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|------By Majin Cloud/Marc Piniol [majincloud@hotmail.com]------|
|-----------------Version 7.5 - October 30, 2002----------------|
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This FAQ will be spoiler free from the story, other than the names of
the bosses given. So if you don't like tiny spoilers - then don't look
anymore beyond the point of where you are at in the game....
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1.) Introduction
2.) Boss FAQ Explanation
3.) Dream Awakening
A. Darkside Heartless I
4.)  Destiny Islands
A. Wakka
B. Selphie
C. Tidus
D. Riku
E. Tidus, Wakka, Selphie
F. Darkside Heartless II
5.) Traverse Town
A. Leon (Squall)
B. Guard Armor
6.) Wonderland
A. Army of Cards
B. Trickmaster
7.) Olympus Coliseum
A. Preliminaries
B. Cloud
C. Cerberus
8.) Deep Jungle
A. Jaguar Encounters
B. Clayton and Stealth Sneak
9.) Traverse Town
B. Opposite Armor
10.) Olympus Coliseum - Phil Cup
A. Phil Cup
11.) Agrabah
A. Pot Centipede
B. Cave of Wonders' Tiger Head
C. Jafar
D. Jafar in Genie Form
12.) Monstro
A. Parasite Cage I
B. Parasite Cage II
13.) Olympus Coliseum - Pegasus Cup
A. Pegasus Cup
B. Leon and Yuffie
14.) Atlantica
A. Shark Encounters
B. Ursula with her Electric Eels
C. Gigantic Ursula
15.) Halloween Town
A. Lock, Shock, Barrel
B. Oogie Boogie
C. Giant Oogie Boogie
16.) Neverland
A. Anti-Sora
B. Captain Hook
17.) Olympus Coliseum - Hercules Cup
A. Hercules Cup
B. Hercules
18.) Hollow Bastion
A. Riku
B. Maleficent
C. Dragon Maleficent
D. Riku II
19.) Hallow Bastion Revisited
A. Behemoth
20.) Olympus Coliseum - Hades Cup
A. Hades Cup
B. Rock Titan
C. Hades
D. Cloud and Leon
E. Cerberus
F. Behemoth
G. Yuffie
21.) End of the World
A. Chernabog
B. Ansem
C. Darkside Heartless III
D. Ansem II
E. World of Chaos
F. Artillery: Small and Large
G. Face
H. Main Core
I. Final Ansem
22.) Optional Bosses
A. Phantom
B. Kurt Zisa
C. Ice Titan
D. Sephiroth
23.) Boss Information
24.) My Kingdom Hearts Stats
25.) Version Update History
26.) Closing/Copyrights
27.) Credits and Thanks
28.) Kingdom Hearts Links
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1.)    Introduction
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Kingdom Hearts is just one awesome game that I have ever had the
pleasure of playing. That's why I want to take some time, to pay some
homage to Kingdom Hearts and contribute my part to help out other
Kingdom Heart gamers/lovers (or just people who need some damn help) on
some of the harder parts of the game, with that being said - I'll help
give tips and FAQs on some boss strategies so it'd be easier to defeat
those pesky, yet creative bosses. Also, I've stated this earlier but
just to reinforce what I've said, this FAQ will be absolutely spoiler
free from the story and still give you help on the bosses, granted some
of the boss names might be a spoiler but hey if you want help....you
want help! Also I want to let everyone know that the boss strategies
given are on Normal mode, all the bosses on Expert mode have the same
strategies, and it is just of course a little bit harder since it is on
Expert (duh!).
I also want to add that these strategies are from my own perception on
how I fought these bosses my first time through. The difficulties are
of how I thought to be, although the difficulties will vary from person
to person seeing that someone may be more leveled up then another. So
these are just set at the level I faced them, in terms of difficulty.
So without further ado, here is the Kingdom Hearts Boss FAQ!
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2.)    Boss FAQ Explanation
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Before we get to the nitty gritty I must first explain a few things
that'd help out when facing bosses. So I'll give a list of steps that
would be most helpful when facing hard to beat bosses:
.    Level Up: This is always a must in every RPG game, and same goes
for KH. Leveling up is easy to do while you run around most of the
worlds, instead of avoiding confrontations simply go all out and fight
- it gets easier as you level up and become even stronger. Also taking
trips back to Traverse Town after completing a world and fighting some
more Heartless, is a nice easy way to level up and gain more munny.
.    HP Balls: Some bosses drop these wonderful things after you
"stun" them a bit with multiple whacks to them. You'll see stars around
its head and the HP balls will come flying out. You have a choice to
either run around and collect all you can to help fill up your health
gauge or continue the attack on the boss. If you have the ability
"Treasure Magnet" equipped to anyone in your party then you don't have
to run or move around far.
.     Tech Hits: These are performed when you and the enemy strike at
the same time, hopefully luck will be on your side and the attack will
both reflect and make the enemy stunned for a bit leaving them open for
attacks. This move is also good for blocking certain attacks as well.
You do get points though that add up to your stats and in the
experience points as well, to make you level up.
.    Stock Up: My strategy before going into any boss battle is to
make sure your characters item list is full with potions, ether,
elixirs, megapotions, megaelixers, etc. Never go into a battle not
knowing if the boss is easy or not, without stocking up on all of these.
I for one, make sure I have a lot of potions with Sora, Donald with
half and half (ether and potions), and Goofy with potions (regular
potions, megapotions, ether, etc.). Also, after every world it's nice
to go back to Traverse Town and pay a visit to the Item Shop in the
First District to make sure your potion supply (or anything else) isn't
low.
.    Equipment Check: Make sure you always a step ahead in the
equipment department with either buying, synthesizing items, or
obtaining new keyblades from each world. It is also nice to level off
different characters with defensive equipment as well.
.     Save Points: This is must just in case you don't win the first
time. If you feel a boss battle is coming, and they give you ample
opportunity to do so in Kingdom Hearts, go a save....SAVE! Not only
does it replenish your MP and HP, but it saves your game just in case
you need to continue. Also, if you can't hack the enemies in the area
or having trouble with a boss, then you can use the save point to
teleport to the Gummi Ship to go elsewhere to level up a bit.
.    Summons: If you have a summon....use it! You might want to use
your summons early in the battle seeing that once you summon its only
Sora and the summon in battle for awhile till the summons time runs out.
Reason I say this is because its hard to pull off a good summon when
your HP is low and you have no one but yourself to heal and it makes it
a little bit hard to toggle through the menu and dismiss the summon if
you must. Either way if you are in trouble, in the beginning or near
the end of the fight (or you are low on health), summons come in handy.
.    Keep Moving: Abilities equipped to different characters in your
party are a must to keep the upper hand. You can pull off more
offensive moves while attacking or even blocking. But while fighting
you must keep on moving if you aren't attacking. Sora's "Dodge Roll"
ability comes in handy a lot of times - so use it while you fight.
.    Targeting: I really don't use this option too often but when you
have multiple enemies in a boss fight it comes in handy, even if it
gets tricky now and then. Targeting can of course be triggered by
pressing the R1 button and then switching targets with the R2 and L2
buttons. This mode also comes in handy while casting magic spells.
.     HP Scan: You can obtain this ability fairly early in the game. It
only cost 1 AP, and it is very useful to know when you are how well you
are doing or how long it'll take to defeat a boss. It also works on sub
monsters as well, nice ability to have anytime.
With all that being said - boss fights should be a little bit easier.
But that is easier said than done right? Well all you have to do is
remember these important things to be successful in boss battles. #1
always stock up in potions and other magic/health items in your item
list with each character before a boss battle, make sure the list is
full. #2 keep moving, the more you move, it gets harder for the boss to
attack you, but remember to attack as well. Those are the main rules of
Kingdom Hearts boss battles so always keep that in mind. Now onto the
boss strategies!
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3.)   Dream Awakening
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A.) After you select your "paths" and a small crash course in fighting,
you'll encounter a huge shadow figure....run along the stain glass
tiles till you reach a platform - your battle begins.....
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Why make a hard boss right at the beginning of the game? Well this boss
is not hard at all. At the beginning of the fight lock onto either one
of this huge monsters hand and keep attacking the hand by doing Sora's
jumping and slashing combo until the huge showdown figure lowers its
head. Then you move to its head and begin attacking that. You might
want to fight this thing on it's side seeing that you need to dodge
it's hand slams into the ground which releasing Shadow Heartless
figures. You can ignore them and just keeping attacking it's hand then
head till the fight it over.
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4.)  Destiny Islands
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A.) You get a chance to see some Final Fantasy cameos, plus duke it out
in battle of skill. Basically gives you a chance to level up a bit and
get a feel for the fighting system in KH. It's not necessary to fight
them so it is optional, but it at least gives you a feel for the game.
Each one has their own little strategy so the first person you might
run into is Wakka....
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Just like in FFX, Wakka uses blitzballs for a weapon. This small bout
is fairly easy if you have a knack for timing. When he throws a ball at
you, simply hit it back at him. Unless you just want to run in and
start swinging at him. But you will lose the opportunity to get tech
points early in the game, so I advise you to hit the balls back at him.
When he gets dizzy after you hit him once, then wait till he tosses one
ball into the air and jump hit it to hit him again. Sooner or later,
he'll do one of his special moves which is like super blitzball toss.
To counter this, just simply press the attack button right when he
launches the ball. Pretty soon you'll win this match.
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B.) A little ways to the side on the dock is Selphie, make your way to
her and talk a bit, then ask to fight a little....
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She may be a cutie, but looks can be deceiving. She uses a jump rope as
a weapon almost like her weapon in FFVIII, but not quite. Anyways, the
technique here is to dodge her attacks by either jumping over her or
running off to the side when she charges with her rope. After that, you
can attack her all you want. It'd be easier if you can trap her in a
corner and just keep attacking her there - cheap but resourceful. After
awhile of that, you win.
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C.) You need to do some climbing to reach Tidus, if you remember during
the choosing your paths at the beginning of the game, then Tidus will
be in that area where it was shown. Run up and talk to him and ask for
a duel....
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Tidus is a little bit harder than the other 2, but the match can be
easy. Just like Sora, Tidus fights with a wooden sword. Best way to
defeat him is by dodging his strong attacks and try jumping behind him
and while still in the air attack him so you are doing your air
attacking combo. Also, to get some more tech points, try attacking him
at the same time he attacks you and it will sorta reflect each others
moves but hopefully stuns Tidus, then go and attack him some more.
After awhile you'll win.
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D.) If you back track a little bit you can find Riku on a small
island/hill type thing across a small wooden bridge - close to where
you first started out helping Kairi find some things - go up to him and
talk and ask for a duel....
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Riku is pretty tough if you don't know how to face him. You need to
keep 2 things in mind with this battle: One, don't fall off the side -
and Two, you need to watch out for his spring kicks after you knock him
down. You basically need to dodge his attacks and when he jumps that's
a good time to hit him as well. Also when he taunts you. So watch out
for his blocks, if he blocks you once, forget about it, try to go
behind him and attack him then. But keep attacking him while being
cautious of his
moves and you can get the win.
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E.) You get the option to fight all 3 of Tidus, Wakka, and Selphie
after you finish the chores for Kairi the first time. You need to find
Tidus where Riku was at before on the small island/hill type thing and
ask him to fight all 3, get ready for a toughie....
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Again this is optional, but can be fun and helpful in the long run,
you have to just basically be resourceful and attack whoever you
thought to be the easiest first, unless you want to work backwards and
go from tough to easiest first - either way works fine. Hopefully you
have enough potions; at least 1 or 2 up to this point so if you ever
get low, use one (and be sure to run out of their way while selecting
the potion). For me, I went for Wakka first, since he tosses blitzballs.
You want to try to get all 3 in separate areas and not all surrounding
you, so keep running around till you get Wakka and yourself secluded.
You can just run up and thwack him this time, instead of playing
baseball with him. Repeat that process till he is dazed. For Selphie,
same thing goes as you first fought her, make sure you chose just one
person to work on the whole time and then after they are finished chose
one more - what makes this easier is that you can knock someone down to
give you enough time to go and attack the other person so you can trade
of like that as well. As soon as Selphie is dazed, it'll be easy just
taking care of Tidus. Same goes as before, dodge and attack - after
awhile you should come out the winner.
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F.) After you get the things Kairi needs yet again, another cutscene
will ensue after you run around the island looking for your friends
you'll find yourself, somewhere else and a boss battle comes....
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Same strategy as when you met this guy the first time, attack the hands
straight up, dodging his hand slams/energy blasts and if you feel like
it you can fend off the Shadow Heartless creatures if you need more HP
balls. Just keep going at one of his hands and when he lowers his head
regaining energy, go for his head. Repeat this process till you win,
and a cutscene follows.
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5.)    Traverse Town
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A.) After you do some exploring around Traverse Town and you exit the
Accessories Shop once you go in, you'll be confronted by a guy named
Leon, who really is Squall - and so another battle begins....
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Squall errr, Leon isn't to difficult. Infect, it's not really an actual
boss fight, he just wants to size you up a bit. I'm not sure if he'll
stop fighting you if you run out of HP but I didn't chance it, so if
you are low on health use a potion and not any more, should be good
enough by now to only use 1 potion for fighting Leon the first time.
What you want to do I strike him after he does a few attacks in a combo,
after he is done attack him with your own combos. You can time your
hits just right to get some tech hits if you want to. I find jumping
onto him attacking is a nicer way to beat him as well. As soon as Leon
has had enough a cutscene will begin and Sora will pass out.
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B.) After a discussing explaining your role in this adventure, you and
Leon pursue a Heartless on the chase. I also want to advise you that
you should've saved your game in the hotel room before you left, just
in case. You want to make your way to the 3rd district and make your way
to the center of the district. Just then Donald and Goofy will join you
and a Heartless with armor will appear....
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This boss has multiple target zones. Its feet, its hands, and its
torso/head. You could if you want take on its feet and hands and take
them out of the action which will save you from damage most of the time.
Once the feet are gone, go for the hands, and after the hands go for
broke on what is remaining. After awhile of attacking it up and down
it'll drop HP balls which you can use to stock up on your health and
then go back to hitting it which will currently be dazed, and then it
will come to and commence attacking again. The strategy I used was that
I went ahead and attacked it head on, I'd jump towards its head and
keep attacking it with combos while in the air. You have to watch out
for its spin though, that does the most damage. Make sure you have
enough potions to distribute among the party or just yourself, if you
need any Donald or Goofy will give you a helping hand. Repeat the
process and eventually you'll beat this guy.
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After a talk with Leon, Yuffie, Arieth, Donald, and Goofy, you'll be
ready to disembark into other worlds - next stop is Wonderland....
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A.) After collecting enough evidence to help Alice out, the Queen tells
you to pick the right one since there is too many. If you happen to
collect all the evidence, which is around 5 boxes - then you shouldn't
have a problem deciding which box to show the Queen, the odds will be 4
out of 5. If you collected less then guess what, your odds decrease.
When you choose a box and it was correct (if incorrect don't worry,
you'll move on just not with Donald or Goofy's help with this mini-
battle) then the Queen will tell you something to the fact that she'll
hang onto Alice and then say you were the culprit. Another mini-boss
battle begins....
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Your main objective isn't the cards themselves but the tower that
popped up that holds Alice's cage. You can either leave the cards to
Goofy and Donald or you can fight off a few to give you more room. But
you need to attack all 4 sides of the tower with the wheels, as soon as
one breaks, move to another side, repeat till all 4 are broke and then
work on the top of the tower....a few swipes and the tower crumbles and
a cutscene begins.
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B.) After lighting the candle lights in the Bizarre Room (should just
be the ceiling and one of the walls) go back to the entrance of the
Bizarre Room through the Queen's Castle, (be sure to save off to the
right before entering the Bizarre Room) as soon as you go through the
door a small cutscene begins and you prepare for a battle....
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Wow another huge boss, but easy to beat. All you have to watch out for
is its ground swipes with its long arms, try to have Donald and Goofy
distract him while you jump and attack from the side. Yeah, you must
just to attack this boss since its pretty much high off the ground. You
can also use the table to jump off of to jump in and attack from there
if you are having trouble reaching this guy. If you are attacking from
the ground, the best time to jump and hit it, is when it leans down to
do its swipes, air combo works the best. If you want to do some magic
feel free to, just remember to lock on to the enemy for a more
effective hit. If you get low on health usually Goofy or Donald will
help you out, if the run out then you must reply on yourself. Repeat
the process and eventually you'll win.
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After you are done in Wonderland it's time to move on yet again, and
this time it is towards Olympus Coliseum....
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7.)    Olympus Coliseum
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A.) After taking the trials test to compete in the preliminaries, you
are faced with a string of semi-boss battles. Actually these are just
subordinate Heartless fiends just in bigger numbers. Before you go into
the preliminaries it'd be wise to stock up in potions so that you can
maintain an adequate health through the long fights - you'll need it to
face Cloud after 6 matches with the Heartless....
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The preliminaries consist of rounds again random Heartless minions,
these guys are fairly easily, just beat them all and use a potion if
needed. In other words, sorry I couldn't get a list of all the
Heartless and their Seed Ranks with totals.
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B.) Right after the matches you face the boss, and that would be Cloud.
I hope that you have enough potion and health left over because you are
going to need them to win this battle. Just to let you know, you don't
have to win the battle but it'd be nice if you did....
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Cloud can be easy if you know what you are doing and if you have some
potions left over on you. You start the battle by first dodging Cloud's
attacks, when he yells, get out of the way or jump to the side. After
he attacks there, that's when you go into for your attack combo, also
magic works well here, you should've learned thunder earlier so use it.
Another way to attack and defend at the same time is when he yells
attack at the same time to deflect both your attacks, he'll be stunned
for a bit so you rush in and attack him some more. Watch out for his
rolling attack to just jump or move to the side and attacks. It's also
nice to keep some distance away from the each other, Donald and Goofy
may have him distracted while you can run in and attack from the side
or back. The ability "Dodge Roll" is a nice function to be used as well.
Use it to get out of Cloud's slashes. Repeat, use potions if needed and
eventually you'll beat him....if not the game resumes.
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C.) After the fight between you and Cloud is over, Cerberus literally
steps in on the actions, you'll guys will run back into the entrance
while Hercules saves Cloud and tried to fend off the monster. You then
have the opportunity to save and refill your characters item lists with
potions and ether, and whatever else you find useful. When you feel
ready go on outside to face Cerberus....
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This thing is huge and very tough. You might just want to focus on one
head so auto target and keep it locked and work on one head, preferably
one of its outside heads. To attack it, just make sure you are on the
side of Cerberus so that when it chomps you won't be in the way, simply
jump and do you air attack combo, and repeat that for awhile. Watch out
for its violent stomping as well. When it spews dark liquid from its
mouth don't be near it....run like hell and keep dodging with those
dark orbs come close to you, trust me if you are rolling you won't get
hit, after that he'll start spewing fireballs at you, continue to keep
rolling, after he is done with that. You can go back to you smacking
the head thing again, this time be careful cause Cerberus is faster is
biting now. Heal when you can as well, Donald and Goofy should help you
in that department, if they run out then its up to yourself to help you
out. Also, if you are having trouble of dodging its magical attacks and
attacking Cerberus' heads as well, then I suggest you jump onto its
back by hoping on its leg that is extended and then onto its back close
to its heads. Repeat the process with jumping and attacking its head,
and dodging its dark orbs and fireballs and you'll win hopefully.
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Phil will tell you to come back later once everything is cleaned up and
you can resume in the tournaments/cups when you please, as for now - we
move on to Deep Jungle....
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8.)    Deep Jungle
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A.) When you first start out in this world you'll be faced with a mini-
boss battle, a face off with the Jaguar. Now this guy is easy, he is
just pretty quick. You face the Jaguar at least 3 times during your
course throughout Deep Jungle and here is the tip to beat him....
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Like I said you face the Jaguar 3 times and all 3 times are basically
the same, except he gets pretty faster. All you have to do is simply
dodge its attacks when it leaps at you by either jumping or use your
dodge roll. Also you partners should help out a bit stunning them and
you move in to attack some more. Also after you attack and send the Jag
flying, don't let up run in on it and attack it while it is down,
repeat this and the fight is fairly short
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B.) After you save Jane and Terk from the Heartless, you can make your
way to the camp site via the Jungle Tunnel (where you do some tree
branching surfing), you should end up at the campsite eventually. When
you are there enter the tent and save, divvy up your potions and stuff
between characters and head to the Bamboo Thicket and to the Cliff, a
boss battle awaits....
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I find it a lot easier if you had Tarzan in your part with Sora and
Goofy, since this battle deals with more physically. Sorry Donald you
gotta sit this one out. When the battle begins Clayton will appear to
be floating or being held by something invincible. Don't panic it's
only the Sneak Suit, a Chameleon. You want to focus all your attacks on
the Chameleon first, try to have Tarzan and Goofy distract
Clayton/Chameleon while you attack its sides, jump attack combo I've
found works the best. Eventually Clayton will fall off and go on top of
the ledges and try shooting at you, don't mind him - keep working on
the Chameleon. By now the lizard should come out of camo-stealth mode
and show its true self. Repeat the same process of attacking it on its
side and in the air. Soon enough you'll daze the Chameleon and it'll
drop some HP balls. When it is still dazed continue attacking it, I've
found it better if you corner it by one of the ledges and keep
attacking, no room to let it breathe. Off and on the Chameleon will go
in and out of camo-stealth but just keep doing what you have been doing,
soon enough you beat the Chameleon and it will site there with stars
over its head. Now it is time to work on Clayton. Use your auto-lock on
to target him, he is probably leaping on to the ledges trying to shoot
at you, use magic to get him and then jump up to attack him. If he is
on the ground attack him with your combo and he'll fly against a wall
and run up and keep doing this, if you are successful - you, Tarzan,
and Goofy will all be attacking him at once not letting him move
because he is sorta trapped. Repeat this and you'll come away with the
win.
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You'll visit Tarzan's home and lock the keyhole for Deep Jungle, it's
time to go back to Traverse Town and talk to Cid about the piece of the
Gummi you found....
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9.)    Traverse Town
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A.) You'll talk to Cid about the Gummi in the Accessory Shop and he'll
tell you to meet him at the Small House in the 3rd District after you
pay a visit to Merlin and give him the book he wanted fixed. You'll
hear the chimes of the bell tower in the 2nd District and he tells you
to go check it out. You make your way to the 2nd District and through
the Gizmo Shop, climb up the ladder to the roof. Fight off a couple of
Heartless on the way as usual. Using your Red Trinity, you'll smash
thorough the boarded up alcove where the bell is at. You'll notice a
tug rope off to the right of it, pull on it 3 times and at the fountain
at the start of the 2nd District will reveal the keyhole of Traverse
Town. You might want to save and stock up on some potions for this next
battle....
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|-------A.) Opposite Armor | Difficulty: Medium | HP: 1305---------|
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Remember the huge Heartless with the Armor? Well it's back and semi-
improved. The first fight is just like before, after that is done - the
Guard Armor transforms into Opposite Armor, and when you see it you'll
see why they named it this way. This time, it has to be taken down in
sections. You can either start with its feet or hands first. Doesn't
really matter which, but for the sake of confusion - let's start with
its feet. If you want auto lock-on to it's feet and begin hacking away
at them, usually it is better to hit them from the side or behind it.
Watch out for its spinning attack it'll send you flying and takes off a
pretty good amount of HP, when you see him charge up for this attack
just run away till it is done, and go back in for some more. Once one
foot is gone go for the other. After both are done, sometimes the
Opposite Armor will break up into pieces, so it makes it a little bit
easier but just watch out for its hands at that time. Also the Opposite
Armor's attack will change, since it relies on its hands and torso/head
now, it'll switch into cannon mode. This is sorta hard because when you
try to charge it it'll back up a bit, and when it does charge up for
its darkness blast, move the hell out of the way with dodge roll. Your
main target is still the hands, take them out by doing your jump attack
combo, once both are removed go for the body. The body is pretty much
easy from here, hack and smash with your combo moves, and if you get
too bored use the thunder magic on it. During the fight it should drop
HP balls here and there, but keep in check with your HP as well, use
potions if you a 1/4 low. After awhile you eventually win.
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After the battle, you'll lock the keyhole to Traverse Town, continue to
Merlin's House if you haven't already, and after that be sure to pay a
visit to Cid in the Vacant/Small House in the 3rd District....
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10.)    Olympus Coliseum - Phil Cup
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A.) You'll be informed that a new tournament has begun at Olympus
Coliseum, you can either choose to go there and compete first or go to
another world, that being Agrabah. But if you are confident then go
onto Olympus Coliseum to compete in the Phil Cup, to be Seed One....
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Phil Cup | Difficulty: Easy
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Round One - Jungle Vice:
Powerwild x4
Soldier x3
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Round Two - Monkey and Magic
Powerwild x1
Green Requiem x2
Red Nocturne x2
Yellow Opera x5
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Round Three - Big Feet
Hammerlegs x1
Powerwild x4
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Round Four - Magic Alert
Red Nocturne x5
Yellow Opera x5
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Round Five - Nightwalkers
Large Body x1
Powerwild x5
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Round Six - Hard Hitters
Gauntlets x1
Blue Rhapsody x3
Shadow x4
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Round Seven - Indomitable
Large Body x2
Green Requiem x6
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Round Eight - Wild Corps
Gauntlet x1
Hammerlegs x1
Powerwild x4
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Round Nine - Shadow Battalion
Armored Torso x1
Yellow Opera x4
Blue Rhapsody x4
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After winning the Phil Cup here, it's time to move onto Agrabah....
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11.)    Agrabah
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A.) After meeting up with Aladdin and going through series of doors to
unlock you'll notice that Jafar has Jasmine captured. Jafar tells you
his plan and that you won't be able to get her and same old villain
hoopla and he'll summon your next boss....
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|--------A.) Pot Centipede | Difficulty: Semi-Easy | HP: 600-------|
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Now this fight can be difficult if you don't know what you are doing,
plus you'll be using a lot of potions in that battle. Although, if you
know what you are doing, then you can beat this boss fairly easily. Now
Jasmine is captured in the middle of the pot centipede, you don't need
to worry about harming her cause you won't. The main strategy here is
to attack either end when its head or tail is NOT glowing. If it is
glowing good luck, it'll deplete a lot of your HP. So patience is a
virtue, when either end is finished glowing go in and attack. If you
have the "Sonic Blade" ability equipped, this move is pretty effective
if you use the combo right after it. You also have to keep in mind that
you have other sub creatures running around, such as the spider pots.
You'll know the battle is half over as soon there is no more spider
pots and the Pot Centipede moves to another pat of the city, more
spider pots will come out, but just keep repeating the steps and watch
of for it's attacks....mainly the charge and when its tail and head
glow, then go in for the attack. Do it correctly, and you'll win.
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B.) Shortly after the Pot Centipede encounter, you'll have to track
Jafar down, and Aladdin's instinct tells him they went to the Cave of
Wonders. So you must head towards the Desert and ride the Magic Carpet
to there, but first I suggest you make a pit stop in the Agrabah
Storage room, save and split potions and other restorers - then head
out to the Desert. When you arrive the Tiger's Head, of the Cave of
Wonders, comes up from the ground and is possessed by the Heartless,
time for another boss battle....
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|-------B.) Tiger's Head | Difficulty: Semi-Medium | HP: 380-------|
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This was probably the most frustrating boss battle I've ever have my
displeasure to be in. Not so much as it was hard, because it's pretty
simple - but the stuff you got to do to beat the boss is annoying.
Anyways, here is what you do. Its only damage spots are in the eyes,
you can't jump straight from the ground and attack, instead you have 2
choices; you can either run behind the head and wait for it to lower so
you can jump on and run over to the eyes OR go along it's side and jump
on it's ledge that is really the excess fur of the Tiger's Head and
move to the eyes. That in itself is a hard task, because normally the
Tiger's Head is spazzing out and you'll fall and have to try it all
over again. Once you are n the head and made its way to the eyes, pick
and eye to start out with. Do your standing attack combos on it and try
to stay on the bridge of its nose, most of the time you would fall off
doing your combos but if you stay in this spot there is a good chance
you won't fall off. If you do fall off, then repeat. I really don't
recommend using the auto-lock on cause the camera gets annoying in this
confined area and you'll probably get confused after awhile like I was.
To add to the frustration the Tiger's Head attacks back with eye laser
shots which do a lot in damage - so if you are hit twice without
healing, make sure you do (unless you are nicely leveled up). Another
attack is that is spits out Heartless as well, the Sword Fighting Ones,
Normal Shadow Heartless, and then the Fat Fir Breathing ones. Just keep
getting on its head, move to the eye of your choice and attack until
the power is gone from that eye, then work on the next. After both eyes
are defeated you can wipe the sweat off your brow and hold a pillow to
your mouth to curse all you want, you win.
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C.) You need to smash the pillar underneath the Treasure Room to make
it into the Lamp Room where Afar has Genie and Jasmine. After you do
smash the pillar make your way back to the Treasure Room and make sure
you save before you enter, Afar awaits you....
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Jafar is pretty easy to beat, but you also have to watch out for Genie
as well since Jafar made the wish to help crush you guys. Just keep
this in mind, if you see the Genie and he says something like, "I am
sorry I am doing thing." Then get out of the way he'll smack ya. Now
back to Jafar, your main target. You first might want to use lock on
targeting so you can keep track of him, he'll be fairly high above the
ground hovering so use those high steps to climb onto and do air attack
combos on him. When he does spells and can't reach him in enough time
to attack/stop him make sure you make your way to the center of the
room cause his spells are like a cyclone, I got trapped in only of
these and I couldn't escape let alone have enough time to heal myself.
So dodge his magic spells and Genies hand smacks and keep doing air
attack combos on him. Also, when Jafar is glowing and moving around,
don't be afraid just go and attack him normally. Pretty soon Jafar will
be pissed and then end the battle.
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D.) Jafar is pissed now and orders the Genie his final wish to make him
an all powerful Genie. He grants the wish and Jafar disappears as well
does the ground. Once you regain control of Sora, you'll then notice
there is a huge whole with lava at the bottom. Don't jump in quite yet,
instead make your way back to the Treasure Room and save just in case,
always play it safe. Then head back and jump down the hole....
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You might want to switch Aladdin for Donald for this fight if you
haven't already, this is mainly a physical battle. This is a
breeze....just like Aladdin said, go after the parrot with the lamp.
You can attack Jafar if you please but it is much easier to attack
Jafar's parrot. So remember to use jumping attack combos on the bird,
and keep in mid you could fall of the side and into the lava, so beware
of the ground under you. The ground it also moving sorta like a puzzle
going up and down. Makes it so you can jump and reach the parrot easier
or it makes it harder. All you really have to do in terms of defense is
dodge Jafar's fire boulder toss with the dodge roll ability and keep on
attacking the bird. I've only noticed Jafar tosses the boulders only if
you are on the main platform in front of him. So you only have to be
cautious about him on there. Just watch out where you are jumping and
not fall off the platform. Keep attacking the parrot and you'll win an
easy battle.
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You'll lock the keyhole in Agrabah and obtain Genie as a summon here,
you now make your way over to the next world. But first if you want
head back to Traverse Town, restock on potions and stuff, and head to
the Accessory Store, there you'll meet Pinocchio and he'll give you the
taste of the next world, Monstro - warp back to Agrabah and then head
on to the next world.
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12.)    Monstrous Monstro
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A.) After your little maze chase fining Riku and Pinocchio - run into
the room where in the cutscene yells for help. I believe there is a
save point near by, you can save just in cause but the awaiting boss
battle isn't that hard, proceed through that area and fight a boss....
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Oh no! Pinocchio is trap in the belly of this Parasite! You gotta help
him....like you had a choice anyways. You don't have to worry about
harming Pinocchio because you won't. When the battle begins just charge
this boss up front by doing jumping air combos, keep repeating that for
awhile, when the boss starts using its tentacles to slap you around you
want to move onto it's side, if you try attacking from the back it
won't be very effective. Keep up the process of attacking he sides of
its head by doing the jumping air combo and the battle will end shortly.
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B.) You'll need to make your way to Monstro's stomach by using your
newly attained ability High Jump, which is a shared ability among your
party. Just equip it to everyone and you'll see the difference. You can
now go through out Monstro's mouth collection the Treasure Boxes and
stuff, but near the back of Monstro's Mouth you'll notice a door right
about the opening at the bottom you couldn't reach before. You can
reach it now by jumping from platform to platform, if some seem too
long, then try your best to jump at the far away platform and swing
your keyblade to give you some extra umph! One you go through that door
you can fight some more Heartless and then jump up some more platforms
till you are sucked up, the Parasite Cage is ready for another round....
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This boss is a little bit harder this time but nothing has really
changed in terms of how to go and beat this sucker. Although the
location has changed you must watch out for the stomach acid lying
around and be sure to not stay in one place for awhile. Remember to
start out right in its face doing air jumping combos and it'll do its
slap attack, move to its sides and attack while Donald and Goofy try to
distract it. About halfway through the battle, the Parasite will change
its attacks and grab onto the ceiling and do a modify kick....you need
to watch out for this move it is the most damaging. But the strategy of
this boss is basically the same from before, attack up front, avoid
attacks, and use potions when needed. It's a pretty short battle so you
should be done with him in no time - you'll come out the winner.
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After the battle Monstro will spit you out and you'll be informed that
there is another tournament starting at Olympus Coliseum. You've got a
choice to go back to Traverse Town, do what you need and/or go straight
to Olympus Coliseum.
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13.)    Olympus Coliseum - Pegasus Cup
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A.) The next tournament is the Pegasus Cup. I hope you are pretty
levels up and have enough potions to distribute among your party. This
one isn't a breeze....talk to Phil to enter the Pegasus Cup, and the
battles begin....
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Pegasus Cup - Difficulty: Medium
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