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* Kronika, the [[Big Bad]] and [[Final Boss]] of ''11'' is possibly the most disliked boss in Mortal Kombat for a variety of reasons, which is a shame, being the first female boss in the franchise. First of all, storywise, she makes no sense if you know the history of the game. As a Titan, she is supposedly above the Elder Gods and the One Being, but according to the established story of Creation, the One Being and Elder Gods were the only beings who existed before Time as a concept came into being, and the creation of the universe via the Big Bang occurred after the One Being was defeated and sealed away, meaning all of existence is, in fact, the sundered One Being. Kronika and her kin just don’t fit. Also, for all her hubris, Kronika does not seem to have any godlike power of her own, she needs the Hourglass and Crown to do, well, anything. Then there’s her motive. She claims she has reset the timeline over a 100,000 times over the course of millions years. This sounds dramatic, making her sound intimidating and omnipotent - until [[Fridge Logic]] makes you wonder, ''why has it taken this all-powerful entity that long?'' Doesn’t say much for divine competence, it means she's either two dumb to accomplish her goal or it's impossible and she doesn't realize it, [[Stupid Evil|making her an idiot either way.]] Even, gameplay wise, she’s not a good boss, and a rare case where being an [[SNK Boss]] is not a benefit. First, she cannot be juggled or knocked down, so combos don’t work against her, meaning the fight doesn’t seem like Mortal Kombat at all. And while the unique style (less reliant on brute force and more on confusing, random attacks (she summons [[Everything's Better with Dinosaurs|a freakin’ dinosaur]] for crying out loud) but once you start to understand the pattern, it’s easy to defeat her with a stun lock or cheese the fight with projectiles because she literally cannot crouch. Unlike Shao Kahn (who players claim to have gotten PDSD trying to defeat when ''[[Mortal Kombat 2]]'' came out) Kronika is an easy boss, the only truly difficult part (especially on high levels) being when she leaves the arena and sends another Kombatant to fight you.