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Assassin
Japanese	アサシン
Rōmaji	Asashin
Type	High-ranking Nobody
Games	Kingdom Hearts II Kingdom Hearts Melody of Memory

Assassin
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 MP prize (5) ×2, Munny (5) ×2 Hi-Potion (5%)
World(s)
Twilight Town, The World That Never Was

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 MP 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 • Match 8: 2 Assassin
		138	39		22
Goddess of Fate Cup		• Match 5: 2 Assassin
		168	48		28
Titan Paradox Cup		• Match 2: 4 Assassin • Match 8: 2 Assassin
		240	70		41
Hades Paradox Cup		• Match 19: 2 Assassin • Match 37: 3 Assassin
		290	87		51
Physical	Fire			Blizzard
×1.0	×1.0			×1.0
Thunder	Dark			Neutral
×1.0	×1.0			×1.0

Cup		HP	Strength		Defense
Titan Cup		• Match 2: 4 Assassin • Match 8: 2 Assassin
		148	42		24
Goddess of Fate Cup		• Match 5: 2 Assassin
		175	50		29
Titan Paradox Cup		• Match 2: 4 Assassin • Match 8: 2 Assassin
		240	70		41
Hades Paradox Cup		• Match 19: 2 Assassin • Match 37: 3 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

The Assassin is a high-ranking Nobody controlled by Axel that is found in Kingdom Hearts II.

Design

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 the eponymous job class from Final Fantasy.

Strategy

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, use Guard, then Counterguard and attack. Alternatively, Reflect is also effective.

Be sure to use the Reaction Command Fail-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 the Hall of Empty Melodies in the Castle That Never Was has powerful Assassins. However, in Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix, even more powerful Assassins can be fought in the Cavern of Remembrance.

Technique		Element	Power	Guard?
Stab (突き, Tsuki)		Physical	—	x1.5	O
		Lunges out with right tentacle.
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. "Sweep")		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 and self-destructs, after which it vanishes.
Guard/Block: △ = Can be blocked; O = Can be blocked and interrupted (melee) or deflected back (projectile); X = Cannot be blocked.

Reaction Commands
Reaction Command	Element	Power	Description
Fail-Safe (メルトブレイク, Meruto Bureiku, lit. "Melt Break")	Neutral	x2.0	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.