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The first new Mana game in almost two decades,Visions Of Managives the series a new lease on life. It is a joyous adventure, playing more heavily with real-time action-oriented combat while still weaving in some tactical elements. It’s not always the most challenging, but it is assuredly very fun.
When it comes to bosses though, the game is willing to play with its format a bit more. One of these bosses is relatively early on - The Kraken. They have control of the arena, making you adapt to their moves rather than being able to assault them all at once. It can be a tad tricky, so read on to send them back to the depths.
Preparing For The Kraken
You will battle the Kraken at the end of Chapter 1,just after you set sail for Ledgas Bay. This means you will have your full active party of three - Val, Careena, and Morley.We were level 12at this point, whilethe Kraken itself is level 10. Even if you’re a level or two lower, you shouldn’t struggle too much with them.
For us, we used the following Party setup:
This will give you good coverage over weapon types and elements. You could also make Val a Rune Knight for this fight for the extra damage while using Flame Saber, thoughMorley as a Nomad gives an improved crit rate to the entire party.
During combat,the only items and moves you can use are those equipped to the Ring menu, so make sure to set them before setting sail on the Primm.
The Kraken is weak to fire, so you’ll want Flame Saber active on Val at all times, as he will be the major damage dealer here. If you have the time and MP, you can cast it on Morley and Careena as well.Use Morley or Careena to cast Moon Energy on Valas well so he has the highest crit rate possible throughout the fight.
Battling The Kraken
Unlike previous bosses that have been battled so far,Kraken is a mostly stationary bossas they comprise what is basically the entirety of the arena. They position themselves by the back of the boat, their face in constant view. It is their tentacles, however, that is their weak point and any attacks on them will be counted as critical hits.
Throughout the battle, Kraken will attack the ship with two of its tentacles.These attacks are highly telegraphed, showing the areas in redwhere they will hit, giving you ample time to avoid them. The majority of them are simple slam attacks, though some will be a swiping motion so make sure you are never stood in any of the red zones.
The tentacles don’t stay idle for long, so if you are hit you will likely miss the majority of the time you have to attack them.
A move to look out for iswhen Kraken grips the sides of the ship with their tentacles. At this point, they will perform an attack with their head, eithershooting a torrent of water, or a stream of bubbles. Both can be neatly avoided by staying near the tentacles, also offering you ample time to attack them.
As the fight progresses, Kraken will start attacking more rapidly,striking with both tentacles at once, as well astilting the ship to push you away from them. Once they are below half their health, they will also start spewing ink across the battlefield. Thisdeals very little damage, but blackens the edges of your screen, making it much harder to actually see what’s going on.
Around this point,they will also start summoning smaller enemies, Tezlas. These aren’t much of a threat, but it’s best to deal with them so you don’t get overwhelmed.
Fun fact -Kraken’s tentacle attacks can also hurt their summonsif you want to bait them into those attacks.
And that’s all there is to Kraken! Keep Flame Saber and Moon Energy active, and you’ll have this battle down in no time. As a reward for beating them, you get900 Lucre, 4,960 EXP, the Kraken Corestone as well as the Soul Guard Tonic, which allows you to expand Val’s elemental plot. Congratulations, and good luck on the rest of your journey!
