User blog comment:Plexioth- xD/Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate/@comment-1011548-20120417155513/@comment-1653324-20120418120918

^ Can someone clear up the blast effect.

Does it do NON-ELEMENTAL DEFENSE-IGNORING damage, or is it like bombs or gunlance shells/fire, which do partial fire element damage?

They really overdid it with the Brach weaps. High raw, great sharpness, not-bad affinity, and a new status effect. None of the other flagship monsters have this much of an advantage. Rath weaps are usually good, or sometimes the best fire element weapons, but don't really break the game. Daora weaps are hard as hell to get, but are the best in the ice dept, second only to ukanlos weaps with skills. Still, Daora weaps don't sport high raw, and their strength come from balanced ice, raw, and sharpness.

Narga and Tigrex are another matter. Tigrex weapons are good with RA+3, and Narga weaps are good with AtkUpLarge. But many other weapons outclass them, unlike Brach, who basically ended the game saying "LOL YOU GOT MY WEAPONS THEY"RE THE BEST YOU DON"T NEED TO KILL ANYTHING ELSE".