Starfish

The starfish class has been around since the Ordovician period. They play in most aquatic servers and on average belong to D-tier, with some builds in the Reef and Abyssal servers reaching as high as B tier or S tier even. Starfish belong to the Echinoderm clan.

## Overview

Starfish can vary quite a bit in terms of ability and even diet. Starfish builds can have diets ranging from carnivorous to detritivorous. But for the most part, starfish players try to use a more generalist diet. Starfish builds have generally low base stats. Starfish players try to make up for those weaknesses by focusing more on abilities that can protect them. Most starfish builds are met with varying levels of success. But for the most part, starfish can adapt to different situations pretty well. They also piss dogs off.

## Abilities

Starfish have a number of different abilities. the abilities that all starfish start off with no matter what is the regeneration and detachment ability. Starfish have the ability to reproduce asexually by splitting off a part of their own body like an arm and then let the arm grow into a new starfish. this ability can also be used as a defense tactic. Starfish can regrow arms or even grow back an entire body from only an arm. this helps starfish players some when trying to stay alive. Some other abilities of note that one must unlock are the venom and repellent abilities. Venom puts a powerful neurotoxin on the skin or spines of a starfish. This venom will only be activated when another player touches or bites the starfish player. The repellent ability will not kill other players but it will hopefully make them ignore you. either way, both of these abilities have very easy counters in today's current metagame.

## Reef Metagame

   In the Reef server, the Starfish build fairs quite well, ranking on average, in B tier. The starfish build is an example of the builds which spends very little evolution points leveling its stats, instead pouring all of them into extremely unique abilities. Their first ability is their suction cups, an ability they share with the cephalopod faction. This gives them an extremely strong grip, granting them almost total immunity to knock-back moves and making their own grab attacks borderline impossible to button mash out of. That second effect combos nicely into their second ability, an extendable stomach. This unique acid-based grapple attack deals devastating damage to anything it succeeds in catching. It bypasses armor and can defeat enemies far larger than the starfish given enough time. However, it's got a lot of startup lag, so the starfish needs to be positive it's got a secure grip on the target. This ability makes the starfish one of the best anti-tank builds in the game, since they can pry open the armor of builds like the clam and scallop and then inflict toxic damage, basically melting them from the inside with acid. The starfish's final and perhaps most-impressive ability is their HP regeneration, which is stronger than any other health regen perk in the entire game, being able to completely regenerate their HP from attacks that would spell game over for most other builds. As impressive as the starfish's abilities are, its stats leave a lot to be desired, having intelligence level near zero and a mobility level on par with that of a snail. But, in the right player's hands, the starfish build can go much further than one might expect. The starfish ranks higher in some reef servers due to inferior competition, as it can beat crustaceans and gastropods easily, though it has a harder time against fish and arthropod heavyweights, such as the King Crab.

## Outside Hall of Fame

A Starfish known as Patrick Star is a famous character, and he is best friends with another famous character, Sponge Bob Square Pants.