User blog comment:Aandrew07/Discussion of the Week: Subspecies/@comment-451754-20121021112132

Most of the gen 1 and 2 subspecies have the same attacks but different attack patterns. An increase in health only makes the hunt last longer.

The worst - more appropriately, my lesat favorite - subspecies are easily crimson and white fatalis, and "ash" Lao Shan. They have exactly the same move set and offer little apart from one another besides armor/weapon variations. I love the way they look but fighting them has become a tedious grind rather than a challenge.

My favorites are red Khezu, black diablos, and black Gravios simply because of their appearance. Move sets are the same as the original, except red Khezu with the "stretchy neck" move.

Gold and pink Rathian have nothing new to offer except hard armor which requires only a small modification in my attack strategy. Azure and Silver Rathalos have different attack behavior than red 'Los, but they're identical to each other and are hard-armored.

Plum Damiyo, orange Shogun, and green conga are a step in the right direction as far as having a greater variety of moves and attack patterns, enough to make me feel as though they are indeed more than the originals with a fancy paint job (looking at YOU, Kut ku, Gypceros, Monoblos, Blangonga, Kushal, Plesioth, and Lao).

I've read about the 3d gen and frontier subspecies but I don't have those games. I do look forward to hunting them and comparing them to their originals, and to the subspecies of gen 1 and 2.

I'd like to see subspecies of Kirin, Rajang, Alatreon, and Yamatsukami.