User blog comment:Chaoarren/1650 Pages Element Contest/@comment-26034899-20180613043206

'Extreme Earthblight'

What Makes It Unique: Extreme Earthblight bears resemblance to its ordinary counterpart in that it reduces the sharpness of hunters' weapons, but its effects are far more devastating; the sharpness of Blademasters' weapons will be reduced to the lowest level possible. Gunners are not immune to it, either; they will waste all their bullets/arrow coatings with a single shot if they are affected by it.

How Many Monsters Do You Think Can Cause It: Currently, four monsters, both canon and my own. This status ailment is mainly associated with Zenith Monsters that use Earth-based attacks, such as Zenith Gasurabazura and Zenith Tigrex, though some Conquest War Monsters, such as Conquest War Gaia Dragon and Conquest War Crypt Hydra, can inflict it. Solstice Conquest War monsters are believed to be able to inflict it as well, but those who can are currently undiscovered.

How Is It Created, And How Can It Be Cured: Extreme Earthblight is caused by being hit with an especially concentrated Earth-elemental attack, such as those utilized by Zenith monsters. Sharpening tools, like Whetstones and Whetfish, cannot remedy it; the only way to cure it is to have a Nulberry on hand, or wait it out.

Where Does Your Idea Come From: The idea was based on the canon elemental blights (Fireblight, Waterblight, Iceblight, Thunderblight, and Dragonblight) having variants that had much more severe effects than they do, dubbed Extreme Blights, which were introduced in Monster Hunter Frontier Z. I feel that both the pure fanon elements (Earth and Wind) should get in on it, too, but because I can only post one idea for this contest, I am going with Extreme Earthblight.

How Many Pages Have You Planned That Will Use This Idea: I have planned two pages for this idea so far: Conquest War Gaia Dragon and Conquest War Crypt Hydra.

Is There An Icon: No.