The Crustacean Tier List

[@deadlydingus1138]

Something that I think is worth mentioning is that shrimp have the unexplainable ability to fry rice.

[@DanKaschel]

Ah yes, much like pork.

[@kage9719]

So, wait.. Youre telling me a shrimp fried this rice?

[@Topdoggie7]

Yep indeed.

[@friendlygiant1507]

​@@kage9719It's as shrimple as that.

[@guy1060]

shr

[@cleanshowcases7752]

The dude at 11:51 got absolutely clipped by the crab's slide cancels and third partied by a seal. Rough day.

[@Frank_Art]

skill issue, that octopus should have learned how to predict

[@nOpiEcEo-c4x]

Those two were definitely teaming. Reported.

[@carottefondeurenfer]

There’s always a bigger fish

[@nirvanabutnomoreideas6534]

Tired of all these mammal players tbh

[@Eldred15]

I didn't even see the seal on first viewing

[@gamemeister27]

"Solid matchup against frogs" Here's a fun story. In 10th grade biology, when we were dissecting frogs, my partner and I were trying to cut open our frog's stomach, but kept running into something inside, and were quite confused. Eventually, we managed to pull out an entire severed crawdad claw, which had likely killed the frog.

[@beebo-cat]

What did the teacher say?

[@gamemeister27]

@@beebo-cat She hadn't ever seen it before. I don't remember any specifics, 10th grade was 15 years ago, but she was definitely impressed/shocked.

[@deathtaco4095]

There is literally a frog called the crab eating frog

[@gamemeister27]

@@deathtaco4095 the quote was talking about crayfish, not crabs

[@deathtaco4095]

@@gamemeister27 I know I just wanted to mention the crab eating frog cause they got a funny name and I think there cool

[@tehdmanvids3]

The clip of that isopod running out of the fish's mouth MESSED ME UP

[@becoat8379]

@ 7:35 mf mad me JUMP 😭

[@J9045hello]

dudeeee meee toooo ahhhhh

[@PurpleShift42]

Love how the trapdoor spider is like "nope, not dealing with this" and just kicks the whole isopod out of its hole at 6:36

[@GamingChair420]

"fucking tank meta"

[@VonDoof]

“God I hate these filthy shell camping rats”

[@oksure9261]

Stall build.

[@pizzeria_mayhem8736]

I'm convinced that the Pillbug walked in there intentionally just to see if an enemy was in there.

[@Finthesharkguy]

Bro got evicted

[@ruggedlemmings9163]

I know it's just a gimmick build, but I still love the Pistol Shrimp. Breaking the game engine as a means of offense is just too awesome to not appreciate. :^)

[@GrayVMhan]

Smash bros melee mindset

[@Pseudoscience-is-a-scam]

And there’s a eusocial species

[@molybdaen11]

Must be strange to see behind walls just by recognizing the slightly different color of the reflected light. They life must be to ours what anime is to a common movie.

[@doctordice2doctordice210]

@@GrayVMhannah it's more of an ultimate thing imo

[@ellie8272]

It is the highest tier crustacean, so it's pretty damn effective for what it is

[@DanGamingFan2406]

The mantis shrimp definitely earned the highest spot on the tier list. With a punch that can break through most shells, create a shockwave cavitation bubble on comtact, and briefly heat up the water around said bubble to temperatures nearly as hot as the surface of the sun, there's a reason sailors call them "the thumbsplitter." If they weren't relatively tiny, the coral reef server would be a much more dangerous place. Thank you for a great year, happy Holidays.

[@watershipup7101]

Agreed

[@waterbullstudios9195]

They are pretty badass.

[@TierZoo]

Thank you and Merry Christmas!

[@acovixt]

@@TierZoo Nono, thank YOU for these incredible videos and educating us while making us entertained. I hope you post more frequently cos man these are all banger vids. Merry Christmas!

[@cazhary_0797]

Fucken spoilers goddamn

[@Xerocene]

11:55 Octopus: "Let me grab ya and touch ya!" Crab: "WITH THIS TREASURE I SUMMON SEAL-HORAGA!"

[@emiliaguidottiradio7098]

SAVE ME SEAL-HORAGA!

[@Duck_1543]

SAVE ME!!!

[@reyesfamily8379]

my job is beach- ken crab

[@leonardoromanelli209]

One thing that should be noted is that crustaceans did unlock eusociality. The Synalpheus shrimps, the pistol shrimps, not only have an amazing weapon, they also create true eusocial colonies inside marine sponges.

[@manitobant6738]

And they also unlocked venom, although its unique to one very niche subclass (remipedes)

[@aa01blue38]

No haplodiploidicity, I assume, otherwise we can just wait for sea ants next patch lol

[@hobf8573]

They even unlock a unique way of communication by clicking their claws instead of using pheromones like eusocial insects

[@OhhCrapGuy]

I know it's been 8 months, but another crustacean that does eusociality is technically ants, since hexapoda falls under pancrustacea.

[@smartperson325]

I feel coconut crabs should be put in their own tier like A tier because they are smart enough to avoid the water and they put on enough size to not get bullied by birds. Also no mention of the Japanese spider crab they'd probably be mid tier because they look scary but arent all that dangerous but still didn't mention the biggest crustecean.

[@Vinemaple]

Coconut Crab still isn't big enough or tough enough to deal with large mammal or reptile builds, especially the really smart ones. Works great on small maps, until some clever player figures out how to make a big-boi build work on a map like that.

[@pochita4996]

FR Their only known predator are humans, which is like the best build in the entire game.

[@VonDoof]

@@VinemapleYe but there are no large mammal or reptile builds in their area besides humans. They dominate the meta other than that. They’ve even taken out their only predator before…. (Emilia ‘30-minute delivery’ Earhart)

[@casbot71]

If a coconut crab ever gets into fermented coconut milk and breeds with a mantis shrimp, the meta is in trouble.

[@lancetheking7524]

​@@casbot71 if a what

[@ascapedgoat8462]

I would honestly love to see a series on Theory-Crafting, where TierZoo discusses a hypothetical “Perfect” version of certain types of animals.

[@commode7x]

TierZoo Theory-Craft Episode 987: "That's right, just add lasers to the giraffe, and it's instantly an S-tier. Next episode, we see how overpowered adding lasers to dolphins would be."

[@sindra77]

​@@commode7x You may be joking, but giving any kind of ranged attack from a giraffe's head would be oppressively powerful, the sight and elevation bonuses to ranged attacks could turn them into terrifying defensive builds

[@commode7x]

@@sindra77 Don't forget that giving ranged attacks to any kind of bird main would result in a hacking sniper build that's literally better than the jackals from Halo 2. Flighted birds are notorious for having extremely fast reflexes and eyesight that is on par with most drone optics. Also, spoiler for TierZoo Theory-craft Episode 988: Lasers don't work well underwater.

[@invalid_88]

this is actually a great idea for future content, tho you gotta stay in a realistic range when reshuffling stats

[@Thetechgeek2100]

@@commode7x Or perhaps sharks even, with fricken laser beams on their heads

[@gittattle]

humans losing an arm: "what am i gonna do" crabs losing an arm: "man i dont want this, get this shit off me"

[@dado8467]

Man, the Discord discussion was amazing "Mantis shrimp once battled God and won" "Mantis shrimp is the reason Gordon Ramsay is always angry" "The real mantis shrimp were the friends we made along the way" I love this kind of things, couldn't help to read it all

[@protocetid]

The humor in TierZoo videos is always high tier.

[@aliaseau-vive2699]

"Doom can be run on mantis shrimp claw" was my favourite

[@saltbarakuda]

you can run doom on a mamantis shrimp's claws

[@feha92]

Not to mention "crab: I think I have more than enough, thanks guys!"!!

[@kajetankupis1975]

Also one of the users there was Marcel, from Marcel the Shell with Shoes On. Great emotional movie, must see pseudo documentary about a sentient shell

[@LordCrate-du8zm]

That opening where the Mantis Shrimp punches the crab and then a few seconds later its arm flies off is something pulled straight out of an anime sword duel.

[@YunxiaoChu]

Pretty sure the crab took its own arm off because it was injured and crabs can regrow them

[@LatteDusks_MochaDawns]

The gloom hand music too 😭

[@victorpedrosoceolin3919]

​@@YunxiaoChu he needs to pull the arm, he cant just detach like pressing a button

[@boi2192]

I would assume that when its already pretty much on, the pull is no longer needed. I mean if all the crabs did was pull their arm, they could easily pull out more than they intended.​@@victorpedrosoceolin3919

[@PeaceARCrn]

@@victorpedrosoceolin3919 He's the crab that got his arm taken.

[@Isometrix116]

I think what makes crabs such a good build is that they are never bad. It doesn’t matter what the meta is, you can always crab. You can come back to the game after not playing for a decade, use the same exact build as you did before, and still be viable. Yeah, maybe it’ll be slightly better or slightly worse, but the fact that it’s _always_ viable is sort of insane. I think the only other builds like this are sharks and crocodiles, but those have significantly more skill required to play decently.

[@Vinemaple]

This. This right here is what makes crab so popular.

[@FearzThug]

I dont have time to read the wiki, I´ll just crab

[@leandersearle5094]

@@FearzThug You mean... time for crab?

[@ThePenisMan]

Until the oceans eventually get too acidic for shells to be viable anymore Thank you mods for the great updates I love this server

[@gigaslave]

Carcination meta is real, many builds end up like crabs because it's quite optimized lol

[@nicholasstamford6702]

14:32 "Among the free-roaming zooplanktons, I alone am the honored one"

[@DeadFieldofFlowers]

That eagle getting tic damaged into oblivion really shows how powerful crustaceans are

[@gabrielandrade489]

The coolest thing is that the health bar is from The Finals

[@fenx3040]

No

[@Shhmevan]

The Crayfish build deserves more credit. Though they may be incredibly weak in some aspects, this is simply because they are min-maxing. They have put all their stats into poison resistance, allowing them to survive places most other aquatic builds cannot. Some CF players simply dig incredibly deep burrows and only surface when it rains to collect supplies. A notable glitch utilized by some users allows for cloning of themselves without need of a mate, leading to server crashes and game bugs. Louisiana crayfish, signal crayfish and the marbled crayfish are particularly strong CF builds.

[@eldritchcupcakes3195]

Damn never knew that! I mostly know them from my human play through since cracking the shells open for food gave a massive morale boost.

[@Virtual_Jester]

7:54 Am I the only person here who calls these animals "Crawfish" instead of "Crayfish" or "Crawdads"? Also, I had an albino crawfish in my party once, and he was one of the funniest characters I ever met, always doing the weirdest things in his tank. (Random fact about my crawfish: His pale exoskeleton was vaguely see-through, and if you looked closely at his head, you could see the little floating orange orb that was his brain!)

[@tylersays-]

You talk like you live in a video game..

[@scrubnoodle]

@@tylersays-That’s what’s fun about this channel. Learning zoology using video-game analogies is both education and entertaining

[@Avruthlelbh]

Hardly matters when 99% of the time, it's a bird or a human simply scooping them out of the water. Tardigrades and roaches are known for surviving ionizing radiation, but that's hardly relevant when their greatest rivals are in their own weight class, often themselves.

[@masky0401]

This is exactly what I wanted for christmas

[@SealWithoutHat]

Perfect gift

[@MutantLollipop]

Couldn’t have asked for a better gift

[@RougeMephilesClone]

Another Crab's Treasure convinced me to watch the first TierZoo video in years. 10/10, would carcinize again.

[@GanyuSimpingDegenerate]

You forgot to mention the Giant Enemy Crab. Being in the same weight class as elephants while only being vulnerable when its weak point is attacked for massive damage should've placed it in S tier.

[@FancyPantaloons]

That's a spider

[@NottSaying]

GEC is a modded class. TierZoo only covers vanilla gameplay.

[@thatcorruptdino]

​@@FancyPantaloons blud never played Hungry Shark Evolution

[@Theshabadaman]

GIANT enemy CRAB

[@JohnPerry27]

@@thatcorruptdino Bruh I remember when I first played the game I absolutely sucked at boosting and kept taking L after L, then I finally learned and thought I was nice after I won only to get folded by two hammerheads and a harpoon boat immediately after (I was playing as Mako).

[@epoof]

I'm a bit sad after realizing that you haven't said "goodluck out there" on the closing remarks of your recent videos, but I've always loved your content and have been watching for a long time. Still, I'm finally making my first donation to show my support. Happy holidays!

[@jamsonite]

yes

[@Zarmdthecoolest]

250??? As your first donation??

[@NeedyBoBeedy]

@@Zarmdthecoolest250 filipino pesos, so about 4.50 usd

[@Zarmdthecoolest]

@@NeedyBoBeedy ah. I may be stupid

[@NeedyBoBeedy]

@@Zarmdthecoolest learn and grow my dude, no worries

[@justronaut9981]

17:00 Fun fact: A certain species of pistol shrimp is the only Crustacean build that unlocked Eusociality

[@CageRadio1988]

Thanks! Your content is S tier in my book. Top 5 favorite channels of all time. Bless you.

[@TierZoo]

Thanks! Merry Christmas!

[@Theology.101]

Crab Design is, as we all know, the Perfect Creature

[@Wooddchips]

For some reason animals keep evolving into crabs it's the final evolution the perfect form

[@GeistInTheMachine]

No. It's clearly lobster design. Lobsters for life.

[@GrenadiusKhan]

I Concur

[@TV119-f7i]

Money money money

[@mamutepeq]

Nah, we all know worms are the best. Crabs only evolved in Crustacea, worms evolved in many more clades, including vertebrates.

[@darthnick427]

I was not expecting the "BOB! DO SOMETHING!" bit there. Got a good laugh out of me.

[@SinHurr]

I miss Overwatch :(

[@bxstaghxst.]

This comment is a vote for TeirZoo to make a animal evolution based Rpg Edit: Chat stop yapping about spore

[@kamilkadurisheftalovych7790]

He needs to!

[@memelover6917]

You're already playing it bro!

[@Shit_outta_luck_3]

Here here🥂

[@PaintedHoundie]

TierZoo: The Reckoning

[@luckycorn8590]

​@@memelover6917 but we are forced to play human which is boring because we are undoubtedly top tier, I want to play more niche builds like the cheetah

[@ArcticTron]

I like that TierZoo sounded audibly amused when mentioning how frogs keep getting bodied by everything, I think it's the first time I've ever heard him be amused in one of his modern videos. Also dang nice to see a Pokemon Mystery Dungeon reference at 16:44.

[@TierZoo]

I'll be honest, while I was amused at my own joke, normally I would have probably re-recorded that line. However because I've gotten a concerning number of comments lately accusing me of using an AI voice, I deliberately left in a subtle chuckle because to me knowledge that is not something an AI can convincingly replicate yet.

[@misirtere9836]

@@TierZoo Honestly, the concern is that people don't know what an AI voice actually sounds like. I've watched another channel, TheDuelLogs, that used an AI of their own voice for a bit while they had a throat illness, and despite their general cadence being quite similar to yours, it's easy to tell when it's the AI, even if you weren't paying attention to when they say it. While it's easy to get an AI to sound close enough to someone to be funny, it's still not possible to accurately replace a voice.

[@redwolf915]

​@@misirtere9836wrong. Ai can do it with the right input

[@misirtere9836]

@@redwolf915 TheDuelLogs has *DAYS* worth of input data, all at the appropriate tone of voice. If you also source from the other channels with the same guy, that goes up to *WEEKS.* If that's not good enough to be convincing, nothing is.

[@metrozeegle4985]

I think Mantis Shrimps are nature’s perfect example of a glass cannon.

[@madhumadhu-pb2yz]

Nice

[@mmnd8158]

@RepentandbelieveinJesusChrist5what build is that?

[@Moon_Lord18]

The cleric build

[@airstep001]

​@@mmnd8158 It was a Human player who managed to manipulate the game's code to turn water into wine and discovered a duplication glich then when his playthrough ended the devs thought why not bring him back. They promised an event called the second coming and we were teased so many times

[@ashs2277]

Id say the botnet build, very common however very ineffective thus having to have massive numbers to compensate. Very effiective to elderly and very young homosapiens. Low D Tier build

[@aliyai4000]

as a crab main, i think many have already known about this glitch already, but if you spawn at the exact coordinates on the map, you'll be ending up on an island that is specifically made for crab rave, so it's a party non stop i'd like to think this was one of the devs easter eggs at one point and that crab mains just turned it into their own thing lmao

[@Vinemaple]

Can at least confirm that crab rave island is a real thing

[@pedroiy6296]

What is this game called

[@ladymacbethofmtensk896]

As a Marylander main, I invite you to come visit Baltimore. We lub ar crabs dere.

[@desanihill8180]

I just want to say i appreciate this channel so much. Thank you for spending ur time on making these bro i loved them since a kid

[@loorthedarkelf8353]

Seconded!

[@somelurker6115]

Former planktonic main here with a fun fact! You don't have to be microscopic to be plankton, you just have to be bad at swimming. (The word "plankton" even comes from the Greek word for "drift" or "wander.") For example, some jellies are considered plankton because - just like the tiny guys we usually think of as plankton - they can't swim against a current. Planktonic gameplay is pretty fun, honestly. It can be RNG-heavy because you don't really control where you're going, but it's a seriously unique meta if you're used to playing nekton.

[@nekomimicatears]

So I'm a planton? Nice :D

[@somelurker6115]

@@nekomimicatears If you can't swim against a current, heeeeeeell yeah! I'll get a guild together next time I'm playing plankton :P

[@gabry2558]

another thing to add is that actually a good portion of the builds we discuss normally in the marine server start as plankton, i guess so may players choose to play it as a main class is because of the nostalgia factor from when they started playing a different build

[@ladymacbethofmtensk896]

1% Evil 99% Hot Gas

[@zodiackitten6110]

Okay but plankton chat is INSANE. whole different ecosystem in there

[@flamm.e]

As a snail player, I personally hate when I get killed by a random sea star and then respawn just to see a hermit crab using the shell loot I dropped

[@spoj3922]

What game?

[@fridaynight3181]

​@@spoj3922Life

[@hoangquantran1320]

I kinda like it. It's interesting to see what rank you shell loot is generated as. I once dropped a Legendary ranked shell, but I could have sworn it didn't feel remotely legendary when I was alive.

[@happynightmares4688]

@@spoj3922 life

[@spoj3922]

@@happynightmares4688 how do you play as a snail in life

[@TimeBucks]

I get so exited for every new video

[@InsaafTV-mx5mp]

nice❤

[@vennilamahavlogs1924]

good

[@MdFaruk-oi2gm]

Osam

[@mohammedusman5079]

Nice one

[@uzzalmia5571]

Good

[@ignaciomolina6782]

This is the first video i see of this channel and the first time i see this channel,but it automatically became one of my favourites

[@GDAccelerate]

you know it’s a good millennium when tierzoo uploads

[@Traveller281]

Tierzoo is a huge reason the current patch is my favourite. Such a good player, it's inspiring

[@midoxd7269]

I was 3 years younger when I saw his last vid

[@jonathonspears7736]

He did a colab with Casual Geographic recently.

[@SealWithoutHat]

@jonathonspears7736 link?

[@GDAccelerate]

@@jonathonspears7736 oh dang really?

[@baconmandanthe3rd944]

as a crab main, this list reminded me of this one legendary crab player that somehow managed to gain high intelligence, and I hear they're even running some sort of food business in a place where a bunch of other legendary sea creature mains who gained high intelligence stats are. The admins haven't found them yet. Really wild stuff

[@prez.cookie980]

You're telling me a crab fried this patty?

[@thesnowmiser6728]

​@@prez.cookie980actually I think it was a sponge

[@molybdaen11]

Took me a minute to understand that. Sponges are more versatile then they look. The world under the sea is Truely strange and wondrous.

[@danielcavender1092]

As a grouper main, *MY LEG*

[@deathserpent9747]

There's another crab player that dies art on twitter

[@damyenhockman5440]

There are select crustaceans worthy of further shoutouts. A subspecies of pistol shrimp are working on developing their own eusocial colonies, but that’s still in beta. There are also small crabs that have moved away from aquatic and coastal biomes entirely by speccing into parental care and laying their eggs in notches in trees where puddles form. Again, still in the early stages, but certainly worth keeping an eye on. Some crabs are working on what are essentially lungs, allowing them to fill niches currently filled by insects while staying in a higher weight class.

[@gdjskkdd8192]

Well insects are crustaceans too, sooo

[@damyenhockman5440]

@@gdjskkdd8192 Arthropods, not crustaceans. Insects all have six legs, crustaceans have ten, including claws. Lots of other differences, but calling them the same thing is like saying that a sea lion is a type of bear. They’re related, but very much their own thing.

[@stefanostokatlidis4861]

There are also river crabs of the eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East, that can be semi aquatic, dig large barrows, and give birth to fully developed young, which cling on the mother to avoid being carried away by currents. They’re quite fast and strong as well.

[@Eagle3302PL]

@@damyenhockman5440 A sea lion is way closer to being a bear than any insect is to being a crab.

[@Raddishrat]

Tierzoo is proof you can make something educational and entertaining

[@CrusaderCarlton]

As a coconut crab main, I like to dress up in spider cosmetics and scare human players in the tropical servers by pretending to be a giant spider

[@Happysecret180]

I've seen some human mains gain an entertainment buff after watching a lizard fight a Crab thing with wings (maybe from a mod). I then got the loot I was there for and ran out of the suburb biome

[@dekaw9138]

Destroyah lol

[@gigachad9016]

Godzilla vs Destroyah lol

[@KogasaTatara514]

​@gigachad9016 ayy, glad someone else got it

[@Happysecret180]

@@KogasaTatara514 Ppl got the reference!

[@Bloxfruitsistrashlmaocope]

Destroyah is easily the strongest character in the franchise

[@SizzleCorndog]

A note about mantis shrimp builds. If you decide to run this build you’re going to need to pick a style of shrimp (spearer or boxer) and depending on what you pick you’ll essentially pigeonhole yourself into specific types of prey. For instance boxer mantis shrimps have to spend a considerable amount of time lining up the correct shot to crack shells, which is why they go for slower prey where as on the other side of things the spearer shrimp essentially walk around with a loaded crossbow and have to shoot from the hip the entire time at softer targets like small fish or other arthropods. Just some advice for players looking to tech into mantis shrimp builds

[@aprinnyonbreak1290]

Mmmmmm Since crustaceans have pulled off asymmetry before, what if they did it again? Have both overpowering blunt and piercing damage on the same build?

[@GeorgeDCowley]

@@aprinnyonbreak1290 Half and half, though.

[@xilefm-4517]

Crabs are an example of healthy game design, they're never overpowered, have a large variety of variable options and despite they're low skill floor, they require a lot of game knowledge and skill to make it far when conpared to more dominant builds

[@burningelmo7269]

This man always keeps me up to date with the patch notes

[@YuiFunami]

clearly not the recent patch notes that put hexapoda under the Pancrustacea clade but that's a common mistake

[@randompanda4649]

I can’t even imagine how much work goes into these videos they are so great and random I get so exited for every new video this is my favourite channel on KZbin

[@TheSonics12]

Toxapex is my favorite pokemon, so you made my day when I saw baneful bunker being used. Thank you for another wonderful video and happy holidays 🎉

I really love that you use Eyewitness music at the end. It was a hit on a Brazil educational channel, and I was totally abscessed with it (and I was not alone about this 😅)

[@dascientist8443]

6:10 A very cool thing with the pistol shrimp’s projectile is that the centre of those bubbles reach absolutely insane temperatures and pressures because of how the pressure waves ricochet in the cavity. It’s so impressive that it’s inspired some human players to test the mechanic themselves as an exploit for pulling off cold fusion!

[@krysmun]

Carcinization is the process of Convergent evolution in which many previously non-crab crustaceans have evolved from different paths into the shape of a crab, implying that one of the most ideal forms a crustacean can take is that of the crab. It's such a meta pick that even other players end up choosing to spec into similar stat ranges and builds as the crab build itself.

[@thorveim1174]

In time, all shall become crab

[@Vlogsinthe2020s]

The greatness of the Crab is unlike that of all other creatures. The Carapace, strong and mighty, provides safety and respite for those who follow in the steps of our holiest of beasts. The Claws, our bastions of attack and triumph, crush those that seek to lead us astray. The Legs, like the trunks of the trees, carry our souls to greatness. All hail the beautiful nature of the Crustacean. All Hail The Crab.

[@phyllotaxis]

​@@Vlogsinthe2020s Funny you compare them to trees, those evolved from multiple kinds of plants as well (apples are technically roses, for example). Why there's such a difference between things like oak, pine, and palm trees.

[@RyanZHUJingGUO]

Imagine if crab armor was roach level. They’d be indestructible

[@LavenderLinguist]

Just want to say TierZoo, the production on your channel has gotten incredible! Been watching since the beginning and it's amazing to see your content constantly improving but always keeping the same tone and sense of humour that made me subscribe

[@isaacrandolph1568]

I would say that this video actually demonstrates a considerable change in tone when compared to other work. He seems much less enthusiastic... almost ai like

[@nicolasnamed]

​@@isaacrandolph1568Yeahhhhh TierZoo has felt like a brand channel for awhile now

[@Cherry_Zilla]

0:48 bros fighting a shadow

[@MR_stone69]

Shadow fighter

[@somehippies]

i INSTANTLY recognized the sonic adventure theme and got so nostalgic, i actually played the og dreamcast release!! your song picks are always AMAZING, tierzoo!

[@phazonsuitzora]

I always wanted to try out a Mantis Shrimp alt, but its such a time investment to learn all the vision tech for so little payoff. Still one of my favorite niche builds to talk about.

[@noodlesandeggs1512]

Happy to see a new video right before the Christmas event patch went live. Wishing every player a blessed holiday.

[@PopADoseYo]

Best video ive seen as informative and entertaining. And ive been here since the beginning of YT. Also every single video game song i could name. Loved the BK TTT snd Snappers voice when Hermit Crab popped up!

[@VoidWalkerOblivion]

At some point, you're going to have to give us a deep dive of how factions and sub-factions work. Its also confusing to understand how traits and playstyles get inherited from the multiple layers of alignment.

[@Virtual_Jester]

Then there's Viruses, which are the closest things to being alive without actually being alive. Viruses are often confused with the three microbe factions: Bacteria, Archaea, and Protozoa. Viruses are actually a bonus "faction" consisting of modernized versions of the game’s pre-alpha characters and their variants. You can unlock each core virus build by either becoming infected by that specific build and surviving or (if you are playing as a microbe) killing that specific build in combat. After unlocking the base virus character, you can upgrade and diversify into its many variants. My personal favorite virus build is the Bacteriophage, which I unlocked after winning a really tough duel against a T4 while playing as an E coli bacterium. Afterwards, it was actually really fun to play as an anti-disease, and I was able to farm tons of XP from defending my human host. A really crazy friend of mine spent countless hours of playtime as a chimp for the sole purpose of unlocking the Ebola virus, the deadliest virus build in the game. He actually died from it three times before finally surviving an infection and thus unlocking the build. Its signature ability to induce the Hemorrhagic Fever status effect is so overpowered and will ensure a KO if your victim doesn’t have any health buffs such as access to medicine.

[@Darkinu2]

Here from the Collaboration with Cas Geo and I have to say... HOW THE FLAPJACK DID I NOT FIND YOU SOONER?! Describing animals as video game builds is hilarious and you got my sub.

[@Spyko-]

8:26 you know your build is trash when even TierZoo laugh while describing your match-ups

[@ChaosIncarnate-o5x]

Damn, this was good. Love your videos man, keep up the great work! Idea/suggestion: Fictional shark tier list (JAWS, Maneater, The MEG, Deep Blue Sea, etc.)

[@MKy867]

The clip at 7:38 made my entire body quiver

[@PatRick-dj8qb]

I now know what type of crab I want to inevitably become, thanks TierZoo!

[@maccoat]

You forgot one big advantage isopods have. Isopods are the only arthopods that can biphasic molt. Which means they can molt in halfs instead all at once which allows them to remain mobile while molting. Isopods also have extreme tollerance of ammonia gas and heavy metals. I say they should be C teir.

[@kazervids8828]

1st time here, your way of explaining is interesting and fun to listen to, which makes it easier to understood imo

[@ryanthefilmmaker2574]

You know, dataminers were recently able to determine that Hexapoda is actually nested *within* Crustacea, meaning insects are crustaceans. Thus, the crustacean playerbase is actually one of the most successful

[@windhelmguard5295]

spiders and scorpions are also crustaceans.

[@garrettbrown775]

​@@windhelmguard5295 Spiders and Scorpions are arachnids and are not crustaceans. Myriapoda (millipedes, centipedes, etc.) are more closely related to crustaceans than arachnids are.

[@cratorcic9362]

The Crustacean playerbase is the most numerous in the meta, as far as animal players go, outside of the playerbase of nematodes…

[@YuiFunami]

@@windhelmguard5295 no

[@TierZoo]

This is true but kind of misleading. It's like saying whales are a type of fish because they evolved from tetrapods and tetrapods evolved from fish. It's true but phylogenetic trees aren't the end-all-be-all of taxonomy

[@TheSandwhichman108]

We isopod mains took a few ques from the trilobite build plus we were one of the first classes to get the achievement land dweller. Plus since we’re so plentiful it means we’re doing something right.

[@EG-hy9mv]

Plus, a lot of human mains(at least the ones that partner with reptile players) tend to also have isopods to round out the team comp. Sure, if you go down that route you kinda have to follow the whims of the human responsible for you, but hey, you've got a good supply of xp, are relatively safe, AND you can get some pretty neat skins

[@TheSandwhichman108]

@@EG-hy9mv I’m a freshwater isopod main myself and I’ve kicking it in a beautiful rocky/planted aquarium. There’s try hard crayfish player living in a hole somewhere but she’s pretty easy to avoid. Everyone else was pretty friendly.

[@TheSandwhichman108]

@@EG-hy9mv Random isopod- Does this count as a skin? Me: No that’s just an infection that’s rendered you unable to respawn.

[@rainbowthedragoncat6768]

​​@@EG-hy9mvI mean, the humans partnered with reptiles kill you eventually, but I guess of the builds raised to be food it's one of the better ones because you're not getting factory farmed

[@sir_ridley388]

thanks for renewing my fear of Isopods. that one running out of the fish's mouth audibly jump scared me

[@LuddyFish_]

Isopods belong in hell. As someone currently studying marine biology, I've learned a lot about parasitism, which itself is quite disturbingly fascinating, but nothing disturbs me greatly than isopods fusing to a fish's tongue. Having a parasite as my tongue... I'd rather become a zombie host for a parasite, by which there are some real fucked up stuff...

[@mandocomando9444]

Crawdads may be D tier, but their flavor is S tier, followed by crab, shrimp, and then lobsters. Also that backwards movement is 100% exploitable: you put your net behind them, then step in front of them and they just jump right into your net. One of the easiest animals to catch.

[@brianwatts5951]

Crawfish

[@TheLucidDreamer12]

​@@brianwatts5951Louisianian spotted

[@twistedtachyon5877]

​@@brianwatts5951crayfish

[@rfactor1502]

Sounds like a crab or hermit crab build that found a way to spec into mantis shrimp attack power would land solidly in S tier. Probably not quite ban worthy as the mantis shrimp relies on water physics for it's attack power, so that attack would have more limited utility on land. However having land as a traversable option to help avoid bad aquatic matchups, and in the case of a hermit crab extra shell scavenging options, would probably be of high value to a build like this.

[@ShynyMagikarp]

might be my favorite of yours yet. incredible memes, great edits, very easy to follow script. masterclass vid

[@crabmaster5278]

I know spore exists and all, but an RPG that uses the system that Tierzoo uses in these videos. Like just a game that lets you choose a build, and choose a time period and location, and just survive against other player animals and the weather, getting skill points with every kill, using them. Whenever you reproduce (prestige)

[@flamingfishey]

if someone made this a real game I would play this literally forever

[@santa_with_a_gun]

have you heard of reincarnation

[@flipwonderland]

you're playing this game rn

[@sinteleon]

Or if you just want crabs, there's fight crab

[@RamsesMed1na]

"get a life" taken new meaning

[@amberkat8147]

Good news- it is! I am personally hoping to be able to pick "cat" as my next character, because I am hoping to be able to sponge of the humans and have a very easy, comfortable game. Hopefully female, as I'd like to successfully complete the breeding part of the quest-line and be able to enjoy the experience of raising some adorable kittens.

[@chocoboko123]

I am so in love with your editing. I love all the video game references and quick jokes that fly by, and it also helps me absorb the material better by relating it to video games. The water/bug vs ground/bug type for isopods vs roly polies instantly makes sense in my brain. The clips you find of these critters are also very nice quality.

[@mthlay15]

It was fun to see you play MTG. Thanks for the incredible videos 🎉 merry Christmas and happy new years

[@Guywithglasses4k]

This is the best way for people to actually learn about things especially for the mew generation

[@foolndrool]

that clip of the isopod running up that dude's arm scared the shit out of me

[@amaranthhhhh]

the meme is less that players will drop their class in favor of switching to crab; it's moreso that many builds end up investing in the same upgrades that the crab meta is built on.

[@briantly9289]

As a competitive Buddhist, I love your videos TierZoo! Very useful for players who are Carbon rank!

[@MythicMachina]

​@@SqueekysquidIt's actually a really interesting pacifist playstyle. The Buddhist subclass of human hage the ability to gain a perk called "Enlightenment". It has multiple stages and is one of the hardest perks in the game to get, but it can bump your intelligence and wisdom stats to ABSURD degrees. It even buffs Charisma at some points!

[@briantly9289]

@@Squeekysquid reincarnation!

[@Zarmdthecoolest]

Thank you for bringing the term "competitive Buddhist" into my life. I hope you don't reincarnate as a barnacle

[@BodhiPolitic]

@@MythicMachina Once you level up to steam entry the (situational) awareness buff and decreased fog of war alone are a game changer.

[@phoenixaasted]

I love the fact that you can use a build made by someone else or yourself great game

[@burningscales]

When I first started playing the game as a primate main, I could never figure out the quick time interactions and kept accidentally entering melee with crawdad players. They do drop some delicious loot tho

[@daspletoproductions]

2 tier zoo videos in a week what a treat!

[@Smug_Jeremy]

No?

[@arghpee]

2 weeks but yea

[@s-boy4613]

He did a collab with Casual Geographic recently too

[@Wooddchips]

2 weeks apart

[@orangeants]

Within a day even if we count the Collab

[@therealkayr15]

Your editing has evolved so much, props to you for keeping up this channel

[@mf76271]

I love the fact that your videos get better every time. Top tier content (no pun intended) but the editing to match as well 🙌🏽

[@compatriot852]

The core crustacean build hasn't changed much since its inception. Some say they are weak, but their mainstay just goes to show something about them is going well

[@jjwildanimals9775]

The Pistol Shrimp build is quite underrated: when paired with a goby the defence is quite impenetrable, and the bubble explosion is normally a one-hit kill.

[@beegman27]

id love to see a mollusc faction tier list in the future. cephalopods are truly a buckwhild build if ever there were one

[@darkwolve114]

@11:50 That crab now believes in guardian angels. "What tf did I just witness!?!?" Put yourself in the crab's shell... 😨😳

[@TheViralAssassin]

We are blessed with not only a casual geographic video but also a tierzoo video!? Love all your content, thanks for all the cool fun knowledge about animals.

Me: *Existing* Tierzoo: *This is the ideal crustacean. You may not like it, but this is what peak crab looks like!*

[@TV119-f7i]

Oh yea daddy

[@cazzok]

1:48 “This prison, to hold… ME?”

[@idkpenguin1046]

Hmm a vistor

[@ansrfururactions]

Ok, the lobster removing its claw at 2:01 was the most metal thing i ever whitness.

[@marisdotter]

Dude I love to see other builds. As a rat main in a human play-through I do want to see what the other classes have to offer may do a crab build next time!

[@JOJO-yd7qs]

imagine being in a fist fight, and then just yanking your arm of and throwing it to your opponent face😂

[@Capstone2266]

Ok but imagine a robot crab mech detaching it's arm and throwing it at you, then after hitting you it boomerangs back and reconnects

[@EmanuelJaimes-t8r]

Arms are just decorations

[@FreeTime-0]

​@@EmanuelJaimes-t8rJJK reference?

[@LordCrate-du8zm]

Ah, the 8th MS Team strat _"I'M GOING TO LIIIIIIIIIVE!"_

[@sporovid5856]

Giorno vs Bruno

[@Cooldude-ko7ps]

12:40 there’s also that time when a human main made some metal shells for some hermit crab players

[@TGP_Inc.]

0:00 YOU CRUSTACEOUS CHEAPSKATE!!! 2:56 What the barnacles?!? 4:31 Oh shrimp! 6:22 Gotta look for those Doritos! 7:53 Lard-sons of Crawdads pickin' on a kid? 9:17 Red Lobster, anybody? 10:28 Holy Crab!!! 12:18 Oh Crab!!! 13:23 Plankton-- oh wait, it's a crustacean. Carry on 14:49 Smash or spear? That is the question!

[@theguys0305]

lol

[@butter_0021]

With the isopod builds, I’d like to defend them saying you left out there abilities that let them help top tiers like ants by cleaning in exchange for living in the anthills.

[@AUTISM_central]

But those are the ground type, so they aren’t a crustation

[@LordCrate-du8zm]

@@AUTISM_central ... Yes they are you dunce. All isopods are crustaceans.

[@buckboy6769]

The clip of the isopod running up that persons arm freaked me out 😅

[@ProfoundMentalRetardation3]

@@AUTISM_central hey are Edit: Why the fuck did i type "hey are"

[@huntersedlacek7495]

Am I the only person who is absolutely disgusted by those big ass ocean isopods. Is there a specific phobia associated with those fucking things?😂

[@CClaxer]

Have you ever thought about doing a S of the S list? Like take all the builds that were S tiers in their perspective classes then rank them to see which is the true S?

[@carlossssssss5492]

Great idea

[@SealWithoutHat]

Godly idea

[@ExitLight886]

Aside from Humans ofc

[@emerypowell1664]

I asked for this tier list 2 years ago. Today my dream finally came true! Crustacean tier list let's goooooo

[@kawaiipiggy9143]

I would enjoy a video on the microbiome meta. There's some very interesting playstyles in amongst the high durability builds that I'd love to see you cover. It may be a niche meta but it's important all the same!

[@Hi_its_da_blanket_with_glasses]

Not to mention, the barnacle could become very vulnerable when the host (most likely another crustacean) levels up, leaving the barnacle very very weak on a piece of armor.

[@Hi_its_da_blanket_with_glasses]

I would also like to add, this is like he said a good class for beginners, but it’s not a good idea to be on a crustacean since it’s very very risky too.

[@nathancomixproductions466]

I just like to say that Annelida, Onychophora, and Tardigrada are completely different phylums. Although the last 2 are more closely related than Annelida (the grandphylum Panarthropoda).

[@bobbob-fr1jc]

The fix for the phylogenetic tree would be changing arthropod to ecdysozoa, change annelid into nematode (since annelids are lophotrochozoans), and then show arthropods as a part of panarthropoda which you mentioned contained tardigrades and onychophorans. As far as im aware, the lower part of the tree is also messed up. This is because trilobites and chelicerates lack mandibles, while crustaceans, hexapods, and myriapods all belong to mandibulata, while the tree he shows indicates loss of mandibles on the brach with those 2

[@nathancomixproductions466]

@@bobbob-fr1jc Agreed

[@9Guzzy9]

+

[@YuiFunami]

also wasn't it recently shown that hexapoda should be in the pancrustacea clade 1:09 doesn't seem correct

[@elrobot3123]

Yeah I'm glad someone noticed that, being that he placed the annelids in "Arthropoda", that "Arthropoda" probably refers to "Articulata", although that taxon is obsolete and as mentioned it would be best to put Ecdysozoa but without the annelids. Oh and the trilobites with chelicerates (Arachnomorpha) is also controversial, according to what I read it may be valid but not 100%, because there is another hypothesis that puts them with the mandibulates forming Antennulata.