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Culex

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Greetings. I am Culex, Dark Knight of Vanda. I've crossed into this dimension to fight for the Dark Mage. You who stand before me... Where does your depth come from? Why are you rendered so three-dimensionally? The evil power that gave me life mapped out this flat plane as my form. You are formed from a power unknown to me. I wish to gain the secret of your three-dimensional world! You will enter combat against me?
~ Culex
I am matter... I am antimatter... I can see your past... I can see your future... I consume time... And I will consume you!
~ Culex
Culex Boss Battle theme

Background

Culex is an optional hidden boss who appears in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars. Culex is a being from a different dimension (the second dimension) who desires to do battle with warriors from Mario's world. He appears to be a type of demon, having dark purple skin, red twisted horns and wings, a red mark along his torso, a jagged tail, and several crystals surrounding his waist. He also emanates what appears to be dark energy.

Alongside the Crystals, Culex is an even more powerful boss than the main story's antagonist, Smithy, as he has 4,096 HP, the second most of any encounter in the game (behind only Smithy's second phase). Culex, combined with the Crystals, has 12,396 HP, which exceeds both of Smithy's phases combined.

Codex Statistics

Key: 2D | 3D

Tier: Varies. Up to 6-C. Can ignore conventional durability with Space-Time Manipulation | Varies. Up to 6-C. Far Higher with Final Claw. Can ignore conventional durability with Space-Time Manipulation

Name: Culex, Crystaller

Origin: Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars

Sex: Male

Age: Unknown

Classification: Ruler of all evil in his world, Dark Knight of Vanda, Master of Time and Space

Status: Alive

Alignment: Neutral Evil (Stated to be the evil ruler of his world and is formed of an evil power)

Dimensionality: 2-D (Surprised by 3-D beings such as Mario having thickness and solidity. He also notes his form is depicted on a flat surface) | 3-D (Gained a three dimensional body after his wish came true)

Attack Potency: Varies (Mario and his friends are noted to be akin to a troupe of actors, taking on different roles depending on the game[1], with his gimmick being attributed to the same as Mickey Mouse,with their strength and skills even being shown to vary with it being shown with Mario being unable to take on Wario in his pixelated form due to the Wario using a different physiology to make him be unable to interact requiring him to turn to a similar physiology to beat him). Up to Island level (Far superior to Exor, who destroyed Star Road). Can ignore conventional durability with Space-Time Manipulation (Stated to be able to consume time, and later that he will consume all time and space overtime) | Varies. Up to Island level (After gaining his three dimensional body, Culex has become far more powerful than before. Is stated by the development team to be the toughest fight in the game, which would include all other post-game boss battles that can one-shot the party), Far Higher with Final Claw (Final Claw is Culex's strongest attack and will deal 9999 damage to any member regardless of their defense stat, unless blocked)

Durability: Varies. Up to Island level (Can take several attacks from Mario, Mallow, Geno, Princess Peach, & Bowser) | Varies. Up to Island level

Striking Strength: Varies. Up to Island Class | Varies. Up to Island Class

Lifting Strength: Unknown: True Class | Unknown: True Class

Travel Speed: Unknown: True level | Unknown: True level

Attack Speed: Varies. Massively Hypersonic (Can harm Mario, Mallow, Geno, Bowser, and Princess Peach who can all react to lightning based attacks such as Bolt). Up to Faster Than Light (Can be comparable to Mario, Bowser, and Princess Peach), Higher with Nimble Force

Reaction Speed: Varies. Massively Hypersonic. Up to Faster Than Light, Higher with Nimble Force

Stamina: Unknown

Range: Tens of Meters, Universal with abilities (Has the power of creation that rules over everything in the universe) | Tens of Meters, Universal with abilities

Intelligence: Cosmic Intelligence (Culex is formed from the supreme power, with Culex being the inheritor of the ultimate of Two (this world’s beginning to its end) and knowledge over the space-time continuum and power that rules over all of creation. Stated to be able to see the past and present. Stated to be a master of time and space)

Knowledge: Cosmic level


Powers and Techniques

Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Cosmic Intelligence, Intangibility (Spatial; As he is a 2-D being), Magic, Reality Warping & Space-Time Manipulation (Has power that rules over all of creation within the universe, controlling both the beginning and the end. Stated to be a master of time and space), Dimensional Travel & Extrasensory Perception (Traveled across a dimensional flux due to having a feeling and resonation with it), Summoning (With Dark Star, summons a dark version of a Star to crush a character), Power Nullification & Statistics Reduction (With Shredder, the attack envelops the player's party with a bright pink light and eliminates all beneficial status effects on the team such as ATTACK UP! or DEFENSE UP!. It will also degrade the boosts of the Troopa Pin, Ghost Medal, and Quartz Charm), Energy Manipulation (With Meteor Blast, it unleashes a massive non-elemental energy attack), Fire Manipulation (With Flame Stone, a fire-based attack that has a fiery stone falling like a meteor from the top of the screen, onto the opponent), Precognition (Destiny Perception, Stated to be able to see one's past and future), Curtain Fire (With Meteor Storm, which summons dozens of meteors to fall down), Unblockable Attack & Forcefield Negation (Several of Culex's attacks cannot be blocked), Breaking the Fourth Wall (Is aware of being a post-game boss battle), Wish Granting & Truth Manipulation (Culex is able to make a wish from Star Road, which is what gave him a 3D form).


Resistance to Fear Manipulation, Poison Manipulation, Sleep Manipulation, Power Nullification, & Damage Boost (Culex is strong (resistant) against Fear, Poison, Sleep, Mute, & Critical), Conceptual Manipulation (Can survive attacks from Mario which every one of his attacks are conceptual attacks that take away paint)


Equipment

  • Earth Crystal: The Earth Crystal has the highest amount of HP out of all of the four crystals, but balances out with a dismal defense of 70. Despite being the crystal of earth, it only has two earth-based attacks, Boulder and Sand Storm. It also wields Storm and Water Blast. It finishes up with the move Blast. It is weak against Thunder-based attacks.
  • Fire Crystal: True to its name, the Fire Crystal uses largely fire-based attacks, including Corona, Flame, and Flame Wall. It rounds these attacks out with the moves Drain and Mega Drain. It is weak against Ice-based attacks. It has greater Magic Defense than the next-in-line Water Crystal. Combined with its exceptional Magic Attack, it can be considered an even more difficult opponent than even the Earth Crystal.
  • Water Crystal: The Water Crystal is the second weakest crystal. While wielding decent Defense, its Magic Attack and Magic Defense are still lower than that of the Fire Crystal. It uses mostly ice-based moves, namely Ice Rock, Blizzard, Crystal and Solidify, as well as the non-elemental Diamond Saw. Its only weakness are Fire-based attacks.
  • Wind Crystal: The Wind Crystal is the weakest of all the crystals, but has massive physical defense, making it take far longer to defeat than the others. The Wind Crystal has mainly electrical-based attacks, such as Bolt, Electroshock, Lightning Orb and Static E!. It also has two attacks that may inflict status effects on Mario and his party. Petal Blast causes the entire party to transform into mushrooms, which prevents any party member from attacking or using an item, but heals a small amount of HP each turn. The Wind Crystal is also armed with the Light Beam attack, which leaves the party under the sleep status. Once defeated, the Wind Crystal will disappear like the other three crystals until the battle ends. It is weak against Jumping attacks, making it the only crystal susceptible to physical rather than special attacks.

Notable Techniques


  • Shedder: Removes and negates any boost in statistics his opponent gains.
  • Flame Stone: Flame Stone is a fire-based attack from the game, it targets a single party member and does minor damage. Animation is noted as a fiery stone falling like a meteor from the top of the screen, onto the opponent.
  • Dark Star: A massive dark star smashes all of Culex's opponents. It's the strongest spell in the game.
  • Meteor Blast: Culex summons multiple shining star-shaped meteors towards his foes.

Other

Standard Tactics: Culex and his crystals will attack in tandem attempting many different status effect attacks along with powerful regular attacks.

Weaknesses: Nothing notable.

Note: The English version of the Culex originally had massive mistranslations that are not present anywhere in the Japanese version of the fight. However, the remake for the Nintendo Switch has decided to mix both English and Japanese lines into one, having both stories as connected into the boss fight. As such, both translations are used.

Battle Records

References

  1. "If you're familiar with things like Popeye and some of the old comic characters, you would oftentimes see this cast of characters that takes on different roles depending on the comic or cartoon," Miyamoto said. "They might be businessman in one [cartoon] or a pirate in another. Depending on the story that was being told, they would change roles. So, to a certain degree, I look at our characters in a similar way and feel that they can take on different roles in different games."