History YMMV / MonsterLegends

** A few monsters are so well known that many refer to them simply by a vague, short descriptor that nevertheless pertains primarily to the referenced monster. For example, if you use the name "bird" and you're talking about the Cosmic meta, most people will know you're talking about [[TierInducedScrappy Vanoss2099]].
** Speaking of [[TierInducedScrappy Tier-Induced Scrappies]], particularly bad monsters will be given {{Portmanteau}}s of their names with... less-than-flattering terms about their viability. Again referring to the Cosmic Era, Thundercrap / Thunderkrap (Thunderkong) and Trashgon (Targon) are some of the more common variants.

* GameplayAndStoryIntegration: An unintentional and [[DownplayedTrope downplayed]] case, but the Cosmic Lindworm's description states that he has the power to end the Cosmic Era. Sure enough, once he was released, his ability to transfer his turn to another monster has brought back a number of Legendary monsters to the Cosmic meta, particularly those with powerful denial abilities hampered by their comparatively low speed.
** In the 4th chapter of the Era Sagas, while calculating information about Gregorz of Lyria, Neurofunk states that his health is 50,351. This remains true to the game's information, as Gregorz does have that exact Life stat when brought to Rank 5.
* GameplayAndStorySegregation: The power of a monster in the meta is far, far separate from their power in the lore. For example, Uriel, better known as {{God}} (or at least 'the light of God'), is a support monster beaten out by, just to list a few examples, a hologram of an anime girl, an adolescent Light mage, a fish woman, and the Tooth Fairy.

* VillainHasAPoint: In the Era Sagas, Wickah is undoubtedly an evil force, especially once Corruption transforms her into Anwrikah and makes her begin serving the Lord, but she is still justified in what causes her mounting frustration - monsters keep coming to her asking for help when she already has to carry the entirety of the swamp's duties on her own and never gets offered any help in return.
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: Downplayed. Some monster designs are scarier than one would expect from a game of this genre, and these monsters' descriptions often reference violence. See NightmareFuel above.

* [[Complete Monster]]: With how many monsters that have been released over the years, it's no surprise that Monster Legends is home to some of the most vile characters around.

* [[Complete Monster]]: With how many monsters that have been released over the years, it's no surprise that Monster Legends is home to some of the most vile characters around.

* Complete Monster: With how many monsters that have been released over the years, it's no surprise that Monster Legends is home to some of the most vile characters around.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: The game's meta was infamous for being extremely imbalanced, with most Legendary monsters absolutely paling in comparison to more modern Legendaries. Things only got even worse upon the release of Forsakens, which were infamously hard to get, even harder to rank up, and tilted the meta heavily in their favor. Eventually, [=SocialPoint=] decided to introduce a rarity above Legendary, known as Mythic, which had even higher stats, and slowly overshadowed the Legendaries with a range of much more equal Mythics. While a few Mythics still remain much worse than others, the Mythic meta has been generally praised for being much more forgiving and balanced, allowing many more interesting and viable teams to be built.
** As a smaller point, [=SocialPoint=] was also infamous for its [=YouTuber=]-based monsters, most of which were based on widely controversial or even downright hated [=YouTubers=] such as [=LazarBeam=], Guava Juice, and [=UnspeakableGaming=]. With the release of a monster based on Morgz, most of the community had given up entirely on more positively-regarded [=YouTubers=] getting monsters. Just as this came to a head, a monster based on WebVideo/MrBeast, a popular and generally loved Tuber, was released, which gave much of the community hope that this trend will change. Recently, they have also been creating monsters based on little-known [=YouTubers=], such as [=TheDooo=], Marley, ZHC, and Matt-Stonie, which some could see as forgoing their [[AllegedlyFreeGame money-hungry tendencies]] to direct attention towards smaller [=YouTubers=] they like (kind of like a reverse-sponsorship).
** [=SocialPoint=] had themselves a pretty bad rep with the first 2 months of the Cosmic Era, especially with the pure imbalance between the paid monsters and the free ones. The first 2 exclusive monsters, [=Vanoss2099=] and Solarflare, infamously dominated the game's meta on release (as if that wasn't bad enough, they came automatically at Rank 3), while the free counterparts, Slugazoid and Atrox, were absolute garbage on a level that almost seemed intentional. While the third pass afterward didn't help with the former (if anything, Shelly's even more of a GameBreaker than the other two), Chuckle Muckel has been universally praised as a massive diversion from the last two free monsters. The pass right after would end up doing the exact opposite; while the Free monster, Spawny, is just as awful as usual, the exclusive monster, Kaih the Sunmelter, isn't nearly as overpowered as previous exclusive monsters. They seem to be sticking to this better-balanced approach, too, as more recent pass monsters tend to be better balanced with only a small handful of outliers such as December 2020's Chimaney.

** Hayman for OP+[[labelnote:Explanation]]It's unknown really how this meme came into existence, but it's one of the oldest memes in the community. Hayman is an earlier-released Halloween event Legendary monster, and overall a pretty terrible support in the meta. Despite this, it's become a long-running joke to treat Hayman as an overpowered monster that breaks the game, specifically making mention of his [[SarcasmMode godly]] Daze Immunity trait and Team Precision move. This later became an AscendedMeme when [=SocialPoint=] gave him a massive buff as of Halloween 2021, giving him the highest stats of all Legendaries (on par with most Mythics) and a significantly better movepool (though he's still stuck with Daze Immunity for a trait).[[/labelnote]]

*** This has been taken UpToEleven with the announcement of multiple "Eras" with even higher stats. Only a few months after the beginning of the Mythic Era, the Cosmic Era got announced and was quick to sweep almost every Mythic under the same rug as Legendary monsters, giving it a similar fan response to said Mythics between those that felt optimistic for a new start and those that felt betrayed by a repeat of the last rarity announcement. However, once the exact same thing happened another few months later, now with the "Corrupted Era", to say people were unimpressed would be an {{Understatement}}. While it still has its supporters that believe the game's gotten stale and could use another rework, most of the fandom flew into a rage upon its leak, and many even left the game outright, stating that they'd lost hope by now.

* EnjoyTheStorySkipTheGame: The game has been praised by many for its quality character design, [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters massive and varied cast]], good knowledge and implementation of fanservice ([[{{Fanservice}} not that kind]]), and interesting story. This was exacerbated by the release of Era Sagas, which allow these qualities to flourish even more with full-on plots. The gameplay, on the other hand, has been heavily criticized for [[MovingTheGoalposts repeatedly trashing entire metas]] with the releases of different Eras, failing to balance those metas on their own, and especially infamously [[AllegedlyFreeGame locking powerful monsters behind large paywalls while leaving those without money with oodles of garbage.]]

** As a smaller point, [=SocialPoint=] was also infamous for its YouTuber-based monsters, most of which were based on widely controversial or even downright hated YouTubers such as [=LazarBeam=], Guava Juice, and [=UnspeakableGaming=]. With the release of a monster based on Morgz, most of the community had given up entirely on more positively-regarded YouTubers getting monsters. Just as this came to a head, a monster based on WebVideo/MrBeast, a popular and generally loved Tuber, was released, which gave much of the community hope that this trend will change. Recently, they have also been creating monsters based on little-known Youtubers, such as [=TheDooo=], Marley, ZHC, and Matt-Stonie, which some could see as forgoing their [[AllegedlyFreeGame money-hungry tendencies]] to direct attention towards smaller YouTubers they like (kind of like a reverse-sponsorship).

** Hayman for OP+[[labelnote:Explanation]]It's unknown really how this meme came into existence, but it's one of the oldest memes in the community. Hayman is an earlier-released Halloween event Legendary monster, and overall a pretty terrible support in the meta. Despite this, it's become a long-running joke to treat Hayman as an overpowered monster that breaks the game, specifically making mention of his [[SarcasmMode godly]] Daze Immunity trait and Team Precision move.[[/labelnote]]

* UnexpectedCharacter: Who honestly thought that Mine Turtle from ''WebAnimation/ASDFMovie'' would be put in as the games very first GuestFighter?

* UnexpectedCharacter: Who honestly thought that Mine Turtle from ''WebAnimation/ASDFMovie'' would be put in as a GuestFighter?

* EnjoyTheStorySkipTheGame: The game has been praised by many for its quality character design, [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters massive and varied cast]], good knowledge and implementation of fanservice ([[Fanservice not that kind]]), and interesting story. This was exacerbated by the release of Era Sagas, which allow these qualities to flourish even more with full-on plots. The gameplay, on the other hand, has been heavily criticized for [[MovingTheGoalposts repeatedly trashing entire metas]] with the releases of different Eras, failing to balance those metas on their own, and especially infamously [[AllegedlyFreeGame locking powerful monsters behind large paywalls while leaving those without money with oodles of garbage.]]

* UnderusedGameMechanic: Reverse Healing is a status effect that makes healing moves harm the user instead. This even affects healing relics, which would make it useful for crippling a number of monsters, especially Tanks that rely on healing moves. Sadly, the effect was given out very sparingly, and there were no good users of it in the meta for a long time. This became [[SubvertedTrope subverted]], however, with the release of Luponudo in the Cosmic Era.

** As a smaller point, [=SocialPoint=] was also infamous for its YouTuber-based monsters, most of which were based on widely controversial or even downright hated YouTubers such as [=LazarBeam=], Guava Juice, and [=UnspeakableGaming=]. With the release of a monster based on Morgz, most of the community had given up entirely on more positively-regarded YouTubers getting monsters. Just as this came to a head, a monster based on WebVideo/MrBeast, a popular and generally loved Tuber, was released, which gave much of the community hope that this trend will change. Recently, they have been creating monster based on little known Youtubers, such as TheDooo, Marley, ZHC, and Matt-Stonie

* GameplayAndStoryIntegration: A minor and [[DownplayedTrope downplayed]] case, but the Cosmic Lindworm's description states that he has the power to end the Cosmic Era. Sure enough, once he was released, his ability to transfer his turn to another monster has brought back a number of Legendary monsters to the Cosmic meta, particularly those with powerful denial abilities hampered by their comparatively low speed.