Daroach

	“	First is Daroach and his gang of thieves. He's no gentleman thief though, so don't get the wrong idea. We wanted to include as many characters as possible, so you'll see the shape of another fearsome foe in the Treasure Chests he throws!	„
		~ Kirby Star Allies Channel - Update #11

“	And 'Dark Daroach' is a form he took on when he got taken over by some strange black smoke at the end of the story. That HAD to be his punishment for daring to steal my treasure!	„
	~ Part of Daroach's entry in the Great Dedede-Directory (Translated) - Official Kirby JP twitter, post of May 26, 2021

Summary

Daroach is the leader of the Squeaks, a squad of space thieves that he considers his family. Although problematic for others, Daroach and his gang aren't entirely malicious, and assist Kirby & co. in their adventures if given the chance.

Powers and Stats

Tier: 4-A | 2-C

Key: Pre-Star Allies | Post-Star Allies

Name: Daroach

Origin: Kirby: Squeak Squad

Gender: Male

Age: Unknown

Classification: Leader of the Squeaks/Squeak Squad, Space Thief, Pirate | As the first key, Star Ally

Powers and Abilities:

Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Self-Sustenance (Type 1), 4th Wall Awareness, Non-Physical Interaction (Can harm Ghost Kirby), Toon Force, Elasticity (Can survive being flattened and immediately restore his shape), Regeneration (Low-Mid. Instantly recovers from being impaled by allies or by Flamberge's Barbecue Party, if mildly harmed by the latter), Immortality (Type 3), Vehicular Mastery, Flight, Spaceflight, Natural Weaponry, Teleportation, Can fire a beam of ice & freeze others (It briefly works on Kirby, who quickly recovers from being frozen in space), Energy Projection (Can blast three ricocheting mini stars), Explosion Manipulation and Fire Manipulation via Daroach Bombs

As before, he's being possessed by Dark Nebula and his abilities are enhanced (His ice beam becomes bigger and able to briefly freeze Kirby while in space and his bombs leave a blast upwards for a while)

As in base, Acrobatics (Can easily do flips), Magic, Resurrection (Can revive others via Revival Spell), Dimensional Storage (Star Allies collected the Hear Spears into themselves), Accelerated Development (Through battle and while assisted with at least 1 partner, their power can permanently increase if their bond of friendship/companionship gets stronger/deeper), Empathic Manipulation, Morality Manipulation (Can turn enemies into allies with Friend Hearts, being able to affect two foes at once with one Friend Heart, and a charged one changing three foes who resisted this effects), Healing, Purification (Friend Hearts can be used to heal and purify others. Can "Revive" defeated allies, who are merely unconscious), Cloth Manipulation, Power Bestowal (Turning targets into allies gives them that same power. Can bestow Fire and Ice Manipulation), Summoning (Able to summon members of he Squeaks. Doc gives him access to Electricity Manipulation and can bestow said power to others), Creation (Can help other Star Allies create Friend Stars), Intangibility (Can turn into a small ball of intangible energy), Resistance to Transmutation (Any Star Ally can be cooked inside Chef Kawasaki or Cook Kirby's pot together with enemies as they're turned into food, safely coming out briefly dizzy), Morality Manipulation & Empathic Manipulation (Became unaffected by the presence of the individual Jamba Heart pieces after having similar powers bestowed to him), heat, cold, Fire Manipulation, Ice Manipulation (Unaffected by the temperatures of Blizzno Moon and Star Lavadom. Can survive harmed fire and ice attacks from Kirbys, elements with which he can harm Pyribbit, who baths in molten lava, moistens his throat drinking lava, and fills his stomach eating lava rocks)

As before, Healing (Various food items and health Power-Up Hearts, which heals all vitality), Statistics Amplification (Power-Up Hearts, which increase strength, health or speed of all allies at once), Summoning (Can summon Helpers by directly throwing Friend Hearts to Copy Essences. Can summon a Dream Friend using the Dream Rod), Invulnerability with Invincibility Candy, Homing Attack (Star Allies Sparkler)

Attack Potency: Multi-Solar System level (Fought and lost with Kirby as a boss back in Squeak Squad after the latter defeated his rival King Dedede as an earlier boss. By that point Kirby defeated Drawcia in the former game. Should be comparable, if not stronger to the members of his Squeaks, who repeatedly battled Kirby. More powerful as Dark Daroach, being powered up by Dark Nebula, who is possessing him and having fought and lost against Kirby after he had already defeated Meta Knight) | Low Multiverse level (Can assist Kirby & two fellow Star Allies in the canonical defeats of Void Termina, Corrupt Hyness, the Retaliators Three Mage-Sisters [at once] and the non-canon defeats of Morpho Knight EX and the stronger incarnations of Void Termina on side content), can ignore durability with Friend Hearts

Speed: Massively FTL+ (Kept up with Kirby in combat and can outpace him, but was left behind by Meta Knight after a surprise maneuver. When possessed by Dark Nebula he disappeared into a galaxy instantly while being outside of it, causing Kirby to go after him by going inside it. Is being powered by Dark Nebula, who kept up with the Warp Star) | Massively FTL+ (As before. Can keep up with fellow Star Allies such as Meta Knight, King Dedede, Bandana Waddle Dee, Gooey, Ribbon and the Three Mage-Sisters, and they can keep up with Morpho Knight. Star Allies chased and kept up with the Jamba Heart pieces multiple times. Kirby & 3 Star Allies defeated Void Termina, who kept up with the Star Allies Sparkler, an improved version of the Warp Star, which Daroach can maneuver in combat)

Lifting Strength: Unknown | Multi-Stellar (Can survive harmed Black Holes from Magolor and Marx in the same way that Kirby, Meta Knight, King Dedede and Bandana Waddle Dee do, who can withstand outrunning and outflying near a black hole that quickly rolled the space in the setting shown, including the stars in the background of it, and survive getting suck in it)

Striking Strength: Multi-Continent level | Low Multiverse level

Durability: Multi-Continent level (Tanked several hits from Kirby) | Low Multiverse level

Stamina: Very high (Comparable to Kirby)

Range: Below Standard Melee Range physically (Comparable, if taller than Kirby, whose 20 cm/8 inches tall), Extended Melee Range to Several Meters otherwise

Standard Equipment: His Wand, Triple Star | As before. A floaty

Optional Equipment: None | Maxim Tomato, various food items, Power-Up Hearts, Dream Rod, Friend Star and Star Allies Sparkler
Can Create/Summon: Bombs | As before, Squeakers, Spinni, Doc, Storo, and a Friend Star

Intelligence: High. He's a master thief and leader of the Squeak Squad who pilots an advanced ship. Possesses vast combat skills due to being able to contend with, and defeat, Meta Knight, the Three Mage-Sisters, Hyness, Void Termina and Morpho Knight

Weaknesses: Reckless due to greed

Notable Attacks/Techniques

Note that there is no distinction between his keys in this section.

Acrobatics: Daroach can instantly make leaps of around a meter, mobilize by spinning around to dodge attacks, and easily & quickly do flips and wacky moves during diverse victory dances.

Daroach making use of a Friend Heart

Space Jump: A technique most Kirby characters have, Daroach transforms into a small ball of energy which turns out to be intangible, he uses this power to mobilize himself or regroup with mates faster.
Friend Heart: Obtained in Kirby Star Allies, Daroach generates a Friend Heart which is then quickly thrown to his objective(s). This can be done an unlimited amount of times as well as repeatedly. Upon contact (or near it), the Friend Heart will generate a major change in the empathy of the being(s) affected to the point of making them change their morality towards being an ally to Daroach. The Friend Hearts have also shown to make feel objectives extremely happy, make them have a deep appreciation for the one who used a Friend Heart on them, generate clothes in others, work on robots, heal & purify others, operate without making direct contact to others' bodies as well as effect more than one being at a time. The last function the Friend Hearts have is that their targets will immediately be bestowed with the ability the generate and use Friend Hearts with all previously mentioned characteristics.
Friend Ability: Powers the Star Allies could use in Star Allies, they were bestowed to them due to being reached by a Friend Heart (be it by another ally or off-screen from one of the many that scattered in space, much like it happened to Kirby).
- Friend Action: They all supposedly need 4 allies in total to be done and, gameplay wise, a special platform to be used; This are only Game Mechanics, the narrative seems to indicate the Star Allies Sparkler to have been made by the Star Allies without mentioning said platform, Hyness can use his own version of the Friend Circle without it, even when using 3 woods as his partners, and the Three Mage-Sisters themselves can use a Friend Circle on their own too.
  - Friend Circle: The friends form a donut circle by holding each other, then they constantly roll forward while being coordinated enough to make jumps while they advance. They use this to travel faster on stages and power through minor enemies instead of bothering to deal with them with their moves.
  - Friend Star: The friends use energies from their bodies that combine to create a Friend Star, much like how Kirby alone can create a Warp Star, the Friend Star is basically a better version of it. One drives while the others are behind sustained by nothing but the energies generated by the Friend Star, they can change driver mid-use. They can fly around with the vehicle, do spin attacks, and shoot projectiles which can be charged and have different attributes depending on the leading friend's ability (ice, wind, fire, water, electricity, cutting properties or explosives).
  - Friend Bridge: The friends hold each other in a line to form a bridge, which they can move up or down. They likely use some form of telekinesis to hold themselves too as energies go around them and they don't reach each other perfectly. They only use this for puzzle solving.
  - Friend Train: Using their powers the leading friend gets a train chimney created in their head, while the other friends line up behind. The train continuously runs forward powering through minor enemies, they can jump, travel up walls, across ceilings, and over the surface of the water (it can't jump while on a wall or ceiling).
  - Star Allies Sparkler: A Friend Star combined with the 4 Heart Spears, see the section of Optional Equipment for more info.
Positive Energy Manipulation: Star Allies, especially Kirby, can likely infuse others with positive energy, even as the targets are being fought, and the energies they manipulate while doing Friend Actions and Team Attacks (The white one with colorful stars around, which may trigger with a heart-shaped wave) is specifically something called "positive energy". What exactly positive energy is is a bit vague, but it's related to friendship and companionship, and should be the opposite of "negative energy", which is conformed by hatred, obsession, jealousy, greed, and can be invisible. A series of things show that they can manipulate this energies:
- Kirby's innocent heart began to mix with Void Termina's urge to destroy after defeating his First Core (expelling the crazy Hyness from Void's body is also remarked, and he was presumably manifesting negative energies there, but even without him Void was still born from the total absence of care and composed of dark energy. The happened to the other 2 incarnations of Void Termina shown, without Hyness being initially there in his body). This made Void Termina's Final Core adopt a face like Kirby's, among others more akin to his evil nature.
- When defeating Void, the last incarnation shown, he blows up with energies around his body that are the same as the ones used for the Star Allies' Friend Powers, all while smiling happily and in peace, implying he gathered the positive energy he needed to reincarnate as a good being. Note that Void Termina wasn't indicated to gather positive and negative while already alive, only after the end of his life to reincarnate himself. While it could be speculated that Void Termina still gathers those energies while alive, the fact that he wanders the galaxy until one day being reborn implies it's an over time process, which 4 Star Allies can get done in the time it takes them to defeat "Void Termina, True Destroyer of Worlds" in their non-canon fight. Though they likely got better at using positive energy by then, as the first Void Termina they did fight and defeated did not go down in peace.
Revival Spell: A technique that, depending on the game, either resurrects dead allies or merely heals them from being defeated & unconscious. Both uses are applied to their users as they are doing the same process over what seems to be the same spell given the same name. Initially appearing in the Team Kirby Clash mini-game, the Kirbys there could approach others Kirbys and revive them when being defeated, which meant falling into the floor with their souls leaving their bodies. On the Team Kirby Clash Deluxe & Super Kirby Clash games the Kirbys there could even obtain items to improve their ability to resurrect others. Before the latter game, in Kirby Star Allies, every playable character became able to "Revive" defeated allies, but these defeated allies don't lose their souls and it's notable how some are still breathing.
Team Attack: In Star Allies when piggybacking an ally or more, they can briefly charge energy to shoot an energy beam. The more allies charging energy the more powerful the attack will be.

Optional Equipment

Heals all of his health when eaten.

Heal varying amounts of his health.

When collected, Daroach becomes invincible and faster for a short time, and almost any enemy he touches will be instantly defeated, or at least damaged.

When picked up and used Daroach summons one of the following Dream Friends to assist him

The Final Weapon in Star Allies, used to take out Void Termina. The Star Allies Sparkler fires projectiles from the tip, fly around quickly and efficiently, and spin counterclockwise to avoid all damage on a relative scale (Sparkler Turn). Kirby canonically took the lead in the center of the Sparkler while his friends rode in the tail. Still, the leader can be rotated to imbue the shots with a different element depending on the leader (the technique is called Rider Switch). The Sparkler can fire different homing projectiles with varying power depending on charge time. An uncharged shot is called the Sparkler Comet, and it fires a star-shaped projectile. A charged shot is called the Sparkler Starshot, and it fires a projectile shaped like two intertwining stars. The strongest attack is called Team Star Allies!, which, if everyone who's riding charges together and releases at the same time, fires a giant laser at the opponent. Daroach uses this item on his own when used in The Ultimate Choice of Star Allies.

Used to increase his statistics. The effects are shared with allies.

Speed Power-Up Hearts: Increases speed.

Health Power-Up Hearts: Increases & heals all health.

Attack Power-Up Hearts: Increases attack potency.

All Power-Up Hearts: Gives all previous effects at once.

Gallery

Notable Matchups

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Discussions

Discussion threads involving Daroach

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