Find out which races are the most powerful in Abyss with my tier list, where I rank them alongside their buffs and passives. You might want to check out my The Forge Race Tier List – a similar game in nature, but entirely above the ocean.
Abyss Race Tier List
Which sea race should you reroll for? The rarer the race, the more passives you unlock.
S Tier
- Spirit
- Rare
- Buffs:
- Earn 8% more in-game money
- Decreases Cooldown duration by 0.3 seconds
- Passive:
- Last Breath
- After reaching 0 HP, 30% of your Oxygen is replenished, essentially reviving you (cooldown of 3 minutes)
- Last Breath
- Kraken
- Mythical rarity
- Buffs:
- You earn 15% more EXP
- Weight increases by 20%
- You earn 15% more in-game money
- Passives:
- Endless Depths
- Your DMG increases permanently by 0.04% (capping at 50%) for every fish you catch
- Leviathan’s Legacy
- You replenish 100% of your Oxygen when your HP reaches 0, as well as dealing 300% AoE DMG (cooldown of 8 minutes)
- Endless Depths
- Sea Angel
- Mythical rarity
- Buffs:
- Oxygen increases by 25%
- Speed increases by 10%
- You earn 15% more in-game money
- Passives:
- Last Breath Sprint
- When your Oxygen is below 20%, you do not use up additional Oxygen when sprinting
- Kinetic Wrath
- Deal more DMG, scaling off of 35% of your Speed
- Abyssal Focus
- When your Oxygen is below 50%, the Progress Speed of the catching minigame increases (scales when your Oxygen is low and caps at 20% Oxygen)
- Last Breath Sprint
A Tier
- Puffer
- Rare
- Buffs:
- Weight increases by 15%
- Oxygen increases by 10%
- Passive:
- Spiky Body
- Reflect 20% of Melee DMG to whoever attacked you
- Spiky Body
- Anglerfish
- Epic rarity
- Buffs:
- You earn 8% more in-game money
- DMG increases by 12%
- Decreases Cooldown duration by 0.2 seconds
- Passives:
- Hunter’s Instinct
- You have a 20% chance of obtaining double the amount of drops whenever you catch fish
- Abyssal Light
- When you’re in darkness, you light up the area
- Hunter’s Instinct
- Vampire Squid
- Legendary rarity
- Buffs:
- You earn 10% more EXP
- Oxygen increases by 20%
- Weight increases by 15%
- Passive:
- Blood Siphon
- You replenish Oxygen scaling off of 10% of the amount of DMG you deal when you catch fish (cooldown of 20 seconds)
- Blood Siphon
B Tier
- Fish
- Uncommon rarity
- Buffs:
- Oxygen increases by 10%
- Speed increases by 5%
- Narwhal
- Rare
- Buffs:
- Weight increases by 15%
- Speed increases by 8%
- Passive:
- Piercing Horn
- You have a 10% chance to deal 2x DMG
- Piercing Horn
- Crab
- Epic rarity
- Buffs:
- Weight increases by 15%
- Oxygen increases by 15%
- You earn 5% more EXP
- Passive:
- Iron Shell
- You have a 25% chance to absorb any incoming DMG
- Iron Shell
- Shark
- Legendary rarity
- Buffs:
- DMG increases by 20%
- You earn 10% more in-game money
- Decreases Cooldown duration by 0.4 seconds
- Passives:
- Blood Frenzy
- You deal 30% more DMG when your Oxygen is below 30%
- Sea Sprint
- 50% less Oxygen is used with Tube Boost
- Blood Frenzy
C Tier
- Monkey
- Uncommon rarity
- Buffs:
- Speed increases by 10%
- Weight increases by 10%
- Cyclops
- Uncommon rarity
- Buffs:
- DMG increases by 10%
- Decreases Cooldown duration by 0.2 seconds
D Tier
- Human
- Common rarity
- All players start with this race
- Buffs:
- Passive:
- Poop
- Common rarity
- Buffs:
- Passive:
- Elf
- Common rarity
- Buffs:
- Passive:
- Coral
- Common rarity
- Buffs:
- Passive:
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