Viruses

**Viruses** are in-game entities that hijack a player's cells for self-replication. They generally have decent matchups against human players, with some being able to spread among them by the millions. They are very common in numbers, and are notably one of the many counters to humans and the cause of epidemics and pandemics. Most players agree that Viruses are some kind of NPC, but we can still rank them as if they were players,humans also make alot of technologies to counter viruses such as the new RNA vaccine technology that lets them make vaccines in weeks.

## Overview

The Virus player base is microscopic and is something that the average human can't see without special equipment. They basically counter everything in the game from humans to giraffes to rats unless they have resistance. If a virus is on another species it could spread to another species most time they do nothing but sometimes it could lead to a game over or even a player base quitting. The main game plan of a virus is, get inside a cell, order it to produce copies of the virus, then order the cell to self-destruct. It is recommended that you spread quickly and be not noticeable to the host; or, you have the capacity to kill hosts while spreading far and wide and having a reservoir through which you ensure your own survival. This means that viruses with a high lethality rate but poor spread capacity will be bottom tier, as those have a tendency to quickly wipe themselves out.

**NOTE: Bacteria and Parasite players are NOT Viruses. Please do NOT add any disease that is spread by Bacteria (e.g. Cholera) or Parasites (e.g. Malaria) to this page. Bacteria, Parasites, and Viruses are NOT the same thing. Thank you.**

## Tier List

### F tier

#### Smallpox

Once a deadly monster that killed humans by the hundreds of millions, Smallpox has been reduced to F tier after the introduction of the Smallpox Vaccine by humans. This is because they are all but banned by these vaccines, surviving only in Human WHO Labs for study. If Smallpox ever manages to rise again, Humans have Smallpox Vaccines at the ready to stop its' spread.

### D tier

#### Rabies

Rabies has an extremely high fatality rate but also a very low spread stat, only being able to be spread by the biting of another animal build. If the player gets rabies, symptoms include fever, headache, nausea, mental confusion, and the foaming of the mouth and you must seek immediate mental care and get vaccinated if you want to survive. There only are a few rabies cases per year and the symptoms may come years after the player has been bit by an infected host.

### C tier

#### Ebola

Ebola is a virus that originated in Africa. Ebola is extremely deadly with a 50% elimination rate, Ebola also has deadly symptoms like heavy bleeding and organ failure. However, Ebola's major downside is its lower spread stat, being only spread by bodily fluids, though it's still able to one-shot many human builds plus non-human primates, giving them a high C tier. In 2016 Ebola had an outbreak in Africa and the World Health Organization stopped it. update-there is vaccine now.

### B tier

#### COVID-19 (SARS CoV2)

COVID-19 discovered in 2019 in the Chinese server and has turned into a global pandemic. This virus spreads extremely fast - faster than influenza. Their elimination rate is pretty low, being only 5%. Symptoms include fever, coughing, and shortness of breath. However, COVID-19 has a couple major weaknesses; most significant among them being its' low mutation rate among the RNA viruses, making it easier for humans to make a vaccine to fight the virus. Humans also applied something called social distancing and/or self-isolation, which greatly reduces the spread rate of the virus. Fomites transmission through surfaces is possible but rare. It will sometimes eliminate a human player before it can infect anybody although the chances of this are pretty much zero.

The inclusion of new Strains of COVID-19 made it have increased infectivity, as well as possible resistance to some vaccines, notching it up to B tier, especially given its heightened activity in the India server.
it is now unable to spread to humans with the vaccine but some mutations might bypass the vaccine.

### A tier

#### Common Cold

Common cold is very common and is something that humans have to deal with many times. Symptoms include runny nose and sneezing and it's not very deadly and humans only die from it because they were in critical condition before they caught the ad. The drawback of this is that human players stay away from people that have a runny nose or are sneezing. They may not dominate the virus metagame, but they thrive amongst Human populations so they get an A tier.

### S tier

#### Influenza (The Flu)

Influenza is easy to spread by physical contact, can resist cold and hot temperatures, and has a different genetic code each season preventing scientists from making a vaccine that can fight all strains. Symptoms and fatality rate per strain may differ as a result. Many people each year have been eliminated by Influenza in some of the biggest epidemics and pandemics in human history, such as the infamous H1N1 Spanish Flu build which killed 50 million Humans worldwide.

## Strategy for humans

Human players if you receive viruses there are some measures you need to take. First wash your hands for at least thirty seconds with warm water and soap, next if you receive a virus and you are not in critical condition stay home and don't spread the virus to others, if you are in critical condition go to the hospital though, eat healthy foods and get exercise so when you get sick you are in the best condition possible. Also, tend to be more aware about the virus players in many animal builds that humans spawnkill and use as loot, as other builds tend to have many dangerous virus players.