Escaton Judgement: Looking Back at Monster Hunter's Biggest Controversy - Heavy Wings

When Alatreon arrived to Monster Hunter World Iceborne, he brought along a massive storm thanks to his supernova attack; Escaton Judgement. It insta-kills everyone in the area and can only be suppressed with elemental damage. This lead to massive blowback such as negative review bombs, calls to nerf the attack and general despair towards the state of the game. The blowback did not last long as more and more people came around on him, but to this day Alatreon and Escaton Judgement are still hotly debated topics. In this video I take a look at the reasons people had for hating Alatreon, whether or not they have any basis and how Monster Hunter has handled difficulty as of late.

The Evolution of Alatreon
   • The Evolution of Alatreon in Monster ...  

Monster Hunter Evolution Full Series
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History of Powered-Up Monsters
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AkantoreX suppressing Escaton Judgement with a low rank weapon
   • Super Alatreon with a Low Rank Weapon...  

KJP suppressing Escaton with snowballs
   • Passing Alatreon's DPS Check with Not...  

Contents
0:00 Introduction
0:23 The Blazing Black Dragon
3:36 The Complaints
17:30 Is Iceborne Alatreon Bad?
30:50 We Have Become Too Strong
34:51 Iceborne Fatalis
41:03 Demo Magnamalo
43:41 How does Sunbreak Handle Difficulty?
54:48 Evaluating Escaton

Music Used
Intro
GU Alatreon Theme
IB Alatreon Battle

Chapter 1
IB Second Council Meeting
IB Seliana Ready For War
IB Nargacuga Battle
IB Tigrex Battle
IB Glavenus Battle
MHW Kulve Tarroth Battle 2
IB Brachydios Battle
IB Safi’jiiva Battle 1
IB Namielle Battle
Mario Kart Double Dash: Mario Circuit
IB Rajang Battle

Chapter 2
IB Safi’jiiva Battle 2
IB Zinogre Battle
IB Velkhana Battle (the one from the recess)
MHFrontier Odibatorasu Battle
MHW Vaal Hazak Battle
MHW AT Nergigante Battle

Chapter 3
Xenoblade 3 The Two Off-Seers
Xenoblade 3 Confronting Our Past

Chapter 4
IB Fatalis 1
IB Fatalis 2
Mario Galaxy 2 Bowser Battle
Mario Galaxy Bowser Battle
MHR Magnamalo Battle
MHW Narwa Battle

Chapter 5
SB Proof of a Hero
SB Citadel Battle
MH Orchestra 2023 Shagaru Magala

Conclusion
MHW Second Council Meeting
Pride of a Nameless Hunter