Knucklotec

is the Guardian Deity of the Sand Kingdom in Super Mario Odyssey. It is featured as the boss of Tostarena, is the second boss of the Sand Kingdom and is overall the fourth boss of the game.
==Profile==
===Physical description===
Knucklotec are based on the sculpted by the ancient civilization.
==In Super Mario Odyssey==
Knucklotec is encountered when Mario enters the sand flow directly beneath the Inverted Pyramid. When he appears, he is distraught over the loss of the kingdom's Wedding Ring, the Binding Band, and believes that Mario to have stolen it. Along with Bowser's icy water attack, he is the cause of the ice in the Sand Kingdom, and when he is defeated all the ice melts away.
In battle, Knucklotec slams his fists into the ground, with each fist locking onto Mario and slamming down to smash him; if the fist strikes an ice shard, it briefly writhes in pain.
Mario must then capture one of the fists with Cappy (although stunning one of Knucklotec's fists will not stop him from attacking with the other fist, so Mario has to be quick) and use it to knock out Knucklotec while avoiding the faceted ice crystals the boss fires from his other fist; Mario controls the fist the same way as when a Bullet Bill is under his control. Upon being hit, the first two times, Knucklotec will slide his fists across the battlefield once; the fists travel parallel to each other. He will then slam his arms into the ground, causing faceted ice crystals to burrow partially into the ground from above.
Mario must then repeat the process once more. During the third phase, Knucklotec's fist-slide attack is slightly faster, and he has an additional attack where his arms lock onto Mario before clapping together multiple times.
After his defeat, Knucklotec will explode, releasing the Sand Kingdom's second Multi Moon.
In the rematch battle in Peach's Castle, Knucklotec's fist-sliding attack may create Chinchos. He also creates a horde of Chinchos at the start of the battle.
==Trivia==
* Knucklotec slightly resembles Andross and the Floralians since their body plan is a disembodied head with two hands at their sides, although the Floralians have a body of leaves below their head and Andross is made of flesh and his hands can be destroyed. 
** On top of this, his boss fight resembles Eyerok's fight since both bosses involve two disembodied hands attacking Mario, with the main difference being that Knucklotec also has a head.
*Knucklotec is the only boss that can be defeated by capturing one of their own body parts. In his fight, you capture his hands to punch him.
**On the other hand, Torkdrift can only be defeated if you capture an uproot since it is the only to reach his core, and Mollusque-Lanceur can only be defeated if you capture a gushen to rocket up to his head and blast him with water.
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