Daisuke the Dasher

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Info

Daisuke the Dasher is the first boss of the game who appears in Bamboo Grove.

The level in which you fight him in is 5 cells long. Daisuke is on the fourth cell, and you are in the second.

Note: Pink texts are exclusive to the corrupted boss.

Voice Lines

• Let's see if you are up to the task!
• I bring a message. Ah, it's for me... I must stop you!
• Your journey ends here.
• Ah, a worthy opponent!
• Don't trust the Astronomer.
• Laugh all you want; it was Fumiko!
• Swapping won't help you, Wanderer! (Exclusive to The Wanderer)
• Who are you, cloaked one? (Exclusive to The Shadow)

• I don’t feel anything!

• The task... Is endless...

Boss Details

HP (Day 5+)	Tile(s)	Traits	Description
15 (20)	/// ()	Quick	Known for his lightning speed and deadly swordsmanship, Daisuke has been the Shogun's trusted messenger long before his rise to power.
Summons

Behavior

Daisuke the Dasher acts like a normal enemy for most of the time. He often goes for Sword or Swirl, then moves towards the player to hit them, and retreats 1 cell back after attacking. He also sometimes summons a Spike Charger. You can easily kill the Spike Charger, and then move onto Daisuke. If you do not do this on time, the Spike Charger may become a threat later on. However, the main problem arises from his dash attack. He sometimes goes for Charge + Sword, which if you are not careful enough, will always hit you. Here is how you can dodge the attack:

• If you are playing as the Wanderer, get close to him when he starts adding tiles, and then swap positions with him. To be safer from this attack (especially if he is corrupted), it is better to stay close to Daisuke, so you have enough range for your dodging move.
• If you are playing as the Ronin, use your Smoke Bomb or Swap Toss (if you have the second tileset) to avoid him.
• If you are playing as the Shadow, you can phase through him to avoid the attack. If he is on the edge of the field, you can quickly use your Grappling Hook to get him closer, so that there is space for your phase move.
  • If you have the second tileset for the Shadow, there is no real consistent way of dealing with this attack. So, constantly try to lure him out of the edge with his melee attacks to make space for your phase move.
• If you are playing as the Jujitsuka, you can throw him to evade the attack. Similarly to the Wanderer, it is safer to be close to him for this attack.
• If you are playing as the Chain Master, you can easily avoid his charge attack with the special move (Which is just swap toss).

This attack can be extra of a threat if you do not kill the Spike Chargers on the field on time.

Corrupted Daisuke

Corrupted Daisuke the Dasher gains the Quick trait as well as the Tetsubo attack. He goes for the Charge + Sword and Summon moves much more often. Aside from this, Corrupted Daisuke does not have much of a change.

To deal with Corrupted Daisuke, you generally should be closer to him as his Charge + Sword attack can be executed much quicker. Also, since Spike Chargers get summoned much more often, there will be times in which Daisuke could perform deadlier attacks (like Tetsubo and the Charge + Sword attack), meaning that the Spike Charger's Charge attack will be better to take rather than Corrupted Daisuke's heavier attacks . If Corrupted Daisuke is going for a melee attack, then it is probably worth it to kill a Spike Charger summoned on the field. If he doesn't, try to dodge his dash attack immediately.