The Dire Plant is an Emblem Heartless introduced in Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days.

Design

Dire Plant is a flower-like Heartless with a round, dark green head with a yellow ring around it, yellow eyes, and a jagged mouth. Four round, white-trimmed pink flower petals extend from its head. It has a bulb-like dark green body emblazoned with the Heartless emblem, and a lighter green neck with a yellow ring around the base. Four light green leaves encircle the base of its body.

"Dire" means "dreadful" or "ominous", likely in reference to its hostility, while its Japanese name, "Weed Plant", may refer to how it is a distasteful plant.

Strategy

Dire Plants are easily defeated, as they remain stationary and possess little HP. Their only attack causes them to shoot seeds from their maw, an attack easily avoided through the use of Dodge Roll. The Flower-elemental seed attack has a mere 5% chance of inflicting the Blinded status effect, which causes physical attacks to miss. While a simple chain of physical attacks can eliminate a Dire Plant, the use of Block against its seed attack will knock the projectile back at the Heartless, instantly defeating it.

Technique		Element	Status	Power	Block?
Seed Bullet (タネ弾, Tane-dan)		Flower	Blind (5%)	0.98	◯
		Fires a seed at the target which can be blocked to be reflected back at itself.
Guard/Block: △ = Can be blocked; O = Can be blocked and interrupted (melee) or deflected back (projectile); X = Cannot be blocked.

Gallery

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  Dire Plant's journal portrait in Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days.

Notes and references

• Emblem Heartless
• Kingdom Hearts χ enemies
• Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days enemies
• Kingdom Hearts Dark Road enemies