User blog comment:Plexioth- xD/Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate/@comment-4517339-20130426005514/@comment-130804-20130427031848

honestly, slime weapons are THE Elder Dragon weapons. Because of the fact that they're so big and consequently have a lot of surface area, they take the most damage from the explosions that are produced. For normal large monsters it's just good; for elder dragons it's just explosively...explosive.

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All you need to know is that elder dragons take much more damage from the explosions than everything else