Hey guys, this time it’s a different kind of video for you. I really enjoy seeing other peoples Tier Lists so I decided to make one myself. Enjoy!
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11 thoughts on “Ranking ALL 16 Flagships in Monster Hunter!”
For me the aspects that make a great Flagship is the following list – iconic badass design – a great fight that's also a challenge – a great theme – awesome gear – being a embodiment of that games ideas and mechanics – good story integration that gives good context to the fight which is the signal most important factor for me
Now a monster doesn't need to have everything but these are the key things, and a monster might be great on its own but not necessarily be a strong flagship due to just kinda being there
Might aswell share my own tier list of Flagships, remember I'm judging these monsters on their ability as Flagships not just being cool monsters
S TIER/amazing, hits every point and has great story integration Gore magala Lagiacrus Malzeno
A TIER/being good decent Flagships Tigrex Zinogre Seregios Nergigante Velkhana
B TIER/good monsters but are just kinda there with next to no story involvement Rathalos Kushala daora Nargacuga Brachydios Glavenus/the fated 4 Valstrax
C TIER/below avarage or a miss in just every aspect Azure rathalos
D TIER/being acutaly kinda trash and bad by every metric Magnamalo
Il be happy to justify to anyone why I've put certain monsters in the tiers I have
I’m curious why the other members of the fated 4 weren’t included? I know Glavenus is the one on the box but I figured they shared the title of flagship for generations?
Kush isn’t that bad… Yeah I lie, I steamroll it so bad that it barely registers as a speed bump to me.
Wind resistance is good, but not needed. Pop a flash bomb in its face anytime it decides to take to the sky (which is frequent) and the swing for the fences. Ranged weapons are ideal but unneeded as well.
So mhw is my first and only monster hunter so far, so I can’t really comment on these monsters as flagships except Nergigante (peak) and Velkhana (pretty solid), and can’t even comment on several of them at all cause they’re not in world. That being said, glavenus, nargacuga, and zinogre are some of my favourites, brachydios is quite good, rathalos is iconic and pretty fun, but what you said about azure rathalos was really funny to me cause I don’t notice any difference in world except maybe he spends more time in the air than regular. Also with Kushala daora, I don’t actually find them that annoying, probably in my bottom 5 elder dragons, but not in my bottom 5 of all monsters. The tornadoes are annoying, but in world they’re just not that difficult otherwise and can still be taken down quickly. Now lastly tigrex, they probably are in my bottom 5 monsters, I just find them incredibly annoying to fight as well as having a design that’s middling at best. Something about slapping a t rex head on a large pterosaur just doesn’t do it for me, I don’t think he looks good and then yeah isn’t very fun to fight (brute is worse though). But yeah that’s all I’ve got here, maybe I’ll play another monster hunter game once I’ve gotten every achievement in world lol
my top 3 favourite flagship monsters valstrax, nergiganta and malzeno my top 3 less favourite flagship monster gore margala, lagi and tigrex. i'm going to get canceled by gore and lagi fans.
also azure rath doesn't count as for why his not on my less favourite.
For me the aspects that make a great Flagship is the following list
– iconic badass design
– a great fight that's also a challenge
– a great theme
– awesome gear
– being a embodiment of that games ideas and mechanics
– good story integration that gives good context to the fight which is the signal most important factor for me
Now a monster doesn't need to have everything but these are the key things, and a monster might be great on its own but not necessarily be a strong flagship due to just kinda being there
Might aswell share my own tier list of Flagships, remember I'm judging these monsters on their ability as Flagships not just being cool monsters
S TIER/amazing, hits every point and has great story integration
Gore magala
Lagiacrus
Malzeno
A TIER/being good decent Flagships
Tigrex
Zinogre
Seregios
Nergigante
Velkhana
B TIER/good monsters but are just kinda there with next to no story involvement
Rathalos
Kushala daora
Nargacuga
Brachydios
Glavenus/the fated 4
Valstrax
C TIER/below avarage or a miss in just every aspect
Azure rathalos
D TIER/being acutaly kinda trash and bad by every metric
Magnamalo
Il be happy to justify to anyone why I've put certain monsters in the tiers I have
I’m curious why the other members of the fated 4 weren’t included? I know Glavenus is the one on the box but I figured they shared the title of flagship for generations?
I love how the goated tier is literally made of the top 3 Monsters of the 20th Anniversary popularity poll.
Respectable list. Im glad you aren't one of those "Ecology" nuts and you can respect a good fight and cool design
Kush isn’t that bad… Yeah I lie, I steamroll it so bad that it barely registers as a speed bump to me.
Wind resistance is good, but not needed. Pop a flash bomb in its face anytime it decides to take to the sky (which is frequent) and the swing for the fences. Ranged weapons are ideal but unneeded as well.
So mhw is my first and only monster hunter so far, so I can’t really comment on these monsters as flagships except Nergigante (peak) and Velkhana (pretty solid), and can’t even comment on several of them at all cause they’re not in world. That being said, glavenus, nargacuga, and zinogre are some of my favourites, brachydios is quite good, rathalos is iconic and pretty fun, but what you said about azure rathalos was really funny to me cause I don’t notice any difference in world except maybe he spends more time in the air than regular. Also with Kushala daora, I don’t actually find them that annoying, probably in my bottom 5 elder dragons, but not in my bottom 5 of all monsters. The tornadoes are annoying, but in world they’re just not that difficult otherwise and can still be taken down quickly. Now lastly tigrex, they probably are in my bottom 5 monsters, I just find them incredibly annoying to fight as well as having a design that’s middling at best. Something about slapping a t rex head on a large pterosaur just doesn’t do it for me, I don’t think he looks good and then yeah isn’t very fun to fight (brute is worse though). But yeah that’s all I’ve got here, maybe I’ll play another monster hunter game once I’ve gotten every achievement in world lol
Uuh is it just me, or the fated four aren't there? I mean, theres only glavenus there, but the rest aren't
They even have their own theme aswell
GORE MAGALA GORE MAGALA
Gore magala should be in a tier of its own🥱
I agree with mhp3rd, it was great
my top 3 favourite flagship monsters valstrax, nergiganta and malzeno my top 3 less favourite flagship monster gore margala, lagi and tigrex. i'm going to get canceled by gore and lagi fans.
also azure rath doesn't count as for why his not on my less favourite.