Mudskipper

The Mudskipper is a unique fish build that stands out from other fish being more of a hybrid that specs into an amphibious playstyle.

## Overview

The Mudskipper is a unique hybrid build that specs into an amphibious play style. A lot of fish are amphibious but the Mudskipper is the most specialized in the amphibious play style. To become amphibious it had to sacrifice a lot and hope that its strategy would work.

The Mudskipper has pretty low base stats lacking in every stat except stealth. It’s stealth stat is high due to its brown color and small size, the muddy swamps and wet beaches they occupy make it a good build for sneaking up on its prey. It’s stealth also allows it to evade predators like Seabirds. It’s HP is low as well but by playing the Giant Mudskipper the HP stat can be elevated by 10. This means that it cant get too comfortable by attacking other builds, especially with its low defense that. It’s defense is also affected by the fact that just like amphibians if its not wet it can get an instant game over. Theres not much to say about its mobility other than it can jump high. Unlike tetrapods it still has fins, which are completely useless on land. It’s power stat is pretty mediocre, being able to grief small invertebrates but is entirely useless against builds like birds and mammals. It’s power stat can be elevated by playing the Giant Mudskipper, but barely enough that it can do even minor damage to bird players. It’s intelligence stat is also below average but this isn't really something that can be held against the Mudskipper.

Mudskippers mainly have PvP with each other but usually prey on small invertebrates, specifically crustaceans. Mudskippers are highly aggressive players. When its intimidation doesn’t work it can travel into its burrows when the tide is high enough, usually building in twists and turns making it hard for predators to snatch them out of their burrows.

## Abilities And Skills

### Amphibious

The Mudskipper spent a bulk of its evolution points to be able to live on land.

### Skin Breathing

Like frogs the Mudskipper can take oxygen from the air into their skin, mouths and throats. The only debuff is that the Mudskipper needs to be wet for the ability to work.

### Air Bubble

The Mudskipper makes air bubbles in their mouth since their burrows get oxygen deficient.

### Flagging

An ability used for the mating quest that also can be used as intimidation ability, comboed with a jump.

## Weaknesses

### Reliance On Water

Thier extreme reliance on water makes them region locked to the coastal temperate servers.

## Tier Placement

### General

Mudskippers are high D Tier being kept out of the mid tiers by having no combat abilities and a bad matchup against birds, snakes and mammals. Even though they are low tier they are for sure not a guild that shouldn't be tried out.

### Giant Mudskipper

The Giant Mudskipper breaks it way into C Tier with its slightly higher combat abilities and high HP which they traded for their stealth.

### Improvements

An improvement that could be seen in the Mudskipper build is by getting more combat abilities, like teeth or by exploring more niches in the meta. The main weakness of the Mudskipper build is that it relies on water.

## Sources And References

https://youtu.be/ZDeFBc1rEfI (Animalogic)