Goose

## Wild/Domestic Goose

The Goose is a Bird build in the Fowl guild. It is easily one of the most polarizing builds the entire game, with plenty of players complaining to the devs that it needs to be nerfed. Despite this, it only manages a B tier, with D tier in the City biome. However if the goose is a domestic build than it rises to A tier.

## Base Stats

Their best stat is Health, followed closely by their Mobility. This is a bit of an unorthodox build, which is part of the reason they're so successful. Most tanks tend to have high Health, but they also tend to favor Defense and Power over Mobility.

But there's one other thing worth paying attention to on the stat chart, their abysmal power level. The goose build's max hit is so low that it would take ages for them to ever actually bring down an opponent's Health to 0. In some cases, their DPS literally can't even match the natural Health regeneration of their targets. However if build is a domesticated one the mobility will decrease to 60 due too flight being impaired and and defense to 50 and the abysmal attack stat will increase into an okay 40 due to added mass and size. Intelligence is 75 as they are quite intelligent.

## Strategy

Intimidation-based abilities synergize perfectly with the Goose's stats. Their goal with intimidation is to grant themselves control over an area, and when it works, the goose player typically doesn't actually need to deal any damage in order to end the battle.

But should the target resist their intimidation attempt, the two most important stats are going to be Health and Mobility. Health, so that if the opponent counter attacks, the Goose will be able to take a hit or two, and still keep up the pressure, and mobility so that if they actually do turn the tide of battle, the Goose will be able to escape.

In addition to having good stats for the job, the Goose build is also perfectly suited to conquer the newly created City Park biome, that have become more commonplace due to the continued dominance of the Human build.

Domestic geese have the same style but have a bit more of a punch and tend to be more successful.

## Counters

The Goose deals basically no physical damage(unless domesticated), so a players own Health and Defense level is not something they need to worry about if they end up in a skirmish with them. Their attack strategy depends entirely on Intimidation, so if an opponent can resist their Intimidation attempts, they have essentially won the battle before it ever began.

Another thing that's near impossible for them to deal with is Stealth, since their Intimidation abilities are useless when they can't see the attacker coming before it's too late. Domestic ones have higher defense so they can survive one attack. Also geese live in groups so a stealth counter might be seen early.

Goose players also need to avoid grabs. Their high Mobility stat is useless if they get caught and can't fly away or swim. Because geese, like most birds have hollow bones, they're especially vulnerable to Crush-type damage, the kind often inflicted from grabs.

Geese also have a blind spot directly behind them. This makes it especially difficult to battle two opponents at once, since it's nearly impossible to avoid getting grabbed by one, while attacking the other.

## Moveset

**Aerial Ace:**

* Type: Bluff

* Effect: Intimidate opponent.

**Wing Attack:**

* Type: Defensive/Damage-Closerange

* Effect: Deal damage to multiple adjacent targets or break free from a grab does more damage if domestic.

**Peck:**

* Type: Damage-Midrange

* Effect: Strike a single target from a medium distance, dealing bludgeoning damage

**Bite:**

* Type: Damage-Close-range

* Effect: Weak single strike attack, deals puncture damage and on crit applies a weak bleed effect.