Taoist Kim was a player in Lucid Adventure. She was a 'member' of Chairman Kim's infamous workshop. In Lucid Adventure, Taoist Kim was a member of Team Taoist that took part in the last ever Combat Tournament. Team Taoist was knocked out by the eventual winners, Team Dark.
At some point in the past, she became a prisoner of Chairman Kim's due to not being able to pay back her debt. She took part in the ambush of the then #1 ranked Hardcore Leveling Warrior along with the Anti-Hardcore Leveling Warrior Alliance.
In the real world, Taoist Kim is actually a female. Alongside Lila and Gong Won-Ho, she took part in an escape plan hatched by Gong Won-Ho. It is presumed she died after she crashed her car into barrels of oil in order to give Gong Won-Ho and Lila a chance to escape.
Appearance[]
Real World[]
Taoist Kim is a short girl with black neck length hair. She wears long sleeved pale yellow shirt and green blue pants.
Lucid Adventure[]
In the game, Taoist Kim is a male. His avatar was a young man with black neck length hair with a top knot style. In his first appearance, he wore a yellow metal helmet, white long sleeved checkered shirt , navy blue pants, and red and white sneakers. He also wore a red backpack
After that, he now wore a black stand collar jacket, long sleeved light collar shirt that has small sword wielding red figures in a suit underneath, black jeans and white sneakers. He still wore his red backpack from back then but no longer wore his helmet.
Gallery[]
Webtoon[]
Real World[]
Lucid Adventure[]
Personality[]
Taoist Kim is a a clever and mischievous person. When she first appeared in the Subjugation Round, she told her teammates to retreat from attacking Team Dark as she had sensed a more powerful being and that Team Dark will supposedly die to it. She always has a smiling expression on her face when she fights which indicates that she has fun with it. Taoist Kim also displays great teamwork as she had often lead and supported her teammates, he took charge and supported her group against Sora's group in the Subjugation Round and she was clever enough to put a charm that protected No Name from mind control unbeknownst to other people. She had even synergized with No Name as both combined each other skills for great buffs and passives. Taoist Kim also likes challenges as she had wanted Hardcore Leveling Warrior to show his prowess back when he was Rank One.
She had pulled a prank on Ethan as they were about to escape despite being in a serious situation. Nevertheless, she is a good person and has a strong sense of justice as she had realized that she was the only one that could save Ethan and Lila. She sacrificed her life to save them despite that she had the opportunity to escape herself.
Relationships[]
Chairman Kim's Workshop[]
Hardcore Leveling Warrior[]
Taoist Kim and Hardcore Leveling Warrior are fellow cellmates under Chairman Kim's workshop. They both had an alliance and formulated a plan to escape Chairman Kim's Workshop. Taoist Kim acknowledges that Hardcore is strong and respects his power. She and Hardcore are good friends as both had fun when they fought one another during the semi-finals. According to Taoist Kim, Hardcore Leveling Warrior was the same rude person he was in the game in real life.
The Gang of Four[]
Cocory[]
They were former teammates during the Subjugation Round. It was shown that she was on good terms with her as she let Cocory have a one on one fight with Sora. It is unknown if they are still after they disbanded.
Road Block[]
They were former teammates during the Subjugation Round. It was shown that she was on good terms with her. Road Block wanted Taoist Kim to support her to which the latter complied. It is unknown if they are still after they disbanded.
Korean Ninja[]
They were former teammates during the Subjugation Round. It was shown that she was on good terms with him. After they were defeated by Sora's group, Taoist Kim told Korean Ninja to use his smoke bomb immediately, Taoist Kim grabbed him and her other teammates and escaped.
Team Taoist[]
Lila[]
Taoist Kim and Lila are both fellow cellmates under Chairman Kim's workshop. They have known each other for a time and were neighbors as they casually talked to one another. They were enemies at first during the Subjugation Round and Taoist Kim said that she didn't expect Lila to be with Team Dark. Soon after, they became teammates from then on as shown in the Siege Round. Taoist Kim thought things were getting crazy when Lila used her Hell's Kitchen during the semi-finals.
Wolf Man[]
Taoist Kim's runaway teammate. She said that Wolf Man was suppose to be her teammate during the Subjugation Round but he ran off, saying he'll become the King of Wolves. She had put a charm on him and tracked him down only to find him fighting against Team Dark. They were friend and both had synergy with one another as they came up with a transformation spell.
No Name[]
Taoist Kim and No Name were teammates. She wanted No Name in her team as she liked how skilled No Name was and looked for her, saying that No Name was what her team needed and that they might stand a chance of winning with her on their side. They became friends and synergized very well with each other as they combined their skills numerous times.
Skills & Abilities[]
Overview[]
Taoist Kim is an incredibly skilled and versatile player, able to perform all types of roles from support to damage dealer with her summons and is able to make complete use of her skills and create combination skills with her teammates such as the Monster Ship. Further proof is that she was the smarts in both her teams and even quickly figure what was going to happen to No Name during the PvP Round Quarter finals, installing a purification charm on her which removed No Name's paralysis before the latter engaged the enemy team.
Her skill earned Heart Heater's anger who called her "one tough son of a bitch" as she was able to create an original skill that baffled even the Dragon Knight. Taoist Kim is capable of monsterizing both her and her teammate such as Wolf Man, converting both of them into an entirely different being/monster.
Shudderwock[]
Taoist's Kim ultimate where she possesses and merges with Shudderwock, a high level goblin, increasing her physical capabilities and allowing her to proficiently use an array of firearms. It is Taoist Kim's transformation that bolster his physical capabilities and grows in power depending on how many clones it has.[1]
Physical Abilities: Shudderwock possesses immense physical capabilities.
- Strength: Shudderwock almost killed Dark with a single one of its strikes and was able to easily pierce through Rajie's chest.[2] He possessed a great amount of strength that he was surprised when Rajie managed to block it with one arm.[1]
- Endurance: Shudderwock was able to take on a single Bear Killer from Rajie.[1]
- Speed: Shudderwock was so fast that even if Dark tracked his attack with his Eye of Trajectory, he wasn't fast enough to react to his attack.[2]
Gun Proficiency: Shudderwock is able to display great proficiency, precision, and accuracy with his guns, making him a very dangerous ranged opponent.[2][1]
Invisibility: Shudderwock is able to become invisible for an unlimited amount of time so long as he wears the Goblin Cap.[1]
Taoist Summoning: Shudderwock is able to summon two other professional Gurus to bolster his power even more. He was able to blast apart Rajie's entire midsection to his leg with them.[1]
Clones: Shudderwock is able to create numerous clones of him with mere strands of his hair and all of them are like his main body.[1]
- Clone Empowerment: Shudderwock and his clones grow in power through numbers. The more clones there are, the stronger they get.[1]
Personal Attribute[]
Taoist: a Cartoon-type/Person-type Personal Attribute that allows Taoist Kim to use the skills related to that character.
Combat Style[]
Taoist Kim fights with the use of Fulus, which are taoist incantations, talismans, and charms. She commonly summons monster in order to aid her in battle but she's no slouch in physical combat as she was able to dodge one of the Knight's attacks instantly and Lila noted that her kicks were strong.
When things get rough, she merges and transforms into Shudderwock. She's a physical and ranged fighter at that point, utilizing a variety of guns, claws and her kicks.
Skill Tree[]
Taoist Skills[]
- Taoist Flame Magic - Flame Tiger: summons a large fireball resembling the head of a tiger from the charm that explodes and burns on impact.
- Taoist Skill - Hair Clone Skill: summons multiple clones by spreading strands of the user's hair.
- Run for Life: uses a charm that instantly makes the user and her allies disappear in a puff of smoke.
- Taoist Skill - Teleport: uses a charm that teleports them to their desire location
- Shield: uses a charm to create a barrier around the user.
- Hasty Skill - Purification: plants a charm that disables or removes the effect of any debuffs.
- Taoist Magic - Water Monster Imprisonment: uses a charm to imprison and restrict the target with a kraken-like creature with a water splash effect.
- Taoist Spell - Monsterizations: user summons a charm that enables them to transform into a monster. Prerequisite skill for Shudderwock Transformation.
Summoned Creatures[]
- Taoist Magic - Controller: allows Taoist Kim to manually control her summons.
- Summon Taoist Radish: Taoist Kim's exclusive skill that summons a creature from the concept of a famous cartoon series.
- Summon Taoist Cabbage: Taoist Kim's exclusive skill. When summoned along with Taoist Radish, their taoist magic powers are doubled.
- Taoist Magic - Cabbage Shield: Taoist Cabbage summons a shield made out of cabbages that is capable of blocking skills.
- Taoist Magic - Once Upon A Time Kick: Taoist Cabbage kicks the target multiple times in rapid succession.
- Summon 108 Monsters: a talisman that summons hundreds of small monsters.
- Taoist Spell - Monster March: the user commands the monsters to charge and attack.
Shudderwock Skills[]
- Magic Club No.2 Shotgun: summons a shotgun made out of Taoist Magic. Operates the same as a shotgun.
- Ultimate Old School Kick: summons Taoist Radish and Taoist Cabbage, combining hers and their power to perform a series of powerful kicks in rapid succession.
- Dying Gift No.3: summons and throws a grenade. Presumed to instantly kill low health targets.
- Hair Clones: summons multiple clones by spreading strands of the user's hair and also increases the user's overall power with each clone. however, Taoist Kim starts to lose control of Shudderwork with each clone.
Link Skills[]
- Monster Ship: a linked skill combination between Santa Maria and 108 Monsters.
Items[]
Taoist Exclusive Items[]
- Amulet: Taoist Kim wears an amulet around her neck.
- Taoist Magic Pack:
- Dotendo Switch:
Shudderwock Exclusive Items[]
- Goblin Cap: When worn, the cap allows the user to move with complete stealth. You cannot attack while wearing the cap. Usable for Goblins only.
Armor[]
- Gold Mask: A mask made out of golden materials. Taoist Kim used this until her fight with Sora's team in the Subjugation Round
- Backpack: Taoist Kim's backpack that holds many different items that he possesses such as the Dotendo Switch.
History[]
Background[]
At some point, Taoist Kim went in debt and ended up under Chairman Kim's Workshop where she is forced to play Lucid Adventure until she can pay her debts.
Season 1[]
The Reset Arc[]
Taoist Kim is amongst the disgruntled players that attacked Hardcore Leveling Warrior during the Cobalt Castle Kill Python Request Quest. He alongside members of Scallion Head's guild were defeated by the then Rank 1 player.[3]
Translation Issues[]
Notes & Trivia[]
- Taoist Kim made a brief appearance in Episode 1 and reappeared in Episode 39 but her character name was first revealed in Episode 46.
- Taoist Kim is modelled after 'Taoist' (도사, dosa), one of the main characters of the Daum Webtoon series, Taoist Land.
- The characters name is '김도사'. When he was first introduced, Line Webtoon called her Taoist Kim, but since Episode 119, she has been called 'Guru Kim'
- '김' means 'Kim'.
- '도사' (Dosa) can be translated to 'Taoist/Daoist' or 'Guru'.
- 'Guru' in this case means someone who is an 'expert or more informally, a 'whizz' e.g. a Computer guru/expert/whizz.
- 'Taoist' is the more appropriate translation for the character.
- Taoist Kim is the second character in the series that has been revealed to be different genders in both the real world and Lucid Adventure. The first was Silla.