Lightning Angler

Lightning Angler
Japanese	ライトニングアングラー
Rōmaji	Raitoningu Angurā
Type	Emblem Heartless
Game	Kingdom Hearts III
KHIII tracks Battle theme - Squirming Evil

Lightning Angler
Kingdom Hearts III
A piscine horror lurking beneath the crystal waves of The Caribbean. A glutton for the greedy, it lures prey in by posing as a treasure chest. An unusual adaptation, but it sure worked on Sora…

Location			HP		Strength			Defense			EXP
The Caribbean			1600		48			24			0
Physical	Fire		Blizzard			Thunder				Water
×1.0	×1.0		×1.0			×0.5				×1.0
Aero		Dark		Neutral					Rapid-fire
×1.0		×1.0		×1.0					×0.5
Freeze		Electrify		Stun					Hunny
✕		✕		✕					✕
Reaction Endurance		Revenge Value		Attraction Magnification					Damage Limit
—		—		—					16
Rewards
Sora: Thundaga
World(s)
The Caribbean

The Lightning Angler is an Emblem Heartless that appears in Kingdom Hearts III. It acts as a boss in The Caribbean, where the battle takes place underwater.

Story

Kingdom Hearts III

While Sora, Donald, and Goofy are exploring an underwater cave system, Sora spots a treasure chest with two glowing pieces of "kelp" next to it and attempts to open it with the Keyblade, alerting the Lightning Angler that a prey has arrived. It springs up and swallows Sora along with the chest, but immediately spits him out due to the Keyblade hurting it.

Upon its defeat, it spits the chest out and crashes into the wall of the chamber, revealing a new path forward into the cavern.

Design

The Lightning Angler is an electric Heartless with the appearance of an anglerfish. It is blue, has electricity patterns spread across its body, and whiskers with lightning bolts at the end. Along with that, at the end of its tail it has what resembles a pirate ship's wheel and other pirate accessories such as hooks and anchors in the design. The aquatic Heartless has blue, spike-esque teeth with a Heartless emblem on the head.

Strategy

Since Sora is underwater during this boss battle, he cannot swap Keyblades or use Formchanges, Shotlocks, Team Attacks, or Link Summons. He still has access to magic and items, and his currently equipped Keyblade should be balanced in Strength and Magic since he can only use physical attacks and magic.

When attacking the Lightning Angler, it is recommended to wait until it stops attacking and then get one combo in at a time while attacking its sides to allow for better reactions to its attacks, which can come suddenly as the Lightning Angler generally will not be staggered by attacks. It will always use the Swing Rush or Bite Rush attacks after using its Thundaga attack, and its Bite Rush attack cannot reduce the health of party members to 0 HP.

Technique		Element	Status	Power	Block?	Repel LV
Swing Rush (スイング突進, Suingu Tosshin)		Physical	—	2.0	△	2
		After retreating, it lunges from below and strikes with its head.
Bite (食いつき, Kuitsuki)		Physical	—	3.0	△	—
		Opens its mouth and bites, then spits out any caught opponents far away.
Bite Rush (食いつき突進, Kuitsuki Tosshin)	(bite)	Physical	—	2.0	△	2
	(chewing)	Physical	—	0.5 x 5 hits	X	—
		Swims forward and bites, chews on caught opponents five times, then spits them out.
Thundaga (サンダガ, Sandaga)		Thunder	—	1.5 per hit	△	—
		Light gathers at an opponent's position and electricity strikes it; repeated 2–4 times.
Guard/Block: △ = Can be blocked; O = Can be blocked and interrupted (melee) or deflected back (projectile); X = Cannot be blocked.

Video

Lightning Angler – Kingdom Hearts III