Cobra

Artwork of a cobra from Final Fantasy Adventure

The Cobra, also known as Great Boa or Rattler Boa, is a recurring enemy in the Mana series. They are poisonous snakes often living in arid areas, like their real life counterpart.

General Information

Physical Description

When first introduced in Final Fantasy Adventure, Cobras where smiply depicted as yellow skinned snakes with red underside. As they reappeared in Legend of Mana their design was changed to a green or reddish serpent with long flowy eyebrows and a rattle at the end of their tail. The green variant stuck ever since and even Adventures of Mana, FFA's remake, incorporated some of its designs in it depiction. Like real venomous snakes, Cobras and Boas from the Mana franchise usually attack by biting their enemies or by inflicting the poison status effect.

Attributes

Cobras are often seen roaming desert like areas, but can also be found in ruins and forests.

Contrary to most enemies, Cobras are not shown to favor one element over the others. In some games, they are weak to Shade and Aura spells while in others they fear Salamander.

Variants

The Cobra is know to have a few other members that fall under their umbrella.

• Dark Cobras are souped-up versions of regular Cobras from Sword of Mana. They only show up once the player has killed 1,000 Cobras. Like any other dark enemies, they are extremely powerful and should not be underestimated.

• Vipers are stronger brethrens to Cobras and are found near the end of games in both Sword of Mana and Children of Mana.

Appearances

Final Fantasy Adventure/Adventures of Mana

“Just try and withsand my deadly venom!”

—Translated Quote

Main article: Cobra (Adventures of Mana)

Cobras are regular enemies that can be found in the Shifting Sands, the Old Mansion, Glaive Castle, and the Undersea Volcano. They can inflict poison on contact, but have low defense powera and can be easily defeated.

Legend of Mana

“Beast -- STR: Dryad ; WK: Aura -- A rattlesnake that wraps around its enemies to cause great damage.”

—In-Game Encyclopedia

Main article: Rattler Boa (Legend of Mana)

Rattler Boas are reptile monsters that lurks in Gato Grottoes, the Mindas Ruins, Lucemia, and the White Forest. They strike opponents by biting and coiling themselves around them. Its bite is poisonous and can inflict the status effect to targets. They may leave Lizard Scales behind once they are defeated. Enemy Rattler Boas have green skin while friendly Boas are orange.

Players can get a pet Ratter Boa should they befriend a reptile monster egg spawning at Luon Highway and the Mekiv Caverns. Their Synchro ability grant the ability to inflict poison to targets.

Sword of Mana

Main article: Cobra (Sword of Mana)

Cobras are reptile-type monsters in Sword of Mana. They have Hearing as their Prime Sense and DayViz as their secondary. Cobras are found in Jadd Desert and the Shifting Sands. They can be easily defeated by casting Salamander spells at them or by hitting with a slashing weapon.

Children of Mana

Main article: Cobra (Children of Mana)

Cobras are roaming the Fiery Sands in Children of Mana.

Dawn of Mana

Main article: Great Boa (Dawn of Mana)

Great Boas are enemies fought in Mortmont during Chapter 2.

Heroes of Mana

“A venomous snake at home in the desert or on the plain. Snaps at anything in its reach.”

—In-game description

Main article: Cobra (Heroes of Mana)

Cobras are ground units in Heroes of Mana. Their bite can inflict poison on enemy units.

Gallery

For this subject's image gallery, see Gallery:Cobra.

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  Adventures of Mana 3D model

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  Legend of Mana sprite

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  Dawn of Mana 3D model

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	コブラ (FFA) グレートボア (LoM) Kobura (FFA) Gurētoboa (LoM)	Cobra (FFA) Great Boa (LoM)
Italian	Cobra	-

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