The Snake Tier List 

Hey everyone, a few quick notes: 1: This is not my TeamSeas upload. That one is coming soon though! 2: Yes, I've already made a video covering snakes. That video, unfortunately, got copyright claimed and I had to remove a portion of it in order to keep the video up. I figured since that video was old anyway, I'd rather just remake it. So hopefully this one is way better, too! It's more than twice as long.

Weird not seeing my ex on here.....

HES BACK!

I love how whenever he refers to "killing an infant" he calls it Spawnkilling

That fan theory that a snake player convinced the human players to invest into intelligence is one of my favorites

This is the one tier list you probably didn't have to blur out, seeing as the silhouettes are all just squiggly lines.

It’s said that the most OP snake was the highest ranking rattlesnake player, the legendary Rattlesnake Jake. He modified his damage and intimidation to the max by swapping out his rattle with a gatling gun. And instead opting for a hood like cobras, he switched out for a stylish cowboy hat, 10/10 aesthetics

"You can never be truly safe from snakes" Polar bears and penguins: "observe"

Being a biology student and gamer, discovering this channel is like discovering Pokemon when I was a kid. It's wholesome

Interestingly, venomous snake builds developed earlier in the meta than non-venomous builds! This means that many snake mains actually decided that trading out venom was overall a beneficial move. Wild, right? But I'm not going to call them wrong when Colubrid players are almost literally everywhere - clearly they're doing something right!

Ants are OP and deserve a tierlist. With all the crazy adaptations over more than 10k species there's plenty to choose from.

One nasty advantage of the boomslang's slow acting venom is that it can be easily mistaken for a 'dry bite', which can lead to people not seeking medical attention until the deeply unpleasant effects kick in

this guy's channel is proof that you can make anything interesting if you just have the right idea. i wish teachers taught us like this

Unfortunately, in my experience, most snake players are incredibly toxic. I have almost never ran into a snake player that didn't mention my mother or low skill during a confrontation.

Surprising there are snakes in low tiers. They always talk about how they’re in the SSSSSS tier

Snakes have a buff that reduces the bravery of enemies within 10 yards, you have to be 375 Zookeeping skill to be able to dispel the debuff

Snakes have also been able to make a niche home for themselves in the pet servers having a relatively small but loyal following and also most players in these servers have more skins than players in the wild realms

Lizard, in ages past: This hole was made for me...

I think it’s strangely funny that most animals are instinctively trained to say “HELL N O” when they see anything remotely string-like in nature because snakes exist

This is the best pronunciation of Boomslang I've heard from a foreigner, thanks 💜

I feel brief credit is due to the Eastern Indigo snake, which is somewhat like a Kingsnake build, but much larger: they actually eat _Rattlesnakes._ when you can actually safely feast one not just a high tier build, but a high tier build with normally lethal venom, you’re probably a pretty solid build Also, they actually party up with the gopher tortoise during winter months in burrows, keeping one another warm

Kinda unfortunate for these poison type builds, because steel types completely nullify their effectiveness in the game.

You forgot to mention the solid snake. Highly effective stealth tactics, with excellent cardboard camouflage, and adept at fighting in close or long range situations.

Bullet Train made me greatly overestimate the damage potential of the Boomslang

If you aren’t a competitive player and just want a fun, simple build with a lot of customization options, Ball Python with a human teammate is actually pretty great. The human’s intelligence stat often unlocks new skins and designs for their teammates, and it just so happens that the devs gave Ball Pythons a RIDICULOUS amount of customization options in terms of color and pattern. However, the ball python intelligence stat isn’t high enough to unlock new skins on its own (other than random loot boxes) so you do need a human player to help you out with it.

I could've dropped my croissant got me pretty good

The black mamba is literally just “why reinvent the wheel when we haven’t even perfected it?”

"Making it very difficult to ever get truly out of reach of a snake." That's absolutely terrifying sentence.

Imagine being attacked by a sea snake only to realise it's actually a team of sea snakes 💀

That note at the beginning reads: “Hi, quick note: it was really difficult to find clips of exactly the right species of snake in a lot of these cases. Throughout the video, there will be a few clips where the animal depicted is not the exact animal being discussed, but is nonetheless illustrative of the point I’m making because it’s behaving in a similar way. These will be denoted in the bottom right corner when appropriate.”

"Snakes are the perfect example of a compact and streamlined yet still functional design. Tongue, teeth, venom, organs, bones, and movement capabilities all in less than half the space of the competition. Sleek, efficient, elegant. That’s what makes a snake a snake"

i love how he the snakes mobility strategy is just "every second your not running, im getting closer"

king cobras aren't actually cobras -- they're actually more closely related to mambas -- meaning you accidentally left out one of the strongest snake builds

21:17 “there’s a lot more to snakes than just OUR general combat abilities though.” Tierzoo is a snake main confirmed

Even the lowest ranked snake can say to itself: "Atleast I am not a slow worm main. That thing ain't even a snake."

For anyone wondering, the song that starts at 3:56 is the Ordon Village theme from Twilight Princess. He missed that song in the description.

Back when my grandfather used to be on the server, even though he was the classic OP human build, he would regularly make absolute fools out of snakes. In particular, the copperhead players, since he seemed to have a bone to pick with them for whatever reason. All this with very conservative stats on his build as well as old, out of meta equipment, like an axe.

It's worth mentioning that kingsnakes statted into the "Mimicry" trait, choosing coral snakes

Fun fact: it's well known that snakes have to shed their skin, but their lack of limbs makes it incredibly difficult for them to do so. As a result, they have a period of time leading into a molt where they're incredibly itchy and will roll around on rocks or fallen logs to scratch themselves. I've encountered cottonmouths doing this while walking on nature trails, and it's honestly very funny. I really cannot overstate how much I don't recommend doing this and how bad of an idea it is, but they'll happily accept scratches from, say, a particularly long stick you found, and they'll lean into it because it feels nice. I, uh, wasn't a very smart kid when it came to wild animals.

King cobra deserves a place in the S tier. King cobra are actually not cobra (Naja), they are a different species/Genus (Ophiophagus hannah), they are called cobra because of the impressive hood. 1. Growing up to 20 feet. 2. Highest quantity of venom delivery. 3. Potent venom. Although not at the same level of inland taipans. 4. Largely immune to both cobra and viper venom. 5. Too big for quick players (mongoose). 6. Extremely smart and thinking animal. Avoids conflict with the players that have cheat code (humans).

I love the way you present this content. This was super informative.

Garter snakes do have the social skill though, something that the majority of snake builds lack. This grants them a good safety in numbers and does wonders paired with their Live Birth trait. Garter snakes also have a unique cold resistance trait which allows them to thrive in some rather absurdly out of place servers such as Canada.

Top tier snakes are insane. This one snake, I remember, he took down an entire weaponized nuclear battle mech, wasn't slowed down by his age at all either.

I thoroughly enjoy how educational this is and appreciate the hints of RuneScape

Just found your RU-vid channel the quality is unmatched love the references great vids👌👍

Are we not going to talk about this game's incredible OST? The diversity of the sound track is amazing! Unfortunately, unless surrounded by human builds, you won't hear it often, but the ambiance in the game is great too.

As a Secretary Bird main, I only have one thing to say: pathetic...

I noticed that you missed the Brazillian Golden Lancehead Viper, which is the snake with by FAR the best ranged attack of the game and can literally take birds out mid-flight...

I love how you make life sound like a game It's what brings me back to your vids

I'd argue that snakes ARE meta defining because most mammals, humans included, have an instinctive, pathological fear of snakes, which triggers regardless of snake species.

As a Wyoming resident I can confirm the effectiveness of the "rattle" as an intimidation move. Shit is terrifying when you hear it start up, especially because at first you usually can't figure out exactly where it is coming from.

Ima be honest I actually enjoy learning about these things on your channel for fun it makes more sense when you put it in a game perspective tbh!

I love the amount of research you do for a tier list with a gaming twist, keep up the great work👍

Dude, garter snakes are a meme class from the outset. They're not taking the game seriously, they're just keeping up that comically intense rivalry with that one subfaction of newts. Seems kind of unfair to have them in the tier list at all IMO.

Still wanna see an ant tier list, the ants faction is incredibly diverse and meta defining, especially for arthropods.

I feel like garter snakes deserve a shoutout for their ability to adapt particularly well to human-rich servers. Having enough charm to spec into the Pet role perk is a pretty big boon if you've got a nice co-op partner, and even if you do play solo, the suburban and rural metas are mostly dominated by prey you'll have a favorable matchup with.

Rarely does one encounter videos on RU-vid that are high on substance, verbal content and presentation without nonsense BGM. Keep it up👍 Btw, I couldn't figure out this theme of gameplay, tiers etc.

14:59 The endlag on that is busted for such a high damage move. He hard whiffs and still has enough time to use it again before his opponent can even react.

5:07 Cats' reaction speed never fails to impress me. Seriously, they are so good at blocking and redirecting strikes.

I found this quite funny - explaining ever increasingly dangerous snakes as video game characters! Well done :)

For the kingsnake, its worth mentioning that theyve spent some evolution points in specing into the trait "mimic" to boost their intimidate chance. Specifically, they use a coloring which mimics that of the coral snake, a venomous and much more dangerous snake, to attempt to deter/intimidate would be predators. This can work to fool predator builds with lower intelligence stats, and even human mains have had to use their memory enhancing special move "Rhyme" alongside the moves "Teach" and "Learn" to come up with a rhythmic word pattern that helps them memorize which snake to avoid and which is harmless: "Red touching black, friend of Jack. Red touching yellow, kill a fellow". However, since venomous snakes like the coral snake struggle to use their powerful venom defensively, especially against avian predators, this isn't very effective, as an eagle or hawk, even if they don't notice the difference, may not be deterred from attacking what they believe to be a coral snake anyways. The Mexican Milk Snake also utilizes this mimicry strategy with a similar pattern to the kingsnake but with whiter patches where the kingsnake has yellow, to attempt to fool predator mains into believing they are the dangerous and venomous coralsnake.

I’m new to your channel. The style of describing it like a game is hilarious. Calling the dino asteroid a “ban patch” was awesome.

Have you guys forgotten how many snake mains that tried to 1v1 the devs? I heard some of their usernames were Leviathan, Jormungandr and Lucifer, They were THAT good as snake mains

A few weeks ago I almost got struck in the crotch by a tiger snake, nearly 2 weeks after that I almost stepped on an Eastern Brown. I'm currently recovering from a redback spider bite. I think I'm sick of the Australia map. I havent unlocked enough tokens to change maps.

I remember hearing that spitting cobras evolved multiple times independently. And, the timing corresponds to human expansion. Each time humans moved to a new region, the spitting venom adaptation evolved. Considering that the 2 meter range and blinding venom allow it to hit human eyes (average human height between 1.5 - 2 meters), it's safe to assume this adaptation specifically evolved to deal with us.

Black mamba DoT tick rate needs to be nerfed for sure, but also I feel the king snake mimicking the coral snake color was over looked in their defensive or stealth stats, thats some top tier 4head strats right there. So much so that the smartest build in the game, ie humans, needed to make a rhyme to remember it is so effective.

Australian snake players would like a word with you, they've spent a lot of time on their builds.

I love how he explained this like a game

I was kind of expecting King Cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) build to be featured in the video.

Fish: Ima grow legs and go on land! Snakes: Meh, legs are overrated.

I think you should have talked about the Solid Snake. It's a really interesting build with high camouflage and a special ability called "explosives". I would have liked to know where it would place on this list.

I absolutely love the over use of RuneScape music/sound effects/references 👌

One that I think would be S tier if included, is the Indigo snake from South Texas. Venom resistance buffs along with high strength and speed stats make them formidable. They don't have any natural predators either, ending games of rattle snakes for their meals.

“When the world need him most, he returned” - too many people including me

21:17 "There's a lot more to snakes than just *our* general combat abilities." TierZoo is a Snake main confirmed.

20:12 “the black mamba is by far the most competitive” well damn that’s for sure

I can't believe I just discovered this channel! Super entertaining

Imagine being an elephant player putting most of your skills to get a Tamk character just to be killed by some spagetti

He really put a “I dropped my croissant” respect

love the old Eyewitness theme playing... bringing back great memories watching those videos in school in the 90s

King cobra should have its own tier on the top.

Ok, you can't give vipers points for having heat pits, and completely ignore that same point for pythons and boas. Pythons and boas are primarily nocturnal ambush predators. You want to see an effective python? Green tree python. Extremely effective bird catcher due to massive front fangs, and excellent camoflauge, and sensitive and large heat pits and eyes make for accurate strikes.

The top tier snakes are so strong that human builds have a chance to receive a morale debuff from merely seeing a snake, thinking that the harmless garter snake is a top-tier venomous snake

Something to keep in mind for camping snake players is the cuteness ability. Human players tend to fear and/or hate snakes, but those that don't will most likely keep one around. Access to free food and housing is pretty good, and a really wily snek main can attempt to escape and dominate the household and yard unless any bird of prey players are close by.

That squirrel nose flip at the end was a thing of beauty.

Another important thing is that humans are instinctively weary of snakes, so much so that they even came up with the dragon build based on the fear of snakes and crocodiles.

Fun fact snakes are, in fact,meta defining in that it's theorized by psychologists that most humans fear of them is because they often lurk in the trees where our food and safety was in the past.

Lmao, the presentation of using snakes as avatars with humans controlling them like a video game, is genuinely genius.

This presentation is BRILLIANT!

The biggest issue with snakes is that they’re one of the most glass-cannony classes in the game. They have some of the worst passive defences and their usually low weight class doesn’t help.

Ok, but corn snakes should be S-tier because they've maxed out their cutie-patootie stats.

I love how you make these list in a gaming style, making everything a bit lest scary

Just discovered your vid! Very nice presentation/ commentary. I am cracking up 😂

So OP they're lowkey meta defining. Multiple other factions have had to get anti-serpent perma feats and invest the hard-earned perk points to get them to Reaction tier in action cost. We may laugh at cats getting heart attacks over sudden cucumbers, but the serpents smirk. They know.

The AU server: Known for its dangerous snakes TierZoo: Covers no Australian snakes Bloody NA players

I personally main the water snake, cause i used to main the titanaboua before it got nerfed, and for a while i mained sharks, but was missing the snakes advantage in hiding spots, so i found the water snake build and fell in love, i suggest you should try it out sometime!

This is the coolest way I ever learned about animals. This is the best!!!!

I wish he'd mentioned how the higher tier snakes are so terrifying, they actually give a huge buff to all snake builds in terms of Intimidation. ESPECIALLY to human players- while some can use their Study ability and learn about the different types a vast majority will Dash out the instant they even THINK they see a snake, thusly saving even the weakest players of the build from Humans, probably the most OP of all builds. Though this is also a similarity with Arachnid builds, Snake builds are much more powerful at their best so I'd say this tips the scales in their favor.

The Vine Snake's intimidation is literally just surprised Pikachu face.

Thanks bro I was thinking about changing to the snake because human was just too easy this really helped me 😃