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Guineafowl

Guineafowl are African bird builds known for being watchdogs.They are from the Fowl guild (which also includes other landfowl and waterfowl as well as the banned Pelagornis, Gastornis and Bullockornis builds)

## Tier Placement

This build had decent [Flight] abilities.They have the [Fowl Screech] ability, which works similar to the [Syrinx Screech] ability, which is also an AOE Intimidation move. They use the flock strategy and can body small Snake builds.They also form a good team combo with Old World Monkeys wherein they alert of gankers for the monkeys while the monkeys alert of gankers for the guineafowl. This synergy in Intimidation attempts make them C-tier, since it is not as good at PvP as well as due to their stubborness

## References

1. ↑ https://www.britannica.com/animal/guinea-fowl
2. ↑ https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Fowl
3. ↑ https://www.communitychickens.com/guineas-create-a-sensation/
4. ↑ https://thisnzlife.co.nz/five-reasons-add-guinea-fowl-flock/
5. ↑ https://www.marylandzoo.org/animal/helmeted-guinea-fowl/
6. ↑ https://www.backyardchickencoops.com.au/blogs/learning-centre/guinea-fowl-are-natures-pest-control
7. ↑ https://www.encyclopedia.com/science/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/guineafowl-numididae
8. ↑ https://www.thelittlegreenwagon.com/9-reasons-you-need-guinea-fowl/
Hybodus

Hybodus is a a banned Shark build that not only survived the Great Dying balance patch, but also made it through three other expansions of the game and can be playable worldwide.

## Tier Placement

B-tier. There must be some reason why it survived four expansions at once. One reason is that it has specced into both serrated teeth and armor-crushing teeth, allowing it to generalize and body Mobility and Defense builds quite easily. It would look like free EXP with its below-average Mobility and low Health. To make up for this, this build specced into a spike to deal good damage to any potential gankers. Luckily, any predator large enough to ignore its spine couldn't get through the shallow water servers it played in.

## Outside Hall Of Fame

This build is popularized in the documentary *Walking with Dinosaurs* with the ability to body builds such as Opthalamosaurus and Leedsichthys. Considering how hilariously inaccurate the documentary is at portraying the legacy meta, like portraying the Liopleurodon as three times bigger than the actual build. Since this build actually did not have a large mouth hitbox, it cannot take down builds like the ones mentioned above.

## Refferences

1. ↑ https://books.google.com.ph/books?id=NWY-DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT38&lpg=PT38&dq=hybodus+survive+great+dying&source=bl&ots=4VClPocpCQ&sig=ACfU3U2yDlZdHtdV\_uZawb5NbM3DYCid1Q&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjAi9XK8rLqAhXBP3AKHfSVA\_8Q6AEwDXoECAYQAQ#v=onepage&q=hybodus%20survive%20great%20dying&f=false
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://planetsharkdivers.com/hybodus/
3. ↑ http://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/h/hybodus.html
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 https://www.definitions.net/definition/Hybodus
5. ↑ https://books.google.com.ph/books?id=VThUUUtM8A4C&pg=PA163&lpg=PA163&dq=hybodus+swimming+fast&source=bl&ots=ePUDrI5kRs&sig=ACfU3U2BlSlsEXprHzVNk0BsFSJmwoCZqA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj5-NeF87LqAhWZZt4KHZ6rABUQ6AEwDHoECAEQAQ#v=onepage&q=hybodus%20swimming%20fast&f=false
6. ↑ https://sites.google.com/a/linn.k12.mo.us/mrs-sifling-s-fossil-museum/fish/hybodontid-shark-coming-soon#:~:text=The%20function%20of%20the%20spine,%2C%20and%20other%2C%20larger%20sharks.
7. ↑ https://aqua.org/blog/2017/July/Sharks-Survival
8. ↑ https://www.thoughtco.com/overview-of-hybodus-1093672
9. ↑ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/dinosaurs/10241811/BBCs-Walking-with-Dinosaurs-may-have-been-wrong.html
10. ↑ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0813951/trivia
Eurypterid

Stats of Eurypterus, a typical eurypterid

The eurypterids were a guild, also known as sea scorpions, that were introduced in the Ordovician expansion. The guild included some of the largest arthopod builds ever in the history of the game, such as Jackelopterus and Pterygotus. Eurypterids were also one of the first builds ever to move into terrestrial servers, and in the later Carboniferous expansion, many eurypterid players opted for land-based servers. Gradually, sea scorpions stumbled down the tier list, outcompeted by the rise of insects and arachnids on land, and fish like Dunkleosteus and sharks in the sea. They lost their last remaining players when The Permian-Triassic Balance Patch was released.

## Tier Placement

Varies. The generalist sea scorpions were A-tier during the Ordovician and Silurian expansions, with the giants rising to S-tier. Land pioneers like Megalograptus also can be placed in S-tier as the ability to walk on dry land back then was OP. These builds often go for the jack-of-all-trades playstyle, with well rounded stats and the basic Arthopod abilities. The first, [Exoskeleton Armor], gave them a bonus to the Defense. The second one, [Compound Eyes], gave them 360 degree vision.
Mahi-Mahi

Mahi-mahi, or Dolphinfish, are midweight bony fish builds. Despite their name, they are not related to Dolphin builds by nature. These builds are one of the sport fishes, a playermade guild of fishes notable for their easy matchups against Humans.

## Tier Placement

B-tier, because these builds are just a downgrade of the Tuna build, with less stats, similar stats and the same disadvantage.
Iguanodon

The Iguanodon was a removed Dinosaur build from the Early Cretaceous Expansion. It was the second Dinosaur build found by data miners, the first being Megalosaurus. It was a fairly successful build, being playable in Europe, northern Africa, and the USA.As the name suggests, it has teeth like Iguana builds. This build, along with the line leading to the later playable Hadrosaurs, belong to part of the Ornithopod guild known as "Iguanodontia".

## Overview

This build was still able to form herds, having a good Intelligence stat to do this. It also had the Health stat to shrug off most attacks. Additionally, it had a decent Power stat, using its thumb to fend off gankers. It was not a very fast build, only having average Mobility.

## Moveset

**Prehensile Fingers (Passive, Utility)**- Allows you to grip objects easier.

**Thumb Spike (Passive, Attack)**- Adds+35 pierce damage.

**Up Yours! (Active, Attack)**- A relatively weak [Stab] attack with a high chance of either a critical hit or inflicting [Blindness].

## Tier Placement

C-tier. It has the [Prehensile Finger] ability, which allows it to easily find food as well as decent Health. Although these build only have average Mobility, this build actually has offensive capability in the form of a [Spiked Thumb] which gives it +35 pierce damage. However, its primary attack move, [Up Yours!] does very little damage, unless it is a critical hit or disables their eyesight, effective only against lightweight Dinosaur builds. Still, this build is pretty average nonetheless.

## Summary

### Pros:

* High Health and Power
* Herd behavior.
* Prehensile fingers
* Thumb Spike has a high chance to critical hit.
* Good at hiding in several spots.

### Cons:

* Average Mobility.
* Thumb spike deals little damage.

## Referrences

1. ↑ https://www.fossils-facts-and-finds.com/iguanodon.html
2. ↑ http://www.dinosaurisle.com/iguanodon.aspx
3. ↑ https://www.pwpark.com/dinosaurs/iguanodon/
4. ↑ https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/the-discovery-of-iguanodon.html
5. ↑ https://www.prehistoriclife.xyz/cretaceous-period/the-iguanodontia.html
6. ↑ https://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs/dinos/Iguanodon.shtml
7. ↑ https://www.thedinopark.com/iguanodon.html
8. ↑ https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/dino-directory/iguanodon.html
9. ↑ https://www.softschools.com/facts/dinosaurs/iguanodon\_facts/2279/
10. ↑ https://www.gbif.org/species/144102742
11. ↑ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/a-mysterious-thumb-12453139/
12. ↑ https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/animals/prehistoric/facts/iguanodon
13. ↑ https://adventuredinosaurs.com/2020/10/19/iguanodon-dinosaur-habitat-facts-spike-thumbed-dinos/#Iguanodon\_Dinosaur\_Habitats\_and\_What\_It\_Tells\_Scientists
Josephoartigasia

Josephoartigasia was a gigantic banned Rodent build. This build was the largest Rodent build ever available in the game, larger than the still-playable Capybara by some orders of magnitude. This build was named after José Artigasa, a human main who helped to liberate his server (Uruguay) from the rule of Humans in the central Iberian server. It lived alongside the Macrauchenia build.

## Tier Placement

This build is basically a Capybara and Hippopotamus cross. The high Health stat made them hard to take down. They didn't just have the [Super Fang] ability, but the [Mega Fang] ability, which dealt pierce-type damage while serving the same purpose as the [Super Fang] ability. Considering that their bite was as powerful as a Tiger's , their [Bite] move would deal a humongous amount of damage. This build also had the **[Amphibious]** trait, which granted them no Mobility penalty on Water. These made it very worthy of S-tier, before the devs decided to nerf this build by joining the North American and South American servers together, thus ruining this build and bringing it into D tier, with an unwinnable matchup against Sabertooth Cats and Humans.
Leatherback Turtle

## Leatherback Sea Turtle

The leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) is fourth largest playable Reptile and is also the largest non-Crocodillian member of the Reptile faction. It is named because it specced into leathery, scaleless skin. It was once though to be related to the Archelon builds of the Cretacous, but further datamining has decided that protostegids like Archelon are now evolutionary dead-ends in the meta, not related to any Sea Turtle build at all.

## Overview

This build has some of the highest Health and Mobility among Turtle mains. Like other Sea Turtles, they also have low Intelligence. It has reduced Defense due to speccing into a rubbery cartilage-like shell. Lastly, it also has reduced Power due to speccing into a unique beak which is good only for soft-bodied players, instead of the powerful beaks found in other Sea Turtle builds.

## Moveset

**Heat Exchange Circulatory System (Passice, Utility)**- Higher Stamina and cold resistance at the cost of losing cover for heat vision and higher food cost.

**Lute Shell (Passive, Defense)**- Provides moderate Defense. Also increases Mobility.

**Throat Spikes (Passive, Attack)**- Makes grabs inescapable.

**Fowl Play (Passive, Misc.)**- Intimidation attempts scale with opponent's weight class.

## Tier Placement

Low B-tier. At late-game, it has barely any predators at all. However, it is plagued with parasites, similar to the Ocean Sunfish, and it is specialized in eating Jellyfish builds.

## Referrences

1. ↑ https://www.worldwildlife.org/species/leatherback-turtle
2. ↑ https://www.fws.gov/refuge/Sandy\_Point/wildlife\_and\_habitat.html
3. ↑ https://www.nwf.org/Educational-Resources/Wildlife-Guide/Reptiles/Sea-Turtles/Leatherback-Sea-Turtle
4. ↑ https://seaturtleexploration.com/prehistoric-sea-turtles/
5. ↑ http://palaeos.com/vertebrates/chelonii/protostegidae.html
6. ↑ https://www.seeturtles.org/leatherback-turtle
7. ↑ https://www.allturtles.com/fast-turtles/
8. ↑ https://gnaraloo.org/the-world-of-science-turtle-brain-size/
9. ↑ https://oceana.org/marine-life/sea-turtles-reptiles/leatherback-turtle
10. ↑ https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/species/leatherback-turtle
11. ↑ https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/how-leatherback-sea-turtles-keep-their-muscles-warm-frigid-waters/
12. ↑ https://oneworldoneocean.com/blog/blue-zoo-leatherback-sea-turtle/
13. ↑ https://kids.kiddle.co/Leatherback\_sea\_turtle
14. ↑ https://seaturtleexploration.com/explore-and-learn/sea-turtle-facts/leatherback/
15. ↑ https://www.reptiles.org.nz/herpetofauna/native/dermochelys-coriacea
16. ↑ https://theconversation.com/australian-endangered-species-leatherback-turtle-17041
Honey Badger

The Honey Badger, also known by its proper Gamertag, the Ratel, is an omnivorous build known for its obsession with the [Honey] loot item. This build is playable in dens forests and open plains.

## Tier Placement

Honey Badgers are quite effective in the current meta, owing most of their success to three abilities. The first is Stink Bomb a AOE morale debuff that creates a noxious zone around them which inhibits aggressors. Its also good at pacifying large groups, making it extremely useful for dealing with the swarms of Bees they have to deal with when looking for honey. The second ability is their Loose Skin, Thick Fur combo that makes dealing significant damage to a Honey Badger extremely difficult. Their small eyes and wide necks make landing a critical hit nearly impossible, meaning they have no problem challenging builds that normally rely on critical hits to win such as Big Cats. It also helps defend against builds that utilize venom, because getting fangs or stingers though thick fur and hide isn't easy and the thrid ability is that they have apex smell which can detect builds from a long distance and can makeplayer with stealth less than 70 percent odor will easily be detected . Honey badgers have limited tool use ability which they use to reach new locations. The Honey Badger belongs to low S tier.

## Pros

* Numerous defensive abilities
* Digging ability
* High intelligence with limited tool use and ability to land critical hits
* Hard to land crits on
* Inmune to "Fear" debuffs.
* Very high defense
* Apex smell
* Breathes

## Cons

* Low top speed
* Smelly
* Lactose intolerant
* Small size - Honey badger players won't be able to score eliminations on mid to high level hyena, lion, cheetah, leopard, and human players. Though It could be done if they spend more evolution points on size.
* Ignorant

## Referrences

1. ↑ https://animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals/honey-badger-ratel
2. ↑ https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/facts/honey-badger
3. ↑ https://www.awf.org/wildlife-conservation/ratel
Lungfish

Lungfish (Dipnoi) is any of the 6 current builds that can be playable in Africa, South America and Australia.They currently play in freshwater servers and are known for their ability to take in oxygen spawns easily. They were first playable during The Devonian Expansion.

## Species

### Relatives

Coelacanths, Hyneria, Eusthenopteron, Rhizodus

## Overview

While the introductory paragraph can refer to both variants of this build, this heading (and all other headings except Referrences) will only talk about the Leptosirenid-style lungfish.

While this build has rather moderate Health, this build is a Glass Cannon because of an ability we will discuss in the next heading. Its tooth platesallow it to use [Mini Chomp] to tear chunks off larger builds, thus the high Power stat. It also had low Defense and Mobility.

## Moveset

**Mini Chomp (Active, Attack)-** A slightly heavy attack that deals piercing damage.

**Self-Digest (Active, Misc.)-** Lose 5% of your HP for an EXP boost.

**Burrow (Active, Misc.)-** Self-explanatory. Allows you to avoid gankers.

**Aestivate (Active, Support)-** Cast to activate resistances

**Heat Resistance (Passive, Support)-** Reduces damage from heat.

**Modified Swim Bladder (Passive, Support)-** Allows you to acquire oxygen spawns in the air.

## Tier Placement

C-tier. The adaptibility of this Glass Cannon can easily be the key to staying viable in the meta. However, its other stats are not satisfactory, and it can be bodied by other builds like Shoebills.

## Referrences

1. ↑ https://www.britannica.com/animal/lungfish
2. ↑ https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Lungfish
3. ↑ http://www.devoniantimes.org/who/pages/lungfish.html
4. ↑ https://animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals/west-african-lungfish
5. ↑ https://analyticalsciencejournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/jemt.10221
6. ↑ https://www.seriouslyfish.com/species/protopterus-annectens-annectens/
7. ↑ https://amp.blog.shops-net.com/937330/1/protopterus.html
8. ↑ https://www.encyclopedia.com/environment/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/lepidosireniformes-lungfishes
9. ↑ https://www.nationalgeographic.org/media/west-african-lungfish/
10. ↑ https://ucmp.berkeley.edu/vertebrates/sarco/dipnoi.html
11. ↑ https://jeb.biologists.org/content/61/1/111
12. ↑ https://www.livescience.com/59987-lungfish-hibernate-underground-nsf-video.html
13. ↑ https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/birds/facts/shoebill
Japanese Spider Crab

Range: 75

The spider crab is a tanky Crustacean build avaliable in deep sea areas. This build has the highest health stats among all crabs but that affected its mobility.

## Tier Placement

Although being massive, its mobility is hindered by its weaker joints having to support the mass. It has a great spacing advantage with the long limbs but it is very vulnerable to grapplers. The spider crab can still regenerate their limbs. It does avoid hunting from humans by living deep in the ocean from 50 to 500 metres and in hotter temperatures. It tries to have decent stealth, but its size is not quite fit for this. Its Defense is actually deceptively low, as its joints are weak.

## References

1. ↑ https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/f76-208
2. ↑ https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/invertebrates/facts/japanese-spider-crab
E Tier

These builds are very poor in the metagame, but have several strengths holding them back from being completely bottom tier. These builds are good for either new players seeking to learn the game or innovators seeking to fix the build by speccing their evolution points wisely. Examples are Slugs & Ostriches

### Examples

* Aye Aye (The Primate Tier List)
* Bush Baby (The Primate Tier List)
* Loris (The Primate Tier List)
* Tarsier (The Primate Tier List)
* Maned Wolf (The Dog Tier list)
* Black Widow (The Spider Tier List)
* Brown Recluse (The Spider Tier List)
* Sideneck Turtle (The Turtle Tier List)
* Fainting Goat (Are Goats OP?)
* Silverfish (The Insect Tier List)
* Ratites (The Bird Tier List)
* Hummingbird (The Bird Tier List)

### Banned Builds

* Camptosaurus (The Dinosaur Tier List)
* Dryosaurus (The Dinosaur Tier List)
* Megaloceros (The Ice Age Tier List)
* Dicynodont (Earth's Worst Balance Patch)
* Ichthyosaurs (How Mosasaurus Broke the Game)

### Cryptid/Fictional Builds

* Underwater Squirrel (The SpongeBob Character Tier List)
* Chupacabra (The Cryptid Tier List)
* Jackalope (The Cryptid Tier List)
Ediacaran Guilds

see also: Ediacaran

see also: Avalon Explosion

see also: Evolution Point

see also: Builds

I will show only Builds confirmed by most dataminers.

## **Fractions / Phylum**

● **Vendotaenid**

● **Trilobozoa**

**● Sponge?**

**● Protoctista**

**● Proarticulata**

**● Porifera**

**● palaeopascichnid**

**● Lichen?**

**● Cyanobacteria**

**● Ctenophora**

**● Conulata**

**● Cnidaria**

**● Chytridiomycetes**

**● Bilateria**
Gastornis

Gastornis (formerly known as Diatryma) is a banned Bird previously considered to be a Terror Bird build but is now known to be closely related to Ducks.Exactly what it used as loot is controversial.During its meta, the European server was similar to the current meta Indonesia server.

## Tier Placement

Often hyped as the ultimate griefer,further datamining disproves this theory. Instead, this build might be an omnivore, similar to Bullockornis. It had powerful kicks and bites strong enough to crush bone.It also had decent Health. While not as tanky as the Moa or Bullockornis, it was enough to tank off hits from most predators during its time. While it had only mediocre Mobility,with most mammal builds during its meta being only midweights no larger than a Tapir, It had little to worry about other than getting ganked by Arctocyon, but even matchups against this build are rare. With its size advantage,It is easily High A-tier, sneaking its way into low S-tier.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.dinosaurjungle.com/prehistoric\_animals\_gastornis.php
2. ↑ https://dinooftheweek.blogspot.com/2015/12/well-known-birds.html
3. ↑ https://www.safariltd.com/safaripedia/gastornis
4. ↑ https://books.google.com.ph/books?id=fQH6tym78sYC&pg=PT222&lpg=PT222&dq=gastornis+diet+controversial&source=bl&ots=w-az4X8eAL&sig=ACfU3U2CsLdF2JmEVL7xynl9wc74ra9knQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiHjdOavvbpAhWZUt4KHcCOB1QQ6AEwFnoECAQQAQ#v=onepage&q=gastornis%20diet%20controversial&f=false
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 https://kids.kiddle.co/Gastornis
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/phenomena/2014/02/27/giant-prehistoric-bird-crushed-seeds-not-little-horses/
7. ↑ https://books.google.com.ph/books?id=Ad\_bAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA17&lpg=PA17&dq=gastornis+kick&source=bl&ots=9eicxbmd50&sig=ACfU3U14b93AliCW6ESdbjD0HcFRDG1KdQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjb-93JnPbpAhUhCqYKHdnEC7gQ6AEwGXoECAIQAQ#v=onepage&q=gastornis%20kick&f=false
8. ↑ https://books.google.com.ph/books?id=Hk5ecvEv0GcC&pg=PA399&lpg=PA399&dq=gastornis+bite&source=bl&ots=hDq2hJKKyG&sig=ACfU3U1sexf57fudCoRNOpGe8a3YqDrD1g&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi52d3mwvbpAhXCZt4KHVYuAs8Q6AEwGHoECAUQAQ#v=onepage&q=gastornis%20bite&f=false
9. ↑ http://www.uwyo.edu/geomuseum/exhibits/diatryma-gigantea.html
10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 http://cenozoiclife.blogspot.com/2016/09/gastons-giant-bird-gastornis-gigantea.html
11. ↑ https://www.newdinosaurs.com/gastornis/
12. ↑ https://carnivora.net/gastornis-spp-t244.html
Giant Trevally

The giant trevally, also knosn as the lowly trevally, barrier trevally, giant kingfish or ulua, is a heavyweight fish build from the jack guild. This build is known in the Philippine server as 'maliputo'.

## Tier Placement

This build is A-tier. Team hunting stratagies as well as their alliance with Monk Seal and Shark and a decent amount of Power. A great build for bodying lightweight builds.
Genyornis

Genyornis was one of the last playable megafaunal builds of the Australia and also the last mihirung builds, which were more closely related to waterfowl. It was known for its eggs, which were spawncamped and looted by Human mains.

## Overview

This build has a good amount of Health. It was rather fast, with a great Mobility stat. Considering how powerful the Ratites were with their kicks, it also had a great Power stat. Lastly, it has good flock strategies, giving it above-average Intelligence.

## Moveset

**Apex Eyes (Passive, Utility)**- Ignores all Stealth bonuses.

**Hoofed Feet (Passive, Mobility)**- Increases Mobility and blunt kick damage.

## Tier Placement

Low A-tier. With its Mobility, above-average bulk and Intelligence through flocking, this build was able to avoid most of its predators, with only Megalania ever having a chance against this build. Unlike other dromornithids, however, it was a herbivorous build.

## References

1. ↑ https://theconversation.com/a-case-of-mistaken-identity-for-australias-extinct-big-bird-52856
2. ↑ https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-01-30/genyornis-giant-bird-extinction-mystery-points-to-first-people/7126882
3. ↑ https://www.upi.com/Science\_News/2017/10/11/New-research-reveals-origin-of-Australias-extinct-flightless-mihirung-birds/3651507731677/
4. ↑ https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/01/160129090057.htm
5. ↑ https://prehistoric-fauna.com/Genyornis-newtoni
6. ↑ https://www.abc.net.au/science/ozfossil/megafauna/fauna/fauna.htm
7. ↑ https://austhrutime.com/dromornithidae.htm
8. ↑ https://www.artistwd.com/joyzine/australia/articles/megafauna/genyornis\_newtoni.php
9. ↑ https://scitechdaily.com/giant-fossils-bird-brain-whopping-head-was-crammed-for-space/
10. ↑ https://kids.kiddle.co/Dromornithidae
11. ↑ https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/01/31/asia-pacific/science-health-asia-pacific/humans-caused-extinction-huge-bird-50000-years-ago/
12. ↑ https://books.google.com.ph/books?id=gcmfAgQcXDMC&pg=PA25&lpg=PA25&dq=herbivore+genyornis+isotopes&source=bl&ots=peDUjSxxt-&sig=ACfU3U24OSZNR2cY6R1rbeRzuQMSZ5eSng&hl=xx-bork&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi47d7r2-fyAhVh72EKHZc7DAY4ChDoAXoECAcQAg#v=onepage&q=herbivore%20genyornis%20isotopes&f=false
Kamodo dragon

the kamodo is one the more lengendary sounding name on the tier list. with great stats to complament it. with a very high K/D they also have a few broken abilities: Prowler, prowler is the ability to hunt down prey if they run away. but in case of the kamodo, that isn't the case, thev'e cranked their smell up. almost to below average shark levels, in fact the only real way to escape them is to flea the island that their game locked on. next up is Dragons blood: Dragons blood is the kamodo dragons signature ability, is works like most vemons, but bit different. instead causeing the usual effects, it causes the enemy's body into the heavy bleed status effect from only a only a few drops of their vemon. lastly is the Tail whip: witch is very common among the lizard faction, they basicle whip their tail really fast to cause shook effect (shook is the less powerful stun effect). with all these great abilities and with great base stats its no wonder that their S tier. and on personal note, if the kamodo wasn't island locked. they would be a very deadly and a menace to other contrys environments.

this DARGG sighing off.
Goonch

The Goonch is a heavyweight catfish main found in the Indian server. One of the heaviest catfish mains, it can weigh up to 200 pounds and reach 8 feet in length. The catfish is rumored to body Human mains.

## Tier Placement

It is placed in S-Tier due to its great Power, Health, Mobility and the ability to easily body heavyweights with veryl ittle counterplays. It has a great, wide mouth that can swallow up prey very easily and their skin is pretty thick to withstand some rush-down attacks. They are still, however, in vulnerable status in conservation as they are harvested often and the manmade environment changes due to artificial structures like hydroelectric plants.

## References

1. ↑ https://deepersonar.com/uk/en\_gb/blog/the-great-fish-goonch
2. ↑ https://www.animalspot.net/giant-goonch-catfish.html
3. ↑ https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1075530/Mutant-fish-taste-human-flesh-attacks-swimmers-Indian-river.html
4. ↑ https://www.africahunting.com/threads/maneater-goonch-cat-fish-of-kali-river.2821/
5. ↑ https://www.britannica.com/list/9-fish-named-after-other-animals
6. ↑ https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/166503/60588519
7. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagarius\_yarrelli
Indian Gaur

## Overview

The Indian Gaur is a Bovine build patrolling the Indian servers. It has a high Health stat. Power stat is just as important as it needs to fight off the local Tiger and Crocodile mains who want to turn it into xp.

## Tier Placement

S Tier at best. These guys really dominate their home server, and do have some difficulty dealing with Rhinos , Tigers,Crocodiles and Elephants, However, this build has great matchup against the other builds in the server such as Leopards, and Sun Bears. If compared against other bovines, it’s S tier

### Abilities

Gaur muscle- Deals full power and crits most armour and health
Inkayacu

Inkayacu (echo fighter:Icadyptes) is a banned giant penguin build.. It was first playable 36 million years ago, in the Peru server.Inkayacu was known for its ridiculous (for a Penguin) palette of red and gray, a far cry from the tuxedo palette Penguin builds opt today,but Icadyptes and Inkayacu are very similar otherwise.

## Base Stats

### Tier

A (General)B (Oligocene Icadyptes)C (Oligocene Inkayacu)

## Tier Placement

A-tier. Being tankier than modern Penguin builds, both had good Health stat (although not to the extent found in terrestrial flightless Bird builds) They both had a powerful spear-like bill,which makes a decent Spacer attack from bodying fish players.The palette switch did not hinder Inkayacu from diving deeper than most Penguin builds of the current meta,although it would prefer shallow waters.The palette switch for Inkayacu would have lowered its Stealth and made it more obvious to predators.Inkayacu however, was playable during a meta where such gankers were rare. With the arrival of the marine mammal builds, both builds were doomed. Not only did marine mammals compete with both builds for food, they also bodied them. This was already bad news for Icadyptes, but Inkayacu had it even worse, due to its lower Stealth.During the Oligocene meta, Icadyptes was B-tier while Inkayacu was C-tier due to new gankers.

## References

1. ↑ http://penguinology.blogspot.com/2010/10/hello-inkayacu-paracasensis.html
2. ↑ https://io9.gizmodo.com/36-million-year-old-penguin-was-five-feet-tall-and-had-5652308
3. ↑ https://www.livescience.com/10152-red-brown-huge-penguin.html
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/phenomena/2010/09/30/a-fossil-penguin-gets-its-colours/
5. ↑ https://carnivora.net/inkayacu-paracasensis-t262.html
6. ↑ https://www.britannica.com/animal/Icadyptes-fossil-bird-genus
7. ↑ https://fossilpenguins.wordpress.com/2009/10/03/8/
8. ↑ https://www.thoughtco.com/prehistoric-bird-pictures-and-profiles-4031812
9. ↑ https://books.google.com.ph/books?id=qak-BAAAQBAJ&pg=PT988&lpg=PT988&dq=inkayacu+melanosomes+diving&source=bl&ots=aOtu-DJzWO&sig=ACfU3U2202HfCAbpodpaaVKYva3il8Gb0w&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjCgfShwP3pAhVV\_GEKHcjFCJEQ6AEwBXoECAYQAQ#v=onepage&q=inkayacu%20melanosomes%20diving&f=false
10. ↑ https://huxleypaleozoo.weebly.com/inkayacu.html
11. ↑ https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/9/100930-new-penguin-species-discovered-feathers-science-water-king/
12. ↑ https://alphynix.tumblr.com/post/124593614463/inkayacu-paracasensis-a-giant-penguin-from-the
13. ↑ https://www.cbc.ca/kidsnews/post/what-came-after-the-dinosaurs-giant-penguins-of-course
14. ↑ http://www.eartharchives.org/articles/the-giant-penguin-with-strange-colors/
15. ↑ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29233963/
Leech

The leech is a guild full of parasitic builds that gain XP by going for the “vampire” playstyle. They can be terrestrial or aquatic.

## Species

### Relatives

Earthworms, Bobbitworms, Ragworms and other Annelida

## Classification

### Species

Varies

Leeches are a diverse class of terrestrial and aquatic builds, most following the hematophage playstyle, meaning they gain XP by the blood of other players. Leeches have great stealth because of this and are the best of the hemotophage’s. Some do follow the predator playstyle and are known to eat other worms. The Leech also has the best stealth of all hemotophage’s being able to bite players like humans without the player even knowing they have been bitten for even days. They also have slimy skin that gives them great defense compared to other worms. Leeches have a lot of strange abilities and traits. For example, they have 32 brains and 2 hearts. Leeches have bad matchups against birds. Like arthropods Leeches are regarded as creepy, making them very intimidating to humans.

## Abilities & Skills

### Slime

This helps protect against builds that use the move bite as its harder to eat a sticky and slimy substance that also tastes horrible.

### Chemical Numbness

When sucking blood they secrete chemicals to numb the host from noticing they’ve been bitten.

### Suction Pads

Allows the leech to hold onto surfaces and get a better grip when sucking their hosts blood.

### Medical Chemicals

Some human mains will take leeches and study them for better “anesthesia”.

### Leech Therapy

Some human mains will add leeches to their party so they can help with plastic surgery, giving the Leech a free meal.

## Weaknesses

### Salt

At times human players will put salt on Leech players trying to suck thief blood which leads to their cells shriveling up and loosing all moisture, like snails and slugs this can mean a immediate game over for the Leech.

## Tier Placement

Terrestrial Leeches are A Tier, better than most worms by the fact that the it can successfully take full meals of blood from players without them noticing, and held back from S Tier by having no defensive capabilities unlike the Bobbitworm.

Aquatic Leeches are B Tier because even though they still have the same stats as a Terrestrial Leech and a even better mobility stat they have a horrible matchup against birds, since they aren’t usually that far from the water. They also have a bad matchup against fish even though this isn’t completely one sided as Aquatic Leeches can use Fish as hosts.

All Leeches in general are a lot better than most hemotophage and worm classes, being the top tier hemotophage.
Elemental Builds

## Overview

There isn't much information on types at the moment. The only things that are known are that elemental type moves exist and that they apply to builds, though it is unknown what effect they have on the player's skill tree.

## What is Known

It is known that it takes a large number of evolution points to spec into to elemental type builds and that the meta right now is centred around normal type moves, as a result, resistance to elemental type attacks is almost non-existent. That is why not much is known about elemental type moves.

## List of all Known Elemental Types ~ The Secret Meta

* Normal
* Fighting
* Fire
* Water
* Electric
* Poison
* Air
* Nuclear

## Common Defense Modifiers

### Exoskeleton

#### Defensive bonuses:

* Slash
* Stab
* Desiccation
* Gravity

### Scales

#### Defensive bonuses:

* Crush
* Slash
* Heat

### Feathers

#### Defensive bonuses:

* Crush
* Cold
* Gravity

## Signature Moves

Signature moves are moves that certain builds have put all their evolution points into. All elemental moves are signature moves that cannot be copied unless the other build has specced into one. signature moves are usually ranged attacks, however, they can be melee as well.

### List of Signature Moves

#### Normal Type:

* Echolocation(Passive) Used by Certain Whales, Dolphins, Orcas, Bat, Shrew

Fighting Type:

* Boxing, Martial Arts (Melee Attack) Used by humans

#### Electric Type:

* Discharge(Melee Attack) Used by Electric Eels, Certain fishes, Electric Rays
* Electro-Reception(Passive) Used by Sharks, Bony Fishes, Bees

#### Water Type:

* Water Gun(Ranged Attack) Used by Archerfish

* Water Shockwave(Ranged Attack) Used By Pistol Shrimps
* Wave Attack(Ranged Attack) Used by Orcas

### Fire Type:

* Fire Blast(Ranged Attack) Used by Bombardier Beetles

* Flamethrower (Ranged Attack) Used by humans

## Nuclear

* Nuclear Bomb (Massive Destruction Attack) Used by humans

## Elemental Resistances

* Cold Resistance e.g. fur
* Heat Resistance e.g. Camel humps, Vent arthropod's exoskeleton
* Supernova, Asteroid Impact, Gamma Ray Burst, Radiation Resistance exclusive to Tardigrades
* Venom Resistance e.g. Mongoose's fat and fur
Lamprey

The Lamprey is a Hyperoartian build. It attaches to a Actinopterygiians using its rows of teeth, and sucks the HP from it. The Actinopterygiian dies almost every time, but sometimes they will manage to survive. This, however, leaves the Actinopteriigian low on HP and vulnerable to an attack.

## Lamprey Builds

The Lamprey is a parasitic eel-like take on the Hyperoartian build. The Lamprey chose not to spec into bones, but instead to use cartilage. The Lamprey also has no fins, and they move like the Eel through water. This gives them a higher Mobility than other marine builds by allowing them to escape through small holes. The Lamprey is also very slimy, making them very hard to catch. They have a circular mouth that is pointed downwards, filled to the brim with needle sharp teeth that anchor onto their victims and help hold them in place. After latching onto their victim, the Lamprey uses its "tongue" to scrape away at the flesh of the fish. After the Lamprey makes a hole in the fish's skin, they suck the Health and XP from the fish, killing it. Sometimes the Lamprey leaves the fish alive, but this makes the fish swim away and drop XP for someone else, so they don't do it purposefully.

Notable Lamprey builds:

* Sea Lamprey - Largest build
* Brook Lamprey - Smallest build
* Pouched Lamprey - Australian build that feeds on plankton during the early game

## Moveset

### Passive Abilities

**Boneless** - 10% decrease on enemy's [Grab] attack, and grants access to small holes

### Temporary Abilities

**Slime** - 20% decrease on enemy's [Grab] attack

### Moves

**Leech Latch** - User latches onto the victim and begins shredding a hole in them. Then saps all Health and XP. May be unsuccessful when used on a build with high Defense.

## Pros and Cons

### Pros:

* Can one-shot anything with a thin enough skin if given enough time
* Very hard to catch
* Excellent Mobility

### Cons:

* Low Defense and Health
* Even though it's unlikely to happen, the Lamprey has no defense if it gets caught
* Must get up close to the target and stay there for a while, which requires the Lamprey to hunt dumber animals

## Tier Placement

The Lamprey deserves B tier because its Power and Defense stats balance each other out. It can kill almost any freshwater Actinopterygians (depending on the size), but cannot defend itself in any way. It is a good Rogue build that is perfect for players who prefer a more relaxed game, because latching onto a large enough fish build can grant them safety. While there are better builds that can take out targets faster, the Lamprey is by far the best leech-type build.
Giant Salamander

The **Giant Salamanders** are a build known to dataminers as Cryptobranchidae. They are the largest Amphibian mains still in the game. A lot of former Temnospondyl players like to play this build.

## Tier Placement

A+-tier. The giant salamander is an high tier Amphibian, only beaten by the Cane Toad and other builds like the Bullfrog. This apex predator build feeds by suction. Its pepper smell can make it easily repel predator mains, giving them the [Disgusted] debuff. Not only that, their flat shape allows them to easily hide in rocks and other crevices. Like the Cane Toad, the stomach of a giant salamander is also a trash compactor. However, the weaknesses of being weak to ph shifts and extreme reliance to water still applies to this build that is the reason why it is kept out of S-tier.

## Referrences

1. ↑ https://nhpbs.org/wild/cryptobranchidae.asp
2. ↑ https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23802359.2016.1197078
3. ↑ http://www.facts-about.info/chinese-giant-salamander/
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 https://www.wired.com/2013/10/absurd-creature-6-foot-salamander/
5. ↑ https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/mbo3.778
Garganornis

Garganornis (Gargano's Bird) was a banned waterfowl build from the Late Miocene of Gargano and Scotorne in the Italian subserver. It was among the largest of its guild and has specced into club-like knobs, similar to Swans.

## Overview

This build had a high Health stat, allowing it to tank attacks from its server quite well. It also had a powerful wing knob, giving it great Power. Due to its flightlessness, it had reduced Mobility. Its other stats are below-average to above-average.

## Moveset

**Fowl Balls (Passive, Intimidation)**- Provides extremely high resistance to Intimidation.

**Rage of the Islands (Passive, Intimidation)**- Playing on an insular server basically greatly increases your own Intimidation while keeping the effect of enemy's own Intimidation at minimal. Can be boosted by not finding any water spawns.

## Tier Placement

Low S-tier. It takes what makes the Swan build great and cranks it up a notch. It has greatly increased stats in a server with much less predators.

## References

1. ↑ http://carnivora.net/-t203.html?
2. ↑ https://a-dinosaur-a-day.com/post/175329239780/by-scott-reid-on-drawingwithdinosaurs-please
3. ↑ https://alphynix.tumblr.com/post/183500803193/island-weirdness-16-garganornis-ballmanni
4. ↑ https://phys.org/news/2017-01-fossils-ancient-extinct-giant-flightless.html
5. ↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/38585107
6. ↑ https://www.newscientist.com/article/2117424-extinct-giant-goose-used-its-wings-to-fight-rather-than-fly/
7. ↑ http://novataxa.blogspot.com/2017/01/garganornis.html
8. ↑ https://roaring.earth/colossal-ancient-geese/
9. ↑ https://listverse.com/2018/07/16/10-awesome-extinct-animals-people-dont-talk-about-nearly-enough/
Hummingbird

## Basic Hummingbird

I pretend to be a dragonfly.

High F tier. Hummingbirds are a bird build that has specked heavily into the mobility stat. They are highly agile flyers and are even able to hover, which causes hummingbird eliminations to be uncommon. This comes at a cost though, hummingbirds have an extremely high food cost, the highest for any endothermic build, they are also highly vulnerable in their early stages. The hummingbird's beak is used for poking into flowers, after which they use their long tongue to slurp the nectar. They are highly vulnerable against stealth while eating and they have very low stamina. They are mostly eliminated by the [Starvation] debuff. This build actually has the ability to change their metabolic rate if food is scarce, but this still does not negate this problem. So far 361 hummingbird species are known. It was first introduced during the Cenozoic expansion.
Giant Barb

The giant barb build, also known as the Siamese giant carp or giant carp, is a heavyweight freshwater fish build which is also the heaviest Carp build. It is available to play in the Mae kong, Mekong and Chao Praya servers.

## Tier Placement

B-tier. They are similar in playstyle to the Mekong Giant Catfish with high Health and a herbivorous diet but with the addition of scales for extra Defense. These builds also have decent Intelligence, taking loot from Human players during the Chinese New Year overworld event.
Kogia

The dwarf sperm whale (echo fighter: pygmy sperm whale) is a relatively small Whale build with little commercial value which is known to be playable near the conntinental shelf. It is mostly known from strandings and is rarely datamined positively. It has a unique defense mechanic, similar to cephalopod builds.

## Species

### Location

Offshore waters, mostly near continental slopes

## Overview

Unlike most Whale builds, these builds are solitary, not having much in the way of Intelligence. Additionally, it has low Power, as it primarily relies on suction-feeding. It is one of the lighter Whales, so it has below-average Health. Lastly it has low Mobility.

## Moveset

**Echolocation (Passive, Utility)-** Allows a player to detect a user from far away.

**Ink Squirt (Active, Utility)-** Provides a temporary Stealth boost and greatly reduced perception of any build caught in it.

## Tier Placement

C-tier. It is normally worse than most other cetaceans, and would be F-tier if not for their [Ink Squirt] ability, which allows them to easily shake off predators.

## Referrences

1. ↑ https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/species/pygmy-sperm-whale
2. ↑ https://www.britannica.com/animal/sperm-whale#ref759100
3. ↑ https://savethewhales.org/dwarf-sperm-whale/
4. ↑ https://www.fao.org/fishery/en/aqspecies/18172/en
5. ↑ https://www.whalefacts.org/dwarf-sperm-whale-facts/
6. ↑ https://marinemammalscience.org/facts/kogia-breviceps/
7. ↑ https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Kogia\_sima/
8. ↑ http://www.marinemammals.in/mmi/cetacea/odontoceti/physeteridae/pygmy-sperm-whale/
9. ↑ https://books.google.com.ph/books?id=Tuc3AQAAMAAJ&pg=SA4-PA86&lpg=SA4-PA86&dq=kogia+slow+swimmer&source=bl&ots=ghH\_gr2AsJ&sig=ACfU3U3R5axlODWZ342lQWI56WxlQYoS7Q&hl=fil&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiqyMqI1\_D3AhV6QPUHHUU0BRMQ6AF6BAg6EAI#v=onepage&q=kogia%20slow%20swimmer&f=false
10. ↑ https://academic.oup.com/mspecies/article/doi/10.1644/819.1/2600863
11. ↑ https://divernet.com/scuba-news/dwarf-whale-uses-squid-tactics/
12. ↑ http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/sprat/public/publicspecies.pl?taxon\_id=57
Grappler

Grappler is one of the four combat styles, the others being Rushdown, Spacing, and Projectile. The main goal of a Grappler is to secure a grab and try reducing an opponents HP to 0 while not letting them escape. While some grab moves can deal damage, they can also combo into other high-damage moves. They are many ways to invest into Grappler, like getting raptorial upgrades to your arms or legs, using the [Coil] move or using a tether grab. Fish mains who suck prey can also be considered Grapplers.

## Base Stats

### Stealth

80

Stealth is most important for Grapplers, since it opens many opportunities for your character to get in grab range. It is good against Spacers as a grab can disable most disjointed hitboxes. On the other hand, it struggles against Projectile users, since grabs have to be achieved at a very close range and they (Grapplers) can be hit with projectiles once they get in close range. Also, grapplers struggle against buids with certain defense such as slimes or spikes. Grapplers also have low Mobility, so Projectile users have a lot of time to recharge their weapons.

## Notable Grappler Users

* Parabuthus transvaalicus (and Scorpions in general)
* Eagles
* Hawks
* Constrictors
* Frogs
* Nile Perch
* Halibut
* Sturgeon
* Alligator Gar
* Squid
* Octopus
* Crustacean
* Crocodile

### Banned Builds

* Ammonite
* Anomalocaris
* Opabinia
* Titanoboa
* Shastasaurus
Dromeosaurs

## Tier Placement

A Tier. (this specifically talks about Velociraptor, Deinonychus, and Utahraptor) These players made an interesting choice to forego the Gigantism ability that made Dinosaurs so dominant in the first place, and try their hand at an evasive Rushdown playstyle. Sacrificing both their Health and Defense stats to buff their Mobility and Power as best they could. Most notably they specced into buffing a single sickle claw on each foot which could be used to pierce the vital organs in the throat of their prey.

It’s a common misconception (that TierZoo unfortunately fell for) that Dromaeosaurs were social pack hunters. In reality they mostly hunted small to midweight animals, using their sickle claw to strike the throat (rather than slashing the abdomen). They were quite similar to modern-day ostriches in both speed and intelligence, but were undoubtedly much more successful.there were a few pack hunting dromeosaurs,although most were solo hunters as described above
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Giant Armadillo

The Giant Armadillo (Priodontes maximus), known locally as *tatou* or *ocarro*, is a Mammal build playable in the South American server. Even though it might not look like it but this build has teeth. In fact, it has up to 100 teeth.

## Overview

It has a low Intelligence, being a solitary build. Its claws, which can be used for digging, also give it a rather decent Power stat. It also has decent bulk. Its armor also gives it a great Defense stat. Lastly, it has a good Stealth stat.

## Moveset

**Burrow (Active, Utility)**- Gives you the ability to create fossorial servers for protection.

**Schmitar Claws (Passive, Attack)**- Claws do extra damage to buildings. Alsodeals moderate damage to predators.

**Bony Plating (Passive, Defense)**- Provides a great Defense boost and ignores all critical hits.

## Tier Placement

A-tier. It is one of the more viable Xenarthrans i the current game, being able to block most hits and use its claws to fend off most griefers other than Cougar and the Jaguar. However, like all other Armadillo builds, they have a unique weaknes of being the only build other than the Human build to be able to acquire the [Leprosy] debuff. The debuff decreases your Health and Mobility stats and messes up with your interface, making it hard to detect when you took damage.

## Referrences

1. ↑ https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/mammalia-2019-0018/html
2. ↑ https://animalia.bio/giant-armadillo
3. ↑ https://news.mongabay.com/2020/09/in-search-of-the-forest-ghost-south-americas-cryptic-giant-armadillo/
4. ↑ https://ucmp.berkeley.edu/mammal/xenarthra.html
5. ↑ https://www.worldlandtrust.org/species/mammals/giant-armadillo/
6. ↑ http://dangerous-wild-animals.blogspot.com/2011/04/giant-armadillo.html
7. ↑ https://www.giantarmadillo.org/copy-of-home-1
8. ↑ https://books.google.com.ph/books?id=SYXdR6994mIC&pg=PT30&lpg=PT30&dq=priodontes+armor+predators&source=bl&ots=5pnmk-i9hz&sig=ACfU3U0IsJOZjQfwDA\_YGjwdWbeCnKy0hA&hl=xx-bork&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjdkOmai4jyAhVJMN4KHXp\_CW04ChDoAXoECAYQAg#v=onepage&q=priodontes%20armor%20predators&f=false
9. ↑ http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20150720-giant-animals-youve-never-seen
10. ↑ https://www.extinction.photo/species/giant-armadillo/
11. ↑ https://wildernessclassroom.org/students/archives/2006/03/giant\_armadillo.html
12. ↑ https://www.tambopatalodge.com/en/jungle-blog/the-giant-armadillo-more-teeth-and-longer-claws-than-any-other-mammal
13. ↑ https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Dasypodidae/
14. ↑ https://www.cdc.gov/leprosy/index.html