Weird interaction between Palico's Blast weapon and Rath of Meow

[ArtificialQT]

I equipped my Palico with the Felyne Kaiser Mace (Blast element) and the Meowlotov Cocktail Gadget, and I noticed a weird interaction whenever my Palico activates the Rath of Meow ability from his gadget.

Whenever he fires a salvo at the big monster, if there are any small monsters around, he seems to be proccing Blast damage on every small monster in the vicinity. I actually saw him fire a salvo at the big monster, and trigger be a small Blast explosion on a small monster that was standing behind him.

I only just noticed this because I had taken a Small Monster Culling Bounty. My Palico was racking up the small monster kills while firing at the big monster I was hunting.

Is this a bug, or was it intentional? I haven't tested any other status on my Palico yet, but this feels like this is a bug, unless Rath of Meow is supposed to spread your Palico weapon's status effect in an AoE.

[Nope]

small monster are extremely sensitive to status affinity, one or two attack will cause a small firework if you're surronded by the small while using blast weapon and that make megumin very proud of you

[ArtificialQT]

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small monster are extremely sensitive to status affinity, one or two attack will cause a small firework if you're surronded by the small while using blast weapon and that make megumin very proud of you

The thing is, the Small monsters usually weren't that close to the big monster. He fired at the big monster, and somehow he was proccing Blast damage on small monsters around the area.

He was killing Vespoids flying high above the big monster, and small Jagras standing behind him.

Does Rath of Meow have that much AoE?