SNEK

"*You see some snakes up ahead. They appear to be venomous. Do you pee your pants?"

―In-game narration

SNEK is a miniboss and a summon in Epic Battle Fantasy 5 introduced in the v2 update. It is found in a secret room in Redpine Town, on the same screen as the entrance to the Crystal Caverns.

Appearance[]

SNEK is a pixelated snake done in an 8-bit style. It has red scales, pale tan stripes, two tan teeth, and a single large eye set in a slight glare.

SNEK's arcade room is located within a seedy grove that can only be accessed via a portal.

Overview[]

SNEK attacks with primarily physical attacks, although it can also cast Toxic Bubble for decent magical damage. Like all Arcade foes, its elemental skills are only 25% elemental, so resistance will do little to reduce their damage. Its base offences and Defence are mediocre, but it has above-average Accuracy and Magic Defence along with great Evade; as such, high-accuracy physical attacks will be most effective against it.

SNEK's specialty is weakening the party with HP debuffs (either directly or via the side effect of Scorch) and inflicting annoying status effects like Stagger, Poison, and Disable - on higher difficulty levels, it can also inflict Confuse or Doom with the second hit of its Bite attack. When weakened, it will also inflict Berserk on itself to amplify its physical damage output; it can only do this once, so the status should be removed immediately with Water or Ice damage.

Much like Hydras and PHOENIX, SNEK appears in groups and has the ability to call more SNEKs to replace fallen allies; as such, all of the SNEKs must be killed in one turn or immobilized with Stun or Freeze (both of which they strongly resist). The most effective tactic is Annihilate; with 3 pieces of status-increasing gear, it's guaranteed to inflict Instant Death on the entire nest.

SNEK is weak to the same elements it uses: Earth and Bio. It has no elemental resistances, but it is nearly immune to Stun, Chill, Freeze, Doom, and Instant Death; it also has strong resistances to Syphon, Bad Luck, Curse, Tired, and Weaken. It is highly resistant to Accuracy and Evade debuffs and somewhat resistant to having its offenses and defenses lowered. Enabling "More Foe Resistance" removes its Bio weakness, allows it to absorb Fire, makes it totally immune to Stun, Chill, and Freeze, and doubles its resistance to offensive debuffs.

Statistics[]

	SNEK	EBF5
	SNEKS ATTACK WITH AN INTENSE, BURNING BITE. FALLEN SNEKS WILL IMMEDIATELY BE AVENGED BY OTHER SNEKS. DO NOT EAT.

Statistics
Base Statistics								Exp	AP	SP	Gold	Hit2HP	Catch
Base Statistics	1839*	3	3.7	3	4.4	4.4	5.66	130	10	16	66	10	8
Elemental Resistance
Elemental Resistance	-	-	-	-50%	-50%	-	-	-	-	-
Status Resistance
Status Resistance	-	80%	80%	-	50%	50%	-	-	-	50%	-	80%
Debuff Resistance
Debuff Resistance	-	20%	20%	20%	20%	60%	60%

Item Drop Rate
Icon
Name	Razor Claw	Leather	Amber	Raspberries	Dragon Scales
Chance	75%	75%	75%	75%	25%

Status Damage
Damage taken from status effects, in % of maximum health (per turn), including elemental resistances:
Burn	Scorch	Poison	Virus	Doom (if Death fails)	Regen
0.7% per stack, up to 6.3%	1.4% per stack, up to 12.6%	0.9% per stack, up to 8.1%	1.8% per stack, up to 16.2%	5%	-6.(6)%
Damage taken from first four is decreased by 30% on Easy and 65% on Zero difficulties. Final damage is randomized by ±5% (except for Doom) and rounded down.

Statistics with More Foe Resistance enabled.

	SNEK	EBF5
	SNEKS ATTACK WITH AN INTENSE, BURNING BITE. FALLEN SNEKS WILL IMMEDIATELY BE AVENGED BY OTHER SNEKS. DO NOT EAT.

Statistics
Base Statistics								Exp	AP	SP	Gold	Hit2HP	Catch
Base Statistics	1839*	3	3.7	3	4.4	4.4	5.66	130	10	16	66	10	8
Elemental Resistance
Elemental Resistance	200%	-	-	-50%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Status Resistance
Status Resistance	-	100%	100%	-	50%	50%	-	-	-	50%	-	80%
Debuff Resistance
Debuff Resistance	-	40%	40%	20%	20%	60%	60%

Item Drop Rate
Icon
Name	Razor Claw	Leather	Amber	Raspberries	Dragon Scales
Chance	75%	75%	75%	75%	25%

Status Damage
Damage taken from status effects, in % of maximum health (per turn), including elemental resistances:
Burn	Scorch	Poison	Virus	Doom (if Death fails)	Regen
-0.7% per stack, up to -6.3%	-1.4% per stack, up to -12.6%	0.6% per stack, up to 5.4%	1.2% per stack, up to 10.8%	5%	-6.(6)%
Damage taken from first four is decreased by 30% on Easy and 65% on Zero difficulties. Final damage is randomized by ±5% (except for Doom) and rounded down.

SNEK gains up to 24% extra Attack, Magic Attack, HP and Accuracy depending on how many optional bosses have been killed, medals awarded and monster cards obtained:

+1% for each of the 13 optional bosses (counting the Sketch bosses as a single boss) for a 13% total. Bosses included are: ??.@'¬?]-?e??255, Snowflake, The Sketch Boss Rush, Sól and Skadi, Neon Valhalla, Telperion, Vulcan, Crystal Hydra, Matteus, Natalia, Lancelot, Annabelle and God.
+1% at the 50, 65, 80, and 100 medals thresholds, for a 4% total.
+0.04% for each of the 50 Monster Cards obtained, for a 2% total.
+0.2% for each of the 12 Arcade bosses, the 8 Data Bunker simulations, and the 5 1P Challenges in the Battle Arena; for a 5% total.

After level 31, SNEK gains a 5% boost to Attack and Magic Attack, and a 2.5% boost to HP and Accuracy on every level-up (these boosts stack additively, acting as a multiplier). This boost caps out at level 36.

Attacks and Abilities[]

Attack List
Attack	Target	Power	Type	Element	Status Effect			Acc	Crit	RdF
Totom Wood	Single	125/3		25%	150%	1x		85%	10%	10%
Toxic Bubble	Single	90		25%	150% 100%	5x 20%		100%	10%	10%
Bite	Single	52.5 52.5		----	100% --	5x --	--	150%	10%	10%
Notes: Second hit gets 100% chance of 3x Confuse or Doom on Hard or Epic difficulties (with equal 50% chance of picking either status).
Bounce	Random	150/2		----	66%	2x		100%	10%	10%
Notes: Status chance and stacks increased to 100% and 3x respectively on Hard or Epic difficulties. Status is applied on both hits. Will not target the same player twice in a row unless they have Target or no other targets are available.

Battle Logic[]

The following describes general logic of the enemy and attack patterns, with chances of each attack to be used. Conditions are listed from highest to lowest priority unless specified otherwise.

Action

If Syphoned or Berserked → Bite (1/2), Bounce (1/2);
Otherwise → Bite (2/6), Bounce (2/6), Totom Wood (1/6), Toxic Bubble (1/6).

* Bite will prioritize targets that aren't resistant to Fire; Totom Wood and Toxic Bubble will also prioritize targets that aren't resistant to their elements.

Counter (only if Counter-Attacking Foes is enabled)

25% → Bounce.

Additionally, when <24% HP, SNEK will inflict 3x Berserk on itself at the start of its turn (this doesn't take up its action), increased to 5x on Hard/Epic. This effect will only happen once.

Whenever a SNEK takes a turn, another SNEK will automatically spawn to replace any dead SNEKs (this won't happen if the SNEK is unable to take an action due to Stun or Freeze). Summoned SNEKs will be at the same level as the user.

Summon[]

SNEK can be captured and used as a summon. It uses its Bite on a single foe, dealing two weak hits of non-elemental physical damage with a high chance to inflict nine stacks of damaging status effects; the first hit applies Burn and the second hit applies Poison

	SNEK						SP
	Bites a single target, dealing physical non-elemental damage, and delivering the maximum dose of burn and poison.						20	Kept
Target	Power	Type	Element	Status Effect		Acc	Crit	RdF
Single	30 30	--	----	100%	9x 9x	100%	10%	10%

Trivia[]

The path to SNEK's Arcade machine in Redpine Town is marked with a crude stick figure similar to the fetishes seen in the Blair Witch franchise. The machine's location in the depths of the forest, surrounded by ominous eyes and noises (according to the party), also references the first film of the franchise, The Blair Witch Project.
SNEK's name is likely a reference to "No Step on Snek", a meme based on the slogan of the Gadsden Flag