ANNO: Mutationem - How To Defeat Varanus

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Well, if it isn't the game's very first boss, back to take another venomous bite. Varanus is the tutorial boss in ANNO: Mutationem. While he doesn't have all the same attacks that he had in that initial combat encounter, Varanus comes packing a whole host of new tricks in this late-game encounter.

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He will fight you from a distance, but he isn't afraid to get up-close and personal. Worse yet, you will be battling him while on top of an unstable platform that shifts throughout the encounter. Thankfully, despite him being a pretty imposing enemy, we have all the details on how to fell this foul beast. The days of you eating poisonous projectiles are over. Today is the day Varanus meets his match.

Varanus has a wide variety of unique attacks. He has two unique approaches that he will slip between during the encounter. He likes to use poisonous projectiles when he is at a distance, and then he will close the distance by rushing at you. The majority of this battle will be a consistent push-pull between fighting, dodging Varanus' multiple projectiles at range and contending with his various melee attacks after he closes the distance.

The Varanus battle has one interesting gimmick: the fight takes place on a platform that is floating in a pool of acid. This needs to be addressed, as it is the factor that is most likely to cause you problems. If Varanus is constantly on the edge of the platform, it can make it hard to hit him as he will be partially submerged in acid. So, when possible, you are going to want to draw him to the center. The best way to do this is to not always run to the edge when preparing to dodge his attacks (such as his rush attack). Instead, go to the center of the