Aerial Knocker

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Aerial Knocker
Japanese	エアリアルノッカー
Rōmaji	Eariaru Nokkā
Type	Emblem Heartless
Games	Kingdom Hearts II Kingdom Hearts χ
Variations • Aerial Champ

Aerial Knocker
Kingdom Hearts II
Once the battle begins, there is no fleeing. It has three types of punches, so figure out which it will unleash and choose an appropriate strategy. Its tackling punch is powerful, so defeat it quickly with successive reaction commands!
Kingdom Hearts Union χ
This Heartless often travels in a group. Finish off a swarm quickly with an all-encompassing attack or special attack!

Location		HP	Strength		Defense	EXP
Pride Lands Episode 1 (pre-1000 Heartless)		61	26		14	87
Pride Lands Episode 1 (post-1000 Heartless)		86	39		22	248
Pride Lands Episode 2		89	40		23	278
Physical	Fire			Blizzard
×1.0	×1.0			×1.0
Thunder	Dark			Neutral
×1.0	×1.0			×1.0
Rewards
HP prize (1) ×2, Munny (5) ×2 Power Gem (8%), Bright Gem (4%)
World(s)
Pride Lands

Cup		HP	Strength		Defense
Cerberus Cup		• Match 6: 2 Aerial Knocker
		64	27		15
Cerberus Paradox Cup		• Match 6: 2 Aerial Knocker
		133	62		36
Hades Paradox Cup		• Match 17: 4 Aerial Knocker
		181	87		51
Physical	Fire			Blizzard
×1.0	×1.0			×1.0
Thunder	Dark			Neutral
×1.0	×1.0			×1.0

Cup		HP	Strength		Defense
Cerberus Cup		• Match 6: 2 Aerial Knocker
		67	29		16
Cerberus Paradox Cup		• Match 6: 2 Aerial Knocker
		133	62		36
Hades Paradox Cup		• Match 17: 4 Aerial Knocker
		181	86		51
Physical	Fire			Blizzard
×1.0	×1.0			×1.0
Thunder	Dark			Neutral
×1.0	×1.0			×1.0

The Aerial Knocker is an Emblem Heartless that is found in Kingdom Hearts II.

Design

An Aerial Knocker is a parrot-like creature with predominantly violet plumage. Its round head, including its beak, is also violet, though the tips of its tail feathers and its neck are orange. Its eyes are large, black and yellow spirals on either side of its head. The Aerial Knocker's wings are yellow and orange and sprout out of the top of its head rather than from its back or sides like real-world birds. Its legs are black and it wears a large, red boxing glove on each one. Its Heartless emblem is on its abdomen.

In Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix, the violet plumage on the Aerial Knocker becomes grey, its neck and the yellow parts of its wings become white, and the orange plumage in its tail and wing feathers become a lighter shade of orange. Its boxing gloves also change to blue.

The Aerial Knocker's name references its flight, as well as its boxing gloves. "Knock" can mean "to impact" or "to strike".

Strategy

The Aerial Knocker's main attack is punching. Although Aerial Knockers are generally weak, they tend to appear in packs, and has many vicious punch combos. They tend to dodge until they attack with multiple jabs. Magnet followed by Thunder is a quick way to defeat large groups of them, although if there is one alone, a single aerial combo with a strong Keyblade such as Decisive Pumpkin or Hero's Crest is enough to take it out. If you get surrounded, Reflect is also a viable option as it deals high damage and has a large area of effect.

The Aerial Knocker retaliates with Triple Jab or Charge Punch when damaged. As such, one method to defeat an Aerial Knocker is to hit it once and then use the Rapid Blow Reaction Command when it uses either of its counterattacks.

Technique		Element	Power	Guard?
Quintuple Hook (5連フック, 5-Ren Fukku)		Physical	x0.5	△
		Unleashes five hooks in succession.
Triple Jab (3連ジャブ, 3-Ren Jabu)		Physical	x0.25	△
		Unleashes three jabs in succession.
Charge Punch (チャージパンチ, Chāji Panchi)		Physical	x1.5	△
		Enlarges glove and throws a straight punch.
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
Rapid Blow (ラピッドブロー, Rapiddo Burō)	Physical	x1.0	Can be used when an Aerial Knocker uses Triple Jab or Charge Punch. Spin vertically and attack. Can be used consecutively indefinitely. Unavailable outside of the Pride Lands.