Amphibian

A class of vertebrates characterized for having permeable skin and being the only tetrapods with a larval stage.

## Base Stats

### Pros

* Amphibious

* Best Access to the Poison Skill Tree

* Stamina Regeneration in Water

* Good Access to Aesthetic and Stealth Skill Tree

* Aquatic Eggs

* Access to Metamorphosis

### Cons

* Low Defense
* Vulnerable to Change
* Beginning Stage is Fairly Weak

## History

The Amphibian faction are currently divided into three groups.

### Salientia (Frogs and Toads)

    Ex: Cane Toad, Bullfrog, Poison Dart Frog

#### Pros

* Decent Terrestrial Mobility and Aquatic Mobility
* Access to the Jump Skill Tree
* Better access to the Poison Skill Tree compared to the other groups.
* Great Grab Potential
* Has skin that regenerates stamina in water
* Cryptic colouration
* Eyes bulge out meaning that most of their body is underwater while eyes are above water.

#### Cons

* High Stamina cost
* Rarely has Teeth
* Skin doesn't provide protection from attacks.
* Can't escape grappler build attacks even if it tried for years

### Caudata (Salamanders and Newts)

   Ex: Giant Salamander, Common Spotted Salamander, Rough-skinned Newt

#### Pros

* Great Aquatic Mobility
* Best of the three groups for an aquatic playstyle
* Access to Teeth
* Regeneration
* Above average intelligence
* Access to the Digging skill tree
* Claws (a small percent of the player base does)
* Armor (for the Giant salamander player base)
* Best access to poison
* Best for a land playstyle since is the least reliant on water since they can respawn on (moist or dry) land

#### Cons

* Terrible Land Mobility
* Generally low HP due to small size

### Gymnophiona (Caecilians)

     Ex: Boettger's Caecilian, Cayenne Caecilian

#### Pros

* Access to the Digging skill tree
* Access to Teeth
* Great sense of Smell
* Legless
* Can inhabit the Subterreanen Server
* Stronger early game than other amphibians, with about three quarters of builds having live birth ability

#### Cons

* Large Hitbox
* Terrbile or Nonexistant Eyesight
* Lowest Mobility out of the three group

### Temnospondylia (Banned)

#### Pros:

* High Base Stats (including Power, Health, Mobility, Defense and Stealth)
* Claws
* Best access to Teeth
* Large mouth hitbox allows them to absorb large loot.
* Access to the Marine server.
* Access to the Terrestrial server.
* Armor

#### Cons:

* Large size requires a lot of XP to sustain
* Large hitbox.
* Vulnerable early-game.

## Notable Builds

Amphibians are a vast faction with many builds, here are some notable builds from this faction.

**Bold =** Appers in a TierZoo Video

*Italized **=*** Banned

* **Cane Toad** - (S) Infamous for invading the Australian server and causing some mammal players to quit the game.
* *Prionosuchus* - (S) The largest amphibian of all time, available during the Permian.
* Boettger's Caecilian - (S) One of the few Caecilian builds with enough info to rank properly. An underground build that has a deadly heart stopping poison.
* Giant Salamander - (A+) The largest of all the Amphibians in the current expansion.
* Goliath Frog - (A+) The largest of the Frog group inhabiting the Africa server.
* *Koolasuchus* - (A+) The last of the Temnospondyls that lived with the dinosaurs.
* **Bullfrog** - (A) A bulky frog build that invested into power, and has a good match up with many builds.
* Olm  -  (A) The Apex in the European Cave Meta, also has the longest life span of all the Amphibian builds.
* *Ichthyostega* - (B) For now its regarded for being the first of all the amphibians.
* **Poison Dart Frog** - (B) The most poisonous of all the amphibians, and to one shot any other build that simply touches it.
* Axolotl - (B) Axolotls barely go above water. They have one of the best regeneration abilities in the game.
* Common Spotted Salamander (B-) The first vertebrate known to use [Photosynthesis].
* **Common Toad** - (C) A variant of the frog that spent points into dry resistant skin.
* **Common Pond Frog** -  (D) The frog type that everyone thinks about when someone talks about a frog.
* **Tree Frog** - (F) An arboreal build that opted for Cling pads to live in the trees.

## Tier Placement

Amphibians are one of the weakest factions due to their terrible defensive options unless you unlocked the poison skill tree but you're risking taking some serious damage. Amphibians can't do anything to players in or above their weight class unless they have access to the teeth ability but that is a close ranged attack. Most of the amphibians don't make it to the later stages. Most Amphibians are low tier. However some amphibians are ranked higher on the tier list and some like the **Cane Toad**, Giant Salamander, and Boettger's Caecilian make it into S tier.