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Hannya (般若我王 Hannya Gaō) is a Red enemy introduced in the Advent Stage River Styx.
Enemy
Hannya has a decently fast attack rate, does massive damage and weakens cats from a range of 800 with no blind spot, this combined with the support in the stages that she appears in make her range and damage all the more threatening.
Unlike the original Shy Boy, Hannya is NOT a Floating enemy.
Strategy
In Realm of Carnage and Wrath of Carnage, the only hard part about defeating Hannya is the R.Osts that come with her, the one non-Red enemy in the stage. To beat R.Ost, it's advised that you use Awakened Bahamut during R.Ost's backswing (the second peck) or after freezing him with the Thunderbolt Cannon, as explained in this video.
Anti-Red Cats such as Island Cat, Crazed Whale Cat, Elemental Duelist Cat and Fried Shrimp Cat are all extremely helpful when fighting this demon, although Hannya will have to be weakened in order for Elemental Duelist at level 33 to survive a hit and you'll have to press your luck with Fried Shrimp Cat's low weaken chance. Divine Kuu or Pai-Pai are especially great options as they have anti-red abilities boosting their effective health and weaken immunity, allowing them to safely tank Hannya's hits. Tropical Kalisa is extremely useful, as she will be able to deal insane damage to Hannya when timed well.
Description
| Enemy Unit # 269 | Red | |||||||
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| Hannya | ||||||||
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| Wore a creepy mask as a joke, transformed into a flesh-eating demon. That can happen. Breathes pure corruption born of vengeful hate. The normal Face isn't so bad anymore, eh? | ||||||||
| Enemy Unit # 269 | Red | |||||||
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| 般若我王 (Hannya Gaō) | ||||||||
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JP Script | |||||||
| 呪われた般若の面を被ってしまったがゆえに 成仏できない魂を喰い集める鬼へと変貌 口から吐き出される怨念の魂に触れたものは 恐怖で本来の力を出せなくなってしまう | ||||||||
| EN Translation | ||||||||
| Wore the cursed Hannya mask, transformed into a demon who eats the souls of those who cannot attain enlightenment. Spews grudeful souls that cause others to lose their full power out of fear. | ||||||||
Variants
Black Okame
A Red/Black variant of Hannya. It has more health, lower time between attacks, piercing Omni Strikes and immunity to freeze, but deals lower damage and has fewer knockbacks. It also knocks back cats rather than weakening them.
Sathankhamun VIII
An Aku variant of Hannya with piercing Omni Strikes that can slow Cat Units.
Encounters
This enemy has always appeared at 100% strength magnification.
Event Stages
Stats
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| Health | Attack Power | Attack Range | Attack Frequency | Movement Speed | Knockback | Attack Animation | |||||
| 1,000,000 HP | 36,000 damage (7,152 DPS) |
800 (Area Attack) |
151f 5.03 seconds | 3 | 3 times | 24f 0.8s (17f 0.57s backswing) | |||||
| Special Ability | Type | ||||||||||
| 100% chance to weaken Cat Units to 25% for 150f 5 seconds |  Red
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Trivia
- A Hannya is a mask used in Noh theater to represent a jealous female demon.
- Amongst the first seven Advent Bosses, Hannya represents the sin of envy, as her mask is a symbol of female jealousy.
- Her gender was confirmed in a Tweet made by PONOS.
- The term used for "attaining enlightenment" in her Japanese description specifically refers to achieving Buddhahood; attaining nirvana. This theme of Buddhism would later be carried on with Black Okame in The Pure Land, the celestial realm of a buddha or bodhisattva.
- The word Gaō in her Japanese name, Hannya Gaō (般若我王), doesn't mean anything on its own and is just a pun on kao (顔), meaning "face", though it can rarely also be a person's name. It consists of the kanji for "ego" or "self-assertion" (我) and "king" (王).
- She and Kappy Jr. are the only Advent Bosses to have neither Long Distance nor Omni Strike.
- While Kappy Jr. has a powerful Surge, Hannya has no means to hit units beyond her attack range.
- She is the only Advent Boss to have two variants that are also Advent Bosses, those being Black Okame and Sathankhamun VIII.
Reference
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