Spellican

Spellican
Japanese	スペルカン
Rōmaji	Superukan
Type	Nightmare Dream Eater
Game	Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance
KH3D tracks Battle theme - UNTAMABLE Battle theme - L'Apprenti Sorcier

Spellican
Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance
A magically malicious opponent that summons crystal puppet-brooms and monstrous meteors to make life generally less pleasant.

Location	Level	HP	EXP	Strength	Magic	Defense
	Reaction Endurance			Reality Endurance
Symphony of Sorcery	34	1400	0	46	64	25
	36	1464	0	48	67	26
				Reality Shifts disabled
Symphony of Sorcery (Portal)	36	2082	0	74	102	41
	38	2172	0	77	106	43
				Reality Shifts disabled
Resistances	Fire	Blizzard	Thunder	Water	Dark	Light
	x0.80	x0.80	x0.80	x0.80	x1.30	x0.40
Status Effects	Stun	Mini	Sleep	Blind	Stop	Freeze
	x0	x0	x0	x0	x0	x0
	Confuse	Poison	Magnet	Slow	Ignite	Bind
	x0	x0	x1.0	x0	x0	x0
	Zero Gravity		Time Bomb		Zantetsuken
	x1.0		x0		x0
Rewards
First Battle Maximum HP +20; Flowmotion Turbo Drop Bonus Secret Portal Maximum HP +10
Worlds
Symphony of Sorcery

Puppet-brooms
Japanese	パペットブルーム
Rōmaji	Papetto Burūmu
Type	Nightmare Dream Eater
Game	Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance
KH3D tracks Battle theme - L'Apprenti Sorcier

Location	Level	HP	EXP	Strength	Magic	Defense
	Reaction Endurance			Reality Endurance
Symphony of Sorcery	34	61	0	11	50	24
	36	63	0	12	52	25
				Reality Shifts disabled
Symphony of Sorcery (Portal)	36	274	0	30	80	40
	38	286	0	31	83	41
				Reality Shifts disabled
Resistances	Fire	Blizzard	Thunder	Water	Dark	Light
	x1.00	x1.00	x1.00	x1.00	x1.50	x0.50
Status Effects	Stun	Mini	Sleep	Blind	Stop	Freeze
	x0	x0	x0	x0	x0	x0
	Confuse	Poison	Magnet	Slow	Ignite	Bind
	x1.0	x0	x1.0	x1.0	x0	x0
	Zero Gravity		Time Bomb		Zantetsuken
	x1.0		x0		x0
Rewards
None
Worlds
Symphony of Sorcery

The Spellican is a Dream Eater that appears in Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance. Sora and Riku chase it from Traverse Town to Symphony of Sorcery.

Story

Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance

When Sora and Riku each make their second visit to Traverse Town, Joshua tells them that his friends, who have each reunited with their partners, have a new mission: to take out a powerful Dream Eater that has appeared in the town. This Dream Eater is capable of summoning other Dream Eaters, which it sends to fight in its place. Joshua asks both Sora and Riku to help defeat the new Dream Eater.

In Sora's incarnation of the town, the Spellican appears high over the Fountain Square, where it summons a crowd of Dream Eaters to attack Neku and Shiki, after which it disappears. It crosses over to Riku's incarnation of the town, where it attacks Beat and Rhyme. Riku comes to help, but the three of them become engrossed in their conversation, and the Spellican throws a tantrum when it is ignored. It summons more Dream Eaters before fleeing the square, with Riku in pursuit. In the Side Street, the Spellican summons a stampede of Cera Terror to attack Riku, but Riku fends them off and heads the Spellican off in the Third District. Before he can attack it, the Spellican crosses back to Sora's incarnation of Traverse Town, where it summons the Hockomonkey, Wargoyle and Char Clawbster to attack Sora. Sora defeats them all, but the Spellican leaves Traverse Town altogether and heads for the Symphony of Sorcery. To keep his friends from failing their mission, Sora offers to go after the Spellican for them.

The Dream Eater arrives just as Mickey, as the Sorcerer's Apprentice, is casting a multitude of spells using the power of Yen Sid's hat. It enters the musical realm and uses its powers to trap Mickey in an endless nightmare. Sora arrives shortly after and finds that the musical score which grants entry to The Sorcerer's Apprentice part of Symphony of Sorcery has been corrupted by the power of darkness. Mickey asks Sora to enter the world and find a Sound Idea, the only thing capable of cleansing the darkness plaguing the score. Sora brings the Sound Idea to Mickey, the dark barrier is purged when the Sound Idea from Riku's version manifests as the two Sound Ideas form a harmony. Sora then enters the musical score to defeat the Spellican in a strenuous fight, releasing Mickey.

Design

The Spellican resembles a large bird in a generic mage's cloak and hat. Its arm-like wings are lined with piano keys, and end in five feathered fingers. The bottom of its body hides it feet (assuming it has feet) and is decorated with bells. It wears a wig-like spellbook underneath its hat, with the pages resembling hair. Underneath its beak, it has a curled, yellow pouch-like part on its neck. It carries a broom with it, which has a purple shaft and a glass-looking sphere on one end.

The Dream Eater's name is a portmanteau of "spell" and "pelican". In Christian culture, the pelican was seen as a symbol of self-sacrifice. The inclusion of the pelican as a dark sorcerer type may be intended to indicate that Sora's problem is self-sacrifice for the wrong reasons or for evil people, such as when Marluxia and Xemnas attempt to use him for their own ends. Indeed in the very game, Xehanort is manipulating Sora to sacrifice himself by going deeper and deeper into dreams and ultimately become his vessel. Sora needed Riku's help to escape the self-sacrificial trap. However, this may indicate that Sora escaped the trap by defeating Spellican, and that Riku's coming to rescue him was somehow inevitable as a consequence.

Strategy

The battle against the Spellican can take a while, so Sora should go in with either a full Drop Gauge, Drop-Me-Not commands, or Wake-up Block. Spellican can be affected by Magnet and Zero Gravity, so, Zero Graviga and Collision Magnet are very useful in order to prevent it from getting away, although neither Zero Graviza nor Magnet Spiral affect Spellican. Sonic Blade should also be equipped in the deck, since it can cause Spellican to flinch and allow Sora to hit it many times with impunity. As always, the Balloon family of spells is extraordinarily useful. It's also important to equip all Combo Plus and Air Combo Plus available, as well as using Spirit's with Light Screen and Attack Haste, allowing for a better defense and a more effective attack. When Spellican's reaction durability value reaches 0, he will flinch after every attack for 6.7 seconds.

The battle begins with Sora chasing the Spellican by sliding on a road of light. Sora must dodge or destroy the projectiles the Spellican fires while constantly boosting with in order to catch up to the Spellican. Sora simply needs to pass through Spellican to make it transport both of them to the main battle arena. But once the Spellican is in range, Sora should use a Flowmotion attack, such as Sliding or Kick Dive, to deal heavy damage to Spellican.

The main battle arena is filled with floating rocks that can be used as stepping stones to perform Flowmotion attacks or navigation, or also as barriers against Spellican's attacks.

The Spellican frequently warps around the area and attacks by firing shooting stars that home in on Sora, which can be easily avoided with Dodge Roll, or transforming its staff into a lengthy blade of light that it will swing wildly, which can be blocked. Spellican will always try to teleport or ride its magic broom right after doing an attack, so it's important to use either Collision Magnet or Zero Graviga just after evading his attacks. Those commands, if well timed, can also interrupt Spellican's attacks. Collision Magnet can be used to draw Spellican near Sora, which will then launch him away. After this attack, Spellican will remain on the ground, open for combos and Sonic Blade. It's also possible to use Zero Graviga on him on this state, and if well timed, right after finishing a combo. Then, he will stay floating on the air, open for more combos.

Once the Nightmare has lost most of its health, it will begin summoning meteors after darkening the sky. On occasion, the Spellican will shoot purple orbs, which turn into puppet-brooms, and disappears for a little while. Even if Sora doesn't destroy all of them, Spellican will reappear after some time. Zero Graviga is useful not only against the boss but against the puppet-brooms as well, preventing them from attacking while dealing additional damage, if the player plans to defeat them.

After enough time passes, or after taking enough damage, the Spellican will take Sora with it back to the celestial road, where he will need to chase it down again in order to continue the battle. Although, Spellican can be finished before this happens.

On the Secret Portal rematch, Spellican has much more HP and is more powerful. The brooms he can summon also have more HP, and their constant lightning attacks are very dangerous with their added power. So, Sora must buy the highest Attack Gain and Drop Decelerator and put Spirits in the party that has Attack Haste, Magic Haste, Light Screen and Attack Boost before the battle, in order to provide a proper attack and defense, as well as making sure to install at least one Collision Magnet, Zero Graviga, Sonic Blade, Ars Arcanum, and Curaga. Proper use of the spell can make the fight much more managable.

Spellican

Technique		Element	Status	Power	Block?
Crystal Comet (水晶コメット, Suishō Kometto)		Physical	—	0.3 x5	X
		Fires 5 crystal bullets.
		Only used during the Rail Slide segment.
Crystal Meteor (水晶メテオ, Suishō Meteo)		Physical	—	1.4	X
		Slide a rock-like crystal onto the path of light.
		Only used during the Rail Slide segment.
Cosmo Sword (コスモソード, Kosumo Sōdo)		Light	—	1.25	◯
		Swings a huge sword-shaped staff around.
		Only used during regular combat. Can only hit once.
Starlight (スターライト, Sutāraito)		Light	—	0.25 x6	△
		Makes 6 star-shaped bullets appear from its staff, and fires them.
		Only used during regular combat.
Meteor Shower (メテオシャワー, Meteo Shawā)		Physical	Ignite (100%/3s)	1.0 per hit	△
		While chanting a spell, repeatedly drop 3 meteorites around the opponent.
		Only used during regular combat. Used after Spellican moves to a rock that is high in the air, and can get interrupted with a single strike.
Guard/Block: △ = Can be blocked; O = Can be blocked and interrupted (melee) or deflected back (projectile); X = Cannot be blocked.

Puppet-brooms

Technique		Element	Status	Power	Block?
Thunder (サンダー, Sandā)		Thunder	—	1.0	△
		Makes lightning drop at the opponent's location.
Guard/Block: △ = Can be blocked; O = Can be blocked and interrupted (melee) or deflected back (projectile); X = Cannot be blocked.

Video

Spellican – Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance HD (Sora)