There were a few creatures that came up early, often, and repeatedly. A few of the most hotly contested creatures were Phorusaura, Thoradolosaur, Monolorhino, Bajatonodon, and Stygidaryx

Phorusaura wasn't in the initial votes as you can see, but it was brought up after initial discussions and the case was made for Tyrant. This might surprise some people but the combination of speed and back to back rampage moves (Instant Rampage, and Rampage and Run) allows this creature to deal out a lot of damage without taking any at all. It has a swap in stun move, but it's often best used to bring out against a faster creature that is within Instant Rampage range. It can revenge kill that creature and then Rampage and Run out of there before it takes any damage at all usually. And then come back and do it again. The versatility of it can really allow it to shine on a team.

So let's talk about Thor. This one probably gets the award for most discussed. The person that brought it up for discussion had to practically write an entire article to convince us of the placement. And where is that? Well, we aren't going to spoil the surprise, but let's just say we have that article ready to publish to defend our decision. Scroll down to the images below though to see where Thor ended up.

Monolorhino was a new creature that was initially voted pretty low. Being that the Rhino DNA needed to fuse it is so elusive we were pretty disappointed in the low stats this unique got. Ultimately we agreed that even though it has a low attack stat, it does have immunity and versatility that can work on many teams. We didn't think it was low enough to belong in High Alpha, but the discussion to at least keep it at Low Apex went around in many circles. We eventually settled on that placement, but agree that this new unique dino could use some love in the future.

Finally, there were many discussions around Bajatonodon and Stygidaryx. It started with a movement to raise Daryx but Baja was brought in to the discussion as well as their playstyles are very similar (working best in a team that supports swappers). Daryx stayed in Low Apex but the case to move it up was passionate and almost convincing. Baja is a new creature that looking at it has a great kit, but at the end of the day both of these creatures suffer from low damage and their reliance on swap-in and swap-out moves that are hurt by so many dinos with immunity and defense shattering moves. If there is ever a shift in the meta, however, these 2 creatures definitely have a chance to shine we think.

Honestly this was a very tough tier list to put together and there were many more discussions other than those listed above. Grypolyth made a surprise appearance in Tyrant and Mammotherium was pretty much unanimously voted Tyrant after discussions. We will be sure to follow up with more information and articles regarding these placements and plan on releasing some simulation results as well to back up some of our decisions. But we feel really good about where we ended up this time!