The Bird Tier List

Birds are one of the most popular playable classes in the game, with a large number of successful builds and tons of cool strategies; However, some of these strategies have clearly been more successful than others, so today we'll go over the

list

of

bird

tier

s to watch. which

bird

ranks highest, but before we look at specific bird builds, let's do an overview of the basic attributes and special abilities that the bird faction has access to, as well as a quick summary of the history of the bird faction, so birds are one of the game's newest factions joining the game's roster during the latter part of the Mesozoic expansion.

They started out as a branch of the dinosaur faction that was specifically tailored to tree play, but when the developers removed the Cenozoic balance patch, these little birds were the only dinosaurs that wouldn't get hit by the raid hammer. today and the birds are one of the most successful factions in the game due to this success to a handful of powerful unique abilities in addition to the obvious flight attribute, the first of which is their beak, now the beaks were not. completely new ability for the reptile player base, but birds went much deeper into the large skill tree than most dinosaurs and many bird players opted for extremely specialized beaks to give them an advantage in specific scenarios;

However, even the basic beak offers many advantages while their lack of teeth means they deal reduced damage with their bite attack. Birds can be much more precise with their pecking attacks, allowing them to hit weak spots or securely grab smaller targets, such as a snake's thin damage box. The spikes also offer moderate protection that potentially reduces headshot damage and negates imprecise counterattacks. Spikes also offer some of the best stab-type damage in the game which, when used accurately, can deal massive damage on critical spikes. They are also excellent tools for dealing with parasites, in fact, they are very good.

That often other less skilled players will team up with bird support players to have a better matchup against the parasites. Feathers are also a unique and powerful trait exclusive to birds that provide excellent protection against the cold without causing the user to feel too burdened to fly the feathers. They also offer quite substantial defense against smash-type attacks, which is especially important for birds due to their hollow bone trait. Hollow bones are another ability meant to synergize with the flying playstyle. Now, a common misconception is that bird bones are hollow to reduce equipment load, but in reality, they are hollow to allow bird players to fill them with air, giving them a massive increase to their maximum strength. .

Without this, it would be extremely difficult for a bird to fly for any significant period of time. The compensation, of course. is that a broken bone not only deals serious damage but also potentially reduces the player's maximum resistance by a huge margin, so a bird player will need all the bludgeoning damage defense they can get, and speaking of bludgeoning damage, the The bird's lower bone density means the first Blunt force hits, such as wing attacks, also deal reduced damage. The higher

tier

bird builds are the ones that can best capitalize on the strength of their class while mitigating potential weaknesses covering the basics, so let's get into the tier

list

at the bottom of the tier.

On the list we have two flightless bird builds, both with essentially the same obvious weakness. These are the kiwi and the kakapo. Kiwis are hilariously part of the same faction as ostriches, emus and cassowaries. For some reason, they chose to give up the ability to fly but didn't use the extra skill points available to specify gigantism like the rest of their squad did, the result being a build that can literally only exist on island servers where it doesn't. There is an active mammal player base, also known as New Zealand, the Kakapo is a flightless version of the parrot and although Parrots are undoubtedly excellent bird builds.

The weakness of the flightless birds is too evident to ignore as invasive species such as rats and cats are establishing a presence on the island's servers. Both flightless bird builds are seeing major declines in their player base and I wouldn't be surprised if they did. everyone ended up changing the main flight, it's too strong an ability to pass up, which brings me to the next builds on my tier list, so I see that these builds to be gigantic could make up for the lack of flight, but in practice this didn't quite work out, while they are technically the strongest birds in terms of base power and defensive stats for their weight class, they are sadly underpowered, they are one of the few megafauna structures that cheetahs can defeat when they should be able to. to completely annihilate the cheetahs with their powerful clothes, their huge weak point also presents many opportunities for counterattack, so if they ever become too bold, they are setting themselves up for a harsh defeat, lastly, the fact that they They are forced to nest in the The ground forces them into an even more vulnerable position than most birds, as rat eggs are extremely valuable, as defending the loot target is not an easy task even for constructions of loot. high level, so for ostriches, emus and cassowaries, this is a big hurdle next on the list of levels we have.

The hummingbird relies solely on mobility and almost nothing else and, as a result, is the only bird with full 360-degree movement similar to a dragonfly. This, combined with its extremely small size, allows the hummingbird to change direction very quickly in mid-flight, allowing it to easily dodge attacks and avoid obstacles, more importantly, allowing the hummingbird to act as nectar, which It is an extremely valuable energy source that is normally inaccessible to birds, as birds are often too heavy to land on flowers and not agile enough to access the nectar halfway. -flight, this all sounds great, but the hummingbird also has two very serious weaknesses.

The first is pretty obvious, they have no combat skills and any attack they can't dodge will send them back to the character select screen, but on top of that, the hummingbird also has two very serious weaknesses. The incredible energy cost of their flight ability combined with their complete lack of fat storage means that hummingbirds will run out of stamina very quickly if they cannot consistently find food. To me, this is a high risk, high reward strategy where the risk far outweighs the reward. I have to place them at the f level at the bottom of the script.

Here we have the dove. The pigeon's build doesn't really have any critical flaws, but it is held back by mediocre stats - in particular, the pigeon lacks any combat-focused stats. like power or defense, they perform best in cities where their excellent navigation ability gives them a little more security when nesting among skyscrapers in loot-rich locations, but even in cities, pigeon players tend to be the main source of XP for higher level predators, plus if you're just looking to play a bird build that's good for raiding cities, there are better options available anyway, the peacock build is another generally low-key build with high HP, but little else to rely on, however he has one of the highest intimidation proficiency bonuses in the game gets a huge boost on all intimidation checks when his eyepoint feather ability activates, just as impressive as this ability .

The peacock's actual attacks deal very little damage, so any player able to resist the fear will have a fairly easy victory. It also blocks vision behind itself, making a stealth attack from a third party extremely easy, and while they can escape by flying, a peacock's feathers are so heavy that flying takes a little longer than most. of birds, which can be the difference between dodging or dying. when under attack the flamingo is kind of an afk class, there is actually minimal skill required to pilot this build, they chose to specify filter feed capability which means all they really need to do to gain experience and Progressing with your character is choosing a random location. on the lake bed and start digging with their beak getting free wins against things like snails and shrimp;

However, when faced with a challenge from any player close to their size, this construct completely collapses, relying on water to prevent the approach of predators. to give them time to escape when attacked, however this doesn't always work, their pathetic defensive stats mean they go down in one or two hits and their slow start to flight means that many times players will have time to rush them even when they are in danger . water, this is an easy build to accumulate a lot of experience with, but also a very easy build to defeat if you know its weaknesses.

Ah, the humble chicken, it is often compared to the T-Rex to exemplify how far the dinosaur faction has fallen while I. I don't agree with the implication, I don't disagree that chickens are indeed a low level constitution, although they are not as helpless as the kiwi or cockapoo, they are still a barely average bird lacking the ability to fly for a prolonged period. At range, they can certainly hold their own against similarly sized opponents, but with few escape options and no unique abilities, this build faces an uphill battle against most opponents. Well, I shouldn't say that they don't have unique abilities, but to be honest, their fast respawn rate was a bit counterproductive. in them because humans use the industrial farming strategy, next in seeds, here we have the vulture built, the tankiest variant of the raptor subclass, a good tank build should be able to achieve two things, the first is the area denial, which vultures do quite well.

Some of them can easily block a corpse. One of the most controversial points of interest you'll ever see on the map. They can do this due to their large size and acidic projectile attack. The other thing a tank should be good at is shrinking from hits. and this is where the vultures fall short, their thick feathers completely protect them from smaller attacks, but due to their hollow bones, the four can easily crush their defenses and take them down with just one or two hits, while being able to defend a carcass of hordes of smaller scavengers, don't have much of a counterattack against larger, more aggressive fighters, the woodpecker builds spent most of their evolution points optimizing and perfecting the pecking attack for both power and efficiency with a target on mind: being able to hit bug players through cover burrows. is one of the safest and most effective ways insect players can avoid combat, but the woodpecker completely demolishes this strategy.

One of the main advantages of this strategy is that having a powerful pickaxe that is highly effective at piercing wood also means that you have a super sharp pickaxe that is highly effective as a general-purpose weapon. One of the main disadvantages of this strategy is that pecking at wood gives woodpeckers a remote location, alerting more powerful predators to your presence while you are in the middle of pecking and are distracted by a particular woodpecker. The toucan opted to have more bulk and an even more powerful beak which, while less useful for attacking insects through wood, is still extremely powerful for pvp.

Overall, an interesting strategy is by no means perfect, but it definitely has some solid strengths, so I know I've been pretty tough on flightless birds so far, so you might be surprised to see me rate penguins as mid-tier. higher instead of lower level. The difference is that the penguins actually traded in their wings for possibly equally viable alternative fins that essentially allow them to fly. the water with incredible agility, this gives them a completely broken confrontation against the fish; However, this strategy is only viable on servers where there are no land predators that the penguins still need to worry about, so if for some reason some polar bears appearspawn on the Antarctic server, it's like game over for all that building, the predators they have to deal with in the water are even more dangerous, and while their agility helps them dodge attacks, ultimately, it's still Being a completely one-sided matchup, their strategy is pretty cool and actually pretty dominant due to the limited competition, but I wouldn't be surprised to see the entire Penguin player base collapse if the developers ever add new DLC in the form of a Predator.

Antarctic terrestrial or even if they simply improve the leopard's terrestrial mobility. the seal is still at the top of sea level it is a respectable position for a flightless bird at the bottom of the b level we have the goose. I have an entire video dedicated to building the goose, but in summary, the goose has solid base stats including above-average hit points. However, his abysmal power stat leads him to rely heavily on intimidation to secure territory, this can be incredibly effective at times and it is not uncommon to see top-tier predators flee an encounter they could have easily won.

Still, the obvious flaw in this strategy is that if the goose's opponent resists he will be scared. The goose will be exposed to a punishing counterattack. Additionally, the Goose's weak point is easily exploitable by smart players, so careless aggression tends to be the Goose's greatest strength and greatest weakness at the same time. Still a surprisingly effective strategy, the Heron build put a lot of evolution points into maximizing the puncture damage it can do with its beak and did so with great success. Herons have one of the highest damage packages of any bird and frequently one hits their It targets even those with scale armor, such as large fish and juvenile crocodiles, the effectiveness of its piercing attack is amplified by its long neck, which gives his attacks a deceptively long range, giving his attacks an almost cobra-like flash.

They have frankly oppressive confrontations against the fish. One vulnerability that amphibians and all other small aquatic structures have is that their flight ability is very cranky, making it a little less reliable as an escape option if they are ambushed, but certainly not terrible. Another weakness is that his long neck features a weak point, making lunging forward with repeated pecking attacks a bit risky if you do it too much. He's predictable about it, good players will be able to punish careless thrusts quite hard. at a high rate. Here we have the falcon, a raptor build that chooses to defeat its opponents using speed and superior maneuvers rather than actual power.

Hawks actually have a below average power stat for a raptor and don't deal particularly high damage in close combat, their talons are quite small compared to hawks, owls and eagles, so, Instead of slashing and stabbing with their talons, hawks actually strike with their feet to disorient or knock their target and then end the fight. With its most powerful spike in the right situation, this can deal absolutely massive damage, enough to shoot a medium-sized target at full power. The downside to this strategy is that falcons can only deal heavy damage when they have time to gain speed first. makes the falcon a fairly poor defender for target players and means that the falcon may have a hard time winning fights if its first attack doesn't connect, as subsequent attacks probably won't have the same stacked force as the first, even so the This build's burst damage potential cannot be ignored, which is why it earns its place in the high B tier.

This may seem like an odd inclusion to cap off tier b, but songbirds are a very efficient build for their size and deserve recognition in this tier list. This is a huge group. including finches, starlings, sparrows, wrens, and birds of paradise, and while some are flashier than others, they all have relatively similar stats with extremely high agility as their primary stat, unlike many of the lower builds on the list. levels that have difficulty flying quickly, songbirds have extremely low start in their flight movement, allowing them to reposition themselves easily and quickly, this makes their approach very difficult to punish, making songbirds excellent to weaken defensive players and makes them excellent at stealing loot from slower structures, their security strategy and numbers can actually be somewhat intimidating and disorienting as well, making it quite difficult to attack a group of songbirds in Full flight, while certainly not invincible, have one of the lowest HP stats among birds, often overlooked, but certainly a successful bird at the bottom of a level. we have the swan, the swan is essentially a goose who has the power stat to back up his attempts to intimidate.

The wing attacks that most bird players use do very little damage and aren't very useful outside of knocking other players around the swan's wing. The attack can break bones and hit enemies because of this, swans are one of the best builds to control important points of interest as their hyper aggressive play style can result in huge territory gains, of course they have the same weaknesses than geese, so aim for the swan's neck. with one attack you can deactivate the threat, but this is a slightly riskier play against a swan than against a robust defending goose. Definitely next level up in one level we have the owl, the main stealth assassin of the avian faction, to which he owes this reputation. his special ability allowing him to fly completely silently, this makes it very difficult to defend against the owl's attacks as players almost never see them coming while they are not as stacked in the energy department as their daytime counterparts, the owls.

They have pretty solid base stats while they're at it. Not likely to shoot high HP targets, they have enough force behind their attacks to be able to defend themselves and their territory even from powerful enemies, as well as granting the owl the silent flight buff. The owl's thick, bushy feathers offer additional defense against attacks. allowing it to hold its own in important objective defense scenarios, interestingly, the advantage of silent flight came at the cost of the waterproof ability that most bird feathers have, meaning that falling into water or getting caught in A storm can actually disable the owl's ability to fly.

Pretty unique weakness and certainly something to play with, but interesting anyway, in the mid-eighties we have the eagles and falcons. Hawks and eagles follow the same basic strategy. Both have adapted their builds to focus on dealing maximum damage with their claws. Falcons are the smallest variants of this group and because of this they are much more agile although not as powerful as eagles. Their agility allows them to break through cover better than most birds of prey, making them well suited for attacking players in both open and dense terrain. In difficult-to-navigate terrain such as forests, eagles, on the other hand, are much more powerful, but their larger size and greater wingspan prevent them from entering dense forests still found in open grasslands and mountains.

Eagles can be incredibly effective and deal absolutely brutal damage with their massive dagger-like talents, enough to defeat players in higher weight classes without even requiring team strategies. These are without a doubt some of the strongest bird builds in the game for PvP and have been at the top of a tier for quite some time. We have the Grappler hybrid tank, the pelican. The main strength of pelicans is their throat pouch. Grabbing enemy players can be a very effective takedown strategy, but birds struggle with this as they cannot use their wings to grapple and since their beaks are not always the most reliable grappling weapons, sometimes this leads to the targets escape.

In contrast, pelican fighting is almost completely unavoidable and works on much larger targets than you might think, although this style of attack is most effective against fish, it is quite powerful against other birds, rodents and amphibians, although it has its limitations, this is combined with pelicans in general. Its bulk makes it one of the most difficult birds to defeat in single combat and allows it to hold its own against even the highest levels, such as canines, so those of you who have been following the channel for a while can probably guess which ones they will be. higher level birds.

If you can't, that's probably a good indication that you should subscribe. For those wishing developers could unlock the Velociraptor build, look no further than the Secretary Bird, as it has basically the same awesome abilities and more hunting on foot and in pairs. They prove time and time again that hitting from the sky is overrated. They can easily defeat other high-level builds, such as the Cobra and Mongoose, with their high-damage kicks. His stomp move has extremely high accuracy, allowing Secretary Bird players to score game-ending headshots. Easy and they do all this without completely sacrificing their flying ability.

If they ever find themselves outmatched, which only happens against builds in higher weight classes, they can still retreat to the sky or treetops. The fact that this strategy works in Africa is one of the most ruthless. The all-time servers are proof enough for me that this is the optimal raptor. These last two configurations are almost the same and both opt for the same specialization. Intelligence Parrots are an extremely unique build with several powerful abilities, among them their sonic screech, which can scare away almost any player who invades their territory, especially when employed by a coordinated team, furthermore, due to their hindsight beak, Parrots have the greatest dexterity of any bird, putting them among the best users of tool-using ability and with an extremely high life expectancy if there were any structure that could replace humans if humans ever see his intelligence weakened, he would bet on the parrot.

I made a whole video on parrots if you're interested, but when it comes to intelligence, there is an avian structure that arguably trumps it. Corvids, such as magpies, crows and ravens, also opt for a high intelligence play style, but with a much more expansive social aspect, while many bird builds use cooperative team strategies, the best corvids operate using a network effect where knowledge is shared with a large number. of players at great distances, this knowledge can include useful points of interest or even blacklists of dangerous areas or players to avoid, but even corvettes individually have a lot to offer with significantly greater stealth than parrots.

Corvettes are much better at staying out of conflict. Pickaxes, while not as useful for tool use, are a much better combat tool for dealing quick damage, they are also more useful for pressuring and pushing opponents or taunting larger players into battle so they can reap the benefits of the consequences. Corvids are one of the best setups. in making use of human-made items and quickly discovering ways to abuse the system for quick loot, overall corbids are basically what you'd get if you gave wings to monkeys easily a top tier build so there you go you have complete. bird tier list or rather as complete as I thought possible for YouTube.

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