I would REALLY suggest not saying Donkeys are poorly optimized. There is a reason farmers often keep a donkey with their sheep/goat herds. They're specifically used as guard animals for a reason.
It's important for potential horse players to remember that although the base HP stat is decent, the HP reduction from a broken limb is both permanent due to the lighter bone density of the legs and guaranteed to lead to an eventual game over due to issues with their blood circulation since they have a glitch where the hooves are necessary to help pump blood around the body. This is in stark contrast to many other player factions, where broken limbs can be an acceptable risk to ensure overall survival.
@@krankarvolund7771 Yes, a broken leg can be fatal on a horse. I think with the advancements on medicine they can heal some injuries but if it was a for example a racehorse it will never be able to run a race again.
What's worse for horse players in particular compared to other equines is that this trade-off would be a pretty good one if a broken bone is likely to eventually kill you anyway, as is the case with most builds. One of the few times where this is a bad trade-off is when your build has access to medical care, so it's a terrible downside for a domesticated build like the horse. Unfortunately the perks from this trade-off are likely a factor in why horses were domesticated in the first place. It's really a no win situation. It's not a bad trade-off for Zebra players though. Especially in Africa, breaking a leg is almost certain to get you killed anyway, so you might as well get some benefit out of that risk.
You forgot the unlockable mule build that humans have unlocked. Mules take and magnify all the best traits of horse builds and donkey builds and mitigate several specific weaknesses of each pure build. Consider covering mules in a "Are hybrids OP?" video.
It is said that one legendary donkey had such a high intelligence stat that it was able to unlock the 'talk' special ability. He did this so well that he managed to team up with an Ogre main, who previously everyone thought was a powerful but solitary build in the swamp biome. With this OP combo, he even allegedly defeated the cryptid 'Dragon' build. What a madlad.
let's discuss the ogre here, ok: ogres are great apes, tho theyre closest to orangutans, they weigh up to 450 kilos and are twice as strong as a silverback, the ogre's child takes 8 years to reach maturity, so the mother makes a sturdy shelter from trees and mud bricks they are well-adapted to the swamp, being semi-aquatic and having incredible lung capacity, an ogre can hold his breath for over 20 minutes ogres are omnivores and feed mostly off of plant matter, fish, and especially insects, they build bug traps to catch mosquitos, and make mud bricks to build shelters ogres have much thicker skin than other apes, allowing them to shrug off insect stings and bites north american ogres often have to fend off gator attacks, which they do by bashing the gator with a makeshift club, they often eat the gator's eggs and children to minimize threat for their own defenseless young ogres swim surprisingly well depsite sinking like a rock, as they essentially run underwater ogres are both bipedal and quadrupedal, and switch between the two stances when needed they run on all fours when in knee-deep water, and walk bipedally on land ogres have a 2300 psi biteforce and mostly use it to crush the skulls of catfish with a single bite, tho they have been known to grapple gators and deliver the good old cranial hug, their mouths can open like scp-096 ogres are reclusive and once matured, the ogre will leave his mother, but will still meet with her daily like ornagutans ogre ears are adapted to hear stuff just as well underwater and on land, and they have a secondary set of transparent eyelids
Forget about defeating the dragon... in the tale we were told as boys, the donkey so impressed the dragon, that the dragon wished to be made its bride!
I feel like they left something out by not including the Mule. It may be a cheese-build for one off casual play, but it does combine the best of Horse and Donkey.
There's also its' echo version, the Hinny, in which the parent player species are swapped from the mule. But I feel like he's gonna cover hybrid players in their own separate video.
Problem with that build is that nearly all are locked out of the reproduction quest line, thus being unable to get any rank better than C. A few human mains have claimed that a few mules have gotten an A rank, but they haven't been accurately confirmed.
@@peterknutsen3070 Ponies get the extra ability Headstrong, which allows it to ignore commands from human players that horses would be vulnerable to ;)
@@peterknutsen3070 Ponies are literally just small horses though. The only thing that separates a pony from a horse is height, with the maximum size for a pony being 14.2 hands.
7:54 one reason that steppe nomads like the Mongols were so effective in warfare was this move, the Parthian shot, firing an arrow backwards off a horse. It’s cool to know that both horse and rider were high-tier for the same reason, the ability to attack while fleeing.
@@Supergolem12345 The scariest part is that a lot of cavalry could switch between both modes 😱 Good luck catching cavalry archers... and stopping heavy cavalry, because if their charge falters, their steeds can kick and bite 😱
Considering the strong kick attack, and the absolutely incredible mobility that you can gain from a horse build, it’s pretty clear why the devs won’t allow a carnivorous build of the equine faction
There used to be a faction of hooved predators (it wasn't part of the ungulate guild but an entirely separate thing), but the guild eventually emptied out because they couldn't compete with carnivores.
@@CroakerX donkeys can kick forwards just as well as their backwards kick, and they combo by grabbing u with a bite, then kicking u while u cannolt move
Horses have poor control around their bodies and at ground level. Once meat is dead it doesn't move and equine would die-out because of scavengers. Unlike grass, meat isn't almost everywhere. I.E. They would die out faster than cheatah.
The horse build started on the North American server, but was a declining build due to either human players on the server or the ice age patch. The build was saved by human players on the Asia server who saw the tremendous combo potential.
Glad somebody else heard that because I was doubting myself for a second. Europeans brought horses to the Americas, at least that was what I was taught.
@@clyd1206 horses, of all types, first evolved in the americas. It wasn't until they spread to asia that they branched out. What we know of as the 'horse' today comes from eurasia, and WAS reintroduced to the americas after their ancestors/cousins all died out due to overhunting
An addendum to what you mentioned at the end - the horse (Equus ferus) indeed originated in North America about one million years ago, then migrated to Eurasia around 800,000 years ago. All horses still in the Americas went extinct by the beginning of the Holocene. Modern horses come from a population native to the Eurasian steppe, where they were domesticated by humans some time around 3500 BCE. They were originally smaller and stockier in build, more similar to Przewalski's horse or the Tarpan. Today's domesticated horses have been selectively bred for strength, speed, agility, intelligence, and aesthetics, depending on what breed you're talking about. So to be fair to donkeys and zebras, they are probably a bit more comparable stat-wise to a true wild horse.
Considering the fact that he literally has taken animal history allll the way back to it's roots many times in videos, it's safe to say he is talking about their evolution over time. Yeah, they were domesticated and integrated into the eco system in Europe but they weren't a native species anywhere else but managed to integrate in the places they went.
@@fallendeus5641 he says horses, not their distant ancestor. He even talks about how horses are doing better in Africa than zebra as invasive species. Also, even if you assume he means the horses evolution, saying a horse is invasive is extremely disingenuous because this happened 2.5 million years ago. Tier zoo is no doubt more informed than most of the commenters here including myself, but he does not know literally everything about all animals nor is he infallible. He starts off this video with a correction about sweating lol. It’d be great if he pinned a comment because I think this might be the biggest factual inaccuracy in this vid.
Imagine how terrified some players were when humans and horses started to team up. The most intelligent build in the game had only one real weakness: speed. And then came the horses.
@@sirBrouwer little new to the game, any of you old heads know when human mains started just fucking around and “left the food chain” Also wtf are “furries”? Are human mains glitching same species limitation with their science perk or what?
@@woodlefoof2 the human players natural camouflage is not that good. Posebly the human players you are referring to is trying to use other means to increase the camouflage . And no they are still depended on that food chain with out it they go KO very fast.
Sadly horse mains are the definition of power creep during the pre industrial age patch horses were probably the best support class. They were able to compensate for one of human mains worst weakness speed/mobility. But ever since the industrial age patch human mains have found way better ways of traversal like the car which is basically horse main but better in every way (except for the fact that cars are causing an insane glitch on the servers called global warming which could potentially destroy the severs hopefully the devs do something about it in the next patch).
There’s also a more recent hybrid build created by the human rancher specialization: the mule. Imagine mixing the stamina, strength, and HP of a horse and the Sure-Footed feat from donkeys, you get a mount great for moving across difficult terrain that doubles as a great beast of burden, and not to forget the bonus to damage against canines also gained from donkeys. Such is the power of the mule that the devs nerfed them by making them sterile (although some data miners have found a way of allowing mules to gain the maternity side quest, but the resulting offspring is always a duplicate avatar of the mother’s). In summary, the mule is a great support build that will help many other players across their many walkthroughs.
Modern horses actually come from Europe not the Ameicas. The ancient American horse (aka Equus scotti) went extinct long before Europeans showed up there, and were more genetically related to zebras than horses.
I came down to see if anyone else had picked up on that. It should be obvious, since Old World history is absolutely full of the use of horses way, way before the discovery of the New World.
he misspoke, Equidae did first evolve in North America and then spread across Beringia to Afroeurasia before then going extinct in North America until European colonists brought them over again
My family used to own horses. On one hand they're insanely tough creatures and can be incredibly smart. On the other hand, never underestimate how stupid a horse can be, and the many stupid ways they can hurt/kill themselves.
Horses are so stupid, because they're so smart. They're naturally curious animals that like to examine their environment. That process of examination can be a problem when you are a thousand pounds and scare easily.
My favourite game to play with stable staff at the stable I go to a lot is "what's the dumbest way a horse got injured/killed this year" So far this year it's a horse getting so incredibly intimidated by a pigeon, who had set up a nest in its stall in the couple hours the horse was grazing on the field, that he tried to escape the stall, and eventually succeeded by breaking the fucking door. He had lots of small cuts and bruises and took a near lethal amount of psychic damage, oh and he also broke the door beyond repair. So he had to be moved. The pigeon successfully raised 2 babies.
@@deathhog you can put a sheet over a horse's head and it will lie down and starve to death because it thinks it's asleep. I love horses but they are so dumb
one thing about zebras' , is one on one if caught a zebra will lay on the lion that has it which in some cases have forced the lion to try to escape do to lack of air
They're incredibly intelligent! I saw a video some time ago where a zebra at a waterhole got snagged by a huge crocodile. The croc had the zebra by the tricep, which wasn't a great hold but the zebra couldn't get away. The zebra, instead of panicking, calmly turned its head and scraped its teeth over the croc's eye until the croc let go. It was such a deliberate action, no thrashing or struggling! I wish I could find that video again, it was amazing to watch.
The horse at 4:38 had unfortunately died and passed away from that kick due to the mare, they did poor safety for the stallion and mare so it wouldn’t happen. Unfortunately sometimes these things happen, and sometimes it’s 1 in 100 or 1000 to hit the right spot with a horses kick. The mare kicked the stallion right in the center of a thinnish part of its skull (if I remember correctly, it’s been a long time), but other then that I think it’s absolutely awesome on how powerful their kicks are!
I think mentioning the donkey's value as a party member went underrated. While horses are relatively easier to understand and work with in a team comp, a donkey properly incorporated into a comp with a human farmer is INCREDIBLE. They can essentially fill the roles of dogs but BETTER in almost every way except for ease of care. But if the benefit is so large, that issue becomes less important. Horses will always be the famous duo with humans, but donkeys' value in an ACTUALLY WIDELY RELEVANT comp in the modern meta is something that I'd expect to see give them much more staying power. Horses are a fun build humans like to play with, but practically that's only a luxury nowadays. The comp they became famous in is no longer meta-relevant. It's hardly a rogue strat.
While some people might think this is metagaming, I feel like a horse ass multiclass build might be incredible. The strength and size of a horse combined with the agility, intelligence and surefootedness of an ass. We could even call it something cool, like, "ass-horse"
I just want to note that the donkey build has the highest resolve among the equine build. They are extremely hard to scare away. They also have a pretty decent intimidation skill. This is why humans can use them as a battle summon.
I'm surprised you didn't mention the plenty of weaknesses of horses. Like, how the structure of their anatomy causes them to be very fragile, especially the delicate bones in their legs and feet. They also cannot vomit, even in the case of extreme intestinal distress, and in the rare case that they do, it's almost always fatal. Nonetheless, great video as always!
A horse's legs are indeed a weakness but they aren't fragile at all, they are actually quite strong, they look thin and fragile but that's because most of the musculature is close to their body and not on their legs, if you compare the thickness of the leg bones of a horse and a human you will see that their bones are slightly ticker in proportion yet shorter and much more dense giving them significantly stronger bones. The reason why they seem to break easily is because they are large animals massively strong and the forces encountered while they run, fall or get stuck are very great, they cannot really move with a broken limb so it is a death sentence in the wild. I saw a horse crash against a gate made of relatively thick steel pipe, about 2 1/2 inches in diameter with a wall of about 1/8" yet he managed to bend the gate and one of the pipes was badly bent where he hit it with his leg, it looked as if a car crashed on the gate. Luckily he didn't got a fracture but needed stitches and rest on a stall because got some bad inflammation, later we tried to bend back the gate but we couldn't do it, we even tried to drive a pick up truck over it but the most bent pipe didn't got back to its original shape, he managed to stretch the damn pipe, you need a force of tonnes to do that! its when I realized how freaking strong horses are. So yeah their legs and digestive system is their Achilles' heel but in the case of legs not because they are fragile but because they cannot move and heal once a fracture happens.
is it bad that all your videos just make me desperately wish their was an MMO game just like this. where everyone was one singular animal living on whatever continent and played from birth to death, interacting with each other
And when you die you get the option to switch species adjacent in the tree, meaning you can transition from any animal to any other with subsequent playthroughs
Donkeys also have an extra perk. Their eyes are positioned differently making it so they can see all four of their feet. This gives them an advantage in rocky, challenging, mountenous terrein.
Yeah pretty much horses and zebras are physically better for the kill donkeys are basically just assholes and will fight anything within their territory.
donkeys are also grapplers their main combo is using their bite to pin someone, and then literally curbstomping them, this bypasses their relatively low power stat
While the fact that donkeys are stubborn and solitary does make them harder to team up with, their higher intelligence actually makes them much better team members than the horse for the humans who do manage to add them to their party. They are much more versatile and easily understand what humans want from them. And while it's harder to add them to your party, once they are in your party they are very loyal. Their better senses combined with their intelligence and poise make them much more unlikely to accidentally attack a teammate like horses do all the frigging time. Horses have mostly been used for PvP or fast travel by humans but donkeys? They have been used for everything. I still agree that as a build in general horses are better than donkeys but I gotta say that as a human main, I'd actually rate the donkeys higher as a support build than the horses.
TZ neglects to mention another stat in the donkeys favour, sound damage. A donkeys bray is extremely loud, and used to keep contact with other solitary donkey players in open spaces. They also use it to warn off predator players.
fully understand your comment. i think since horses are better suited for war and smaller pvp events as you mentioned, more stories of great success were delivered and therefor the reputation of horses has risen. there is a reason why most autonomous farmers without the access/capital for machinery opt to use donkeys as support instead of horses. horses are fun, donkeys work.
My understanding was that horses were originally from the Eurasian server and were brought to the North American server when the humans unlocked improved sailing technology and began to cross oceans regularly. Horses then spread across North America and the local North American human population quickly adapted allowing them into their parties to hunt the native Buffalo.
Iirc, horses evolved in both eurasia and North America but the North American branch went extinct. Currently horses in North America are the European imports which are thought to primarily come from the Volga region.
Many points over the Donkey build were missed. Specifically, their “Moxie” ability. Donkeys are able to ignore all debuffs caused by intimidation from other players, making them capable of rushing down players who believe they are too scary for an equine to attack. While they may do the least amount of damage compared to other equines, donkeys deal the fastest damage. They also don’t get fear debuffs from nearby corpses. While they may default to solo play, donkeys make excellent team players. While most equine players will only protect either themselves or others of their build, donkeys do not discriminate and will fight for players that are outside of their species, thanks to their high intelligence. For these reasons, it can even be suggested that donkeys are the most survivable of the equines.
Donkeys also tend to have more stamina than horses which is why they are more commonly used as beasts of burden, and in some places, they are used to guard livestock against wolves and coyotes. In fact, donkeys are known for attacking any animal that resembles a dog, including domestic ones.
I love the sound effects the use of sound from great video games most my fav of all being the super smash series Keep it going tierzoo you truly are a unique brand!
There seems to be lots of confusion and misinformation regarding the “horses are originally from North America” part. Some people are claiming this is false information. However, it is technically correct. The ancestors to modern horses actually ARE from North America. Modern species are not. They migrated across the Bering straight crossing long before humans domesticated them, and spread across the entire world, ending up in Africa where they evolved into zebras. Then, North American horses went extinct and were later brought back to the New World by humans. This was several thousands of years ago. All modern horse species originate from Europe, Asia, or Africa, but those species are descendant from species native to North America. Edit: I am speaking about the whole Equus genus (Horses, Zebras, Donkeys and Mules) here. Obviously specific species like Zebras didn’t originate from NA, but the next step up from species, Genus, most certainly did originate from the New World.
@@basic12341 I personally disagree with that statement. Since this video is talking about the Equus genus in general and not just E. ferus, it was an accurate statement. He’s not talking about one species, but the whole genus.
horses are pretty strong but they also come with the 1000 ways to die debuff, where domesticated horses will find the most obscure and insane ways to accidentally off themselves
@@Nparalelo Not so much a glass cannon but a high maintenance powerhouse. The problem is their match-up with humans have spoiled them to the point where it is harder for many of them to survive without human team-ups.
Fun fact: the reason that chariots were used in earlier civilizations was because horses cooping with humans had not yet up-spec'd their sizes enough to be able to carry a military-equipped human in battle. Once coop equines got large enough to do this, you began seeing extra large horses which were capable of operating through a battle while carrying a fit human with ~50 pounds of armor and whatever their weapons weighed. Some jousting specific armor reached ~100 pounds, but this (as well as the larger, specialized lances used) was used in specialized accolade quests and not on military battlefields where stamina is actually required. While a bit of an off tangent, many humans have a tendency to think their forebearers were dumb and primitive, but make no mistake that the armor they wore (at least to battlefields) was actually made to be quite flexible by using proper joint placement and such (something that replica makers are often very bad at, leaving you with show armor that is shiny but can't even let you bend over without digging into you). But yeah, back to horses. This upsizing they took on for greater load bearing capacity may have exacerbated some of their already borderline min-maxed choices. Comparing natural builds to things like Clydesdales is thus not a 1:1 match-up.
@@SephirothRyu Actually even during the era of chariots horses were still ridden solo, but mostly for scouting or raiding rather than direct combat. And outside of combat they were still made good modes of transportation because riding is better than walking even on a small horse. I don't know if it was a fluke of evolution or due to human breeding practices that have given horses flat backs that are able to maintain their horizontal position even while sprinting at high speeds. Because this has made them excellent mounts for humans.
I would argue that horses are a true best friend of man.(more so then dogs) The connection of horses and man, literally changed the face of the planet.
If horses are our best friends more so then dogs then why do we shoot them the moment they become useless by having a broken leg but take our utmost care to making sure our dogs recover? Answer the question
@@youtubestudiosucks978 suffering, horse with a broken leg is a dead horse back in the day. That doesn't happen as much these days with advancements with medicine.
One ability of donkeys was kinda glossed over here: their VERY loud scream that gives them the best intimidation ability of the three and imo does put them in low a tier, since a fight avoided is a fight won if youre prey.
Aye. Once when I was camping, some wild donkeys were nearby. Let me say, when it's pitch dark and you're outside, a donkey sounds like death incarnate. By the morning, I'd figured out what they were, but in the moment, nah.
Also, as solo players, they are more self-reliant than other horse builds and have a great match up against most canine builds, the the extent that many human mains who took the farming profession use them as guard animals
a small addition to the donkey class i learned from talking with a donkey tamer. Donkeys originated from and are suited for rocky and mountaineous terrain hence why they dont run from predators but rather stand their ground. if they were to just run and reposition to land critical hits with their kick ability, they'd be more likely to suffer from lethal environmental damage such as falling off a cliff. It isnt that they are inert due stubbornness it is just the calm and steady approach to improve survivability in the terrain they originate from, this likely is one of the reasons they tend to bite as a defensive move because there might be no where to run for repositioning. I cant properly compare them to horses or zebras but its just something that should be considered in my opinion since its often overlooked because nowadays they are used as support in all kinds of environments instead of the one they evolutionary adapted to.
yeah, another thing is that their signature move is biting the target to restrain its motion, then curbstomping it much less likely to fall off a cliff this way
Nice tip, I may consider donkey for my next play through now. Many players have told me have mistaken me for an ass in my current play through anyways, so I probably have the skills already.
They also work very well against canines (like wild dogs , wolfes or foxes) and will chase and kill them. This makes them 24h quarddogs which only require grass and water.
You forgot to mention that horses are one of the only other animals besides humans to spec into the "hairdo" ability. That's a solid +5 to stylishness and goes up to +12 when running quickly or swinging your head sideways.
the style attribute also peaks when the game detects "finesse" and "sauce" when executing a devastating blow to an attacker that stuns them as seen on 6:21 and 8:05
i know a horse who knows he's handsome, he knows how to untie knots and open gates, and he likes to roll around in shit right after i shower him just to piss me off, he likes to mildly incomvenience ppl and see em freak out he's adorable, but he's a rascal in the previous life, he was houdini
Possible contributing factor to the charisma buff horses have, mentioned in another comment above, which allows them to survive despite being feral invasive introduced species in many habitats throughout the world where humans ruthlessly remove less charismatic invasive introduced species.
Horses can actually inhibit forest growth by grazing and crushing woody plants, leaving room only for fast colonizing species like grasses. They can also generate a lot of erosion, which will gradually reduce an area's topography to a flat grassy plain. This means that horses are one of the few species able to actually modify their environment to suit themselves better over time.
It’s theorized that Native Americans deliberately burned eastern forests and used this tactic to expand the Great Plains, and in turn bison populations.
goats are wayyyy better at that i work in an animal shelter, and the gardener is also in charge of taling care of the goats, cuz theyre living lawnmowers and theres a massive overgrowth in the area
Need more tierzoo... Always will probably... Unfortunate due to whatever reasons there are at play, I don't think I'll ever get daily uploads. I am still glad to get what we can. 💕 Hope you can continue this series. 👩🎤
I think you missed one of the horses biggest stamina increasing perks. Most builds require active breathing whilst moving at high speeds. This is energy intensive, and if the rhythm of breathing is out of sync with the strides it can incur an additional stamina drain penalty. Horses, and other equines, don't do this. Instead, as they reach higher speeds, they stop actively breathing, and allow the backwards and forwards movements of there gastrointestinal tract during the strides to actuate there lungs. This saves a significant amount of energy, and is always in sync with the stride, preventing any additional stamina drain penalties.
I like it that the developer locks your reproduction skill tree instead of banning you if you try to glitch donkey's intelligence stat onto a horse. This is what I call a developer who knows how to engage with the community and likes to have some fun!
These are great!!!! I’ve never laughed so hard and learned so much at the same time. Having played video games for 30 years or so this really appeals to me. Thank you so much!!!
One series I think would be really cool for you to do is something along the lines of “how to make ___ balanced” where you would take an op species or a low tier species and discuss the changes you would make to make it more/less viable
If I can make a suggestion, can we see a list of what the most unique builds and perks there are, and how they stack up to each other? I’m talking things like the horned toad shooting blood out of its eyes or the pistol shrimp and its sonic projectile.
There is a thing in the donkey's intelligence thou that makes it far more dangerous to small to medium sized predators than a horse. Donkey's are overall less prone to react to a stress situation with panic like a horse does, resulting in a more tactical and aggressive fight Style. There is a reason, why sheep herders keep donkeys and not horses to defend against wolves. And Zebras tend to bite far more than horses do, too. I would actually group them all together in A tier, as they all have different but highly effective play styles specific to their main server. And Namibian horses survive because they are fed by humans through harsh times, which Zebras aren't
yeah, and they can plan for the long term theres a donkey i worked with named gilbert, he hasnt gotten laid in ages cuz the female is not interested so i keep em as far away as possible cuz if he smells her he starts mounting everything with 4 legs and an orifice she learned to open the gates to her courtyard... he was crazy so i had to tie him to a fence so he wont hurt the camel he shared an enclosure with he made the most begging face you seen and i decided to takr him to a walk, when i retirned, he sprinted towards the female and the rope slid from me hands 3 people needed to drag hin back to his enclosure, and even then it was difficult
Yeah horses are hit or miss on the agro playstyle. When you have one that hits though...they get the whole group in on the dismemberment orgy. The video didn't give any credit to the danger of the front end though. That head is a sledgehammer with a 4ft handle made entirely of muscle, they use it to great effect.
That's a real Human main perspective though. While humans are dominating the meta, they aren't everywhere and aren't always an option to party with. Donkey's always wanting to solo unless trained by a human is what makes them essentially waste the intelligence stat. High intelligence creatures can only truly grow as a species if they communicate that intelligence socially. To use a human phrase, solo intelligence builds are left constantly reinventing the wheel.
Your all ignoring the clear counter to donkey players. Knocking them over easily will stun them letting you get a combo that could kill them probably. Especially if your using a damage build
Donkeys actually have a good matchup experience against k9s, it's so good in fact that some farmer human mains started using them as guarddogs(guarddonkeys) since they show extreeme aggresion against them when in defence mode.
The donkey build requires less food than the other two builds. So that can give a survival bonus in limited environments. Players who on a donkey as well as a horse build can also unlock a hybrid build that combines some of the best but worst quirks of each separate build. Equine builds were super popular on earlier iterations of the game server, especially when played alongside the advanced hominid build.
4:38 I literally clicked on this video to see if this clip made it in!! If you've ever seen the original clip, it's really sad. The horse handlers brought in a stallion to breed a mare, but they did so with the mare's foal present. So, naturally, the mare's protective instincts clicked in and she delivered one fatal kick to the stallion's head. He immediately collapsed to the ground, emptied his bowels, and never got back up. He had died immediately. Stallions will kill the offspring of rival males, which is why the mare was so protective. The horse handlers did not know about this, which got their beautiful stallion killed by the mare. And breeding stallions are not cheap. They lost a very expensive breeding stallion because of their stupid mistake.
my uncle was a horse breeder a while ago one time some fancy-ass stallion was brought into the premises and introduced to a mare, now, horses do have some kind of courting ritual (for lack of a better word), basically both participants do a thorough vibe check and then if she feels like his vibes are good, she signals that he passed the vibe check so this stallion just goes all in, no vibe check, no prep she just kicks him in the fuckin balls, his owner paid a lot money to move him here, and now his horse's crown jewels are ruined sorry 4 bad english, also feel free to correct me if im wrong, as i may have forgotten some details
Growing up our neighbour's farm had a guard donkey to protect the livestock and crops. It was a sweetheart but would and could kill wolves and coyotes by biting the neck and pinning it down.
Donkeys can surely be fierce, but they mainly protect livestock simply by alerting the shepherd and the guard dogs of danger, rather than by direct combat. A few wolves can still pretty easily kill a donkey, not to mention a bear.
@@matyaskassay4346 I think the main opponents are coyotes, they are much more numerous and bolder than wolves. In Europe there's even nothing like that.
@@matyaskassay4346 Here the main threat is coyotes and foxes. Bears and packs of wolves stay away from settlements mostly because we keep our trash cleaned up
As a fun fact, actual American horses went extinct around 11,000 years ago. This was probably due to competition and human hunting. Most of the horses you see today were reintroduced from Europe and Asia. In a sense, horses are not OP and can be exploited to extinct in a drastic circumstance. The funny thing is, these prehistoric American horses would've probably still had three visible toes if they were still alive today.
American humans: horses are useless, so we ate them to extinction. Eurasian humans: horses? MY EMPIRE HAS BEGUN Mongols with horses: YOUR EMPIRES HAVE ENDED
duuuude please do ostriches or emu’s, they’re my favorite animal and i would like to know more about them (especially the emu) your videos are super cool, the way you make them video game like is awesome!
Ah, the horse. Very much a fragile speedster. I’m surprised you didn’t touch more on how easily they can get injured. Their digestive system is weird and they straight up can’t vomit, their intestines can get tangled as their system is much looser to enable better running… they’re a mess. But when your main abilities are so good (and also you manage to team with humans), those disadvantages can get balanced out.
@@nevisysbryd7450 yep, even if they lay down for more than a couple of hours. That's why they sometimes sleep standing up and need to be put outta their misery if a leg breaks.
Fun fact: when horse power was first invented by Scottish scientist James watt (yes that guy) in the 1800s horses only had 1 horse power but now due to breeding modern horses have roughly 3-4 horse power. Source: trust me bro
Also fun fact- He didn't actually use a horse for his measure. he just guessed that a horse was 3/2 of a pony, rounded it a bit, then the measure was found to conveniently be a very accurate definition for how much power a horse produces
So glad I found this channel these videos are so fun and well edited. And make me look at animals in a whole new way. The zebra living in africa with no weapons or armor does seem impossible but you explained it beautifully.
I’m an equestrian, I’ve had horses for 10+ years, competed internationally, performed in Queen Elizabeth’s parades and backed 4 horses myself all who have go on to successful careers. After having my fair share of accidents I can confirm horse are OP
As a horse owner (5), I would say that they have many hidden weapons, besides rear kicks, punches are really high dps when doing front damage (they can easily break a door, a human arm/skull or oneshot a small to medium size predators), head blows as well can be quite dangerous in close combat, the tail is used often as a whip causing temporary blindness to the attacker, also the bite is nasty, the front teeth can rip even thick skin or break bones, and most dangerous of all, they can use a buff of adrenaline rush that will double the attack power and ignore pain. We are lucky that they are not meat eaters :D
I agree, they have many hidden abilities, that can be improved with training of the stats, but even their base stats are incredibly strong. Since they are flight animals, I haven’t seen many in the wild do this, unless it is two stallions duelling, but otherwise, it’s very rare to see.
@@Ihaveadog230 stallions duelling almost never seriously injure each other, its just to assert dominance, and their reaction time's fast enough to dodge each other's kicks
@@God-ch8lq oh yeah I know that. But sometimes the fights can be lethal, say if a stallion manages to strikes its opponents leg and break it, the horse will not survive for too long.
Absolutely this, and I can talk about how painful that tail whip can be, enough to draw some blood if they strike you with force in the right spot, like in the neck! the dad of the farrier in my stable lost his eye to a horse tail whip. Also the head blow is also dangerous, they can lift you like a ragdoll with their neck and move their head so fast, considering their head weights like 50kg (100 pounds) you are for a very powerful blow if they give you a head bash, a lot people have died like that. I always thought they would be some pretty scary predators if they were as they are build now, luckily they arent and are actually pretty nice.
I find it interesting that despite the humans crafting superior artificial mounts, horses are still part of their parties as a support class. Both for those that really like the horse player base, and for the nostalgic group that likes the times when we relied on horses for fast travel. Sometimes an unorthodox build is exactly what makes something high tier.
There's a lot more danger to the artificial mounts. For one thing, they're either a couple tons of steel or you need to be able to keep it upright. Then there's the speed. Higher speed is generally a major benefit, but then you have to worry about everyone else going at the high speed, too. Horses can avoid collisions all on their own in a way that the artificial ones can't.
Artificial mounts are superior in many areas, but sustainability is not one of them. They also require a silly amount of infrastructure to work optimally
@@TJskillz169 some militaries tried using llamas as pack animals on uneven terrain as they aren't easily frightened (unlike horses) , can hide you from IR scopes and keep u warm at night, can carry loads of ammo, and are very resilient
Horses can teamplay with a human, getting access to horse armor, that even makes them immune to classic bite attacks, and even allowing them to face much higher tier opponents. Only a few metas ago horses was the best team build, even having higher bounty than humans.
Horse armour usually only protects the upper body tho, no? They leave the legs area uncovered, leaving them vulnerable to lethal bleeding damage as explained in other comments.
I think you glossed over a lot of what makes the donkey build so good, and I personally would place them in A tier with horses for a few reasons. The first is their intelligence, which you did cover but this upgraded stat unlocks the ability to be taught by human masters similar to dogs. This allows donkey players to achieve high ranking positions in human bases, particularly on the livestock farm where they act as a guardian for the animals and even the humans themselves. The second reason is their unparalleled intimidation resolve and stubbornness. Even top tier builds like elephants will find their efforts to intimidate veteran donkey players will never work, and this coupled with their famous stubborn reputation makes fighting any donkey player a harrowing task that will only be complete once the donkey is sent to the main menu. Donkey players have taken an A tier build and decided to go rogue with it, and what they created was nothing short of a prodigy and there’s a reason why human farmers have a saying “if you have the choice between a 16 gauge shotgun and a donkey, the donkey is more worth it because they don’t need ammo and you don’t have to reload them”
they have a secret technique that no other equine uses they bite the target, pinning it, and then while its immobilized and in crippling pain, they kick and stomp it
@@God-ch8lq yo dude, I have horse party members, they bite wood a lot and don't need to bite to pin, they can kick or just slam, their strong enough to bend metal by slamming, We had to replace some of our gear due to their biting and slamming
@@God-ch8lq I mean horses do bite and then stomp the target with from hoofs, they are just not nearly as effective in it as a donkey. Also, ponies often behave in a more "donkey way", with more biting and stomping and less running away. They are also usually more stubborn than big horses, I guess because, ponies naturally inhabit more harsh conditions environments, like "mountainy" places, forests etc. Not open places like average horses.
@@Makjaoiuewhxkjs yes, but horses dont bite to pin the target, they bite and dont fpllowup with a combk ponies are less stupid than full size horses from my perosnal experience
The fact that donkeys are added to herds of horses in very rural area's (like backcountry Alaska) to help defend the herd from wild predictors is enough to prove that the donkey class should probably be rated as high, if not higher, than the horse class. I've also heard of them being used to protect flocks of sheep or goats.
They're better than guard dogs when used to protect other cattle from coyote attacks. Especially their bite ability and giving no quarter makes them like terminators against the poor coyotes.
Horse players go hand in hand with human players. The mobile horse can be very efficient with a high damage human build. I recommend human players to invest in those perks for a horse+human build. -Armorsman, to make armor for you and your horse (this way you can avoid paying the God Emperor Hodd Toward for armor) -Healthy, more HP to you and to your companion - Nature person, increases HP and ATK for all non human companions. - Medical, for crafting medicine - Them's big kaboom, more damage with gunpowder weapons
When I was a kid and learned that horses can kill you with a kick, I was always extremely scared around horses. The worst was the stable of a farm we often visited had their horses backside face the corridor between two rows of horses. It felt like a death trap waiting to spring everytime I walked through there.
People scare kids with that rather than letting someone who knows horses teach them. Usually fine until you bring a kid to learn to ride and they refuse to go near the butt which has some important health things thst need to be done and the kid has to learn. In general if the people handling them say it's fine. It's fine.
@@NoThankUBeQuiet Accidents happen, even with professionals near. I don't fear horses today, but this is one of those areas where I'd rather be too cautious than too reckless.
4:38 The mare in that clip instantly killed the stallion with one kick. Yeah, it was partly due to the incompetent handlers but damn, it really illustrates how lethal horses can be!
i was kicked by a horse once he's a relatively small but very angery boi, and he often does a little warning kick first, but that warning kick accidentally hit my arm while i was busy doing the usual maintenance it wasnt full strength, just a warning, so i didnt break anything really it was one of the first times i worked with him, so he didnt respect me, nowadays, he knows me and he doesnt even try i still have a bruise, and it happened 3 months ago
VERY surprised that the many, many health issues that horses can run into weren't brought up. I used to work with them and by god... they are surprisingly fragile. If they break a leg too severely, they can't lay down long enough for it to heal without running into multi-organ failure (i.e. more than like, a few hours. They literally start to crush their own organs if they stay down for even an hour), so the leg isn't ever going to heal. Also, bc of how they're built, they have VERY high blood pressure, especially when running, and are prone to heart and other cardiovascular issues. They actually developed specialized veins to help with the blood pressure, but it just made new heart issues for them, and their blood pressure is still too high. They also have very weak diaphragms for animals that's main purpose is to run, so a respiratory infection will cripple the horse instantly because their lungs are Weak As Shit. Speaking of their lungs, they just, stop actively breathing when running, relying instead on their organs swinging around to make them breathe. Which is efficient! But simultaneously means their insides/abdominals is way too flexible compared to what it should be, so they get so many hernias and other intestinal/organ issues from it all just sloshing around willy nilly. And this is naming just a FEW problems (I am not even getting into how breaking a leg also technically asphyxiates them a wee bit and gives them more heart problems, somehow. Or how paranoid, skittish, and violent they can be, holy fuck.)
I love the breakdown this gives for players new to equine gameplay. I know that this video can't get to all the nuances (I could talk about frame-perfect flying lead transitions all day!), but I want prospective horse players to know that the relatively low HP of equine builds (scaled for weight class) comes with serious challenges. In order to take perks that enable OP sprint speed and the iconic kick parry the horse relies on its legs a lot and injuries to them are run-ending. Especially to the feet, which can easily become infected in wet biomes. Because of the roaming playstyle of the horse, it is extremely hard for a horse player to rest for long enough to recover from a leg injury. Beware environmental hazards like soft mud, sharp loose stones, smooth mountain rocks, hidden holes, ice, and other terrain hazards because slipping and falling is the easiest way to pop a stifle or worse. One of the advantages of other ungulates using horns to extend the hitbox is that horns tend not to be critical to mobility. So because horses use mobility strat as such a major part of their attack setup, kicking can be a higher risk move than you'd think. If a horse player misses and they injure that foot, they've lost the ability to escape. Part of why the high-INT team strategies with human players can be so OP is that human players with their tool use and building abilities can create relatively safe zones or equip gear to horses to mitigate some of their low HP fragility risks, and because of the horse build's high endurance those safe zones can be in almost any biome. I do want to point out however that zebras and horses prefer flat terrain in whatever biome they inhabit and don't do as well ascending or descending elevated terrain. The donkey build is somewhat more effective in high elevation maps and their INT stat really helps problem solving about how to get around hazards without broken wallhax perks like the bighorn sheep or mountain goat. In these environments the donkey's sprint speed doesn't matter as much as there's no flat straightaways to escape and because they compromised on the mobility stat I think that's why they lost power on the kick. Another challenge to equine builds is that their digestion can be sensitive as well as inefficient. They do not belch to the same degree as ruminant builds so the gas from processed food has to escape the other way, and if they eat something that produces too much gas, impacts their digestion, or poisons them it can apply the dangerous status condition 'colic.' This is the number one run-ender for domestic horse builds. Be careful out there, and fellow horse mains remember: stay away from foxglove but you ARE valid to eat fingers, don't forget your forward lunge has amazing distance coverage and auto-applies a morale debuff.
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My favourite thing is that to prevent them being OP, horses have been severely NERFed by debuffs that cause way higher fatalities than other builds, such as leg injuries, eating too nutritious grass, running for too long, or lying down all causing game overs
Well, it is not exactly the issue of a horse itself, but how it was breeded by humans over thousands of years. Wild horses didn't have those problems most of the time, but after beeing domesticated, brees to be stronger, bigger and faster, their bodies were put under higher stress and became more prone to damaging themselves.
I used to work with horses who were trained as human supports. They're incredibly powerful animals and quite intelligent. However, they are subject to some unfortunate jank: their inability to vomit or recover from broken limbs makes them rather vulnerable to falls or poisoning. (Still an excellent class, though, and their ability to work so well with humans definitely doesn't hurt.)
What was missing here is that in this Famine that China suffered, ALL Western countries left China alone. China received NO HELP from anyone. In other famines such as in India, in Africa, in Ireland or even the one suffered by Haiti, the wester nations contributed. In Bangladesh they contributed. In Bengal, the wester nations contributed. In Biafra, they contributed. Who does not remember the "Africa LIVE AID" of 1985, to help Somalia and Ethiopia? I still remember the song: "We are the World". And for China... NOTHING. This country, China, faced disaster alone and came out stronger than ever in its history. Alone. Without invading any sovereign country. Without stealing anyone's resources. Without attacking and without intervening in the affairs of other nations. Alone. Working hard to become the second world economic power. 40 years ago China was starving. Today, China has its own Space Station and is already on Mars. Today, the Chinese are proud to be Chinese. Three decades ago, the Chinese felt humiliated. Well not anymore. Never more! And finally. It's True: There was a terrible Famine. And yes, it is true. The Famine was Mao's fault... But, the Famine was also because China suffered 37 years of WAR! China was at uninterrupted war for 37 years! (Just between 1913-1949 have: --Xinhai Revolution: Failed New Empire Coup. --Second Xinhai Revolution. --National Protection War. --Warlord Infighting Across China. --First United Front: Northern Expedition. --First Chinese Civil War. --Second United Front: Protection against Japan in the WWII. --Second Chinese Civil War). U see? China was at war! This is why the Famine happened and not just Mao. China suffered more than two years of Hungry (1959-1961), and although Famines have been present throughout the history of mankind, they have never been as cruel as in China and its almost 5 million deaths. (The Propaganda says it was 10 million... or more).
Thank you for the video! However, the topic of camels is not disclosed - they have a significant number of unique abilities in comparison with other artiodactyls. There is an opinion that they could take a dominant position on the server if their distribution began earlier.
8:57 I've always liked donkeys more than horses, and it's nice that they enjoy the gameplay without even trying to use all their potential, sometimes not going for the META is fun :D
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I would REALLY suggest not saying Donkeys are poorly optimized. There is a reason farmers often keep a donkey with their sheep/goat herds. They're specifically used as guard animals for a reason.
They’re smart and have speced into the surveillance skill tree
Least delusional donkey player + ratio
@@leroyrenedanjou3931 i wouldnt have been able to tell you werent serious without the twitter mark thank you very much
@@catgodswim What twitter mark?
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It's important for potential horse players to remember that although the base HP stat is decent, the HP reduction from a broken limb is both permanent due to the lighter bone density of the legs and guaranteed to lead to an eventual game over due to issues with their blood circulation since they have a glitch where the hooves are necessary to help pump blood around the body. This is in stark contrast to many other player factions, where broken limbs can be an acceptable risk to ensure overall survival.
True, a broken limb being a instant Game Over is a pretty big weakness.
That's why you have to kill horses with legs injury? I thought people only did that because the horse could not work and was useless ^^'
not a bug, iirc it was an intentional nerf done around the time horses were first added to the game
@@krankarvolund7771 Yes, a broken leg can be fatal on a horse. I think with the advancements on medicine they can heal some injuries but if it was a for example a racehorse it will never be able to run a race again.
What's worse for horse players in particular compared to other equines is that this trade-off would be a pretty good one if a broken bone is likely to eventually kill you anyway, as is the case with most builds. One of the few times where this is a bad trade-off is when your build has access to medical care, so it's a terrible downside for a domesticated build like the horse. Unfortunately the perks from this trade-off are likely a factor in why horses were domesticated in the first place. It's really a no win situation.
It's not a bad trade-off for Zebra players though. Especially in Africa, breaking a leg is almost certain to get you killed anyway, so you might as well get some benefit out of that risk.
You forgot the unlockable mule build that humans have unlocked. Mules take and magnify all the best traits of horse builds and donkey builds and mitigate several specific weaknesses of each pure build. Consider covering mules in a "Are hybrids OP?" video.
I second this.
While it would definetly be cool, it is kind of bad idea, as none of these op hybrid builds can finish the main quest
@@filipbitala2624 true, but still fun though
Got my vote!
Yeah imagine being sent to the select character option because mule
It is said that one legendary donkey had such a high intelligence stat that it was able to unlock the 'talk' special ability. He did this so well that he managed to team up with an Ogre main, who previously everyone thought was a powerful but solitary build in the swamp biome. With this OP combo, he even allegedly defeated the cryptid 'Dragon' build. What a madlad.
He's talking about vanilla Outside, Modded content doesn't count
let's discuss the ogre here, ok:
ogres are great apes, tho theyre closest to orangutans, they weigh up to 450 kilos and are twice as strong as a silverback, the ogre's child takes 8 years to reach maturity, so the mother makes a sturdy shelter from trees and mud bricks
they are well-adapted to the swamp, being semi-aquatic and having incredible lung capacity, an ogre can hold his breath for over 20 minutes
ogres are omnivores and feed mostly off of plant matter, fish, and especially insects, they build bug traps to catch mosquitos, and make mud bricks to build shelters
ogres have much thicker skin than other apes, allowing them to shrug off insect stings and bites
north american ogres often have to fend off gator attacks, which they do by bashing the gator with a makeshift club, they often eat the gator's eggs and children to minimize threat for their own defenseless young
ogres swim surprisingly well depsite sinking like a rock, as they essentially run underwater
ogres are both bipedal and quadrupedal, and switch between the two stances when needed
they run on all fours when in knee-deep water, and walk bipedally on land
ogres have a 2300 psi biteforce and mostly use it to crush the skulls of catfish with a single bite, tho they have been known to grapple gators and deliver the good old cranial hug, their mouths can open like scp-096
ogres are reclusive and once matured, the ogre will leave his mother, but will still meet with her daily like ornagutans
ogre ears are adapted to hear stuff just as well underwater and on land, and they have a secondary set of transparent eyelids
Forget about defeating the dragon... in the tale we were told as boys, the donkey so impressed the dragon, that the dragon wished to be made its bride!
pick me pick me
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I feel like they left something out by not including the Mule. It may be a cheese-build for one off casual play, but it does combine the best of Horse and Donkey.
There's also its' echo version, the Hinny, in which the parent player species are swapped from the mule. But I feel like he's gonna cover hybrid players in their own separate video.
I’m also curious about how horses differ from ponies. I sometimes get the impression that ponies have some valuable stats or special abilities.
Problem with that build is that nearly all are locked out of the reproduction quest line, thus being unable to get any rank better than C. A few human mains have claimed that a few mules have gotten an A rank, but they haven't been accurately confirmed.
@@peterknutsen3070 Ponies get the extra ability Headstrong, which allows it to ignore commands from human players that horses would be vulnerable to ;)
@@peterknutsen3070 Ponies are literally just small horses though. The only thing that separates a pony from a horse is height, with the maximum size for a pony being 14.2 hands.
7:54 one reason that steppe nomads like the Mongols were so effective in warfare was this move, the Parthian shot, firing an arrow backwards off a horse. It’s cool to know that both horse and rider were high-tier for the same reason, the ability to attack while fleeing.
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Even though I think horse archery like Parthian shots or swarm tactics is amazing, I prefer the shock tactics like lance charge of heavy cavalry.
@@Supergolem12345 bedouins in the last century would use long guns off horse and camel back
@@Supergolem12345 The scariest part is that a lot of cavalry could switch between both modes 😱 Good luck catching cavalry archers... and stopping heavy cavalry, because if their charge falters, their steeds can kick and bite 😱
@@crayon294 I'm reminded of when Lawrence first meets Prince Ali in "Lawrence of Arabia".
Considering the strong kick attack, and the absolutely incredible mobility that you can gain from a horse build, it’s pretty clear why the devs won’t allow a carnivorous build of the equine faction
The kick attack is better for running away than for attacking. Unless you're thinking of doing a horse ambush!
@@CroakerX the fact that horses are able to traverse long distance it would be a huge advantage to them if they were carnivours
There used to be a faction of hooved predators (it wasn't part of the ungulate guild but an entirely separate thing), but the guild eventually emptied out because they couldn't compete with carnivores.
@@CroakerX donkeys can kick forwards just as well as their backwards kick, and they combo by grabbing u with a bite, then kicking u while u cannolt move
Horses have poor control around their bodies and at ground level. Once meat is dead it doesn't move and equine would die-out because of scavengers. Unlike grass, meat isn't almost everywhere. I.E. They would die out faster than cheatah.
9:28 Horses arrived fairly late to the American server, first got popular on the Asian and European servers.
The horse build started on the North American server, but was a declining build due to either human players on the server or the ice age patch. The build was saved by human players on the Asia server who saw the tremendous combo potential.
Ty
Incorrect.
Glad somebody else heard that because I was doubting myself for a second. Europeans brought horses to the Americas, at least that was what I was taught.
@@clyd1206 horses, of all types, first evolved in the americas. It wasn't until they spread to asia that they branched out. What we know of as the 'horse' today comes from eurasia, and WAS reintroduced to the americas after their ancestors/cousins all died out due to overhunting
An addendum to what you mentioned at the end - the horse (Equus ferus) indeed originated in North America about one million years ago, then migrated to Eurasia around 800,000 years ago. All horses still in the Americas went extinct by the beginning of the Holocene. Modern horses come from a population native to the Eurasian steppe, where they were domesticated by humans some time around 3500 BCE. They were originally smaller and stockier in build, more similar to Przewalski's horse or the Tarpan. Today's domesticated horses have been selectively bred for strength, speed, agility, intelligence, and aesthetics, depending on what breed you're talking about. So to be fair to donkeys and zebras, they are probably a bit more comparable stat-wise to a true wild horse.
exactly, horse came from Eurasia. I was confused, because we have history with horse way before columbus did.
THANKS for the clarification!!! I was bedazzled by tier zoo making such a blunder, but he ment this, thanks for clearing it up
Considering the fact that he literally has taken animal history allll the way back to it's roots many times in videos, it's safe to say he is talking about their evolution over time. Yeah, they were domesticated and integrated into the eco system in Europe but they weren't a native species anywhere else but managed to integrate in the places they went.
@@fallendeus5641 he says horses, not their distant ancestor. He even talks about how horses are doing better in Africa than zebra as invasive species.
Also, even if you assume he means the horses evolution, saying a horse is invasive is extremely disingenuous because this happened 2.5 million years ago.
Tier zoo is no doubt more informed than most of the commenters here including myself, but he does not know literally everything about all animals nor is he infallible. He starts off this video with a correction about sweating lol.
It’d be great if he pinned a comment because I think this might be the biggest factual inaccuracy in this vid.
I had to look this up to double check. They evolved in NA but the domesticated horses we have today came from the Caucasus Steppe. Huge difference.
I’d say horses are pretty decent, and the fact that human players giving them basically free food and water is an insane buff
Made a new song. Whats yalls honest rating?
Well that’s less of a built in buff from the devs, but rather the human players giving them loot so that they can join teams.
@@PontiacMusic 0/10 it’s garbage asf. Consider dropping music and focus instead on something else more lucrative
Ban humans
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Imagine how terrified some players were when humans and horses started to team up.
The most intelligent build in the game had only one real weakness: speed. And then came the horses.
even more when they also teamed up with dogs. Dog, human and horse. the triple combo is devastating for there target.
@@sirBrouwer you can even add a hawk in there for air coverage. truly OP
@@sirBrouwer little new to the game, any of you old heads know when human mains started just fucking around and “left the food chain”
Also wtf are “furries”? Are human mains glitching same species limitation with their science perk or what?
@@woodlefoof2 the human players natural camouflage is not that good. Posebly the human players you are referring to is trying to use other means to increase the camouflage .
And no they are still depended on that food chain with out it they go KO very fast.
Sadly horse mains are the definition of power creep during the pre industrial age patch horses were probably the best support class. They were able to compensate for one of human mains worst weakness speed/mobility. But ever since the industrial age patch human mains have found way better ways of traversal like the car which is basically horse main but better in every way (except for the fact that cars are causing an insane glitch on the servers called global warming which could potentially destroy the severs hopefully the devs do something about it in the next patch).
There’s also a more recent hybrid build created by the human rancher specialization: the mule.
Imagine mixing the stamina, strength, and HP of a horse and the Sure-Footed feat from donkeys, you get a mount great for moving across difficult terrain that doubles as a great beast of burden, and not to forget the bonus to damage against canines also gained from donkeys. Such is the power of the mule that the devs nerfed them by making them sterile (although some data miners have found a way of allowing mules to gain the maternity side quest, but the resulting offspring is always a duplicate avatar of the mother’s). In summary, the mule is a great support build that will help many other players across their many walkthroughs.
Modern horses actually come from Europe not the Ameicas. The ancient American horse (aka Equus scotti) went extinct long before Europeans showed up there, and were more genetically related to zebras than horses.
I came down to see if anyone else had picked up on that. It should be obvious, since Old World history is absolutely full of the use of horses way, way before the discovery of the New World.
I was looking for this comment since I was very confused that he said they were originally from North America
he misspoke, Equidae did first evolve in North America and then spread across Beringia to Afroeurasia before then going extinct in North America until European colonists brought them over again
Big oopsie indeed, tier zoo pin a response or please explain what you ment :P
@@Vanastar How do you think human's first got to the new world? Here's a hint, it's the same path horses went in the other direction in.
My family used to own horses. On one hand they're insanely tough creatures and can be incredibly smart. On the other hand, never underestimate how stupid a horse can be, and the many stupid ways they can hurt/kill themselves.
Works for humans too though...
Horses are so stupid, because they're so smart.
They're naturally curious animals that like to examine their environment.
That process of examination can be a problem when you are a thousand pounds and scare easily.
My favourite game to play with stable staff at the stable I go to a lot is "what's the dumbest way a horse got injured/killed this year"
So far this year it's a horse getting so incredibly intimidated by a pigeon, who had set up a nest in its stall in the couple hours the horse was grazing on the field, that he tried to escape the stall, and eventually succeeded by breaking the fucking door. He had lots of small cuts and bruises and took a near lethal amount of psychic damage, oh and he also broke the door beyond repair. So he had to be moved. The pigeon successfully raised 2 babies.
Agreed, loose a horse in the eye and that's all you need to know
@@deathhog you can put a sheet over a horse's head and it will lie down and starve to death because it thinks it's asleep. I love horses but they are so dumb
one thing about zebras' , is one on one if caught a zebra will lay on the lion that has it which in some cases have forced the lion to try to escape do to lack of air
They're incredibly intelligent! I saw a video some time ago where a zebra at a waterhole got snagged by a huge crocodile. The croc had the zebra by the tricep, which wasn't a great hold but the zebra couldn't get away. The zebra, instead of panicking, calmly turned its head and scraped its teeth over the croc's eye until the croc let go. It was such a deliberate action, no thrashing or struggling! I wish I could find that video again, it was amazing to watch.
The horse at 4:38 had unfortunately died and passed away from that kick due to the mare, they did poor safety for the stallion and mare so it wouldn’t happen. Unfortunately sometimes these things happen, and sometimes it’s 1 in 100 or 1000 to hit the right spot with a horses kick. The mare kicked the stallion right in the center of a thinnish part of its skull (if I remember correctly, it’s been a long time), but other then that I think it’s absolutely awesome on how powerful their kicks are!
I think mentioning the donkey's value as a party member went underrated. While horses are relatively easier to understand and work with in a team comp, a donkey properly incorporated into a comp with a human farmer is INCREDIBLE. They can essentially fill the roles of dogs but BETTER in almost every way except for ease of care. But if the benefit is so large, that issue becomes less important.
Horses will always be the famous duo with humans, but donkeys' value in an ACTUALLY WIDELY RELEVANT comp in the modern meta is something that I'd expect to see give them much more staying power. Horses are a fun build humans like to play with, but practically that's only a luxury nowadays. The comp they became famous in is no longer meta-relevant. It's hardly a rogue strat.
Want also to point out that Donkeys are better suited to protect herds than dogs...
Also, can't you still ride a donkey? I'm sure I'd be harder to achieve than a horse but is it still doable?
@@peggedyourdad9560 yes, it's pretty common to do so
While some people might think this is metagaming, I feel like a horse ass multiclass build might be incredible. The strength and size of a horse combined with the agility, intelligence and surefootedness of an ass. We could even call it something cool, like, "ass-horse"
Donkey's are a team buff, they make every herd better by having one present.
I just want to note that the donkey build has the highest resolve among the equine build. They are extremely hard to scare away. They also have a pretty decent intimidation skill. This is why humans can use them as a battle summon.
Dont talk like that...life aint a game
@@velikitata3863 the game is called outside its the entire point of tierzoo.
@@velikitata3863 did you miss the entire point of the channel?
@@velikitata3863 bruh
@@velikitata3863 wow. What a stick in the mud.
I'm surprised you didn't mention the plenty of weaknesses of horses. Like, how the structure of their anatomy causes them to be very fragile, especially the delicate bones in their legs and feet. They also cannot vomit, even in the case of extreme intestinal distress, and in the rare case that they do, it's almost always fatal.
Nonetheless, great video as always!
A horse's legs are indeed a weakness but they aren't fragile at all, they are actually quite strong, they look thin and fragile but that's because most of the musculature is close to their body and not on their legs, if you compare the thickness of the leg bones of a horse and a human you will see that their bones are slightly ticker in proportion yet shorter and much more dense giving them significantly stronger bones.
The reason why they seem to break easily is because they are large animals massively strong and the forces encountered while they run, fall or get stuck are very great, they cannot really move with a broken limb so it is a death sentence in the wild. I saw a horse crash against a gate made of relatively thick steel pipe, about 2 1/2 inches in diameter with a wall of about 1/8" yet he managed to bend the gate and one of the pipes was badly bent where he hit it with his leg, it looked as if a car crashed on the gate. Luckily he didn't got a fracture but needed stitches and rest on a stall because got some bad inflammation, later we tried to bend back the gate but we couldn't do it, we even tried to drive a pick up truck over it but the most bent pipe didn't got back to its original shape, he managed to stretch the damn pipe, you need a force of tonnes to do that! its when I realized how freaking strong horses are. So yeah their legs and digestive system is their Achilles' heel but in the case of legs not because they are fragile but because they cannot move and heal once a fracture happens.
is it bad that all your videos just make me desperately wish their was an MMO game just like this. where everyone was one singular animal living on whatever continent and played from birth to death, interacting with each other
And when you die you get the option to switch species adjacent in the tree, meaning you can transition from any animal to any other with subsequent playthroughs
You are currently playing. Get out there and adventure!😊
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Imagine if you only get to play as a randomly generated animal. Enjoy the meerkat play through. lmao
@@mrh4900turtle has the record for fastest speed run
Donkeys also have an extra perk. Their eyes are positioned differently making it so they can see all four of their feet. This gives them an advantage in rocky, challenging, mountenous terrein.
That’s so cool, I didn’t know that
Were you a donkey before because how did you know what they can see? I'm not trying to start a fight just curious
Yeah pretty much horses and zebras are physically better for the kill donkeys are basically just assholes and will fight anything within their territory.
You mean advantage in aiming their kicks due to larger vision cone? This would increase their accuracy and critical hit chance quite a bit.
donkeys are also grapplers
their main combo is using their bite to pin someone, and then literally curbstomping them, this bypasses their relatively low power stat
While the fact that donkeys are stubborn and solitary does make them harder to team up with, their higher intelligence actually makes them much better team members than the horse for the humans who do manage to add them to their party. They are much more versatile and easily understand what humans want from them. And while it's harder to add them to your party, once they are in your party they are very loyal. Their better senses combined with their intelligence and poise make them much more unlikely to accidentally attack a teammate like horses do all the frigging time. Horses have mostly been used for PvP or fast travel by humans but donkeys? They have been used for everything. I still agree that as a build in general horses are better than donkeys but I gotta say that as a human main, I'd actually rate the donkeys higher as a support build than the horses.
I have five horses and to be honest I want a donkey so bad, also have three goats and can confirm their intelligence is That low
God I just love this comment section. Bravos!
Donkey is the epitome of Jack of All Trades.
TZ neglects to mention another stat in the donkeys favour, sound damage. A donkeys bray is extremely loud, and used to keep contact with other solitary donkey players in open spaces. They also use it to warn off predator players.
fully understand your comment. i think since horses are better suited for war and smaller pvp events as you mentioned, more stories of great success were delivered and therefor the reputation of horses has risen. there is a reason why most autonomous farmers without the access/capital for machinery opt to use donkeys as support instead of horses. horses are fun, donkeys work.
My understanding was that horses were originally from the Eurasian server and were brought to the North American server when the humans unlocked improved sailing technology and began to cross oceans regularly. Horses then spread across North America and the local North American human population quickly adapted allowing them into their parties to hunt the native Buffalo.
Iirc, horses evolved in both eurasia and North America but the North American branch went extinct. Currently horses in North America are the European imports which are thought to primarily come from the Volga region.
8:47 That donkey jump caught me off guard LMAO
As a new Fire Emblem player, i’m inclined to say that horses are in fact OP
Pokemon player here, if a deer rides them they become god-slaying beasts
Just wait until you get flying units, then you'll see OP
If Pegasus count, then yes, horses are indeed OP, but maybe a little less than Wyvernsin FE3H
@@stephenpaton8756 No they’re not, Niles just one hit shoots them down
Oh especially in FE4
Many points over the Donkey build were missed. Specifically, their “Moxie” ability. Donkeys are able to ignore all debuffs caused by intimidation from other players, making them capable of rushing down players who believe they are too scary for an equine to attack. While they may do the least amount of damage compared to other equines, donkeys deal the fastest damage. They also don’t get fear debuffs from nearby corpses.
While they may default to solo play, donkeys make excellent team players. While most equine players will only protect either themselves or others of their build, donkeys do not discriminate and will fight for players that are outside of their species, thanks to their high intelligence. For these reasons, it can even be suggested that donkeys are the most survivable of the equines.
You tell em Shrek.
These points are included in the intelligence stat, hence it being so high.
Donkeys also tend to have more stamina than horses which is why they are more commonly used as beasts of burden, and in some places, they are used to guard livestock against wolves and coyotes. In fact, donkeys are known for attacking any animal that resembles a dog, including domestic ones.
"Donkeys live a long time. None of you has ever seen a dead donkey."
@@megabladechronicles962 True although I'd argue that would be a point against the Donkey as the domestic dog is an important human companion class.
I love the sound effects the use of sound from great video games most my fav of all being the super smash series
Keep it going tierzoo you truly are a unique brand!
Wow, your channel is amazing! Just found it and in a process of binging all the videos/ Love every single one of them!
There seems to be lots of confusion and misinformation regarding the “horses are originally from North America” part. Some people are claiming this is false information. However, it is technically correct. The ancestors to modern horses actually ARE from North America. Modern species are not. They migrated across the Bering straight crossing long before humans domesticated them, and spread across the entire world, ending up in Africa where they evolved into zebras. Then, North American horses went extinct and were later brought back to the New World by humans. This was several thousands of years ago. All modern horse species originate from Europe, Asia, or Africa, but those species are descendant from species native to North America.
Edit: I am speaking about the whole Equus genus (Horses, Zebras, Donkeys and Mules) here. Obviously specific species like Zebras didn’t originate from NA, but the next step up from species, Genus, most certainly did originate from the New World.
Oh that's cool
It's still inaccurate to say though. The standard person isn't going to think Horse ancestors. They think horse, the horse.
@@basic12341 I personally disagree with that statement. Since this video is talking about the Equus genus in general and not just E. ferus, it was an accurate statement. He’s not talking about one species, but the whole genus.
Ah thanks for clarifying. I was wondering
I believe, but do you mind citing a source for this?
horses are pretty strong but they also come with the 1000 ways to die debuff, where domesticated horses will find the most obscure and insane ways to accidentally off themselves
Broke a leg - dead
Drank too cold water - dead
Spent just one day without eating - dead
A glass cannon if I ever saw one
@@Nparalelo Not so much a glass cannon but a high maintenance powerhouse. The problem is their match-up with humans have spoiled them to the point where it is harder for many of them to survive without human team-ups.
Fun fact: the reason that chariots were used in earlier civilizations was because horses cooping with humans had not yet up-spec'd their sizes enough to be able to carry a military-equipped human in battle. Once coop equines got large enough to do this, you began seeing extra large horses which were capable of operating through a battle while carrying a fit human with ~50 pounds of armor and whatever their weapons weighed. Some jousting specific armor reached ~100 pounds, but this (as well as the larger, specialized lances used) was used in specialized accolade quests and not on military battlefields where stamina is actually required.
While a bit of an off tangent, many humans have a tendency to think their forebearers were dumb and primitive, but make no mistake that the armor they wore (at least to battlefields) was actually made to be quite flexible by using proper joint placement and such (something that replica makers are often very bad at, leaving you with show armor that is shiny but can't even let you bend over without digging into you).
But yeah, back to horses. This upsizing they took on for greater load bearing capacity may have exacerbated some of their already borderline min-maxed choices. Comparing natural builds to things like Clydesdales is thus not a 1:1 match-up.
@@SephirothRyu Actually even during the era of chariots horses were still ridden solo, but mostly for scouting or raiding rather than direct combat. And outside of combat they were still made good modes of transportation because riding is better than walking even on a small horse.
I don't know if it was a fluke of evolution or due to human breeding practices that have given horses flat backs that are able to maintain their horizontal position even while sprinting at high speeds. Because this has made them excellent mounts for humans.
@@Nparalelo
Eat too much grass - dead
Puking - dead
I would argue that horses are a true best friend of man.(more so then dogs) The connection of horses and man, literally changed the face of the planet.
Everybody could make a horse a friend with care and love, not just a man. Horses are gold.
Edit: I talked about not just humans not women.
@@iateyourfather92 In this case, man was used just like mankind (meaning humans)
If horses are our best friends more so then dogs then why do we shoot them the moment they become useless by having a broken leg but take our utmost care to making sure our dogs recover?
Answer the question
@@SimF1e humans lack humanity
@@youtubestudiosucks978 suffering, horse with a broken leg is a dead horse back in the day. That doesn't happen as much these days with advancements with medicine.
Yooooo shoutout from RuneScape chronicles bro. Amazing to have you there
One ability of donkeys was kinda glossed over here: their VERY loud scream that gives them the best intimidation ability of the three and imo does put them in low a tier, since a fight avoided is a fight won if youre prey.
Aye.
Once when I was camping, some wild donkeys were nearby.
Let me say, when it's pitch dark and you're outside, a donkey sounds like death incarnate.
By the morning, I'd figured out what they were, but in the moment, nah.
Also, as solo players, they are more self-reliant than other horse builds and have a great match up against most canine builds, the the extent that many human mains who took the farming profession use them as guard animals
Donkeys are boss. We put one in our herd of bulls to stop them fighting too much because the Donkey will become alpha by booting them in the face
Dont talk like that...you are an adult
Donkeys are great companions too, they can do a lot of work in a smal farm and be affordable unlike horses
a small addition to the donkey class i learned from talking with a donkey tamer. Donkeys originated from and are suited for rocky and mountaineous terrain hence why they dont run from predators but rather stand their ground. if they were to just run and reposition to land critical hits with their kick ability, they'd be more likely to suffer from lethal environmental damage such as falling off a cliff. It isnt that they are inert due stubbornness it is just the calm and steady approach to improve survivability in the terrain they originate from, this likely is one of the reasons they tend to bite as a defensive move because there might be no where to run for repositioning. I cant properly compare them to horses or zebras but its just something that should be considered in my opinion since its often overlooked because nowadays they are used as support in all kinds of environments instead of the one they evolutionary adapted to.
yeah, another thing is that their signature move is biting the target to restrain its motion, then curbstomping it
much less likely to fall off a cliff this way
I didn't know that, neat. hey thanks.
Nice tip, I may consider donkey for my next play through now. Many players have told me have mistaken me for an ass in my current play through anyways, so I probably have the skills already.
They also work very well against canines (like wild dogs , wolfes or foxes) and will chase and kill them.
This makes them 24h quarddogs which only require grass and water.
@@God-ch8lq Donkeys are the only equine grapplers
I love the little game elements scattered troughout the video!!
4:09 that kangaroo legitimately got kicked in the nuts
You forgot to mention that horses are one of the only other animals besides humans to spec into the "hairdo" ability. That's a solid +5 to stylishness and goes up to +12 when running quickly or swinging your head sideways.
100%, a lot of players don’t seem to understand just how useful the stylishness stat is in team finding and XP gathering
the style attribute also peaks when the game detects "finesse" and "sauce" when executing a devastating blow to an attacker that stuns them as seen on 6:21 and 8:05
yes! even outdoes the classic "lion mane". i haven't seen really any style ever come out of that now that I think about it
i know a horse who knows he's handsome, he knows how to untie knots and open gates, and he likes to roll around in shit right after i shower him just to piss me off, he likes to mildly incomvenience ppl and see em freak out
he's adorable, but he's a rascal
in the previous life, he was houdini
Possible contributing factor to the charisma buff horses have, mentioned in another comment above, which allows them to survive despite being feral invasive introduced species in many habitats throughout the world where humans ruthlessly remove less charismatic invasive introduced species.
Horses can actually inhibit forest growth by grazing and crushing woody plants, leaving room only for fast colonizing species like grasses. They can also generate a lot of erosion, which will gradually reduce an area's topography to a flat grassy plain. This means that horses are one of the few species able to actually modify their environment to suit themselves better over time.
So horses invented terraforming? Intriguing lol
It’s theorized that Native Americans deliberately burned eastern forests and used this tactic to expand the Great Plains, and in turn bison populations.
goats are wayyyy better at that
i work in an animal shelter, and the gardener is also in charge of taling care of the goats, cuz theyre living lawnmowers and theres a massive overgrowth in the area
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Need more tierzoo... Always will probably... Unfortunate due to whatever reasons there are at play, I don't think I'll ever get daily uploads. I am still glad to get what we can. 💕 Hope you can continue this series. 👩🎤
I think you missed one of the horses biggest stamina increasing perks.
Most builds require active breathing whilst moving at high speeds. This is energy intensive, and if the rhythm of breathing is out of sync with the strides it can incur an additional stamina drain penalty.
Horses, and other equines, don't do this. Instead, as they reach higher speeds, they stop actively breathing, and allow the backwards and forwards movements of there gastrointestinal tract during the strides to actuate there lungs. This saves a significant amount of energy, and is always in sync with the stride, preventing any additional stamina drain penalties.
That's very interesting
Cool
Wait. Horses are breathing through their asshole?
damn.... i wish i could do that.
Never realised that but now you point it out it makes so much sense.
I like it that the developer locks your reproduction skill tree instead of banning you if you try to glitch donkey's intelligence stat onto a horse. This is what I call a developer who knows how to engage with the community and likes to have some fun!
That's one of the most creative ways of locking illegal content I've seen
Winning comment
Potential for future DLC.
Best comment! Made my day
These are great!!!! I’ve never laughed so hard and learned so much at the same time. Having played video games for 30 years or so this really appeals to me. Thank you so much!!!
Your video taught me a lot and was really really fun to watch. Thank you :D
I’ve been playing outside for over 16 years and i still learn from this guy every upload
Made a new song. Whats yalls honest rating?
Damn i was learning the game by myself and I'm still alive even i almost died in some situations
@@PontiacMusic 7/10
@@Reretoha I mean, playing as human is kinda meta right now, so honestly it's no wonder we survived as noobs with such an OP build
@Newcious :|
One series I think would be really cool for you to do is something along the lines of “how to make ___ balanced” where you would take an op species or a low tier species and discuss the changes you would make to make it more/less viable
My man, this should be higher up.
this is a really good idea mate this should be most certainly added on the series.
This would be great
This is a good idea, commenting to help the algorith
Balance horses ---> extra leg
I like the way the ad gave us a nice documentary to watch about horses. One of my first RUclips subscriptions! TooZier kills it
If I can make a suggestion, can we see a list of what the most unique builds and perks there are, and how they stack up to each other? I’m talking things like the horned toad shooting blood out of its eyes or the pistol shrimp and its sonic projectile.
There is a thing in the donkey's intelligence thou that makes it far more dangerous to small to medium sized predators than a horse. Donkey's are overall less prone to react to a stress situation with panic like a horse does, resulting in a more tactical and aggressive fight Style. There is a reason, why sheep herders keep donkeys and not horses to defend against wolves.
And Zebras tend to bite far more than horses do, too. I would actually group them all together in A tier, as they all have different but highly effective play styles specific to their main server. And Namibian horses survive because they are fed by humans through harsh times, which Zebras aren't
yeah, and they can plan for the long term
theres a donkey i worked with named gilbert, he hasnt gotten laid in ages cuz the female is not interested so i keep em as far away as possible cuz if he smells her he starts mounting everything with 4 legs and an orifice
she learned to open the gates to her courtyard...
he was crazy so i had to tie him to a fence so he wont hurt the camel he shared an enclosure with
he made the most begging face you seen and i decided to takr him to a walk, when i retirned, he sprinted towards the female and the rope slid from me hands
3 people needed to drag hin back to his enclosure, and even then it was difficult
Yeah horses are hit or miss on the agro playstyle. When you have one that hits though...they get the whole group in on the dismemberment orgy. The video didn't give any credit to the danger of the front end though. That head is a sledgehammer with a 4ft handle made entirely of muscle, they use it to great effect.
That's a real Human main perspective though. While humans are dominating the meta, they aren't everywhere and aren't always an option to party with. Donkey's always wanting to solo unless trained by a human is what makes them essentially waste the intelligence stat. High intelligence creatures can only truly grow as a species if they communicate that intelligence socially. To use a human phrase, solo intelligence builds are left constantly reinventing the wheel.
Your all ignoring the clear counter to donkey players. Knocking them over easily will stun them letting you get a combo that could kill them probably. Especially if your using a damage build
@@birdwithinternetconnection2624 good luck knocking a donkey over
Donkeys actually have a good matchup experience against k9s, it's so good in fact that some farmer human mains started using them as guarddogs(guarddonkeys) since they show extreeme aggresion against them when in defence mode.
Nice!
Btw. I like where you put in 1:00 that Red Dead Redeption soundtrack ^_^ Good choice!
The donkey build requires less food than the other two builds. So that can give a survival bonus in limited environments. Players who on a donkey as well as a horse build can also unlock a hybrid build that combines some of the best but worst quirks of each separate build. Equine builds were super popular on earlier iterations of the game server, especially when played alongside the advanced hominid build.
This video was really great
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4:38 I literally clicked on this video to see if this clip made it in!! If you've ever seen the original clip, it's really sad. The horse handlers brought in a stallion to breed a mare, but they did so with the mare's foal present. So, naturally, the mare's protective instincts clicked in and she delivered one fatal kick to the stallion's head. He immediately collapsed to the ground, emptied his bowels, and never got back up. He had died immediately.
Stallions will kill the offspring of rival males, which is why the mare was so protective. The horse handlers did not know about this, which got their beautiful stallion killed by the mare. And breeding stallions are not cheap. They lost a very expensive breeding stallion because of their stupid mistake.
I came to see if anyone commented that, and you beat me too it :D
It caught me off guard, but yep, that's true.
Edit: That being said, I still wasn't expecting horse cock to be shown in a TierZoo video.
Dammit he tricked me into learning!
The fact that they did not know that says they either have no business breeding horses or they are lying.
my uncle was a horse breeder a while ago
one time some fancy-ass stallion was brought into the premises and introduced to a mare, now, horses do have some kind of courting ritual (for lack of a better word), basically both participants do a thorough vibe check and then if she feels like his vibes are good, she signals that he passed the vibe check
so this stallion just goes all in, no vibe check, no prep
she just kicks him in the fuckin balls, his owner paid a lot money to move him here, and now his horse's crown jewels are ruined
sorry 4 bad english, also feel free to correct me if im wrong, as i may have forgotten some details
I love how you used horseplay, as background music from red dead redemption. Fitting track.
I just want to say how much I love the clip of the Donkey using his "Superrman Dive" ability on the party of Human Players.
Growing up our neighbour's farm had a guard donkey to protect the livestock and crops. It was a sweetheart but would and could kill wolves and coyotes by biting the neck and pinning it down.
I was just thinking the same thing! There's a reason farmers/ranchers use Donkeys as guard animals!
Donkeys can surely be fierce, but they mainly protect livestock simply by alerting the shepherd and the guard dogs of danger, rather than by direct combat. A few wolves can still pretty easily kill a donkey, not to mention a bear.
@@matyaskassay4346 I think the main opponents are coyotes, they are much more numerous and bolder than wolves. In Europe there's even nothing like that.
@@matyaskassay4346 Here the main threat is coyotes and foxes. Bears and packs of wolves stay away from settlements mostly because we keep our trash cleaned up
@@Breakfast_of_Champions the coyote's counterpart in europe would be the golden jackal. They're much rarer and more secretive today than coyotes tho.
As a fun fact, actual American horses went extinct around 11,000 years ago. This was probably due to competition and human hunting. Most of the horses you see today were reintroduced from Europe and Asia. In a sense, horses are not OP and can be exploited to extinct in a drastic circumstance. The funny thing is, these prehistoric American horses would've probably still had three visible toes if they were still alive today.
I mean to be fair, what animals have a chance against humans if we really tried to make them extinct
I mean no matter how op an animal is, if humans wanted to we could make it go extinct.
American humans: horses are useless, so we ate them to extinction.
Eurasian humans: horses? MY EMPIRE HAS BEGUN
Mongols with horses: YOUR EMPIRES HAVE ENDED
ruclips.net/video/2xtK3gSgcLo/видео.html Finally it's here
@@zachballou6782 Mosquito. 'Nuff said.
duuuude please do ostriches or emu’s, they’re my favorite animal and i would like to know more about them (especially the emu)
your videos are super cool, the way you make them video game like is awesome!
Emues won a clan war with a human guild once
“I’m the predator now.” 🤣
6:42 😂😂😂
Ah, the horse. Very much a fragile speedster. I’m surprised you didn’t touch more on how easily they can get injured. Their digestive system is weird and they straight up can’t vomit, their intestines can get tangled as their system is much looser to enable better running… they’re a mess. But when your main abilities are so good (and also you manage to team with humans), those disadvantages can get balanced out.
Most successful survival strat there is, get in good with the shaved apes.
I've heard that they can fully digest meat, but can't handle fat at all.
Their intestines get _tangled?_
He did mentioned low HP, therefore more prone to injuries
@@nevisysbryd7450 yep, even if they lay down for more than a couple of hours. That's why they sometimes sleep standing up and need to be put outta their misery if a leg breaks.
Fun fact: when horse power was first invented by Scottish scientist James watt (yes that guy) in the 1800s horses only had 1 horse power but now due to breeding modern horses have roughly 3-4 horse power.
Source: trust me bro
Horses learned the Kaioken, obv
Google says that horses have around 14hp
@@janfungusamon4926 must be a strong thorough bread then
Also fun fact- He didn't actually use a horse for his measure. he just guessed that a horse was 3/2 of a pony, rounded it a bit, then the measure was found to conveniently be a very accurate definition for how much power a horse produces
Tldr: horsepower is not based off of a horse
So glad I found this channel these videos are so fun and well edited. And make me look at animals in a whole new way. The zebra living in africa with no weapons or armor does seem impossible but you explained it beautifully.
“Players, spec, build, base stats, tier list, meta, off meta…
an engaging use of jargon, to hook viewers.
Well done.
Anteater: “What a beautiful day to be alive.”
Horse: *Curb-stomps Anteater*
TierZoo has really been perfecting his craft over time
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Hes not horsing around
Made a new song. Whats yalls honest rating?
investing skill points
Videos like these tell a lot of very interesting facts but are also super entertaining. 👍
I’m an equestrian, I’ve had horses for 10+ years, competed internationally, performed in Queen Elizabeth’s parades and backed 4 horses myself all who have go on to successful careers. After having my fair share of accidents I can confirm horse are OP
As a horse owner (5), I would say that they have many hidden weapons, besides rear kicks, punches are really high dps when doing front damage (they can easily break a door, a human arm/skull or oneshot a small to medium size predators), head blows as well can be quite dangerous in close combat, the tail is used often as a whip causing temporary blindness to the attacker, also the bite is nasty, the front teeth can rip even thick skin or break bones, and most dangerous of all, they can use a buff of adrenaline rush that will double the attack power and ignore pain. We are lucky that they are not meat eaters :D
I agree, they have many hidden abilities, that can be improved with training of the stats, but even their base stats are incredibly strong. Since they are flight animals, I haven’t seen many in the wild do this, unless it is two stallions duelling, but otherwise, it’s very rare to see.
@@Ihaveadog230 stallions duelling almost never seriously injure each other, its just to assert dominance, and their reaction time's fast enough to dodge each other's kicks
@@God-ch8lq oh yeah I know that. But sometimes the fights can be lethal, say if a stallion manages to strikes its opponents leg and break it, the horse will not survive for too long.
That’s very accurate
Absolutely this, and I can talk about how painful that tail whip can be, enough to draw some blood if they strike you with force in the right spot, like in the neck! the dad of the farrier in my stable lost his eye to a horse tail whip. Also the head blow is also dangerous, they can lift you like a ragdoll with their neck and move their head so fast, considering their head weights like 50kg (100 pounds) you are for a very powerful blow if they give you a head bash, a lot people have died like that. I always thought they would be some pretty scary predators if they were as they are build now, luckily they arent and are actually pretty nice.
I find it interesting that despite the humans crafting superior artificial mounts, horses are still part of their parties as a support class. Both for those that really like the horse player base, and for the nostalgic group that likes the times when we relied on horses for fast travel. Sometimes an unorthodox build is exactly what makes something high tier.
There's a lot more danger to the artificial mounts. For one thing, they're either a couple tons of steel or you need to be able to keep it upright. Then there's the speed. Higher speed is generally a major benefit, but then you have to worry about everyone else going at the high speed, too. Horses can avoid collisions all on their own in a way that the artificial ones can't.
Artificial mounts are superior in many areas, but sustainability is not one of them. They also require a silly amount of infrastructure to work optimally
Human combat units even use them for extreme terrains where artificial mounts aren’t able to traverse
I believe homesteaders often use horses to transport loads in areas without roads
@@TJskillz169 some militaries tried using llamas as pack animals on uneven terrain
as they aren't easily frightened (unlike horses) , can hide you from IR scopes and keep u warm at night, can carry loads of ammo, and are very resilient
I LOVE THE THEME!!! this is amazing and lots of fun to watch too!😆
I really love your channel and I hope you continue to make content I hope you can find time to do more
That clip of karma destroying the guy that was about to kick the dog is pure gold
Shame the dog didn't piss in his mouth when he was on the floor then bite his ears off.
Imagine he landed that kick? Like wtf, special place in hell for that turd.
how are u able to kick a dog, u just know that this guy is lost and should be treated as a child
@@isukarse yea for real what a fool, luckily he got hurt instead of the dog
@@isukarse I disagree. I treat children with respect.
Horses can teamplay with a human, getting access to horse armor, that even makes them immune to classic bite attacks, and even allowing them to face much higher tier opponents. Only a few metas ago horses was the best team build, even having higher bounty than humans.
human side quest garbage ,pls
Horse armour usually only protects the upper body tho, no? They leave the legs area uncovered, leaving them vulnerable to lethal bleeding damage as explained in other comments.
@@muhammedkoroglu6544 well the comment didn't say perfect armor.
They only get the armour if they give todd howard $1.50
@@muhammedkoroglu6544 Naa, we do have a sort of horse leg brace that really helps with that problem too.
you make learning about animals (like you would in school) actually really fun and intresting
I love the perspective of these videos
I think you glossed over a lot of what makes the donkey build so good, and I personally would place them in A tier with horses for a few reasons. The first is their intelligence, which you did cover but this upgraded stat unlocks the ability to be taught by human masters similar to dogs. This allows donkey players to achieve high ranking positions in human bases, particularly on the livestock farm where they act as a guardian for the animals and even the humans themselves. The second reason is their unparalleled intimidation resolve and stubbornness. Even top tier builds like elephants will find their efforts to intimidate veteran donkey players will never work, and this coupled with their famous stubborn reputation makes fighting any donkey player a harrowing task that will only be complete once the donkey is sent to the main menu. Donkey players have taken an A tier build and decided to go rogue with it, and what they created was nothing short of a prodigy and there’s a reason why human farmers have a saying “if you have the choice between a 16 gauge shotgun and a donkey, the donkey is more worth it because they don’t need ammo and you don’t have to reload them”
they have a secret technique that no other equine uses
they bite the target, pinning it, and then while its immobilized and in crippling pain, they kick and stomp it
@@God-ch8lq yo dude, I have horse party members, they bite wood a lot and don't need to bite to pin, they can kick or just slam, their strong enough to bend metal by slamming, We had to replace some of our gear due to their biting and slamming
@@morvish1925 yeah, but they dont kick a target after biting it, they just bite
@@God-ch8lq I mean horses do bite and then stomp the target with from hoofs, they are just not nearly as effective in it as a donkey. Also, ponies often behave in a more "donkey way", with more biting and stomping and less running away. They are also usually more stubborn than big horses, I guess because, ponies naturally inhabit more harsh conditions environments, like "mountainy" places, forests etc. Not open places like average horses.
@@Makjaoiuewhxkjs yes, but horses dont bite to pin the target, they bite and dont fpllowup with a combk
ponies are less stupid than full size horses from my perosnal experience
The fact that donkeys are added to herds of horses in very rural area's (like backcountry Alaska) to help defend the herd from wild predictors is enough to prove that the donkey class should probably be rated as high, if not higher, than the horse class. I've also heard of them being used to protect flocks of sheep or goats.
They're better than guard dogs when used to protect other cattle from coyote attacks.
Especially their bite ability and giving no quarter makes them like terminators against the poor coyotes.
They are way less docile than horses, which makes them harder to teamplay but better at defense.
Who agrees he should make a video on the electric eel.
Is this a real game bc i wanna play it.
Who needs superman if donkeys can save us from "wild predictors" from altering the future
Horse players go hand in hand with human players. The mobile horse can be very efficient with a high damage human build.
I recommend human players to invest in those perks for a horse+human build.
-Armorsman, to make armor for you and your horse (this way you can avoid paying the God Emperor Hodd Toward for armor)
-Healthy, more HP to you and to your companion
- Nature person, increases HP and ATK for all non human companions.
- Medical, for crafting medicine
- Them's big kaboom, more damage with gunpowder weapons
Already done. Why do you think Indoeuropean is the most spoken language on Earth?
I'd be interested to know how you would rank the sub-classes of the equine build; the pony and the mule.
I absolutely love the video game frame data analogy. You have my full attention
When I was a kid and learned that horses can kill you with a kick, I was always extremely scared around horses. The worst was the stable of a farm we often visited had their horses backside face the corridor between two rows of horses. It felt like a death trap waiting to spring everytime I walked through there.
if youre scared, the horse is scared cuz he sees ur scared
herd instinct
People scare kids with that rather than letting someone who knows horses teach them. Usually fine until you bring a kid to learn to ride and they refuse to go near the butt which has some important health things thst need to be done and the kid has to learn.
In general if the people handling them say it's fine. It's fine.
@@NoThankUBeQuiet also if the ears are pinned to the neck, the horse is threatening you, so you should back off
@@God-ch8lq Pretty sure we've seen some kicks in this video where the ears were not pinned.
@@NoThankUBeQuiet Accidents happen, even with professionals near. I don't fear horses today, but this is one of those areas where I'd rather be too cautious than too reckless.
4:38 The mare in that clip instantly killed the stallion with one kick. Yeah, it was partly due to the incompetent handlers but damn, it really illustrates how lethal horses can be!
I've seen this clip before, and I was really surprised to see it again in this video.
i was kicked by a horse once
he's a relatively small but very angery boi, and he often does a little warning kick first, but that warning kick accidentally hit my arm while i was busy doing the usual maintenance
it wasnt full strength, just a warning, so i didnt break anything really
it was one of the first times i worked with him, so he didnt respect me, nowadays, he knows me and he doesnt even try
i still have a bruise, and it happened 3 months ago
@@God-ch8lq honestly we take those. Could've been much worse, and at least you can say you've been kicked by a horse and survived
@@sosukeaizen7056 yeah...
Doubtful that it actually died...
VERY surprised that the many, many health issues that horses can run into weren't brought up. I used to work with them and by god... they are surprisingly fragile. If they break a leg too severely, they can't lay down long enough for it to heal without running into multi-organ failure (i.e. more than like, a few hours. They literally start to crush their own organs if they stay down for even an hour), so the leg isn't ever going to heal. Also, bc of how they're built, they have VERY high blood pressure, especially when running, and are prone to heart and other cardiovascular issues. They actually developed specialized veins to help with the blood pressure, but it just made new heart issues for them, and their blood pressure is still too high. They also have very weak diaphragms for animals that's main purpose is to run, so a respiratory infection will cripple the horse instantly because their lungs are Weak As Shit. Speaking of their lungs, they just, stop actively breathing when running, relying instead on their organs swinging around to make them breathe. Which is efficient! But simultaneously means their insides/abdominals is way too flexible compared to what it should be, so they get so many hernias and other intestinal/organ issues from it all just sloshing around willy nilly. And this is naming just a FEW problems (I am not even getting into how breaking a leg also technically asphyxiates them a wee bit and gives them more heart problems, somehow. Or how paranoid, skittish, and violent they can be, holy fuck.)
Them knock outs had me rolling the whole time good vid bro
I love the breakdown this gives for players new to equine gameplay. I know that this video can't get to all the nuances (I could talk about frame-perfect flying lead transitions all day!), but I want prospective horse players to know that the relatively low HP of equine builds (scaled for weight class) comes with serious challenges. In order to take perks that enable OP sprint speed and the iconic kick parry the horse relies on its legs a lot and injuries to them are run-ending. Especially to the feet, which can easily become infected in wet biomes. Because of the roaming playstyle of the horse, it is extremely hard for a horse player to rest for long enough to recover from a leg injury. Beware environmental hazards like soft mud, sharp loose stones, smooth mountain rocks, hidden holes, ice, and other terrain hazards because slipping and falling is the easiest way to pop a stifle or worse.
One of the advantages of other ungulates using horns to extend the hitbox is that horns tend not to be critical to mobility. So because horses use mobility strat as such a major part of their attack setup, kicking can be a higher risk move than you'd think. If a horse player misses and they injure that foot, they've lost the ability to escape. Part of why the high-INT team strategies with human players can be so OP is that human players with their tool use and building abilities can create relatively safe zones or equip gear to horses to mitigate some of their low HP fragility risks, and because of the horse build's high endurance those safe zones can be in almost any biome. I do want to point out however that zebras and horses prefer flat terrain in whatever biome they inhabit and don't do as well ascending or descending elevated terrain. The donkey build is somewhat more effective in high elevation maps and their INT stat really helps problem solving about how to get around hazards without broken wallhax perks like the bighorn sheep or mountain goat. In these environments the donkey's sprint speed doesn't matter as much as there's no flat straightaways to escape and because they compromised on the mobility stat I think that's why they lost power on the kick.
Another challenge to equine builds is that their digestion can be sensitive as well as inefficient. They do not belch to the same degree as ruminant builds so the gas from processed food has to escape the other way, and if they eat something that produces too much gas, impacts their digestion, or poisons them it can apply the dangerous status condition 'colic.' This is the number one run-ender for domestic horse builds. Be careful out there, and fellow horse mains remember: stay away from foxglove but you ARE valid to eat fingers, don't forget your forward lunge has amazing distance coverage and auto-applies a morale debuff.
I am adoring the image of a mountain goat having wallhax perks. This is a genius comment.
oh that's interesting: the creepy sex-add phishing scheme chatbots are now making compilations of parts of top comments instead of just copy-pasting the whole thing.
there's a creepy sex-add chatbot stealing about a third of your wonderful comment btw.
You, sir or madam, know your game very well. Thank you for sharing.
Mai ask, do donkeys have the sweat skill as well?
Jesus you just wrote a novel
I’ve never seen a comment this long lol
My favourite thing is that to prevent them being OP, horses have been severely NERFed by debuffs that cause way higher fatalities than other builds, such as leg injuries, eating too nutritious grass, running for too long, or lying down all causing game overs
Well, it is not exactly the issue of a horse itself, but how it was breeded by humans over thousands of years. Wild horses didn't have those problems most of the time, but after beeing domesticated, brees to be stronger, bigger and faster, their bodies were put under higher stress and became more prone to damaging themselves.
This is so entertaining to watch, thank you
I've never laughed so hard a TierZoo video. The compilation of horse kicks was great!
I used to work with horses who were trained as human supports. They're incredibly powerful animals and quite intelligent. However, they are subject to some unfortunate jank: their inability to vomit or recover from broken limbs makes them rather vulnerable to falls or poisoning. (Still an excellent class, though, and their ability to work so well with humans definitely doesn't hurt.)
intelligent?
horses are stoopid af
They can’t vomit?
@@hailarwotanaz5848 No, they can't which is why they're vulnerable to colic.
I do know from experience that horses are very emotional animals
@@feiryfella that’s interesting
I love how he said “The speed of a top tier predator” but showed a cheeta
Made a new song. Whats yalls honest rating?
Top tier predator low tier big cat
@Don't Read My Profile Photo 🤓
Fr, at least they’re a predator _with_ top tier speed
@Don't Read My Profile Photo nobody asked
Pls do a Biomes Tier List. Plains, Deserts, Rain Forests etc. I’d like to see what you find the most and least dangerous.
Aw, that poor anteater. Usually I try not to "aw :c" anything on TZ, even coyote vs house cat but man, poor anteater wasn't doing nothing.
Finally back again with another amazing class video, will be trying this build next month!
You didn't even watch it yet
@@Kitty-xi1sb ....
Made a new song. Whats yalls honest rating?
@Don't Read My Profile Photo bro this is cringe
@@Reretoha It's a bot. They're farming follows to sell accounts. Don't bother replying, just report them as spam.
I think the agression factor of Zebra was understated. Recently saw one chasing a jackal in Masai Mara, they are crazy
That clip of a zebra chasing a cheetah was just beautiful
What was missing here is that in this Famine that China suffered, ALL Western countries left China alone. China received NO HELP from anyone. In other famines such as in India, in Africa, in Ireland or even the one suffered by Haiti, the wester nations contributed. In Bangladesh they contributed. In Bengal, the wester nations contributed. In Biafra, they contributed. Who does not remember the "Africa LIVE AID" of 1985, to help Somalia and Ethiopia? I still remember the song: "We are the World". And for China... NOTHING. This country, China, faced disaster alone and came out stronger than ever in its history. Alone. Without invading any sovereign country. Without stealing anyone's resources. Without attacking and without intervening in the affairs of other nations. Alone. Working hard to become the second world economic power. 40 years ago China was starving. Today, China has its own Space Station and is already on Mars. Today, the Chinese are proud to be Chinese. Three decades ago, the Chinese felt humiliated. Well not anymore. Never more! And finally. It's True: There was a terrible Famine. And yes, it is true. The Famine was Mao's fault... But, the Famine was also because China suffered 37 years of WAR! China was at uninterrupted war for 37 years! (Just between 1913-1949 have: --Xinhai Revolution: Failed New Empire Coup. --Second Xinhai Revolution. --National Protection War. --Warlord Infighting Across China. --First United Front: Northern Expedition. --First Chinese Civil War. --Second United Front: Protection against Japan in the WWII. --Second Chinese Civil War). U see? China was at war! This is why the Famine happened and not just Mao. China suffered more than two years of Hungry (1959-1961), and although Famines have been present throughout the history of mankind, they have never been as cruel as in China and its almost 5 million deaths. (The Propaganda says it was 10 million... or more).
@@bungus6707 tldr
@@bungus6707 Ma'am, This Is A Wendy's.
@@huks9380 lmaoooooo
THAT ENDING MUSIC BRINGS BACK SO MUCH MEMORIES
Thank you for the video! However, the topic of camels is not disclosed - they have a significant number of unique abilities in comparison with other artiodactyls. There is an opinion that they could take a dominant position on the server if their distribution began earlier.
8:57
I've always liked donkeys more than horses, and it's nice that they enjoy the gameplay without even trying to use all their potential, sometimes not going for the META is fun :D
6:42 when the zebra was chasing the cheetah i almost died from laughing 😁😄😁😄😄😄
That cheetah like HELP HES CRAZY
Omg this just became my favourite channel