Giant Freshwater Stingray

The giant freshwater stingray is one of the heavyweight fish builds of the Mekong, though it can also be found in the Chao Praya server. This build is the largest Stingray build as well as one of the largest freshwater fish builds available. This build is one of the few freshwater cartilaginous fish builds available and it is also playable near estuaries.

## Overivew

Their best stat is Power, due to having a venomous barb. However, the barb itself can also pierce bone, giving it very high Power. While its Mobility is not the best, it is deceptively hydrodynamically efficient, and for a build that can tank a lot of hits with its high Health stat, this is more than enough. Lastly, it can also use the same skill set available to other stingrays, thus the high Stealth.

## Moveset

**Electroreception (Passive, Utility)-** Motion shown on minimap.

**Armor Crusher (Passive,Attack)**- Negates most Defense that Armor gives to opponents.

**Deadly Barb (Active, Attack)-** A spacer atttack that could inject venom and has high pierce.

**Pancake Camouflage (Passive, Utility)-** Eliminates weak spots and increases Stealth.

## Tier Placement

This build is quite powerful, thanks to its stats and abilities. In terms of finding loot, they are no different from other Stingray builds, simply camouflaging and using their electroreception to find potential loot, which is mostly Fish and other aquatic invervebrate players. Defensively however, this build reigns supreme. Stingrays normally have good defense options in the form of a tail which can be used to inject venom. However, this is normally ineffective against Sharks. Hammerhead Sharks in particular, have the best matchup against them thanks to their venom resistance, 3D Electroception and the hammer, which they can use to grief them nonstop. Orcas can also exploit their tonic immobility when held upside down, and grief them in great numbers. But since the Giant Freshwater Stingray is playable in freshwater, it easily avoids these worst matchups, and has no reliable counter at all. Even the Crocodillians it shares its server with can be dealt with, as they do not have good enough sting evasion skills to avoid its deadly stinging tail, and they are much easier to interrupt. Overall, this build would have been S-tier especially among members of the Ray guild, if only it were not for Human mains hindering its main quest spawning route through dams and polluting the watsr, killing it through toxic debuffs, which only gives this build a B-tier if not controlled.

## Summary

### Pros:

* Very high to maximum Health and Power.
* High Stealth.
* Both teeth and stinger ignore venom.
* Plays in less dangerous freshwater servers.
* Nearly nonexistent bad matchups.
* Can ignore Stealth bonuses of other players thanks to their [Electroreception]

### Cons

* Average Mobility
* Lacking in other stats
* Human mains are threatening its server.

## Referrences

1. ↑ https://factsanddetails.com/asian/cat68/sub435/entry-7629.html
2. ↑ https://www.livescience.com/gigantic-stingray-caught-in-cambodia
3. ↑ https://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-static/obl4he/vertebratediversity/chondrichthyes.html
4. ↑ http://www.edgeofexistence.org/species/giant-freshwater-whipray/#overview
5. ↑ https://books.google.com.ph/books?id=CKH4AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA13&lpg=PA13&dq=giant+freshwater+stingray+pierce+bone&source=bl&ots=7fDsQxYKbq&sig=ACfU3U2rQCyXp4zaXB90qTroS9Lks6qMOw&hl=fil&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiQ-u2v54b4AhWAUPUHHd-LAqwQ6AF6BAhAEAI#v=onepage&q=giant%20freshwater%20stingray%20pierce%20bone&f=false
6. ↑ https://kidadl.com/animal-facts/giant-freshwater-stingray-facts
7. ↑ https://cosmosmagazine.com/science/how-do-stingrays-swim-so-well/?amp=1
8. ↑ https://www.jungledragon.com/specie/13474/giant\_freshwater\_stingray.html
9. ↑ https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/fish/facts/giant-freshwater-stingray
10. ↑ https://www.igb-berlin.de/en/giant-freshwater-stringray
11. ↑ https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/150327-fish-stingrays-skates-sharks-science-animals-giant
12. ↑ https://www.fishsiam.com/species/stingray-giant-freshwater/
13. ↑ https://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/animals/fish/shark\_stingray.htm
14. ↑ http://www.elasmo-research.org/education/ecology/sandy-gt\_hammerhead.htm
15. ↑ https://www.sharktrust.org/tonic-immobility
16. ↑ https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Himantura\_chaophraya/
17. ↑ https://news.mongabay.com/2015/03/conservationists-catch-and-release-record-smashing-freshwater-fish/