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I've given the spotlight to a lot of
high tears on this channel and while
those are fun to talk about I don't want
to give the impression that you can't do
well and have a fun and rewarding
playthrough with mid tears because often
times they're very reliable in a
jack-of-all-trades sort of way so today
we'll talk about the oceans mid-tier
Heroes the crustaceans as always there
are far too many possible builds to
cover so I'll stick to the meta relevant
ones and I suggest you do too otherwise
you and your comrades may end up being
farmed for XP by big fields anyways
we'll start with what crustaceans have
going for them so right off the bat
you'll notice that many of them have a
pair of the unique weapons set up their
claws can use to inflict both crush and
slash damage meaning they're effective
against soft bodied and armored targets
alike and of course they give the
crustaceans a dependable grab on the
defense they've got sturdy armor that is
particularly resistant to bite attacks
which makes sense when you're trying to
survive on the same service as fish
which usually rely almost completely on
bite while their base movement speed is
mediocre at best
crustaceans are no slouch when it comes
to bursts of speed their stealth isn't
great but they're so versatile with
their movement on the ground that they
can compensate by hiding in small
crevices or burrowing into the sand
they're also versatile in their feeding
while they can fight and even defeat
larger prey and gain lots of XP by doing
so they're in no way forced to take that
risk they can sustain themselves just
fine by scavenging scraps safely near
cover lastly some crustaceans have
unlocked the trait
negligible senescence which means they
have no limit to a total game time for
playthrough assuming they don't die in
combat with all that said they ain't
overpowered by any stretch I already
alluded to a few weaknesses but let's
take a more in-depth look so like I said
before their base movement speed is
fairly low yes they can dart away if
needed but this has a high energy cost
and a sizable cooldown so they can't use
it too often or too many times in
succession while they've got great
defense because of their armor they are
vulnerable when leveling up because they
need to shed and reply
and it's during this time where they're
low base HP stands out as a weakness
lastly their abysmal intelligence means
that brainier builds can outplay
crustaceans regularly and that traps are
more effective on them it also makes
their longevity less useful I briefly
talked about how wisdom intelligence and
law jeopardy work but to recap wisdom is
gained over the course of your
playthrough at a rate determined by your
intelligence this means that your
intelligence level is much more
impactful the longer your playthrough
lasts so unfortunately for crustaceans
the wisdom gain is extremely low so they
kind of miss out in that regard this
means that noobs and veteran crustaceans
often fall into the same traps so what's
the best way to play this sort of build
then there are three major game plans
the first is the jack-of-all-trades play
style this is the crab and lobster
pretty much everything I've said about
crustaceans so far is true of these
builds versatile reliable and simple
the second is playing a fully committed
support gaining XP by curing the d buffs
fish accumulate through hunting and
feeding and lastly there is mini maxing
and if you don't know what me maxing is
what are you casual
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so there's two minimax crustacean builds
that people usually go for the pistol
shrimp and the mantis shrimp the mantis
shrimp can either have maximum slash or
maximum crush type damage depending on
which weapon they opt for for their size
no attack is more powerful and they can
pose a serious threat to players much
larger and traditionally powerful than
itself the pistol shrimp goes a
completely different route going for
absurdly strong sonic ranged attacks
now while the Mantis trip is minimax
purely for DPS the pistol shrimp is
actually a hybrid between DPS and
support while all of its equipment is
DPS based it supplements its defense by
using sea anemones for cover and
defending that anemone from parasites so
there you have it
houghton mini max with crustaceans got a
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