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March ‘17 Coliseum Guide!

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New month, new Coliseum!  This one’s set up exactly like last month - 10 tiers, plus tier 11 for progression.  Tiers 12-14 are still not implemented, though the rewards are still present in the Rewards screen.  But let’s get to the main event: the enemy list.

(For the new people, the x1 means any round that ends in the number 1.  Round 1, 11, 21, etc all use these enemies.  So and so forth for x2, x3,…)

x1: Speed
-Creeper Plant x2
-Nimble Bee* x4
-Stinging Bee** & Nimble Bee*

x2: Speed & Power
-Wibble Wobble (S) & Aerial Knocker (P) x3
-Gummi Hammer (P) & Wibble Wobble (S)
-Aerial Knocker (P) x3
-Air Soldier (S)

x3: Magic
-Wizard x2
-High Wizard & Dire Plant

x4: Speed
-Creeper Plant & Flower Rider x3
-Armored Archer x3
-Neoshadow

x5: Power
-Bad Dog x3
-Shadow x5
-Defender

x6: Magic & Power
-Fire Plant (M)
-Dark Plant (M)
-Gargoyle Knight (P)
-Defender (P)

x7: Speed
-Rainy Loudmouth x5
-Search Ghost*** & Armored Archer
-Armored Archer x2 & Rainy Loudmouth x3

x8: Power
-Large Body & Bag O’ Coins x2
-Large Armor
-Bag O’ Coins x3
-Nosy Mole x3

x9: Magic
-White Chocolate Statue***
-White Chocolate Statue***

x0: Magic & Speed
-Darkball (M) & Wibble Wobble (S)
-Fire Plant (M) & Creeper Plant (S)
-Black Gummi Copter**** (S) & White Rose (M)

*+1 Str
**+1 Str, +1 Def
***+2 Str
****+1 PSM Def

Strategy:
This month is surprisingly tame.  The White Chocolate Statues have a ton of health as the levels go up, so you’ll want to skip Round 9.  You’ll find some enemies like the Black Copter and the High Wizard that might give you some problems, but hey, at least there aren’t any jesters!

Rewards:
Completing Tier 10 nets you 2900 coins, enough for both the blue and pink boards.  You’ll have 700 left over.  By completing Round 80 in Tier 11, you’ll have enough coins to buy both Magic Mirrors, which I advise over the EXP medals.

The boards come with the same skills as always: DB2 and 5 other things you’ll curse for taking up inventory space.  You’ll get the new Coliseum Knight outfits as well as the title Tough Guy for the blue board and Mighty for the pink board.

This month’s skill is the coveted Attack Boost IV, which does x1.8 damage when activated.  AB4 is given out to the top 10k, with the top 1k receiving two and the top 100 receiving three.  Capes are also awarded to the top 100k, giving the Rare Enemy +4 perk.

Anyway, that’s that.  Good luck everyone, have a great March!!

<3 KCM

Coliseum Guide - February ‘17

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Alright guys, new month, new Coliseum.  Contrary to the Tier 12-14 additions, they don’t seem to be implemented into the game.  So… basically, nothing is different.  Let’s get started.

Enemy List:

x1: Power
~Gargoyle Knight
~Gargoyle Knight & Armored Knight x2
~Armored Knight
~Armored Knight & Bad Dog x3

x2: Magic
~Poison Apple & Candy Apple
~Candy Apple x2
~Poison Apple

x3: Speed
~Cheery Ape
~Cheery Ape

x4: Power
~Dire Plant x3
~Gummi Hammer
~Red Rose & Dire Plant x3
~Gummi Hammer & Red Rose

x5: Magic
~Wizard & Bag O’ Coal x3
~White Rose* (sleeping) & Wizard & Bag O’ Coal x2
~High Wizard

x6: Speed
~Hook Bat** x4
~Wibble Wobble x2
~Wibble Wobble x2 & Hook Bat** x3
~Air Soldier

x7: Power
~Large Armor
~Large Body
~Pester Jester+ & Gummi Hammer

x8: Magic
~Fire Plant
~Fire Plant x2
~Fire Plant & Ice Plant x2

x9: Speed
~Yellow Gummi Copter* x5
~Black Gummi Copter***
~Yellow Copter Fleet****
~Special Chest (6 bars)

x10: Power
~Morning Star
~Defender
~Defender & Bag O’ Coins x2

*S-Def +1
** P-Def +1
***PSM-Def +1
****SM-Def +2
+Caution - applies debuffs

It looks like x3 and x9 are going to be the ones you want to skip this month.  The Cheery Apes are sort of this month’s Gigas Shadows - lots and lots of health.  If you had good luck last month with the Gigas Shadows you can take your chances on these guys, though!  Yellow Copter Fleet is going to be just as bad as Blue’s was last month.  There are no mix-attribute groups.  The Coliseum after WoFF medals came out - who would have guessed!  But this opens up a lot of versatility with keyblade and medal selection too.  Lastly, the Pester Jester puts one of a few different debuffs on you at the start of your encounter.  If you get one that really hinders your attacks, just reload the game.

Rewards:

Completing Tier 10 gives 2900 coins and each board costs 1100.  The boards are very standard - nothing worth remarking on.  The titles are “War-Torn” for the blue, and “Pinnacle” for the pink.

A new Bonus Board was added!  This changes very little, except it - like the other one - starts with a Magic Mirror.  One is 600 coins, the other is 900 coins.  If you manage to get to Round 80 of Tier 11 this month - which is a little under the top 10k - you can actually buy both Magic Mirrors if you forgo the EXP medals!  I advise doing this - MM are limited and EXP medals are not.

This month’s rank reward is Attack Boost III + Attack Prize Plus.  Top 10k get one, top 1k get two, and the top 100 get three.  If you have any guilted medals that are good with APP (J&S, iXion, TVA, etc.) this is a great addition to your repertoire.  If you have your APP on non-guilted buffs (like me… >_<) then this really isn’t worth a lot of trouble.  Getting one is probably fine.

Then there’s the Cids, Magic Mirrors, Moogles, Skills, etc… the usual stuff.  AB2 and DB2 are still on the Coliseum boards if you need them.

ALRIGHT THERE YOU GO!  That’s it!  Good luck this month!

<3 KCM

Coliseum Guide ~ Jan. ‘17

A Coliseum that’s worth doing!  Starting 2017 off right!

Let’s get right into it.  Here’s your enemies:

x1: Power
~Dire Plant x5
~Gummi Hammer
~Gummi Hammer & Dire Plant

x2: Magic
~Blue Rhapsody x5
~Red Bandit x2 & Blue Rhapsody
~Red Bandit x3
~High Wizard

x3: Speed
~Nimble Bee+ x5
~Nimble Bee+ x2 & Stinging Bee++ x2

x4: Power
~Pretender x2
~Great Pretender x2
~Morning Star

x5: Magic
~Pink Possessor
~Blue Copter Fleet***
~Pink Possessor x2 & Blue Copter**** x2
Special Chest (3 bars)

x6: Speed
~Armored Archer
~Tornado Step x5
~Aeroplane+++ & Armored Archer x2

x7: Power
~Gigas Shadow & Mega Shadow** x2
~Gigas Shadow x2

x8: Magic
~Pumpkin Soldier
~Jack O’ Lantern* x4
~Pumpkin Soldier* & Jack O’ Lantern* x3

x9: Speed
~Neo Shadow
~Wibble Wobble & Egg Chomper
~Wibble Wobble x2

x0: Power
~Defender
~Defender x2
~Bad Dog x3
Special Chest (3 bars)

*PSM Def +2
**M Def -1
***PM Def +2
****M Def +1
+ Str +1
++ Str +1 & Def +1
+++ Def +2

(Avoid Round x7 like the plague!)

Boards:
The outfits are awesome.  Keyblade armor for Terra and Aqua!  The boards have also been updated with DB2 and AB2 (yay!) and for some reason Attack Boost All II was added to the game.  You know.  Because how everyone loved ABA1 so much.  The titles for the Terra and Aqua boards are Passionate and Elite respectively, and like always you can get everything on both boards by completing Tier 10.

Rankings:
Top 10k get the SP1 ability, a long awaited treasure that makes any medal cost only 1 SP!  And it’s for the top 10k instead of the top 2.5k, making it much more obtainable!  This is an absolute necessity in this game.  It really levels the playing field for players with iKairi and those who will eventually get medals like Ariel&Flounder or Sebastian.  The only downside is that there is very little incentive to push for 2.5k.  Top 1k and Top 100, however, can get 2 or 3 SP1s respectively.

Good luck this month!  It’s shaping up to be a great year for KHUX!

<3 KCM

December ‘16 Coliseum Guide

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New month, new Coliseum!  It’s just like last month where we have 11 tiers and completing the first ten will get you basically everything.  There is one new addition though: a Special chest in one of the rounds!  Very unusual for the coliseum.  Let’s hope we see more of those in the future!  So let’s get started:

Ememy list:

x1: Power
~Large Body
~Large Body x2
~Large Armor
~Large Armor

x2: Magic
~Wizard
~Wizard x2
~Ice Plant & Wizard
~Fire Plant & Wizard x2

x3: Speed
~Gargoyle
~Gargoyle
~Gargoyle
~Gargoyle x2
Chest: 3 bars of Special

x4: Power
~Red Rose x2
~Hammer Frame
~Gargoyle Knight & Red Rose

x5: Magic
~Poison Apple
~Candy Apple x3
~White Rose* & Poison Apple & Candy Apple

x6: Speed (unless specified)
~Bag O’ Coins (P) x4
~Armored Archer
~Search Ghost** x3

x7: Power (unless specified)
~Bag O’ Coal x3 (M)
~Large Body
~Large Body & Bag O’ Coal (M)
~Large Body x3

x8: Magic
~Minute Bomb & Possessor x5
~Darkball x2 & Minute Bomb
~Wayward Wardrobe*** & Minute Bomb x2

x9: Speed
~Search Ghost & Hook Bat
~Hook Bat*-* x4
~Search Ghost** x2
~Cannon Gun*~*

x0: Power
~Aerial Knocker x4 *CAUTION*
~Armored Knight x2 & Aerial Knocker
~Wyvern**** & Aerial Knocker

Legend:
*Speed-defense & sleeping
**Strength up x2
***Magic-defense x3
*-*Power-defense
*~*Type-defense x2
****Strength up

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Rewards:

The boards themselves, like always, are 1100 each.  By completing Tier 10, you get 2800, which is enough for both boards and the first unlock on the bonus board.  This month it’s a Magic Mirror so make sure you grab it!

Each board comes with:
Pegasus Knight outfit
Shield & Gauntlets
Wings
+250 Chip
+250 Dale
Cid x2
Magic Mirror

Blue board comes with:
Poison
Attack Boost I
Attack Boost All I
Title: Buff

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Pink board comes with:
Paralysis
Sleep
Defense Boost I
Title: Robust

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Additionally, the top 250k players (basically everyone) will get the Pegasus Helm and the top 2,500 players get the Pegasus Tail.  The tail has a +5 Omega Raid Boss perk.  The top 10k also get AB2+Lux Plus.

I’m not going to even pretend like I understand strategies for Coliseum anymore, so good luck!  Happy Holidays!! ^_^

<3 KCM

November ‘16 Coliseum

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Alright let’s get started!  Coliseum is a little new this time around.  Instead of 10 tiers, they have 11, wherein Tier 10 has 10 rounds and Tier 11 goes to 999.  This is actually a good thing, but I’ll get to that in the rewards section.

So here’s the enemies:

x1: Speed
~Soldier x4
~Air Soldier
~Armored Archer x2 & Soldier x2
~Armored Archer & Soldier x2

x2: Power
~Dire Plant
~Dire Plant x3
~Gummi Hammer & Dire Plant x2

x3: Magic
~Minute Bomb
~Wizard x2 & Minute Bomb
~High Wizard & Wizard & Minute Bomb

x4: Speed (unless stated)
~Yellow Gummi Copter x4 (+1 S-Def)
~Red Gummi Copter (P) x2 (+1 P-Def)
~Aeroplane (+2 Def) & Yellow Gummi Copter x2 (+1 S-Def) & Red Gummi Copter (P) x2 (+1 P-Def)

x5: Power
~Bad Dog
~Bad Dog x3
~King Pretender & Great Pretender & Pretender

x6: Magic
~Darkball
~Darkball x2
~White Rose (+1 S-Def & Sleeping) & Red Nocturne & Yellow Opera & Blue Rhapsody & Violet Waltz

x7: Speed (unless stated)
~Blue Rhapsody (M) x2
~Bag O’ Jewels & Tornado Step x3
~Wibble Wobble & Bag O’ Jewels x3

x8: Power
~Shadow x7
~Mega-Shadow (-1 M-Def)
~Mega-Shadow (-1 M-Def)
~Mega-Shadow (-1 M-Def) & Shadow x4

x9: Magic (unless stated)
~Dire Plant (P)
~Fire Plant
~Ice Plant & Dire Plant (P) x2
~Dark Plant

x0: Speed (unless stated)
~Possessor (M) x4 *CAUTION*
~Creeper Plant x2
~Invisible

Strategies aren’t really a thing for coliseum anymore.  It’s mostly Sleep/Poison luck.  The Bad Dogs might be an issue with their paralysis.  The Invisible does more damage the lower it’s health, which will be a problem at high levels.  And that Aeroplane hits like a truck.  Everything else is pretty tame.

Rewards:

Each board costs 1,100, like every other week.  The in game notice tells you exactly what is on each board, so I won’t bore you.  But the titles are as follows:

Legend - completing Tier 10

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Amazing - Blue board

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Beefy - Pink board

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Because completing tier 10 gives 900 coins, you can fill out both boards and start your Tier 10 bonus board once you finish the Tier 10 missions.  This is 20 missions earlier than previous months, so they’ve technically made (non-competitive) Coliseum easier.  You’ll also get five Cids along the way, up from four.

As for ranked:

The top 2,500 this month get Defense Boost III, which is nullifying 80% of damage, up from the 66% of DB2.

The top 10,000 get DB2 and the Timothy Mouse Earrings, which look like little red dangling orbs.

Basically everyone gets the hat.

LASTLY!!!

Anyone who completes up to Tier 11 (which isn’t hard at all) before November 4th will get a Timeless River Mickey!  This was an event medal from the very start of the game, for completing one of the Lv. 140 Proud Quests in the first couple weeks.  At the time, it was impossible for a lot of people, so make sure to pick it up now!  TR Mickey is a fixed damage medal like Beast and KH2 Yuffie.

Additionally, until Nov. 4th, all Coliseum missions are 1AP to promote this event.

Thank you for reading!  And good luck this month!

<3 KCM

October Coliseum Guide

(This is my third guide tonight so pardon me if I’m a little curt.. >_<) 

We’re back for another month of Coliseum!  This one has some pretty Halloween vampire outfits and a lot of Attack Prize skills!  So let’s get down to business.

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Like always, you need 2200 coins to complete both avatar boards.  That’s clearing Round 30 of Tier 10, which is a lot easier now than it was when Coliseum T10 came out.  Especially with the Jack event, there is no reason anyone shouldn’t be able to get to Round 30.

Here’s the enemy list based on Round number:

x1: (All Power)
~Dire Plant
~Dire Plant x3
~Gargoyle Knight
~Gargoyle Knight x2

x2: (All Speed)
~Chomper Egg x4
~Air Soldier
~Air Soldier & Chomper Egg x2 & Gift Shadow

x3: (All Magic)
~Bag O’ Coal x3
~Bag O’ Coal x4
~White Rose & Bag O’ Coal x2

x4: (All Power)
~Nosy Mole
~Nosy Mole x5
~Large Armor & Nosy Mole x2

x5: (Speed unless stated)
~Bandit x3 (*CAUTION*)
~Bandit x4 (*CAUTION*)
~Wibble Wobble x2 & Shadow x2 (P)

x6: (Magic unless stated)
~Gift Shadow (P)
~Darkball x2
~Wayward Wardrobe (+3 Magic-Defense) & Blue Rhapsody x2

x7: (Power & Magic)
~Possessor (M) x4 (*CAUTION*)
~Armored Knight (P) & Possessor (M)
~Large Armor (P) & Possessor (M) x2

x8 (All Speed)
~Gargoyle
~Rainy Loudmouth x4 (*CAUTION*)
~Armored Archer x2 & Rainy Loudmouth x2

x9: (All Magic)
~Bag O’ Coal
~Bag O’ Coal x4
~Ice Plant & Bag O’ Coal x3 (+2 Magic-Strength)

x0: (All Magic)
~Minute Bomb x2
~Candy Apple x2
~Wretched Witch (+1 Speed-Defense) & Minute Bomb & Candy Apple

A couple of those aren’t fun to deal with; Wretched Witch and Wayward Wardrobe are the worst IMO.  Unlike last month, there isn’t a Hammer or Cannon.  No Bad Dogs either, thankfully.  Defense Boosts and 0SP medals will help out a lot as you advance.  Those Poison+, Paralysis+, and Sleep+ will really come in handy.  This month has less heavy hitters, more health bars.  A test of endurance, maybe.  But with Jack and TVA in the mix, I think we will be seeing a lot of contention at Round 100 or higher!

So, let’s get down to the good stuff.  The rewards.

Rewards:
As always, getting to Tier 10 gets you some Cids and some Moogles.

Vampire Board (Blue):
~Vampire outfit
~Vampire talons (wrists)
~Vampire mask
~Poison
~Attack Boost I
~Attack Boost All I
~Chip +250
~Dale +400
~Cid x2
Title: Grand

Vampire Board (Pink):
~Vampire outfit
~Vampire bracelets
~Vampire headpiece
~Sleep
~Paralysis
~Defense Boost I
~Chip +400
~Dale +250
~Cid x2
Title: Brawny

Rankings:
~Top 2,500 get the new skill: Attack Prize + & Attack Boost II - this triggers both AB2 and APP at once
~Top 10,000 get Attack Prize Plus, which is great on its own
~Top 10,000 also get Vampire Wings

That’s it!  Have fun!  Good luck!

<3 KCM

September Coliseum Guide!

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New month, new Coliseum!  Just like last time, you need 1100 coins per board. That means to get everything in the blue and pink boards, you need to complete Round 30 of Tier 10.  This is probably going to be the norm, given the past three months.  But hey - cute outfits.

So here’s what you get:

Blue Board:
~Mushroom Hunt outfit
~Mushroom Hunt backpack
~Poison
~Attack Boost I
~Attack Boost All I
~Cid x2
~Chips +400
~Dales +400
~Title: Fired Up

Pink Board:
~Mushroom Hunt outfit
~Mushroom Hunt basket
~Sleep
~Defense Boost I
~Paralysis
~Cid x2
~Chips +400
~Dales +400
~Title: Glinting

Top 2,500 ranked get Attack Boost III which does 1.6x damage! 
Top 100,000 ranked get the Mushroom Hunt Hat, as well!
Plus you know.  Other junk.

Here’s a summary on what you’ll encounter during each round:

x1: (Speed)
Hook Bat ~ x1 Power-Defense
Hook Bat x3 ~ x1 Power-Defense
Search Ghost ~ x2 Attack
Search Ghost x2 ~ x2 Attack

x2: (Magic)
Minute Bomb
Minute Bomb x3
Poison Apple x2 & Minute Bomb x2

x3: (Power)
Bad Dog
Bad Dog x3
King Pretender & Bad Dog x2

x4: (Speed)
Chomper Egg x3
Armored Archer x2
Armored Archer x2 & Chomper Egg x2

x5: (Magic & Power)
Possessor (M) x4 ~ Caution!
Red Rose (P)
White Rose (M) (Sleeping) & Ice Plant

x6: (Power)
Shadow
Aerial Knocker x2 ~ Caution!
Hammer Frame & Aerial Knocker & Shadow

x7: (Speed)
Soldier x4
Armored Archer x2 & Soldier
Cannon Gun ~ x2 Type-Defense & Minute Bomb

x8: (Magic)
Violet Waltz
Wizard x2 & Violet Waltz
High Wizard & Wizard & Violet Waltz x2

x9: (Power)
Dire Plant
Dire Plant x2
Dire Plant x3
Morning Star & Dire Plant

x10: (Magic & Power)
Possessor (M) x2
Defender (P) & Possessor (M)
Defender (P) x3

In my opinion, it’s not as bad as last month.  At least you don’t have to deal with that damn witch and her healing.

Good luck!  Have a great September!!

<3 KCM

KHUX Theater Mode: Episode 12  (or: How to Betray a God in 10 Minutes)

KHUX Theater Mode: Episode 11 is now live!  Our intrepid hero has her first temptation of darkness!