How to defeat Kraken?

[Erandir]

Well, whats your solution to them?
Mine? Pray so far...

[Draconic Creature]

As Fencer, I use a Dash Cell and Jump Cell so I have the jumps and dashes necessary to close the distance, then I go ham with a Power Blade.

If you get close enough, they will very often be unable to block with any of their shields, and with the power blade it's incredibly easy to cut off all their arms in seconds without even really aiming particularly well for them, just hit the main body and they'll pop off super fast.

[Nepnep]

As a Wing Diver.

Phalanx + spear (if it gets close enough)

Otherwise Bolt shooter or if recommended 2nd weapon is something else (like mirage for baby squids) then hide behind a building to lure it closer / kill the guys hounding your ally NPC tank/Nix so that they can kill the kraken for you.

[BreezeLetterGaming]

Drones with long attack durations make them almost completely unable to defend themselves. They'll catch the targeting dart (if they've spotted you) and then they'll flail their shield around trying to catch both the drone's shots(which are always off at an angle to the right, rarely to the left) and your followup darts. If you stagger your darts a little, you can fire one and just laugh as it moves its shield to catch it, gets shot by some drone bullets it missed, then tries to defend against the drone, and gets hit directly by the targeting dart.

Snipe drone projectiles move too fast for it to defend, so if you can get a direct hit with a targeting dart, it is almost entirely guaranteed it will be hit by the drone.

Though having said all that, I am almost certain that using other methods are less awkward, but its the only way I've been able to kill them as Air Raider. They will catch all your limpets, you'll never get in range to use a suppress gun(why are you using a suppress gun?), bomb drones are very slow and awkward(at least the ones worth using)

Well... At least that's been my experience with the Kruul enemies. I haven't fought the Krakens enough to really guarantee that the same tactics will work there.

[kampfer91]

As ranger , bait theirs shield and cut off theirs shield holding arm or weapon holding one .
As air raider , just send 2 drones , they can't do jackshiet to it .

[cris3f]

Krakens are much more interesting from hardest, since their shields will reflect part of the power of the weapon you used on them.
The biggest problem with Krakens especially on Inferno is to deal with the usual Haze clouds surrounding them, as Haze on Inferno is no longer a joke of an enemy.

One of the most unusual weapons for Ranger that works very well on them is the Prominence missile. Quite fun. It also makes you free to handle Haze that will usually arrive earlier than the Krakens.

Wing Diver will have a super weapon that will fry Krakens even through shields, but it's not a slam dunk as it may not work.

For Air Raider, unsurprisingly, the best weapon to deal with Krakens is Bulge. S in particular is awesome due to how long it lasts, to handle several at once. Unsurprisingly, all drones mostly suck to deal with them when you can't use decent weapons, they defend better from frontal attacks and all drones go that way.

Fencer works fine by overheating their shields with Dispersal, and then Spine them to death, couple with movement of course. Spine their shooting legs if necessary.

Have fun,

[Zogtar]

As a ranger, I've been baiting their shields with grenades and shotgun blasts where the radius is bigger than their shield. Can swap and get a grenade launched to de-limb them if I time it right.

Otherwise I find that in normal/hard missiles that come from above are helpful, the octobros tend to shield above their heads, giving you a clear shot to de-limb the shield.

[Revan619]

Same thing we do to kill anything as a wing diver. Fly at it with a rapier

[ImHelping]

If you don't like the REALLY SOLID delimb idea?

Dumb ass backwards tactics I realized as a ranger, (but their first apperance is before the FANG sniper drops).

Fang sniper penetration, does not work on their shields. So why is it good? High damage (double lysander at the time), and high projectile speed by default.

Which means 90% of the time, if they are unaware of you, or ARE but you aim for the opposite side of their face of their shield? Their near instant reaction to block shots, is not instant enough.

Probably works for any other 1.9-2k+ speed "projectile speed approaching REAL bullets instead of slow videogame bullets" weapon with a high damage per single hit. But that was the first time I got to see it. (Why do they always block lysander but are worse at blocking FANG even with similar speeds?)

But "cut off their limbs with gunfire" remains #1

Also the reason they bother me is NOT their shield. What I hate is how they can just decide to dodge flip out of the way even after you freeze their shield. shield stays in place but they stretch to dodge out of the way of punishment. Giving them time to recharge their shields when normally you would have maimed/killed them by now.

Pick a gimmick and stick with it, you want to be a tanky shield tricks enemy but ALSO spam dodge rolls!? You want to dodge out of the way during your "Enemy is vulnerable" window? How shameful can you get. Might as well ask to play punch out where bald bull can side dodge out of the way of your killshot at the last second.

[Kashra Fall]

As much as the game says their name and you say Kraken? xD They are Krull. I play as a ranger and more or less always carry my volatile napalm (Love this thing.) So I shoot them and they catch the napalm, it silences the shield, which lets me dispatch them with my slaughter shotty.

[ExavierMacbeth]

Messaggio originale di Kashra Fall:

As much as the game says their name and you say Kraken? xD They are Krull.

Its actually Kruul... But he is not asking about those :P
He is asking about... The supersized versions that are the 2nd generation of them, fly in the air, have shields that are much bigger, and weapons that can shoot you from the other edge of the map.

[Kashra Fall]

Messaggio originale di ExavierMacbeth:

Messaggio originale di Kashra Fall:

As much as the game says their name and you say Kraken? xD They are Krull.

Its actually Kruul... But he is not asking about those :P
He is asking about... The supersized versions that are the 2nd generation of them, fly in the air, have shields that are much bigger, and weapons that can shoot you from the other edge of the map.

Ohhh, haven't encountered that yet xD. Thanks for blurring it.

[Defective Dopamine Pez Dispenser]

I would answer, but I can't, as I'm terrified beyond the capacity for rational thought. It's the revenge of Blooper from Mario. They've come for us for all the times we escaped them, and they shall not rest until sated. Heaven help us.

[akitoscorpio]

As an air raider? Sprite fall! They don't even try to guard agant it and it'll normally tear off a few tenticles.

[IceWolf]

Aim low and break their shield so their head is exposed, then aim high and blast in the face. Repeat as needed.

[HeikoFennec]

Messaggio originale di ExavierMacbeth:

As Air Raider... Laser Guided Bomb Drones.
Even the low level ones (if you need one with a long targetting range) can be used to blow limbs off them since the shields don't react to them. After the shield limbs are removed just hit them with anything... I like Taser Drones or Autocannon Gunships for a followup.

Good to know, I have gone most the game as ranger relying on volcanic napalm, slugger and dual turrets.