| Giant Squid | |
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| Details | |
Speed
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100% (Max 225% when your pressure bar is depleted, but holding an animal) |
Walking speed
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N/A |
Health
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8.5 (total: 850) |
Damage
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8.0 (total: 160) |
Armour pen.
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50% |
Boosts
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3 |
Size scale
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2 |
| Biome statistics | |
Oxygen time
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60 (Water) |
Temperature time
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10 (Cold, Warm) |
Pressure time
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15 (Deep) |
Salinity time
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20 (Salt) |
| Credits | |
Sprite Designer
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Ma Qiao Ting |
Concept Creator
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DogJelly |
The Giant Squid (in game ID: giantsquid, abbreviation: GS) is one of the 34 Tier 10 Animals, the first animal living in deep waters in Deeeep.io. It is designed by Ma Qiao Ting[1] and the ability concept is made by DogJelly[2]. It is based on its real-life counterpart, Architeuthis dux which have legends about them attacking humans and dragging them into the water.
Mechanics[ | ]
Here is the list of mechanics that apply to Giant Squids intentionally in the game.
- Giant Squids are one of the animals that a Humboldt Squid can evolve into, the other two being the Colossal Squid and the Giant Pacific Octopus. 48,000XP is required for a Humbolt Squid to evolve into these animals.
- Giant Squids are Tier 10 Animals. This means that they are already at the edge of the evolutionary route and can’t evolve further.
- Like most Tier 10 Animals, the Giant Squid is not able to damage or be damaged by Tier 1 Animals.
- Giant Squids drop meat upon death.
Abilities[ | ]
Each animal have its own unique abilities, and the Giant Squid’s is one of the deadliest. Tales about it dragging prey down into the water is true, at least in Deeeep.io.
Active Abilities[ | ]
Like most animals in the game, the Giant Squid is able to dash boost. Left clicking [Mouse] , clicking on the spacebar [PC and laptop] or interacting with the ‘Boost’ button [Mobile] will cause it to impulse itself forward and if it hits a target, cause 200 damage
Aside from this, the Giant Squid also have a charged boost.
| Name | Image | Charge Time | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grab |  |
0.6 seconds |
Charging your boost before releasing will also make you dash forward. If you hit an animal which is Tier 5 and above at this state, you will be able to grab it. While grabbing, your back will follow the cursor instead and upon releasing, you will receive some knockback. The time you can drag your prey around is determined by the tier of the animal, decreasing as the tiers increase. Your movement speed during the grab is determined by your pressure bar (+75% speed [175% total] at full bar and +125% [225% total] at empty bar).
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Passive Abilities[ | ]
The Giant Squid currently has no passive abilities (which are abilities that do not need a boost to trigger).
Suitable Habitats[ | ]
Each animal will at least have a habitat that is suitable for them to live in. Suitable habitats for a Giant Squid are Cold/Warm, Salt and Deep Waters.
- If a Giant Squid enters a Shallow habitat, it will lose pressure.
- If a Giant Squid enters a Fresh habitat, it will lose salinity.
- If a Giant Squid goes to the surface of the water, it will lose oxygen
Food and Diet[ | ]
Foods are essential for an animal to evolve, heal and regenerate boosts. The table below shows the Diet of a Giant Squid.
Hiding Places[ | ]
Even the strongest animals had to hide to avoid danger or take a break. As a Tier 10 Animal, the only prop the Giant Squid can hide is the Giant Shipwreck.
| Name | Summary | Image |
|---|---|---|
| Giant Shipwreck | Generates in any biome, but have been found in the deep, swamp, and twilight kelp forest. All animals can hide here. Hiding places are ship windows and the crack. | 
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Skins[ | ]
The table below shows the list of skins that can be used for the Giant Squid.
| Name | Creator | ID | Price | Date Created | Description | Image |
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| Argent Giant Squid | Tacoco | 5657 | 200 coins | June 11, 2021 (Reskinned) | Based off an individual filmed in 2012 in Japanese waters, the first ever recording of a Giant Squid in its natural habitat. | 
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| Bioluminscent Giant Squid | motomotomotomoto | 67 | 350 coins | June 9, 2019; (Reskinned) | Light up the deeeep with the arch nemesis of Dark Colossal Squid! [Original skin by Improvable] | 
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| Amber Giant Squid | GrAnD_GuArD_GaMeS | 6257 | 200 coins | May 10, 2022; (Reskinned) | [None] | 
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| Ferocious Giant Squid | somenoe | 44 | 350 coins | April 5, 2019 | [None] | 
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Conclusion[ | ]
The Giant Squid is widely considered as one of the most powerful animals in the game, and because of this, they are everywhere. They are able to grab, and aside of their initial ‘using the biome affiliations as an advantage’, they can use the grab to do various tricks. For example:
- Upon releasing, the Giant Squid will be knocked away from the enemy. Experienced players face their backs towards food upon releasing, using this mechanic as a free boost to impulse themselves into food, healing themselves and regenerating their boosts.
- As a grabber, the Giant Squid has to pin their victim in order to land hits and secure kills. Some players had learnt wall-pins or air-pins, trapping their prey and close every escape route.
Their base stats are averagely strong as well, which makes it beat a lot of animals. However, around the 'Snow and Below' update, its stats were nerfed, giving it less health and removing its grab DPS (Damage per second). In shorter words, the Giant Squid has to be careful of their health bar and play smartly instead.
Trivia[ | ]
- In the early days of the Reef upgrade, The Colossal Squid had an ability like the Giant Squid, but could also roll tanks (like the Anaconda). It was considered redudant and removed.
- When some tanks were added, it could grab them as a bug. Other grabbers had the same ability.
- Before the Snow and Below update, it had the same stats as the Orca, except that it had Armor Penetration instead of Bleed Resistance
- It is the only animal to have the DPS within its ability removed.
History[ | ]
TBA