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Equinox - Eternal Guardian of Dusk is the Boss of Peacock Peaks.
Appearance[]
Equinox is a half-black, half-white humanoid wielding a white sword and a black sword that resemble the classic ROBLOX swords Illumina and Darkheart. The white parts glow rather brightly with a pinkish hue, likely a reference to the Illumina's pink sparkles. The dual wielding manner is probably a reference to the Dual Illumina gear.
In alternate versions of the map, Equinox is colored Light yellow and Light blue, instead of the normal Black and Light-Pink.
Abilities[]
Dash[]
Equinox dashes at the player, doing 8 damage. This attack does not count towards the 4 attacks cycle.
Roll Slash[]
Equinox rolls forward, doing 8 damage per sword.
Acrobatics[]
Equinox does a series of slashes while maintaining acrobatic moves for 8 damage each.
Illumina Slam[]
After having less than 66%, Equinox will run towards the middle of the stage and take a big leap, making a ground pound. Along the ground pound, some light rays will appear into the stage, not doing any damage or effect. This attack will be inflicting the player with Glowing for 10 seconds, increasing the damage the player takes by 100%.
Darkheart Tornado[]
After having less than 33% of health, Equinox will run towards the middle of the stage and summon a giant dark tornado. If you don't escape it by running towards the edges of the map, it will be dealing 5 damage every 0.2 seconds and healing for 200% of the damage done. This attack lasts 5 seconds. Unlike almost every other attack in the game, this move does not stagger its opponent in the minutes or seconds modes.
Tips[]
- Equinox's Darkheart heals for 100% of the damage it deals. Its Illumina inflicts Glowing, causing the target to take 25% extra damage and gives a sparking aura visual effect.
- Equinox will always dash at you when you are at a far distance. Like mentioned before, stay at a parallel distance to Equinox to avoid getting dashed at. If you do get dashed at, try to stay parallel to Equinox, as its body does not hurt you, or run out of the sword's range. Only its swords do damage.
- After every 4th attack, Equinox will take a moment to recover, not moving or attacking except for slowly coming to a neutral standing position, use this to your advantage.
- When Equinox slams down at 66% HP or less, it will not matter whether you get hit by the beams or not. You will always be affected regardless, so stay at a moderate distance to it when it comes back down to avoid getting dashed at. However, you can also skip time with
Omit or Tear to not get inflicted with Glowing - Equinox's tornado move does not cover the corners and very far edges of the map, so stay near the border of the map if Equinox performs this move.
- If Equinox is constantly chasing you, keep walking in a straight line while making a few very short turns if Equinox starts to run at you, and attack when you get the chance. If you are playing with a slow character, you will need to try the same strategy but making turns more often.
- It is possible to not be inflicted with Glowing from Equinox's slam using Iris.
- It is ill-advised to place sentries near the center of the field as Artisan or summon dummies as Drifter until after Equinox has used its Dark Tornado ability; otherwise the ability will likely fully heal Equinox and destroy all allies in the process
- On the other side of the coin, doing exactly that is the easiest way to unlock Equinox without taking damage yourself. Alternatively, using Multiplayer and sacrificing the fake players is a possible option, but note that they also run towards the edges of the map.
- You can parry Equinox's tornado move with parry moves.
- On the other side of the coin, doing exactly that is the easiest way to unlock
Trivia[]
- Almost every enemy in the Peacock Peaks, represents some item from the SFOTH IV. Equinox wields two swords from the game: the Darkheart and the Illumina. The color of illumina is not entirely white, but with a rosy tint, and that's why Equinox is not totally half black and half white. The Dual versions of the swords also appear in the game on the following occasions:
- During the Illumina Slam, Equinox turns completely rosy white, wielding the Dual Illumina instead of one Darkheart.
- During the Darkheart Tornado, Equinox turns completely black, wielding the Dual Darkhearts instead of one Illumina.
- The Illumina Slam may be a reference to the Illumina's lunge attack, that makes you jump a lot higher, and the sparkles effect it causes are a reference to the detecting invisible players ability. Darkheart Tornado, on the other hand, may be a reference to the death animation when you kill someone with the Darkheart, splitting the player into black pieces that fly everywhere, and the heal ability is a direct reference to the Darkheart abilities. All of this from the SFOTH IV game.
- The boss's name references a real-life event which occurs twice every year, where the center of the sun is directly above the equator. During an equinox, the day and night are approximately the same length, and the dusk occurs at the darkest stage of twilight, right before night.
- Equinox's death animation references DIO's death from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 3.
- Equinox is a based on the Yin Yang, being half rosy white and half black, Illumina on dark side, and Darkheart on the light side.
- During April Fools 2022, Equinox's title was changed from "Eternal Guardian of Dusk" to "Eternal Guardian of Duck".
- Upon death, a weird sound plays. It is unknown if this is an edited voice recording.
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