Scorching Sphere

Scorching Sphere
Japanese	バーニングボール
Rōmaji	Bāningu Bōru
Translation	Burning Ball
Type	Emblem Heartless
Game	Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days
Variations • Morning Star • Spiked Crawler • Gummi Hammer
KHD tracks Battle theme - Tension Rising

Scorching Sphere
Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days
Sharp spikes cover these large, fiery Heartless. Though they are impervious during their spin attack, you can slow their onslaught with a block, bringing them to an eventual halt. Alternatively, Blizzard magic will stop them with a single blast.

Mission	HP				EXP		STR/DEF
	Story Mode		Mission Mode
84	968		2903		44		84
Fire		Blizzard		Thunder			Aero
x-0.10		x0.73		x0			x0
Ignite		Freeze		Jolt			Air-Toss
x0		x0.20		x0.02			x0
Defense Power Adjustment							Heart Points
• Full Body: 2.90							46
							Flinch?
							X
Rewards
Missions 73-93 Gear Component D (100%)
Story Mode
Munny x32, HP prize (large) x4, HP prize (small) x3
Mission Mode
Munny x16, HP prize (large) x2, HP prize (small) x2
World(s)
Olympus Coliseum

The Scorching Sphere is an Emblem Heartless that is found in Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days. It is one of the bosses in Olympus Coliseum.

Design

The Scorching Sphere has a black, spherical head with two beady, yellow eyes on it. It wears a conical, red helmet with an angular antenna attached to its tip and a gold brim. The majority of its body is encased in a spherical suit of armor with eight conical, dark purple spikes spaced evenly over its surface. This armor is primarily colored red, with some yellow and black decorations on it. Its thin arms jut out of circular openings in the armor on either of its sides. Its spindly legs share a large, circular opening at the bottom of the armor, and the tips of its feet point upward. The Scorching Sphere has two Heartless emblems, one on its front and another on its back, both of which are placed in the middle of a gold ring.

The Scorching Sphere's name refers to its fire-based attacks and spherical shape.

Strategy

Use Block up to three times, wait for the Scorching Sphere to hit an obstacle, or cast Blizzard in order to stop the Heartless from spinning, making it vulnerable again. Attacks deal little damage, and it is best that Roxas keep a straight Dodge Roll in use, or fall victim to a burn when the Heartless jumps, causing a fire-based shockwave to erupt. A Limit Break or two can be attempted, but it is very likely most, if not all, portions of the attack will miss. So long as a hit-and-run technique is used, the Scorching Sphere should fall with relative ease.

Technique		Element	Status	Power	Block?
Spike Spin (トゲ回転, Toge Kaiten)		Fire	Ignite (10%)	0.40	△
		Spins around with its defenses up.
Body Attack (ボディアタック, Bodi Atakku)		Illusion	Flip-foot (20%)	2.02	X
		Jumps up, then lands on top of the target.
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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  Scorching Sphere's journal portrait in Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days.

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  Scorching Sphere's battle icon from the map.