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==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*When a Bucculus sucks a character's vitality, it makes a slashing sound and animation.
*When a Bucculus sucks a character's vitality, it makes a slashing sound and animation.
*A player can heal themselves with a Bucculus by letting it sap their health for a bit and then knocking it out. If the player is able to escape before the Bucculus gives 50% damage, the player can KO the Bucculus and receive a Maxim Tomato, healing more of a percentage than the damage given.
*On the lower difficulties only, a player can heal themselves with a Bucculus by letting it sap their health for a bit and then knocking it out. If the player is able to escape before the Bucculus gives 50% damage, the player can KO the Bucculus and receive a Maxim Tomato, healing more of a percentage than the damage given.
*Bucculus attacks in a similar way to {{s|wikirby|Leap}}, an enemy from ''{{s|wikirby|Kirby & The Amazing Mirror}}''. The differences are that Bucculus inflicts more damage, as it drains energy, and it resides underground rather than in the air.
*Bucculus attacks in a similar way to {{s|wikirby|Leap}}, an enemy from ''{{s|wikirby|Kirby & The Amazing Mirror}}''. The differences are that Bucculus inflicts more damage, as it drains energy, and it resides underground rather than in the air.
*In [[Subspace (Part II)]], the translucent terrain allows the player to see the body of a Bucculus that is still buried.
*In [[Subspace (Part II)]], the translucent terrain allows the player to see the body of a Bucculus that is still buried.

Revision as of 11:30, April 16, 2020

Bucculus
BucculusFull.png
A Bucculus after attacking a character. Note the size of its poison zone.
Universe Super Smash Bros.
Level(s) appears in The Lake
The Forest
The Lake Shore
The Cave
The Wilds II
The Glacial Peak
Subspace II
The Great Maze
Point worth 800

A Bucculus (ブチュルス, Bucculus) is a parasitic enemy in Super Smash Bros. Brawl's Subspace Emissary, and first appears in The Lake level. It's known for its infamous kiss attack, which is the most damaging move ever.

Appearance

A Bucculus looks like a plant with large, red lips and a purple poison zone on the back that resembles a strawberry. It hides deep in the ground, with only its lips showing.

In the Subspace Emissary

It appears as red lips on the ground: if the player goes near it, it will pop up nearly instantly and stick to the character. There is no possibility to dodge the attack, thus the only possible strategy is to stay away from it. Once stuck, Bucculus will emit cartoon-like "boing" noises and attack by kissing the player repeatedly, filling up its poison zone, absorbing health and causing immense damage.

On the higher difficulties, its kiss can raise the player's damage from 0% to 999% in slightly more than eight seconds. It could also try to carry the player past the blast lines for a guaranteed KO, which isn't much dangerous on "still" stages, but becomes a real danger on stages with a moving blast line. In these stages the player is quite likely to suffer a guaranteed KO, being trapped between two obstacles or carried beyond a blast line, due to being unable to move as long as Bucculus is attached.

If a Bucculus misses its grab attack, it will bounce around and plant itself again after a few seconds. If a Bucculus with a filled poison zone is killed, it will most likely drop a Maxim Tomato, but occasionally drops Food otherwise. The player does not need to weaken an "empty" Bucculus to turn it into a trophy with a trophy stand, since its base health is always very low (even on Intense). However, when Bucculus absorbs energy from the player with its kiss, its life bar greatly increases, up to about five times its minimum.

Although the player is unable to move with a stuck Bucculus on him, he will have to press an attack button repeatedly to make Bucculus break away. Bucculus will then plant itself again in the ground. Notice that Bucculus doesn't break away by itself, and that this action will require more time as difficulty increases, from around three seconds on Easy to nearly six on Intense.

HP and damage taken

HP Values Lowest difficulty Below-middle difficulty Middle difficulty Above-middle difficulty Highest difficulty
8 12 15 19 23
  Normal Slash Electric Freezing Flame Grass (effect) Water (effect) Darkness Aura (effect) Specials: Direct Specials: Indirect
Damage taken ×1.0 ×1.0 ×1.0 ×1.0 ×1.0 ×1.0 ×1.0 ×1.0 ×1.0 ×1.0 ×0.75

Notice that Bucculus' health will reach around five times its base value after he has absorbed enough energy from the player (it can be noticed due to a swelling of its body).

Trophy description

The Bucculus trophy in Brawl.

A Subspace Army enemy found firmly planted in the ground, with only its lips showing. These lips, by the way, are covered with spikes that stick in its victim to... (Get this!)...suck out vitality. Basically, this results in serious damage. The torso area has a poison zone where it stores vitality. The Bucculus not only looks offensive-- boy, it's rotten to the core.

Wii: Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Trivia

  • When a Bucculus sucks a character's vitality, it makes a slashing sound and animation.
  • On the lower difficulties only, a player can heal themselves with a Bucculus by letting it sap their health for a bit and then knocking it out. If the player is able to escape before the Bucculus gives 50% damage, the player can KO the Bucculus and receive a Maxim Tomato, healing more of a percentage than the damage given.
  • Bucculus attacks in a similar way to Leap, an enemy from Kirby & The Amazing Mirror. The differences are that Bucculus inflicts more damage, as it drains energy, and it resides underground rather than in the air.
  • In Subspace (Part II), the translucent terrain allows the player to see the body of a Bucculus that is still buried.

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