Buckle Bruiser

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Buckle Bruiser
Japanese	バックルブルーザー
Rōmaji	Bakkuru Burūzā
Type	Unversed
Game	Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep
Variations • Bruiser • Wild Bruiser

Buckle Bruiser
Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep
Buckles! Who knew? Sadly, they serve a purpose: keeping this Bruiser's sturdy armor strapped on. Head-on attacks won't work. You'll need to get behind it to hit its weak spot (try magic!) but don't get careless just because it's slow. Buckle rhymes with knuckle, which rhymes with pain, which you'll be seeing a lot if you're not ready to block.

Location		HP	EXP	Strength	Defense
Olympus Coliseum		64	33	16	9
Keyblade Graveyard		98	120	26	15
Physical	Fire	Blizzard	Thunder	Dark	Other
x1.0	x1.0	x1.0	x1.0	x1.0	x1.0
Stun	Freeze	Mini	Blind	Ignite	Confuse
x1.0	x1.0	x1.0	x1.0	x1.0	x1.0
Bind	Poison	Slow	Stop	Sleep	Death
x1.0	x1.0	x1.0	x1.0	x1.0	x1.0
Zero Gravity		Magnet		Warp
x1.0		x1.0		x1.0
Rewards
HP prize (large) x2, Munny (large) x3 Shop LV 5 Pulsing Crystal (12%), Hi-Potion (6%), Hungry Crystal (6%) Shop LV 6-8 Pulsing Crystal (21.6%), Mine Shield (1.2%), Mine Square (1.2%)
World(s)
Olympus Coliseum, Keyblade Graveyard

Location		HP	EXP	Strength	Defense
Olympus Coliseum		64	33	16	9
Keyblade Graveyard		98	120	26	15
Physical	Fire	Blizzard	Thunder	Dark	Other
x1.0	x1.0	x1.0	x1.0	x1.0	x1.0
Stun	Freeze	Mini	Blind	Ignite	Confuse
x1.0	x1.0	x1.0	x1.0	x1.0	x1.0
Bind	Poison	Slow	Stop	Sleep	Death
x1.0	x1.0	x1.0	x1.0	x1.0	x1.0
Zero Gravity		Magnet		Warp
x1.0		x1.0		x1.0
Rewards
HP prize (large) x2, Munny (large) x3 Shop LV 5 Pulsing Crystal (12%), Hi-Potion (6%), Hungry Crystal (6%) Shop LV 6-8 Pulsing Crystal (21.6%), Mine Shield (1.2%), Mine Square (1.2%)
World(s)
Olympus Coliseum, Keyblade Graveyard

Location		HP	EXP	Strength	Defense
Olympus Coliseum		64	33	16	9
Keyblade Graveyard		98	120	26	15
Physical	Fire	Blizzard	Thunder	Dark	Other
x1.0	x1.0	x1.0	x1.0	x1.0	x1.0
Stun	Freeze	Mini	Blind	Ignite	Confuse
x1.0	x1.0	x1.0	x1.0	x1.0	x1.0
Bind	Poison	Slow	Stop	Sleep	Death
x1.0	x1.0	x1.0	x1.0	x1.0	x1.0
Zero Gravity		Magnet		Warp
x1.0		x1.0		x1.0
Rewards
HP prize (large) x2, Munny (large) x3 Shop LV 5 Pulsing Crystal (12%), Hi-Potion (6%), Hungry Crystal (6%) Shop LV 6-8 Pulsing Crystal (21.6%), Mine Shield (1.2%), Mine Square (1.2%)
World(s)
Olympus Coliseum, Keyblade Graveyard

Games		HP	EXP	Strength	Defense
East bracket		• Round 7: 3 Buckle Bruiser
		64	33	16	9
West bracket		• Round 4: 1 Buckle Bruiser • Round 7: 3 Buckle Bruiser
		64	33	16	9
Physical	Fire	Blizzard	Thunder	Dark	Other
x1.0	x1.0	x1.0	x1.0	x1.0	x1.0
Stun	Freeze	Mini	Blind	Ignite	Confuse
x1.0	x1.0	x1.0	x1.0	x1.0	x1.0
Bind	Poison	Slow	Stop	Sleep	Death
x1.0	x1.0	x1.0	x1.0	x1.0	x1.0
Zero Gravity		Magnet		Warp
x1.0		x1.0		x1.0
Rewards
HP prize (large) x2, Munny (large) x3 Pulsing Crystal (12%), Hi-Potion (6%), Hungry Crystal (6%)

Match		HP	EXP	Strength	Defense
Harsh Punishment		• Round 2: Buckle Bruiser x5 • Round 4: Buckle Bruiser x7
		136	14	24	13
A Time to Chill		• Round 1: Buckle Bruiser x4 • Round 6: Buckle Bruiser x6
		168	23	30	16
Copycat Crisis		• Round 3: Buckle Bruiser x9 • Round 7: Buckle Bruiser x4
		168	23	30	16
Keepers of the Arena		• Round 1: Buckle Bruiser x6 • Round 3: Buckle Bruiser x7 • Round 7: Buckle Bruiser x7
		208	32	36	19
Physical	Fire	Blizzard	Thunder	Dark	Other
x1.0	x1.0	x1.0	x1.0	x1.0	x1.0
Stun	Freeze	Mini	Blind	Ignite	Confuse
x1.0	x1.0	x1.0	x1.0	x1.0	x1.0
Bind	Poison	Slow	Stop	Sleep	Death
x1.0	x1.0	x1.0	x1.0	x1.0	x1.0
Zero Gravity		Magnet		Warp
x1.0		x1.0		x1.0
Rewards
Munny (large) x3

The Buckle Bruiser is an Unversed that is found in Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep.

Story

Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep

When Terra lands at Olympus Coliseum, he spots a Buckle Bruiser and some smaller Unversed attacking Hercules, and drives them off. When Aqua arrives later on, a Buckle Bruiser attacks. Phil offers to protect her, but immediately runs away, leaving Aqua and Hercules to fight the Unversed off by themselves.

Design

A Buckle Bruiser is a large, bottom-heavy creature with predominantly black skin, though it is almost entirely covered in predominantly blue armor. Its feet, which are covered in gold armor, curl up at the toes and its conical arms are protected by circular, blue and gold shields that it can throw. Its head is spherical, light grey, and covered by a blue helmet with a gladiator-esque, light grey crest and two grey spikes on its sides. The armor on the Buckle Bruiser's midsection is black with gold designs decorating it, and somewhat resembles a belt. Its red eyes are set in an angry expression and the Unversed symbol is emblazoned on the center of its belt.

In Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep Final Mix, the Buckle Bruiser receives a palette swap which gives it a red body armor with white highlights. Its two bucklers are now white and gold, and the crest on its helmet is gold as well. Its head is now white, and covered by a red helmet. The midsection armor is gold with black designs decorating it.

Strategy

Buckle Bruisers use the shields on their arms to deflect frontal attacks as well as for offensive purposes. The shields deflect nearly all frontal attacks, so that magic is the sole effective method to attack from the front. When using physical attacks or commands, it is simplest to attack either from behind, or after the Buckle Bruiser has lunged and is lying on the ground. When attacking from behind, the Buckle Bruiser may try to counter with Shield Dive, so attack slowly and try to anticipate the attack. If afflicted with status effects that stop its movement, such as Magnet or Stop, it is unable to block attacks from the front.

Attacks

• Shield Punch (盾パンチ, Tate Panchi): Punches the player.
• Belly Attack (腹アタック, Hara Atakku): Leaps into the air, and body slams the player.
• Shield Throw (シールドスロー, Shīrudo Surō): Tosses shields at the player, similar to Strike Raid.
• Shield Dive (盾ダイブ, Tate Daibu): If attacked, it will retaliate with a powerful, but blockable lunge.