Daphne

"Now, now, Edge Edge icon MRSOH.png. Best to keep a clear head - you need to play the LONG GAME here."

- Daphne

Daphne is a member of the Spark Hunters and a boss in Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope. She is a tall, blue-haired female Rabbid with a bob cut covering her eyes. Her clothing, resembling pink petals, has a hoodie similar to a Piranha Plant's upper lip, and wears yellow petal-like boots. Being half plant, she has vine tentacles. Her name is a reference to the in Greek mythology, who turned herself into a tree to escape 's advances. She is similar to Pirabbid Plant, a boss in the previous game, Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle, as they are both Rabbid bosses who have a plant theme and use vines to fight their enemies.

History
Daphne was created by Cursa along with Edge, Bedrock, and Midnite to hunt down Sparks. When Edge betrayed Cursa, Daphne and her comrades turned on her in response as they retained their loyalty to Cursa.

After the heroes beat Bedrock, Daphne arrives in a spaceship to retrieve her and bring her to Cursa. Later, Daphne hands over three Sparks that she managed to capture to Cursa (to the annoyance of her comrades, who came back with nothing), who absorbs them. Later in Barrendale Mesa, Daphne takes Momma hostage, forcing the heroes to defeat Daphne to save Momma.

After Cursa's defeat, it is unknown what became of Daphne.

Battle
Like Midnite, Daphne is fought in three phases. She is on top of Momma's garage at the far end of the battlefield, prompting the heroes to make their way to her before they can attack her. Daphne attacks by shooting two targets at once, and can also use a meteor technique which inflicts the Ooze Super Effect on nearby targets, as well as damaging nearby cover. If Daphne leaves her starting area, she can simply climb up to higher cover and return there. Whenever Daphne loses all of her HP, she will cause a solar eclipse, changing the battlefield layout. She can only do this twice, as she is defeated the third time. Daphne is resistant to the ooze super effect.

Memory bio
''It was on Barrendale Mesa that we crossed paths with the most vile, corrupt Spark Hunter of them all - Daphne. She toyed with us like a cat would a mouse, though she derived from neither. Cursa instead fused DNA with a rare species of pink climbing rose - those often found in secretive corners of moonlit gardens. She is sneaky, and uses her thorns well - not to defend, but to destroy.''
 * DAPHNE