KH Re:coded - Sora's Heartless (LV1 Critical) *No Damage/No Commands*

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Published on September 30, 2018 12:49:37 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GM7rw9wI-M

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Kingdom Hearts Re:coded (2010)

Duration: 6:30

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When I started this playthrough, this was the fight I was fearing the most. Sora's Heartless is what I considered to be the hardest fight in the game and doing it with both No Damage and No Commands restrictions just didn't feasible without a crazy number of retries. The 1st and 2nd phase are pretty simple but once you get the 3rd phase the fight becomes too chaotic to reasonably do damage without getting hit, especially considering your on a time limit before the clones respawn. However, while practicing the fight to see what openings I could use, I ran into something fascinating. It turns out I had a very specific set of abilities already equipped that completely breaks the 3rd and 4th phases in half when used right and I found it by complete accident...

1st phase is simple. Sora's Heartless has 2 different attacks based on what side you are on. If you are on his right side(your left), he does a fire punch that spawns 3 fireballs. If your on the other side, he does an ice punch that creates ice pillars. Between the 2, the fire punch is easier to get more damage on. In addition, you can use the Energy Earring to charge your Overclock to get Oblivion's All Critical ability. After the punch, do a combo and block the fireball before it hits. You need to get a feel for how many hits you can before you block. After 2 punches, it shoots laser up from the ground. Just run to the back and run forward to dodge the first and run back to dodge the second. After the second set of punches, he should be low enough to start the underground punching. Just avoid the attack and do a combo with one finisher and he should go down.

2nd phase is easy. If he does the spin, just jump over and combo. If he does the projectile, you can block it and then block the dash attack he does afterwards. After you do a couple combos he will use his Desperation Move and drop keyblades everywhere. At the end he will drop a golden one. Pick it up and shoot it at him to turn him into a Shadow, at this point the phase is over. The Anti-Sora has some really bizarre hitboxes I don't understand. Moves like the dancing spin that look like it should damage you don't, it's like this fight is straight up missing hitboxes.

3rd phase... This is where the exploit comes into play... You need a set of 4 things to do this, the Energy Earring(Block Charger), the Armor Bangle(Round Block), Mega Flare and Oblivion's Auto-Block ability. The trick here is too fill up your Overclock to 2 by either doing damage or blocking. Once you reach LV2 Overclock, Oblivion will gain the ability to block attacks for you. This isn't just some random chance thing like other KH games, this Auto-Block will trigger EVERY SINGLE TIME and everything other then the DM is blockable. This means that once you hit LV2, you can set game down and watch as Sora blocks everything for you while charging the Overclock Gauge. Once your Overclock is Maxed, roll clear and blast them with Mega Flare. The clones have such low defense that it only takes 2 Mega Flares to kill them. After the clones are dead, the real one will DM and you can pick up the golden keyblade and beat him like the 2nd phase.

4th phase is exactly the same but the clones respawn if you don't kill them both quickly after each other. Believe it or not, this can also happen in the 3rd phase but it takes a lot longer. However none of this matters because the exploit kills both clones at the same time.

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This is being played on the DeSmuME emulator. I don't have a DS/3DS capture card nor do I have the funds to get one. I am also using a high resolution 3D renderer at X3 setting to make the footage much cleaner.

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