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What is a spinosaurus used for? spinosaurus battling strategies in ARK: Survival Evolved.
These are stronger than the rex, and tame one of these beasts instead of some old rex. 1. they get an underwater buff when up to mid body in the water and farther. 2. on two legs their attacks are faster and stronger then a rexes but they walk slower,and on four legs they are faster, but not as strong. If a tamed one is following you, they will do this automatically, when riding you must do it on your own. 3. They're easier to tame then a rex! So if you're debating on taming one of these bad boys, or the infamous rex, choose this dude. These beasts need more recongition.
Let me settle an argument about Rex vs spino
First, for overall supreme goodness as a giant carnivore, spino comes on top. First, it can change stance. 4 legs means huge turn radius, but in that stance it outruns everything. I ran down gallis and pts, trust me. In 2 legs mode, the spino has an unrivaled DPS and also turns ON SPOT, getting rid of annoying dimorphs. If that wasn’t enough, the spino has low stam consumption, and can even recover it in water.
But Rexes have advantages too. First, it has almost twice the health of the same level spino. Also, Rex spawns are bigger. That means that high levels are easiER to find. Easier, that means comparably. Like for example 8 hours for a 120+ Rex and eternity for a 120+ spino. Rexes are cooler, and they are easier to tame, with low torpor rates and usually no narc wasted. They are generally much better boss Dinos, but unridden spinos only use 4 leg mode, which makes them squishy.
Conclusion: Rexes for army and bosses, spino for mount and overall goody creature. Both are good, and please, PLEASE try out both, along with hundreds of others of unappreciated carnivores along with the spino.
Spinos are really, REALLY, good. First, these things can switch between standing on 2 legs(allowing them to turn on the spot, and deal more damage, but be slower, even outdamaging a rex on 2 legs) and 4 legged mode(where they will do leas damage, but be way faster, and have a huge turning radios) you cannot use the 2 legged mode underwater, only on land, underwater u can only be with 4 legged mode. If a spino enteres water(a river, lake, inside an ocean, and so on) it will get a damage buff, health regen buff, and speed buf, making it a lot stronger. The buff is permanent as long as u at least touch the water, and lasts 30 seconds outside of it. The spino is very good at traveling, as most aggresive dinos(raptors, carnos, and so on) will become neutral towards you. The spino also has great speed on all 4, is quite slow on 2 legs, and is even faster with the water buff. It is also extremely powerful.mode. It also attacks faster than a rex. The spino also harvests a ton of meat and hide.
TLC patch coming in March 2018 to add the ability to swap between 2 legged mode (faster attacks and ability to attack with claws) and 4 legged mode (Faster movement), as well as increased turning radius, movement speed, damage, and health regen while in water and for a short time after leaving it.
Spinos are not only my favorite dinosaur irl, but they are my favorite mount in the game. They are agile for their size, deal tons of damage (especially when bipedal), and are so fast. If your Spino just stand in a puddle of water, it will get the hydration buff, which increases its damage by 15 percent, movement speed by 20 percent, and health regeneration by 25 percent. In the wild, they are extremely dangerous, aggroing on almost everything. However, when low on health, they will run away from a fight as a last-ditch effort to survive. Overall, even though there are faster creatures (Direwolf), creatures with more health or damage (Rex or Giga) and better creatures for diving the ocean depths (Tuso), they are the most well rounded creature to have - especially when mutated. My mutated Spino only has one useful mutation, a health mutation, but I pumped his damage so high, he is dealing over 1500 damage. I highly recommend the Spino to every survivor. It is so worth it.