Galeem

Galeem
Series	Super Smash Bros.
First Appearance	Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (2018)

Galeem, also known as the Lord of Light, and Kiira (キーラ) in Japan, is one of the two main antagonists of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate: World of Light. He resembles a large sphere of light surrounded by seraph-like wings with shifting colors and patterns on them. His English name is likely a corruption of the onomatopoeia "gleam," often used in contexts relating to light. Galeem is a Lawful Evil entity.

In the opening, it is commanding a horde of Master Hands against the various playable fighters. However, it then absorbs the Hands, turning into a black hole, and uses them to unleash a devastating attack, which only Kirby manages to escape from. Everyone else is hit with snaking yellow beams of light, which imprison them within the eponymous World of Light, before the beams then continue outwards and cover the planet, turning everyone else in their path into spirits.

Galeem has a dark counterpart, known as Dharkon, who plans to engulf the universe in darkness and serves as the primary rival to Galeem. At the end of the game, if players defeat either Galeem or Dharkon separately, they receive a bad ending. If Dharkon is defeated, Galeem incinerates his counterpart and engulfs all of reality in light, leaving a blank screen. If Galeem is defeated, Dharkon imprisons him in chains. By balancing light and dark in the final area, however, and enlisting the help of Master and Crazy Hand, both Galeem and Dharkon can be faced in the true final battle.

Galeem attacks the player during the platforming section of the final battle, where he may cross the screen with two spinning discs made of his wings, but can be repulsed by attacking his core. After the player defeats all of the mode's previous bosses, the player engages in the final phase, where both entities fight each other and the player simultaneously, with them even attacking each other directly if one becomes incapacitated. In the true ending, both Galeem and Dharkon fall into a large body of water and explode, allowing all of the Spirits to go free. Once players beat the true boss fight, they earn legendary spirits of both Galeem and Dharkon. Galeem's spirit has no slots, but comes with a unique ability called "Bane of Darkness", in which damage towards and received from enemies controlled by darkness get doubled in Adventure mode.

Battle

During his boss fights, Galeem mainly attacks by forming weapons from his wings. He is damaged by attacking his core, which moves around the stage. It may form three, later four, drill-like weapons from his wings and slam them into the ground. It may also create a blue orb of energy and fire it into the center of stage where, it splits into three or four smaller orbs that home in on the player. Another attack consists of Galeem creating a multitude of lines crisscrossing the screen. Laser beams will appear along these lines, damaging the player. Galeem can also create three or four small floating mines that explode in a plus formation similar that of an X-Bomb. He can split his core into three and shoot a barrage of fireballs at the player. It can also teleport around the stage similarly to Master and Crazy Hand.

When his health is about halfway depleted, Galeem will be stunned, his wings disappearing and his core falling onto the ground in the middle of the stage. Following this, Galeem will become angry, his core glowing more brightly. It is now capable of creating bright blue versions of fighters which attack the player before exploding after a short time. When it has very little health remaining, Galeem will be stunned again.

In the second fight at the end of the game, Galeem has two new attacks. It can now create waves of light on the sides of the screen with a gap between them. The waves have no knockback, but can deal damage to their victim even through shields. It can also create two to four eye-like lights that emit shockwaves across the screen. His blue orb attack now creates more smaller orbs. When battled alongside, Dharkon, Galeem's wave attack is now horizontal and is operated in cooperation with Dharkon's dark waves. Galeem and Dharkon can be harmed by one another's attacks. When Dharkon is stunned, Galeem will attack his counterpart by forming a blade out of his wings and stabbing Dharkon's core. Sometimes, both bosses will disappear, leaving two puppet fighters (sometimes one) each.

When defeated in the final fight, Galeem will release a shockwave of energy that deals significant damage and knockback, though this can be dodged easily. In his first fight, the blast does nothing and is just for show.

Profiles and statistics

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Spirit

Names	Series/Games	Types	Classes	Strengths/Effect(s)	How To Obtain	Spirit Battles
						Opponent(s)	Battle Conditions	Stages	Songs
Galeem	Super Smash Bros. Series	Primary (0)	Legend	Neutral Bane of Darkness	World of Light (Final Battle)	Galeem	Take your strongest team into this no-frills battle	Final Destination (variation)	Galeem

Names in Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning, Notes, and Origin
Japanese	Kīra	Reference to the Japanese shining onomatopoeia, Kira kira, due to his role as the Lord of Light.
Spanish	Lúmina (m) Genitive: Lumines	From the Latin Luminus (light source)
French	Kilaire	From his Japanese name merged with Luminaire.
Italian	Kiáran Genitive: Kiaránis	From blending his Japanese name Kīra with the Italian Chiáro (bright)
German	Kyra	From his Japanese Name
Russian	Siyan	Based on the verb Siyat, which means "to shine".
Korean	Kira	Based on his Japanese name.
Chinese	Jílā	Based on his Japanese name.

Trivia

• The way Galeem represents light is rather ironic considering his evil alignment.