Spiked Turtletoad

Spiked Turtletoad
Japanese	スパイキートード
Rōmaji	Supaikī Tōdo
Translation	Spiky Toad
Type	Unversed
Game	Kingdom Hearts III
Variations • Turtletoad

Spiked Turtletoad
Kingdom Hearts III
When it gets puffed up, you get roughed up. Watch out for that flying press once its belly fills with air! The shell on its back is Keyblade-proof, so you'll have to find softer places to smack. It can swallow nearby Flowersnakes, then sprout them as toxic turrets. And if it swallows you… Don't let it swallow you.

Location			HP		Strength			Defense			EXP
Monstropolis			544		38			19			217
Monstropolis (6 worlds cleared)			608		42			21			287
Monstropolis (The Final World cleared)			728		50			25			459
Keyblade Graveyard			271		55			28			354
Physical	Fire		Blizzard			Thunder				Water
×1.0	×1.0		×1.5			×1.0				×0.5
Aero		Dark		Neutral					Rapid-fire
×1.0		×0.8		×1.0					×0.5
Freeze		Electrify		Stun					Hunny
✕		✕		✕					✕
Reaction Endurance		Revenge Value		Attraction Magnification					Damage Limit
5		—		×0.8					—
Rewards
Monstropolis HP prize (5) ×3, Munny (10) ×4 Sinister Crystal (20%), Wellspring Gem (10%), Pulsing Gem (8%) Keyblade Graveyard HP prize (5) ×3, Munny (10) ×3 Sinister Crystal (30%)
World(s)
Monstropolis, Keyblade Graveyard

The Spiked Turtletoad is an Unversed that appears in Kingdom Hearts III.

Design

The Spiked Turtletoad is a monstrous Unversed that resembles a large toad. Its main body is blue with a pink stomach and a purple shell covered with black spikes featuring red tips. Its Unversed symbol is on its face, where it has a pair of black stalk-eyes with red horizontal slit eyes, as well as a wide mouth with a purple tongue. On the sides of its face are a pair of noodle-shaped whiskers that end in a pink loop with three spikes at its tip. Its four legs are raindrop shaped and have a black diamond shaped pattern near the feet.

Strategy

The Spiked Turtletoad can do a flying press to flatten the player (this attack triggers Risk Dodge) and eat the player. Its back is attack-proof. Some have Flowersnakes on their back that function as turrets; others can eat Flowersnakes to add them to their back.

Spiked Turtletoads are often accompanied by smaller enemies, so the player should focus on attacking them first to build a Formchange before taking on the big enemy. Once achieved, go up to its face and keep attacking. Formchanges that transform the Keyblade into big weapons, such as the Hyper Hammer, Drill Punch, Blizzard Claws, or Blizzard Blades, are the best choices since they are always guaranteed to push back the toad. Once acquired, the Ultima Weapon Shotlock, Infinity Circle, can also destroy a Spiked Turtletoad in a single salvo on lower difficulties or at higher levels.

Technique		Element	Power	Block?	Repel LV
Fly Swatter (ハエ叩き, Hae Tataki)		Physical	1.5	△	2
		Slams its whiskers downward.
Whisker Slap (ひげ張り手, Hige Harite)		Physical	0.75 per hit	△	2
		Advances while swinging its whiskers downward in an alternating left-and-right pattern.
Squash (押しつぶし, Oshitsubushi)		Physical	2.5 x 3 hits	△ (Risk Dodge)	3
		Inflates its belly and bounces three times. Can be blocked from behind.
Shell Spin (甲羅回転, Kōra Kaiten)		Physical	2.5 per hit	△ (Risk Dodge)	3
		Rushes around in a circular orbit while spinning.
Eat (食べる, Taberu)	(swallow)	Physical	0	X	—
	(bite)	Physical	3.0 x 3 hits	X	—
		Inhales and pulls the target into its mouth, where it then chews three times before exhaling the target back out.
Guard/Block: △ = Can be blocked; O = Can be blocked and interrupted (melee) or deflected back (projectile); X = Cannot be blocked.