Megamouth Shark

The Megamouth Shark is a tier 10 animal. It is based off of its real-life counterpart, *Megachasma pelagios.*

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## Mechanics

* Frilled sharks evolve into megamouth sharks.
* 48,000 XP is required for a frilled shark to evolve into a megamouth shark.
* Megamouth sharks do not evolve into other animals, as they are a tier 10 animal.
* Megamouth sharks drop meat and a skeleton upon death.
* As a megamouth shark, friendly fire is turned on for all tier 1 animals: meaning that you cannot damage them neither can you be damaged by them.

## Abilities

### Active Abilities

Flashed targets will take 20% more damage from you.
You gain a +25% speed bonus and become ungrabbable, at the cost of turning speed.

## Suitable Biomes

The suitable biome(s) for the Megamouth Shark is the deeeep (warm/cold, deep, salt biomes in the open beta).

* If a megamouth shark enters the ocean, it will lose pressure.
* If a megamouth shark enters the ocean surface, it will lose oxygen and pressure.
* If a megamouth shark enters the arctic, it will lose temperature and pressure.
* If a megamouth shark enters the arctic surface, it will lose oxygen, temperature, and pressure.
* If a megamouth shark enters the swamp, it will lose pressure and salinity.
* If a megamouth shark enters the swamp surface, it will lose oxygen, pressure, and it will not regenerate salinity.

## Diet

This is a complete list of the food that Megamouth Sharks can eat.

## Hiding Places

The only place that the Megamouth Shark can hide in is the Giant Shipwreck.

## Strategy

### Using

* Your higher base damage gives you the advantage against a Colossal Squid in a facetank. You should also be able to facetank Giant Squids.
* The flash that your charged ability inflicts can partially help; your opponent can't see where you are from a far enough distance temporarily.
* Your stats resemble that of a tank; except you can boost and are at default speed, unlike tanks.
* You can deal 210 damage to flashed targets if you use a normal boost, which can be useful as a facetank finisher.
* If your prey is trying to get away at low health, disable your beam and boost at them, since your charged ability doesn't provide too much in terms of mobility.
* It is not recommended to try and facetank a Basking Shark; your stats mirror each other. If you are forced to fight one (like in 1v1), then getting the first hit will get you the advantage.
* Halibuts, Coelacanths, and Giant Squids are particularly fair kills to get, as facetanking usually works. However, your opponent may not try to facetank you, so keep this in mind.

### Countering

* Stunners, like Sleeper Sharks, Polar Bears, and Beaked Whales, can stop the beam of the Megamouth Shark, and get some free hits.
* You can slowly wither down a Megamouth Shark by hitting them and running for healing.
* Goblin Shark gets the advantage at range, as it can use its projectiles to damage the Megamouth Shark from a distance. However, it's health makes it a mediocre contender against the Megamouth Shark.

## Trivia

* The Megamouth Shark is one of the animals to inflict its very own effect, Flash, with others being the Anaconda (suffocation), Octopus (blindness), and the Coconut Crab (drowning).