Elder Kraken

The Elder Kraken is an adaptation Monster in Evolve released on February 23, 2016. A variant on the Kraken, the Elder Kraken focuses heavily on close quarter combat and creating AoE damage zones while sacrificing his ability to control space with mines and knockback effects.

Abilities

Lightning Strike

The Kraken channels for a short period before calling down a bolt of lightning, dealing a large amount of damage to all enemies caught within. The reticle for this ability is not maneuverable while charging unlike Kraken's, but is is visible to hunters, allowing them opportunities for escape.

Damage: 400/412/440
radius 4/5/6.4
minimum radius 2.5/3/3.5
length 20/22/25
vertical offset 6/7/8
1.25 second strike delay
40 meter range
11/9/7 second cooldown
Melee is enabled while casting

Chain Lightning

The Kraken channels, preventing further traversal before unleashing an electric pulse that deals heavy damage to all nearby enemies. While in the channel, the Kraken maintains its current momentum and can press the crouch button to drop from the sky.

Damage Stage 1: 200/300/400/500 (each consecutive target takes additional damage)
Damage Stage 2: 206/309/412/515
Damage Stage 3: 220/330/440/550
3 second cast
range 7/8.8/11.2
linked range 12/15/19
1.25 second charge duration
1.0 second firing duration
10 second cooldown

Death Spiral

The Kraken shoots a large energy wave that deals moderate, continuous damage in an area.

Damage per second: 200/206/220
radius 3/4/5
length 30/38/48
angle 15/19/24
4 second lifetime
12 second cooldown�

Basic Attacks

Heavy: 225/235/250
Air Heavy: 200/215/230
Light: 90/93/100
Vs Incap: 112

Traversal - Air Burst

This traversal pushes the Kraken in the direction of the reticle before granting it temporary flight. Out of combat, the Kraken will gradually descend towards the earth; in combat, it will only sink when affected by slows, tranquilizers, and harpoons. Unlike the original Kraken, Elder Kraken does not have the ability to use ranged attacks when in the air, but may use all of its abilities and melee attacks as normal.

The Elder Kraken cannot burst upwards when he is more than 10 meters above ground.

Max Traversals: 3

Recharge Delay: 1 second

Recharge (in combat): 4.66 seconds

Recharge (out of combat): 6.66 seconds

Progression

Lvl	Reward	Lvl	Reward	Lvl	Reward	Lvl	Reward
1	Start	11	Badge	21	50 Keys	31	50 Keys
2	Badge	12	Insatiable Hunger - Major	22	Ferocious Bloodlust - Superior	32	Badge
3	Savage Nature - Minor	13	50 Keys	23	Badge	33	50 Keys
4	50 Keys	14	Badge	24	50 Keys	34	125 Keys
5	125 Keys	15	Mutated Senses - Major	25	125 Keys	35	Elite Skin
6	Enhanced Senses - Minor	16	125 Keys	26	50 Keys	36	125 Keys
7	Badge	17	Badge	27	Badge	37	125 Keys
8	125 Keys	18	Endurance - Major	28	Deadly Brawler - Superior	38	Badge
9	Brawler - Minor	19	50 Keys	29	50 Keys	39	125 Keys
10	50 Keys	20	125 Keys	30	125 Keys	40	Prime Skin

Rewards for perks that are already at level 3 are replaced with a 200 keys reward.

Tactics

Lightning Strike cannot be maneuvered while channeling like with the Original Kraken, however the player can control where the lightning will strike by holding the button that controls Lightning Strike. Use this to get the best placement for Lightning Strike.
Banshee Missle is a straight projectile and cannot track the Hunters like with Kraken Banshee Mines, but the attack is much faster.
Chain Lightning's Area of Effect is much smaller than Kraken's Aftershock, befitting Elder Krakens' close combat style. Because of this, Elder Kraken needs to be right next to his enemies for this ability to hit.
Death Spiral fires a continuous beam of energy that lasts for several seconds, damaging anything that passes through it. The player can knock or lead the hunters into the beam, thus damaging them.
The Elder Kraken is all about close combat, meaning that he can't fire projectile's from the air with the melee button like with the original Kraken.

Trivia

Elder Kraken is the second Monster Adaption to be released for Evolve.

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