User blog comment:Lord Loss/Monster Appreciation Week: Goldbeard Ceadeus/@comment-16331478-20130825140553

Hi guys, I've got something to say: as a new member of this wiki I wanna do something à la Aandrew07 and try reviewing this monster. Don't take this as plagiarism, I just wanna share my opinions on monsters by giving them scores. The categories will be the same though (since I can't think of anything else to score of a monster). And if Aandrew07 is reading this, you know your reviews will always be better than mines, I just liked what you did and tried doing the same ;) With this boring-ass intro said, let's get on!

GOLDBEARD CEADEUS:

Idea: A seemingly fully-grown Cadeus? Doesn't sound that intriguing, but at least it makes sense, I mean, you got the bigger horns and the new and more powerful attacks. I would've liked an explaination on how it turns gold though... 8/10

Design: I've always been a sucker for shiny things, and this golden rendition of one of the most badass elder dragons to date (at least for me) is pure eye candy. Kinda questionable how the horns envelop the remaining eye though, how can it spot you now? It's really confusing, especially when he does the lock-on water beam... Also, he looks insanely goofy with his horns popped off. 8.5/10

Sound: Identhical to Ceadeus, without part 1though... 8.5/10

Fight: Ceadeus was fun, but after a 20 minutes in the fight became really annoying... This one isn't much better though, mostly beacause they got completely rid of the first phase, which makes the fight even more boring since you're not even chasing Goldbeard Ceadeus to area 3... However it compensates by having new and more varied attacks, such as the sweeping Hydro Pump and the "swim to the top and lock-on" water beam. I was also knda disappointed about how fast he went down... It still is fun, but I'll pick the original over this any day. 8.5/10

Eqipment: Since this is an elder dragon, you can expect some kick-ass equipment out of this guy, in fact he has probably one of the best blademaster armors in-game. The only problem is that you can get it basically at the start of G-rank, making all the G1 armors pointless, and putting to shame some G2 ones. They could've saved this guy for later on in G-rank, beacause the fact that you can make this armor so early-on takes away all the initial challenge and terror of G-rank. As for weapons, this guy is just a mean of upgrading your old Ceadeus stuff, so that's good... 8/10

Overall: A nice subspecies of one of my favorite elder dragons. Whle it sacrificed phase one of the battle for no reason I still think that this monster is pretty good, especially because of the new moves, awesome equipment (even if it can be gotten waaay too early) and the great-looking color scheme. 8.5/10