User blog comment:Lord Loss/Monster Appreciation Week: Sand Barioth/@comment-5043481-20130707174219

I've been waiting for this one so I can express my hatred of the Sand Barioth.

Gameplay: This is the most important element of a monster. Sand barioth is at least noticibly different from the Ordinary barioth, mostly because of his tornadoes. Apart from that the two are identicle, but Sand barioth now has no element. I think the tornadoes are nothing but annoying, especcially the randomly moving ones at G-rank.

Equipment: The armour from this guy is alright, but the weapons are not very good. They have good sharpness, but not enough raw power to be good. The GS has 52 more attack than the ordiany Barioth weapon it upgrades from, and only slightly better sharpness. It also loses the ice element.

Concept: Been there done that. Copper blangonga had the same idea and was epic, mostly due to good weapons and a fun, different fight. Sand Barioth is a 3rd gen take of this, and has come off worse somehow.

Design: Yukky brown all over with a stupid red face. Not worth commenting on furthur.

Overall this is a sub that should not exist. An cheap and prolonged fight with poor weapons at the end mak it pointless. The fact that his materials are included as a rank lock on other weapons is just insulting, making fighting this guy a neccecery evil