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Kingdom Hearts (2002)

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1000 HP for Kyle, 1000 HP for each Barbatos, 8000 chances to show us the power of a hero!

Hm.

Hmm. I forgot to turn off Damage Decay. Hm. And I won, several times. Normally that makes Mystic Artes deal pitiful damage, but why not here? Is the effect a lot less dramatic than I remember? I'll have to test this later.

This isn't the original Kyle. He had his missing Mystic Artes added. Oddly, I couldn't get Story Mode to work properly with this Kyle. It says "Easy" then never finishes loading. The only way I got it to work is by removing the difficulty altogether - there's only 1 Story.

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Let's talk about Kyle. Like most characters, most of his best Artes are rendered useless in this battle. That's a serious problem for Kyle, because his Mystic Artes can only be activated after 1 specific Arte (1 for each).
Because of this, Zeppa Messhougeki is his only reliable (sort of) Mystic Arte. It is activated from Kuuha Zeppugeki, a pretty fast thrust, so you can expect to actually NOT get interrupted every once in a while.
As a side note, normally you can use Shouou Zetsurenshou only if in Ovl Lvl 2. I changed it so that Lvl 1 is sufficient. It's too cool not to.

All his MA's typically hit all enemies. They also damage everyone hard. Kyle must be in OVL to use his Mystic Artes, but he has an easy time staying in OVL the entire fight ; his MA's force him out of it, but he can re-enter immediately.
As for TP, it's never, never an issue. His special TP system makes it possible to Overlimit, Arte, Mystic Arte, repeat, until you get unlucky and get hit.


Interestingly, recovering from wall combos is easier than ever now. I can confirm that you should always air dash to the LEFT ; if you're on the right wall, you'll dash left, as expected. If you're on the left wall, the controls will be reversed, so you'll dash rightwards. It works almost every time. Kyle's long Air Dash is useful, though he usually gets hit after it. But it's still very possible to lose all your HP from one unlucky wall combo.

In a lucky event, I discovered that Bakuenken is Kyle's best Arte for this battle (or maybe it's Souhajin). Don't use its extension and chain into Ganzan Messaijin instead, which can chain into Kyle's strongest Mystic Arte. Even if this works maybe 1 out of 8 times, Kyle's good evasion allows him to recover and try again. It feels epic to fight the Barbatos head-on like this.
You can also Ganzan Messaijin from the air, which sounds like the perfect recovery move, but I always get interrupted.

Finally, Kyle has 1 Mystic Arte that can be activated on its own (without using an Arte first). You have to be low on HP, however. It also drains all your OVL, but I removed that effect (by accident).


And... what else. I'll re-release Hubert with changes in his Story Mode (I reversed Normal and Hard, and Chaos is way too difficult). For now, good wishes to all.

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