Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix - PS2/Quick Strategies

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Marluxia Data Rematch

Right before the battle starts Marluxia will warp next to Sora, whisper something into his ear and cast X-Death on you.

Right away when the battle starts you will notice a number above your head every time Marluxia hits you that number will go down, when it reaches 0 Sora will die. You can raise that number by using a reaction on Marluxia but you can only raise it to your level (The number is based off your level) and you can't get it any higher.

Here I will list his attacks (and how to avoid them):

Scythe Swing Just a generic attack, can be dodged by not being near him when he uses it. It can also be Guarded. After this attack there is a small period of time in which you can do a reaction command.

Aerial Warping Slash Pretty self explanatory, Marluxia will warp to your location, hit you, warp to your new location, and hit you again. Since you are in the air during this attack, just use Aerial Recovery and attack him before he hits you.

Warping Slash The same as the above attack except you are both on the ground. There is no way to counter this attack so just glide away from it.

Holes of Death Marluxia will make three very large black holes in the ground which cover almost the entire arena. They will probably kill you if you touch them unless you have Second Chance. You can easily avoid them by gliding.

Thorn Sphere Sora will be surrounded by a sphere of thorns that will stay around him until right before the attack hits. This can be avoided by gliding around until it stops surrounding you. Marluxia will often use thin in combination with Holes of Death.

Scythe Shark Marluxia will disappear and his Scythe will be in the ground moving in a circle while following you, as long as you stay far enough above the ground the attack won't hit you.

Desperation Attack Small holes with thorns coming out of them will follow you around, while that is happening Marluxia is invincible and will attack you. The best way to survive this attack is to summon Peter Pan and use Neverland, although it won't damage Marluxia, it will make you invincible.

If you manage to survive all of his attacks and bring his HP down to 0, you will get another Vanished Vision.