King Croaker
King Croaker is one of the 8 available Dream Realm bosses you will encounter in AFK Journey. In this guide we will go over the boss mechanics and the best characters and teams to use against him.
What’s the meta team?
Realistically speaking, your meta team will depend on your specific box, and your account focus, so use your highest rarity DPS carry characters, along with whoever can best boost their damage. Try running Dual carry, as currently there is no way to boost a Hypercarry’s damage high enough to make it worth running only one. Keep faction bonus in mind but don’t run suboptimal characters just to force it.
Still, below you can find a few example teams. Big thanks to
Season 2 Teams (Pre-Endless)
In Season 2 it will take a few weeks to unlock Endless mode and due to how True Damage works pre-Endless (it being weaker than normal damage), the meta will most likely look slightly different compared to the established Season 1 teams. Also, Season 2 comes with brand new Artifacts that also can have a big impact on the meta teams.
We will add the teams that work best for us every rotation here soon!
Season 1 Teams (Endless)
Team #1 - Best Team (Whale) Endless
Character information:
- Talene is the main carry,
- Phraesto acts as a tank, secondary carry, and provides energy,
- Ludovic is the secondary carry and healer,
- Lily May can be used as an alternative to Ludovic.
- Thoran acts as a tank and debuffer
- Mikola Mikola can be used as an alternative to Thoran
- Smokey & Meerky acts as healer, buffer and secondary damage dealer,
- Artifacts:
- best in slot for the defensive and offensive buffs.Evocation Spell
Team #2 - Second Best Team (Whale, No Ludovic) Endless
This team is made for the Endless difficulty where the boss scaling is different and True Damage is again king.
Character information:
- Talene is the main carry,
- Phraesto acts as a tank, secondary carry, and provides energy,
- Reinier acts as buffer and debuffer (Mythic+ required),
- Thoran acts as a tank and debuffer
- Smokey & Meerky acts as healer, buffer and secondary damage dealer,
- Artifacts:
- best in slot for the defensive and offensive buffs.Evocation Spell
Team #3 - Alt Team Endless
Character information:
- Odie is the main carry,
- Lily May can be used as an alternative
- Marilee is the secondary carry,
- Reinier acts as buffer and debuffer (Mythic+ required),
- Thoran acts as a tank and debuffer
- Smokey & Meerky acts as healer, buffer and secondary damage dealer,
- Artifacts:
- best in slot for the defensive and offensive buffsEvocation Spell
Team #4 - No Celehypo Endless
Character information:
- Lily May is the main carry,
- Odie can be used as an alternative
- Marilee is the secondary carry,
- Korinis the secondary carry and provides shields,
- Thoran acts as a tank and debuffer
- Smokey & Meerky acts as healer, buffer and secondary damage dealer,
- Artifacts:
- best in slot for the defensive and offensive buffs.Evocation Spell
Boss Mechanics
At the start of the battle, King Croaker will designate the player’s closest character as the “Tank” and will keep attacking that character, pausing to attack the Backline with a Ranged AOE attack from time to time, or to cast his Instakill Bubble on the Closest character. This allows us to choose between two different boss movesets, the Melee Tank Moveset and the Ranged Tank Moveset.
- Choosing a Melee Tank will cause the Boss to use his Melee AOE attack, damaging all Frontline attackers, and attack the Tank directly moderately with basic Melee attacks, along with the rest of his moveset,
- Choosing a Ranged Tank will cause the boss to use only his basic Ranged attack, but he will use it twice as often, while also using the rest of his moveset except for melee attacks, unless the Ranged Tank dies.
Action Summary
King Croaker takes about 30-34 actions in the span of 90 seconds (the full length of the battle - if you survive through all of it that is). Here's a list of all possible actions:
Melee Tank Moveset
- Melee attack on Tank (up to 2 times per cycle)
- Ranged attack (up to 2 times per cycle – only if Melee Tank is far from the boss)
- Ranged AOE attack on area with most enemies, usually Backline (9x)
- Melee AOE knockback + stun attack on Frontline (6x)
- Instakill Bubble cast on Closest character (3x)
Ranged Tank Moveset
- Melee attack (up to 2 times per cycle – only if Ranged Tank is dead.)
- Ranged attack on Tank (up to 4 times per cycle)
- Ranged AOE attack on area with most enemies, usually Backline (9x)
- Melee AOE knockback + stun attack on Frontline (only if Ranged Tank is dead.)
- Instakill Bubble cast on Closest character (3x)
General Information
In all stages of the game, the number 1 choice of tank here will be
You will want constant healing, especially for your Backline in order to deal with the Ranged AOE attacks, which will quickly wipe out your entire Backline in the early stages of the game. This stage does not feature skill channeling interruption, so
Videos
For more team idea, check this video: