Anti-Aqua
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| Japanese | アンチ•アクア | ||||||
| Rōmaji | Anchi-Akua | ||||||
| Homeworld | Realm of Darkness | ||||||
| Game | Kingdom Hearts III | ||||||
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| Kingdom Hearts Union χ |
| SN - KH III Anti-Aqua KINGDOM HEARTS III (2019) Aqua, after she fell to darkness and for years wandered through the realm of darkness. |
| Kingdom Hearts III |
| Aqua, after she fell to darkness. Years and years of wandering through the realm of darkness ended with her being cast into the watery depths beyond its margin. |
| Location | HP | Strength | Defense | EXP | |||||||
| Realm of Darkness | 1400 | 63 | 32 | 0 | |||||||
| Physical | Fire | Blizzard | Thunder | Water | |||||||
| ×1.0 | ×1.0 | ×0.5 | ×1.0 | ×1.0 | |||||||
| Aero | Dark | Neutral | Rapid-fire | ||||||||
| ×1.0 | ×1.0 | ×1.0 | ×0.4 | ||||||||
| Freeze | Electrify | Stun | Hunny | ||||||||
| ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | ||||||||
| Reaction Endurance | Revenge Value | Attraction Magnification | Damage Limit | ||||||||
| 0 | 8 | ×0.5 | 24 | ||||||||
| Rewards | |||||||||||
| First Battle Sora:Blizzaga Re Mind Sora: Maximum MP +3 | |||||||||||
| World(s) | |||||||||||
| Realm of Darkness | |||||||||||
- "All that's left in my heart is misery and despair...and now, you can share it!"
- —Anti-Aqua
Anti-Aqua is a boss inKingdom Hearts III. AfterAqua is corrupted bydarkness and the influence ofXehanort,[1]Sora is forced to fight her in order to rescue her.
Story[edit]
Kingdom Hearts III[edit]
WhenAnsem, Seeker of Darkness arrives at the Dark Margin to takeAnsem the Wise, Aqua tries to fight Ansem, but theDark Figure subdues her, imbues her with darkness, and throws her into the seas of theDark Margin, transforming her into Anti-Aqua.
Anti-Aqua later confrontsKing Mickey andRiku when they return to the Dark Margin to find her. She has aDemon Tower restrain Mickey and takes hisStar ClusterKeyblade, explaining the pain she has been through over the years she spent trapped in theRealm of Darkness. She and the Demon Tower then fight Riku, but Riku destroys the Demon Tower and frees Mickey withSora's help. Sora battles Anti-Aqua and successfully frees her from the darkness.
Later, during the final battle at theKeyblade Graveyard, Aqua begins hallucinating when faced by theDemon Tide, which she views as a swarm of Anti-Aquas in place ofShadows, stunning her in place as the Demon Tide swallows her. Sora manages to purify the fear in herheart, which takes the form of Anti-Aqua, allowing Aqua to face theHeartless head-on during the second attempt.Kingdom Hearts III Re Mind
Design[edit]
Anti-Aqua is a corrupted version of Aqua. Her hair is a bleached blue, her eyes are yellow, and her dress has darkened and become tattered, with scaly texture appearance. Her arms and legs have also begun to darken, and her hands are now black with red fingertips.
In battle, she wields Mickey'sStar Cluster after he is disarmed while fighting a Demon Tower.
When she first reveals herself, Anti-Aqua initially appears as a black silhouette wreathed in a violet aura of darkness.
Personality[edit]
Anti-Aqua is the embodiment of all the fear, pain, anger, loneliness, and spiritual exhaustion she had been bottling up for a decade. Her worldview has become narrowed and jaded, believing Mickey had purposely left her behind, even when she willingly stayed trapped to keep a Demon Tide from reaching theDoor to Darkness.
With only bitterness left in her possessed state, Anti-Aqua was easily angered to the point of attacking others, resulting in Riku and Sora needing to fight her to the point the darkness wore out.
Strategy[edit]
Kingdom Hearts III[edit]
Anti-Aqua behaves nearly identically to thephantom Aqua fromKingdom Hearts 0.2 Birth by Sleep -A fragmentary passage-. She begins the fight by using Style Change to activateSpellweaver, and continues to fight in this mode. She usually attacks in tandem with doppelgängers, often firing homing orbs at Sora with Magic Shot and Encircling Magic Shot and performing spiraling attacks with Windmill Upswing, Windmill Shake Off, and Windmill Rush. All of these attacks can be guarded.
She often teleports across the arena, and sometimes teleports before Sora can attack. When her retaliation point is reached, she often counters with an unblockable Rush Lunge. Occasionally, Anti-Aqua will wander across the arena with several doppelgängers, explaining her pain to Sora. While she and the doppelgängers will disappear after a short time, Sora can useThunder to instantly expose the real Anti-Aqua.
Anti-Aqua is resistant toBlizzard magic, and while she is not weak toFire, the usage of Fire attacks reduce her revenge value by the attack's given value.
As her health dwindles, Anti-Aqua gains access to two ultimate attacks. The first is Mirage Blizzaga, in which she teleports in the air before firing Blizzard shards. The shards can be guarded or evaded. The second is Mirage Wish, where she and three of her doppelgängers perform the Spellweaver finisher. To escape the attack, Sora can either dodge out of the spiral, or block with aFormchange that blocks with barriers.
Although her pattern can be challenging, she has low health for the point in the game she is encountered. The recently acquiredNano Arms Formchange works well against her as it has strong distance closing potential as well as providing access to a Barrier guard.
| Technique | Element | Status | Power | Block? | Repel LV | |
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| Style Change (スタイルチェンジ, Sutairu Chenji?) | Neutral | — | 1.0 | △ | — | |
| Sheds light and surrounds herself in a dark aura. | ||||||
| Windmill Upswing (風車振り上げ, Kazaguruma Furiage?) | Physical | — | 0.5 per hit | ◯ (Risk Dodge ) | 3 | |
| Charges straight ahead while spinning her Keyblade upward. | ||||||
| Windmill Shake Off (風車振り払い, Kazaguruma Furiharai?) | Physical | — | 0.5 per hit | ◯ (Risk Dodge) | 3 | |
| Charges ahead while throwing her Keyblade around herself. | ||||||
| Can also be used against Riku during the fight against theDemon Tower. | ||||||
| Windmill Rush (風車突進, Kazaguruma Tosshin?) | Physical | — | 0.5 per hit | ◯ (Risk Dodge) | 3 | |
| Charges straight ahead while spinning her Keyblade directly forward. | ||||||
| Rush Lunge (突進突き, Tosshin Tsuki?) | Physical | — | 1.0 | X | — | |
| Charges straight ahead with her Keyblade positioned directly forward. | ||||||
| Generally used as a Revenge Action. | ||||||
| Magic Shot (マジックショット, Majikku Shotto?) | Neutral | — | 1.0 | △ | — | |
| Fires magic orbs from her Keyblade. | ||||||
| Encircling Magic Shot (包囲マジックショット, Hōi Majikku Shotto?) | Physical | — | 0.4 per hit | △ | — | |
| Splits herself into seven, then all seven figures surround Sora and simultaneously fire magic orbs at him. | ||||||
| Mirage Blizzaga (ミラージュブリザガ, Mirāju Burizaga?) | Blizzard | — | 1.5 per hit | △ | — | |
| Generates six ice crystals; each crystal rushes at the opponent one-by-one. | ||||||
| Can also be used against Riku during the fight against theDemon Tower. | ||||||
| Mirage Wish (ミラージュウィッシュ, Mirāju Wisshu?) | (spin attack) | Physical | — | 1.0 per hit | △ | — |
| (projectile) | Neutral | — | 1.0 per hit | △ | — | |
| (crystal) | Neutral | — | 2.0 per hit | △ | — | |
| Splits herself into three; all three figures surround Sora, shooting projectiles from the crystals above their heads, then approach Sora and detonate their respective crystals. | ||||||
| Resembles the Finish Command ofSpellweaver. | ||||||
| Guard/Block: △ = Can be blocked; O = Can be blocked and interrupted (melee) or deflected back (projectile); X = Cannot be blocked. | ||||||
Kingdom Hearts III Re Mind[edit]
Anti-Aqua's fight is nearly identical to her fight in the base game. However, instead of splitting into doppelgängers that speak to Sora after walking towards him, she will go straight into herEncircling Magic Shot attack.
Videos[edit]
| Anti-Aqua –Kingdom Hearts III | Anti-Aqua –Kingdom Hearts III Re Mind |
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