Roaring Knight Fight Simulator

Quick start

Press Play, then click the game. That click starts the fight and turns the keyboard on. Keys do nothing until the game itself has been clicked.

The first prompt is PC or Mobile. Z or a tap confirms it. The fight can be played with a keyboard either way, and that is the reliable setup. Movement is the arrow keys or WASD. Z or Space confirms, and holding Z slows the soul. Right after a death, hold Select to respawn.

The download is about 56 MB. On a slow connection, wait for the battle to appear before you click in. The first time an attack shows up, it can stutter. Later passes of that attack are smoother.

Who the Roaring Knight is

The Roaring Knight is the Chapter 3 boss of Deltarune, fought in the Cold Place after the battle with Tenna. The Knight is the one holding the Black Knife.

How the attacks come

In Deltarune the opening order is Stars, Tracking Swords, Box Splitter, Sword Tunnel, and Rotating Slash, then harder versions of those. Stars and Rotating Slash hit the whole party. Tracking Swords and Box Splitter aim extra hits at whoever is wearing the Shadow Mantle. Sword Tunnel gives almost no invincibility. After 1460 damage, with the Knight under 80% HP, the fight charges and then uses the full-screen attack called Roaring. One more hit after that ends it.

The original fight ends only by attacking. Hold Breath speeds the soul up for the rest of the battle, and a second use does nothing. Susie and Ralsei's talk actions do nothing. Holding Cancel while you move slows the soul to half speed. Timed Rude Busters, with confirm pressed just before the hit, are the damage route, while Kris and Ralsei defend to build TP.

This remake is the same battle with unused attacks added in, and Gangstermango says the attacks are harder. Hold Breath here also raises invincibility, the TP you get from grazing, and your speed, and it stacks if Susie or Ralsei picks their S or R action. You slow the soul by holding Z, not Cancel.

Tips from the project

These are Gangstermango's tips for this remake.

1. Choose the Shadow Mantle holder on purpose. Susie has the most HP. Kris stays in front, so a revive can bring Susie and Ralsei back and still leave two turns. Ralsei keeps Heal Prayer, which revives a downed ally for 19% TP. ReviveMints and ReviveDust run out if the mantle is on Susie or Kris.
2. If all three attack and every hit is perfect, you get a large TP and damage boost.
3. Defending gives TP. If you are getting hit, defend until Ralsei can cast a full defense spell. That spell blocks 7 hits.
4. A no-hit turn, which they call flawlessing, gives TP and HP. A flawless boost spell triples those gains and can end the fight quickly.
5. Use Rude Buster or X-Slash when you can. The Knight has a lot of HP.
6. Hold Breath on Kris raises invincibility, graze TP, and speed. It stacks with Susie or Ralsei's S or R action, which helps if you are getting hit.

Gangstermango's best clear at the time of the instructions was 7 hits and 13 turns. They also say a no-hit clear is possible. The Shadow Mantle itself is Chapter 3 armor from the Sword Route. Anyone except Noelle can wear it, and it cuts the Knight's Dark and Star damage. In the original battle the notes prefer it on Kris, because Susie is the main damage dealer and can be swooned, while Kris is downed instead.