Squidface Brute

“Steer clear of his deadly Anchor attacks.”

—Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure flavor text (Wii)

“Time to raise anchor.”

—Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure flavor text (PS3 / Xbox 360)

Squidface Brutes are squid-like pirate enemies that attack the Skylanders by slamming their large anchors. They appear only in Dark Water Cove and Leviathan Lagoon in the console versions of Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure. They can be extremely deadly if they land a hit on your Skylander with their anchors, as they do a lot of damage, and they can attack again almost immediately after successfully hitting you.

One notable Squidface Brute, known as Squidbeard, is a boss featured in the 3DS version of Skylanders: Giants. He assisted Dreadbeard in his conquest to plunder Skylands.

Game Data

Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure

Health: 136 HP

Damage methods:

Anchor slam: 91 damage

XP given: 84 XP

Italicized text refers to values only present in Heroic Challenges.

Values may vary depending on location, difficulty, and/or other factors.

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Trivia

They are mentioned in Rip Tide's backstory, where it is stated they were sent by Kaos, confirming that some of them work for Kaos.
They share their models, behavior, and pirate gibberish (sans their crab-claws and squid-faces) with Captain K9s, but in Skylanders: Giants, the sounds of Captain K9s were changed from the Squidface Brute's gibberish to new sound affects.
The Squidface Brutes in Leviathan Lagoon are noticeably larger than the ones in Dark Water Cove.
They are one of several enemies in the XPEC versions of the game who use their hurt animation upon being defeated, rather than a special defeated animation, like most enemies do.
Squidbeard is the only Squidface Brute found in the 3DS versions.

Pirates