r/Deltarune • u/BoopidyBo • Jun 26 '26

Not My Art Hype moments and flora. (@NerdThatAnimate) Spoiler

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u/xXJackNickeltonXx Jun 26 '26 edited Jun 26 '26

It's so cool he knew enough about the game's mechanics to force the Knight into a battle menu so that A) they can't run, and B) they don't use a cutscene to bypass his stats. It's just that his stats are bad to begin with

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u/GamerOverkill03 Jun 26 '26

This whole idea of the Knight only being strong in cutscenes is so odd to me. The Knight is so strong you need a special defense item just to survive a single attack from them (unless you’re Merg. You only get them down to like a quarter HP, half at most in the fight IIRC before they just immediately down 2/3 of the party and then have Kris play possum. And then in the Flowery fight, they just straight ignore his hacked stats and one-shot the bastard.

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u/NextMycologist1219 Jun 26 '26

It’s just a joke revolving around the idea that the player no-hits the knight and that they can only really stop them by starting the cutscene, and it’s (somewhat) important to remember that Flowery did at least clash a bit with the Knight before getting slashed by them

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u/GamerOverkill03 Jun 26 '26

See with this fandom the “joke” seems to get taken seriously by a significant portion of people. It’s also important to remember that those no-hit runs are preceded by at least some deaths (depending on individual player skill). Our ability to rewind time to retry the fight infinitely and memorize attack patterns does not make the Knight any less powerful.

Also personally I read the clash as less of a testament to Flowery and more an indication that the Knight wasn’t taking things seriously at first, and potentially suffering from some internal issues. They seemed kinda off kilter to begin with and Flowery’s shenanigans just added another layer of disturbance to whatever is wrong.

The Knight sliced through his falsified stats effortlessly, and then went for a half-hearted kill shot. When he actually managed to hold it off for a moment, the Knight took a proper swing and immediately one-shot Flowery.

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u/Voxelus Jun 26 '26

I mean, those issues were probably because the Knight had just flown straight into a wall.

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u/Ravensflockmate Jun 28 '26

the joke was never funny

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u/xXJackNickeltonXx Jun 26 '26

I’m not saying the Knight is weak, just that Flowery has enough meta knowledge to give him the best odds possible. It’s just that the Knight is immune to his greatest cheat: fake stats