Darkus (original version: Darkon (ダークオン, Dākuon) is the attribute of Darkness. Exedra was the legendary soldier of Darkus, until he gave his attribute energy to Percival and then the Bakugan evolved to Knight Percival.

Contents 1 Gameplay 1.1 Notable Anime Users 2 Color Scheme 3 Relation with Other Attributes 4 Bakugan Dimensions Fighting Styles 5 Etymology 6 Trivia

GameplayEdit

Darkus Bakugan have a large variety of G-Powers and Ability Cards so there are many ways to use them. The strongest Bakugan of this Attribute is a Scaboid with 1300 Gs. The current Soldier is Alpha Hydranoid, Knight Percival, Linehalt, Infinity Helios, Orbeum, and Skytruss.

Notable Anime UsersEdit

Brawler	Guardian Bakugan
Alice Gehabich/Masquerade	Reaper (only Masquerade, formerly) Hydranoid ► Dual Hydranoid ► Alpha Hydranoid
Ace Grit	Percival ► Knight Percival
Shadow Prove (Presumed Deceased)	Hades (destroyed) MAC Spider (destroyed)
Ren Krawler	Linehalt
Barodius/Mag Mel	Dharak ► Phantom Dharak ► Razenoid ►Evolved Razenoid
Anubias (deceased)	Horridian
Spectra Phantom	Infinity Helios
Chris	Clawsaurus
Wiseman	Betadron, Mutabrid & Kodokor
Shun Kazami	Skytruss & Orbeum (temporarily)
Marduk (Video Game Character)	Vladitor ► Battle Ax Vladitor

Color SchemeEdit

Darkus has a color scheme of a black body with purple trim, with mainly red, light blue, yellow and green as the third colors. Sometimes the colors may include gold and silver.

There are also BakuFlip Darkus Bakugan that are mainly purple with black trim and mainly white with black trim.

The Gundalian Invaders color scheme of Darkus Bakugan is still mainly black, but with sickly green highlights instead of purple. Although purple is still seen on Darkus Bakugan.

Relation with Other AttributesEdit

• Diagonal Relation - Pyrus
• Side Relation - Aquos and Haos
• Triple Node - Ventus and Subterra

Bakugan Dimensions Fighting StylesEdit

On Bakugan Dimensions, Darkus is unique because its gate cards are stackable; so if you play one on top of another, the first one will not be dispelled. Most of these gates also boost the power of Darkus attacks.

• Darkness Falls
• Darkness Falls 2
• Solemn Night
• Balance of Power
• Strike from Shadow
• Gate Controller
• Darkened Waves- Darkus and Aquos
• Light in the Shadow- Haos and Darkus

EtymologyEdit

The symbol of the Darkus attribute is derived from the Han character for darkness, 闇 (yami).

TriviaEdit

• Darkus is the attribute for the game-exclusive Bakugan Vladitor and Battle Ax Vladitor.
• Alice Gehabich and Chris are the only female characters that use this attribute.
• Of all the characters that are mentioned in this list, only Spectra Phantom is dressed with a costume of a single color, black, when he appears in Interspace Under Siege from Bakugan: Mechtanium Surge.
• On Bakugan Dimensions, it can drain stats and ignore defenses.
• Darkus on Bakugan Dimensions doesn't have any fast attacks without stat advantages. (i.e., winning in agility)
• The majority of the users with this attribute are villains from each season except Alice Gehabich, Ace Grit and Spectra Phantom (he was a Pyrus villain in New Vestroia but his redemption made him a protagonist).
• 3/4 main antagonists use the Darkus attribute.
• More than half of the Baku Sky Raiders that have appeared in the anime are Darkus-attributed.