Megalodon

The Meg (2018) IRL

S+ (Compared to Other Sharks)

### Relatives

Descended from Otodus, sister group to Great White SharksSand Tiger sharks and Mako Sharks.

## Classification

### Species

O.Megalodon

Megalodon was a banned shark build from the Early Miocene to the Pliocene. This build was the largest DPS build known to exist. This build competed with the Livyatan builds for loot and was speculated to be related to the Great White Shark build, but is now thought to be closely related to, or even a build of, the extinct shark build Otodus, which diverged from the lamnids during the Early Cretacous meta.

## Overview

Megalodon has the highest power stat of all the large aquatic builds. Most likely used to bite off the fins and body of the whales it preyed on. They had amazing health only being beaten by some whales, Shastasaurus, and some Leedsichthys. Megalodon grew to about 15-18 meters in length, being 3 times the size of a average Great White Shark today and weighing up to 30,000 kg on average, but large individuals can reach 52,600-61,500 kg. It had a deceptively high Mobility stat for a humongous build. While it is solitary, it still had moderate Intelligence due to having nurseries. Their huge size gives them great Defense and very low Stealth.

## Moveset

**Electroreception (Passive, Utility)**- Motion shown on minimap.

**Bloodsense (Passive, Utility)**- Builds with less than 90% HP lose all Stealth debuffs.

**Heat Exchange Circulatory System (Passive, Utility)**- Faster Stamina regen.

**Debilitating Bite Crush (Active, Attack)**- One of the strongest attacks in the game, instantly kills builds with less than 90% of their Health. If not, reduce them to 25% Health and inflicts [Heavy Bleed].

## Tier Placement

This build is easily Top S-tier, and is a game breaker. In fact, this is literally the only build preventing Baleen Whales from having the maximum Health stat. And yes, it actually still stayed viable even with competitors like macroraptorial sperm whales, which includes Livyatan and Zygophyseter, the ancestors of Great White Sharks like Carcharodon hubbelli, primitive Orca builds like Orcinus citioniensis, and also specced into a nursery to protect noobs from griefers, which can include Hammerhead Sharks and buffed versions of Snaggletooth Sharks. It is able to take down a lot of builds itself, which can also include marine mammals, Sea Turtles and large fish mains. However, climate change would have easily removed viable Loot sources for this build by the end of the Pliocene,  easily doing it in can leading it to switching mains.

## Summary

### Pros:

* Maximum Power.
* Very high Health.
* High Mobility and Defense.
* Extremely powerful attack move.
* Powerful anti-Stealth abilities.
* Very few builds can survive both its bite and ram attacks.
* Speccs into a nursery for protecting noobs.
* Can grief anything it wants.
* Can compete well with many DPS builds like macroraptorial sperm whales.
* When maxed out, the only thing that could solo it would be starvation or attacks from other members of its species.

### Cons:

* Average Intelligence
* Very low Stealth.
* High size requires high EXP upkeep, making it very hard to level up after the first few level ups.
* Restricted to tropical and subtropical waters.

## Hall of Fame

This build appears in...

1. *Sea Monsters* (Ministries)
2. *The Meg* (Movie)
3. *Jurassic Park Builder* and *Jurassic World: The Game* (Video Games)
4. *Hungry Shark Evolution* and *Hungry Shark World* (Video Games)

## Referrences

1. ↑ https://www.gbif.org/species/144096597
2. ↑ https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-71387-y
3. ↑ https://www.fossilera.com/blog/megalodon-vs-mosasaurs-who-would-win
4. ↑ https://ocean.si.edu/ocean-life/sharks-rays/megalodon
5. ↑ https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidbressan/2020/09/04/growth-of-modern-sharks-reveals-true-scale-of-megalodon-shark/?sh=6638b0c24b50
6. ↑ https://www.mindat.org/taxon-4824316.html
7. ↑ https://indianapublicmedia.org/amomentofscience/big-mouth-big-bite.php
8. ↑ https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/healed-bone-gives-away-prehistoric-shark-bite
9. ↑ https://www.britannica.com/animal/megalodon
10. ↑ https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/researchers-calculate-speed-which-megalodon-swam/
11. ↑ https://a-z-animals.com/animals/megalodon-shark/
12. ↑ https://www.livescience.com/megalodon-nurseries-discovered.html
13. ↑ https://eos.org/articles/extinct-megatoothed-shark-may-have-been-warm-blooded
14. ↑ https://verafiles.org/articles/discovery-megalodon-tooth-bohol-seen-boost-plan-ecological-m
15. ↑ https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-29743081
16. ↑ https://www.bluebird-electric.net/artificial\_intelligence\_autonomous\_robotics/Marine\_Animatronics\_Robots\_Animals/Megalodon\_Giants\_Sharks.htm
17. ↑ https://chondrichthyes.fandom.com/wiki/Carcharodon\_hubbelli
18. ↑ https://dbpedia.org/page/Orcinus\_citoniensis
19. ↑ https://massivesci.com/notes/megalodon-shark-nurseries-teeth/
20. ↑ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2866656/
21. ↑ https://www.fossilera.com/pages/what-did-the-megalodon-shark-eat
22. ↑ https://gizmodo.com/the-worlds-largest-shark-had-a-fatal-appetite-for-dwarf-1791118097
23. ↑ https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/megalodon--the-truth-about-the-largest-shark-that-ever-lived.html