Rate that Reaver!: Janfoden

[Buster Cannon]

Name: Janfoden HP: 1280 (B), 1960 (A), 3200 (S) [Normal] 1440 (B), 2400 (A), 3360 (S) [Giant] Location: Saul Kada/Calinca

Overview

Happy New Year! This installment of 'Rate that Reaver' features a reaver who's an interesting combination of unique and tough, Janfoden!

Janfoden is an interesting chicken-like reaverbot. It's pretty rare as it is, only appearing a grand total of 2 times throughout the game. There are 2 of them in a large, lava-filled room in Saul Kada's ruins, and there's also a giant one housed deep in Calinca's icy ruins. They're pretty healthy reavers; while both versions share around the same amount of HP, that amount is over 3/4 of Rush Mamoo's, which is quite a bit.

On offense, Janfoden prefers a long-range fighting style. Missiles are its weapon of choice, and it uses them liberally. It can start shooting at you long before you get a chance to fire at it, and the missiles are homing, yet destroyable. The giant variation fires missiles as well, but these are a bit stronger. This variation also has bombs that can be fired from their mouths (which are also destroyable), and they can and will tackle you at close range, which is an interesting deviation from their stationary cousins.

Dealing With It

These things are pretty tankish when it comes to HP and power, and you honestly can't ignore them given their extroadinary vision. You're probably better off going for a circling stategy when faced with one, and note that depending on your equipped weapon this could take quite a bit of time. The lava in Saul Kada's ruins can make this trickier than need be, as well.

Note that the missiles can in fact be grabbed and thrown back at the reavers, although this is rather risky. If your positioning isn't correct the missile will outright blow up in your hands, and you really don't want that.

The giant ones can be taken care of by cirling as well, but you've got to be a lot more cautious. Ice Horrokkos can pop up and status you, making you more susceptible to dying should you not have a Medicine Bottle on hand. The fact that it can run you down at will is a problem too. If you're just trying to hoof it to Rimblemenji's room with minimal confrontation, equipping the Jet Skates and hugging the wall is your best bet. Even then there's a chance of you getting spotted and shot by this thing, so an Energy Canteen is very handy to have around.

Coming In For A Landing

Janfoden is certainly an interesting beast. The physical appearance is certainly unique, and it's sheer HP and ability to annoy you make it hard to ignore, especially in its giant form. Our Kentucky-fried friend rates a 7/10 from me!

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[Mikéy]

That thing has been a huge pain in very hard. I found the best way is to pick up a few of those Ice Horokko's and lob them at it (right Pitch? )

edit: my suggestion for Saul Kada would be.... run? lol

8/10 from Kentucky. Our chicken's still the finest. <3

[Loken]

I'll give it a 9, He's pretty fun to fight. I still hate him though

[Anima]

I've always been annoyed by their attack pattern,
but everytime I fight it,
it's almost always different.
Especially the one in Calinca ruins.
DEFINANTLY a foe to not mess with.

Overall from me: 8/10

[Alison]

CHICKEN REAVERBOT! I used to call it alot. Annoying as all heck! Missiles are a pain. And the larger version's spazz ram?

7/10. Clever, but downright awful to deal with.

[Dashe]

I used to use these guys to farm Zenny in Calinca back before I knew about King Miroc. They never really gave me too much trouble, but I wasn't too keen on the design and they never seemed to drop enough in the long run. 6/10 from me.

[Rockman Striker]

This is one of the reaverbots i hate most, my strategy is always as Buster Cannon wrote: Jet skates and escape! when some Horokkos appear just jump them (it´s kind of fun) also, adding to the fight having to get the three reaverbot keys (these ones could be rated in the future?) makes it more annoying. I only beated this guy one time.
Anyway, my rate is 9/10 because is annoying, but also cool.

[Blues]

It's a pretty challenging Reaverbot, at least in Saul Kada. If you don't take the time to kill both of them, it'll be very difficult to get to the room that has the Soft Ball, because the missiles will hit you most every time. >_<' The giant one in Calinca is much, much easier by comparison. Overall, it's well-designed Reaverbot with a decent amount of challenge, annoying as it may be, so 8/10 sounds good.

[MegaTuga]

A clear 8... took out 2 points for being a high-powered turret gun. In other words: powerful adn undestructable but sits in place. Just for that.

But it has a nice color theme.