Think of the most overpowered build you've ever heard of.
Which build dominated the meta so severely that the name of the expansion they existed in brings images of terror to your mind?
That's right folks today we're going to talk about one of the most requested topics:
How to play a dinosaur.
Is it even possible in the current meta?
but first to give you an idea of how overpowered they were
let's talk about all the records they still managed to hold even though several expansions have came out since the end of their dominance.
Tankiest Build of all-time,
best defensive move, most damage inflicted in a single hit,
Largest land build and most damaging slash attack. The list goes on but you get the idea.
They were some of the most powerful classes of all time.
But we can't talk about dinosaurs without mentioning the obvious,
nerfs quite literally annihilated the viability of most dinosaur builds.
While the smallest of the builds managed to remain relevant to the meta, all builds possessing the Megafauna trait vanished.
But does this mean it's impossible to generate a dinosaur build if you know exactly what you're doing?
Let's take a look at some of the attempts that have been made and how its panned out for them.
Most bird players pick their character because they're enticed by the flight ability.
But that hasn't stopped a few players from breaking the mold and choosing a ground-based bird class.
Since they're not worried about becoming too over encumbered to fly, this allows them to gain traits other birds can't support.
Such as high run speed and fighting-type move like Mega Kick.
This is their most dinosaur-like trait.
In fact, the cassowary even managed to spec into the same ability which gave the ancient raptor builds the slash attack record I mentioned earlier.
Now I've gotten a lot of comments from people who believe these builds have an argument for being high tier.
Sighting the dinosaur like capabilities of some of these builds like run speed and high damage potential,
so let me be frank.
Flightless birds get completely bodied left and right in the current meta,
sorry but if you think having legs like a dinosaur puts you anywhere near the dominant potential of a fully fledged powerhouse like the velociraptor or triceratops
I don't know what to tell you so I'll do my best to show you instead.
I know it's tough to believe that a build equipped with such good weapons could fail.
But the fact is they have losing matchups pretty much across the board.
Not only do they get whooped by high tiers like lions, dogs, and pig
but they lose to mid tiers like hyenas, dingoes, Kangaroos and python
and even bottom tiers like Cheetahs.
So yeah as tempting as this build might look, don't get suckered in.
if you need any more convincing, consider that the two strongest examples of flightless bird builds: the elephant bird and the moa
were both completely suppressed by thieving based class which raided their respawn areas forcing them to quit the server's completely.
However, I do feel like I should dispel some of the dumber rumors I've heard regarding this class.
It's a common belief that ostrich players frequently use the worst stealth move in the game when frightened.
That's simply inaccurate.
Ostriches do have one thing going for them, they can escape most conflicts because of their high movement speed.
Also with regards to the great emu war where the human players on the Australian server attempted to ban emus.
It's commonly regarded as a victory for the emus, to which I have to say :
Really?
Check out Sam o'nella's video on this topic for more information.
Oh, and if you do, tell them I say hi, he's my favorite.
but I digress let's move on from flightless birds to a better dino Mimic.
A build which retains its Megafauna trait, has solid defense, Hp, speed and crazy high damage: the Komodo dragon.
The Komodo Dragon completely dominates parts of the Indonesian Archipelago, and it's no surprise why.
It's the only lizard which has attained mega fauna status and has a number of special abilities.
the Komodo dragons bite has fairly high base damage,
but also induces a bleed effect due to an anticoagulant debuff.
This drains the Target Stamina over time making any battle against the Komodo Dragon an uphill battle from the start.
The Komodo Dragon also has been known to use the tail whip move which is a strong disjointed attack,
which can knock down opponents or inflicted a stun.
On the defense, the Komodo Dragon is resistant to many debuff effects and disease effects because of its antibacterial blood.
This ability is so sought after that human data miners are attempting to mod this into consumable medicine items.
Are these abilities and stats alone enough to set the Komodo Dragon so far above flightless birds to the point where it's nearing dinosaur potential?
Are flightless birds doomed to fading from the meta?
If they don't change their play style, I would say that yes they will.
To be honest, those birds do have the potential and abilities to be much higher on the tier list
But they lack one thing that the Komodo dragon does well:
hunting in packs
I've talked about how powerful coordinated attacks can be before
And I probably will continue to praise such a trait in future videos.
It simply is that good
one cassowary is already dangerous enough
But can you imagine how dominant they could be if they formed bands and attacked all at once?
Bigger Targets are worth more experience
I don't want to sound like I'm biased towards carnivorous builds
what I'm really getting at is that teamwork is almost always beneficial to its participants
and that might be what could allow them to spike up on the tier list again.
the xp gain from defeating larger Target could even allow them to reclaim the Megafauna trait
only time will tell
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