Assassin
| Assassin | ||
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| Japanese | アサシン | |
| Rōmaji | Asashin | |
| Type | High-ranking Nobody | |
| Games | Kingdom Hearts II Kingdom Hearts Melody of Memory | |
| Assassin |
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| Kingdom Hearts II |
| An assassin. A high-ranking Nobody. It hides in the ground and attacks quietly from behind. It cannot be attacked while it is in the ground. Parry its attacks to get it to surface. When it starts running around, look out! It'll begin to unleash powerful attacks. Don't miss any chances to use the reaction commands to defeat as many as possible at once! |
| Location | HP | Strength | Defense | EXP | ||
| Twilight Town Roxas Day 6 | 37 | 7 | 3 | 15 | ||
| Twilight Town Episode 2 | 152 | 43 | 25 | 860 | ||
| The World That Never Was | 160 | 45 | 26 | 1000 | ||
| Physical | Fire | Blizzard | ||||
| ×1.0 | ×1.0 | ×1.0 | ||||
| Thunder | Dark | Neutral | ||||
| ×1.0 | ×1.0 | ×1.0 | ||||
| Rewards | ||||||
| MP prize (3) ×6 Twilight Gem (12%), Serenity Crystal (4%) Roxas Day 6 HP prize (5) ×2, Munny (5) ×2 Hi-Potion (5%) | ||||||
| World(s) | ||||||
| Twilight Town, The World That Never Was | ||||||
| Cup | HP | Strength | Defense | ||
| Titan Cup | •Match 2: 4 Assassin | ||||
| 138 | 39 | 22 | |||
| Goddess of Fate Cup | •Match 5: 2 Assassin | ||||
| 168 | 48 | 28 | |||
| Titan Paradox Cup | •Match 2: 4 Assassin | ||||
| 240 | 70 | 41 | |||
| Hades Paradox Cup | •Match 19: 2 Assassin | ||||
| 290 | 87 | 51 | |||
| Physical | Fire | Blizzard | |||
| ×1.0 | ×1.0 | ×1.0 | |||
| Thunder | Dark | Neutral | |||
| ×1.0 | ×1.0 | ×1.0 | |||
| Location | HP | Strength | Defense | EXP | ||
| Twilight Town Roxas Day 6 | 37 | 7 | 3 | 12 | ||
| Twilight Town Episode 2 | 152 | 43 | 25 | 688 | ||
| The World That Never Was | 160 | 45 | 26 | 800 | ||
| Radiant Garden Cavern of Remembrance | 228 | 67 | 39 | 800 | ||
| Physical | Fire | Blizzard | ||||
| ×1.0 | ×1.0 | ×1.0 | ||||
| Thunder | Dark | Neutral | ||||
| ×1.0 | ×1.0 | ×1.0 | ||||
| Rewards | ||||||
| MP prize (1) ×2, MP prize (3) ×2 Twilight Gem (12%) Roxas Day 6 HP prize (5) ×2, Munny (5) ×2 Hi-Potion (5%) | ||||||
| World(s) | ||||||
| Twilight Town, The World That Never Was, Radiant Garden | ||||||
| Cup | HP | Strength | Defense | ||
| Titan Cup | •Match 2: 4 Assassin | ||||
| 148 | 42 | 24 | |||
| Goddess of Fate Cup | •Match 5: 2 Assassin | ||||
| 175 | 50 | 29 | |||
| Titan Paradox Cup | •Match 2: 4 Assassin | ||||
| 240 | 70 | 41 | |||
| Hades Paradox Cup | •Match 19: 2 Assassin | ||||
| 290 | 86 | 51 | |||
| Physical | Fire | Blizzard | |||
| ×1.0 | ×1.0 | ×1.0 | |||
| Thunder | Dark | Neutral | |||
| ×1.0 | ×1.0 | ×1.0 | |||
| Attack | Normal |
| Type | |
| Ground | Pop-Up |
| Music Stages | |
| Lazy Afternoons,Sinister Sundown,The Afternoon Streets,Working Together,Sacred Moon,Deep Drive,Tension Rising,The 13th Dilemma,Darkness of the Unknown,The Other Promise,Working Together - Allegro vivace | |
TheAssassin is a high-rankingNobody controlled byAxel that is found inKingdom Hearts II.
Design[edit]
An Assassin has a vaguely humanoid body that is covered in a purple and silver bodysuit. Its segmented arms are each lined by four blades resembling spikes on the Nobody logo. Both the blades and segments they are on alternate from silver to purple. It occasionally uses its arms as "wings" to glide through the air. On its head is a small cap strapped by bandages with a long cloth hanging down in front of its face, which is mostly silver with a purple tip emblazoned with a small, white Nobody symbol. Assassins possess the same flexibility as all Nobodies, and occasionally compact their bodies into floating disks reminiscent of Axel's chakrams.
The Assassin's name is based on theeponymous job class fromFinal Fantasy.
Strategy[edit]
Assassins spend a lot of time in the ground, during which they are invulnerable to attack. They are only vulnerable when parried. When they attack by flailing wildly, useGuard, thenCounterguard and attack. Alternatively,Reflect is also effective.
Be sure to use theReaction CommandFail-Safe, if it appears. This will make the Assassin explode, causing damage to other enemies, except Sora and his party members, and still giving Experience. However, Fail-Safe is unavailable while playing as Roxas.
The upper area of theHall of Empty Melodies in theCastle That Never Was has powerful Assassins. However, inKingdom Hearts II Final Mix, even more powerful Assassins can be fought in theCavern of Remembrance.
Be aware that inKingdom Hearts II Final Mix when combatting Assassins withLimit Form active, getting grabbed by their Self-Destruct move when in the middle ofStrike Raid's animation may result in an "invisible Keyblade" glitch that can only be undone by performing another Strike Raid or simply reverting back.
| Technique | Element | Power | Guard? | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stab (突き, Tsuki?) | Physical | x1.5 | O | |||
| Lunges out with right tentacle. | ||||||
| Used upon appearing. | ||||||
| Continuous Reaper (連続刈り取り, Renzoku Karitori?) | Physical | x0.5 | O | |||
| Its tentacles emerge from underground and sweep at opponents' feet six times. | ||||||
| Cut Off (なぎ払い, Nagiharai?, lit. "Mow-Down") | Physical | x1.5 | O | |||
| Emerges from the ground and sweeps tentacles wide. | ||||||
| Dive (跳びこみ, Tobikomi?) | Physical | x0.5 | O | |||
| Leaps forward out of the ground, then submerges again. | ||||||
| Self-Destruct (自爆, Jibaku?) | Physical | x2.0 | X | |||
| Runs up to an opponent, knocking them down with a tackle, and self-destructs, after which it despawns. | ||||||
| Guard/Block: △ = Can be blocked; O = Can be blocked and interrupted (melee) or deflected back (projectile); X = Cannot be blocked. | ||||||
| Reaction Commands | |||||||
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| Reaction Command | Element | Power | Description | ||||
| Fail-Safe (メルトブレイク, Meruto Bureiku?, lit. "Melt Break") | Neutral | x2.0[1] | Can be used by Sora only, when an Assassin uses Self-Destruct. Grab the Assassin and hurl it into the ground, avoiding its Self-Destruct. Nearby underground Assassins are forced to surface and are damaged and incapacitated; the Assassin that explodes will drop its prizes as usual. | ||||
Notes and references[edit]
- ^InKingdom Hearts II Final Mix, the grabbed Assassin is destroyed.
| Nobodies |
|---|
| Organization XIII |
| I.Xemnas | II.Xigbar | III.Xaldin | IV.Vexen | V.Lexaeus | VI.Zexion | VII.Saïx | VIII.Axel | IX.Demyx | X.Luxord | XI.Marluxia | XII.Larxene | XIII.Roxas |
| Enemy Nobodies |
| Sorcerer -Sniper -Dragoon -Berserker -Assassin -Dancer -Gambler -Reaper -Ninja -Samurai Dusk -Creeper -Twilight Thorn -Fake Vivi |
| Special Nobodies |
| Naminé -Absent Silhouettes -Organization XIII's Replica Data -Anti-Saïx -Data-Roxas -Data-Naminé |
