Can't think of anything interesting to say about the glitterhaunt.

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Because having a non-spellcasting stupid dragon sure makes a good epic-level challenge.
To be fair, a Shadow of the Colossus-level dragon does sound like the kind of thing epic adventurers should be fighting. The problem isn't the concept, just...the way D&D's mechanics (and especially high-level spells) trivialize big dumb brutes.

However, the most interesting ability of the Drak is its gaze attack. Just straight-up 6d6 Dex damage per round to everyone in a 120ft radius unless the person watching makes a Cha-based Fort save, and the Dex damage becomes Con damage if the creature already has 0 Dex. The problem, like all gazes, is how party-unfriendly it is, which will make the Glacierdrak refrain from using it as often as it could.

All in all, no amount of ability damage is worth starting so deep into epic, see you soon.
To be fair, that is a lot of ability damage. Glancing at the Abominations, I'd say about half of them have Dexterity scores below 20, and the other half are only 25 so 6d6 Dex damage still has a decent chance to paralyze them instantly.

There are, of course, two problems. First, most abominations have Fortitude save bonuses of 30+, which means they basically never fail a save unless the glacierdrak really pumps its save DC. This wouldn't be a problem if it dealt half damage on a successful save, but it doesn't. The second problem, though?
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Abominations are...not subject to energy drain, ability drain, or ability damage.
Plenty of epic-level monsters have no special defense against ability damage, but plenty of others do. And plenty have silly silly saving throw bonuses, too. (Including the glacierdrak, as it happens.)

And that's the problem. The drak has some cool abilities, but way too many HD for them to be viable. A 44th-level wizard can cast quickened meteor swarm. A 44th-level rogue can balance on clouds. A 44th-level fighter has...um...23 bonus feats, I guess?
Point is, a friendly-fire gaze attack that could be gnarly when it works isn't enough to compete, even with a halfway-decent bruiser chassis. After all, fighters get a halfway-decent bruiser chassis and 23 bonus feats, and they're one of the weak classes.