Assist – Colonel Hathi

Colonel Hathi

Colonel Hathi is obscenely large, being twice as tall as Ganon and 2.5x as wide as Bowser. Upon being summoned, he will very loudly shout out “FORWARD MARCH!” before marching in a very slow and systematic fashion (Ganon’s walk speed). As his feet come down, they cause anything they hit to be spiked to the stage and dealt 15%. There are also two Kirby sized hitboxes on either side of Hathi’s feet as they make contact with the ground for an earthshaking hitbox, dealing 10% and vertical knockback that kills at 120%. Hathi will very laggily turn around if he reaches an edge, stating “COMPANY HALT!” before shouting out “FORWARD MARCH!” again.

Hathi’s back is a solid platform, enabling him to be ridden. However; if Hathi is attacked, he will turn to look at the portion of his body that got attacked. Hathi will immediately spot someone who attacked him from the front, but you have plenty of time to get away if you hit him on his back/from behind, as Hathi’s vision is a mere platform’s worth in the direction looks, meaning if you attack him from behind and move back but an inch he won’t even notice.

However; Hathi is willing to put the blame on anybody regardless of if they actually attacked him, so long as they’re in Hathi’s line of sight. Note that Hathi will turn to look if his summoner attacks him, but will do nothing if they’re caught in the line of sight.

Once Hathi has found someone who’s attacked him, he’ll shout out “An elephant NEVER forgets!”. He will then proceed to rampage after them, increasing his movement to Ganon’s dashing speed. Upon reaching them, he will attempt to grab them with his trunk for a platform range tether grab that has competent speed. He’ll then headbutt the foe with his tusks, dealing 26% and knockback that kills at 70%. Whether or not his trunk tether grab is successful, he’ll vanish directly afterwards. Otherwise, he lasts 20 seconds.