Hey everyone, a few quick notes: 1: This is not my TeamSeas upload. That one is coming soon though! 2: Yes, I've already made a video covering snakes. That video, unfortunately, got copyright claimed and I had to remove a portion of it in order to keep the video up. I figured since that video was old anyway, I'd rather just remake it. So hopefully this one is way better, too! It's more than twice as long.
It’s said that the most OP snake was the highest ranking rattlesnake player, the legendary Rattlesnake Jake. He modified his damage and intimidation to the max by swapping out his rattle with a gatling gun. And instead opting for a hood like cobras, he switched out for a stylish cowboy hat, 10/10 aesthetics
that chameleon had huge teams of players helping to take the snake down, i dont think anyone coud have won that particular matchup. that says nothing about rattlesnake jake’s overall power and viability
@@misterdeer5261 Not only did that Chameleon also have a gun, but it had a large party helping it. Jake also respected the Chameleon enough to not kill it immediately.
Interestingly, venomous snake builds developed earlier in the meta than non-venomous builds! This means that many snake mains actually decided that trading out venom was overall a beneficial move. Wild, right? But I'm not going to call them wrong when Colubrid players are almost literally everywhere - clearly they're doing something right!
To be honest one of the limitations of these tier lists is that they seem primarily concerned with solo gameplay rather than the success of the group as a whole. The list seems inarguable with regards to Colubrids when it comes to that criteria, but considering how damned many of them there are it's obvious that when taking the success of the whole group into account these are far from low tier. Garter snakes (genus Thamnophis) are literally everywhere in north and central America. It's sort of hard to argue that this is an F-Tier build when it comes to overall success.
Unfortunately, in my experience, most snake players are incredibly toxic. I have almost never ran into a snake player that didn't mention my mother or low skill during a confrontation.
@@kobifisher9698 Ever watch a viper use its movable (in 2 dimensions) fangs to chopstick food animals into its mouth? A keyboard is not a problem for those.
One nasty advantage of the boomslang's slow acting venom is that it can be easily mistaken for a 'dry bite', which can lead to people not seeking medical attention until the deeply unpleasant effects kick in
@@imyellowteeth4691 Yeah, sometimes I mistake him for Sam 'O' Nella. It has been years since he last posted, but he's studying in uni/college, so it's understandable.
That note at the beginning reads: “Hi, quick note: it was really difficult to find clips of exactly the right species of snake in a lot of these cases. Throughout the video, there will be a few clips where the animal depicted is not the exact animal being discussed, but is nonetheless illustrative of the point I’m making because it’s behaving in a similar way. These will be denoted in the bottom right corner when appropriate.”
I think it’s strangely funny that most animals are instinctively trained to say “HELL N O” when they see anything remotely string-like in nature because snakes exist
Garter snakes do have the social skill though, something that the majority of snake builds lack. This grants them a good safety in numbers and does wonders paired with their Live Birth trait. Garter snakes also have a unique cold resistance trait which allows them to thrive in some rather absurdly out of place servers such as Canada.
I second that. Garter snakes do have social skills and are the most friendly of the nope noodle builds. It's pretty wicked to team up with S tier humans who do gardening. Meta is overrated to the enjoyment.
Although the garter snake supposedly carries rear fanged venom vipers like copperheads and most rattlesnakes live communally. This not only brings up their social meter but the extra protection of frontal fangs would bring them up a whole tier in my opinion.
You forgot to mention the solid snake. Highly effective stealth tactics, with excellent cardboard camouflage, and adept at fighting in close or long range situations.
Batesian Mimicry is weird tho, Kingsnake, especially Cal Kings etc, may have adapted like Green Tree Pythons/ Emerald Tree Boas convergent evolution, extremely similar but totally unrelated species and adaptations. There's banded snakes all over the world, with similar colors and patterns, to venemous and non venemous. It's an interesting discussion for sure.
He missed (skipped) a really really weak type of snake, Western blind snakes. About 30cm, diameter of a big earthworm, lives in loose soil, no eyes and eats ants and termites.
14:59 The endlag on that is busted for such a high damage move. He hard whiffs and still has enough time to use it again before his opponent can even react.
Black mamba DoT tick rate needs to be nerfed for sure, but also I feel the king snake mimicking the coral snake color was over looked in their defensive or stealth stats, thats some top tier 4head strats right there. So much so that the smartest build in the game, ie humans, needed to make a rhyme to remember it is so effective.
Are we not going to talk about this game's incredible OST? The diversity of the sound track is amazing! Unfortunately, unless surrounded by human builds, you won't hear it often, but the ambiance in the game is great too.
Personally I'm not a huge fan of how the soundtrack is entirely gated behind in-game paywalls of some sort, and mostly only available to human players.
Snakes have also been able to make a niche home for themselves in the pet servers having a relatively small but loyal following and also most players in these servers have more skins than players in the wild realms
"Snakes are the perfect example of a compact and streamlined yet still functional design. Tongue, teeth, venom, organs, bones, and movement capabilities all in less than half the space of the competition. Sleek, efficient, elegant. That’s what makes a snake a snake"
As a Wyoming resident I can confirm the effectiveness of the "rattle" as an intimidation move. Shit is terrifying when you hear it start up, especially because at first you usually can't figure out exactly where it is coming from.
If you aren’t a competitive player and just want a fun, simple build with a lot of customization options, Ball Python with a human teammate is actually pretty great. The human’s intelligence stat often unlocks new skins and designs for their teammates, and it just so happens that the devs gave Ball Pythons a RIDICULOUS amount of customization options in terms of color and pattern. However, the ball python intelligence stat isn’t high enough to unlock new skins on its own (other than random loot boxes) so you do need a human player to help you out with it.
Top tier snakes are insane. This one snake, I remember, he took down an entire weaponized nuclear battle mech, wasn't slowed down by his age at all either.
Out of everyone that has tried to steal MJ’s moves, and use them to perfection, no one has ever come closer to being like Mike than the Black Mamba. He is undoubtedly the greatest “next Michael Jordan” of all time.
I feel brief credit is due to the Eastern Indigo snake, which is somewhat like a Kingsnake build, but much larger: they actually eat _Rattlesnakes._ when you can actually safely feast one not just a high tier build, but a high tier build with normally lethal venom, you’re probably a pretty solid build Also, they actually party up with the gopher tortoise during winter months in burrows, keeping one another warm
As much as I love the Indigo, I doubt it could be ranked as high as the Kingsnake build. Everyone I know that used to be an Indigo main switched over to something else due to their reliance on and the decrease of Gopher Tortoise mains. Kingsnakes also target and eat rattlesnakes, but the Indigo does deserve some credit for being able to take on the largest rattlesnake in the game, the Eastern Diamondback.
@@YTLoverSDab the sea snake, cobra, taipan, and mamba are all in the same family of snakes known as the elapids so ofc they’re all s-tier. Taipans however are actually quite shy which is why the aggressive mamba tops them even though their venom isn’t as strong as the taipan’s.
It’s funny how people view Australia.. a lot of time on their builds you mean that a few just specced into venom because they’re slower and not as powerful as the prey on the server? Ricky Mack photographs taipans from less than 2 feet away... black mumbas can strike up to 2/3rds of their body length in distance.. if he tried that with a mamba he’d be smoked..
I think you should have talked about the Solid Snake. It's a really interesting build with high camouflage and a special ability called "explosives". I would have liked to know where it would place on this list.
They are still one of the only colubrids that are lethal to humans. The only saving grace is that it is not fast acting so you'd have ten hours to get yourself to a hospital.
Fun fact: it's well known that snakes have to shed their skin, but their lack of limbs makes it incredibly difficult for them to do so. As a result, they have a period of time leading into a molt where they're incredibly itchy and will roll around on rocks or fallen logs to scratch themselves. I've encountered cottonmouths doing this while walking on nature trails, and it's honestly very funny. I really cannot overstate how much I don't recommend doing this and how bad of an idea it is, but they'll happily accept scratches from, say, a particularly long stick you found, and they'll lean into it because it feels nice. I, uh, wasn't a very smart kid when it came to wild animals.
@@communistravenn6201 I don't want to ruin it for but i will, "Just Some Guy without a Mustache" is a BOT account which is made to reply in videos, its not an actual person. Same as "UwU" and other accounts that you see in many different kinds of videos. They are made in order to get subs and probably be sold to other people.
Dude, garter snakes are a meme class from the outset. They're not taking the game seriously, they're just keeping up that comically intense rivalry with that one subfaction of newts. Seems kind of unfair to have them in the tier list at all IMO.
@@KnoxCarbon Honestly, cheetahs are heavily underrated. They don't really do that much damage, but they can have favourable offensive stats against builds of similar size, like lone hyenas and leopards.
I'd argue that snakes ARE meta defining because most mammals, humans included, have an instinctive, pathological fear of snakes, which triggers regardless of snake species.
Some studies have shown that Humans have buffs for dealing the snake build. More effective Color vision and a higher resistance to certain snake builds venom, particularly Cobra venom verses other primate builds. This was mentioned in an episode on EONS if IRC. EDIT also mentioned was an instinctual Reaction buff where humans automatically recognize the build and react.
14:37 I've come back to watch this video a few times now, and I only just now realized that's the snake's tail. I always thought it was some kind of bug crawling on the snake, but I guess that's the entire point. Frickin' awesome!
Wtf, I just realized that, thanks for the nightmares I’m gonna have tonight, but seriously that’s crazy smart and horrifying to have a spider on its tail
Yeah, its awesome these are some of my inventions: you can find easter eggs to modify your genetic like the genetic reshuffle place of chernobyl You gain evolution points once every 10,000 years The game is separated into classes, from classes factions, from factions builds
This is pure gold! Conceptualizing evolution as "builds" is actually very clever. Anyone who's played (insert mmorpg) can connect to your metaphor. Well done!
I actually don't play mmo's but I definitely think using game terminology is clever and hilarious. He said the snakes were perfect for spawn killing 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Tierzoo snubbing Australia hard here! You know Australia has some pretty OP snakes ay? King Brown, Inland Taipan, Eastern Brown, Fierce Snake, Yellow Belly Black Snake, The Brown porcelain reversal snake, The Gumtree Guppy Snake, The Koala Killer Snake
That moment when two channels you love pump into one another. XD Edit: I obviously meant "bump" and not "pump" but it's too funny to correct at this point LMFAO.
Ok, you can't give vipers points for having heat pits, and completely ignore that same point for pythons and boas. Pythons and boas are primarily nocturnal ambush predators. You want to see an effective python? Green tree python. Extremely effective bird catcher due to massive front fangs, and excellent camoflauge, and sensitive and large heat pits and eyes make for accurate strikes.
Emerald tree boas too, theyre gorgeous, extremely stealthy, have nightmare inducing teeth, numerous, large, and visually striking heat pits, and some of the largest jaw muscles of any snake
@@expertoflizardcorrugation3967 Know more cool TH-camr you can recommend to me? I mean, i know you like Tier Zoo, so i know your taste... soooo... And by the way, i have much to recommend, too, if you like.
I never agree with the actual rankings, editing and the info are really fun but like how is anaconda b tier when its an apex predator adapted to rivers, why would it need to be versitile on land when it does so well near water
Fun fact about the rattlensnake's "rattle" ability - their specialized rattle gear was added to the game AFTER the ability was. Quite a few other snakes use the ability without the specialized gear, moving leaves and stuff in the underbrush to act as a distraction - since the snake's weak point is in the same spot as its weapons, this acts as both a defensive move AND a feint for an offensive strike.
I want to add on to this there's a glitch with the specialized gear that interference from human players is causing permanent disabling of it for some rattlesnake players
The biggest issue with snakes is that they’re one of the most glass-cannony classes in the game. They have some of the worst passive defences and their usually low weight class doesn’t help.
king cobras aren't actually cobras -- they're actually more closely related to mambas -- meaning you accidentally left out one of the strongest snake builds
So OP they're lowkey meta defining. Multiple other factions have had to get anti-serpent perma feats and invest the hard-earned perk points to get them to Reaction tier in action cost. We may laugh at cats getting heart attacks over sudden cucumbers, but the serpents smirk. They know.
This is a much more respectful video on the snake build and it’s unique advantages than your previous one, and I really appreciate that. Great vid TierZoo!
Fun fact snakes are, in fact,meta defining in that it's theorized by psychologists that most humans fear of them is because they often lurk in the trees where our food and safety was in the past.
As someone who's lives in a forest I can confirm that we literally had almost all the trees in a 20 meter radius of our yard cut because any time something hit the roof our first thought was "Oh dear God please don't be a snake"
In fact, both geese and smaller felines figured out that imitating the sound of a snake was a great way to intimidate larger players. Of course, any player that's actually been attacked by a goose or a cat might avoid one that's hissing because "This Thing Hisses Before It Hurts You", not necessarily because "I Hear A Snake".
Don't forget that they're said to have led to humans gaining the Mortality debuff by baiting them into downloading malware. Though I guess most dataminers think that's just a creepypasta.
It's weird seeing garter snakes in such a low tier, when they're so *prolific*. I mean, granted, an individual garter snake is surely much weaker than an individual player using most other snake builds. And yet, they must be doing something right, because they're in absolutely no danger of being wiped out; they're everywhere. Perhaps it's simply the combination of high respawn rate and ability to harvest XP from ridiculously common prey (notably insects).
Think of it like ranked matches online. There are a lot of players in the lower divisions but when you get up to the pro level there are few players who can sustain that level of dominance
When you know its a garter snake there is no need to fear. But if you are a small child or a kitty or a monkey and dont know any better you just see a sneaky snek and crap your britches. They have some intimidation factor as well in the lower tiers.
King cobra deserves a place in the S tier. King cobra are actually not cobra (Naja), they are a different species/Genus (Ophiophagus hannah), they are called cobra because of the impressive hood. 1. Growing up to 20 feet. 2. Highest quantity of venom delivery. 3. Potent venom. Although not at the same level of inland taipans. 4. Largely immune to both cobra and viper venom. 5. Too big for quick players (mongoose). 6. Extremely smart and thinking animal. Avoids conflict with the players that have cheat code (humans).
I wish he'd mentioned how the higher tier snakes are so terrifying, they actually give a huge buff to all snake builds in terms of Intimidation. ESPECIALLY to human players- while some can use their Study ability and learn about the different types a vast majority will Dash out the instant they even THINK they see a snake, thusly saving even the weakest players of the build from Humans, probably the most OP of all builds. Though this is also a similarity with Arachnid builds, Snake builds are much more powerful at their best so I'd say this tips the scales in their favor.
This is actually a common mistake in the human player's "danger sense" ability coming from their ancestors, when humans were so weak that almost everything was a bad matchup for them. This is just a skill they have yet to relinquish because it gives them dangersense in social situations now which is useful. Snakes aren't the only ones with this intimidation factor, spiders, bees, some classes of shark (like baskin shark) and many other small form animals have gained a plus in their matchup due to primitive instincts
Spiders have the downside where their unknown danger will cause their deaths where any non-dangerous creature would have gone unsquashed. Nobody fucks with a snake though.
Actually, this is a main feature of the game for various builds, even cats are extremely scared of really anything bigger than them or anything they have fought with on the past, this is actually an obvious double edge sword since it means that anything scared from them will have higher chance to escape and be aware of their location, getting the advantage on the battle.
The fact the snake builds from the Australian server were left out is honestly disapointing considering some of their builds have the highest venom stats in the game...
@@Ryodraco that's because Australia is a first world country with good health care and snake awareness is heavily implemented into the education systems
But taking into account that videos like this takes a ton of time, him going away for months is very understandable and wouldn't think he just left for me to say "he retuned" like he went on a vacation instead of making these videos.
The top tier snakes are so strong that human builds have a chance to receive a morale debuff from merely seeing a snake, thinking that the harmless garter snake is a top-tier venomous snake
You should see the bug that affects the feline class upon interaction with a Snek player model. The feline physics are turned off and they flip out of frame.
It is absolutelly *GREAT* to have more TierZoo videos!!! But if I have one thing to complain, it is the actual tier list screen, I think it would be better if instead of bluring out the already existing placements, just add the pictures as they are being ranked. Older videos already did this and I think the change was kinda bad, even if it don't change that much of the video. The animation is amazing as always. *Love* your content and wanted to give some honest feedback.
Back when my grandfather used to be on the server, even though he was the classic OP human build, he would regularly make absolute fools out of snakes. In particular, the copperhead players, since he seemed to have a bone to pick with them for whatever reason. All this with very conservative stats on his build as well as old, out of meta equipment, like an axe.
I dispute garter snakes placement for two reasons: one, their ongoing evolutionary war with newts has provided a benefit; at least some species are able to sequester the poison in their body, and in turn, become poisonous themselves. Second, their distribution. They are found in some of the regions (like western washington state) where very few other snakes can survive. Their smaller size is responsible for that. Also more an interesting note; they are one of the few snakes to live in a group, outside of brumation/breeding Edit: to be more specific, garters can survive in *colder* locales due to their small size. In western Washington, its quite temperate/cool, and we have two types of snakes; a few species of garters, and rubber boas.
as much as i like tierzoo i do have to admit that while the information is technically accurate the way its presented implies things that simply arent true. most of the "low tier" animals are either specialists or generalists that keep a low profile, both of these tactics are very successful despite not being big and impressive like mambas and anacondas
@@GodwynDi I mean, who is gonna be the better hunter, the person who knows everything there is in the environment they hunt in so they have an amazing advantage Or A wandering hunter who has only the basics and bunch of jacks but they can’t effectively utilise their environments like the specialist can. And while the specialist is only great in a single area, why leave if you so good there? Again, that is more so a dig at how servers change all the time which will kill the generalists eventually if they don’t adapt their playstyle and while specialists can struggle due to changes in the environment, doesn’t mean they can’t adapt overtime.
...and he forgot the coolest of the family...the snakes that chose a flying/ gliding option for arboreal maps. This ability maximizes escape chances; and due to the nature of the rain forest biome; enables map changes to new spaces heretofore unexplored by others in their class.
Hi there everyone! I’ve heard of a new bug in Outside. Apparently, if you join a human player’s party as they switch servers but leave right as they connect, you can join servers that ban your build. Perhaps it might be a good idea for a video to document what this bug does to the meta? It’s called the “invasive species” glitch.
It's a known bug but it's certainly not new, at least in the timespan of humans having access to server switching through boats. A video would be cool though. Even Burmese Pythons in this video took advantage of a similar exploit in Florida, but instead of leaving right as they connect, they left after becoming a pet support class.
the devs should be working hard to fix this exploit but there's a leak that the next update: the climate change update might fix this bug by nerfing the viability of the human class.
@@truttle4522 You underestimate clan Neanderthal. We haven't been defeated. We walk among the humans for the time, until the time is right. Climate change doesn't scare us, and the sands of time are our weapon. Very soon now we take back what was ours.
I can see why some human players from different factions have long since their earliest inception into the game held the snake build as a legendary class. Some even created whole myths and lore for these meat noodles. Be proud that a whole player base went out to RP worshipping you like gods. Also is it just me or are the lower tier snakes cute? Sure they pounce and bite, but when they're sitting still, they look adorable.
They're definitely loveable. You wouldn't ordinarily think of snakes as a human support class but their emotional support buffs work really well for some players
@@olserknam I guess they've been more amalgamated with other fierce predators like big cats and raptors, creating a sort of hybrid called a dragon. That seems to be a more common form, but serpents tend to show up in old human text entries, like the Bible.
It would be hard since there are so many. Like some ants are S tier. Some are B. Some beetles would be S tier, while others would be bottom tier. It would have to be a specialized list. I’d like an Ants tier list, like with the spider tier list.
Suprised you didn’t mention flying snakes, soley for the fact that seing a snake hovering in the air or gliding towards you is probably in the top 5 of most intimidating things in this game.
The number 4 most intimidating thing is Seeing a Human naked Loaded with Cocaine,I swear,That thing i saw on the school party wasnt a Human,It was something else
Another important thing is that humans are instinctively weary of snakes, so much so that they even came up with the dragon build based on the fear of snakes and crocodiles.
True. But dragon builds are human fantasy which means you can only be them with games inside the game. This means that only human builds have access to them and human build games are just way to simplistic to this one, as most of them have a protagonist gimmick meaning you only have access to one character and their powers are pretty much fixed, meaning you can’t spend evolution points on them
Dragon builds can take alot of other spiration too, from birds, to lions, even dogs in some cases. Dragons represent alot of humanity's fear of other species
Have you guys forgotten how many snake mains that tried to 1v1 the devs? I heard some of their usernames were Leviathan, Jormungandr and Lucifer, They were THAT good as snake mains
Jormungandr didn't exist. Recovered pieces of text from a leaker living in the Scandinavian area claimed that the games final update would be called "Ragnarok" which would lead to the game being taken offline for all players. Jormungandr was supposed to be the final boss of the update who would crush the earth by wrapping itself around the planet. Leaks been disproven ever since
@@CoolBird420 The leak wasn’t disproven, that was the devs plan at the time. What happened was they changed their plan because or the leak. Now… well I don’t have proof but I think they’re gonna do the next extinction event when the human players complete the nuclear weaponry faction quest.
I initially just put this video on for background noise but between the RuneScape intro and the amazing commentary it got my undivided attention. Great work.
Generally TierZoo does a great job, but he really dropped the ball by not mentioning players on the Australian server. The server is full of dangerous builds, and our snake builds are top of the line.
Black Mambas definitely deserve to be at the top. I once witnessed a PvP duel between one and Steve Irwin, one of the best grappler players in the Human faction to ever exist, and it came very close to getting him. The fight ultimately ended in a draw, but only because Irwin withdrew, knowing full well he would lose the battle of attrition. Not a build you want to mess with bare-handed.
I mean when THE steve withdraw from a fight with a snake, knowing his father had a clinic that was harvesting venom from venomous snake and that he manipulated them all his life. You know that snake is the strongest.
I'd imagine Brown & Taipan are special classes based on Cobra model. Lots of local specialized units were skipped over like jungle Krait etc, but its a big old class :)
@@dashingdave2665 they are very special classes, inlands live in a map no one really uses but the coastal taipan and eastern brown are aggressive, highly venomous and live near people.
Australian server is no man’s land, that entire server has some of the best and worst builds I have ever seen for mammals, reptiles, insects, you name it
@@SafavidAfsharid3197 Snakes are low tier, their only value is the matchup against humans which Aus snakes like Inland Taipan dominate for their venom. Never seen a snake eat a grown human
@@notnotcharles3022 doesn't mean that a large enough boa or cobra couldn't, we just tend to be faster and are able to grab a rock to bash the snake's head in before It can finish us off. While the inland taipan is the most venomous snake, its also got no recorded human kills as it's terrified of humans.
I think you're undervaluing the snake's relationship to human players. The garter snake, not being feared by most humans (and often seen as beneficial), gets a free pass that many rodents and insects don't. Almost every other snake inflicts fear on most of the human playerbase when encountered unintentionally, which leads to one of the most gamebreaking classes leaving them mostly alone. There are exceptions of course, humans do go out of their way to ko players they see as a threat often, but I think snakes have a great combo of stealth and intimidation against humans. And many other snake builds are put into human parties where the human exclusively carries them. That's where the burmese python's boom came from, after all
Step 1: Offer access to boop minigame in order to gain support-class role for human players Step 2: Follow human players to new maps as they spread to the whole overworld Step 3: ??? Step 4: Profit
@@cabby007 The Human Civilian build has one of the lowest combat stats of the Human Class. Not only does it not have the protective armor of Combatant builds, but is also restricted from using most of the better weapons in the game. I doubt those snakes primarily hunt Humans, so we should be looking at their more natural match-ups, in order to give a fair analysis and tier placement.
Guess all the other lizard factions who are specing into legless builds didn't hear the laughing. Or I guess they did, unlike the snake builds, they've got ears.
Hey everyone, a few quick notes:
1: This is not my TeamSeas upload. That one is coming soon though!
2: Yes, I've already made a video covering snakes. That video, unfortunately, got copyright claimed and I had to remove a portion of it in order to keep the video up. I figured since that video was old anyway, I'd rather just remake it. So hopefully this one is way better, too! It's more than twice as long.
Making a vid of my fav animal you dont need to apologise
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TierZoo can you make a tierlist about the beaver?
Weird not seeing my ex on here.....
your ex the type to bite the burrito in the middle?
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damn dude
You ruined too many animals for me
were they an S rank?
It’s said that the most OP snake was the highest ranking rattlesnake player, the legendary Rattlesnake Jake. He modified his damage and intimidation to the max by swapping out his rattle with a gatling gun. And instead opting for a hood like cobras, he switched out for a stylish cowboy hat, 10/10 aesthetics
He loss to a shitty chameleon z your point?
@@misterdeer5261 a chameleon that jake respected, unlike the tortoise.
that chameleon had huge teams of players helping to take the snake down, i dont think anyone coud have won that particular matchup. that says nothing about rattlesnake jake’s overall power and viability
A rattlesnake that can take on a tortoise but having a hard time against one bullet chameleon.
@@misterdeer5261 Not only did that Chameleon also have a gun, but it had a large party helping it. Jake also respected the Chameleon enough to not kill it immediately.
Interestingly, venomous snake builds developed earlier in the meta than non-venomous builds! This means that many snake mains actually decided that trading out venom was overall a beneficial move. Wild, right? But I'm not going to call them wrong when Colubrid players are almost literally everywhere - clearly they're doing something right!
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What the dog doin?
Clearly, they own an air fryer.
I mean, they also gave up legs, so they're no stranger to risky trade-offs.
To be honest one of the limitations of these tier lists is that they seem primarily concerned with solo gameplay rather than the success of the group as a whole. The list seems inarguable with regards to Colubrids when it comes to that criteria, but considering how damned many of them there are it's obvious that when taking the success of the whole group into account these are far from low tier. Garter snakes (genus Thamnophis) are literally everywhere in north and central America. It's sort of hard to argue that this is an F-Tier build when it comes to overall success.
That fan theory that a snake player convinced the human players to invest into intelligence is one of my favorites
I love how long it took for me to get that reference
Good thing the devs removed their legs as punishment
Messed up the whole game
@@gravity_cow What's the reference? I don't get it-
@@mouhiazeck the demon, disguised as snake luring adam and eve to eat the forbidden fruit
Unfortunately, in my experience, most snake players are incredibly toxic. I have almost never ran into a snake player that didn't mention my mother or low skill during a confrontation.
XD nice pun
yes I’m a snake main and ur mom smells of elderberries
Nan Wang Hey snake main, how did you type that message?
@@kobifisher9698 😂😂🤣got me weak af
@@kobifisher9698
Ever watch a viper use its movable (in 2 dimensions) fangs to chopstick food animals into its mouth? A keyboard is not a problem for those.
Ants are OP and deserve a tierlist.
With all the crazy adaptations over more than 10k species there's plenty to choose from.
Ants today are baby town frolicking compared to older builds. I still have nightmares about hell ants.
We must wait 8 months to get an insect tier list, sad.
agreed. There is even an ant that explodes itself
TierZoo should do a collar with AntsCanada
Bees are better
This is the one tier list you probably didn't have to blur out, seeing as the silhouettes are all just squiggly lines.
And because of that, it would've worked much better with pictures instead of silhouettes.
@@pirateraider1708 Come to think of it, the guy who did the silhouettes was creative af
True
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@gina damn bro, sex is kinda cringe though
One nasty advantage of the boomslang's slow acting venom is that it can be easily mistaken for a 'dry bite', which can lead to people not seeking medical attention until the deeply unpleasant effects kick in
"Deeply unpleasant" 😂😂
By unpleasant do you mean bleeding out of every hole in your body 😂😂
@@sharkgrenadevr certainly isn't pleasant 🤣. But yeah, I do have a tendency to understate, fair play
How is that an advatage
HES BACK!
Time to get tricked into learning again! Not that I'm complaining...
He never left
Yes!!!
@@imyellowteeth4691 Yeah, sometimes I mistake him for Sam 'O' Nella. It has been years since he last posted, but he's studying in uni/college, so it's understandable.
Let's Go
That note at the beginning reads:
“Hi, quick note: it was really difficult to find clips of exactly the right species of snake in a lot of these cases. Throughout the video, there will be a few clips where the animal depicted is not the exact animal being discussed, but is nonetheless illustrative of the point I’m making because it’s behaving in a similar way. These will be denoted in the bottom right corner when appropriate.”
Спасибо мой друг
"You can never be truly safe from snakes"
Polar bears and penguins: "observe"
Fairy penguins and Galapagos penguins: *scared squaking*
Snaeks: "3spoopy5u lol" =P
Until they eat tapeworm infested meat and now have a snake that sometimes pokes out of their ass but mostly starves them of nutrients
I hate the character assassination he did to Garters. They are perfectly comfortable well inside Polar Bear range.
@@xxxthwagdrakexxx4672i'm 4 months late, but this is the best comment ever created.
I think it’s strangely funny that most animals are instinctively trained to say “HELL N O” when they see anything remotely string-like in nature because snakes exist
Snakes have made their form a staple in predator fear psychology
Lmao
Danger String
@@rufusconnolly8489 they're danger noodles smh
@@MajorMlgNoob potentially worrisome elongated cylinders
Nope ropes
I love how whenever he refers to "killing an infant" he calls it Spawnkilling
Wont be the same for the Human fans tho
@@rashadayrit1394 humans always be spawn camping in schools using the quiet kid+ ar15 build
eggs are most popular form of child to eat, so snakes capitalise on that alot
Yea, this is why I love this channel!!! This guy refers to everything as a game and I love that
All of the bloodshed with no blood is great the kids a the primary school really like the game terms like spawn killing and shortened words like stats
Garter snakes do have the social skill though, something that the majority of snake builds lack. This grants them a good safety in numbers and does wonders paired with their Live Birth trait. Garter snakes also have a unique cold resistance trait which allows them to thrive in some rather absurdly out of place servers such as Canada.
Clearly a garter snake main right here. Idk what you see in them man but respect for not being a meta slave.
I second that. Garter snakes do have social skills and are the most friendly of the nope noodle builds. It's pretty wicked to team up with S tier humans who do gardening. Meta is overrated to the enjoyment.
They really do. I stepped on one barefoot one time and all he did was just slither over my foot like a little snake bro.
A skill some humans even lack
Although the garter snake supposedly carries rear fanged venom vipers like copperheads and most rattlesnakes live communally. This not only brings up their social meter but the extra protection of frontal fangs would bring them up a whole tier in my opinion.
this guy's channel is proof that you can make anything interesting if you just have the right idea. i wish teachers taught us like this
Facts
Animals were always interesting!
Animal facts are famously interesting wdym
You forgot to mention the solid snake. Highly effective stealth tactics, with excellent cardboard camouflage, and adept at fighting in close or long range situations.
Can't forget the rocket propelled grenades
In the current meta, it's been known to hunt hedgehogs, electric rodents, and fire-breathing tortoises, among others.
its also heavily dangerous to humans and should be avoided *if* spotted
Really struggles with stealth though, despite popular belief, the “clap of its ass cheeks” tend to give it away
And its natural mastery of the cardboard box continues to baffle biologists.
It's worth mentioning that kingsnakes statted into the "Mimicry" trait, choosing coral snakes
Batesian Mimicry is weird tho, Kingsnake, especially Cal Kings etc, may have adapted like Green Tree Pythons/ Emerald Tree Boas convergent evolution, extremely similar but totally unrelated species and adaptations. There's banded snakes all over the world, with similar colors and patterns, to venemous and non venemous. It's an interesting discussion for sure.
Finally a upload
@@reptilez13 Milk Snakes are a type of kingsnake that mimic coral snakes (an elapid like cobras are).
@@hamzathedude5400 Tier Zoo is epic,
but he aint the only epic yt-channel, so i created the hobby for myself to recommend youtubers to people.
May I?
There's a reason for that~
Surprising there are snakes in low tiers. They always talk about how they’re in the SSSSSS tier
the door my guy.
Sounds like most people today too
ya lol
The throne, o great pun lord.
He missed (skipped) a really really weak type of snake, Western blind snakes. About 30cm, diameter of a big earthworm, lives in loose soil, no eyes and eats ants and termites.
This is the best pronunciation of Boomslang I've heard from a foreigner, thanks 💜
At 1:29 he called them snek players
14:59 The endlag on that is busted for such a high damage move. He hard whiffs and still has enough time to use it again before his opponent can even react.
Git gud. Entirely avoidable.
Found the turkey main 😀
@@mnm1273 have u seen the frame data on that move?!
@@ayeyo2446 snakes would win neutral every time w that move
@@ayeyo2446 That snake's DOING STRINGS!!!
Black mamba DoT tick rate needs to be nerfed for sure, but also I feel the king snake mimicking the coral snake color was over looked in their defensive or stealth stats, thats some top tier 4head strats right there. So much so that the smartest build in the game, ie humans, needed to make a rhyme to remember it is so effective.
Yeah the devs need to do a mass gene therapy rebalance for every species on Earth.
king snake? you mean milk snake
An uneffective rhyme at that
Are we not going to talk about this game's incredible OST? The diversity of the sound track is amazing! Unfortunately, unless surrounded by human builds, you won't hear it often, but the ambiance in the game is great too.
*if surrounded by human builds
@@meowcat5596 he’s talking about the life game
There’s a snake build that eats eggs
Personally I'm not a huge fan of how the soundtrack is entirely gated behind in-game paywalls of some sort, and mostly only available to human players.
They even added tinnitus!
Snakes have also been able to make a niche home for themselves in the pet servers having a relatively small but loyal following and also most players in these servers have more skins than players in the wild realms
Those servers don’t give much fun, though
@@문브라더스-h7e yeah theyre more like hangout spots where u can check out cosmetics w/o any cost to ur camo stat
"Snakes are the perfect example of a compact and streamlined yet still functional design. Tongue, teeth, venom, organs, bones, and movement capabilities all in less than half the space of the competition. Sleek, efficient, elegant. That’s what makes a snake a snake"
Is that a Heaven's Design Team reference?
I know they give no tactical advantage, but I’d love to see a snake with engraved scales
Honestly sounds like you're trying to sell me a new model of a car or something.
@@leirawhitehart1236 I’d buy that car.
This sounds some ahoy gun video
As a Wyoming resident I can confirm the effectiveness of the "rattle" as an intimidation move. Shit is terrifying when you hear it start up, especially because at first you usually can't figure out exactly where it is coming from.
Rattlesnakes get a bad rap. It is one of the few snakes that warns people effectively to stay away.....and people hate them for that.
As someone outside the US my only knowledge of Wyoming is that it probably isn't real.
@@sam8742 as someone who lives in the US, I agree
@@sam8742 As a general rule, we try to cultivate that impression.
@@Thulgore Very true.
Still wanna see an ant tier list, the ants faction is incredibly diverse and meta defining, especially for arthropods.
ants are humanity's nemesis
@@bomric1788 Humanity is its own nemesis.
Ants are my kitchen’s nemesis.
Yeah it would be cool since they're all eusocial and some have venom and some even have more than 1 queen
@@rhesareeves5 facts lol
If you aren’t a competitive player and just want a fun, simple build with a lot of customization options, Ball Python with a human teammate is actually pretty great. The human’s intelligence stat often unlocks new skins and designs for their teammates, and it just so happens that the devs gave Ball Pythons a RIDICULOUS amount of customization options in terms of color and pattern. However, the ball python intelligence stat isn’t high enough to unlock new skins on its own (other than random loot boxes) so you do need a human player to help you out with it.
Good to know
Top tier snakes are insane. This one snake, I remember, he took down an entire weaponized nuclear battle mech, wasn't slowed down by his age at all either.
You're pretty good
While smoking
Nerf CQC pls
this deserves more likes
Listen man I don't give a Damn how many likes you get, THIS was an excellent joke.
The black mamba is literally just “why reinvent the wheel when we haven’t even perfected it?”
My favourite snek
Out of everyone that has tried to steal MJ’s moves, and use them to perfection, no one has ever come closer to being like Mike than the Black Mamba. He is undoubtedly the greatest “next Michael Jordan” of all time.
@@chriswebster24 lol not that mamba😂
@@chriswebster24 greatest snake main of all time
@@Sushidog2005 same
21:17 “there’s a lot more to snakes than just OUR general combat abilities though.” Tierzoo is a snake main confirmed
replying to this comment so it'll get more noticed
He says their, not our. but the way he says it I can see the confusion.
Tierzoo BASED??
AYO?? 🤨🤨
He said their
I feel brief credit is due to the Eastern Indigo snake, which is somewhat like a Kingsnake build, but much larger: they actually eat _Rattlesnakes._ when you can actually safely feast one not just a high tier build, but a high tier build with normally lethal venom, you’re probably a pretty solid build
Also, they actually party up with the gopher tortoise during winter months in burrows, keeping one another warm
As much as I love the Indigo, I doubt it could be ranked as high as the Kingsnake build. Everyone I know that used to be an Indigo main switched over to something else due to their reliance on and the decrease of Gopher Tortoise mains.
Kingsnakes also target and eat rattlesnakes, but the Indigo does deserve some credit for being able to take on the largest rattlesnake in the game, the Eastern Diamondback.
Last fact is wholesome
Any Australian snake shits on the A and S tier list snakes.
Terrible f’n list.
Australian snake players would like a word with you, they've spent a lot of time on their builds.
I was wondering where the Taipan would rank on this list.
@@trevorhegstrom2816 S tier for sure.
@@trevorhegstrom2816 From what I remember the sea snake and taipan are closely related and similar in playstyle
@@YTLoverSDab the sea snake, cobra, taipan, and mamba are all in the same family of snakes known as the elapids so ofc they’re all s-tier. Taipans however are actually quite shy which is why the aggressive mamba tops them even though their venom isn’t as strong as the taipan’s.
It’s funny how people view Australia.. a lot of time on their builds you mean that a few just specced into venom because they’re slower and not as powerful as the prey on the server? Ricky Mack photographs taipans from less than 2 feet away... black mumbas can strike up to 2/3rds of their body length in distance.. if he tried that with a mamba he’d be smoked..
Lizard, in ages past: This hole was made for me...
junji ito.......
Oh fuck no
DRR!.....DRR!....hiss.....DRR!
Nice place, son.
Good to see you too, Vechs.
I think you should have talked about the Solid Snake. It's a really interesting build with high camouflage and a special ability called "explosives". I would have liked to know where it would place on this list.
Hmm yes, this makes my snake solid. Also it should be all versions of solid and venom snake and liquid snake too
Also their evolutionary history
it also was a max intelligence stat. With all of what you said combined I'd say S++.
Tholid commenth
Take my like and go back where you came from
Bullet Train made me greatly overestimate the damage potential of the Boomslang
They are still one of the only colubrids that are lethal to humans. The only saving grace is that it is not fast acting so you'd have ten hours to get yourself to a hospital.
Fun fact: it's well known that snakes have to shed their skin, but their lack of limbs makes it incredibly difficult for them to do so. As a result, they have a period of time leading into a molt where they're incredibly itchy and will roll around on rocks or fallen logs to scratch themselves. I've encountered cottonmouths doing this while walking on nature trails, and it's honestly very funny.
I really cannot overstate how much I don't recommend doing this and how bad of an idea it is, but they'll happily accept scratches from, say, a particularly long stick you found, and they'll lean into it because it feels nice. I, uh, wasn't a very smart kid when it came to wild animals.
Agi the snake whisperer.
I bet the snakes lined up for you to give them a got scratch.
The chosen one
The greatest
That is SO CUTE!
Kinda unfortunate for these poison type builds, because steel types completely nullify their effectiveness in the game.
You're my hero.
Ok im just replying to u whenever i see u
He is talking about Pokemon , in pokemon poison moves are weak to steel , if you do not know
@@atul7115 Useless not weak , since steel is fully immune.
@@communistravenn6201 I don't want to ruin it for but i will, "Just Some Guy without a Mustache" is a BOT account which is made to reply in videos, its not an actual person. Same as "UwU" and other accounts that you see in many different kinds of videos. They are made in order to get subs and probably be sold to other people.
Dude, garter snakes are a meme class from the outset. They're not taking the game seriously, they're just keeping up that comically intense rivalry with that one subfaction of newts. Seems kind of unfair to have them in the tier list at all IMO.
They are just playing fashionscape
To be fair, they are one of the most common snakes in the US, so they gotta be doing SOMETHING right
At least they own up to being a joke. Looking at you, cheetahs.
@@KnoxCarbon Honestly, cheetahs are heavily underrated. They don't really do that much damage, but they can have favourable offensive stats against builds of similar size, like lone hyenas and leopards.
Like that one guy who plays for ‘fun’ like who does that?
Snakes have a buff that reduces the bravery of enemies within 10 yards, you have to be 375 Zookeeping skill to be able to dispel the debuff
Fax
But only for human builds
Alternatively you can gain the trait "reptile nerd"
Or alternatively have an uncommon but not rare mutation "Snek cute, boop"
@@mrgreen5725 Actually it works on most primates, we fear snakes from long ago
I'd argue that snakes ARE meta defining because most mammals, humans included, have an instinctive, pathological fear of snakes, which triggers regardless of snake species.
Some studies have shown that Humans have buffs for dealing the snake build. More effective Color vision and a higher resistance to certain snake builds venom, particularly Cobra venom verses other primate builds. This was mentioned in an episode on EONS if IRC. EDIT also mentioned was an instinctual Reaction buff where humans automatically recognize the build and react.
Those venom status effect spammer though..
Yeah the intimidation stat is so high
Snakes have no defense against range attacks like rocks
@@anon1403 common misconception. It's not a debuff. It's definitely a buff,and I'm not going to remove it.
Even the lowest ranked snake can say to itself: "Atleast I am not a slow worm main. That thing ain't even a snake."
snakes are just arian worms
poor slowworms are definitely low tier, lol.
And the worms are like: „I may be small and slow - but can you survive with so little to eat as I am?
Also I have a bug Clan.”
@@molybdaen11 Slow worms are lizards. I say it because you seemed to have confused what they were talking about. No shame.
5:07 Cats' reaction speed never fails to impress me. Seriously, they are so good at blocking and redirecting strikes.
Oh well
That cat is a high level outdoors cat god damn
@@Froggeh92 most likely veteran in a noob server
As expected from one of the highest ranked and most destructive builds from the current meta.
Smart build that can take advantage of humans
"Making it very difficult to ever get truly out of reach of a snake."
That's absolutely terrifying sentence.
14:37
I've come back to watch this video a few times now, and I only just now realized that's the snake's tail. I always thought it was some kind of bug crawling on the snake, but I guess that's the entire point. Frickin' awesome!
Wtf, I just realized that, thanks for the nightmares I’m gonna have tonight, but seriously that’s crazy smart and horrifying to have a spider on its tail
I think its harder to see due to the low quality of the video clip. Definitely crazy though.
its a lure, like how the angler fish has a light on its head. its actually really smart, why chase your food when you can make your food come to you.
I was so confused...
Yeah, plus the bird actually got fooled twice! It was bitten during its second attempt to snatch the "bug".
I’m new to your channel. The style of describing it like a game is hilarious. Calling the dino asteroid a “ban patch” was awesome.
and the patch's name: KT
😆
Ikr
Yeah, its awesome
these are some of my inventions: you can find easter eggs to modify your genetic like the genetic reshuffle place of chernobyl
You gain evolution points once every 10,000 years
The game is separated into classes, from classes factions, from factions builds
"The KT balance patch" was hilarious
I didn't get the KT reference...
This is pure gold! Conceptualizing evolution as "builds" is actually very clever. Anyone who's played (insert mmorpg) can connect to your metaphor. Well done!
I actually don't play mmo's but I definitely think using game terminology is clever and hilarious. He said the snakes were perfect for spawn killing 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Bro the dog is good build
I know word build from souls game 😂
I liked this channel's presentation too. Extinction event paraphrased as massive players ban. Funny and entertaining 😂🤣👍
@@SkySovereignn This reminded me of the joke that a fox is trying to run a feline OS on canine hardware 🤣
Tierzoo snubbing Australia hard here! You know Australia has some pretty OP snakes ay? King Brown, Inland Taipan, Eastern Brown, Fierce Snake, Yellow Belly Black Snake, The Brown porcelain reversal snake, The Gumtree Guppy Snake, The Koala Killer Snake
Yeah. Australian snakes give brown-eyes to the pussycat snakes featured here.
I could've dropped my croissant got me pretty good
That moment when two channels you love pump into one another. XD
Edit: I obviously meant "bump" and not "pump" but it's too funny to correct at this point LMFAO.
@@AegixDrakan ‘pump into one another’?
@@AegixDrakan 🤨 Pump?
Come here often stranger?!
Stop watching videos and over analyse another avatar episode I heard it'll have a full moon
Ok, you can't give vipers points for having heat pits, and completely ignore that same point for pythons and boas. Pythons and boas are primarily nocturnal ambush predators. You want to see an effective python? Green tree python. Extremely effective bird catcher due to massive front fangs, and excellent camoflauge, and sensitive and large heat pits and eyes make for accurate strikes.
Emerald tree boas too, theyre gorgeous, extremely stealthy, have nightmare inducing teeth, numerous, large, and visually striking heat pits, and some of the largest jaw muscles of any snake
@@expertoflizardcorrugation3967 Know more cool TH-camr you can recommend to me?
I mean, i know you like Tier Zoo, so i know your taste... soooo...
And by the way, i have much to recommend, too, if you like.
I never agree with the actual rankings, editing and the info are really fun but like how is anaconda b tier when its an apex predator adapted to rivers, why would it need to be versitile on land when it does so well near water
@@pandinus1377 Its not a fish though, so that's that.
@@nenmaster5218neither are monitor lizards, and he considers that a major point in their favor
He really put a “I dropped my croissant” respect
Imagine being attacked by a sea snake only to realise it's actually a team of sea snakes 💀
Being a biology student and gamer, discovering this channel is like discovering Pokemon when I was a kid. It's wholesome
Omg this is exactly what it feels like compressed into one sentence
Fun fact about the rattlensnake's "rattle" ability - their specialized rattle gear was added to the game AFTER the ability was. Quite a few other snakes use the ability without the specialized gear, moving leaves and stuff in the underbrush to act as a distraction - since the snake's weak point is in the same spot as its weapons, this acts as both a defensive move AND a feint for an offensive strike.
I love when the devs listen to input from players.
I want to add on to this there's a glitch with the specialized gear that interference from human players is causing permanent disabling of it for some rattlesnake players
The biggest issue with snakes is that they’re one of the most glass-cannony classes in the game. They have some of the worst passive defences and their usually low weight class doesn’t help.
yeah but they do have a great pr team which makes everyone afraid of them on principle enough to be left alone a lot of the time
@@WyssV Tier Zoo is epic,
but he aint the only epic yt-channel, so i created the hobby for myself to recommend youtubers to people.
May I?
@@nenmaster5218 you'll just recommend your main TH-cam CH lmfao 😂😂😂😂😂
Who needs defense when you can
A) Sit in a pile of leaves and be mostly invisible
B) One-shot anything that dares mess with you
Big constrictors don't have that issue, and there are lots of builds that get around the issue with camo or intimidation.
king cobras aren't actually cobras -- they're actually more closely related to mambas -- meaning you accidentally left out one of the strongest snake builds
Exactly. This is the comment I was looking for. The King Cobra is easily S tier.
So OP they're lowkey meta defining. Multiple other factions have had to get anti-serpent perma feats and invest the hard-earned perk points to get them to Reaction tier in action cost. We may laugh at cats getting heart attacks over sudden cucumbers, but the serpents smirk. They know.
What is meta defining?
They control the meta
@@huskiehuskerson5300 That, as a class, they have impacted it so much that the meta has changed to respond to them, as a whole.
@@stevenn1940 Oh thanks
Its funny we laugh at cats and cucumbers when us primates easily get fooled by rubber snakes.
Love your content brotha, keep it up. RuneScape music is so perfect with it.
Bower
Why are you here lol.
Holy shit, I just came over here from Doto's Pokemon Soul Link video, and who do I see? What a coincidence
The music really sells it
Ok
As a Secretary Bird main, I only have one thing to say: pathetic...
Lol
Secretary bird is a true Dino 🦖
Lmao kick spam noob git gud
500kg anacondas: allow us to introduce ourselves
As a corvid main i don't care.
Snakes casually killing tigers for fun, then going away like a chad
This is a much more respectful video on the snake build and it’s unique advantages than your previous one, and I really appreciate that. Great vid TierZoo!
Ok
*its unique advantages
Fun fact snakes are, in fact,meta defining in that it's theorized by psychologists that most humans fear of them is because they often lurk in the trees where our food and safety was in the past.
As someone who's lives in a forest I can confirm that we literally had almost all the trees in a 20 meter radius of our yard cut because any time something hit the roof our first thought was "Oh dear God please don't be a snake"
In fact, both geese and smaller felines figured out that imitating the sound of a snake was a great way to intimidate larger players. Of course, any player that's actually been attacked by a goose or a cat might avoid one that's hissing because "This Thing Hisses Before It Hurts You", not necessarily because "I Hear A Snake".
Kinda like the Sheepdog effect.
Don't forget that they're said to have led to humans gaining the Mortality debuff by baiting them into downloading malware. Though I guess most dataminers think that's just a creepypasta.
Jordan Peterson much. Snakes did give us the best vison of all animals except for birds of prey. Fruits and snakes gave us vison.
It's weird seeing garter snakes in such a low tier, when they're so *prolific*. I mean, granted, an individual garter snake is surely much weaker than an individual player using most other snake builds. And yet, they must be doing something right, because they're in absolutely no danger of being wiped out; they're everywhere. Perhaps it's simply the combination of high respawn rate and ability to harvest XP from ridiculously common prey (notably insects).
Think of it like ranked matches online. There are a lot of players in the lower divisions but when you get up to the pro level there are few players who can sustain that level of dominance
When you know its a garter snake there is no need to fear. But if you are a small child or a kitty or a monkey and dont know any better you just see a sneaky snek and crap your britches. They have some intimidation factor as well in the lower tiers.
Garter Snakes take advantage of being both social and better adapted to cold environments than most of their peers.
@@wallybonejengles5595 I beat them with sticks fym
yup the only real way to counter a weak build is have a higher respawn rate
King cobra deserves a place in the S tier. King cobra are actually not cobra (Naja), they are a different species/Genus (Ophiophagus hannah), they are called cobra because of the impressive hood.
1. Growing up to 20 feet.
2. Highest quantity of venom delivery.
3. Potent venom. Although not at the same level of inland taipans.
4. Largely immune to both cobra and viper venom.
5. Too big for quick players (mongoose).
6. Extremely smart and thinking animal. Avoids conflict with the players that have cheat code (humans).
Fish: Ima grow legs and go on land!
Snakes: Meh, legs are overrated.
Water Snakes: Legs are gay and so is land, time to devolve
Fish: ima chew my food.
Snakes: Meh how about some vore
Snakes were already on land... Your point is pointless
Snakes started off with legs
Meanwhile insects: WE BEEN FLYIN' UP HEA SINCE DUH OLD AGE MAN, WHAT DAFUQ?!
I wish he'd mentioned how the higher tier snakes are so terrifying, they actually give a huge buff to all snake builds in terms of Intimidation. ESPECIALLY to human players- while some can use their Study ability and learn about the different types a vast majority will Dash out the instant they even THINK they see a snake, thusly saving even the weakest players of the build from Humans, probably the most OP of all builds. Though this is also a similarity with Arachnid builds, Snake builds are much more powerful at their best so I'd say this tips the scales in their favor.
This is actually a common mistake in the human player's "danger sense" ability coming from their ancestors, when humans were so weak that almost everything was a bad matchup for them. This is just a skill they have yet to relinquish because it gives them dangersense in social situations now which is useful. Snakes aren't the only ones with this intimidation factor, spiders, bees, some classes of shark (like baskin shark) and many other small form animals have gained a plus in their matchup due to primitive instincts
Spiders have the downside where their unknown danger will cause their deaths where any non-dangerous creature would have gone unsquashed.
Nobody fucks with a snake though.
Actually, this is a main feature of the game for various builds, even cats are extremely scared of really anything bigger than them or anything they have fought with on the past, this is actually an obvious double edge sword since it means that anything scared from them will have higher chance to escape and be aware of their location, getting the advantage on the battle.
Unfortunately this is actually a drawback for the snake. A lot of people kill any snake they find for this reason
@@technicaldifficulties368 true, but a vast majority doesn't have the guts to get into combat with one so they'd rather flight than fight
The fact the snake builds from the Australian server were left out is honestly disapointing considering some of their builds have the highest venom stats in the game...
@Bomb Shell: Not to mention the fact that _Pseudonaja_ constricts as well as envenoms. OP, I tells ya!
Having strong venom on its own isn't enough for a high tier placement though. Most Australian elapids are pretty shy and retiring by nature.
@@Ryodraco I feel like you are not familiar with the King brown snake
@@badger7857 hence why I said "most." But even the King Brown doesn't have anything like the rap sheet of some African and Asian elapids.
@@Ryodraco that's because Australia is a first world country with good health care and snake awareness is heavily implemented into the education systems
For anyone wondering, the song that starts at 3:56 is the Ordon Village theme from Twilight Princess. He missed that song in the description.
21:17
"There's a lot more to snakes than just *our* general combat abilities."
TierZoo is a Snake main confirmed.
He and Mark Zuckerberg. I dont get why so many reptilian mains like to play humans
The likes in this comment I assume are from people who didn't click on the timestampt, because he very clearly said "their", not "our"
@@Odin2244 imagine trying to clickbait your videos in the god damn comment section.. crenge
@@bielandreu929 I clicked the timestamp and it sounded like our. Also, it's just a joke geez
@@bielandreu929 I dunno, it does sound quite a lot like "our"
That doesn't change the fact that it really doesn't matter
“When the world need him most, he returned” - too many people including me
Oh hey Goose, it's me, Ducc
@@WobblesandBean but that picture is clearly a goose
@@WobblesandBean hello supposed "duck"
I am a sableye fan
Sableye is cool
I was literally gonna comment that but know I can't.
But taking into account that videos like this takes a ton of time, him going away for months is very understandable and wouldn't think he just left for me to say "he retuned" like he went on a vacation instead of making these videos.
The top tier snakes are so strong that human builds have a chance to receive a morale debuff from merely seeing a snake, thinking that the harmless garter snake is a top-tier venomous snake
You should see the bug that affects the feline class upon interaction with a Snek player model. The feline physics are turned off and they flip out of frame.
I love the amount of research you do for a tier list with a gaming twist, keep up the great work👍
Yes, researched well enough to exclude Australian snakes, the most venomous snakes in the world.
I'd love to see a Bee tier list, or a marsupial tier list. Either way, take all the time you need, TierZoo. Your videos are worth waiting for.
It is absolutelly *GREAT* to have more TierZoo videos!!! But if I have one thing to complain, it is the actual tier list screen, I think it would be better if instead of bluring out the already existing placements, just add the pictures as they are being ranked. Older videos already did this and I think the change was kinda bad, even if it don't change that much of the video. The animation is amazing as always. *Love* your content and wanted to give some honest feedback.
Yeah, I also preferred the older way of not putting them on the list until he mentions them.
+1
No better way I could’ve put it
it's nice when someone already put the comment you were thinking, it just means less typing. :)
Great video as always though!
When the world needed him the most,
He returned!
Welcome back!
With a vengeance !
And with a vid of my fav animal
shit, is this a trickery?
The four nations lived in harmony, until THE META aTTaCkEd
Can we not comment this every time a quality-over-quantity channel posts
Back when my grandfather used to be on the server, even though he was the classic OP human build, he would regularly make absolute fools out of snakes. In particular, the copperhead players, since he seemed to have a bone to pick with them for whatever reason. All this with very conservative stats on his build as well as old, out of meta equipment, like an axe.
Ah yes, I also knew a human player who used a shovel as his go-to weapon against copperheads. Free exp, baby!
Stop hating on snakes because you fell into cats servant trap
@@Levascus when did I do that?
Top Tier: Snake Plissken
Never expected the Lost Japanese Media Daddy to be here!
Any obscure snake based anime recommendations
I thought they were extinct...
Solid snake?
@@noctier9385 he meant the main character from Escape from LA.
I dispute garter snakes placement for two reasons: one, their ongoing evolutionary war with newts has provided a benefit; at least some species are able to sequester the poison in their body, and in turn, become poisonous themselves.
Second, their distribution. They are found in some of the regions (like western washington state) where very few other snakes can survive. Their smaller size is responsible for that.
Also more an interesting note; they are one of the few snakes to live in a group, outside of brumation/breeding
Edit: to be more specific, garters can survive in *colder* locales due to their small size. In western Washington, its quite temperate/cool, and we have two types of snakes; a few species of garters, and rubber boas.
as much as i like tierzoo i do have to admit that while the information is technically accurate the way its presented implies things that simply arent true. most of the "low tier" animals are either specialists or generalists that keep a low profile, both of these tactics are very successful despite not being big and impressive like mambas and anacondas
Some of those aren't really points in their favor. They are spending evolutionary points on more and more localized specialization.
Agreed, i was shocked garter didnt make b teir, much less f
@@GodwynDi I mean, who is gonna be the better hunter, the person who knows everything there is in the environment they hunt in so they have an amazing advantage
Or
A wandering hunter who has only the basics and bunch of jacks but they can’t effectively utilise their environments like the specialist can.
And while the specialist is only great in a single area, why leave if you so good there?
Again, that is more so a dig at how servers change all the time which will kill the generalists eventually if they don’t adapt their playstyle and while specialists can struggle due to changes in the environment, doesn’t mean they can’t adapt overtime.
...and he forgot the coolest of the family...the snakes that chose a flying/ gliding option for arboreal maps. This ability maximizes escape chances; and due to the nature of the rain forest biome; enables map changes to new spaces heretofore unexplored by others in their class.
Hi there everyone! I’ve heard of a new bug in Outside. Apparently, if you join a human player’s party as they switch servers but leave right as they connect, you can join servers that ban your build. Perhaps it might be a good idea for a video to document what this bug does to the meta? It’s called the “invasive species” glitch.
It's a known bug but it's certainly not new, at least in the timespan of humans having access to server switching through boats. A video would be cool though. Even Burmese Pythons in this video took advantage of a similar exploit in Florida, but instead of leaving right as they connect, they left after becoming a pet support class.
the devs should be working hard to fix this exploit but there's a leak that the next update: the climate change update might fix this bug by nerfing the viability of the human class.
@@truttle4522 Depending on how drastic they go with that update, it could end up nerfing a _lot_ more than the Human builds.
@@truttle4522 You underestimate clan Neanderthal. We haven't been defeated. We walk among the humans for the time, until the time is right. Climate change doesn't scare us, and the sands of time are our weapon. Very soon now we take back what was ours.
I love the way you present this content. This was super informative.
I can see why some human players from different factions have long since their earliest inception into the game held the snake build as a legendary class. Some even created whole myths and lore for these meat noodles. Be proud that a whole player base went out to RP worshipping you like gods.
Also is it just me or are the lower tier snakes cute? Sure they pounce and bite, but when they're sitting still, they look adorable.
They're definitely loveable. You wouldn't ordinarily think of snakes as a human support class but their emotional support buffs work really well for some players
Snakes aren't really the worshipped animal in all that many cultures... Only Aztec I guess, but much more often they're the devil's animal.
@@olserknam I guess they've been more amalgamated with other fierce predators like big cats and raptors, creating a sort of hybrid called a dragon. That seems to be a more common form, but serpents tend to show up in old human text entries, like the Bible.
I used to play with garter snakes all the time when I was younger. Very cool chill snake
I so badly want an Insect tierlist. I could already imagine whats at the top
Dragonfly?
It would be hard since there are so many. Like some ants are S tier. Some are B. Some beetles would be S tier, while others would be bottom tier. It would have to be a specialized list. I’d like an Ants tier list, like with the spider tier list.
@@misanthropicservitorofmars2116 He'll find a way. He did a fish list after all
It just has to be driver ants
probably ants
Suprised you didn’t mention flying snakes, soley for the fact that seing a snake hovering in the air or gliding towards you is probably in the top 5 of most intimidating things in this game.
The number 4 most intimidating thing is Seeing a Human naked Loaded with Cocaine,I swear,That thing i saw on the school party wasnt a Human,It was something else
@@chriswentz5197 ,sounds like a fun party.
A FLYING WHAT
@@shark5toothij149 ,you heard me.
Flying snakes don't fly they glide, so that cannot hover.
I thoroughly enjoy how educational this is and appreciate the hints of RuneScape
This was so useful! I was planning on playing the snake build but didn’t know what to pick
Yes…lol
I'm planning to try one of the Viper or Cobra sub-builds in my next playthrough.
Another important thing is that humans are instinctively weary of snakes, so much so that they even came up with the dragon build based on the fear of snakes and crocodiles.
This can work against snake players, however, as many humans tend to kill snakes on sight.
@@jpshawcross “uhhhhhh all guards snake KOS I repeat snake KOS”
True. But dragon builds are human fantasy which means you can only be them with games inside the game. This means that only human builds have access to them and human build games are just way to simplistic to this one, as most of them have a protagonist gimmick meaning you only have access to one character and their powers are pretty much fixed, meaning you can’t spend evolution points on them
"""weary""""
Dragon builds can take alot of other spiration too, from birds, to lions, even dogs in some cases. Dragons represent alot of humanity's fear of other species
Have you guys forgotten how many snake mains that tried to 1v1 the devs? I heard some of their usernames were Leviathan, Jormungandr and Lucifer, They were THAT good as snake mains
Top tier comment
xXLucifer666Xx, J0rmung4ndr, and _LeviathanYT
Jormungandr didn't exist. Recovered pieces of text from a leaker living in the Scandinavian area claimed that the games final update would be called "Ragnarok" which would lead to the game being taken offline for all players. Jormungandr was supposed to be the final boss of the update who would crush the earth by wrapping itself around the planet.
Leaks been disproven ever since
@@CoolBird420 The leak wasn’t disproven, that was the devs plan at the time. What happened was they changed their plan because or the leak. Now… well I don’t have proof but I think they’re gonna do the next extinction event when the human players complete the nuclear weaponry faction quest.
I had to get rid of them in one of the first patches they were rivaling ME. But yes good comment
I initially just put this video on for background noise but between the RuneScape intro and the amazing commentary it got my undivided attention. Great work.
Generally TierZoo does a great job, but he really dropped the ball by not mentioning players on the Australian server. The server is full of dangerous builds, and our snake builds are top of the line.
If he included Australian-exclusive builds then the rest of the snakes would be bottom tier, they're like DLC characters
Black Mambas definitely deserve to be at the top. I once witnessed a PvP duel between one and Steve Irwin, one of the best grappler players in the Human faction to ever exist, and it came very close to getting him. The fight ultimately ended in a draw, but only because Irwin withdrew, knowing full well he would lose the battle of attrition. Not a build you want to mess with bare-handed.
I mean when THE steve withdraw from a fight with a snake, knowing his father had a clinic that was harvesting venom from venomous snake and that he manipulated them all his life. You know that snake is the strongest.
On the other hand there's a faction of bird players who literally kick them to death for xp.
@@somethinglikethat2176 birbs are pretty efficient against snakes so no surprise here
Since when is steve a fucking grapler
I mean he's tackled so mamy things! He definitely is a grappler ;)
The Australian brown snake is literally everywhere and terrifying. It's a fantastic general build.
There should be a whole tier above s class for the Australian snakes.
I'd imagine Brown & Taipan are special classes based on Cobra model. Lots of local specialized units were skipped over like jungle Krait etc, but its a big old class :)
@@dashingdave2665 they are very special classes, inlands live in a map no one really uses but the coastal taipan and eastern brown are aggressive, highly venomous and live near people.
I was waiting the whole video to see mention of the inland Taipan, or at least the Mulga I mean they are snake eating machines.
There should be australian server tierlist
I love how you make these list in a gaming style, making everything a bit lest scary
The Vine Snake's intimidation is literally just surprised Pikachu face.
at 6:04 a futurama fry squint too!
Judgemental shoe lace
Vine snake intimidation: 👅
I'm surprised that the snake faction on Australian server didn't get a special call out.
Australian server is no man’s land, that entire server has some of the best and worst builds I have ever seen for mammals, reptiles, insects, you name it
@@kirbyfan4 the meta rules supreme.
King cobra of south Asia and South East Asia would clap them lol 7 meter and specialising in snake eating is no joke.
@@SafavidAfsharid3197 Snakes are low tier, their only value is the matchup against humans which Aus snakes like Inland Taipan dominate for their venom. Never seen a snake eat a grown human
@@notnotcharles3022 doesn't mean that a large enough boa or cobra couldn't, we just tend to be faster and are able to grab a rock to bash the snake's head in before It can finish us off. While the inland taipan is the most venomous snake, its also got no recorded human kills as it's terrified of humans.
I think you're undervaluing the snake's relationship to human players. The garter snake, not being feared by most humans (and often seen as beneficial), gets a free pass that many rodents and insects don't. Almost every other snake inflicts fear on most of the human playerbase when encountered unintentionally, which leads to one of the most gamebreaking classes leaving them mostly alone. There are exceptions of course, humans do go out of their way to ko players they see as a threat often, but I think snakes have a great combo of stealth and intimidation against humans. And many other snake builds are put into human parties where the human exclusively carries them. That's where the burmese python's boom came from, after all
Step 1: Offer access to boop minigame in order to gain support-class role for human players
Step 2: Follow human players to new maps as they spread to the whole overworld
Step 3: ???
Step 4: Profit
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Dont forget the Hognose build. Incredibly OP cuteness ability effectiveness on human players.
amogus
No ball python mentions?
Ok then
Ima be honest I actually enjoy learning about these things on your channel for fun it makes more sense when you put it in a game perspective tbh!
As an Australian I feel overlooked, but I get it, we have too many A and S tier snake builds
Narr, the lack of modern fangs would keep them off the top tiers.
@@somethinglikethat2176 if you get whacked by any of the 3 taipans or eastern brown and get anti venom you're a dead man.
@@cabby007 The Human Civilian build has one of the lowest combat stats of the Human Class. Not only does it not have the protective armor of Combatant builds, but is also restricted from using most of the better weapons in the game. I doubt those snakes primarily hunt Humans, so we should be looking at their more natural match-ups, in order to give a fair analysis and tier placement.
@@cabby007 why would antiven make you a dead man?
We have too many A and S tier build in general
The AU server: Known for its dangerous snakes
TierZoo: Covers no Australian snakes
Bloody NA players
Absolute travesty
Really a crime, eastern brown snake is easily s tier
I guess Australian snakes are above S Tier, must be why they weren't included.
Black mamba still first
AU is austria, AUS is astralia iirc
I remember back when the first lizard builds started going fully legless. We literally all laughed at them.
Now they laugh at us
While Eating Us Whole.
What The Fuck?
Guess all the other lizard factions who are specing into legless builds didn't hear the laughing. Or I guess they did, unlike the snake builds, they've got ears.
@@jaschabull2365 actually snakes do have ears but they are hidden
Evolution is bullcrap
I'd argue the King Cobra would outclass all of the other snakes. It deserves it's own class.