Mana Orb

“	The floating orbs around him are beacons of great magic. They imbue him with restoration!	„
	~ Zakk to the party

Mana Orb
Mana Orb in battle.
Level	15 (Legend)
Race	Orb
Zone	The Hidden Forest - Stage 11/Wave 1 (Boss Stage)
Allies	Templar Arcanis

Mana Orb is a Normal enemy unit in Sonny (2017). They're encountered in The Hidden Forest.

Attributes

Attribute Notes:

• Values in bold can be encountered in a Legend run (no training), no bold means that these values are only available in training fights.
  • Italic values cannot be encountered in training despite being coded in the game due to Sonny's level being +1 higher than the zone level when entering a new zone, on a legend run.
• Buffs cannot reduce Power/Defense/Speed below 1. This also applies to Vitality but it normally cannot be modified in battle.
  • For Defense specifically, this means that the Damage taken Mod becomes ~200% while both breached and exposed. See this this page for more info.
• Visible Power/Defense/Speed is rounded to nearest integer. If the actual value ends exactly in ".5", then it will be rounded to nearest even integer. Visible (Max) HP is rounded up.
• Abilities can also have Hit./Crit. Bonuses, which are listed under the Abilities section.
• Only Physical Defense is shown because the other elemental defenses are not used at all on units. They can still get non-physical elemental defense from certain abilities.

	Base	Mod		Lvl 15
Power	0	1		596.65
Defense	0	0		1
Speed	0	0		1
Vitality	1	0		1
Max HP from Vitality (7*Vitality)				7
Visible Max HP from Vitality				7
Visible Power				597
Visible Defense				0
Visible Speed				0
Damage Taken Mod from Defense				199.79%
... while Breached (-50% Defense)				199.79%
... while Exposed (-75% Defense)				199.79%
Hit. Bonus	0%
Crit. Chance	15%
Stun Resist	0%
Focus Drain Resist	0%
Physical Defense	0%

Note: Defense & Speed is set to 1 due to it being the hard low cap. Mana Orbs are also immune to AoE abilities, they won't be attacked at all by them. Futhermore, Sonny's allies will never target them either.

Abilities

• Healing Mana
• Flash Heal

Healing Mana	Element	Type	Range	Target
	Frost	Passive
	Cooldown	Scaling	Hit. Bonus	Crit. Bonus
	Starting Cooldown	A.I. Score Mod	A.I. Score Bonus	A.I. HP Threshold
	Reaction		Notes
Heaven's Mana	Aura Description			Aura Notes
	When this unit is hit, the opposing team is healed.			Heals for -2000% Power

Flash Heal	Element	Type	Range	Target
	Frost	Active	Ranged	Ally
	Cooldown	Scaling	Hit. Bonus	Crit. Bonus
	0	-100% Power
	Starting Cooldown	A.I. Score Mod	A.I. Score Bonus	A.I. HP Threshold
		100%		100%
	Reaction		Notes

A.I. Ability Order

A.I. Notes:

• The A.I. prefers to use the topmost item in the left list, which is ranked according to the abilities' total scaling and A.I. score bonuses. For attacks specifically, their cooldown also plays a part in the rankings (the longer the cooldown, the higher it goes).
  • When an ability's Max HP Threshold condition is met and it's off cooldown, then that ability is added to the left list, in most cases to the top.
  • If an ability cannot be used due to being on cooldown, incl. silences, then the A.I. moves down the list to the next ability. If no abilities are available, then the A.I. skips their turn.
  • The A.I. will also not use healing abilities with 100% HP Threshold if all their teammates have full HP.
• The A.I. does have a chance of not following the list and instead picking a random ability. The chance depends on it's A.I. type and the difference in total scaling & A.I. Score Bonuses.
• It might also pick a different ability if the valid target(s) has:
  • Increased elemental defense against an element one of their available abilities has.
  • High Defense and the A.I. has access to an ability that deals piercing damage.
• The A.I. prefers targeting units with low HP% (both attacks & heals) and a high Damage Taken Mod (only attacks). Buffs that increases damage/healing taken also affect the targeting priority.
• Again, the A.I. has a chance of targeting a random unit instead. The chance depends on it's A.I. type, the difference in HP% & difference in Damage Taken Mod.

A.I. Type	This unit has the A.I. type "Normal". They tend to follow the list and targeting priority, but can sometimes switch it up with a random ability or target.
Phases	Ability Preference List	HP Threshold Abilities	Passive Abilities
Phase 1	- Flash Heal		- Healing Mana (Heaven's Mana)

Tactics

Avoid killing the Mana Orbs until Healing Mana is needed. Only Sonny can kill them as the allies will ignore them, even with AoE abilities.

Trivia

• The Mana Orbs could be a reference to the Orb of Restraint and the Orb of Sanctuary, two enemies in Sonny 2 that also do not attack Sonny's party. They have different roles though, where this unit is solely focused on healing the main boss unit of the stage they're in, Templar Arcanis.
• Attempting to use an AoE ability on a Mana Orb makes Sonny not attack them at all.