Editing Dharkon

'''Dharkon''' ({{ja|ダーズ|Dāzu}}, ''Darz'') is one of the two main antagonists of ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''{{'}}s [[Adventure Mode: World of Light]]. It is described as the "Embodiment of Chaos and Darkness" in the World of Light. Its goal, similar to that of its light counterpart [[Galeem]], is to corrupt the universe in its own image.

Dharkon is summoned following the defeat of [[Ganon]], [[Marx]], and [[Dracula]] in the Dark Realm. Following Dharkon's first defeat, it proceeds to flee into the final world, with Galeem following soon after. In the final world, Galeem and Dharkon wage war against each other, but are also seeking to destroy the fighters.

If only Dharkon is defeated during the Final Battle, Galeem kills it before engulfing the fighters and the entire universe in a bright light once again.

Dharkon's eye is the only place it can be damaged. It can be stunned with sufficient damage, which drops its eye on the stage for several seconds. After its health falls below half, Dharkon's sclera color will shift to dark violet.

Note that many attacks' characteristics, such as a number of projectiles fired, vary depending on both Dharkon's health, the area it is being fought in, and the difficulty of World of Light. Also, certain attacks are never used in certain battles.

During the final battle with Galeem and Dharkon, both bosses will target both the player and each other, and are capable of dealing damage to each other; if one is stunned, the other will seize the opportunity to take a potshot. Regardless, only the player can deplete their HP to 0.

|Centipede ({{ja|ムカデ|Mukade}})|| ||One of Dharkon's tentacles snakes around the arena while coated in dark energy, attempting to damage the player, with its eye trailing behind it. It will use a longer tentacle at low health, making it harder to avoid.

|Pillar of Darkness ({{ja|闇の柱|Yami no Hashira}})|| ||Dharkon creates beams of darkness that erupt from the ground. The beams reach very far vertically, meaning the player could potentially be [[KO]]'d through the upper [[blast line]] by them if they aren't careful. This attack is never used during its first battle, however.

|Dark Fighter ({{ja|闇のファイター|Yami no Faitā}})|| ||Dharkon vanishes and its tentacles expand, producing two (three on Hard difficulty) dark [[false character]]s to support it, which eventually self-destruct after a period of time and can inflict damage when they do so. If Galeem's false characters are present, they will fight each other.

|Transdimensional Rush ({{ja|異空間突進|Ikūkan Tosshin}})|| ||Dharkon sends its tentacles through a series of portals, dealing damage as the tentacles pass by at multiple angles. Its eye will hover in the middle of the stage.  

|Gatling ({{ja|ガトリング|Gatoringu}})|| ||Dharkon shoots a barrage of small energy bullets from the top left corner of the screen. These do negligible damage from far away (shielding all of them while standing on the right of the stage is possible) but massive damage if the player tries to get close to Dharkon. If Dharkon has taken enough damage, it will end the barrage with a larger, more powerful blast. Neither type of projectile can be reflected, as these are actually disjointed hitboxes, similar to [[Tabuu]]'s Tabuu Shot.

|Tear Apart ({{ja|引き裂く|Hikisaku}})|| ||Dharkon performs a damaging slash that rips a large red line across the screen. The resulting line, which lingers for a while, will cause the player to be slowed while inside it. At low health (after the first fight), it creates two red lines in an "X" shape instead.

|Time Bomb: X-Type ({{ja|時限爆弾Ｘ字タイプ|Jigen Bakudan Ekkusu-ji Taipu}})|| ||Dharkon creates three to six small objects that explode in X-shaped beams of darkness like [[X Bomb]]s. These can be destroyed before their detonation to stop the attack. Dharkon is likely to create more in its second battle.

||| ||If Galeem is stunned, Dharkon turns its tentacles into a hammer that crushes Galeem's core and deals significant damage. The player will also be damaged if they come too close, along with being [[Bury|buried]], remaining submerged longer if they sustained a fair amount of damage earlier.

Crazy Dharkon.png|Dharkon invades with its army of Crazy Hands

*Dharkon's appearance of being an organic mass of tentacles resembles {{s|wikipedia|Azathoth}}, a being featured in the Cthulhu mythos. Along with its single slitted eye, the boss could also be compared to {{s|wikipedia|Marvel Comics}}' {{s|wikipedia|Shuma-Gorath}} and {{s|wikipedia|Yog-Sothoth}} from the Cthulhu mythos.

*Interestingly, Dharkon's eye always follows the fighter during its battle. This makes it the only boss in the ''Smash Bros.'' series with this distinction, as even its light-themed counterpart Galeem (apparently) does not track the player.

*Dharkon appears in the {{SSBU|Hero}}'s reveal trailer, where {{SSBU|Link}} and the four incarnations of the Hero battle its puppet fighters.

*Dharkon and Galeem are the only two bosses not to appear in Classic Mode as bosses since they are the antagonists of World of Light.