I got bored and decided to make a list of the best flying dinosaurs in ark, so here goes nothing
9: Pelagornis
In any circ*mstance the pelagornis will always be utterly useless, this big bird can make for a decent traveling mount, provided you’re only out to get somewhere, not to pick fights, pelagornis is absolute garbage in fighting, which gives it little use to anyone.
8: Lymantria
This large moth might look intimidating, but get close and they flee, these creatures are more useful as Xp farms then actual tames, not to mention the toxic cloud they make when hit doesn’t do jack squat, lymantria will never come off as useful, unless your playing as a hermit who only uses insects as his tames.
7: Pteranodon
Now we begin with the Dino’s that actually provide some utility, the pteranodon is your go-to early game flyer, they have decent speed, and will be able to carry you away should you get into a fight you can’t win, the pteranodon is a very useful early game tame, and if it has reached a high enough movement speed, it can have certain uses late game.
6: Tapejara
Essentially an improved version of the pteranodon, the Tapejara has all the perks of the pteranodon, just with stats set for midgame, and with high enough level, end game, Tapejara can do anything the Pteranodon can do, but better, this however, doesn’t mean they can do all tasks better than the rest of the creatures on this list
5: Phoenix
These big fire birds are all bark and no bite, they can fight pretty well, but they can’t land and are so absurd you can hardly control them, the only use a Phoenix could have is as an advanced type of scout, seeing as they are very fast and can protect themselves decently (against only other flyers, a rex or Spino or even a grounded wyvern could kill them easy). However,their immunity to fire gives them a valuable spot for going to the world scar, but unless you are part of an advanced tribe and are out to go get a personal wyvern, you will almost always have a wyvern before you have a Phoenix.
4: Argentavis
You might be wondering how the argentavis passed the phoenix,well it can’t do anything better than the phoenix, it just has less flaws, argentavis has a great carry weight for its size, which allows it to be a mobile storage unit, argentavis is also one of the only flyers on the island capable of protecting itself, while it can’t usually fight off something like a Spino, (if it can someone check his medical history.). Argentavis has an invaluable spot in aerial combat
3: Griffin
We all knew who it was going to come down to, it was just a matter of placement, and the griffin comes in at 3rd by default, the griffin isn’t bad, the other creatures here are just have more uses, but the phoenix out classes the other Dino’s in terms of one thing; speed, the griffin,while not glorious in combat, the griffin is easily the fastest flyer in the game, and perhaps even the fastest creature in all of ark.
2: Quetzal
You might be screaming in outrage about quetzal not being it the top spot, but listen, the quetzal is slow, which doesn’t make is glorious in a fight, what does? The platform saddle and the turrets you could attach to it, while the platform saddle and mounted turrets are amazing in combat, they are also what kept the quetzal from the top spot, these are the things that make the quetzal useful, but they are a burden, obtaining the platform saddle and turret to put on top of this creature is easier said then done, but with these items, the quetzal dominates the island with an iron fist, and is a force to be reckoned with.
Wyverns / dragons
fore I talk about the undisputed lord of scorched earth, here’s a ranking of every type of wyvern
4:Ice-Aesthetically beautiful, but has a poor special attack
3:Poison-Another aesthetically awesome creature, this wyverns special attack is sadly weak and hard to aim
2:Fire-The master of crowd control, the fire wyvern has a strong special attack, but is outclassed by one other dragon
1:Thunder-With a terrifying special attack that destroys anything in its wake, the only way this wyvern could die to another creature on SE is if it fights a rock elemental head on
Anyways, the wyverns as a whole, the terrifying lords of the sky, the wyverns ai is easily exploitable, but if the player controls them, the stats are there to destroy all of your enemies, the dragons are set with strong health, powerful damage, and the most destructive special attack ever. The wyverns only have one weakness, they have a shameful turning radius, though most large Dino’s do, a player controlled wyvern gets around this weakness by flying away and coming back to get a new angle. Wyverns are, and always will be the lords of the sky, and the undisputed lords of scorched earth.
That is until a nerf
well that took a while, anyway if you disagree with something, let me know.
I came back to edit this to help with any confusion, I was ranking these flyers as war mounts, not for gathering, which should be a no brainer considering all flyers suck at gathering anything other than meat.
And stop whining about the Griffin, these are my opinions and they won't change.
