Anti Black Coat
Japanese	アンチブラックコート
Rōmaji	Anchi Burakku Kōto
Type	Nightmare Dream Eater
Game	Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance
KH3D tracks Battle theme - The Dread of Night

Anti Black Coat
Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance
A mysterious menace clad in a black coat. He can teleport and attack from all ranges to get the drop on you. Don't be too tenacious: just look for an opening and strike when you can.

Location	Level	HP	EXP	Strength	Magic	Defense
	Reaction Endurance			Reality Endurance
The World That Never Was	38	1380	0	50	55	26
	40	1438	0	53	57	27
	1 (10s)			Reality Shifts disabled
Resistances	Fire	Blizzard	Thunder	Water	Dark	Light
	x1.0	x1.0	x1.0	x1.0	x1.0	x1.0
Status Effects	Stun	Mini	Sleep	Blind	Stop	Freeze
	X	X	X	X	X	X
	Confuse	Poison	Magnet	Slow	Ignite	Bind
	X	X	X	X	X	X
	Zero Gravity		Time Bomb		Zantetsuken
	X		X		X
Rewards
None
Worlds
The World That Never Was

The Anti Black Coat Nightmare is a Dream Eater that appears in Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance. He is the physical manifestation of a nightmare that has trapped Sora.

Development

Sora's nightmare was originally going to be a Nightmare version of Meow Wow; however, it was decided to make it a black-coated person with the red eyes of a Nightmare. The coloring of the Anti Black Coat matches the Nightmare Meow Wow as a holdover from this original plan.^[1]

Story

Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance

The Anti Black Coat about to fight against Riku in The World That Never Was.

The Anti Black Coat appears when Riku tries to wake Sora from his deep sleep. The Keyblade wielder engages in combat against the Nightmare, who vanishes upon his defeat.

Design

As his name suggests, the Anti Black Coat wears a black coat. His circular, red eyes are visible from underneath the coat's hood. He bears the Nightmare Dream Eater insignia on his back and magenta patterns on his sleeves and coattails which resemble those around the Sleeping Keyholes.^[1] His attacks and blade weapon all bear the Nightmare Dream Eater insignia as well. His battle stances while holding and wielding a blade weapon during Wild Arcanum are identical to those of Young Xehanort.

Strategy

The battle starts with the Anti Black Coat darkening the area, with the normal lighting staying around Riku. Riku should maintain his distance and prioritize using magic or projectile commands when fighting the Anti Black Coat, as the Nightmare warps away rather often, and closing the distance can be tough while the enemy attacks and teleports when expected the least. Riku should have multiple status immunity abilities, including Poison Block, equipped to avoid further damage when hit by Poison Arrow.

He can avoid a majority of the boss's attacks with well-timed Dodge Rolls or Dark Barrier. Blocking Wild Arcanum gives Riku a free opportunity to use Counter Aura. Shadow Steal can be avoided by either blocking or dodging forward. Dodging it sideways requires it to be done at the exact moment during which the tentacle thrusts out at Riku's position. Riku may combine Doubleflight followed by Firaga Burst at its apex for a temporary safe spot, making him avoid most of the boss's attacks while dealing major damage, as these attacks only hit at ground level, with the exception of Poison Arrow. Beware that Shadow Steal can still hit Riku while in midair if he isn't at a sufficient height. Using Doubleflight isn't recommended in the case Riku utilizes a tactic revolving around the use of Balloon spells, due to its range not being sufficient enough, or Balloonra bringing him back down to the ground.

Shadow Steal is used at a certain frequency, but noticeably after using another attack, or when the Anti Black Coat is idling or recovering from stagger. When Riku gets struck, and if the enemy follows this attack with any other one while Riku is getting freed from Shadow Steal, it can become a guaranteed Game Over, even on Beginner Mode. Additionnally, in the case Riku also gets struck while near the Nightmare, who stays close, most if not all of the HP prizes that get scattered around will be grabbed by the Anti Black Coat, which will replenish almost all of his HP, and for that reason, along with the fact Shadow Steal is difficult to anticipate while that close to the boss, Riku shouldn't close in the distance and should instead rely on magic such as the aforementioned Firaga Burst.

Because of this attack, Curaga is essential during this battle, for it can quickly replenish Riku's HP if he is hit by this technique. However, provided Riku has Once More and Second Chance equipped, the HP prizes that are spread across the battlefield can act as a failsafe in case Curaga is still in cool down or if Leaf Bracer isn't equipped, and HP Showers Forecast may help a little further with the restoration of Riku's HP with those prizes. Otherwise, he should still prioritize on collecting those HP Prizes to prevent the Anti Black Coat from collecting them and restoring his HP, which can be made easier by having multiple instances of Treasure Magnet equipped.

Technique		Element	Status	Power	Block?
Wild Arcanum (ワイルドアルカナム, Wairudo Arukanamu)		Physical	—	0.5 x6	◯
		Swings and thrust his weapon six times with a blade in hand.
		Often used when close to Riku after slowly approaching him while floating. Performs one or two combos of up-right sweep - stab - left sweep. Sometimes he stops his attack after the first sweep.
Poison Arrow (ポイズンアロー, Poizun Arō)		Dark	Poison (100%/10s)	0.25 per hit	△
		Scatters a large amount of dark projectiles that track the opponent at high speed.
		The projectiles cannot turn at sharp angles, therefore are likely to miss, unless Riku is very far. Some projectiles may stick to their positions of spawn instead, until they vanish.
Scissor Bite (Horizontal) (シザーバイト（横）, Shizā Baito (Yoko))		Physical	—	1.5	△
		Gathers dark power before releasing an X-shaped claw of darkness. The claw of darkness follows the opponent along the ground, and attacks by clasping the opponent when close.
		The attack hits behind, making it blockable only by Dark Barrier.
Scissor Bite (Vertical) (シザーバイト（縦）, Shizā Baito (Tate))		Physical	—	0.4 per hit	△
		Gathers dark power before generating darkness at the opponent's feet, where claws thrust out from one after another.
Shadow Steal (シャドウスティール, Shadō Sutīru)	(tentacle)	Physical	—	0.05	△
	(restraint)	Physical	—	HP to 1[2]	X
		Extends a shadow towards the opponent that tracks them, with a tentacle thrusting out at the tip when it reaches them. When the tentacle hits and launches the opponent upwards, they are restrained, and 20 small HP prizes are scattered around.
		Big HP prizes are scattered around instead under the HP Showers Forecast for Riku's advantage. If a Spirit Dream Eater gets hit, the HP prizes never get scattered from it during the restraint.
The Anti Black Coat Nightmare starts the fight by darkening the area, with the nomal lighting staying around Riku. Any prize of any type grabbed by the Anti Black Coat Nightmare restores around 40 HP, either them being HP prizes scattered by Shadow Steal or any prize dropped by using the Attack command on him during Bonus Time.
Guard/Block: △ = Can be blocked; O = Can be blocked and interrupted (melee) or deflected back (projectile); X = Cannot be blocked.

Video

Notes and references

• Nightmare Dream Eater
• Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance bosses