User blog comment:Lord Loss/Monster Appreciation Week: Brachydios/@comment-5043481-20130812094141

Brachydios was the first big challenge me and my friend faced as we progressed though high rank. He hits hard and moves fluidly, both making him a deadly foe.

Design wise, I think Brachydios looks cool, but a bit over the top. The clash of bright green and indigo and that horn in general put me off.

Ahh, Brachydios weapons. The subgect of many arguments by being proclaimed OP/too often used. On the over powered side of things, I can say that when farming G-rank Glacial Agnators I used the G-rank awoken babel spear, and then the Demolition lance (with sharpness +1). Both took about 20 minutes to do. While powerful, the brachy weapons are not brokenly good.

And lets not forget the point of a game - to be fun! Fighting brachydios is fun, and using his weapons is fun too. To see the slime go red and know that you will stagger the monster in a few hits is great.