User blog comment:Lord Loss/Monster Hunter Theory... Blog/@comment-5020152-20121110013131

OK, I've seen a lot of controversy about the whole "Fatalis versus Lao-Shan" thing, and I just want to get my opinions out there. So, here goes...

If a Fatalis met a Lao-Shan Lung, then I think that Fatalis would be more than capable of taking it down. First of all, the size difference is surprisingly small (I think - I've never fought Fatalis), so that alone gives Fatalis a pretty good chance. Second of all, its fire breath gives it another huge edge, being able to burn through that hard shell of its quarry.

However, I do think that Lao-Shan would be very troublesome prey for the Fatalis. As mentioned, Lao-Shan is close in size to the Fatalis (a bit bigger, I think), and because of this, it would give Fatalis a huge fight. Even though Lao-Shan isn't aggressive, self-preservation is the #1 priority in nature, so it would definitely give it its all when fighting Fatalis.

For those of you who think that "its all" isn't much, because of how it doesn't fight back at all when a hunter attacks it, I have to say that there is literally a massive size difference between you and a Fatalis. The smaller the opponent, the more convinced the Lao-Shan would be that whatever it is isn't a threat. I'm pretty sure that Lao-Shan could (and would) definitely kill a Fatalis based on brute force alone.

For this reason, I think that Fatalis doesn't actively hunt Lao-Shan, instead picking on smaller monsters that have a smaller chance of severely injuring it. Fatalis would only kill and eat a Lao-Shan if it were desperate, had young to feed, or was just feeling aggressive.