Dharkon

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Dharkon
File:SSBU Dharkon Spirit.png
Appearances
First appearance Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (2018)

Dharkon is one of the two main antagonists of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's World of Light mode and is the dark counterpart to Galeem. Dharkon's body consists of many spiky dark-purple tentacles formed into a jumbled mass with a single light-blue eyeball in the center.

Dharkon first appears after Galeem's first defeat, emerging from a large crack in the sky, along with an army of Crazy Hands. It proceeds to power through Galeem's Master Hand army and takes control of the remaining fighters, creating its own world of darkness. After its first defeat, Dharkon flees to the final world along with Galeem, who wages a war against Dharkon and its Crazy Hand army with its army of Master Hands. In the final world, if only Galeem is defeated, Dharkon enchains Galeem and covers the world in darkness. Mario is seen collapsing, apparently dead, as the screen goes black, before Dharkon's eye appears. In the other bad ending, where only Dharkon is defeated, the world is completely engulfed in light, and Galeem disintegrates Dharkon's body. In the true ending, both Galeem and Dharkon are defeated.

During the final battle between both Galeem and Dharkon, Dharkon will attempt to damage players with its tentacles while climbing a vertically scrolling stage. It also spawns more dark versions of the fighters, which players must defeat to progress. Galeem also does this in the second half, except with light versions of fighters.

Similar to how Galeem's name is a corruption of the word "gleam," Dharkon's name is a corruption of the word "darken."

Dharkon also appears as a legend spirit alongside Galeem, which both can be obtained by getting the good ending in World of Light. It is tied with Galeem by having the most overall power of spirits in the game. Though the spirit has no slots, it has a unique ability called "Bane of Light," in which fighters take and deal a doubled amount of damage against fighters controlled by light in Adventure mode.

Dharkon makes an additional appearance in Hero's reveal trailer, where it is shown to have created puppet fighters of Marth and Meta Knight.

Battle

Dharkon uses several attacks during its fights, including creating two large darkness waves that move erratically on the left and right sides of the screen, which players must dodge. Dharkon may also disappear for a moment and reappear as a single tentacle that moves around the stage as well as create two portals and quickly move between both of them, attempting to damage the player. It also may spawn several bombs that will explode, which have an effect similar to the X Bomb. It can also spawn dark versions of the fighters, who will fight along with Dharkon, who causes large beams to shoot onto the stage, attempting to damage the player.

Dharkon may also attempt to stab the player with its tendrils, exposing its eye after the last hit. It can also fire a barrage of small energy balls from the top left corner of the screen. It is capable of teleporting around the stage in a similar manner to Master Hand and Crazy Hand. The only part of Dharkon's body that players can damage is its eyeball, which may temporarily be stunned and fall on the stage, allowing players to get a few easy hits. After its health is about halfway depleted, Dharkon will become angry, its eye turning red, and will begin attacking faster.

During the true final battle, if Galeem is stunned, Dharkon will form a mallet out of its tendrils and smash its counterpart's core. When defeated in this fight, Dharkon unleashes a powerful explosion that deals massive damage to the player and Galeem.

Profiles and statistics

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate spirit

Name Image Series / game Type Class Strength / effect(s) How to obtain Spirit battle
Opponent(s) Battle conditions Stage Song
Dharkon File:SSBU Dharkon Spirit.png Super Smash Bros. Series Primary (0) Legend Neutral
Bane of Light
World of Light (Final Battle) Dharkon
  • Take your strongest team into this no-frills battle
Final Destination (variation) Dharkon

Names in other languages

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Language Name Meaning
Japanese ダーズ
Dāzu
Darz; possibly from「ダーク」(dāku, dark)
Chinese 达兹
Dázī
Transliteration of Japanese name.
Dutch Dharkon -
French Sumbra From the French word "sombre" (dark)
German Dhars Transliteration of Japanese name.
Italian Teneber From tenebre (darkness)
Korean 다즈
Dajeu
Transliteration of Japanese name.
Russian Мурак
Murak
From мрак (darkness)
Spanish Lúgubra