Asynchronous Rondo

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Asynchronous Rondo​

Asynchronous Rondo

Species	Jelleton
Habitat	Boss floors
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Eye color	Red
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Location	10F and 20F (Layered-Rotator.Floor)
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“	The Layered Rotator Asynchronous Rondo	”
— Asynchronous Rondo's boss introduction

Asynchronous Rondo is a Jelleton boss in Splatoon 3: Side Order.

Description

Asynchronous Rondo is a large rotating tower. The boss design is based off of a sushi conveyor belt and a merry-go-round, and the stage is inspired by a panopticon prison and a circus arena. It has weak points on each layer resembling Jelletons as huge blobs of black jelly and bulging red eyes.

The Rondo was originally created by Marina to serve as a hospitality bot, but it had been corrupted by Order, becoming aggresive as a result.

Strategy

Asynchronous Rondo consists of nine layers of gradually bigger, spinning wheels. Each layer has an exposed face vulnerable to attacks; adjacent to the faces are searchlights that activate on the bottom layer which can be avoided by hiding behind cover or hiding in ink. However, it can still spot the player when fast swimming. When a layer is destroyed, the said layer collapses and lowers the layers above it. Attacking the face of the layer will deal normal damage. The wheels can also be attacked, but this does much less damage.

It attacks by summoning hordes of Jelletons while trying to find the player with its searchlights. If the player stands under the bottom layer, it uses an attack similar to the Wave Breaker's shockwave. Should the player be seen by a searchlight, it may use Toxic Mist, a Torpedo, or an Inkstrike; an icon below the searchlight reveals which attack will be triggered. When spotted, the light will turn red, indicating that the player has been found.

When a certain amount of time passes, it spins rapidly and uses one out of three attacks (destroying a layer with lights might reduce the time before an attack, it is unsure still):

• Spinning while shooting Sting Ray-esque beams that slowly track the player's vertical position.
• Shooting Splat Bombs in a circle pattern close to the player.
• Releasing multiple Homing Arpeggios.

After its big attack, it overheats and becomes stunned for a short time.

The arena has cover on the outskirts which can be used to avoid the searchlights. Going under the boss is also an option to avoid being detected by searchlights, its Sting Ray attack, and its Splat Bomb attack, although it will then retaliate with shock waves, getting progressively more frequent the longer the player stays. It will not send out shockwaves if recovering after a heavy attack.

Only the layers with glowing lights along the edges need to be destroyed to defeat Asynchronous Rondo; Inkrails and Bounce Pads in the arena can be used to provide enough height to hit its higher layers should the player's weapon have a long enough range. The order in destroying all glowing layers does not matter.

Quotes

The following text is quoted from the Jelleton Field Guide.

Asynchronous Rondo

Habitat: Boss floors

(1)	The face-like nodes on the rim are its weak spots. Bad things happen if the searchlight catches you, so hide in its blind spots or duck into your ink until it passes.
(3)	You'll need to destroy the lit-up layers to win. You can work your way up from the bottom, or try for the higher layers first if you have a long-range weapon!
(8)	Wait, is that a symbol under the searchlight? I think it's showing what kind of attack it'll do or something.
Conclusion Don't get caught in the searchlight!

Gallery

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  Agent 8 approaching Asynchronous Rondo

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  Asynchronous Rondo's icon

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  Agent 8 fighting against Asynchronous Rondo

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  Concept art of the Asynchronous Rondo

Trivia

• Asynchronous Rondo's weaknesses are reminiscent of the Octonozzle: both of their weak spots are on circular stacked platforms, which lower when the weak spot is destroyed.
• When Asynchronous Rondo's voice clips are stitched together, they make up a distorted version of the chorus of Ebb & Flow.
• While the defining feature of the Asynchronous Rondo is its use of searchlights for attacks, and its arena displays searchlights scanning the environment, panoptic prisons are actually designed specifically not to use searchlights, which would betray whether or not inmates are being watched.

Etymology

In computing, "asynchronous" functions are functions that can run independently from one another at the same time, as opposed to running one function at a time. Every layer is always spinning, no matter its position, and each layer spins in a different direction from its adjacent layers.

A "rondo", in musical composition, is a style where the main theme repeats several times. This boss spins constantly throughout the fight.

Names in other languages

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Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	カイセンロンド Kaisenrondo	Seafood/Spin Rondo
Dutch	Asynchrone Rondo	Asynchronous Rondo
French (NOE)	Rondo asynchrone	Asynchronous Rondo
German	Asynchrones Rondo	Asynchronous Rondo
Italian	Rondò asincrono	Asynchronous rondo
Russian	Кольцевое асинхрондо Kol'tsevoe asinkhrondo	Annular asynchrondo
Spanish	Rondo circundante	Surrounding rondo
Chinese (Simplified)	回转轮舞 Huízhuǎn lún wǔ	Revolving Rondo
Internal	TowerKing

The Layered Rotator

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	積層し円転する Sekiso shi enten suru
Dutch	De gelaagde rotator	The layered rotator
French	Le Girateur Stratifié	The Layered Rotator
German	Rotierende Stufenstruktur	Rotating step structure
Italian	La trottola stratificata	The layered spinning top
Russian	Ступенчатая юла Stupenchataya yula	Stair-step spinning top