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Org XIII Event Guide ~ Vexen

New Org Event!  It’s really easy so this guide is basically pointless.  This time we get Vexen, one of my least favorite characters in the franchise.  You see a lot of themes in this event revolving around the number four, collecting ice crystals, and high defense enemies.  These are references to his Organization number, his ice powers, and his weapon of choice: a shield.

Vexen isn’t a particularly good medal, but the trait of choice you should be going after is Extra Attack.  This means on the fourth turn you can have him at +7 SM Def.  He also only costs one gauge per use.  Still, the medal itself is very specific and not extremely useful.  On the plus side, almost everyone will be able to get it.

All three objectives in each mission are the same, so you don’t have to worry about too much.  Follow this guide - or don’t - and you’ll be done in no time.

1.) 1 Turn ~ HDL
Lv. 25 Defender [P]
Lv. 25 Defender [P]
Lv. 25 Defender [P] x3

2.) Materials ~ MM
Lv. 50 Yellow Opera [M] x5

3.) Low HP x3 ~ Vexen
Lv. 75 Neoshadows [S]
There are six Neoshadows.  From left to right, the third, fifth, and target are low HP.

4.) 60 Seconds ~ HDL
Lv. 100 Defender [P] x2
Dodge all the enemies and head straight for the target.  Follow the materials.

5.) No Continue ~ Vexen
Lv. 125 Wandering Spook [M] (150 hit counter) & Defender [P] x4

6.) Materials ~ MM
Lv. 150 Neoshadow [S] & Armored Archer [S] x2

7.) Mushroom x4 ~ MM
Lv. 175 Gold Tricholoma [P] +2 Def
All four have a counter of 4, meaning four medals before they disappear.  Double Activation takes a second turn.  Two of them are in one group.
Lv. 175 Defender [P]

8.) No Continue ~ Vexen
Lv. 200 Huge Snowman [M] +3 PSM Def
Cleanse.  Xigbar B helps a ton.

9.) Low HP x4 ~ Hairstyles
Lv. 225 Neoshadow [S]
Under the arch, bottom right corner, hidden behind the wall, target.  There’s a material by each one to help identify them.

10.) 1 Turn ~ Vexen
Lv. 250 Armed Warrior [P] +3 PSM Def
Cleanse.  Easier than the Snowman.

11.) 90 Seconds ~ Vexen
Lv. 275 Wayward Wardrobe [M] +3 M-Def & Armored Archer [S] x2
Follow the materials.  

12.) Low HP x4 ~ Vexen
Lv. 300 Neoshadow [S]
Any group with only one enemy.

13.) 1 Turn ~ Vexen & Title (No. IV)
Lv. 350 Armored Warrior [P] +3 PSM Def x2 & Defender [P] x2
Cleanse.  Only +6 health bars.  Str up and Def down are important.

Alright, that’s all I’ve got for you.  Leave comments below if you need anything!  Good luck.

<3 KCM

HSC Guide - Cinderella

At the girlfriend’s house so let’s make this quick.  New HSC: Cinderella & Jaq (C&J) and SP Cinderella (SPC).  They both do exactly he same thing for some reason (str and def by one tier for two turns plus curaga) except they cost 4 gauges and 3 gauges respectively.  Additionally, C&J is Speed, SPC is Power.  Honestly, there’s no reason to break your back over this challenge.  The medals are blah.

Multipliers: Tieri, iSora2, Bad Boy Riku, and Spaceship Ansem are 21%.  Bird and Whale are 14%.  The new Pay To Win medal is 10%.

Enemy List:
Lv. 25 Nosy Mole [P] x3
(Chest 1.5 bars)

Lv. 50 Bag O’ Jewels [S] x3

Lv. 75 Candy Apple [M] x2
Lv. 100 Large Body [P] x2
(Chest 1.5 bars)
Lv. 125 Wibble Wobble [S] x2
(Chest 1.5 bars)
Lv. 150 Poison Apple [M] x2

(Chest 1.5 bars)
Lv. 175 Defender [P]

(Chest 1.5 bars)
Lv. 200 Invisible [S]
Lv. 200 Morning Star [P]
Lv. 200 High Wizard [M]
(Chest 1.5 bars)
Lv. 300 Cannon Gun [S] +2 PSM-Def
Lv. 300 Hammer Frame [P]
(Chest 3 bars)
Lv. 300 Wayward Wardrobe [M] +3 M-Def
Lv. 400 Yellow Copter Fleet [S] +2 SM-Def
(Chest 6 bars)
Lv. 400 Red Copter Fleet [P] +2 PS-Def
Lv. 400 Blue Copter Fleet [M] +2 PM-Def
~*TARGET*~ Lv. 50 Loudmouth [S]

Rewards:
-top 1k gets 5 orb SPC and 3 speed gems
-top 2k gets 2 orb SPC and 2 speed gems
-top 5k gets 1 SPC and 1 speed gem
-everyone and their grandma gets C&J
-17 mil to get the final two SPCs for guilting
-15 mil and top 2k for guilted C&J
-12.5 mil for 5 mirrors
-5 mil for first C&J

My 0% clear got me 9.7 mil.  For 17 mil that’s 75%.  But we all have Tieri anyway so it’s actually only 54%.

Alright sweet dreams hunny bunnies!  Good luck on the HSC!

Your loving and slightly-tipsy guide maker,
<3 KCM

April ‘17 Coliseum Guide

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New month, new Coliseum.  Except there’s nothing really new about it.  So let’s talk about the two big changes.  First and foremost, it looks like the Tiers for completion now go all the way up to Tier 21!  Which is just so great, because honestly we are just breezing through Tier 11.  Right?  Right?????

The second change is, of course, the enemy list:

xx1: Magic
-Candy Apple x2
-Wizard & Bag O’ Coal x3
-Poison Apple
-Blue Gummi Copter* x4

xx2: Speed
-Black Gummi Copter*** & Armored Archer
-Aeroplane**
-Cannon Gun****

xx3: Power
-Morning Star & Gummi Hammer
-Wyvern###

xx4:
-Wizard [M] & Arial Knocker [P] & Soldier [S]
-Gargoyle Knight [P] & Hook Bat***** [S] & Ice Plant [M]
-Search Ghost# [S] & Blue Gummi Copter* [M] & Red Rose [P]

xx5: Speed
-Soldier x5
-Yellow Gummi Copter@ x3
-Creeper Plant x2

xx6: Power
-Wicked Watermelon## x5
-Large Watermelon## x2
-Huge Watermelon##

xx7:
-Large Body [P] & Timer Bomb (6 hits) [M]
-Darkball [M] & Armored Archer [S]
-Stinging Bee@@ [S] & Armored Knight [P]
-Dark Plant [M] & Neoshadow [S]

xx8: Speed
-Air Soldier
-Gargoyle
-Invisible
-Cannon Gun****

xx9: Power
-Defender© & Bad Dog x3
-Large Armor©**(only sometimes procs) & Large Body

xx0: Magic
-Possessors

© Caution - enemy attacks first
*+1 M-Def
**+2 Def
***+1 PSM-Def
****+2 PSM-Def
*****+1 P-Def
#+2 Str
##-2 PSM-Def & -2 Def
###+1 Str
@+1 S-Def
@@+1 Str & +1 Def

(I kept mixing up round numbers?  So if I messed something up please tell me.)

Strategy:  
Avoid 6.  Holy Jesus avoid 6.  You think everything is so nice because they give you 2 GDD and 2 PSM down, but no.  Like.  Really.  Don’t do it.  You also might run into some problems late-game with the Dark Plant in round 7, the Invisible in round 8, and the Possessors in round 10.  

1 and 5 are pretty safe.  The rest are going to depend on medals and stuff.  If you have a cleanse (or iB&B) round 2 is a lot easier.  If you have ignores attribute medals, round 4 is easy.  If you have great single target, round 8 is pretty easy too.  My strategy will probably be: 1 > 2 > 5 > 8.  This might change to include 4 later on instead, depending on how things go.

I actually think this is a very unique Coliseum!  Lots of unique strategies, requiring different methods for different stages.  It’s cool!  Anyway…

Rewards:
This month is AB3 + Cost 2.  That’s 2 gauge cost and AB3 guaranteed on every use.  Very good for some of those high cost medals we’ve been getting like Xigbar B.  Top 10k get one, top 1k get two, and top 100 get three.

The new boards are ninjas!  They are identical to previous boards and are generally useless.  But they each have a Magic Mirror, a cute outfit, and the title “Powerful” for the blue one and “Combatant” for the pink.  Completing Tier 10 will get you enough for both boards and the first Mirror on the third board.  By completing Round 80 of Tier 11, you will also have enough coins to grab the first Mirror from the fourth board so be sure to do that!

And there you have it.  Good luck this month!

<3 KCM

Maleficent B Event Guide!

Sorry about the guide delay again - I stayed up way too late working for Lux rankings and by the time 3am came around I was exhausted (and I work Mondays!)

So let’s get down to it. Maleficent B is your reward - a reversed magic AOE damage medal that costs 5 gauges. It’s not amazing on its own, but coupled with Moogle O’ Glory’s fourth slot and the “boosted” (+1000) Maleficent you can obtain, it’s quite useful. Actually, with the current climate of reversed magic - there hasn’t been a single event! - Maleficent B is invaluable for the F2P/C2P market. But of course there’s a catch: this event is uniquely very easy and very difficult.

The easy part: completing all 15 missions gets you 12 Maleficent medals total, which is obviously overkill. Actually, by the time you finish Mission 13, you already have eight. So to guilt Maleficent, you don’t need to complete the event. This is a good thing because

The hard part: the first objective for each mission requires you to bring reversed medals. The final three missions actually require you to have a complete set of reversed medals! And I don’t know about you guys, but my reversed medals suck. And for some added incentive, the boosted Maleficent can only drop from the final enemy group in Mission 15.

So let’s get into the enemy list, and I’ll talk strategy afterward. Each mission has three rooms; in the first two rooms, you can pick one of two groups to fight in order to progress to the next room. The target is in the final room. This is actually really useful because you can plan which group you want to attack.

One Reversed

Mission 1 - Lv. 25:
Large Body [P] x2 OR Fat Bandit [P]
Shadow [P] x5 OR Gigas Shadow [P]
~TARGET~ Armored Knight [P] x2 & Bad Dog [P] x2

Mission 2 - Lv. 50:
Fire Plant [M] & Bad Dog [P] x3 OR White Rose* [M]
Possessor [M] x5 OR Blue Rhapsody [M] x6
~TARGET~ Ice Plant [M] x3

Mission 3 - Lv. 80: ~MALEFICENT~
Neoshadow [S] OR Armored Archer [S] x2
Invisible [S] OR Aeroplane** [S] & Armored Archer [S] x2
~TARGET~ Air Soldier [S] & Bandit [S] x2

Two Reversed

Mission 4 - Lv. 100:
Blue Gummi Copter*** [M] x4 OR Red Gummi Copter**** [P] x4
Morning Star [P] OR High Wizard [M]
~TARGET~ Large Body [P] & Wizard [M]

Mission 5 - Lv. 120:
Poison Apple [M] OR Stinging Bee***** [S]
Creeper Plant [S] x2 OR Wizard [M] x2
~TARGET~ Candy Apple [M] & Armored Archer [S]

Mission 6 - Lv. 140: ~MALEFICENT~
Wibble Wobble [S] & Hook Bat [S] x3 OR Red Rose [P] & Bad Dog [P] x3
Wyvern% [P] OR Cannon Gun%% [S]
~TARGET~ Neoshadow [S] & Gargoyle Knight [P]

Three Reversed

Mission 7 - Lv. 160:
Gummi Hammer [P] OR Large Body© [P] x2
Large Armor [P] x2 OR Fat Bandit© [P]
~TARGET~ Large Armor [P] x2

Mission 8 - Lv. 180:
Poison Apple [M] OR Red Bandit© [M] x3
Dark Plant© [M] OR Fire Plant [M] x2
~TARGET~ White Rose* [M] x2

Mission 9 - Lv. 190: ~MALEFICENT~
Wibble Wobble© [S] x3 OR Aeroplane** [S]
Invisible© [S] OR Neoshadow [S] x2
~TARGET~ Stinging Bee***** [S] x2

Four Reversed

Mission 10 - Lv. 200: ~MALEFICENT~
Search Ghost%%% [S] & Armored Archer [S] OR Gummi Hammer [P] & Armored Knight [P]
Morning Star [P] OR Gargoyle [S]
~TARGET~ Gargoyle Knight [P] & Black Gummi Copter# [S]

Mission 11 - Lv. 210: ~MALEFICENT~
Poison Apple [M] & Candy Apple [M] OR Defender [P] & Power Wild [P]
Dark Plant [M] OR Wyvern% [P]
~TARGET~ High Wizard [M] & Large Armor [P]

Mission 12 - Lv. 220: ~MALEFICENT~
Black Gummi Copter# [S] & Armored Archer [S] OR Fire Plant [M] & Ice Plant [M]
Cannon Gun%% [S] OR Wayward Wardrobe ## [M]
~TARGET~ High Wizard [M] & Gargoyle [S]

Five Reversed

Mission 13 - Lv. 230: ~MALEFICENT x2~
Fat Bandit [P] OR Invisible [S]
Gargoyle [S] OR Dark Plant [M]
~TARGET~ Hammer Frame [P]

Mission 14 - Lv. 240: ~MALEFICENT x2~
Poison Apple [M] & Candy Apple [M] x2 OR Gummi Hammer [P] & Large Body [P] x2
Cannon Gun%% [S] & Dark Plant [M] OR Pester Jester© [P] & Dark Plant [M]
~TARGET~ Dark Plant [M] & Large Armor [P] & Air Soldier [S]

Mission 15 - Lv. 250: ~MALEFICENT x2~
Yellow Copter Fleet### [S] & Bad Dog [P] & Fire Plant [M] OR Blue Copter Fleet@ [M] & Gargoyle Knight [P]
Red Copter Fleet@@ [P] & Neoshadow [S] OR Blue Copter Fleet@ [M] & Defender [P]
~TARGET~ Black Copter Fleet@@@ [S] & High Wizard [M] & Morning Star [P]

© Caution - enemy hits first
*+1 S-Def & Sleeping
**+2 Def
***+1 M-Def
****+1 P-Def
*****+1 Str & +1 Def
%+1 Str
%%+2 PSM-Def
%%%+2 Str
#+1 PSM-Def
##+3 M-Def
###+2 SM-Def
@+2 PM-Def
@@+2 PS-Def
@@@+3 S-Str & +3 P-Def

(That was horrible to type out..)

Strategy:

Alright, this is about to get complicated. There are two strategies to this event. The first one is the reversed-only requirement. Since each mission gives you an extra Maleficent using reversed medals, you generally want to try to do that. RAX makes a nice return here, as well as GDD medals like Key Art 3, iXion, iAnsem, and HD Axel. Smee as well. Xaldin B and Xigbar B on Divine Rose helps with the copter fleets in Mission 15. Larxene A & B and Marluxia A & B help. WoFF Seph. Your friend medal does NOT have to be reversed, so taking someone’s Minnie&Daisy or KA1 with Second Chance can help a lot. Triple Threat (Status+) is a thing now, so that might help too (though I haven’t used it yet…) But the big thing here is: if you feel like you have to, you can use continues.

The second strategy involves your second run through the mission. You’ll want this if you used a continue the first time or if you want to farm up a boosted Maleficent. The drop rate seems very low, but they are infinite if you put in the time and effort. For this strategy, just make your absolute best keyblade and ignore the reversed requirement. (Actually, because you already have 8-11 Maleficent medals anyway, you don’t have to do the reversed requirement at all! If you have skip tickets, however, you should try for all objectives.) For this strategy you’ll definitely want iB&B (or another +3 Str medal but the cleanse helps a lot!). Use WoFF or J&S. Anything that ignores attributes. Training Ver. Mickey (or whatever it’s called in the global version), SDG B. Second Chance. Strong single target if your Nova can help with the enemies in the last group. I’m still a huge advocate of Xigbar B here.

In short, you can guilt Maleficent without doing Missions 14 and 15. If you want the boosted version and can’t get the right reversed setup, ignore the reversed entirely. Do you. Kick ass.

Alright this guide is way too long already so I’m going to call it there.

Good luck!! Event ends 4/2!!

<3 KCM

PSA: As an aside, with the announcement of the awakening system in Union x, it might be better to hold off on actually guilting (or combining) Maleficent until the update hits. This is because of the trait system and all that… I won’t get into it here, but you should definitely keep it in mind when combining medals before the update.

  i-needhealing said:
So you see, I'm still a noob in KHUx. I'm on quest 475. But I have a question about the current High Score Challenge. How exactly can I get enough points? I know this probably sounds so dumb to you, but I have no idea how to deal any damage to any of those LV. 350 enemies. Could you perhaps give a few tips?

No question is dumb!  I’m sure someone else is wondering the same thing.  So here’s a couple tips:

-The current $15 dollar deal gives you access to the Illustrated Belle & Beast medals, which are a godsend.  If you already have Sebastian or Ariel&Flounder or iKairi, this isn’t a “need to have”, but it helps clear away the buffs on the Cannon Gun.

-Defense Down is more helpful than anything.  iXion, HD Axel, Key Art #3, Smee, Owl, Meg, iAnsem… that kind of thing.

-Guilted Tier 3 medals are important.  Xigbar B in particular is really great because he does Defense Down and does a lot of damage.  You don’t have to worry about AOE, so find some good single target 100% medals.

-Match your keyblade type.  Try leveling up Olympia or Divine Rose, depending on what your good medals are.  Classic Donald on DR is really useful.

-WoFF medals are great because they are super effective against every attribute, and there is one Speed, one Power, and one Magic enemy.  If you have someone sharing a 100% boosted WoFF medal, you should use it.

-Don’t forget Nova!  Use it on the one that is giving you the most trouble.  This will probably be the Cannon Gun.  

-Second Chance and Defense Boost can help you get a second turn.

-If you’re running out of Special, bring one of your Chip&Dale medals!  Or if you have a friend sharing a Key Art #1, use that.

I hope this helps!  If you need anything else just send a message!

<3 KCM

Chip & Dale HSC Guide, I guess?

So.  New High Score Challenge, if you can call it that.  Since there’s no challenge.  And high score means nothing.  I was actually really sour when I first saw the notice because the multipliers are mostly the same as HD Beast.  The rich get richer, you know?

But then I did the mission.

Enemy List:

Lv. 50 Bag O’ Jewels [S] & Bag O’ Coins [P] & Bag O’ Coals [M]
Lv. 75 Bag O’ Jewels [S] & Bag O’ Coins [P] & Bag O’ Coals [M]
Lv. 100 Bag O’ Jewels [S] & Bag O’ Coins [P] & Bag O’ Coals [M]
Lv. 350 Hammer Frame [P]
Lv. 350 Cannon Gun [S] +2 PSM Def
Lv. 350 Dark Plant [M]
~*TARGET*~ Lv. 25 Nosy Mole [P]

7.5 bars of Special over 4 chests

No rankings.  3.2 million necessary for all 7 Chip & Dale medals.  I got 3.3 million with a 0% multiplier.

…I guess that’s it?

Uh.  Good luck.

<3 KCM

HSC - HD Beast Guide

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High Score Challenge!  Yay!  Unfortunately, it’s pretty directed toward multiplier again, and only the new medals are giving multipliers.  This time around you get the HD Beast medal, which is +3 Power based Strength.  Basically, he’s the Power version of Ursula.

The multipliers this time around include Key Art 4, Illustrated Leon, Xehanort & Vanities, and HD Roxas at 21%.  Then Illustrated Belle and Beast at 14%.  And lastly, the three new Epic medals at 10%.

Let’s get to the enemy list, then I’ll rant.

Room 1:

Lv. 150 Search Ghost* [S] & Lv. 100 Search Ghost* [S]
Lv. 200 Wayward Wardrobe** [M]
Lv. 150 White Rose*** [M] & Lv. 100 White Rose*** [M]
Lv. 100 Hook Bat**** [P ]x3
Lv. 100 Hook Bat**** [P] x3
Lv. 200 Cannon Gun***** [S]
Lv. 200 Morning Star [P]
Lv. 100 Dire Plant [P] x3
Lv. 100 Dire Plant [P] x3
Lv. 100 Minute Bomb [M] (6 hits)
Lv. 100 Minute Bomb [M] (6 hits)
Lv. 150 Gargoyle Knight [P] & Lv. 100 Gargoyle Knight [P]

Special chest (1.5 bars) x4
Health chest x2

Room 2:

Lv. 250 Blue Copter Fleet% [M]
Lv. 250 Yellow Copter Fleet%% [S]
Lv. 250 Red Copter Fleet%%% [P]
Lv. 350 Blue Copter Fleet% [M]
Lv. 350 Yellow Copter Fleet%% [S]
Lv. 350 Red Copter Fleet%%% [P]
~*TARGET*~ Lv. 50 Bag O’ Jewels [S] & Bag O’ Coal [M] & Bag O’ Coins [M]

Special chest (6 bars) x3

*+2 Str
**+3 M-Def
***+1 S-Def & Sleeping
****+1 P-Def
*****+2 PSM-Def
%+2 PM-Def
%%+2 SM-Def
%%%+2 PS-Def

Strategy:
This HSC is obviously geared toward iB&B, which gives the iKairi buff and a cleanse.  Almost every group has a buff.  That being said, with a few good WoFF medals you can ignore this intention.  Though if you did pay for the iB&B missions this week (or next week), keeping a few separate medals is a good idea to act as multiplier bonuses for those who aren’t lucky enough or don’t want to try pulling a premium.

Rewards:
HD Beast takes the place of Ariel&Flounder and Sora&Donald&Goofy B, wherein the top 1000 places get 5 and anyone over 17 million gets two.  This means to guilt it you need 17 million minimum.  Like Beast’s predecessors, this is a pretty high multiplier.

At 0%, I got about 9.5 million, which means you’ll need about a 78% multiplier.  That’s iB&B, two premiums, and a friend’s premium. (Technically that’s only 77%! o_o) Another alternative is two iB&B, 3 epic 10% medals, and a shared premium.  But you probably won’t pull the numbers needed to kill those Copter Fleets…

If you aren’t looking to guilt, you only need the top 5k to get one HD Beast.

And unlike previous HSC, this one doesn’t have a second tier reward (think Sebastian or Young King Mickey).  Though maybe we should take solace in the fact that the multiplier requirement isn’t in the 90s this time?

Honestly, I’m a little disillusioned.  I don’t love really hard HSC that take me hours to make a guide for (this one is taking me about half an hour, btw), but the new format of “You need 80% multiplier to have a chance at guilting!!” is really unappealing to me.  I don’t even try, to be honest.  It’s just spending money.  I don’t have money.  And without a second medal to even have a chance at guilting…

Anyway, sorry to bring you all down.  I’ve been doing homework for like 12 hours straight.  I’m exhausted. XD

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!!  Event ends 3/23!! Congrats to the eight people who get guilted HD Beast!!

<3 KCM

He. Has. Arrived!!

(Huge thanks to Square Enix North America for that notice. I have always loved this series and for a long time I have felt that the players of KHUX weren’t given the attention they deserved. And this seems like a step in a more personal direction. I can’t wait to see what you guys do next!!)