Kurt Zisa

Kurt Zisa
Japanese	カート・ジーサ
Rōmaji	Kāto Jīsa
Type	Emblem Heartless
Game	Kingdom Hearts
Variations • Savage Vanguard • Savage Vanguard Ω
KH tracks Battle theme - The Deep End

Kurt Zisa
Kingdom Hearts
Heartless who emerged from the Keyhole opened by the princesses. He swung his six powerful arms to attack Sora and company and block their attacks. But Sora sought out his weakness and emerged the victor.

	HP	STR		DEF	MP rec		EXP
Agrabah	1500	42		34	64		20000
Weapon	Fire		Blizzard			Thunder
x1.0	x0.49		x0.5			x1.0
Percentage	Stop		Stun			Other
x0.02	x0		x0.5			x0.5
Rewards
When breaking an orb in Kurt Zisa's hands (1) HP prize x15, (5) HP prize x5 Mega-Potion (8%), Mega-Ether (5%), Elixir (2%) When hitting the Reflect Barrier with a weapon (2) MP prize x5, (15) MP prize x1
World(s)
Agrabah

	HP	STR		DEF	MP rec		EXP
Agrabah	1500	42		34	64		10000
Weapon	Fire		Blizzard			Thunder
x1.0	x0.49		x0.5			x1.0
Percentage	Stop		Stun			Other
x0.02	x0		x0.5			x0.5
Rewards
Zantetsuken Ansem's Report 11 When breaking an orb in Kurt Zisa's hands (1) HP prize x15, (5) HP prize x5 Mega-Potion (8%), Mega-Ether (5%), Elixir (2%) When hitting the Reflect Barrier with a weapon (2) MP prize x5, (15) MP prize x1
World(s)
Agrabah

Kurt Zisa is an Emblem Heartless that is found in the international and Final Mix versions of Kingdom Hearts. It is one of the bosses in Agrabah.

Story

Kingdom Hearts

Kurt Zisa emerges from the Final Keyhole after it is opened by the Princesses of Heart, and it goes straight to Agrabah. The Carpet soon encounters Kurt Zisa in the desert, and it flies back to Aladdin's House, where Sora and his friends find it. It leads them back to the desert, where Kurt Zisa attacks them. However, after an intense battle, Kurt Zisa is defeated by Sora and his friends, leaving behind a piece of Ansem's Report.

Other appearances

Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days

When Xion uses an Organization XIII Device in Agrabah to absorb Sora's latent memories of that world, she takes on a form which strongly resembles Kurt Zisa.

Design

A six-armed beast, Kurt Zisa also boasts a brown and black segmented body and a golden head that bears a strong resemblance to the cobra head on Jafar's staff. It wears a white sleeve trimmed in gold on each arm, a white tunic with puffy gold sleeves over its oddly-shaped upper torso, and white, gold-and-turquoise trimmed pants on its lower body; around its waist is a brightly colored sash in turquoise, decorated with bright orange tassels and a gold apron bearing the Heartless Emblem. Its feet appear to be clad in gold and brown shoes at first glance, but the toes are curled into fierce hooks that point down towards the ground. Each arm ends in three sharp segmented talons.

Despite its fearsome appearance, Kurt Zisa deals most of its damage with its khopeshes, two large sharp silver crescents that end in gold-trimmed holes on one end and lethal hooks on the other. The spinning blade attack is identical to the attack of Luna Bandits.

Kurt Zisa is named after Kurt Zisa of Medford, New York, who won Square's "KINGDOM HEARTS: Name-In-Game" contest, which was held two months prior to the North American release of Kingdom Hearts.

Strategy

Attacks

• Trample Attack (踏みつけ攻撃, Fumitsuke Kougeki): During Silence, Kurt Zisa jumps into the air, dealing damage to the party if it lands on him.
• Rush (突進, Tosshin): During Silence, if the party gets too far away, Kurt Zisa can perform a dashing attack toward them. It has small range, but touching the blades can hurt.
• Windmill Slash (風車斬, Kazagurumazan): During Silence, Kurt Zisa stands still and spins its swords around, deflecting attacks and damaging the party.
• Floating Dance (浮遊乱舞, Fuyū Ranbu): During Silence, Kurt Zisa leaps up and rapidly spins before dive-bombing the party. Sora should Dodge Roll under or jump over the horizontal spins, and Dodge Roll to the side of the vertical spins. Kurt Zisa won't use this attack until it has taken a certain amount of damage.
• Firaga Bomb (ファイガボム, Faiga Bomu, lit. "Figa Bomb"): During Reflect Barrier, a sigil appears on the shield. Large fireballs appear around the arena and hover slowly around, acting as mines. These orbs can be deflected back by using Guard, damaging its shield.
• Sandstorm (サンドストーム, Sandosutōmu): During Reflect Barrier, Kurt Zisa raises its arms and summons four tornadoes around Sora, which then fuse into one larger tornado. Dodge Roll through them with correct timing to avoid damage.
• Thundara Ball (サンダラボール, Sandara Bōru): During Reflect Barrier, orbs of electricity shoot from the ground directly at Sora. Kurt Zisa won't use this attack until it has taken a certain amount of damage.
• Thundaga Ball (サンダガボール, Sandaga Bōru): At the end of Thundara Ball, a giant orb of electricity shoots from the ground directly at Sora.
• Bite (かみつき, Kamitsuki): While defenseless, Kurt Zisa flails its neck wildly and bites Sora. It's harder to hit during this attack, but it can be deflected with a well-timed attack or Aerora/Aeroga.
• Silence (サイレス, Sairesu): Silences the party as soon as the battle starts, preventing them from using magic and summoning. The effect lasts until the two dark orbs in its hands are destroyed. Every other time it "wakes up" it will summon the orbs and cast Silence again.

Kurt Zisa fights in three phases, each one granting it different attacks. The battle continues as it moves through its "Silence", "Bite", and "Reflect Barrier" phases until it is defeated.

Since Kurt Zisa is a rather difficult boss to defeat, it is efficient to Summon Tinker Bell right before magic is unusable as she can keep the party healed and revive Sora once if all his HP is drained. Another option is to cast Aero magic before Silencega is cast so damage from Kurt Zisa's attacks is reduced while magic is sealed. Also, having Aerora/Aeroga allows Sora to inflict more damage on Kurt Zisa if the shield is in range of its hands or head.

Another strategy to get past its shield mode quickly is to summon Mushu, Genie, or Dumbo and use Fire, Showtime, or Splash to break through the shield.

Alternatively, Sora can summon Bambi and hit Kurt Zisa with offensive spells while Bambi drops magic orbs.

Video

Kurt Zisa – Kingdom Hearts