Hazard Primordial Malzeno Vs. Courage Elemental Hammer - 烈禍襲来 原初を刻むメル･ゼナ ハンマー ソロ 【サンブレイク】

Primordial Malzeno is the definition of short but sweet in this game.

Initially, I was going to complain that it's impossible to KO Hazard Primordial Malzeno twice as you can see in this run, but the fight is so good and so short that in the end, I feel so much more engaged in it. A monster with such an interesting moveset, that you cannot keep downed, is surprisingly a breath of fresh air in this game.

While I do still think the last phase is a little unbalanced, I overall enjoy this monster much more than I originally did, it might even actually be in my top favorite fights in this game, maybe just under EX Risen Chameleos.

Some other things I haven't talked about yet is the story of Primordial Malzeno, and how I am in love with it. The developers absolutely nailed down the "this is an Elder Dragon that's necessary for the good balance of nature, therefore we should not slay it" that they tried to do with Ruiner Nergigante and miserably failed.

In Iceborne, you do end up slaying the Ruiner Nergigante of the story, for no real reason. In Sunbreak, Fiorayne and your Hunter are intelligent enough to reasonably understand that the threat is the Qurio and that you need to help Primordial Malzeno protect the land. As such, in the last beautiful cutscene (that I predicted a month ago cough), you let Primordial Malzeno live.

So what about the Primordial Malzenos that you do slay after the story one, such as Hazard Primordial Malzeno? Well, my theory is that it's a necessary harm. The Qurios desperately try to infect Primordial Malzeno due to it being their best possible host now that Gaismagorm is dead. That's why there are such an insane number of them around when you fight Primordial Malzeno. And as you probably noticed, slaying Primordial Malzeno slays ALL of these Qurios at the same time, which is the real threat.

I can somewhat back this theory up with the fact that the song that plays in the Citadel before you fight the story Primordial Malzeno, is literally called "Gathering of the Qurio".

Lots of text to say that I not only love Primordial Malzeno's fight, but also the magnificent and satisfying conclusion it is to Sunbreak's anomaly mystery. I think this is close to the best "story" in the series, with Monster Hunter 4's story behind.

Lastly, and I hope you're still there, I pretty much never talk about my music choices or even give the names of the songs I use in these videos, but I want to make an exception for Primordial Malzeno.

The first phase has "Old Dragonslayer" from Dark Souls II playing. I chose this song because it sounds epic, heroic, dramatic, and scary all at the same time, while having a Knight motif, so I thought it would fit Primordial Malzeno well.

The second phase is "Frozen Embers in the Crimson Moon", Disufiroa's second phase theme from Monster Hunter Frontier. It's a very fast and tense song that fits the insane and corrupted nature of Primodial Malzeno's last phase.

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