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ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
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What is a plesiosaur used for? plesiosaur battling strategies in ARK: Survival Ascended & Evolved.
PLESIOSAUR IS SO MUCH BETTER THAN A BASILO
in my opinion a plesi is so much better in almost every way
It has high weight it's pretty tanky too well a basilo is much tankier but a plesi does so much damage and its DPS is incredible a plesi is fast strong tanky almost every thing you need for a aquatic tame
Its damage comes from its head, so when fighting while mounted to a plesiosaur needs an aiming and distance as it's very long neck makes hitting very hard to aim not like itchy, megalodon etc. When a wild dino comes very near, reposition yourself as you won't damage them with the plesiosaurs body
A very good mule and mount, and an essential part of your navy. It is extremely fast with very good HP and weight. Decent melee and huge AOE on their attack makes them great against groups of mantas/sharks. I would focus on levelling hp and weight, with some melee, and if you are mounting it, sharks can sorta keep up with you as escorts. Good way to hunt alphas.
Tip: If you're struggling to hit your target, trust the AOE; stop moving and spam left click. You will want to be slightly above everything. Everything, sharks, dolphins, mantas, will immediately die, but you will also tank their hits beforehand.
How to get high quality plesi platform saddles on mobile:
Head into the yeti cave (tame one of the wolves in the cave to do this). There is a big room with a bunch of snow covered platforms. One of the platforms has a red cave drop, and that drop’s loot includes Plesi platform saddles. I ran the cave ~100 times and got 2 ascendent plesi platform saddles and 2 other plesi platform saddle blueprints but I don’t even have a plesi yet lol.
Good base health, can take almost anything underwater at low levels, great speed for escaping and pursuing, useful for gathering Angler Gel and killing Euryptids on ocean floor. Also has a platform saddle for base building. Just remember to offload the heaping amounts of raw fish it will accumulate