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What is a tusoteuthis used for? tusoteuthis battling strategies in ARK: Survival Evolved.
I previously said my praises to the Basilo (which I didn't check for spelling errors. Oops.) However, ever since taming a Tuso after so long, it reinvigorated my love for it. Update on the King of the Sea: the Tuso blows the Basilo out of the water. Sure it doesn't regen crazy amounts of health at the surface, but it does when attacking creatures in its grip. Sure it doesn't have a resistance to Jellyfish stings, but it has such a long reach that it will almost never be stung. And finally, it may not be able to grip onto the Basilo, but it isn't an issue. Taming wise, just let the Tuso grab onto whatever creature you have, then swim to its beak and feed it black pearls. It is annoying, but at least it doesn't take hundreds of tranqs to knock out. It is still a good idea to get the Basilo, but get a Tuso as well, for this is the true King of the Ocean.
These guys are your worst fear when in deep water, I was diving on a plesiosaur and one of these guys came out of nowhere to attack me, I escaped because my plesiosaur was a high level but had I gone down on a lower level one I'd be dead, I eventually decided to go back down on my mosa and tame the thing,I grabbed my megalodon as a distraction too and got all the black pearls I could carry, I dove for it and the thing caught my megalodon and I fed it, it Instatamed, I was so proud of myself, I am now the most feared ocean dweller in the server.
They are the only way to tame aquatic creatures, but with the recent TLC pass 3, they get torn apart by packs of megalodons. They are absolutely terrible to attack with, they need wide open water to work well. Hence, they suck for caves. Use a Basilosaurus for all underwater caves.