Archer

Location

Behind a Light Gate in Lake

Abilities

Archer's arrows can be redirected by a sword swing

Archer has three attacks in their first phase

Arrow Rain: Archer hovers in the center of the arena and rains down two sets of arrows, one from left to right and vice versa.

Arrow Hail: Archer moves to the side of the arena and shoots two sets of arrows, or five in their second phase. They can shoot in an upper quarter circle or a one lower quarter one.

Charged Shot: Archer charges a golden arrow with high velocity, releasing it after a few seconds.

• This attack can be countered, after the arrow is fired.

Archer gains another attack in their second phase.

Blade Maelstrom: Archer throws a massive amount of red sawblades into the air above their head. They will come down periodically for the rest of the battle

• This attack is performed once, immediately after Archer enters their second phase. It is more so an indicator of a new stage hazard being added to the battle.

Strategy

Archer's arrow attacks must be done in the air, leaving them open to Spin interruption. However, care must be taken to not leave yourself open to arrows while approaching.

Charged Shot can only reasonably be dodged from a distance. This makes it hard to exploit its counter opportunity.

Arrow Hail's lower quarter circle doesn't hit the base of where Archer is. The player can stand under them and attack freely, even being able to push them away from the wall with horizontal swing knockback.