Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 - Summons

[@nayemrahman9987]

Personally, Stitch is the best summon. He's a big help in fights like Terra/Lingering Will and both Demyx's (normal and data version). The only disadvantage is that he trolls with you a lot.

[@Vigriff]

+Nayem Rahman He's also quite helpful during the Underworld Cups.

[@nayemrahman9987]

+deathshadow2492 Yeah. Because of stitch i was able to plat the HD 2.5 remake of KH2 as the missions in the Olympics were a pain.

[@Jamestopboy]

See, I rage quit 2.5 due to the data fights being rigged as all hell...

[@DHTGK]

nah data fights are easy once you master basically everything about kingdom hearts 2

[@banriswirl6414]

That is literally the opposite of easy. "master everything and it's easy."

[@clockworkdeity]

Genie: "I can't kill anyone. So don't ask." Also Genie: *photon blasts nobodies*

[@legionofcats5175]

They are No one so loop hole

[@Fenyx_Birb]

He can't kill, but he can still punch people.

[@zeroderorero3948]

Genie: I can't kill nobody Nobodies: So that was a fuckin lie

[@jakestrom8395]

I feel like an idiot for using summons for their limits.....

[@loganbigmo]

Nah, I did the same thing too. It's all good if got the job done LOL. I used Peter Pan and his limit to help me finish off that Experiment thing in Christmas/Halloweentown.

[@xXLunatikxXlul]

Haha sometimes they're great for finishing off enemies

[@MarkofWisdom]

don't feel too bad, that's the best way to level the summon bar if you can't juggle the exp bar between numbers-that is having it go below one number and collecting orbs/hitting enemies to have it go up a number again before it drains to the lower number once more. Both decreases give a summon exp point, while summon limits give however many bars of summon gauge they drain

[@tonigutierrez1155]

I only used chicken little for the limit.

[@TenseMasterHalo]

I'll be honest, they really do poorly express to the player just what the summons do. Testing each of them out in my first playthrough years ago I've never really noticed any of these useful abilities. Chicken Little felt like a gimmick that was only there just because, Stitch did little overall except maybe launch and attack or stun everyone every now and then - though I found him useful in the underworld cups sometimes - and Peter Pan did little or nothing at all. The only one I valued was Genie since he could put out reliable damage to a group of enemies and was pretty easy to understand. I wish I knew each of the other summons had such utility, and wasn't about the damage output. I probably would have used them far more often than reserving the drive gauge for drive forms, which I had little understanding of their unique abilities anyways. Thanks for the video, it really helped a lot.

[@Voltricity435]

yeah same. i've played kh2 on crit twice and barely ever used summmons because i didnd't know what they did. now i'm doing a level 1 run and realized i should probably learn what these summons do lmao. kh1 also didn't really explain summons but those ones are more intuitive and easier to understand what they do without a guide

[@SonicsKeyblade]

It's also worth noting that Tink's Auto-Life will not trigger on Olympus Cups. Found that out the hard way on Crit Hades Paradox.

[@MuffinMythos]

BlueBlur64 Dude, sweet PFP! I that Sonic art is actually really cool. Lol

[@mi-nk]

@@MuffinMythos it's from sonic battle I think

[@Leon_Ryu]

I believe you forgot to mention that Chicken Little throws potions on Sora when low on HP, just like Genie does. This is on top of the small healing received for every hit scored on an enemy.

[@Bizkit047]

Leon Ryu I might have forgot to mention that

[@AmaryxGamesYT]

Summons in this game are super underrated! Stitch helped me beat Larxene at lv1!

[@ego2133]

This game is so nearly perfect. Even 10 years after I get this game for the first time, I still discover new things. :)

[@CataclysmicRamblerTe]

Chicken little is used to destroy record runs and be the RNG king.

[@block36079]

Chicken Little 1:27 Genie 3:28 Genie Valor 4:22 Wisdom 4:37 Master 4:48 Final 4:59 Stich 5:33 Peter Pan 8:03

[@ChibiTails]

7:07 Has anyone else noticed Stitch heals you 1 HP per drive bar?

[@knightshousegames]

While summons are underrated, I feel like stuff like Drive Forms and Limits are just better in most scenarios, which is why they mostly get thrown to the wayside

[@sofaris576]

I fell the oposide. Summons are way better then Drive Forms. Less Damage but safer. Well when they are available. There are a lot of Data fights where they are not.

[@honor2425]

Try playing level 1 critical. I literally cannot imagine fighting Demyx without summons, or the creation monster in halloween town second visit. I remember my original critical run. I actually leveled up and I struggled so much but only got through since I didn’t die In one hit. But boy does Chicken little and peter pan save my life. The only form that is useful in level 1 is Limit form. No joke, I literally die using the other forms. Limit gives me invincibility. I like to use Ars Arcanium.

[@thetronwarriors4817]

​​@@sofaris576 I agree and you don't run into the risk of anti form when using summons

[@MartenDE]

8 years. I have played this game since 2009 and still I learned things I never ever knew. It doesn't help that there seems to be no in-game way to look up this information. Thanks Bizkit!

[@real_swiftydragon]

Stitch is the main reason I bought Kingdom Hearts 2 he was especially helpful during Demyx's boss fight after numerous attempts with just Donald and Goofy. I so hated Demyx's water forms but using Stitch twice during the battle he helped me pull through

[@silviux93abletvsilviux88]

*Dance Water Dance!* i know the feeling i hate too demyx

[@TrainsAndMudkipz]

I don't know if this is correct or not, because i only just noticed it in this video, but when you said that Stitch can very slowly heal you over the course of time, by the looks of it you get a little bit of HP every time the summon bar goes down, which is probably why it seems so rare, cause whenever you use him, you continuously keep the summon bar up.

[@KeybladeBrett]

Thanks for this video, I watched it back when it was brand new, and this is REALLY helpful for my first KH2 Level 1 playthrough.

[@FourAngelsX]

I hope they put Bahamut in KH3

[@CaptainCJ97]

FourAngelsX same

[@mohamedab9033]

This ain't Final Fantasy bruh. One of the strongest points of KH is that it's very reminiscent of FF but only if you payed attention and tried to look real hard , because it's at the same time very different and original.

[@FourAngelsX]

+Matt Gray you dont have to look hard to see all the ff influence. Are you really telling me that you would rather summon something lame like chicken little over Bahamut.One ff summon wouldnt hurt the game.

[@nesoukkefka1741]

+FourAngelsX Also Bahamuth was supposed to be in KHI the option to summon him still exist in the game's data but for some reason they never finished to program it.

[@sofaris576]

+FourAngelsX Honestly I would prefer to summon Stich instad of Bahamut but only because is one of my favorit Character in all of Fiction. A Mix of Disney and FF Summons would be cool thought. Bahamut is meybe a bit to big fore the maps. And make him smaller takes away something of his apeal. But Summons like Shiva, Rhamu and the Magus Sisters could work in KH3.

[@coverandoacasa]

How about a kh 1.5 summons video? :)

[@StickmanSham]

+coverandoacasa KH1 summons overall were pretty straight forward, all of them except for tinker bell were used for damage output

[@sofaris576]

+StickmanSham You can combine Bambi and Thundara to Kill heartleas quick and farming Elexirs. But otherwise you right. With some MP management they are a great fore killing normal enemies.

[@Woodenfan]

Also, depending on world, Bambi can drop some really rare stuff. Great for Lucid Crystals...sometimes!

[@AflipKID91]

+Woodenfan I love you kory, best animu ever

[@xXLunatikxXlul]

@@Woodenfan had no idea! Thanks!

[@bentonic4998]

Chicken Little is absolutely GOATed in the Underdrome

[@justcallmexen]

I usually end up using Peter Pan for the cave of remembrance nobody fights, the auto life fail safe is nice but magnet magic into combos is also rewarded with mp orbs to replenish the heftier cost of magnet. If Tinkerbell's auto life is lost, then I am a bit more careful and use his limit to heal up with hp orbs and run it out a little quicker to resummon.

[@jamesporter571]

I can't believe that Bahamut was scrapped in the first game but Chicken Little made it into the sequel

[@infamouscha]

I didn't even know stitch could parry hits for you, that's actually pretty crazy and useful

[@BrimBlam]

The thumbnail has a threatening aura

[@Chaineh]

I found genie's wisdom form rather useful against enemies that couldn't be hurt by physical damage such as the Mad Ride (when its headlights turn on) and the Magic Phantom (when its in the air).

[@brandonnetwork]

Genie saved my bacon during some of the Organization Data bosses and especially Lingering Will. Genie is the MVP.

[@wingsailor]

Thnx for the upload Bizkit047.This really helped out.

[@Allyspill]

These videos are really great. Can you do a video about the mushroom 13 please? Most of them aren't too bad but mushroom 8 is just evil.

[@nerdkingofgames]

THANKS! This vid got me through Titan Cup on Proud Mode and the Marluxia silhouette.

[@charlesdhanielgarcia6961]

Hi Bizkit! I use your KH2FM lvl 1 speed run for my Critical speedrun. Thanks for the tips and techniques! You make it look so easy :)

[@Bikestealer17]

Bro thank you so much for this video. Playing on critical for the first time and i knew there had to be a good use for summons

[@soha7617]

This is really helpful! I've played through KH2 several times and only attempted summons 3 or 4 times in total because I couldn't figure out what to do or which one is best to use. Thanks for the video! :)

[@heavyrain5949]

You play Love Nikki right?

[@maxpower4910]

I never used them ever. I feel like an idiot.

[@Scep57]

I used Stitch in my first playthrough of the original KH2 when i was doing the cups, as well as Peter Pan for his Neverland to rack up several points, but that was about it. I never used Chicken Little or Genie because the lack of a tutorial didnt provoke me in any way to want to use them. Now that Ive taken the time to look at speedruns i know the full extent of what ive missed and now use them pretty much all the time, abusing Stitch and Chicken Little whenever necessary.

[@phoenixkh93]

This was a really interesting video. Played KH2 and variants 6 or 7 times now and I never once realised they did all this, I used to just spam the limits

[@BrenoRanyere]

the thumbnail looks so epic! Also, i fell stitch is a little broken, considering you can use magic to refill you drive really fast, you can pretty much have infinite stitch with infinite magic. great video man! what other videos do you plan on making next?

[@sofaris576]

+The odd one But he does his Abilitys so often that its still broken. And his ukulele paralize enemies and leave them helples aganst Soras atacks. It even works on Organisation Members. and it spawns HP orbs. I hear in KH 2 Final Mix he his Ukulele Move every time when Soras HP go in the read area.

[@sofaris576]

+Sofaris Oh gosh. I write the last comment before I watch this Video becuse I Already know all about Summons. He already has explainend the Ukulele.

[@Prisma_Axolotl]

Cave of remembrance Peter revive was everything

[@KeybladeWielderXV]

I've never considered using the summons in the lingering will battle. I was also unaware that tink can save you from death.

[@aerodblade1601]

''My friends are my power'' ''that sentimental b.s again sora'' ''no literally, my friends will fuck you up''

[@ThaRixer]

Excellent video

[@CocoHikari583]

An interesting side effect while you are in a summon you can't go into dice/card form from failing a gamblers reaction command.

[@thetronwarriors4817]

Which is a perfect way to practice mastering the gambler reaction command what I mean is if you fail the reaction command while the summons are on the battlefield you wont go into dice and card form and it's a good way to practice the gambler reaction command and Master it so you can do the gambler reaction command without failing it when grinding drive orbs to level up Master form and refill the drive gauge and when grinding money as well as when doing the reaction command when fighting luxord

[@CaptainWesker88]

***** After seeing your speed run of Kingdom Hearts 2.5, I saw how useful summons can be (stun locking with Peter Pan to name a use) and it helped me with Saix on critical. Even in the Final Fantasy games they're mostly ignored, but I find them more useful in KH than FF. I wish I knew how useful they were before getting almost near the end of the game, though.Thanks for the help with both the games and for these guides~

[@haziq12ish]

*i've been waiting for someone to do this, its perfect, definitely subscribing*

[@MatthewCenance]

The HP restoration seems to be linked to the summon gauge dropping by a number. Sora appears to get one HP when the summon gauge drops from 9 to 8 and then again dropping from 8 to 7, according to the clip at 6:56.

[@Bob-ks1zv]

Stitch also DESTROYS the underworld records if you are looking to platinum. Shown in video obv.

[@redandblue1013]

I found chicken little destroys all of xexions books. That and the lifesteal was quite helpful for the first half of the fight, made it essentially free

[@megasean3000]

Honestly Stitch is the most OP Summon. Once you get him in Hollow Bastion, all bosses become a cakewalk.

[@lucasmarinho6816]

Chicken Little in this game shows us how the amount of hope Disney put on the movie

[@xeienar]

I love Stitch! He helped me to beat Terra in KHIIFM!

[@theoneandonly8403]

I remember as a kid all I used was Summons, since I loved the characters and I didnt care for Drives at all.

[@stevemclovin1566]

thank you for making this video. chicken little save me a lot during the last bit of lingering sentiment and in the bonus cavern.

[@Xolcin]

Nice, never knew about most of the mechanics from summons. I made the rookie mistake of spamming limits, seems like summons are more effective passively as you attack with Sora.

[@jazuii]

Chicken little is the best summon. He literally cancels any attack with a whistle he blows every 3 seconds.

[@itsddashrock]

Very great and informative video, you've opened up another element to explore for me..

[@yellowgamers5996]

8:51 Screenshots from the first Kingdom Hearts!

[@thegamewin100]

The game kinda tries to tell you what they do in the status menu like chicken little bringing distant enemies in

[@akbarnaqvi4737]

The Stitch summon saved my life in the Demyx fight

[@KingMethyx]

Great video, you are amazing at explaining things.

[@thearchangel2577]

Nobody: Genie: Phenomenonal COSMIC Powerrrsss!!!!! Itty-bity attack assistance.

[@blazilfrazil2]

I can not believe summons are this OP lmfao. Stich is crazy for level farming as he completely refills your MP all the time, and the damage you do fills the summon bar, so he can almost stay out the entire time you run through a world

[@scatlinksean]

I never let summons be an actual party member and just a glorified limit attack. I've learnt some things today!

[@Fodimin]

The game explains mechanics as well as it explains the lore

[@Roxaspwns]

Thanks for the rundown on summons!

[@Ronldbx6]

I always thought chicken little sucked, I had no idea he had those abilities. I would always use the FP mode.

[@xLithiumFlower1]

+Ronldbx6 That's the problem the game never explains shit to us and most of us used the gimmicky shit like FPS mode and Stitch's guitar mode and never learned their much more useful mechanics, they just come off as gimmicky and you don't use them until you get into the higher level play and learn strats that others had to learn and explain to you

[@SgtTwilight]

Peter Pan is easily my favorite. Theirs been a few bosses where he and I just combo into infinity. The two attacks per hit also seems to charge the summon gauge keeping him out more often. Also his hits seem to generate MP orbs which makes him incredibly useful. Oh yeah and auto life. Seriously can't believe how many people say he's the worst summon in the game.

[@sakura368]

basically genie becomes a drive form weapon

[@evewhoo]

Stitch is so cute >.< Also, 6:34 Dance, Demyx, Dance!

[@dutchpotato3557]

6:02 yo biz throwing that shade at people who only use mp to cure lol.

[@dolphinboi-playmonsterranc9668]

DutchPotato Not much reason to use magic with Oblivion and Decisive Pumpkin

[@pingaspearce9403]

Dolphinboi except for using a fuck ton of different magic and limits

[@ilikethenintendo]

I probably would not have gotten thru the cavern of remembrance if it wasn’t for chicken little. Thanks Zach Braff

[@zikademais210]

Stitch vs nobody remebrance it's SOOOOO POWERFULL.

[@casual9549]

I’m curious, how did you make the game Japanese? Or, was it a Japanese copy?

[@amixofamix6443]

It's funny that I knew about the auto heal and party with stitch but I never noticed the free mp.

[@lowhp_comic]

You forgot to mention that by using the right trigger on the controller, you are able to fly very high during Peter's limit. it's such a weird concept, but I like it anyways xD

[@dmas7749]

Uhh...what's the PS3 counterpart for that again?

[@Yoyo-r8o]

D MAS uhm... there is no counterpart since kh2 Final mix Available to PS... but it's R2

[@dmas7749]

Yosif Noorzad I knew that. -but xbox controls are fucking stupid microsoft pls-

[@lowhp_comic]

You can only do it when you are not attacking and it only works when you are in his Neverland limit. Theres no use in using it, but I like it haha

[@darkuscarlet]

I still remember when rumors of a Mickey summon were floating around and taken seriously.

[@JohnSmith-bn5mi]

I liked Stitch the most as my summon, but during the Hades Cup run... he just never did much. I know it's RNG, but he went through multiple rounds.... just doing 1 or 2 attacks in total. I ended up having to switch to Peter Pan in order to get the necessary amount of orbs.

[@Whirlwhind1]

Chicken Little and Stitch saved my ass several times in my first Critical mode run. I love them.

[@Gak2410]

I’m half way through a lvl 1 crit play through and I can completely agree

[@ChromaLuke]

To be honest, I've never even used a summon during all my playthrough in KH2, the only times I would ever use them were in the Olympus Cup, and I only ever use Stitch or Chicken Little too. In fact, I never knew you could obtain Peter Pan in this one.

[@OneGamer2EnvyThemAll]

Which is the beauty of KH2. You have so many different ways to beat bosses that even without Summons (not saying they're useless), you can get by on a lot of things.

[@TophDaGreat]

0 Dislikes. That's what I'm talking about.

[@passion_flora]

1 dislike. Probably your fault.

[@repetaki]

i may use peter pan in data batles

[@Mr.Savage565]

Not a bad move.

[@agenttechnaid5438]

Fun fact normal attack while chicken little is out will actually heal you

[@SiveenO]

Something of note: Chicken Little will also throw a Potion on you when you are low life. Tested with the PC version of KH2.5.

[@patrick-cw5px]

pls can you do a guide on how to complete the cave of remembrance on lvl 1 I'm really having a hard time to get past all of those enemies.

[@davidchang1011]

Just spam final form geenie's limit and you win

[@ericsavala4686]

First half of the game I used CL he made me practically invincible for farming. On crit some enemies like the cars 3 shot me in 2 seconds but once CL came on to the field my health literally stays on Max and the field is stunned for the 90%+ of the fights

[@masters5312]

Finally I understand what genie is all about

[@UnstandardOtaku]

Technically Stitch is in the Foreground not the background

[@Amalvipls]

Its amazing how terrible KH2 is when teaching any of its mechanics I don't know a single person who knew what ANY of the summons did when they played the game for the first time, and there was never even any reason to use them. One of the only things the game teaches is "press triangle when it appears on the screen to win", so when I summoned chicken little and I saw a big triangle "limit" button of course I pressed it only to be inmensively disappointed at how bad it was.

[@22Rallen]

As he talks about Stich, and fight against the Nobodys and the Heartless of Space Paranoids, where is he? It looks like the Arena of Olymp but i have never seen this place.

[@humangirl2122]

here are the summon i want to see in Kingdom Hearts 3 Madame Leota from the Haunted Mansion, Sparky from frankenweenie, and Olaf from Frozen

[@Nicolas-gm8ip]

My personal ranking: 1. Genie 2. Peter Pan 3. Chicken Little 4. Stich

[@kenmorashade7943]

how do i use them!? iv never used summons in 2 cause ive never seen figured out how to do it! the game dont tell you!

[@Bizkit047]

I mean the video explains how to use all 4 of them

[@panduvandal]

I know it's old but, Press left on the d pad

[@1996MartinsMatheus]

dman, stitch is bonkers, a lot of boss (usually org XIII bosses) i simply won by spamming reflega and neve need to be aware of my mana, and because REASONS reflega fills your meter an insane amount per hit reflected

[@Kvo7he]

I feel summons are much better designed in this game than limits, some limits are useles whereas all summons are useful. I killed data saix in proud thanks to Peter Pan perfect stunlock. Chiken little helps kills hordes of enemies, Stitch is best support and Genie destroys in combination with magnet

[@stevengrant4117]

There is another reason people don't really summon. Because people rather go into a foarm

[@LionsouI]

Genie is pretty cool, Stitch too. Not a huge fan of the others though.

[@kermitwithapermit3634]

chicken little is the best . the thing about chicken little is that he heals you immediately once your health starts to get critical. and he's more predictable than stitch

[@LionsouI]

david corona genies do that too I think. Peter Pan revives you.

[@kermitwithapermit3634]

+Vote for Call on the Mighty No.9 kickstarter! :D genie is definetly more for bosses I feel. chicken little is pretty op if you spam magnet and his magnet at the same time.

[@LionsouI]

david corona Why the double magnet?

[@kermitwithapermit3634]

+Vote for Call on the Mighty No.9 kickstarter! :D ohp I mean thundaga and magnet plus his magnet. that's pretty much how I passed the cavern of remembrance at level 50

[@thelegendofkingdoify]

Hey Biz, is there any website that lists every gameplay change from kh2 to kh2fm? Besides the new things that were added many things that already were in the game were changed, and i'd like to know which ones and how (like the valor genie nerf)

[@jonathanplooij3666]

thanks for the video

[@kaoruarmterra4331]

Now i feel really bad, I never get to use summons 'cause i always wanted to use the limit to do some decent damage, genie, being the exception was the only summon i used and very few times for its power, Now I know the others can be way useful when used correctly D:

[@UltimaJC]

I love how with Boss Randomization now, we can Peter Pan even more enemies lol.

[@munitz3740]

Are you planning to do any other guides, like drives for instance?

[@Renyth]

What I never got was it was heavily implied summons were the remnants of souls strong enough to survive their worlds collapse, so it was cool seeing Simba again but with Peter Pan here does that mean Neverland got completely fucked?

[@sl33zus]

How do you activate your summons?

[@panduvandal]

Press left on the command menu and pick summon