Bashmaster

Bashmaster, referred to as Bashmaster, the Unbreakable, is the boss of Juicy Jungle in Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze.

Physical appearance

Bashmaster is a large polar bear. He wears a belt, with the jewel that has a snowflake pattern in the middle. He also has two wristbands on each arm.

Strategy

Bashmaster mainly uses his spiky hammer to attack. At first, he comes to a Kong, and swings his hammer on the ice. However, he cannot pull his hammer back, which gives a chance for the Kongs to step on him. When stepped on, Bashmaster will stagger and fall into the fruit juice pool, and comes back to the ice floe. He then jumps high and falls down, which causes the Kongs to move slightly backwards. He then summons ice blocks and push them to the Kongs; some of them contain items such as Bananas, Banana Coins, Watermelon Bombs, and Hearts. In this case, throwing a Watermelon Bomb causes him to take damage, which will make him to fall into the juice pool again.

After taking three hits from either stomping or Watermelon Bombs, Bashmaster's fur color will change into a light purple. He will hit the ice floe to summon 2-3 ice blocks from above. When the ice blocks are set, Bashmaster will dash towards the Kongs, break the ice blocks, and spin at the end, which will make him dizzy. When he gets dizzy, he is again vulnerable to a stomp attack which causes him to fall into the juice pool. His hammer-swinging attack now creates an icy wave which causes the Kongs to take damage. Another pattern involves him summoning ice blocks and hitting them with his mallet to create a spiky ice block which tracks the Kongs.

After taking three more hits, his fur color will change into a purple completely. However, other than the change of coloration of his fur, and attack speed, his pattern will remain same. If the player hits him with another three stomps or a bomb, the boss is defeated.