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* CripplingOverspecialization: More often than not, this is one reason why an animal ends up low on the tier list. An example would be the Cheetah, despite being very fast, they lack in strength and defence, as such their kills get stolen often and thus lose several points for it.

--> "The relative abundance of jank makes Australia a really unforgiving place for newbies"

* LongRangeFighter: Not many animals in the "game" have ranged attacks, with the exception of the Electric Eel, Archerfish, Bombardier Beetle, Spitting Cobra and some primates.

* OutsideContextProblem: One of the advantages of the Australia server is the matchup inexperience towards non-native server players. While most players in other servers would be able to roughly distinguish predators and prey, Australia contains many weird and ConfusionFu creatures like the [[EverythingsBetterWithPlatypi platypus]] that would be a headache for outside-server players to understand.

* OutsideContextProblem: One of the advantages of the Australia server is the matchup inexperience towards non-native server players. While most players in other servers would be able to roughly distinguish predators and prey, Australia contains many completely different and ConfusionFu creatures like the [[EverythingsBetterWithPlatypi platypus]] that would be a headache for outside-server players to understand.

* GameBreaker: InUniverse, there are a few:
** Pack hunting. Since ConservationOfNinjutsu does ''not'' apply here, it means that a pack hunter can overwhelm bigger classes and thus get a lot more Exp. It also opens up several effective tactics that cannot be used otherwise.
** Long lifespans with high intellect. As a class' wisdom increases based on ''both'' intelligence and lifespan, having both means that they'll end up extremely wise and be capable of learning several skills.
** [[MasterOfAll Humans]]. Their ''extremely'' high intelligence allows them to build inventions that massively raise all their other stats except base health. Of note is that, if you could take away all of a human's inventions ''and'' nerfed their intelligence, they'd ''still'' be overpowered thanks to rapid stamina gain, superb throwing distance and accuracy, and ability to get more experience from eating food thanks to gut flora.
* {{Griefer}}: Bull Sharks and House Cats, due to easy camping options with little to no competition. The episode on the Watering Hole "map" puts both crocodiles and hippos there.

* BoringButPractical: In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GX7-PZSzhmY Lizard Moveset Guide]], the highest ranked lizard was the Monitor Lizard, built without much special abilities (i.e. color change, [[BloodyMurder eye blood squirt]], [[WalkOnWater walking on water]], walking on [[WallCrawl walls]] and [[CeilingCling ceilings]]) just having high stats instead. The end result was something more efficient in [[LightningBruiser power, speed, and durability]] than the other lizards.

* BoringButPractical: In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GX7-PZSzhmY Lizard Moveset Guide]], the highest ranked lizard was the Monitor Lizard, which was built without much special abilities (i.e. color change, eye blood squirt, walking on water or ceilings) and instead opted to have raw stats.

* GameBreaker: InUniverse, pack hunting, long lifespans with high intellect, and ''especially'' [[MasterOfAll humans]]. Of note is that, if you could take away all of a human's inventions ''and'' nerfed their intelligence, they'd ''still'' be overpowered.

* JokeCharacter: Surprisingly, the supposedly NighInvulnerable Water Bear is considered this. It's stated that it sacrificed all its stats for speccing huge amounts of points in heat, cold, vacuum, radiation and pressure resistances... without taking the extremophile trait. The fact that it ''doesn't'' have resistance to physical damage which most players use makes it considered a bottom-tier character.

* RocketTagGameplay: Australia is described to have this, since there are ''several'' venomous species that can kill in a single strike and not many herbivorous tanks due to lack of abundant vegetation.

* RocketTagGameplay: Australia is described to have this, since there are ''several'' venomous species and not many herbivorous tanks due to lack of abundant vegetation.

* GameBreaker: InUniverse, pack hunting, long lifespans with high intellect, and [[MasterOfAll humans]].

* GameBreaker: InUniverse, pack hunting and long lifespans with high intellect.

* CripplingOverspecialization: More often than not, this is one reason why an animal ends up low on the tier list.

* MasterOfAll: Humans. Sure, they may lack strength, durability, speed or stealth compared to other animals, but thanks to having the best intelligence in the "game", they can build things that give them far greater stats (with the exception of health).

* {{Griefer}}: Bull Sharks and House Cats, due to easy camping options with little to no competition.

* {{Troll}}: Cougars. They can't roar, ''[[HellIsThatNoise but they try]]''. This sounds like a screaming human female, which is good if the puma wants to [[WoundedGazelleGambit mess with humans]].

* {{Troll}}: Pumas. They can't roar, ''[[HellIsThatNoise but they try]]''. This sounds like a screaming human female, which is good if the puma wants to [[WoundedGazelleGambit mess with humans]].

* GameBreaker: InUniverse, pack hunting and long lifespans with high intellect.
* RPGMechanicsVerse: Applies this to RealLife.

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