Bat

**Bats**, or the Chiroptera, are a Mammal guild that became successful by becoming the only Mammal guild to unlock the [Flight] skill-tree. They are more precise and fast with their flight than any other build that can fly (apart from diving falcons). They are also more nimble than any other flying build. They have thin membrane 'wings' that stretch from arm to leg. There are two major classes of bats, microbats and megabats.

## Bat Builds

### Microbat

Microbats are the smaller version of bats. They decided to go for a purely nocturnal play style and have access to the [Echolocation] ability which makes it easier for them to detect obstacles and other players in the night. This decreases the chances of collision while flying in tightly packed groups or dense and thick forests. Microbats are also (mostly) insectivores with the vampire bat being like the mosquito is a parasitic build that drains HP from larger builds. They don't have the stealth necessary for them to be detected so they did better when larger mammals were around because they were a parasite like mosquitoes and ticks but also have more bulk.

Examples of microbats:

Vampire Bat

Brown Bat

Bulldog Bat

Free-Tailed Bat

### Megabat

Megabats are herbivores and also diurnal. Unlike microbats, they have great vision but don't have echolocation. They use their flight to get to fruits to eat but don't if there isn't much food, they don't have any other options. They didn't spend as much points in the auditory skill tree so they used the rest of their evolution points to go for a more bigger and bulky build which means that they can take a hit or two and use their great mobility to escape from attacks.

Examples of megabats:

Flying Fox

Fruit Bat

## Significant Features and Abilities

### Echolocation

Echolocation is a powerful skill that is very similar to spatial awareness. The animal using it lets out a loud and piercing sound that bounces off objects in their surroundings. The sound wave bounces off objects in the surrounding area around the animal, and using a mix of the time it took to reverberate and where the reverberation came from, the animal making the sound can "see" its surroundings.

### Flight

Bats are the only mammal that can use the ability flight. They have the fastest flying speed out of any mammalian build.

### Disease Resistance

Bats have disease resistance which is needed if they want to be in tightly packed groups. They are also the ones that give non-bat players a lot trouble with diseases. This is especially seen in 2020 where Covid-19 players spread like wildfire around the world. Human data miners are researching bats to see if they can impliment this ability so they can have great disease resistance as well.

### Leaf Nose

A leaf nose is a nasal structure that looks like a leaf that is though by human data miners to enhance and/or direct echolocation.

### Large Ears

Large ears make using echolocation easier by expanding the area of reverberation detection.

## Weaknesses

Bats should avoid the floor if possible. Their movement options do not allow to take off from the ground, making them very vulnerable until they can reach higher ground.

## Misconceptions

It is commonly believed that bats are blind. Though they do use echolocation, that's only in dark areas, what does a bat player do when another player looks at them? The bat player looks right back at the player without using echolocation.

## Outside Hall of Fame

Bats are commonly associated with Halloween which is a human cultural activity.

## Tier Placement

Because of all of the ups and downs of the bat, they are placed comfortably in C tier with some bats being higher or lower than other bats. They will most likely rise in the current meta as city biomes are becoming more and more common and microbats excel at dealing with the city biome.