User blog comment:Aandrew07/Discussion of the Week: Leviathans/@comment-5020152-20130217014031

1) My favorite Leviathan has to be the Gobul. He's unlike any other Leviathan in that he isn't flexible and serpentine, but wide, cumbersome, and fish-like. For something that isn't a good swimmer, he utilizes the undersea envirnoment pretty damn well. The paralysis is welcome, as is the lantern. A Gobul subspecies that lived in the Volcano and looked similar to a stonefish would have been great.

2) The coolest attack performed by a Leviathan would have to be either Kuarusepusu's light aura or Gobul's lantern flash. Kuaru's light aura looks sensational, what with the beams of light radiating out from his back and spinning. On the other fin (see what I did there?), Gobul's lantern animation is, for some reason, great in my opinion. I love how he just sparks that lantern, as if charging it up, and then releasing his hissing roar and flooding the area with light.

For someone with a Gobul as an archenemy, I'm sure giving a lot of praise to the species.

3) One of my favorite Leviathan ideas is the Agsolstea. Technically, I classify it as a Wyrm, but it's basically a legless Leviathan. It's loosely based off of a cottonmouth, so that alone gives it a few points, and it also attacks by absorbing sunlight and releasing it in a laser beam. It also has a constriction attack that pins a hunter, something that would be welcome among canon Leviathans. Hint, hint, Capcom.

My opinions seem to revolve around light, coincidentally.

4) The Dancing Hellfire Longsword is great (Agnaktor), as is the Gobululu Muraaka Lance (Gobul). Even though it isn't a Leviathan, I think the Great Inceadeus Switch Axe should be given an honorable mention.

5) Leviathans are amazing, and add wonderful variety to the Monster Hunter world. I hope to see much more in the future!