Steller's Sea Cow

The Steller's Sea Cow is a banned relative of the Dugong build. It is a removed sirenid build which lived near the Bering Sea, in the Aleutian Islands but formerly was playable along the Pacific Rim. an unorthodox area for a guild which uses a loot source normally found in the tropics. The build was the largest non-Whale marine mammalian build. It was discovered by Georg W. Steller, who also discovered builds such as Steller's Sea Lion and Steller's Sea Eagle. it was one of the few survivors of the Pleistocene balance patch, adapted for living in The Arctic.

## Overview

This build does not have much Power, since this build is just a peaceful herbivore. It had a very high Health stat, weighing up to 10 tons. Like playable Manatee builds, this build lived in pods, giving it a decent amount of Intelligence. It has a very low Mobility stat, being sluggish and unable to submerge itself fully. It specced into thick skin and blubber, thus the very high Defense stat. Lastly, due to its bulk, it is not very Stealthy.

## Moveset

**Extreme Cold Resistance (Passive, Support)**- Provides complete immunity to frost-based damage.

**Extreme Buoyancy (Passive, Utility)**- Prevent you from sinking and drowning.

**Thick Skin (Passive, Defense)**- Provides effective Defense against gankers and collison damage.

## Tier Placement

This build represents the deification and epitome of the Stone Wall character archetype. Its supreme buoyancy make this build impossible to take down by Orcas, who rely on tricks (in this case, it's drowning) and the rocky kelp server that it played in would have been easy counters to Sharks. Its very high defensive stats makes attacks from even Orcas and Sharks pretty laughable. It also helps that its team strategies allow it to help injured teammates and place noobs in the more protected parts of their herd. Sadly, even this build is countered by the Glass Cannon Human mains, who usually hunt the for meat, leather and blubber. and the declining sea otter playerbase also made sea urchins OP, which stripped it of its favourite loot. Lastly, they were vulnerable to the Climate Change balance patch and had no offensive options, so it caps out only at A-tier.

## Summary

### Pros:

* Maximum Health
* Very high Defense.
* High Intelligence.
* Impossible to drown.
* Rocky kelp beds deter gankers.
* Can help injured players.
* Protects noobs with its herding playstyle.
* Extremely cold-resistant.
* Can shrugg off hits from obstacles, including Human aquatic mounts.

### Cons:

* Very low Mobility, Stealth and Power.
* Massive size requires massive EXP upkeep.
* Herd behavior can be exploited.
* Has extremely valuable loot.
* Vulnerable to climate change.

## Referrences

1. ↑ https://oceana.org/marine-life/marine-mammals/dugong
2. ↑ https://www.bagheera.com/stellers-sea-cow/
3. ↑ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1617197/
4. ↑ https://www.britannica.com/biography/Georg-W-Steller
5. ↑ https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/04/pleistoseacow/522831/
6. ↑ https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/steller%E2%80%99s-sea-cow-hydrodamalis-gigas/2QFayaqD7PEGhw?hl=en&ms=%7B%22x%22%3A0.5%2C%22y%22%3A0.5%2C%22z%22%3A8.61040874121202%2C%22size%22%3A%7B%22width%22%3A1.3772717981643066%2C%22height%22%3A0.652173913043478%7D%7D
7. ↑ https://www.softschools.com/facts/extinct\_animals/stellers\_sea\_cow\_facts/2506/
8. ↑ https://www.davidmarinelli.net/blog/stellers-sea-cow-extinct-1768/
9. ↑ https://www.britannica.com/animal/sea-cow
10. ↑ https://www.gbif.org/species/113283338
11. ↑ http://extinct-animals-facts.com/Recently-Extinct-Animal-Facts/Extinct-Steller's-Sea-Cow-Facts.shtml
12. ↑ http://messybeast.com/extinct/steller-sea-cow.htm
13. ↑ https://www.vedantu.com/animal/sea-cow
14. ↑ https://a-z-animals.com/animals/stellers-sea-cow/
15. ↑ http://worldextinctanimals.blogspot.com/2011/09/stellers-sea-cow.html
16. ↑ https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/sea-otters-hunters-and-stellers-sea-cows-replaying-a-recent-extinction
17. ↑ https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbl.2014.0878