User blog comment:Lord Loss/Discussion of the Week: Statuses/Mechanics/@comment-451754-20121209235727

My most hated status afflicted upon me is paralysis. I've been killed many times while paralyzed, most often from being hit multiple times while thus afflicted. The worst offender is Khezu, whose electric balls will paralyze me while causing massive damage. Then it will perform the same attack again, re-paralyzing me, and causing more massive damage, at which time I typically die.

Paralysis cannot be shaken off nor "cured", it must be negated through armor skill, otherwise once afflicted it runs its course, leaving us at the mercy of monsters or the environment (and sometimes both).

Though it's not listed here, I am also particularly annoyed by "quake". Becoming off-balance leaves us completely helpless AND automatically sheathes our wepons, making it more difficult to block any follow-up attacks.

Monsters who quake: Diablos (in MH3), Alatreon, Deviljho, Congalala, Blangonga, Rajang, Lavasioth, Jhen Moran, Shen Gao Ren, Ukanlos, Agnaktor, Uragaan