La Taraka

"You, who wish to ransack the Nekrovalley Temple. You shall end up as rust upon my blades!"
La Taraka is a boss character in Bro Warriors. She fiercely protects the Nekrovalley Temple and the Southern Ruins, attacking anyone who visits there. She is known as the "Huntress of the Deep Desert".
== History ==
=== Bro Warriors α ===
With no leads on where to go next to find Pandora's Box, the heroes decide to look towards Nekrovalley for answers. Legends spoke of a map to find the Box was hidden in the Nekrovalley Temple. However, The Temple has since been ransacked multiple times and is currently being guarded by a fierce warrior known as the "Desert Huntress", who also guards the Southern Ruins, and will attack anyone who visits these areas. With no other leads, the heroes head towards Nekrovalley in an attempt to seize the map. The warriors infiltrate the temple (Quiet Sands variation) or make their way to the ruins(Normal variation) , and La Taraka fiercely attacks them, but she is eventually defeated, and the warriors are able to find the map.
== Boss strategy ==
La Taraka's strengths lie within her powerful physical attacks. If she gets close to the player, she can inflict massive damage upon them and stun them for long periods of time with her relentless flurry of attacks. Keeping her at bay with long-reaching normal or special attacks can allow the player to safely deal damage. Weapons with projectiles can zone her out while closer-ranged fighters can close in. Locking onto her and strafing is an excellent way of engaging her if you absolutely must fight her at close range. Weapons such as the Arctic Daggers are not recommended- They require the player to be extremely close to her, and their Defense is lacking, which can easily cause the player to be killed by her. Her attacks include Fang Breaker, which is an attack that lowers the player's ATK multiplier, Shield Breaker, an attack that lower's the players DEF multiplier and causes them to stop blocking, as well as Flare Blade, a FIRE-effect attack that hits multiple times and stays active for a long time. Another move that she has is Heat Wave, which also has the FIRE effect, but it also does more damage depending on how low La Taraka's health is. La Taraka will try to use this attack when she is at lower health, so be on the lookout. Akasha Arts & Hades Blast are her most powerful attacks, and they have the most range out of all of her attacks; the only difference being that Hades Blast does not pierce through blocks. Akasha Arts does, and it should either be Shielded or avoided. If you are hit by Akasha Arts, you will take heavy damage. Stay on the move, and defeat La Taraka by using safe, long-ranged attacks and by locking onto her and strafing, whilst being wary of Akasha Arts, Hades Blast, and Heat Wave.