The Darker Lord

### Also Known as

The Great Sage, The Darkest Lord, Sophie (default US English name; Switch version)Brian (default EU English name; Switch version)

### Enemies

The ProtagonistThe Protagonist's teammates

The **Darker Lord** (Japanese: **超魔王** *Chou-maou;* Super Demon Lord) is a form of the Great Sage, that they are forced to take after being possessed by the Dark Curse while defending the main character. He becomes the main antagonist of the second half of the game, after the Dark Lord is defeated, and serves as the final boss for the main story mode of Miitopia.

## Bio

### Birth of the Darker Lord

After a long, tough battle against the Dark Lord, the Dark Curse escapes the now-broken medallion. In a rage, it attempts to possess the hero, only to be blocked out by the Great Sage, unintentionally possessing them instead. This, however, only makes the Dark Lord even more powerful, as his original powers are now combined with the Great Sage's powers. Dubbing himself the **Darker Lord**, he leaves the castle, and creates a new castle with his new powers.

Now even more powerful, The Darker Lord resides in his Sky Scraper, awaiting the protagonist to face them again. Eventually, the Hero does make it to the Sky Scraper, and the Darker Lord steals the faces of the Princess, the King, the Genie, the Fab Fairies, and the Factory Worker once again, attaching them to a Gold General "Princess", a Strong "King" Golem, a Red "Youngest Fab Fairy" Frog with "Fab Fairy"Poles, and a "Ex-Dark Lord", Phantom of Evil, respectively. All of these monsters are simply harder versions of end-bosses faced at the end of each world, with the exception of the Cerberus. After yet another defeat to these monsters, the Darker Lord retreats to his pocket dimension of Otherworld, made up of all the faces he had stolen before.

### Otherworld and the Final Battle

With nowhere left to run, the Darker Lord confronts the protagonist for the last time, saying he was going to die of boredom if they never showed up. The hero demands that the great sage be released from his possession. The Darker Lord, seeing this as one final challenge, absorbs a large amount of faces. This overwhelming amount of faces makes the Darker Lord even more powerful, and he reaches his second form. Due to the extent of the Darker Lord's power, the hero cannot face him alone, and must choose members of their party to face the Darker Lord's hands, before facing the Darker Lord himself. After choosing who fights each hand, the battle begins.

The battle first starts against the Darker Lord's left hand, which can slap members of a party, or slash at them with its claws. This hand is attack based, a counter to the magic-based right hand, and has some of the highest attack power in the game. After a short battle, the Right Hand is battled, which is completely different from the Left Hand. Rather than using brute strength, the Right Hand uses magic from the Darker Lord's staff, and can cast spells such as lightning or fire. The right hand can also target two random party members, which are used as victims to the Right Hand's devastating Tower of Flame. However, the Right Hand is defeated, leaving only the Darker Lord himself.

However, the party has not finished the battle yet, and the Darker Lord appears before them, stealing and absorbing the faces of the party members that faced both of their hands. These six new faces further extend the Darker Lord's power, resulting in the birth of the **Darkest Lord,** and it falls to the four remaining Miis to finish him off.

In battle, the Darkest Lord is by far the hardest boss in the main game, having huge amounts of attack power and defense, and attacks by throwing coins with faces on them. He can also summon "Teammate" Coins to assist him in battle, using the faces of the other six party members each time, similar to the battle against the Dark Lord. Additionally, like the Dark Lord battle, his pattern will change after half of his HP is depleted, such as a move that reduces the HP of every party member to 1, or summoning a wave of meteorites to damage all of the party. After a long battle, the Darkest Lord is defeated, and explodes in a wild fury, releasing the Great Sage.

## Boss phases & statistics

* "Great Sage"'s Left Hand
* "Great Sage"'s Right Hand
* "Great Sage", The Darkest Lord

### Special Attacks

Magic All
Bit Random 3
One More Time!

## Journal Number

### Next #

153

**"Great Sage"'s Left Hand** (Japanese: **"Mii's name"の左手** *"Mii's name"'s Left Hand*) is the first boss encountered in the Darker Lord's Domain. Its appearance is of a large blue hand with long fingernails, and a wrist made out of three gold coins, each possessing a face part. Its defeat unlocks the "Great Sage"'s Right Hand battle.

When facing the Darker Lord, the player will be prompted to split the team into three groups, three for the Left Hand, three for the Right and the last four for the face.

## Actions

 Bit Random 3
 Magic All
 One More Time! (auto)

### Special Attacks

Magic Wide
Magic Lock 2
One More Time!

## Journal Number

### Next #

154

The **"Great Sage"'s Right Hand'**s (Japanese: **"Mii's name"の右手** *"Mii's name"'s Right Hand*) targeting can be hard to shield as nothing stops the hand from either using Towers of Flame right after or breaking shields with Lightning then using it. Luckily, it is easily survivable.

## Actions

 Magic Lock 2
 Magic Wide
 One More Time! (auto)

### Special Attacks

Big Bang
Call Servant
Dark Hole
Nightmare
Asteroids
One More Time!

## Journal Number

### Next #

156

After defeating the hands, the Darker Lord will steal the faces of the hand fighters, becoming **"Great Sage", The Darkest Lord** (Japanese: **真超魔王"Mii's name"** *True Super Demon "Mii's name"*) and facing the last team for the finale.

## Actions

 Call Servant
 Dark Hole
 Nightmare
 **Big Bang** | The boss grins before unleashing a huge flash that reduces all Mii characters to 1 HP, Bypasses Shield Sprinkles. (Mii characters with 1 HP will take 0 damage.)

## Enemy Statistics

"Great Sage", The Darkest Lord

**Tips**:

* When its HP hits 50%, on its next turn it will enter its second form and use its big bang attack.
* In the second form, it attacks in a pattern:

```
  Big Bang - Attack
  Attack - Black Hole
  Attack - Attack

```

 Asteroids - Attack
## Appearance

The Darker Lord takes on the appearance of a demonic version of the Great Sage, wearing white, flowing robes that fade into turquoise, while having various features present on the original Dark Lord, such as demonic hands and an open eye medallion. The hood is replaced with a large collar, however, and the head features a more bony appearance, as the cheeks pinch in and the chin is more defined. The hairstyle is also different. While the Dark Lord had a parted, Victorian-esque hairstyle, the Darker Lord has a blue, twisted hairstyle that is mostly shaved off, appearing very similar to the Dark Curse.

## Quotes

> *“Are you joking? I get Great Sage powers too?! This is even better than being a Dark Lord! I’m now...an even Darker Lord! Waaa ha ha haaaa!”*
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> *- The Darker Lord, moments after possessing the Great Sage*
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> *“So you finally made it up here. I thought I was going to die of boredom.”*
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> *- The Darker Lord, right before the final fight*
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> *”And now, the moment you’ve all been waiting for!”*
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> *- The Darkest Lord before using Big Bang*
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## Gallery

### The Darker Lord

Transparent image of the Darker Lord in the 3DS version.The pop-up message displayed when attempting the Darker Lord fight with less than ten Miis.The Darker Lord on the world mapThe Darker Lord encountered in the Otherworld
### "Great Sage"'s Left Hand

The Left Hand in the Journal.The "Great Sage"'s Left Hand pre-battle.The "Great Sage"'s Left Hand alone.The "Great Sage"'s Left Hand's standard attack.The "Great Sage"'s Left Hand's random-target attack.The "Great Sage"'s Left Hand's all-target magic.The "Great Sage"'s Left Hand defeated.
### "Great Sage"'s Right Hand

The Right Hand in the Journal.The "Great Sage"'s Right Hand pre-battle.The "Great Sage"'s Right Hand alone.The "Great Sage"'s Right Hand's standard attack.The "Great Sage"'s Right Hand locking on to party members.The "Great Sage"'s Right Hand's magic attack after the lock-on.The "Great Sage"'s Right Hand's wide-target magic.The "Great Sage"'s Right Hand defeated.
### "Great Sage", the Darkest Lord

The Darkest Lord in the Journal.The Darker Lord's second form.The Darker Lord showing up and stealing the other Teammates' faces, becoming the Darkest Lord.The Darkest Lord pre-battleEncountering The Darkest LordThe Darkest Lord along with two "Teammate" CoinsThe Darkest Lord with his guard loweredThe Darkest Lord's standard attackThe Darkest Lord using Call ServantThe Darkest Lord using Dark HoleThe Darkest Lord using NightmareThe Darkest Lord using AsteroidsThe Darkest Lord transitioning to his final formThe Darkest Lord transforming into his final form, then using Big BangThe Darkest Lord using Big BangThe Darkest Lord glowing red after he transforms.The Darkest Lord before exploding after defeating himThe sequence of The Darkest Lord's explosionDarkest Lord in Switch version adorning makeupEncounter with The Darkest Lord in the Switch Version
### Internal data

An unused animation for the Darker Lord. Image from The Cutting Room Floor.Another unused animation for the Darker Lord. Image from The Cutting Room Floor. (However, This animation is used by the Evil Sage and Light Sage when using Tower of Flame.)
## Trivia

* The Left Hand's attacks are reminiscent of the Cat’s Double Scratch (the all-target magic attack) and the Thief‘s Whirlwind Blades (the random-target attack that hits three times), while the Right Hand's is reminiscent of the Mage's Lightning (wide-target magic) and Tower of Flame (the lock-on magic) abilities.
* The Darkest Lord, the District bosses, and the Tower of Dread and Despair bosses are the only bosses that can be fought again, the former in order to re-watch the credits.
* The Evil Sage is technically the first enemy to use the Darker Lord's Sprites in battle, as when the Darker lord is approached, he turns into the Darkest Lord.
	+ Sometimes the game is likely to permanently prevent the player from encountering the Tower of Dread (and to an extent, the Tower of Despair in the Nintendo Switch version), as the Reborn Mii is required to summon it and only appears if "Save him" is chosen.
* The Evil Sage boss in New Lumos is reminiscent of the Right Hand's boss battle, while the Dark Sun boss is reminiscent of the Darkest Lord boss battle.
* Defeating the Darkest Lord and re-watching the ending will cure all sick Mii characters. This is useful if the player's hero is sick or too many Mii characters are unwell.
* When viewed in the Journal, the Darkest Lord's background lights appear as part of its character model. It shares this trait with the Dark Sun.
* During the Darkest Lord's death animation, it briefly cycles through all possible Mii expressions before settling on "nightmare" and exploding.
* The Darkest Lord and the Dark Sun are some of the few monsters with in-battle dialogue. The Dark Lord and General also have this, although the latter exclusively during the pre-battle with the Noble's Son.
* The Darkest Lord and the Dark Sun are the only two monsters that can inflict 0 damage if any Mii with 1 HP is hit by Big Bang. In the Nintendo Switch version, this is also true regarding Juvenile Snurps.
* It’s possible for both the Darkest Lord and the Dark Sun to have 3 turns in one, if just before reaching half HP (or in the Dark Sun’s case, 30% of HP), he kills a Mii and another Mii avenges that one, reducing his HP to below 50%. It this is the first out of his two turns, he will use Big Bang, reducing your team to 1 HP. He will then use his standard attack, therefore having had 3 turns in one.
* If the party fighting the main part is powerful enough, the second phase and Big Bang attack can be skipped entirely.
	+ In fact, the party can beat the main part before the Darkest Lord can attack.
* Although the "Great Sage"'s Left Hand and Right Hand do not drop grub, it is possible to obtain either Devil's Food Cake or Devil's Food Cake ★ when a Cat uses Steal Grub on them.
* The Darker Lord has two animations that are never used in the game proper.
* Within the game's files, the Darker Lord's Darkest Lord form is called "SuperSatanCenter0".
* Their Left and Right hands are also internally called "SuperSatanLeft0" and "SuperSatanRight0" respectively.
* Darker Lord's Left and Right hands uses the same theme with the Evil Sage, but both with entirely different intros.
* Both of the Darker Lord's hands are the only monsters not to have any kind of variants.

## See also

* The Great Sage, the Darker Lord's true form.
* The Dark Curse, the one possessing the Great Sage.