teeth claws speed powered long ago
ancient reptiles ruled the meta and
terror no off meta builds could even
stand a chance in this expansion no
class had ever held the top spot for as
long a time as the dinosaurs did but at
the height of their dominance they were
nerfed for a while has created a huge
power vacuum
but once the jank strats fell by the
wayside it became clear what the new
best guild was today we'll talk about
the build that changed the world
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now the primate tear list is weird most
here this I've done resemble a bell
curve but for primates it's actually the
opposite
there is no average primate not in C or
BT instead all of them are clustered in
the bottom tiers and the top tiers let
me show you what I'm talking about
okay so primates are divided into two
guilds the prosimians and the simians
the prosimians includes lemurs tarsiers
is Bush babies and lorises while you
might think of primates as being really
intelligent animals persimmons are
actually quite average compared to other
mammals and don't have any unique
intelligence-based abilities no
specialised social behavior no tool use
no outsmarting opponents of setting
traps no these builds generally focus on
fundamentals like foraging and climbing
the one special perk they have is superb
night vision but there's a reason they
had to spec into that most nocturnal
builds choose those types of abilities
because they either like hunting under
cover of darkness or they prefer to
avoid being active during the hottest
parts of the day but prosimians aren't
either of those things so why are they
all nocturnal the reason is because they
get completely bodied by the other
primate guild the simians they're
completely unable to compete with them
and have essentially been forced into
the nocturnal play style this is
highlighted by the fact that in the
Madagascar server where there are no
simian primates all the pro simian
players drop their nocturnal perks in
favor of better base stats so by now you
probably guessed correctly that this
division is the reason for the BI
modality on a tier list persimmons are
all low tier the lowest being builds
like the eye eye which wasted most of
its evolution points pecking into a long
thin claw which they use to drill into
wood similar to a woodpecker this
fragile weapon isn't much good on
defense and since it obviously doesn't
have the mobility a woodpecker does it
can't really do much against those
predators once the drilling sound gives
its location away the highest pro simian
has to be ring-tailed lemurs because
they actually do have a decent social
structure and reasonably high
intelligence and also aren't completely
locked into the arboreal zone like other
lemurs still they have yet to unlock
tool use and have almost zero offensive
capabilities
moves other than simply fleeing so they
have a long ways to go before they break
out of DT R now that that's out of the
way let's move on to the more relevant
group simians characterized by the high
base stats complex social structure and
extreme versatility simians are the best
generalists in the entire game but this
comes at a cost
high base that's especially intelligence
require a lot of food to maintain and so
while these builds are definitely some
of the best in the game
there are also some of the most
difficult making the most of their kit
is essential to securing the best loot
you simply can't settle for common or
uncommon drops you have to be constantly
pursuing epic and legendary sources of
sustenance in addition their low stealth
across the board means you have to
remain vigilant at all times and always
be prepared to ward off more aggressive
players so let's talk about where each
Semyon build falls and how to maximize
their effectiveness so at the bottom of
C means we have monkeys which are also
divided into two groups old world and
new world these two groups plan
different servers and are also rather
different from each other
new world monkeys easily have old world
monkeys beat when it comes to mobility
due to their special ability prehensile
tail this gives them much higher
arboreal mobility and makes reaching
loot such as eggs and fruit very easy
spider monkeys are the best example of
this and are the best new world monkey
build however what they gain in mobility
they've clearly sacrificed from their
other stats having lower intelligence
and much lower power couple this with
the fact that the jungles of Central and
South America have some of the fiercest
competition imaginable and it's
undeniable that old world monkeys are in
a much better spot in the meta they
don't have the prehensile tail ability
but this is because they're much more
versatile unlike New World monkeys which
rarely ever come down from the treetops
old-world monkeys are well suited both
for climbing and for running on the
ground since they don't need to worry
about whether or not trees can support
their weight ditching this restriction
also allows them to bulk up leading to
some genuinely beefy builds first the
baboon the best old world monkey is the
mandrill which combines power and
intimidation with aesthetics for a truly
threatening fighter monkeys are a great
build but to really take primate
gameplay to the next level apes are the
ants
for the sake of time I'm gonna skip over
lesser apes because to be honest Gibbons
and Simon's are about the same as
monkeys inviability I write them the
same as I rate baboons what I want to
talk about are the great apes great apes
are the pinnacle of versatility combined
with high intelligence mobility and
power the first great ape on the tier
list is the orangutan again all Apes are
good but obviously one of them had to be
the lowest and while orangutangs are
strong they aren't the strongest they're
mobile but not the fastest and they're
smart but not the smartest they're also
the least social of all Apes and
therefore are the most vulnerable to
surprise attacks from players who use
stealth such as snakes and leopards
perks include opposable thumbs tool use
and nest-building
I see them as a great beginner class
since they're great for learning the
basics of primate gameplay before
getting into more advanced techniques
next up is the chimpanzee chimps are the
fastest of the Apes being extremely
quick on the ground and in the trees
while they have the means to access
high-level loot spawns like canopy fruit
or bird eggs
there are also excellent pack hunters
you all know I always have to praise
pack hunting although in this case it's
not quite as impressive since mostly
they use teamwork to greif weaker and
more mobile players as opposed to taking
on bosses as a group second from the top
is the gorilla the primate with the
highest power defense and HP with their
high-level social structure and insanely
high base strength there's really
nothing that can pose any sort of
challenge to them as long as they remain
with their party that is except for our
number one highest rated build of all
time there's no question humans are by
far the most successful class ever seen
in the game I've gotten a fair number of
YouTube comments reddit posts at Twitter
DM saying something like huh I don't
know if humans are really all that Opie
listen not only are you wrong but you've
also got to be in denial if you think
there's any builds more effective than
humans out there obviously we have to
talk about their intelligence stat it's
the highest in the game by a huge margin
and this allows them to build equipment
which raises their other stats except HP
- near maximum as well gorillas are 10
times stronger than them until they
equip one of their signature weapons
cheetahs are more mobile than them until
they equip a mount
armadillos have higher defense until
they craft their own armor the basis
they create for their clans are
unparalleled and their social structure
is second only to use social insects but
the thing is humans are so overpowered
that you could take all of this away and
they'd still have an argument for number
one nerf the humans intelligence stat so
that it's in line with other high
intelligence builds like dogs elephants
and other apes and you're still left
with all their other broken abilities
that they have there are a lot of them
but I'll quickly go over the top three
humans have ridiculous stamina
regeneration while outclassed in sheer
speed by a good portion of other builds
humans regenerate their stamina so fast
that speed becomes almost totally
irrelevant on defense the best
ground-based mobility builds in the game
such as horses dogs antelope and
cheetahs can easily outrun humans but
sooner or later
a human will always catch up to them
humans can use the fling projectile
skill better than any other build while
other primates as well as a few others
can pick up items and throw them humans
can do so further harder and more
accurately than all others lastly humans
allied themselves with specific
bacterial support classes which provide
them with a unique powerup bonus
experience humans get more XP from loot
they consume than other players because
of this and this helps them level up
faster and supports their high
intelligence and food costs those three
abilities combined would make any other
mid to high two your build top tier in a
heartbeat max intelligence are not thank
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the king of the swingers or the jungle
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