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Ariel & Flounder HSC Guide!

Hey we finally got a real event!  Yay!  The long awaited Ariel&Flounder - and to a lesser degree Sebastian - is a catch-up mechanic for the people who never got iKairi.  They both increase Strength by 3 tiers for one turn, A&F for 3 cost and Seb for 6 cost.  Even if you have iKairi, these medals are still useful for other skills, specifically a DB3 or Second Chance on A&F for things like raid bosses and other one-hit mechanics.  This frees up iKairi for Cost 1 at the end of this month’s Coliseum.  Lastly, if you’re a new player or you just aren’t able to compete, getting a Cost 1 from the top 10k Coliseum this month and using it on Sebastian puts you on par with most of the player base (minus iKai’s heal).  This is a really great event, especially for F2P players.

Just like previous HSC, you move from room to room and kill what you can.  You cannot go back to previous rooms this time and there is no selecting a specific path.  There are a ton of Special chests so medals like Key Art aren’t going to be that beneficial.

Each pack you encounter will have 3 enemies, one of each type.  This fits into the World of Final Fantasy medals which ignore attributes (which I think means it always gets type advantage hits).  The seven WoFF medals are also your only multipliers and they pack quite a punch.  Each WoFF medal also has an AOE buff to help you along the way.

Here’s a list of the enemies:

Room 1:
Lv. 25 Shadow (P) & Possessor (M) & Soldier (S)
Lv. 50 Bag O’ Jewels (S) & Bag O’ Coals (M) & Bag O’ Coins (P)

Room 2:
Lv. 75 Blue Gummi Copter (M) & Yellow Gummi Copter (S) & Red Gummi Copter (P)
Lv. 100 Armored Knight (P) & Wizard (M) & Armored Archer (S)
Lv. 120 Ice Plant (M) & Dire Plant (S) & Red Rose (P)

Room 3:
Lv. 150 Search Ghost (S) & Defender (P) & Fire Plant (M)
Lv. 200 Large Armor (P) & White Rose (M) & Air Soldier (S)
Lv. 250 High Wizard (M) & Invisible (S) & Morning Star (P)

Room 4:
Lv. 275 Hammer Frame (P) & Cannon Gun (S) & Wayward Wardrobe (M)
Lv. 300 Blue Copter Fleet (M) & Red Copter Fleet (P) & Yellow Copter Fleet (S)

Room 5:
Lv. 400 Black Copter Fleet (S) & Blue Copter Fleet (M) & Red Copter Fleet (P)
(Probably more, I haven’t killed this one yet)

As for strategy, multipliers are going to be a big advantage.  Stacking iKairi or equivalent with three WoFF medals and a huge damage medal like Marluxia B on Divine Rose will net you a ton of points.  Your absolute best friend medal you can grab will be WoFF Sora with Sleep+, which will be essential to getting past the Lv. 400 group.

As for the score, I got 12 million with 0% dying halfway through the Lv. 400 group. The easiest Sebastian to get at 2.5 million, which seems obtainable to almost anyone with a pull of the WoFF banner. The easiest guilt for Sebastian is scoring in the top 2000 with 20 million points or getting in the top 1000. The easiest A&F you can get is to score in the top 5000. To guilt A&F you need to be in the top 1000 with 25 million points.

Also, Speed gems are trickled in those rankings.

So what’s the consensus?  If you have J&S and iKairi, this event is mostly just for fun.  With the nerfs to WoFF medals, they don’t matter very much.  The attribute-ignoring powers are pretty cool though so I might recommend you grab at least one.  Getting a Speed one for Olympia or a Magic one for DR could be great too.  Stocking up on an extra A&F or Sebastian can be great for when Proud mode comes around.

If you’re a F2P player or you don’t have J&S or iKairi, the WoFF medals can be really useful and A&F/Seb is absolutely necessary.  This event is literally for you.

Alright that’s all.  If you happen to know what enemies lie beyond what I’ve managed to complete please leave it in the comments below and I’ll add it to the guide!

Good luck!!

<3 KCM

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🌟9 DAYS TILL 2.8🌟
(a tune by louie zong inspired this sleepy train)

i’ve never played dream drop distance and i’m soooo ready to finally have it in my paws along with all that new content! SO SOON
follow @kh2-8 for sum cool countdown art up to the north american release!!! 

Org. XIII Event Guide - Xemnas

Fuck this event.

So, every mission is timed.  Every mission is a boss.  And they are all terribly difficult.  It’s a little disappointing because the Marluxia and Larxene events were so tailored to the individual members and their personalities, but Xemnas just gets “there are bosses, beat them fast”. Oh well…

Your reward is Xemnas B, a tier 3 guilt AOE Power with x3.10 and PSM down one tier for one turn.  Here’s a picture.  He’s only a bit better than Saïx for five bars instead of four and there’s not a very good place for Reversed Power on keyblades anyway.  Honestly, if I were you, I’d skip the event altogether.

To guilt this medal, you will need a buff clear medal (see Alice, Belle, etc.).  That’s not negotiable.  You will need DB3 or Second Chance and you absolutely, 100% will need iKairi.  If you don’t have at least one GDD (iXion, Meg, etc.) - probably two - you’re not going to get far.  Lastly, you’ll very likely spend jewels since none of the requirements are one-turn.

So let’s get down to it.  The layout is as follows:

Stage number.) Level of enemy Enemy name (Type +Additional health bars) +buffs
Complete in under this many seconds for reward - reward

1.) Lv. 50 Possessors (M)
40 seconds - HDL

2.) Lv. 75 Playing Cards (S +2)
50 seconds - MM

3.) Lv 100 Enraged Elk (P +9) + 3 P-Def
75 seconds - Xemnas

4.) Lv. 125 Queen Bee (M +24)
70 seconds - HDL

5.) Lv. 150 Cerberus (P +2) +2 PSM-Str
45 seconds - Xemnas

6.) Lv. 175 Wretched Witch (M) +1 S-Def
45 seconds - MM

7.) Lv. 200 Savage Spider (P +29) Sleep/Paralyze/Poison
90 seconds - MM

8.) Lv. 225 Guard Armor (S +46) +2 Def
180 seconds - Xemnas

9.) Lv. 250 Huge Snowman (M +43) +3 PSM-Def (+3 PSM-Str on turn 3)
200/230 seconds - Hairstyle

10.) Lv. 270 Behemoth (P +46) (builds P-Str)
180 seconds - Xemnas

11.) Lv. 280 Trickmaster (M +47)
180 seconds - Xemnas

12.) Lv. 290 Darkside Omega (S +64) +1 Def/+1 Str/Poison
180 seconds - Xemnas

13.) Lv. 300 Gummi Hound (S +59) +1 Str/+1 P-Str
180 seconds - Xemnas / 210 seconds - Title: No. I

Specifically, the thirteenth stage, the Gummi Hound uses a one-hit raid mechanic after 35 hits.  You’ll either need second chance or use jewels to beat it, because I don’t see how someone would beat this in 35 hits.

The last three are all going to require an insane amount of luck or a few continues because they all one-hit.  When you’re racing the clock, you’ll want to stack as many GDD and J&S medals as possible on top of iKairi and one hardcore damage medal.  One medal with APP will get you all your SP back, so Key Art isn’t necessary.  Use your friend slot for high damage, even though they don’t benefit from multiplier slots.  Using Sleep+ also works but it’s tenuous at best.

Honestly this whole event is insane.  After so many “for the people!” events like Donald, Goofy, and Larxene, I’m not surprised they made a challenging one.  But this reminds me of that level 500 ghost around Halloween that almost no one completed.  Working around the mechanics of things like the Marluxia event make sense to me as a gamer, but this event and its requirements is very strictly for the best of the best.  It’s a little alienating, especially for such a subpar medal.

People with more in-depth boss strategies, please put them in the comments!  I still can’t beat Mission 12 (I got a lot of this info from my roommate who spent over 1000 jewels), so we’ll see how it goes!

Anyway.  Good luck!  

<3 KCM

2.8 English Livestream on the 24th!

When I started this blog last year I wanted to make it a one stop shop of KH information but it’s been heavily focused on KHUX. With the launch of 2.8 (and soon 1.5+2.5) on the PS4 I think it’s a great time to expand!

So. On Jan. 24th, at 12:01am Pacific (3am Eastern), I’m going to do a live stream of 0.2 on my twitch channel for the English release of 2.8 and I really hope you’ll join me and make it an unforgettable experience!! 

(I’m actually in the eastern timezone so this will give me time to buy the game, install it, and be ready to go at 3am since I’m not getting it digitally.)

I know there will be a lot of other Twitch streamers covering this content and I know are some issues with streaming the latter parts of the game, but I promise to do my best to be a great host for everyone who shows up! I absolutely never talk during cutscenes - that’s blasphemy. I’ll post a reminder a few hours before the event to remind people too. <3

Thanks to all my followers who have supported me so far and thanks to everyone in advance that shows up on the 24th! See you there!

<3 KCM

KH2.8 Notice

In two days the Japanese version of 2.8 is coming out.  I want to let everyone know that this blog will not be posting any spoilers from Back Cover or 0.2 until the 24th, when the English version is released.

After the 24th, I’ll try to #spoiler tag 2.8 content for one month.  Just to be safe, blocking my #khafp and #khbc tags will do the trick. ^_^

Thanks everyone for following!  As we get closer to the 24th I’ll have a few more announcements about kh:FAQ events and guides for 2.8!!  If you have any suggestions or requests make sure to send me a message. 

14 more days!

<3 KCM