Carp

The carp Faction is a Faction which includes carp and minnows.In this Faction, the carp class contains more builds than any fish Faction.It includes the smallest vertebrate build in the game, *Paedocrypis progenetica*.On the other end of that size scale is the Giant Barb, which could weigh up to 300 kg.

## Known Carp builds

Carp are not often viable as their main role in the meta is to get bodied by many builds or become either loot or support for Human mains.

### Adaptibility Build:Common Carp

In B-tier, we have an adaptable build which has caused powercreeps. This build has a lot of respawn

pointsThey can also earn levels very quickly, eliminating the struggle of the tutorial levels for most fish players.It has above average Intelligence and, unlike the Goldfish, puts it to good use through shoaling.It is also surprisingly mobile for a fish build.It can also survive low oxygen scenarios that would normally be game-ending. It relies on spawnkilling, which this build is very good at. However, this build is not high tier due to getting spawnkilled by bluegill and getting bodied by Pikes, Walleyes (an echo fighter of Zanders), Largemouth Bass and Herons. A build similar to the Common Carp, but with even more Mobility and decent area denial through their leap which would otherwise give this build the same Mobility level as Common Carp, is the Asian Carp which is even more viable than the mid B-tier Common Carp.

### Tank Build:Giant Barb

In high B-tier is the carp build with the highest Health, the Giant Barb. This build can grow up to 300

kg, rivalling the weight of the Giant Pangasius and the Mekong Giant Catfish. This build obviously have to make sacrifices to get the highest Health of any carp build, most notably speccing away from the [Barbels] ability.This ability is not needed as they can resort to the [Filter] ability, similar to its Catfish counterpart, the Mekong Giant Catfish. The other sacrifice is its lack of Mobility. This, along with its lack of offensive options for players in its weight class or higher,arethe only things holding it back from higher tiers. The only other saving grace is its decent Intelligence, allowing it to easily interact with Human mains during the Chinese New Year event.

### Predator Build: Mangar

In A-tier we have the Mangar, a build playable in the Euphrates and Tigris river server This is a

predator build which can also loot microweights. This build also has a high Health stat, while not as high as the Giant Barb, does the job just as well. While it does not have the Intelligence stat of the Common Carp or Giant Barb, It is still really mobile.

## References

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