User blog comment:Plexioth- xD/Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate/@comment-4517339-20130426005514/@comment-4563270-20130426045203

the thing that makes a dios weapon more effective than most is because you essentially are letting off in addition to your attack power a bomb off on a targeted area of a monster.. people would sb jho constantly in tri and placing the bombs all near his head help to shorten the length of the fight. it wasn't necessarily cheap then just as it isn't now.. however dios weapons are not the strongest base weapon of any category really. they have medium attack and medium amount of slime. being some of the few slime based weapons it makes sense.. you wouldn't want all dios weapons to be a slouch in all those departments but too powerful and they're broke.

i'd say personally i've killed urugaan faster with the giga galefrost (1012 attack 350 ice25%) affinity than i have with the demolition axe (1150 attack 280 slime no affinity) mainly because a weakness+a weak spot=more damage output than bomb+weak spot. its great for breaking parts.. if i ever needed something broken on a monster slime is sure to do that for me but as a jack of all trades weapon slime is good against anything.. the best against nothing.. if you feel slime is the easiest way to go by all means lol. i don't think its necessarily more efficient than a well placed shot with an effective elemental weapon.