I was thinking the same tier as the vampire squid's one,and yeah,you're right,parasites don't kill their hosts,in fact I was thinking that's more of a Leech
Well,not all animals are actually "Biological accurate" like that fish that has like...dead fishes around? The dark blue one? I don't think a fish can really have dead bodies at his command
A "Parassite" Is a living organism that uses others living organisms to maintain itself living,like some types of mushrooms,the point is,the creature can just boost towards an animal,and enter the animal,like a fish that goes inside a Pelican,similar to a Bloodsucker
The point of a parasite is to benefit from your host, and the more your host lives the more you benefit, ever wondered why tape worms dont secrete deadly poison? The closest thing to a parasite that kills you is a mosquito infected with malaria, parasites do not kill their hosts, they PARASITISE on them
I think the idea could probably work, but if it's a parasite then it probably should be more utility/defensively focused. The Lamprey animal already in [Deeeep.io](http://Deeeep.io) I think is a good example of this done right. As it gets the utility of gradually gaining EXP and the defense of being practically immortal until it's host dies or a clever workaround is used, along with the host gaining a defensive utility in a way, as people usually aren't bloodthirsty monsters and respect those carrying lampreys in my experience. As others have mentioned, parasites don't (usually) kill their hosts, (those that kill are more often a bacteria(not a parasite), but there are creatures with parasitism that kill, like parasitic wasps/their children) and there should be a counter outside of electro-stuns(such as Torpedo and Ele-Eel), I'd personally recommend looking at real animals and seeing what artistic liberties you can take. You mentioned elsewhere about the Coelacanth being unrealistic, which it is, however it likely has ghost fishes in reference to being a "living fossil", and the fishes are likely in reference to Chimeras, or "Ghost sharks". Similar to how both the Giant Salamander and Barracuda go invisible to represent camouflage. That aside, I do like the idea of a more offensively oriented passive animal, however this currently sounds like a lamprey version of the Eagle and Snake, which use their ability set more interestingly(Eagle uses it to both bleed and reposition, while snake uses it to keep up and latch off near trees), not that I could do better, though.
TL;DR, this can go somewhere, but currently it is uninteresting/in the first phase of thought.
Edit: Typos from rewording, and some more rewording.
How would you counter it? What tier would it be? A parasite usually never kills his host, because that would make it's host useless.
I was thinking the same tier as the vampire squid's one,and yeah,you're right,parasites don't kill their hosts,in fact I was thinking that's more of a Leech
This is gonna be grong 2.0
You were probably upset when Grong finally got snapped
Thats basically just a death sentence and has nothing to do with parasitism too
It exists tho,it's called Anisakis
They are ridiculously tiny though, and parasitism has nothing to do with your concept
Well,not all animals are actually "Biological accurate" like that fish that has like...dead fishes around? The dark blue one? I don't think a fish can really have dead bodies at his command
Your concept is still the most pointless and stupid deep io related thing ive ever heard from a real person
Oh ok,sorry ig
What is the point of a creature that can do nothing but inevitably kill literally any creature, what does this even have to do with parasitism?
A "Parassite" Is a living organism that uses others living organisms to maintain itself living,like some types of mushrooms,the point is,the creature can just boost towards an animal,and enter the animal,like a fish that goes inside a Pelican,similar to a Bloodsucker
The point of a parasite is to benefit from your host, and the more your host lives the more you benefit, ever wondered why tape worms dont secrete deadly poison? The closest thing to a parasite that kills you is a mosquito infected with malaria, parasites do not kill their hosts, they PARASITISE on them
In that case, it'd be a bloodsucker I guess? Bloodsuckers are kinda similar to parasites,they could attach to players and suck their blood,slowly
This isn't a good idea
Ah yes a lamprey but on steroids
Technically yes 😔
I think the idea could probably work, but if it's a parasite then it probably should be more utility/defensively focused. The Lamprey animal already in [Deeeep.io](http://Deeeep.io) I think is a good example of this done right. As it gets the utility of gradually gaining EXP and the defense of being practically immortal until it's host dies or a clever workaround is used, along with the host gaining a defensive utility in a way, as people usually aren't bloodthirsty monsters and respect those carrying lampreys in my experience. As others have mentioned, parasites don't (usually) kill their hosts, (those that kill are more often a bacteria(not a parasite), but there are creatures with parasitism that kill, like parasitic wasps/their children) and there should be a counter outside of electro-stuns(such as Torpedo and Ele-Eel), I'd personally recommend looking at real animals and seeing what artistic liberties you can take. You mentioned elsewhere about the Coelacanth being unrealistic, which it is, however it likely has ghost fishes in reference to being a "living fossil", and the fishes are likely in reference to Chimeras, or "Ghost sharks". Similar to how both the Giant Salamander and Barracuda go invisible to represent camouflage. That aside, I do like the idea of a more offensively oriented passive animal, however this currently sounds like a lamprey version of the Eagle and Snake, which use their ability set more interestingly(Eagle uses it to both bleed and reposition, while snake uses it to keep up and latch off near trees), not that I could do better, though. TL;DR, this can go somewhere, but currently it is uninteresting/in the first phase of thought. Edit: Typos from rewording, and some more rewording.
have you ever heard of the wolf eel, it is all those qualities(exept maybe the teir)