Friday, May 27, 2005

   Nothin Up Here

I just got up and it's not even 10 in the mornin yet,lol I feel fine but I only got 5 hours of sleep XD,how weird lol. I don't expect to do anything great today or whatever lol.That's the only thing I don't like about summer lol,you run out of things to do at home,and I can't leave the house when my parents are gone....at work -____-.... So anyways it's time for todays' Kingdom Hearts tip!!^^ This tip will help you if you're stuck on the following boss: Riku II Note:The strategy guide calls him Riku II because you fight him for the second time in Hallow Bastion.But as you find out before the battle,this is actually Ansem using Riku's body.So I believe it's only fair to call him Riku Ansem.Because it's Ansem's moves,he just uses Riku's body to preform them. This is also said (and I agree!!)that this battle is the hardest in the game.And I'd actually call it a fact,because Ansem is actually easier for some reason lol. The Strategy Guide Says: Like Captain Hook,this opponent is deft of blade.Easier than the dragon??A little,but not by much. Press the O button to use the Guard ability to deflect his attacks.The Counterattack ability enables you to recover quickly and deliver a whole series of attacks before he can counter or evade.The Olympia ketblade will significantly aid in this strategy.When you need to cast Cura,glide away to make some space. Riku has two other attacks to watch out for.One resembles the Strike Raid,in which he flings his weapon at you.Although it's wiser to dodge this attack,if you can strike the spinning weapon at the moment it's going to hit you,then you can knock it back at Riku and damage him.When Riku powers up,he launches a whole series of attacks,shooting back and forth across the zone.When this occurs,it's best to jump high into the air and glide around until Riku settles down. If you can knock Riku off balance,select the Arcanum command (which appears at close range)and let him have it!!Show Riku that he still doesn't hold a candle to you,and the Ragnarok ability is all yours. I Say:I'd have to say the strategy guides' 50-50 on this one.Because I used their strategy to help my little sister when she was stuck on this battle,and doing what they said exactly,stayed alive for only half the battle.Now when I got there and fought,I came up with my own strategy after a few fights.How good is this strategy??About two weeks ago,I beat Riku Ansem in Expert Mode,on my 1st try!!But it's actually quite simple: Firstly,Me and probably hardly anyone else can perfect Guard,or use it in the first place.It's hard to use,so I honestly wouldn't waste my time tryin to deflect his attacks. The battle starts as him just slowly walkin around.He's expectin you to make the first move,and gettin to close to him will cause him to either dash to your side and slash you with his keyblade,or if you jump at him- jump up and crash back into you with a hard blow of his keyblade.So charge for him to start off,then High Jump to avoid his attack,you should end up behind him somewhere.This gives you time to unleash some blows before he finds you and attacks. This'll go on for a while until you deplete his first HP bar,then he starts throwin his Keyblade at you,similar to your own Strike Raid ability as said in the guide.This is where the guide is wrong.DO NOT try to reflect his Keyblade,you've got 1 in a million chances for it to actually work,and you need to take as few hits as possible,don't take the risk of reflectin it.Cause if it doesn't work,you get a good bit of damage.Simply run around the EDGES of the arena,DON'T (lol i like doin that) run anywhere in the middle of the arena,if you do,his Keyblade can hit you from any point,so stay around the edges!!Hit him when he stops in the middle of the arena to find you,keep hittin him until he starts throwin his Keyblade again,then repeat by runnin around the edges or dodge rollin near the edges. After you deplete another HP bar,his best attack comes in.This is where you need to pay the most attention,because this is where most people die,and where you are most likely to if you aren't ready. He'll go to the middle of the arena,glow and rise his keyblade,and say a line. (usually different every time)This is also where the arena gets dark,makin it hard to see where he is.But thanks to my strategy for this attack,you won't have to worry about that a bit. DON'T follow the strategy guide on this,gliding across the arena only puts you in MORE danger and makes you MORE likely to be hit multiple times,note that it only takes 3 or 4 hits from Ansem Riku durin this attack to make your HP flash red.So glidin across the arena is a terrible idea. For this you only need one thing to keep you alive and unharmed. I'm sure you've ran around the battle arena more than enough times to notice the yellow machine thing on the far end of the arena.Right before he starts shootin across the battlefield,you need to run to it.It doesn't do anything special,but just stay on either side of the machine and start jumpin!!I know it sounds weird,but even here Riku can still access every square inch of the arena,but if your jumpin when he goes towards the machine,odds are he'll only hit the front of it,and if you're too busy jumpin for your life on one of the sides,his attack cannot hit you.Though he can still zoom and hit you on the side,he rarely goes there.But this has to come in the most handy because of what he does afterwards.After he settles back down on the ground,he'll say somethin like "Heal this!!".Then a bunch of blasts come from the ground around the arena,as well as lightning (or thunder i dunno lol) comin out of nowhere from the sky.If you're in the battlefield at this time,your probably goin to get hit once for bein on top of one (their almost everywhere lol) and a few more times tryin to run away and not get hit again (XD lol).But this is why you need to sit put near the machine,the machine is your main tool here.So when your done jumpin around from his most powerful attack,STAY by the machine and wait for it to pass.You don't have to jump.Why??It's weird,but the blasts can't reach the very edges of the arena,so the blast don't come out from the free spaces by the machine,so stay here to go unharmed.When the blasts end,go at him and attack and run away when he's about to counterattack,or if you're loaded with MP (which you should be with this strategy) use Ars Arcanum and let it rip!!But heed this warnin: DO NOT and I mean DO NOT at any time durin this battle use Ars Arcanum over 4 times.ESPECIALLY before his best attack.If you do,he will preform his best attack for the rest of the battle without rest!!You WILL die from this.It'll deplete his HP fast,but it'll do the same to yours in return.YOU WILL NOT have time to heal,trust me and the official guide,cause we both point that out alot lol XD. So he'll most likely preform his best attack for the remainder of the battle.Just do what I listed to avoid that attack and hit him afterwards,don't use Ars Arcanum everytime,because what I explained above can happen,not to mention you need spare MP to heal.So don't waste your MP and possibly the battle usin Ars Arcanum all the time. So there ya go!!This has to be the longest entry I've ever typed XD.Remember you can always comment or PM me about a part your stuck on in KH or KH:Chain Of Memories and I'll write a solution in the next post.They probably won't be this long lol XD. I'll close up with a random fact about myself: I'm scared of rubberbands O.o Kaitlyn

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