Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep

[Nevex]

Renewal Guard, Second Chance and Once More make Terra's final boss much more manageable.
Without those it took me 60+ tries.

One thing to keep in mind is that you need to dash FORWARD when he's going to use his dark combo's finisher, else you won't be able to dodge it.

Also, he'll often try to dash to your back and spam dark firagas once he loses about 30% health.
Never let this happen, because if you can't guard the first one you'll most likely end up being stun-locked and killed by those even with Second Chance/Once More.

[Charismatic]

Oh, of course... but I didn't have any clue as to how one might get them. As a matter of fact, at that time I didn't even know you could merge the action commands since I'd never had any of the combos available to me.

[Nevex]

Speaking of Once More+Second Chance... anyone knows if the secret bosses are even possible without those?
IIRC you can beat any KH2 FM+ boss at level 1 without those abilities (but then again Drive forms were insanely overpowered), would be interesting to see if it's possible in this one.

[Ornery Sheep]

WHAT'S ALL THIS ABOUT A FINAL BOSS? I'M ONLY LV8... BUT IF HE COMES AROUND GUSTABERG I'LL SHOW HIM A THING OR TWO!

[Charismatic]

Speaking of Once More+Second Chance... anyone knows if the secret bosses are even possible without those?
IIRC you can beat any KH2 FM+ boss at level 1 without those abilities (but then again Drive forms were insanely overpowered), would be interesting to see if it's possible in this one.

VLS would only be difficult with Terra. I've already done it without once more/second chance on Ventus, two tornados and a melee hit with the keyblade and he's done. Aqua with her magic and the fact that Cartwheel/Dodge Roll own the hell out of Slide due to their invincibility frames makes those two quite easy to do things with.
MF can probably be done too. Once again, probably harder with Terra than the other two but everything he does CAN be avoided, you'd just be hard-pressed to actually do it.



Actually, if you abuse the AI... the VLS fight becomes pathetic with any character, but I'm sure you didn't mean winning like this:

[Tobi]

I know I ended up retrying Terra's final boss for a good amount of times, even with Second Chance and Once More, which I melded on a accident, I still didn't know what gave those abilities even when I did Ven's and Aqua story. I usually go through games without looking at any guides at first, then after i finish them I'll go back and look at them to see all the missing stuff I need. I wasn't used to using Shotlocks either, since I never came across the point where I really needed them, and even then, I still didn't really use them for Terra's final boss after I found out you can easily block the Meteors by going to a corner and time the Block as they're coming to you. The Dark Volley attack is what mostly fucked me, it's the 2nd barrage he does that catches me if I'm not careful. The Shotlock I had equipped at the time was pretty useless anyway.

[Charismatic]

One day I might man up and do Lv1 CM just so I can try Lv1 Terra against VLS with no Second Chance/Once More or bullshit tactics. I might see if I can find a save editor or a Lv1 CM saved game too because I'm 99% positive that this fight would be harder than the entire challenge run so if I can do this, I'm sure I could do that.

[Elcura]

Most of my issues aren't with survival per se, but mostly just getting in that damage to beat him. The longer the fight drags on the higher the chances of getting fucked up. Next run through with Ven and Aqua I'm definitely getting Once More/Second Chance etc, though, I've enjoyed my run on Terra without them thus far. Really makes you work for victory instead of getting beat down and curing with invincibility.

Couple of fights were intense that after I won I shouted "Fuck you!" on a crowded train.

[Tobi]

I'd probably run out patience doing that shit due to low ass amount of damage. A full combo will only take 1% of his HP off, I had around 26Strenth at the time along with all combo abilities and the max I could take off with full combo was pretty much 2% max, if even it was that much. The HP bar barely budged at all, at that point i said fuck it. Maybe Sweetstack Keyblade would have been better due to 100% Crit Rate, but even then, I doubt it. Not like Chaosripper will help much either, and IIRC, that's Terra's highest STR Keyblade.

I'm sure it's not impossible, just would take a very long time and a lot of patience, same thing with doing MF at lvl1.

[Tobi]

Most of my issues aren't with survival per se, but mostly just getting in that damage to beat him. The longer the fight drags on the higher the chances of getting fucked up. Next run through with Ven and Aqua I'm definitely getting Once More/Second Chance etc, though, I've enjoyed my run on Terra without them thus far. Really makes you work for victory instead of getting beat down and curing with invincibility.

Couple of fights were intense that after I won I shouted "Fuck you!" on a crowded train.

You probably won't even need it for Ven and Aqua Final Boss, there's is pretty easy compared to Terra's, especially Ven's last fight, just the 2nd part of his final fight can screw you over easily.

[Atreides]

finally cleared the Keepers of the Arena, and I still am going to have to deal with Villans Vendetta lol

2x Vanish (3 if you really want to be safe) is a pretty cheap/easy way to clear the arena fights btw, you can pretty much stay invisible the whole time so bosses can't see you lol

[Elcura]

Beat Terra's last boss finally, thank fuck for Shotlocks is all I'm gonna say. I liked the story connections, as SE prequels always seem more interesting than the main series. It's still clusterfucky, but I'm used to it by now.

If there's one thing I'll miss about slide, it's the movement speed. But at least dodge roll is good for actually dodging shit.

[Charismatic]

Well... the slide is too, you're just not invincible for the entirety of it. Dodge roll and Cartwheel just feel terribly broken to me because you can just spam them and not get hit rather than having to use any sort of timing.

[Elcura]

Yeah, my main problem with slide is Terra's lack of range really. If you don't space it right, you'll be out of range for most attacks which annoys me. It's fine for dodging most things if only because you'll move quickly out of range of nearly anything lol.

[Tobi]

I actually like Terra's slide over dodge/cartwheel, but they are pretty broken due to being able to spam them and their invinvible frames.

Also, is Vanish a Terra only Command? Or can anyone use it? What commands needed to meld it?

[Kiarax]

You buy it at Mirage Arena.

[Tobi]

Oh, no wonder I never noticed it, it's listed with the Group Comands. Guess I'll play around with Vanish later on to see how well it works.

[Tobi]

* Out of the new additions, the biggest is probably the boss battle
with the person wearing an Organization coat from the North
American version. The true nature of this battle can ’t be revealed
yet.
* Besides, compared to the Final Mixes up until now, there aren’t as
many added elements so a number of additional bosses were added.
* The armored character from the end of the Tokyo Game Show
trailer can be fought in the Mirage Arena. What his existence is, if
you saw his name it ’d be easy to understand. He’s even stronger
than the man in the Organization coat.
* You can fight the armored character, though it’s very difficult.
When Director Nomura played against it, he lost every time.
* It can be challenged playing one-player, but its strength is even
greater than the man in the Organization coat. During development,
it was called the strongest enemy of all the additional bosses.
* Among other additions, they include the choice to play on the
most difficult Critical Mode, Megaflare is weakened, and the facial
models of young Sora, Riku, and Kairi have been upgraded to higher
quality models.
* Also the Secret Episode was added. As for the additional Secret
movie, it ’s still secret. The contents are being prepared. The
requirements to see the new Secret movie are simple.

Kingdom Hearts Re:Coded
* At first we were thinking that the path crossing system areas
would pile up to 100 levels, but now it seems something good
happens when 100 levels are cleared.
* There are 800 Avatar Kingdom parts, including rare items and
items that can be redistributed in the path crossing areas.
* The synthesis system has been made easier to understand and a
help menu was added.
* You need to acquire 20 trophies in order to see the Secret
addition. It seems the secret scene will be a short cutscene, but the
conversation is very important.
* The next title is Kingdom Hearts 3D. The story takes place after
Kingdom Hearts Re:Coded. Now that Re:Coded is over the Osaka
team is meeting up and beginning development.

Looks like I'll be playing this as well.

[Kiarax]

* The next title is Kingdom Hearts 3D. The story takes place after
Kingdom Hearts Re:Coded. Now that Re:Coded is over the Osaka
team is meeting up and beginning development.

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[Insanecyclone]

And then it's KH3 on PS3....right?


Guys?

...Right?