User blog comment:Mckrongs/Jinouga Subspecies Discussion/@comment-4534222-20111101153317/@comment-4563270-20111101173236

I'd say that's true some of the time. take for instance golden rajang, deviljho, and tigrex... they would truly go under "hard" because of their fury and tenacity making you use up more than the usual amount of potions and what not, and even if you dodge like hell and try to avoid being hit, getting an opening is still hard making it both hard AND lengthy. I'd say lao shan lung, shen goren, jhen moran, alatreon, and ceadeus would be categorized as "lengthy" without necessarily being hard because of their size and health