Fowl

Fowl, known by their datamined name Galloanserae,are a relatively primitive Bird guild,which includes many builds labeled by Human mains as poultryand the banned Pelagornis, Bullockornis and Gastornis. (Brontornis also used to be a fowl build, but is classified along with the rest of the terror birds).

## Strategy

There are two main strategies for Fowl players, landfowl which predominantly prefer to walk or run and roost on trees rather than fly,and waterfowl,which use a great all-terrain strategy with good Intimidation strategies (Geese, Swan and Screamers). Either way, they both employ precocial leveling and carry greater respawn points than most Birds.

## Tiers

### F-tiered Fowl

#### Domestic Turkey

The turkey main most often bodied for Thansgiving. This build completely lost their [Flight] capability. This build could weigh up to 39 kg, which might be good for tanking, if only it did not give you great Mobility reductions, game-ending cardiac debuffs and did not completely disable your main quest. Due to the conditions it plays in, this build often attacks its teammates, sometimes leading to teamkilling. It also has an Intelligence stat so low that they are known to intentionally quit by jumping into water tanks and has absolutely no counterplay against predators. While Chickens face those exact same problems, they also have Support and PvP prestige classes. The Domestic Turkey is getting none of those.

### D-tiered Fowl

#### Chicken

The chicken build faces most of the same problems as turkey mains, like earning crippling, game-ending debuffs due to their leveling,losing their Flight capabilities, having no counterplay against griefers, and frequent teamkilling.  Male newbies are already doomed even before they actually start their playthrough. Whats lifting them above turkeys, though is the presence of Support and PvP-oriented prestige classes and their superior Intelligence.

#### Duck

Regular, pond-variety waterfowl. These builds have good Mobility on water and on the wing.These builds have the potential to become invasive and are generalists in diet. The also use the flock strategy.However, they did not bother speccing into the same Intimidation abilities as other waterfowl, and are bodied by the same builds Geese, Swans and Screamers have no problems fending off, including many Fish builds.

### C-tiered Fowl

#### Guineafowl

A build with decent Flight capabilities,flock strategies,an AoE Resolve reduction, and a good team combo with Old World Monkeys. However, it is not the best at PvP.

#### Peafowl

Known for their tail feathers, these builds travel in groups,can fly,and are generalists. Still not the best at PvP, though.

#### Wild Turkey

This build is literally miles ahead of its domestic variant in viability, this build still retained the Flight ability,can still counterattack with its beak and talons, and has enough Intelligence to form flocks. It still faces problems with Cougars, Crocodiles and Raptors.

### B-tiered Fowl

#### Goose

A build known for its Intimidation and extremely high Resolve. It also has high Health and Mobility. However, it deals nearly no physical damage. They also have a blind spot, which, when grabbed is basically game over for them.

#### Bullockornis

This build had specced into one of the highest Health stats of any Bird in the game. It was also good at crowd control.Unlike Terror Birds it also managed to pull off omnivory while retained good Mobility. Still not top-tier due to not using pack hunting strategies or pulling off bipedaliam correctly.

### A-tiered Fowl

#### Swan

Even better Geese with great aestethics. It is known to eliminate Domestic Dog mains.

### S-tiered Fowl

#### Pelagornis

A build that takes a guild only viable in ponds or land and carry it to the marine meta, this build specced into pseudoteeth, allowing it to body higher weight class Fish mains by dealing heavy damage through the [Heavy Bleed] debuff..While flying, it could go up to 38 mph. However, since the legs on their skeleton were relatively weak,they have to activate their [Flight] capability by jumping off cliffs. Normally, flying is normally an impossible feat for a build with a 24-foot wingspan, but since it soared, it was able to do so. Because of how OP it was, they have to give up precoccial leveling in favour of an early-game with complete dependency on veteran players for loot and wit useless stats. Not High-S tier, since it has no counterplay against the just as OP Megalodon build once caught.

#### Screamer

This build still had the high stats typical of Swan mains. But what makes them even higher is their AoE Resolve Reduction damage skill, their great ability which greatly reduces XP gain upon defeat, and their relationship with other mains, and their lack of an annual flightless event.

#### Gastornis

It was playable in the European and North American servers, which at this time, was similar to Southeast Asia.. Despite its only mediocre Mobility,It had powerful kicking legs and bone-crushing bites. Often hyped as the ultimate griefer, it turned out to be an omnivore. It did not specc into pack-hunting or powerful forelimbs. Luckily, it manages to reach top-tier, since its only bad matchups were rare. It also had the size advantage over Mammal mains, majority of which were the size of Tapirs.

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