Black Ballade

Black Ballade
Japanese	ブラックバラード
Rōmaji	Burakku Barādo
Type	Emblem Heartless
Game	Kingdom Hearts Final Mix
Variations • Red Nocturne • Blue Rhapsody • Yellow Opera • Green Requiem • Silver Rock • Emerald Blues • Crimson Jazz • Spring Metal • Scarlet Tango • Grey Caprice • Striped Aria • Sapphire Elegy • Pink Concerto • Turquoise March • Emerald Serenade • Violet Waltz • Wicked Watermelon • Large Watermelon • Huge Watermelon • Festive Fireworks • Large Fireworks • Huge Fireworks • Jack O' Lantern • Round Rice Cake • Large Rice Cake • Bitter Macaron • Mighty Macaron • Swaying Spook • Wandering Spook • Emerald Sonata • Amber Opera • Apricot Opera • Brilliant Opera • Vermilion Samba • Marine Rumba • Gold Beat • Malachite Bolero

Black Ballade
Kingdom Hearts
A Heartless that confuses its enemy by creating projections of itself. If the copies are attacked, it will resort to counterattacks and eventually run away. However, if it is attacked directly and relentlessly...

	HP	STR		DEF	MP rec		EXP
Deep Jungle	80	12		11	17		20
Weapon	Fire		Blizzard			Thunder
	x0		x0			x0
Percentage	Stop		Stun			Other
x0	x0		x0			x0
Rewards
Hitting the correct enemy (1) HP prize x 5, (1) Munny x 10, Lightning Stone (10%) Hitting the correct enemy 4 times (2) MP prize x 20, (15) MP prize x 10, Lightning Stone (100%)
World(s)
Deep Jungle

The Black Ballade is an Emblem Heartless that is found in Kingdom Hearts Final Mix.

Design

The Black Ballade, true to its name, has a smooth, conical, black body with a Heartless emblem emblazoned on its chest. The top of its body flares outward and forms a jagged "collar" below the its spherical, pitch black head. It also wears a conical, dark red hat with a jagged brim and grey-white markings resembling kunai knives, a silver band around it, and a thin, curled tip. Like many Heartless, the Black Ballade has glowing yellow eyes. Its seemingly useless feet sport three small, thin toes.

Like many Heartless in its family, the Black Ballade's name is comprised of a color—in this case, black—and a musical term—in this case, a "ballade," a one-movement musical piece with lyrical and dramatic narrative qualities.

Strategy

The Black Ballade appears only in the Bamboo Thicket. When battling a Black Ballade, it splits into five clones. Sora must find the one that jumps, indicating that it is the real one. Attacking the wrong Ballade causes it to attack Sora with a near-unavoidable shock. To keep track of the Black Ballades more easily, one can repeatedly pause and unpause the game. It's easy to miss a Black Ballade, but once they stop moving, target them to ensure a swing will land a blow.

Technique		Element	Tech	Power Bonus	Guard?
Thunder (サンダー, Sandā)		Thunder	—	6	—
		Drops lightning above the opponent's head.
		Used by the fake Black Ballade when hit.
Guard: Repellable = Can be blocked and interrupted; Returnable = Can be blocked and deflected back; Preventable = Blockable by Goofy's shield only.

Gallery

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  Black Ballade's journal portrait in Kingdom Hearts Final Mix.

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  Black Ballade's journal portrait in Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 ReMIX.