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ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
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What is a griffin used for? griffin battling strategies in ARK: Survival Evolved.
Great for wyvern egg stealing, you need to master the dive acceleration before trying though. I recommend doing it over water to simulate the lava you would burn to death in if you fail ;)
Other than that with the dive these appear to be completely unmatched as far as speed goes for any Dino except maybe a pure speed galli
i tamed a level 95 bad boi and these things SLAP. literally. their dive attack deals 280 damage per hit and you can hit creatures at least twice before swinging back up. immediately get your bonus for killing each creature for your first time and level up stamina, then take on an alpha carno. i got +14 levels from killing a level 90. just keep bumping stamina and weight!
Cool pvp battle stance:
Setting: redwoods, large portion of enemy tribe coming through in a few seconds
Creature 1: deinonychus (ridden by human, clinging high up to redwood tree, preferably at least 10
Creature 2: thylacoleo (ridden by human, clinging high up to tree, ready for pounce, preferable at least 3)
Creature 3: griffin (ridden by human, flying high in the sky, human on back with RPG, at least two)
Procedure: when the enemy comes close, use the thylacoleos to pounce smaller creatures or humans, and use the deinonychuses to kill the larger ones. The griffins go into dive and, when close to ground, passenger fires rocket. Griffin does slam, then rises back into sky and repeats. You have the enemy down in a matter of minutes with few casualties, and you have struck a major blow against an enemy tribe.
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If Griff is on Neutral and standing near you while you’re in the water when a fish attacks you, the Griff will fly away... and away... and away. Had to chase mine 4 map quadrants. It was almost like it was on wander. Has something to do with a glitch and not being able to attack water units. This happened 4 times to me in 2 weeks.
This is a fantastic tame to get as soon as possible, they are one of the fastest flyers in the game and they also run fast too. They feel so nice to dive with, their attacks are pretty nice, when you want to turn just stop going fast and its turning circle becomes very small. They don’t use too much stamina too so you can spend those extra points elsewhere. They also allow you to shoot from their back making them one of the best dinos for your first Quetzal. Cheers!