KH3 Adversaries Information Book

Demon Tide

Game info: A dark swarm of Shadows, gathered into a massive, seething cloud. The fact that its foul ilk has been seen not just in the realm of darkness but in the realm of light is surely a harbinger of some coming evil.

Wiki info: The Demon Tide is a Pureblood Heartless that appears in Kingdom Hearts 0.2 Birth by Sleep -A fragmentary passage- and Kingdom Hearts III. It is a mass of Shadows in a wave-like formation. Shortly after their arrival in Twilight Town, Sora, Donald, and Goofy, they spot a Demon Tide chasing Hayner, Pence and Olette. Sora, Donald, and Goofy fight against it, but the Heartless retreats before it could be vanquished. After Terra-Xehanort is repelled by Donald's Zettaflare at the Keyblade Graveyard, a massive Demon Tide appears and swallows King Mickey, Kairi, Donald, Goofy, Ventus, Aqua and Lea, scattering them throughout the worlds for the Lich to take their hearts. Riku attempts to fight back against the Heartless to rescue their friends, but both he and Sora are swallowed as well. However, thanks to Kairi's light, Sora ends up in The Final World, where Chirithy helps restore him. Using the power of waking, Sora is able to save his friends and return to the moment Terra-Xehanort attempted them. When the Lingering Will repels Terra-Xehanort, Dark Riku and Xigbar takes his place and summons a horde of Heartless and Nobodies as a final test for the guardians of light. Unfortunately, a new Demon Tide appears and goes berserk, swallowing up the rest of the Heartless and Nobodies to strengthen itself. Sora charges bravely into battle, being contacted by the spirit of Ephemer, who assists him by summoning the Keyblades in the graveyard to help fight back the Demon Tide. With the power of the Unions, Sora is able to reach the core of the Demon Tide and destroy the Heartless. Much like the Demon Tower, the Demon Tide is a swarm of Shadows. It is large, travels in waves, and has a core that glows violet or orange. The Demon Tide has two forms. The first is a large wave of Shadows. When it takes enough damage, it plunges this wave into the ground. This turns the entire area in shades of red and black. When it re-emerges, it takes the form of a tornado of Shadows with an orange core at its center. When the Demon Tide takes damage, individual Shadows will fall out of the swarm and disappear. Many of its attacks also comprise of launching individual Shadows, which disappear after impact. The Demon Tide starts off vulnerable to attack but only for a couple of seconds until it goes into its initial attack. The Demon Tide can't be stunned and its next attack cannot be prevented. Its initial attack can either be flinging Shadows at Sora, charging at Sora three times, or diving into the ground and coming up from beneath Sora. If it is flinging Shadows, dodge roll around it. If it dives underground, dodge roll just before it reemerges. If it charges then use Guard and a Reprisal to attack. However, guarding on the third charge can leave Sora open for its next attack. Once you have dodged all three, the Demon Tide will leave itself open for attacks, but will reenter its attack phase after it receives a few combos. During its flying mode, any part of it can be damaged, but only the very front can be locked on. During the battle in Twilight Town, the battle will end after 15% of its HP (approximately three bars) has been depleted. During the battle in the Keyblade Graveyard, once the Demon Tide is reduced to 50% of its HP it takes the form of a tornado with its core floating in the center. When the tornado begins glowing red the Demon Tide will unleash an attack, then return to its normal color after attacking. After using its Devil Meteor attack, the tornado around the core temporarily disappears and does nothing for 25 seconds. For dealing with its tornado mode attacks, wait and block its charges when it uses Devil Screw, Dodge Roll away when it uses Devil Meteor, and dodge with Glide when it uses Devil Barrage. After the Demon Tide has been defeated at the Keyblade Graveyard, a special sequence is entered in which a new Demon Tide appears and Sora rides upon a mass of Keyblades while flying towards it. Enemies will repeatedly fly at Sora, however they can be eliminated by firing lights with Triangle. Large projectiles cannot be destroyed and must be dodged to avoid damage. After damaging the Demon Tide with 300 lights, the Situation Command Union χ appears and will end the battle when used.