| Gryphon | |
| Model No. | 
|
|---|---|
| ADV-0 | |
| Type | |
| Arch-Devil | |
| Parts | |
| Head: | Demolish |
| Right Arm: | Drown |
| Left Arm: | Ruin |
| Legs: | Source |
| Appearances | |
| Medarot 4
Medabots Spirits, Medarot OCG | |
Gryphon, known in Japanese as Grains (グレイン), is an ADV-type Medabot that first appeared in Medarot 4.
Description
Gryphon is the most powerful version of the devil Medabots and was listed as an arch-devil-type. Vile and cruel, he is the polar opposite of his rival, Particle. Contrary to the size of his head, Gryphon's body is small, and his arms resemble large cannons. His unbalanced design gives him an appearance reminiscent of an alien. When comparing Gryphon to other Medabots, his head resembles that of Babbyblu.
In the games
Medarot 4
Gryphon is the final boss, being used by Orochi at the story's final battle, and Ikki fights him with the AAG-Model, Particle. Later, Gryphon can be obtained (In the Kuwagata Version) from the Dream Machine in the left room of Medabot Corporation. After inserting a Rubberobo Medal in the machine, it will request the following items:
- Dash Shoes: After winning 60 times on Meda Speed King.
- Anchor Sash: After winning 40 times on Medaroad Race.
- Paper Plane: After winning 60 times on Meda Bird Contest.
- Shuri's Autograph: After winning 30 times on Ms. Medarot Contest.
After inserting all the items into the Dream Machine, the player will get Gryphon. Particle is obtained the same way in the Kabuto Version.
Gryphon can disable Medaforce with the Force Control on his Head Part, Demolish. Though this effect can expire as time passes. With his Right Arm Part, Drone, he can inflict "Action Induction", which forces the afflicted Medabot to use the same part as the Medabot that inflicted it, regardless of the part's condition. However, the action will still fail if the part is broken or out of uses. Gryphon's Left Arm Part, Ruin directly hits the opponent with a "Static", leaving the targeted part with a quarter of its current health if it lands.
Gryphon is also able to Medachange into a hover-type. In this form, each of his moves focuses on making his enemy suffer. His Drive A has "Assassin", a direct attack that always hits, a "Destroy" attack on his Drive B, and a "Time Attack" on his Drive C, a shooting attack that gets stronger as the Robattle time passes.
Medarot S: Unlimited Nova
Gryphon returned after a long absence in the games. The action from the right arm was replaced by Confusion, the legs gained the effect Blow Beat, and the head and arms are now considered Heavy parts, with the legs having a Heavy Limit of 3 to support them. For the Medachange, Drive A changed to Pile, and Drive C was updated to Count Attack.
In the anime
In Medabots Spirit, some incomplete parts from Gryphon first appeared briefly in The Mystery Medafighter... Revealed!, and Gryphon is fully assembled in "Winner Take All", where Zuru's father, Dr. Maizu, introduced him as Extreme Tech's strongest Kilobot yet. During a test presentation, Kam quickly became impressed after watching him defeat two Unitrixes and even a Redrun with little effort, and asked if he could borrow him. Though suspicious, Dr. Maizu allowed it, but not before warning Kam that since Gryphon is still just a prototype, he would break if he attacks without his limiter. Dr. Maizu didn't realize however that Kam planned to use Gryphon to battle his son, Zuru. Despite fighting both Roks and Tyrelbeetle, Gryphon received no damage from either of them. Defeating Tyrelbeetle with just a few shots, Kam decided to go against Dr. Maizu's instructions and removed the limiter. True to what Dr. Maizu claimed, after the attack missed Roks, the unfinished Kilobot was unable to handle to energy and collapsed. Dr. Maizu then told Kam he no longer intended to finish the Kilobot.
Unfortunately, Gryphon's development continued without Dr. Maizu, and Kam decided to insert Blakbeetle's Neo Ex Medal on Gryphon. However, Blakbeetle couldn't handle the high amount of input she felt in Gryphon's powerful system and went berserk.[1] Despite her protests, Kam remained firm and decided to try again. After Blakbeetle ran away to Ikki, Kam has Gryphon attack Metabee and Arc-Dash until Blakbeetle decided to return.
Gryphon appeared for the last time during the final battle against Kam, where he challenged Ikki, Ginkai and Zuru. Deciding he would spare Blakbeetle's body if they won, Kam once again inserted her medal into Gryphon and blocked out her emotions for good measure. Though she quickly overpowered Metabee, Roks, Arc-Dash, and Tyrelbeetle, Ikki had the plan to use the energy core in Extreme Tech's power room in their favor, warning Kam that it would be dangerous for such a powerful Kilobot to attack near it. However, Kam ignores the warning and has Gryphon attack anyway, damaging the core. When Gryphon is thrown into the core, it explodes, starting a fire. Gryphon was heavily damaged, but Blakbeetle regained control and managed to stay functional long enough to save Kam from falling debris, asking the Medabots she was fighting to protect Kam. After the battle, Blakbeetle's Neo Ex Medal was returned to her body.
The English dub listed Gryphon as a "Super Devil-type Medabot".
Gallery
Related Medabots
- Particle, his AAG-series counterpart.
| Arch-Devil-type Medarots | |
| ADV00 | Gryphon |
References
- ↑ Gryphon-Doom. In the Japanese version, the reason Blakbeetle went of control as Gryphon is because researchers made Gryphon amplify the negative emotions from its Medal as a test to see if it could result in new abilities.
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