Kraid - Revision history

Tropylium: /* See also */ →cat

2025-07-24T17:26:09Z

‎See also: →cat

UNHchabo: /* Stand Up */ Ammo Softlock

2025-07-17T20:45:51Z

‎Stand Up: Ammo Softlock

UNHchabo: /* Missile Quick Kill */ Videos of the standard strat, the 3+1 backup, and hotarubi's video of the 10-missile kill

2021-01-06T10:38:31Z

‎Missile Quick Kill: Videos of the standard strat, the 3+1 backup, and hotarubi's video of the 10-missile kill

UNHchabo: /* Lag */ Hitbox viewer video to demonstrate the Wave lag reduction

2021-01-03T05:50:36Z

‎Lag: Hitbox viewer video to demonstrate the Wave lag reduction

Popplars at 07:04, 28 March 2020

2020-03-28T07:04:53Z

UNHchabo: /* Charge Quick Kill */ Video for the Becky Twist

2020-02-02T00:58:33Z

‎Charge Quick Kill: Video for the Becky Twist

UNHchabo: /* Charge Quick Kill */ Becky Twist

2019-12-02T20:22:09Z

‎Charge Quick Kill: Becky Twist

UNHchabo: /* Lag */ Sniq's lag reduction videos

2019-08-24T01:26:47Z

‎Lag: Sniq's lag reduction videos

UNHchabo: /* Missile Quick Kill */ Bomb jump positioning video

2019-08-12T06:56:47Z

‎Missile Quick Kill: Bomb jump positioning video

UNHchabo: Beginner strat for stand up phase

2019-03-28T07:45:52Z

Beginner strat for stand up phase

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 Upon positioning yourself, morph until Kraid has nearly fully risen. Jump and shoot two Missiles at Kraid's face. You can use the end of the room's shaking, or Kraid's hand descending from his first raising of it, as a cue for this jump. Try to have no delay (outside of the 10 frame cooldown that Missiles have) between them when you fire them. As explained earlier, the first is to open Kraid's mouth, which will cause the second to deal damage, which will then cause Kraid to widen his mouth quicker than normal. Afterward, select Super Missiles and fire three into his half-exposed mouth. You should be able to fire two Super Missiles during one of your jumps to save additional time.
 If you have Charge Beam, then you can fall back on the other quick kill method in case something goes wrong. You may have to wait on Kraid to fire a volley of stones and/or ram his claw forward before finding an opportune time to execute a backup.
 If you ever experience a Missile randomly disappearing upon trying to execute the quick kill, it is because Kraid's stones that pop out of the ground while Kraid is emerging can consume your shots, and sometimes the stone in question may not be visible when this happens.
 == Peashooter Method ==

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 A Power Bomb can also work, but will cause lag itself. This method will instead make the lag more consistent when Kraid rises up, so you can get 50 lag frames consistently instead of a chance between either 40 or 120 lag frames.

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	If you ever experience a Missile randomly disappearing upon trying to execute the quick kill, it is because Kraid's stones that pop out of the ground while Kraid is emerging can consume your shots, and sometimes the stone in question may not be visible when this happens.		If you ever experience a Missile randomly disappearing upon trying to execute the quick kill, it is because Kraid's stones that pop out of the ground while Kraid is emerging can consume your shots, and sometimes the stone in question may not be visible when this happens.
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		+	== Peashooter Method ==
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		+	An alternative method to kill Kraid quickly is by using the Peashooter method. If you get as far forward as you can you can then wait in morph until Kraid rises from the ground. Once Kraid's hand raises out of the ground for the first time and then goes back down, unmorph and jump. Once Samus's back is lined up where the top of the door meets the wall fire the pea shooter. There is a lot of leeway for where the pea shooter can hit Kraid and its possible for the shot to be off the screen and still "hit" Kraid and cause his mouth to open. Then simply perform the quick kill as normal with 4 supers.
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	== Facehug Tactic ==		== Facehug Tactic ==

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	WhiteMageBecky created a strat to time the delay between the charge shot and the supers. After you land from the charge shot, do two turnarounds, then jump and fire the supers. This has become known as the "Becky Twist".		WhiteMageBecky created a strat to time the delay between the charge shot and the supers. After you land from the charge shot, do two turnarounds, then jump and fire the supers. This has become known as the "Becky Twist".
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	== Missile Quick Kill ==		== Missile Quick Kill ==

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	This method is slightly slower than the Missile quick kill method explained below, as you have to wait longer on Kraid's mouth to open, and may produce more lag than the Missile quick kill method due to beam usage.		This method is slightly slower than the Missile quick kill method explained below, as you have to wait longer on Kraid's mouth to open, and may produce more lag than the Missile quick kill method due to beam usage.
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		+	WhiteMageBecky created a strat to time the delay between the charge shot and the supers. After you land from the charge shot, do two turnarounds, then jump and fire the supers. This has become known as the "Becky Twist".

	== Missile Quick Kill ==		== Missile Quick Kill ==

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	The game can lag an extreme amount if a Super Missile connects with a surface as Kraid is rising from the ground.		The game can lag an extreme amount if a Super Missile connects with a surface as Kraid is rising from the ground.
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		+	Lag can also be reduced significantly if you kill Kraid's fingernails with Wave Beam while they're below the ground, before Kraid rises up:
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		+	A Power Bomb can also work, but will cause lag itself. This method will instead make the lag more consistent when Kraid rises up, so you can get 50 lag frames consistently instead of a chance between either 40 or 120 lag frames.

	== After Quick Kill ==		== After Quick Kill ==

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	Another common setup that has the advantage of being normalized is to morph, hold left against the door, lay a bomb, unmorph, turn right, remorph, and allow the bomb to propel you into position.		Another common setup that has the advantage of being normalized is to morph, hold left against the door, lay a bomb, unmorph, turn right, remorph, and allow the bomb to propel you into position.
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	Regardless of what positioning and timing you choose to use, figure out how much you can deviate from it while still maintaining proper execution of the quick kill. You will want to become quick and consistent at positioning yourself before Kraid starts to emerge, so as to not cause lag.		Regardless of what positioning and timing you choose to use, figure out how much you can deviate from it while still maintaining proper execution of the quick kill. You will want to become quick and consistent at positioning yourself before Kraid starts to emerge, so as to not cause lag.

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 The spikes underneath Kraid will deal 4 / 8 / 16 damage to Gravity Suit / Varia Suit / Power Suit Samus, respectively.
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-Kraid's mouth will remain in the above position for 83 frames. It will shift into a slightly less exposed position afterward and remain there for 10 frames, at which point, if Kraid has not been slain, he will rise from the ground.
+Kraid's mouth will remain in the above position for 83 frames. It will shift into a slightly less exposed position afterward and remain there for 10 frames, at which point, if Kraid has not been slain, he will [[#Stand Up|rise from the ground]].
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 Since the game's logic expects you to have [[Hi Jump Boots]], you'll need to walljump to reach the floating platforms.
 = See also =
 * [[Bosses]]