User blog comment:Fatalis hunter/Silver Rathalos and Gold Rathian in MHP3rd/@comment-2040723-20101219003258/@comment-2040723-20101223161417

Purple: AFAIK, Chakra armor isn't in the game, so Silver Sol and Escadora are now tied for having the most slots out of any armor in MHP3rd. I only know about the Blademaster versions, though, so I could be wrong.

And they're not hard to make at all. You don't even need more than one Rathalos/Rathian Ruby to make them, according to Bobo (and if you're reading this Bobo, I'm not taking credit for anything here). I swear, these will probably be more common than Longswords at this rate.