The world of Monster Hunter is filled with a diverse cast of different monster classes, but the fish themed Piscine Wyverns are often considered the worst of the bunch. This class is filled with 8 unique species of Piscine and 8 variants or subspecies. The primary wyverns players are tasked with hunting are the Cephadrome, Plesioth, Aruganosu, Jyuratodus, and Beotodus. Many of the early fish monsters introduced in the first generation set the bar very low given their often annoying and repetitive battles, which left many Monster Hunter players uninterested in battling the monsters ever again.
The Piscine Wyvern class is a class of monsters which saw its introduction in the first generation of Monster Hunter titles. These monsters are characterized by their specialized body types which allow them to swim in a variety of environments. This evolution has unfortunately rendered these monsters incapable of flight, even though many possess wing like appendages.
Many of these wyverns are introduced as early Monster Hunter quests players need to complete. Unfortunately, these battles are often more annoying than rewarding given the notoriously bad hit boxes some of these monsters possess. Plesioth has gained its infamous reputation due to this. When fighting this wyvern, its common for the player to get hit when they're standing far away from the monster or are located on the opposite side of Plesioth's attack. This broken system makes it impossible to strategize and maneuver around the beast's attacks, leaving many players confused and frustrated. Plus, when Plesioth is knocked down on land, it will proceed to flop around uncontrollable. Unfortunately, its terrible hit boxes leads players unable to get anywhere near it, rendering the opportunity to deal extra damage completely useless.
These type of annoying tactics is really where the reputation for the Piscine Wyverns stems from. Plesioth has a tendency to jump into a body of water where players can't reach it. While this is irritating, this monster can sometimes stay in the water for over 15 minutes at a time, during which players can do little, but watch it swim around (and occasionally dodge its water cannon). Plesioth, alongside Cephadrome, are also known for spamming their hip check move. Given that both of these monsters are quite speedy and have unusually large, disjointed hit boxes, it's easy for players to get hit by the move again and again. With an extremely small window of opportunity to dodge, this move becomes annoying really quickly. Since Plesioth and Cephadrome also have limited move sets (which are nearly identical), their battles become repetitive and tedious very early in.
Lavasioth, a subspecies of Plesioth, combines much of what makes its counterpart irritating to fight and multiplies it. Given its lava environment, this fish has developed hardened skin which blunts weapons quickly and leaves many attacks bouncing off of its exterior. It also has a tendency to dive underground for long periods and hide in one area. With the release of Monster Hunter: World, Jyuratodus was introduced. The fight with this monster is uneventful, though many of the issues that plague other fish wyverns persist. However, given that players must fight it in waist deep water, half of the battle is spent traversing a difficult to maneuver environment than actually focusing on slaying Jyuratodus itself.
Hunting Piscine Wyverns has consistently been a dreaded experience across all Monster Hunter games. If the monsters' mechanics don't frustrate a player, the boring and limited move sets that come with these beasts often keeps hunters from returning to them. Given that many of the fish monsters' designs are also often dull and forgettable, there's little to keep players interested, making it one of the most universally disliked monster classes in the Monster Hunter franchise.
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