itslef in lava that would work much like Agna's armor.

As for the other rare species, now that I fought them (at least the 3U ones) I think I can say:

Gold Rathian/Silver Rathalos: Believe it or not, I find Silver Los to be the hardest. Probably because I got so familiar with Ian's patterns that even when it throws a curve ball at me, I'm still able to recover. Silver Los is unpredictable though, and his poison claws are the most annoying thing ever! Equipement is nice for both, although I think Silver Los armor is inferior to Azure's.

Lucent Nargacuga: This one is probably the hardest rare species I've ever fought. His poison spikes, while easy to dodge with Evade+2, still find a way to get me from time to time and his invisibility always succeeds in messing up my camera. It's probably one of the best rare subs, also because the equipement is amazing: weapons have high sharpness, high affinity and poison status!

Abyssal Lagiacrus: I can't say this was a great idea. We already have so many electical monsters in 3U, we don't need another Lagi sub with the SAME element! I was also kind of pissed when i discovered most of I. Lagi weapns don't turn in A. Lagi ones. What's the point of Zinogre if its weapons become another monster's? Anyway, the fight at least is nice and epic, but it's way too easy with a GL.