Breakdown: Data-Dark Riku Replica ~ Kingdom Hearts 3 Re:Mind Analysis

[@xion0713]

Id like to point how Repliku’s line when he beats sora is a call back to Riku’s line when he beats sora with the wooden sword on the destiny islands

[@BioRoxas]

Ooooh that’s a great connection!!

[@EmblemAsura]

And before the "World of Chaos" fight [final Ansem] he says something like "Giving up already? I thought you were stronger than that, Sora" and then Sora flies up with the Fairy Dust from Neverland.

[@RamixTheRed]

And then later Riku also says it to Roxas during their fight to draw out his memories of Sora.

[@RamixTheRed]

When Riku does his Dark Aura attack it's like a mix between Nostalgia and PTSD

[@danieltinsleykhvsff9622]

Show of hands who else felt overwhelmed when fighting dark riku.

[@BioRoxas]

✋

[@zen-ari3774]

I shiver just thinking about it.

[@danieltinsleykhvsff9622]

@@zen-ari3774 tell me about it.

[@valydendor4472]

🤚

[@ironstark917]

His Dark Aura is still one of those attacks that if I get hit during it; I generally acknowledge my run as being fuber. It is a very satisfying attack to block and dodge through though.

[@thundercharged1]

Dark Riku's reaction to breaking your guard is surprisingly well-animated.

[@BioRoxas]

Yeah I really like that animation!

[@jstar3382]

It's pretty similar to his get off me move in KH1

[@ironstark917]

"I'll show you how powerful I am!" "Darkness!" "You like it?!" "One More!" "I'm Unstoppable!!!!" "Come on, Sora. I thought you were stronger than that."

[@fork-man]

Try again

[@zer0w0lf94]

“Grow stronger!” “Not good enough!” “Come on!” “I’m done with you!” “Think fast!” “Later!” “But why?”

[@gamerton1238]

One more X3

[@Riku70X]

"I'm Unstoppable!!!!" "One More!" "Think fast!" "One More!" "One More!" "You like it?!" "One More!" "One More!" _Riku you do not know what 'ONE More' means_

[@RPGNoZero]

Data Dark Riku = a data replica of a replica with the heart of a replica of Riku brought from the past Replicaception

[@CherikoSol]

The water dispel actually surprised me. Holy shit Edit: The DM openings blew my mind. I love these analysis vids!

[@BioRoxas]

Glad I was able to show off some new things for you ^^

[@Rodj15]

This data battle was fun since Data Dark Repliku would block and counter my attacks adding some challenge

[@ironstark917]

I would love to see someone manage to program Dark Riku's AI against Yozora's AI. It'd be a fun match.

[@johangodojolo8652]

@@ironstark917 Yozora would crush him. Hes invincible for 99% of the fight without blocks and his attacks are consistent enough that they would just hit Riku after he releases his shield.

[@thatkingdomheartsguy9615]

I dont think you fought him on Crit

[@johangodojolo8652]

@@thatkingdomheartsguy9615 why

[@thatkingdomheartsguy9615]

@@johangodojolo8652 because he's saying this fight was fun when this fight is a pain in the arse on Crit

[@zer0w0lf94]

1:57 Dark Riku only performs this variation when you hit his Revenge Value. He also points the Soul Eater at you before his dive attack. Every time I’ve fought Dark Riku, 2:55 always happened after 3:56. 6:16 I’ve always seen Dark Riku do this twice in a row. From what I remember, Dark Riku does 4:53 if you get hit by 6:37. I’ll have to check.

[@lucidsoliddale6877]

Thank you bro ~

[@BioRoxas]

Wow thank you!! This fight was insane so I appreciate you shedding light on it!

[@IkanaCanyon7]

@@BioRoxas One extra detail! Dark Riku only ever does his dash attack combo AFTER his Desperation move, once hes done it regardless of if you blocked it (its a guard breaking attack btw) or not he will not do it again until he does his DM another time.

[@jinx1987]

You should do a analysis of Lesser Nobodies and their movement/attacks. They are just so fascinating to watch.

[@BioRoxas]

Ooh that could be cool!

[@valydendor4472]

Fuck dancers. I know this is a bit off topic but fuck them.

[@mechzilla569]

@@BioRoxas you should do that for every enemy and boss in the series just in case we are having trouble with for example kh2dancers or kh3 large bodies and their charge attack it would be helpful because if we are covering the bosses and attacks the might as well cover the enemies

[@LeaderOfTheCovenant]

@@valydendor4472 yeah Fuck Dancers most garbage ass fucking nobodies except that one move that just kilks you no matter what

[@SeeM2uOld]

Come on Sora, I thought you were stronger than that!

[@sethleonard9158]

He actually has openings!

[@EternalDream]

Aw, I missed you were working on this one! I have a whole doc with his rotations haha. For example, at the start of the fight he'll always use 3 attack patterns, then go into his DM. He can't repeat a pattern he already used, so you'll always see all 3 (line mine, circle mine, shadow + down strike) patterns before the first DM. His patterns were amazingly fun to work out and they're surprisingly consistent - including his openings. Easily my favorite fight haha.

[@BioRoxas]

Oh really? That’s interesting! He’s so chaotic that I just assumed it was all random xD

[@shadowldrago]

I had a ludicrous amount of Defense, Magic and Attack Ups when I fought the Data Organization, so I never noticed he had so many attacks since I basically just Ultima wailed on him until he died.

[@valydendor4472]

Same here except with double form. I got so lucky.

[@jamarcusdavis4023]

Same here. I just cheesed it with Ultimate Form and got lucky.

[@rickywalters7717]

My first defeats on Xehanort, Xion and Yozora just had me Ultimate-Spam, honestly. Have 3 "Cure Converter" abilities and hit the enemy just ONCE. Now you have Ult Form; Xion drops one of these Cure Converter items, which helps quite a lot. However, i can nearly clownify Yozora; Currently down to: - Lv99 Beginner - Kingdom Key - All but 2 Pro Codes (No Cure, Magic Slip) Also, I think Blockless Yozora is possible - Parryless, I don't know. But most definitely Blockless.

[@charlesgibson5724]

That dark aura never get old

[@zen-ari3774]

This is one those moments where an enemy does something outrageous , and uses a move formerly exclusive to the player. The way he blocks and counters almost makes him seem like a player. Things like this, Yozora dodging attacks, and enemies self-healing are so startling when it happens.

[@ashemabahumat4173]

Dude, his animations are so clean. Especially the counter burst and guard break ones

[@Xarcoh]

Aye, you mentioned that Water can cancel out the dark pool attack!

[@Ultimasorano]

I think Repliku took me several days to beat; just because of how fast he is, and all of those damned mines. It was fun and satisfying though.

[@BioRoxas]

Yeah once I figured him out he was actually really fun to fight!

[@nightslayer1182]

This is my favorite Data fight just because of how much was going on and how glad I was when I saw him do his DM and it was so similar to KH1

[@OneRandomVictory]

“One more”

[@amurilloreno]

I really appreaciate that in KH3, Magic can be utilize to dispel certain Magical Attack from enemies or bosses.

[@xion0713]

Ive been looking forward to this

[@NickRyanBayon]

This triggered my ptsd from kh 1 riku fight

[@RegularDude117]

One of the best data fights. Also that Water strat is so cool, even cooler on Ansem.

[@aralskt4319]

Dark Riku will also changes his attack pattern based on what he attack he uses with mines in the beginning and if you hit his revenge value. Here’s his stats BTW: HP: 3000 Strength: 112 Defense: 58 Damage multipliers: physical (1.0) fire, water, blizzard, thunder, areo (0.5) neutral/light (0.85) dark (0.2) Reaction endurance : 0 Revenge value: 6.5 Attraction magnification: 0.5x Damage limit: 24

[@rickywalters7717]

Reaction Endurance? What's that, if I may ask?

[@OobakaSenkoDama542]

surprised you didn't mention the dark pool attack was directly from the anti black coat nightmare from DDD but otherwise great breakdown! THAT WATER TRICK THO

[@beyondsolace1921]

I beat him a couple times. Every time it was through brute force. Super fun fight that I could never understand what to do other than the two words the Phil once instructed us, "ATTACK!!!!!" Maybe now, ill try learning the fight, but then maybe I'd lose that pure instinct and adrenaline while fighting him.

[@rickywalters7717]

Same. Honestly, I just like to go Ultimate Form and wail on him, WHILE he has Sturdy Frames. That way it feels like an Anime battle. Love that stuff, honestly.

[@eDragonWings]

I love Darkattacks! I am writing a datapack in Minecraft with the Darkform and Darkattacks. Dark Aura is my favorite!

[@Elsuya_Milo]

Ah yes the "Thank god i can basically spam Curaga/Potions to stay in the fight".... atleast that's how I beat him.

[@patrickmcgregor5168]

Data Dark Riku Replica. Still less of a mouthful than Kingdom Hearts 0.2 Birth By Sleep - A fragmentary passage -

[@xx_wasabi-_-xxgg]

Kh 1.5 hd rwmix plus 2.5 hd remix plus final mix

[@isrockcarmona6837]

@@vadandrumist1670 wrong its dark repliku

[@xx_wasabi-_-xxgg]

@@vadandrumist1670 😂

[@extremeoutlawking1771]

I never knew his claw attack could be cleansed by water

[@keeganlafferty1395]

I did not know that the claws could be canceled with water, gotta try that if I ever fight Data-Dark Riku again

[@BioRoxas]

Yeah and usually when you negate it after the crazy mine spawn it’ll create an opening!

[@shadowldrago]

I'd have gone with Data Dark Repliku.

[@AlphaOblivion7]

Repliku is seemingly in a permanent dark form at this point, so prolly would be easier to just say "Data Repliku"

[@amae1er218]

Bio-Roxas THE true seeker of darkness. Nice job.

[@runemaster8656]

I like that his "But Why?" quote is a nod to Ansem's demise in KH1, despite being a replica of Riku without Ansem.

[@darklight645_]

Fun fact I did all the data battles while my parents were present. It was very annoying hear my dad quote Riku when I died as that added to the frustration of getting wrecked.

[@BioRoxas]

“I tHoUgHt YoU wErE sTrOnGeR tHaN tHaT”

[@darklight645_]

@@BioRoxas Exactly what it was. Annoying hearing that about every time I died and other things. The one I seem to remember the most is him quoting Xehanort's "Enlighten me!" line

[@venabre]

The pool of darkness attack reminds me of the Unleash aoe from the Dark Knight class in FFXIV

[@Panicatthepanic]

This is amazing. I'll be checking it out a lot as I do a Pro Codes Run. XD

[@crazyfire9470]

Dark attacks having bright light effects, something’s off here😂

[@commathellamma8325]

This really helped me beat him 😊

[@BioRoxas]

I’m so glad ^^

[@Kryors]

Great scott Repliku loves his freaking mines

[@ArrowSlayer]

Bio did us a favor by not having his taunts in the video 😅

[@BrennySpain]

OMG! This one gave me huge nightmares! I was up until 10pm ah night trying to beat him! And young Xehanort was the only other one I had defeated before. I’m never doing limit cut again! Especially since it only has 4 minutes worth of cutscenes! Lol

[@diegolomba2613]

M I N E S M I N E S M I N E S Im UnStOpAbLe M I N E S M I N E S M I N E S Come on Sora, I tHoUgHt YoU wErE sTrOnGeR tHaN tHaT

[@cactusalucano4013]

I just noticed that the Dark Pool attack is the same attack that Anti Black Coat and it makes sense since Anti Black Coat is the Nightmare versión of Riku since Riku is a Dream Eater.

[@Hocklie333]

Great video. Thank you for the breakdown. It should make it a lot easier to know what's coming. I'm try to do no damage but only can do 4 of the bosses that way so far.

[@BioRoxas]

Dang good luck!! I don’t think I could ever no damage a boss xD

[@ShockMeister01]

This dude is the last one I need before the last two unlock. Bro, I got insane flashbacks to my first time fighting him in Kingdom Hearts 1. 😖

[@alexmetaverse]

Ah yes. Edgepliku

[@jonathangp65]

Even with this guide, I'm not sure if I could keep up with *Gotta go fast!* Repliku here.

[@fork-man]

One thing i thought was odd was how repliku is oddly taller then his kh 1 RoM and recoded versions as he is around the same size has kh3 sora and xion both who are much taller then kh1 sora and kari and sora was about 2 or 3 inches shorter the kh 1 riku

[@leonjok3r220]

I already beat this fight doing no damage and all pro codes but this was still really interesting 👏

[@brianlam7879]

Random topic, I always thought that if the Megaman zero gets a remake, Omega Zero would have almost the exact same fighting style as the replica.

[@Svylian]

I was surprised that this fight was one of the more intense ones it was the first one i beat and i beat it first try

[@Kidkinsey]

I hate that after that fight I find out these characters have more openings😭😭 I only found like 2-3 chances to hit him while fighting

[@charlesgibson5724]

The two rivalry

[@Drew3966]

Okay there's Riku Dark form Kh1, Riku-ansum/ Ansum use Keyblade of heart, Riku Replica CoM and Dark Riku Kh3. These are different characters that fight similar.

[@andresmarrero8666]

Those mines look like spirit lanterns to me.

[@SlickB104]

I hope you end up doing xigbar next he's a good fightcand his defeat line is really interesting.

[@toanuva6178]

Wish you could play as Dark Riku in the game

[@SKYRIDER619]

Did you ever do a Mysterious Figure break down from birth by sleep?

[@BioRoxas]

:( please don't make me do that. I want to keep my sanity.

[@floridaman2425]

I kinda wish he had the Keyblade Of Heart

[@brianlam7879]

Hey @Bio-Roxas, I had made a request from a KZbinr named "Phil up gaming" AKA Philip Hartshorn, that I wanted for the both of you guys to have one or two discussion videos that is related to Kingdom hearts and FF7R, I don't know if you can mark that into your schedule, and if you do that, Thank you, it would be very appreciated if you do.

[@BioRoxas]

What kind of video? ^^ Idk if I have time but I’m always open to ideas

[@brianlam7879]

@@BioRoxas I'm not sure, but from what I have seen a few videos in Phil's channel, I'm don't have a lot of ideas at the time, maybe predictions? (IDK, might need some time to think about later)

[@manfromhamaslume]

ironically i beat him first try

[@Abe01-98]

Took u a while but not bad breakdown, so is this Repriku fused with the power of darkness like Riku in KH1 or his acceptance in Re:CoM

[@BioRoxas]

I would assume at some point during CoM though not during his acceptance. Probably before that

[@Dat2KGOAT]

Data riku got me wanting to end it all bruh 😭

[@rainmaker6670]

Who would try juse water there 😂🤔 How did you find that out

[@FlameOC]

The wheel in kh1 is blockable I don't get why they change this

[@OneRandomVictory]

Cause this is a data fight. Also all red attacks are unblockable... except when it comes to Xemnas who already has red attacks so it’s blue in his case.

[@johangodojolo8652]

@@OneRandomVictory and yozora and Vanitas. Also Xion.

[@BioRoxas]

Well it is blockable but you can’t actually counterattack after it so it was kind of like it was so strong you were barely able to guard it.

[@Rusheman13]

0 out of 10, to much darkness

[@charlesgibson5724]

That barrier look like riku did is he copying

[@Boothenson]

This video is good and all for callbacks and stuff, but its all over the place and its almost impossible to use as a tutorial. this kind of video split in two, one for callbacks and history, another for how to block/evade/counter attack would be amazing. Soraalam made videos like that and this is the closest i can find for kh3. i just want to learn block patterns and openings man.

[@beyondsolace1921]

Data Dark Riku-Xehanort Replica 😅

[@bignanavc]

Imo next KH game should have a yugioh world so they have an excuse to bring back cards

[@timtimothy5405]

Only one I beat first try

[@RedFlashdrive]

....i hate this boss fight. Not including Yazora, its the boss fight that took me the longest to beat. I dont get how people can say he is one of the easier fights...

[@johangodojolo8652]

@@vadandrumist1670 He actually has some of the most variation in what he'll do of all the data fights. Other fights that people consider harder like Xemnas and Xion have a lot stricter patterns.

[@ZenonXZ]

@@johangodojolo8652 and Saix if you decide not to use links.

[@johangodojolo8652]

@@ZenonXZ Saix is the one data fight I skipped on my all pro code attempts so I dont know that much about it lol.

[@my_universe4680]

Repliku

[@jetstreamjackie3437]

I still do not understand who this boy is. Is he Repliku from the past? Is he a replica of Repliku given Repliku’s memories, but from the past? And then in San Fransokyo it turns out DARKNESS could be IMPERSONATING HIM AT SOME POINTS?? That’s the smartest move in the world because even us omniscient observers have no goddamned idea who this is

[@dexholderred2469]

It’s Riku Replica before the Organization messed with his memories. So the first time Riku fought him in Castle Oblivion.

[@axran3577]

Hes easy i beet him yith out my cupo

[@Kizzainpleh]

This is my least favorite boss fight. Poor design imo