Dark Riku is fought as a boss in Kingdom Hearts III and Kingdom Hearts III Re Mind. He is encountered in one of the two arenas within the Trail of Valediction, the first section of the Skein of Severance in the Keyblade Graveyard. He is fought alongside Xigbar and Ansem, Seeker of Darkness, though the latter will depart shortly into the battle.
A data replica of Dark Riku can be fought as an optional boss within the Data Analysis as part of the Limitcut Episode of Kingdom Hearts III Re Mind.
Battles[]
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Attacks[]
- Dark Riku performs a three-hit combo; he will thrust forward, perform a horizontal slash, and a downwards slash into the ground, creating a V-shaped shockwave with his free hand. He can sometimes perform the horizontal slash before the thrust.
- Dark Riku launches a disc of dark energy from his Soul Eater towards his target before following up with an outwards slash attack.
- Dark Riku summons a half-ring of five dark mines in front of him.
- Dark Riku sends out a homing pool of darkness into the ground that will constantly follows its target. After a few seconds, it will expand and six unblockable claws will manifest and strike the center of the pool.
- Dark Riku's desperation move; Dark Riku will raise into the air amidst a purple aura and perform five slam attacks onto his target before unleashing a barrage of lightning spires around his target.
While Xigbar tends to hang back and perform ranged attacks, Dark Riku will close the gap on the ground and perform close-range attacks. Dark Riku commonly performs his attacks in rapid succession after one another, hoping the catch the player off-guard. Most of these attacks can be blocked with Block, though his homing pool attack cannot. As he tends to directly fight the player up close and personal, it is usually in the player's best interests to take Dark Riku out first. If Xigbar is eliminated before Dark Riku, he will open with his desperation move.