Strafer

	Rewards
	MP prize (1) ×2, Munny (5) ×2; Lightning Crystal (8%), Bright Crystal (4%)
	World(s)
	Space Paranoids, Radiant Garden

Strafer
	Kingdom Hearts II
	It moves in a clockwise motion around its target, so keep that in mind when attacking.; ; Make sure to close in, as it attacks far away targets with a laser.

Strafer
Japanese	イレイザー
Rōmaji	Ireizā
Translation	Eraser
Type	Emblem Heartless
Games	Kingdom Hearts II; Kingdom Hearts Melody of Memory

Cup		HP	Strength		Defense
Titan Cup		• Match 3: 4 Strafer
		86	39		22
Titan Paradox Cup		• Match 3: 4 Strafer
		150	70		41
Hades Paradox Cup		• Match 17: 4 Strafer
		181	87		51
Physical	Fire			Blizzard
×1.0	×1.0			×1.0
Thunder	Dark			Neutral
×1.0	×1.0			×1.0

Cup		HP	Strength		Defense
Titan Cup		• Match 3: 4 Strafer
		92	42		24
Titan Paradox Cup		• Match 3: 4 Strafer
		150	70		41
Hades Paradox Cup		• Match 17: 4 Strafer
		181	86		51
Physical	Fire			Blizzard
×1.0	×1.0			×1.0
Thunder	Dark			Neutral
×1.0	×1.0			×1.0

Attack	Normal
Type
Ground	Standard
Music Stages
Space Paranoids, Byte Bashing

The Strafer is an Emblem Heartless that is found in Kingdom Hearts II. They are small and relatively weak, but they tend to swarm and use electric attacks, like most of the digital Space Paranoids Heartless. Later, they are sent to Hollow Bastion by the Master Control Program through the use of the Heartless Manufactory.

StoryEdit

Kingdom Hearts IIEdit

When Sora and his friends first arrive in Space Paranoids, Sark orders some Strafers to imprison them. Later on, Sora and company must defeat Strafers in order to collect Clusters and freeze the monitors in the Dataspace.

When Sora returns to Hollow Bastion and finds that the MCP has taken over the town's defense system, the MCP creates Strafers and other Heartless to attack him.

DesignEdit

The Strafer is a thin, mechanical, humanoid Heartless made of black material covered in thin, yellow circuitry. Its head resembles that of a Shadow, being a black sphere with glowing, yellow eyes. It wears a diamond-shaped helmet with an angular, curled antenna connected to its top. Its upper arms are quite thin, while its forearms are wide and flat. Its legs are much shorter than its arms, and the Heartless emblem is emblazoned on its chest. Strafers move in a jerking, robotic manner.

The Strafer's name is derived from the word "strafe," which can mean both "to move sideways without turning" and "to attack with automatic gunfire." This is how the Strafer fights; it strafes around its targets and fires at them. Its Japanese name, "Eraser," may reference de-resolution, the erasure of a computer program, and something Sark threatens Sora and his companions with.

StrategyEdit

Strafers are very weak, both in offense and defense, but there are often many of them at a time. Look out for the energy rings they fire. These move slowly, but have a homing ability and can do some damage. Physical and magical attacks work well against Strafers, but any Thunder magic will heal them. Alternatively, they can be damaged by deflecting their Homing Beam attack. If attacked with a finisher, they are knocked back and incapacitated for three seconds. If damaged, they counterattack with their Lariat attack, or very rarely their Homing Beam attack. Since they are very weak, they should not be a problem.

Technique	Element	Power	Guard?
Laser (レーザー, Rēzā^?)	Thunder	x1.0	O
Laser (レーザー, Rēzā^?)	Fires a short-range laser.
Lariat (ラリアット, Rariatto^?)	Physical	x0.5	O
Lariat (ラリアット, Rariatto^?)	Extends both arms and moves around while spinning sideways.
Homing Beam (ホーミングビーム, Hōmingu Bīmu^?)	Thunder	x1.5	O
Homing Beam (ホーミングビーム, Hōmingu Bīmu^?)	Fires a ring-shaped beam that follows an opponent.
Guard/Block: △ = Can be blocked; O = Can be blocked and interrupted (melee) or deflected back (projectile); X = Cannot be blocked.

GalleryEdit

Strafer's journal portrait in Kingdom Hearts II.
Strafer's journal portrait in Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 ReMIX.
A group of Strafers brought into Hollow Bastion in the Kingdom Hearts II manga.