Destroyer

Destroyer
Japanese	デストロイヤー
Rōmaji	Desutoroiā
Type	Emblem Heartless
Game	Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days
Variations • Watcher • Guardian
KHD tracks Battle theme - Tension Rising

Destroyer
Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days
These large flying drone Heartless fire a super laser that tears apart anything in its path, friend or foe. While regular attacks will not stagger the Destroyer, jolting it with Thunder magic will disable its super and double laser.

Mission	HP				EXP		STR/DEF
	Story Mode		Mission Mode
56	822		2466		13		45
Fire		Blizzard		Thunder			Aero
x0.69		x0.80		x0.68			x0.89
Ignite		Freeze		Jolt			Air-Toss
x0.10		x0.10		x0.80			x0
Defense Power Adjustment					Heart Points
• Full Body: 1.65					46
					Flinch?		Bloom-Out?
					X		X
Rewards
Missions 51-61 Shining Gem (18%)
Story Mode
Munny x36, HP prize (large) x5, HP prize (small) x2
Mission Mode
Munny x18, HP prize (large) x3, HP prize (small) x1
World(s)
Twilight Town

The Destroyer is an Emblem Heartless that is found in Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days. It is one of the bosses in Twilight Town.

Design

A Destroyer is a large, red, funnel-shaped, mechanical Heartless with a diamond-shaped opening in its front, exposing its glowing, yellow eyes. Two indigo, diamond-shaped guns are mounted on either side of its body. Each of these guns sports a silver, pyramidal spike on both of its ends. There is a black ring that acts somewhat like a gyroscope hovering around its base, despite not being directly connected to the Heartless. This ring bears a vague resemblance to the top half of the Nobody symbol. The Destroyer has a silver spike on the top of its head, and its Heartless emblem is just below the opening for its eyes. The top and bottom halves of its body are yellow.

The Destroyer's name references its mechanical nature and great power, as a "destroyer" is a small, fast warship. It may also simply refer to the verb "destroy", which means "to damage beyond repair".

Strategy

The Destroyer can be a bit difficult to defeat. Before attacking the Destroyer, the several Minute Bombs that aid it should be targeted first, allowing Roxas to obtain extra Heart Points. Once the Minute Bombs are taken care of, quickly Lock-On to the Destroyer and begin hitting it with aerial combos and offensive magic. The Destroyer will use both a physical attack and shoot a long-range laser beam. The physical attack has a 20% chance of dealing the Radar Zap status effect and the laser beam has a 100% chance of dealing the Null Defense status effect.

Both attacks can be avoided by keeping out of attack range or by using Dodge Roll or Glide. Use the Thunder spell to Jolt the Destroyer to allow extra damage to be dealt and disable its laser attacks. It has the most HP out of any Heartless in its family, but the combination of physical and magic attacks, and even a Limit Break, can devastate it. After its defeat, Roxas may obtain a Shining Gem.

Technique		Element	Status	Power	Block?
Double Laser (ダブルレーザー, Daburu Rēzā)		Light	Radar Zap (20%)	1.09	X
		Fires a laser from both arms.
Super Laser (スーパーレーザー, Sūpā Rēzā)		Nil	Null Defense (100%)	2.13	X
		Charges up and fires a large laser directly in front of itself.
Guard/Block: △ = Can be blocked; O = Can be blocked and interrupted (melee) or deflected back (projectile); X = Cannot be blocked.

Gallery

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  Destroyer's journal portrait in Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days.

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  Destroyer's battle icon from the map.

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  A Destroyer preparing to attack in a cutscene from Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 ReMIX.

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  Destroyer in the Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days manga.