Toriel/In Battle

Toriel blocks the way!

**Toriel** is the first enemy and boss fought exclusively in Hard Mode. She will attack Susie believing she's following Asgore's plans to capture Frisk's human SOUL. Just as her fireballs are close to hitting her, Frisk will interfere, taking the hit for her and starting the battle.

During the battle, *Serious Mode* will be active, changing Susie's battle expression. Additionally, as long as Susie is up, Toriel's attacks will only do damage to her. This can be changed by selecting the "Defend Susie" ACT, which will make Frisk take all damage instead.

## Attacks

#### *"You shall suffer for trying to kill the human."*

* Toriel's opening attack. She will surround Susie's SOUL with several fireballs; just as they are about to hit her, Frisk's SOUL will replace Susie's, taking 15 damage.

#### Paw Sweep

* A paw appears at the top-left corner of the Bullet Board and sweeps in an arc to the top-right corner, leaving a trail of fireballs. When the paw reaches the other side of the board, the fireballs will launch toward the SOUL and bounce off of the walls. In later rounds, the attack contains a second paw that starts at the bottom-right corner and mirrors the first. This attack ends immediately if the SOUL touches either paw.

#### Fire waves

* Streams of fireballs fall from the top of the Bullet Board in a crisscrossing double-helix pattern and accumulate at the bottom. The streams have holes in the middle of them to dodge through, including two safe spots in both top corners. In the harder version of this attack, the Bullet Board is shorter, and fireballs are hovering at the sides. The safe corner spots still exist despite this but are smaller and harder to reach.

#### Fire helix

* Thicker streams of fireballs are too thick to dodge through, but they do not sweep back and forth, allowing a careful player to keep their SOUL safe between the streams.

## Strategy

In order to progress the fight, either select the "Defend Susie" ACT (which takes Susie's turn as well, and will make only Frisk take damage for the turn it is used) or hit Toriel enough times until the *"Seems like Toriel might listen to Susie now."* flavor text appears; at that point either selecting "Susie TALK" ACT or hitting Toriel one final time will end the battle.

During the fight, Toriel will exclusively target Susie to deal damage to her, unless either the "Defend Susie" ACT is selected or Susie goes down during a turn, which will make Frisk damageable for the rest of the attack duration (making it possible for Toriel to kill Frisk and causing a Game Over). If Susie gets down, she will recover immediately after the attack ended (this does NOT apply to Frisk, however).

## Quotes

* Toriel: You shall suffer for trying to kill the human. **[After encircling Susie's SOUL with fireballs]**
	+ Susie: B... But Ms. Dreemur, I-
	+ Toriel: WHAT DID YOU JUST CALL ME??!
	+ *As Susie is about to get hit, Frisk gets in the way and takes the damage.*
	+ Toriel: W-what did you just...
	+ Toriel: Did you trip...?
	+ Toriel: My child, get out of the way.
* ...Finally **[When Susie is at 0 HP the first time]**
	+ My child, get out of the way now.
	+ I can finish her off.
	+ ...What are you doing?
* My child, what on earth are you doing?
	+ Why are you guarding her...? **[1st Defend Susie]**
	+ Why are you hitting me? **[1st attack]**
* !!! **[if Frisk gets down after Defending Susie]**
	+ My child, I am so sorry!
	+ Y-you can recover...
	+ Now, back to you.
* What are you trying to accomplish? **[2nd Defend Susie or 2nd hit]**
	+ I am trying to protect you.
* Do you understand me? **[3rd Defend Susie or 3rd hit]**
	+ That monster is dangerous!
	+ Get away from her!
* Stop looking at me like that. **[4th Defend Susie or 4th hit]**
* I just... don't get it... **[5th Defend Susie or 5th hit]**
* Susie: Look, if I actually wanted to kill this kid... **[Susie TALK after 5th Defend Susie ACT]**
	+ Susie: I would've done it already.
	+ Susie: But I didn't, because they never did anything wrong.
	+ Susie: I know nothing about what's going on here, to be honest.
	+ Susie: If you could just let me talk...
	+ Susie: Then I can tell you what the hell my deal is.
	+ Toriel: ...You're right.
	+ Toriel: I am just so... afraid.
	+ Toriel: I am afraid of ASGORE's plans to succeed.
	+ Toriel: I have been afraid for so long.
	+ Toriel: Perhaps is it time for me to finally open up.
	+ Toriel: I apologize for what I have dealt onto you.
	+ Toriel: I will be happy to hear your story.
* No, I understand now. **[Hit when she's ready to listen to Susie]**
	+ I am being unreasonable to harm someone that did not do anything.
	+ I am just so... afraid.
	+ I am afraid of ASGORE's plans to succeed.
	+ I have been afraid for so long.
	+ Perhaps is it time for me to finally open up.
	+ I apologize for what I have dealt onto you.
	+ I will be happy to hear your story.

## Flavor Text

* Toriel blocks the way! **[Encounter]**
* TORIEL - ATK 80 DEF 80 , Knows best for you. **[Check]**
* Susie tried to reason with Toriel, but she was ignored. **[Susie Talk before Toriel is ready to listen to her]**
* Toriel takes a deep breath. **[Neutral]**
* Toriel looks through you. **[Neutral]**
* Toriel prepares a magical attack. **[Neutral]**
* Toriel is acting aloof. **[Neutral]**
* You couldn't think of any conversation topics. **[Talk]**
* You tried to think of something to say again, but... **[2nd talk]**
* Ironically, talking does not seem to be the solution to this situation. **[3rd talk]**
* Susie refused to fight. **[Trying to make Susie attack Toriel]**
* You jumped in front of Susie. **[1st Defend Susie]**
	+ Only you will take damage this turn.
* You continue defending Susie. **[2nd+ Defend Susie]**
* Seems like Toriel might listen to Susie now. **[After 5th Defend Susie ACT or after 5th hit]**
* You felt that Susie should be the one to explain. **[Talk after 5th Defend Susie ACT]**
* Error is dying. **[Low HP with hacks]**

## Trivia

* Toriel is currently the only enemy in the game that can't be killed.
	+ If you change your stats with hacking to kill her, each fatal attack will miss.
* All of Toriel's attacks deal decreased damage to Frisk.