Dark Baymax
Japanese	ダークベイマックス
Rōmaji	Dāku Beimakkusu
Type	Construct
Homeworld	San Fransokyo
Game	Kingdom Hearts III
Variations • Darkubes
KHIII tracks Battle theme - Eye of the Storm

Dark Baymax
Kingdom Hearts III
The original Baymax. He was retrieved from another dimension in a mantle of Darkubes, his program chip loaded with data from the hearts of the people the Darkubes attacked.

Location			HP		Strength			Defense			EXP
San Fransokyo			2200		52			26			0
Physical	Fire		Blizzard			Thunder				Water
×1.0	×1.0		×1.0			×1.0				×1.0
Aero		Dark		Neutral					Rapid-fire
×1.0		×1.0		×1.0					×0.5
Freeze		Electrify		Stun					Hunny
✕		✕		✕					✕
Reaction Endurance		Revenge Value		Attraction Magnification					Damage Limit
5		5		—					16
Rewards
Sora: Aerora, Max HP +10
World(s)
San Fransokyo

"Baymax means everything to me. But that chip isn't who is he. I already made this mistake once before. Tadashi wouldn't want there to be a Baymax that hurts people. Sora, he has to be stopped."

—Hiro Hamada, about Dark Bayxmax

Dark Baymax is a boss in Kingdom Hearts III. It is the original Baymax, corrupted by darkness.

Story

Before Kingdom Hearts III

During Big Hero 6's fight against the nanobots, Hiro trapped the machines in another dimension and was pulled in along with Baymax. As the portal back to San Fransokyo was closing too quickly for both of them to get back, Baymax placed his personality chip inside his rocket fist and used it to push Hiro out safely. Hiro used the shutdown code on Baymax to render him inert, with only the combat chip Hiro added remaining inside him.

Kingdom Hearts III

Dark Riku takes the combat chip from the original Baymax and places it in the Darkubes to gather data on hearts as part of an experiment to see if a heart can be created from data. After the Heartless steal enough hearts and cause enough panic throughout San Fransokyo, Dark Riku takes the combat chip back and summons the original Baymax from the alternate dimension, placing the new data inside the empty shell. The Darkubes fuse with Baymax, creating a warped and evil version of the armor the second Baymax wears. Sora and Baymax 2.0 fight Dark Baymax until it is put under enough stress to force it into stasis mode. Hiro Hamada takes out the chip and crushes it. He later creates an identical Baymax program chip to turn the original back to normal. This Baymax later joins Big Hero 6 as their seventh member.

Design

The armor worn by Dark Baymax is purple and fuchsia, as opposed to the red and blue armor worn by Baymax 2.0. The shoulders have spikes, while the visor has horns and purple eyepiece hiding all but the red glowing eyes of Dark Baymax. Contrary to the streamlined wings of Baymax 2.0's armor, Dark Baymax's end in ridges that resemble feathers. The most distinct difference is the large right hand made of Darkubes replacing the gauntlet Baymax lost; it periodically pulses with red energy.

Following his defeat and return to the side of good, this Baymax is given new armor identical to that of Baymax 2.0.

Strategy

For this boss battle, Sora is locked into the Interceptor Wing Team Attack. While he can use Care Spray to heal, he cannot switch Keychains or use Block, magic, Formchanges, items, or Link Summons.

The first phase begins with an on-the-rails shooting segment, in which Sora and Baymax pursue Dark Baymax through the streets. Sora can use the Shoot command to open fire on Dark Baymax. Throughout the segment, Dark Baymax attacks by summoning Darkubes; the transparent ones can be destroyed while the more solid ones can be repelled back at the boss to deal damage with the Strike command.

When Dark Baymax is reduced to 50% HP or after 2 minutes and 10 seconds pass, the second phase begins where Sora and Baymax corner Dark Baymax in the South District. Dark Baymax has a myriad of attacks in this phase, being able to perform a three-hit combo, rush at the duo, fire a beam of darkness, or summon Darkubes to attack. Throughout this phase, Sora has access to the Sky Strike Situation Command, which is identical to Interceptor Wing's finish command. Gaining access to this Situation Command involves either unleashing physical combos on Dark Baymax, or parrying the solid Darkubes back at the boss. After Dark Baymax attacks once or twice, it floats idly for 5 seconds.

If Sora retries the fight during the second phase, Dark Baymax will start with 1760 HP.

It often tends to attack aggressively, so be ready to dodge if it approaches Sora and Baymax. To avoid risky plays, Sora needs to keep firing at Dark Baymax, dodge if necessary, and build up Sky Strike to deal damage.

Video

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