Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5: Roxas - A Comprehensive Guide

[@awwwwtopsy]

I only like the art.

[@shadykitty7493]

annoying thing is it sends u back so u need to run all the way up to him

[@BraedonLytle]

Replaying on an emulator, Save States have been blessed for this. 😊

[@shadykitty7493]

@@BraedonLytle i like the hd port things they added

[@thecuriousone732]

I’m slick grinding because I keep dying and fighting those heartless then going to save my xp I went from 65 to 69 because of this 💀

[@maybeifyoustannedloona]

real😭😭😭😭

[@maybeifyoustannedloona]

@@thecuriousone732Dont fight the heartless just run😈😈😈

[@MrChukinorris]

its like playing kirby and right before you finish the game throws in a dark souls boss for no reason

[@relaxedbatter]

I feel like there are two bosses in the story of similar (albeit slightly lower) difficulty: Demyx and Xaldin. They both punish mashing just as much as Roxas does and force you to adapt.

[@MattTheWab]

Instructions unclear, Keyblade stuck in a shadow.

[@acehealer4212]

I love how she calmly explains the fight and how to deal with Roxas’s attacks and then here 5:54 she’s like, “Yeah, I’m not gonna lie, this move sucks.”

[@theodorematsouliadis5124]

Finally someone that admits that the keyblade spinning attack is straight up bs,it feels impossible to defend against and at level 1 it means you automatically die

[@relaxedbatter]

Yeah, it's pretty insane. I'm glad that that's the only attack in this fight that's this egregious

[@jojo-wl7et]

thank you so much, i got into the series after Sora got into smash, been loving it so far, this helped a lot.

[@ExpOrange]

I just beat him unexpectedly under 5 tries thanks to this video on critical mode. I didn't pay attention to his hp bar because I wasn't expecting to win, I only wanted to get used to his tells. Did everything according to the information you gave and I sealed his keyblade and wailed on him then I was surprised that the fight had already ended lol. You have earned my sub, good sir.

[@relaxedbatter]

Ay nice job!! It always feels great to win something when you didn't expect it. Glad the video helped!

[@grfn9964]

Limit and reflect is all that was needed. I appreciate you tho!

[@kingki1185]

Two things: 1. This guide helped me so much in beating Roxas, so thank you. 2. I would recommend using the dual keyblades to get as much damage as you can before he takes them back. Air combos actually work well with it, as Roxas can't do that dive attack without them, and the lasers do like no damage. By doing that, I was able to make it through without seeing the D.U.M.B attack once.

[@relaxedbatter]

Limit Form combos work extremely well with it too, especially if you pop him up into the air immediately after taking them by Dodge Rolling into him and activating Limit Form. I moreso suggested avoiding attacking simply because it's hard to get good combos in without eating damage from stray lasers, but you're definitely right that the Keyblades really do add on to your damage output (as shown here kzbin.info/www/bejne/nXjWhKx8i7loeLc).

[@kingki1185]

@@relaxedbatter What did i just watch? That damage was insane

[@relaxedbatter]

@@kingki1185 The combination of the Keyblades and Limit Form's raw damage output, along with Decisive Pumpkin's Combo Boost. It's really quite insane, and that's only at LV1. Ofc, at 99 it's much higher, especially since you get another Combo Boost via level up.

[@tempwaffle]

This is amazing. Great editing. Great memes. Also can be essential ofc.

[@Madbox10]

10:50 I thought Sora was saying "The best", when in reality he was just saying "Defense".

[@jamalmiles5708]

I just started watching this becsuse I'm having trouble with the Roxas fight on my first critical run. You're content was great and hooked me on the first video. Great stuff!

[@shadowfreak1101]

For Armor, if you really need it, you can make Ribbons at this point. Your supply of Mythril Crystals is limited at this point, but everything else can be farmed (Orichalcum from Bulky Vendors, Dense Stones from Snipers which can be found at LoD Summit, Dense Shards from Dragoons in Beast’s Castle, and Serenity Gems, though difficult, can be farmed from the Mad Rides in the Cavern of Remembrance). All you need are a max of 4. Energy Gems from Agrabah (Fortunetellers or Emerald Blues, both which can be found in the Valley of Stone) are also highly recommended.

[@atrea]

The intro cheered me up, haha. I was so frustrated because I was really looking forward to this fight. Not knowing anything about it. Thank you for the guide, otherwise I wouldn’t be able to beat this one I think. At least not without grinding a lot of hours

[@shelbypw]

I come back to this video every time I play through and get to the Roxas fight. Thank you.

[@sensationalgaminginc.3776]

This fight is still too hard for me to beat I’m just like getting overwhelmed by his attacks and I can’t seem to block his attacks after I get done with my combo

[@cr-nd8qh]

Me too I haven't looked anything up yet except this but I haven't finished the video. I'm on proud mode for some reason. It's really pissing me off

[@chaoticwill2057]

Lol I'm on beginner and this shit sucks

[@miciso666]

just rely on using the trinity limit he said. after that u could use limit break to refill mp. and hit him with some raves. or really save the limit form incase you fly into the low hp. sure roxas is tough. but u got this man :D just watch a few videos. take a break. and eventually u will get it.

[@RolandTheJabberwocky]

God fucking dammit the stupid orb attack was what was walling me. Finding out you just have to walk "the correct way" instead dodge around, and first trying him after that is upsetting.

[@CompleteHeart]

Maybe if you equipped Dodge Slash and Kingdom Key, you wouldnt have any problems >:)

[@relaxedbatter]

Dang u right alright cancel the guide guys here's the true answer

[@user-mo6yw4wh3l]

Amazing guide!

[@itsJuroh]

lost to him for an hour straight at 3am. gonna go to sleep and wake up tmr and hopefully use this knowledge to beat him

[@itsJuroh]

JUST BEAT HIM!!

[@familytablet6453]

@@itsJuroh noice

[@JudgeCrimson1011]

First time player of Kingdom Hearts II and this saved me so much. Thank you

[@FizzikkOfficial]

Thank you so much dude. I took a long break from the game because I got so mad at this fight. Now that I understand it, the attempt I beat the boss on was very easy. I came back to try again after months because I loved the series and wanted to continue.

[@Turtled717]

Thanks for making this every strat worked amazingly my first playthrough a few years ago was on beginner that's why I don't remember it being as hard

[@thomasconnolly963]

this boss on mouse and keyboard is truely something

[@Joshtapus]

After years of not beating him I finally got it thank you so much!

[@relaxedbatter]

Nice!! Good work for finally getting through it! Now onto the rest of the Org!

[@DemiTrusdale3]

When Roxas runs up to you, try to quick run away. He usually starts up his ground combo, but that first swing is a feint. The best time to quick run. It might be devastating up close, but it’s comedically ineffective when you quick run out of the way at the right time. He’ll just attack the air until the final hit. The last hit is accurate but predictable. Blocking that final hit will leave him vulnerable for punishment. But at a certain point, he will do a leaping attack for revenge. If you can anticipate it, desperations aside, it’s cake.

[@tjaye427]

Another tip even tho it’s late, after the command prompt where you have to hit “the end”, immediately go into limit form and start spamming (but also dodging and blocking so u don’t lose your form from too many hits and end up dying). I did this twice in one fight and combined with the tips in the video, some of them I didn’t have to use because the fight was pretty short

[@MelodicLemons]

Here's some important tips - ALWAYS reflect at the beginning. Like do it fast enough so that he can't strike back and combo him into oblivion after, dodge the spinning attack right before he goes into the spin position - When he's doing his attacks just go as far away as possible until he activates "The End". Then you wanna avoid that with your D-Pad. - Dodge roll through attack where he shoots orbs and changes the sky. -Block like your life depends on it when he dies the laser attacks and use potions either slightly before or after you combo him. If you have any questions just ask them in the replies to this comment

[@MsLunaWinter]

It took me awhile to beat him but finally did. Didnt realize he was so hard. I dont even remember fighting him in the original KH 2

[@relaxedbatter]

@@MsLunaWinter his boss fight wasn't in the original, so that makes sense

[@deryaisinsane]

bro i can't thank you enough for this guide 😭 i would've died without this thanks so much !!

[@relaxedbatter]

Glad it helped!!

[@landonbush8793]

I do agree i love his theme and thank you it really helped me beat him

[@BrennySpain]

Thank you so much for the help and advise. I will definitely level up wisdom form! That’ll be a great help for sure!

[@Meepmeep189]

Thank you! Took a few attempts, but with the abuse of Trinity Limit, Auto Limit, and a well-timed reaction command with Roxas' keyblades, I actually took him down on my 5th try, 3rd try using your method.

[@light6666]

one note he can only force the RC while you are on the ground and dodge roll is considered a grounded option so if you dont wanna deal with the lazers you can dodge the RC by jumping and using air dodge

[@lil_cook911]

Thank you so much after watching this video I beat him first try. The running on the edges for the balls and the pause method was the most helpful thing so far. I couldn’t have beaten him without this video thank you!!!!

[@sholuakimara7534]

Thank you so so so much. Was able knock him out after a dozen tries. Knowing the moves helps out a lot!

[@qwackaddict8771]

Adding kh1 death sound in intro had me dyin

[@axelviii1333]

Me: plays kh2fm only on lv1 crit since 3 years and knows this fight pretty well Also me: watches this guide anyways... Well... I just like good KH videos, leave me be Lmao

[@miciso666]

welp atleast you got it memorised huh.

[@TheWASHINGMACHINEBOY]

roxas's boss fight in this game can be thought of as a fight against the gatekeeper of organization 13's castle, but even on beginner the fight can be tough if you refuse to guard attacks and haven't leveled up drive forms at all like i did

[@pokyspy]

Half my weekend and sanity gone I am triumphant

[@Omni]

"Cursed Xbox" sheesh bro lemme vibe out ;-;

[@AaronWatson-vg6fz]

Me: I'm an kingdom hearts pro! Roxan: are you sure about that?

[@rafaelcontreras1970]

This definitely works defeated roxas in one go right after watching this video thank you

[@dantheman40434]

This video saved my playthrough.

[@darkmerauder98]

You helped me beat the fight after 5 hours of attempts on a critical lvl 1 run

[@relaxedbatter]

Ayyy pog, nice work! Hope d.u.m.b. didn't give you too much trouble

[@Chronomaster2005]

Oh my God, your video helped me. Thank you so much.❤

[@gamerzgames]

I saw a ahaaa from kingdom hearts 1 in the beginning

[@ashtonmackle4242]

This helped so much thank you! It only took me like 5 more tries after following this guide. Saved me hours.

[@relaxedbatter]

Glad it helped!

[@Faceless_time_traveler]

I love the Danganronpa music in this video

[@Faceless_time_traveler]

Actually , now that I continue watching , the presentation in this video is fantastic , too

[@relaxedbatter]

I wanted to use DR2's Ikoroshia for something in this video but I couldn't find a place where it would fit lmao. Thank you for your kind words! It means a lot, a lot of work went into this video

[@WinspearUltima]

I’ve just beaten this boss fight and let me tell you that this is indeed an experience, I’ve just watched your video to get an idea on how to fighting him and he is my favourite boss in the game period. I did it on my first try on normal mode. It’s so good.

[@EndLess_Racket]

Actually considering I’ve died multiple times because I don’t have the keyblade that grants dodge rolling, I’m grateful for this because I finally beat Roxas!

[@hyboirds1536]

Dodge roll is a growth ability from limit form. No keyblades give dodge roll.

[@Saturn-OS]

"got that memorized?"

[@thatkingdomheartsguy9615]

Why was there a kh1 death scene on the death scene montages? XD

[@KurisuSparda]

Great now I have to grind Roxas again.

[@Sugabullets]

Counter attack, don't hit too much and save drive form for his spinning blades unfair move. Oh make sure to change up your jump height for his centre move.

[@Squidward_508]

Lol ur the admin from discord thanks for the help also pretty good video btw i beat him :)

[@truffalatree5686]

Great guide you put a lot of work into it.

[@Omni]

came back three years later because i needed a reference on the amount of times you get hit LMAO, still useful to this day (kh3 roxas ally using this attack :3 )

[@relaxedbatter]

Yo we back with the allies???? Let's go!!!!!

[@jessejfhdcbdhen7962]

There was a kh1 death in the start XD

[@cesarflores1145]

dang this one wasn’t too bad, i got him down in like 4 tries

[@mathewhaight]

You know I have gotten the Gold crown twice over years ago. But just the analysis alone on one of gaming's best bosses is just too enticing.

[@betaphantom001]

Thank you very very much. Your video actually helped me beat the dude

[@relaxedbatter]

Yoo sick!! That's what I hope, and it's awesome to see that I'm still helping people. Continue on to beat the game now!!

[@verycleverjacoreo6292]

beat it first try after this video.

[@relaxedbatter]

Nice, glad it helped!

[@teo2805]

Beat him 3rd try, first two were hard, but just with the openings from Reflega twice, Decisive Pumpking and a couple of Sonic Raves in Limit Form, he goes down quick. Had to chug Elixirs cause I suck but omg, I'm sure this is easier bc Im in Critical mode with extra abilities.

[@jorde123456789]

Damn this guide was a god send lol I don't know how I did this fight as a kid.

[@leggettc18]

This fight is Final Mix exclusive, so if you played it on PS2 as a kid you might have beaten it because it didn't exist lol. If you played it on anything other than the original PS2 release though then yeah it has this fight.

[@StephanieSpade]

You're doing God's work

[@andrewbradimore]

I had alot of AP Boosts and increased my AP points by alot so i turned on as many Abilities as possible

[@MyKey2449]

I ended up just grinding till level 70 something in the mansion and killed him in 2 combos lmao

[@SF-pj6xv]

Thank you for that what keyblade?

[@MyKey2449]

@@SF-pj6xv Gull wing keyblade

[@francisariwaodo318]

Wish this guide woulda showed up 12 months ago when i was stuck on this fight for over 100 attempts. Great vid tho

[@apostatelizzy6836]

I feel fucking called out! “You’ve probably been mashing X up to this point in the game. STOP IT!” 😂😂😂

[@relaxedbatter]

Hehe I knew *some* people would relate 👍

[@apostatelizzy6836]

@@relaxedbatter I laughed so hard I cried! This is my second play through, after giving up at this same spot a few years ago. I gotta say, after watching your guide (which is frighteningly comprehensive!) I’m not sure if I have more or less confidence that I can beat this fucker. I’ve spent the last 3 days leveling up my drive gauges (because I had never really used them up to this point). It’s just bad game mechanics (imo) that you can get through the whole game by mashing X, only to get to this absolute BEAST of a boss and suddenly need to be an expert strategist and be able to time all your attacks and defensive moves perfectly as well. I am DETERMINED to beat him though! Even if I have to watch this a hundred times. Thanks for some great advice!

[@apostatelizzy6836]

@@relaxedbatter hey man, thanks again for all your awesome advice! After watching your video an undisclosed number of times I was able to beat Roxas on the 4th or 5th try. I can finally complete the game! Fuck yeah! 🙌👍🤜🤘

[@relaxedbatter]

@@apostatelizzy6836 Yo congrats! Go on to get your battle report and defeat everyone else in your way

[@apostatelizzy6836]

@@relaxedbatter thanks! I’ll probably be watching more of your videos, it looks like! 😂

[@samulesparks2466]

OMFG YES YES YES SO MYCH THA K YOY OMFG IVE BEEN UP ALL NIGHT AND IT TOOK ME TWO TRYS AFTER YOU TOLD ME WHAT TO DO OMG YESSSS🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@bananaonion8617]

Thank you

[@relaxedbatter]

Glad to help!

[@miguelmonteiro2761]

great vid very informative . still gonna die tho

[@sonicnerd7234]

THANK YOU SO MUCH BRO

[@relaxedbatter]

Glad I could help!

[@SheaWaiteAMDG]

I know I just suck but I tossed the controller which I never do, so I’m just gonna go to sleep first and come back to it later

[@rohitrao323]

Shoutout to the Danganronpa music in the video 🙌

[@relaxedbatter]

@@rohitrao323 hell yeah I love BOX 15! I would like to use others in the future too

[@cr-nd8qh]

Finally got him somehow

[@ThePribylProductions]

Found this right after beating the boss after like an hour of fighting lol. Great video tho,

[@upbeatMe]

I’ve quit both 1 and 2 because of moments like this. I reeeaally don’t want to quit this one but I really don’t want to have to keep doing this again for hours on end

[@relaxedbatter]

Definitely take the time to level your Forms for the movement abilities first before giving up!! I made a guide for it here kzbin.info/www/bejne/gHLFoIWKf56Hbc0 It should definitely help a lot in terms of being able to survive and win out in the end. You can do it!!!

[@miciso666]

just like he said level up maybe a little more. maybe play more agressive or carefull. and dont forget to use llimit form when u need a bit of a break and healing. i never used that trinity thing in my runs. but now that i know. roxas is even easier.

[@charlestonburr]

I can confirm this works. Beat him on the first try using this method.

[@beircheartaghaistin2332]

Which one? The 'just guard/reflect' method, or that and abusing the shit out of Limit Form?

[@charlestonburr]

@@beircheartaghaistin2332 mostly guard and reflect. I had to use limit a lot more during the data battle

[@hickdik5301]

WHATS WITH 0:06 KH1 SORA CUTTING OFF?! BAHAHHA

[@riverspears2632]

limit drive

[@awsomesauce6654]

Is it weird that when I played this a long time ago, every boss before roxas was easy to me, then once I got to him I started struggling cause he was hard to beat, but then when I finally beat him, the bosses, including the final boss, afterwards were easy?

[@relaxedbatter]

No, that's the general experience. This boss didn't exist in the original version of KH2, and it seems as though when the developers were finishing up Final Mix, they really went hard on making well designed but tough bosses. This is often lauded as one of the hardest mandatory bosses in the series.

[@tobyswagerman1210]

I literally beat him first try after watching this video

[@GruntyCrack]

I spammed while in limit form and finally got him to the lowest ive been at which is like 1 full hp bar left

[@josep21011]

Ayyyyy danganronpa bgm

[@relaxedbatter]

I love BOX 15. Would've loved to use Ikoroshia somewhere in this, since it's my favorite track, but it didn't really fit anywhere :(

[@zeroone4661]

smh just go final form

[@jessejfhdcbdhen7962]

✨mods✨

[@sipsopdipdop2711]

No party members, mods it is

[@isaacroman958]

D.U.M.B I DIED

[@ethen1866]

Thanks :)

[@Mono_303]

Bruh the trinity limit tip was super clutch cuz he did the dumb move and I used it to finish the fight🙏😭

[@sideshowdave491]

Thank you 🙏

[@techinaldiffcultystudios7006]

needs more views

[@rickkkk4900]

great guid but when i tried to use it i took his keyblades and went combo mad and accidentally killed him somehow

[@stonedasfudge5947]

I've no clue how i beat this as a kid on normal mode. Playing on crit rn im gonna try again tomorrow 😭

[@hollypeacock5836]

This one is cool

[@jojogamer6003]

You should actually use limit form. Only to restore your mana for cura, or reflect. But as soon as you use it revert

[@hyboirds1536]

The limit moves are incredibly useful against him. Just using it to fill mp is a waste. Ars will chunk his hp bar and give you a shitload of I-frames. Well timed strike raid or sonic rave can both be useful in certain situations and again give tons of I-frames. And Infinity is just a badass way to finish him. Using it as a panic button to knock him in the air and regain hp/mp can be great, but there is no reason not to use the abilities when the option is available.

[@syrelian]

You have no reason to do that, Cure is unneeded because Limit instantly heals you, and unneeded again because Limits heal HP on hit(even on invincible targets, its silly but true), Reflect is very nice to have, but in terms of time and damage just blasting two or three Arcanums will vastly shorten the fight, which is worth a lot more than the Reflects will give as all the things one truly fears are blockable or easily rolled, even the lasers aren't that dangerous, if you're in a position to consciously use Reflect, you can just as easily dodge or block the attacks, Roxas only has the lasers for unblockables, and they don't actually make most of his attacks more dangerous, because Roxas hits hard enough anyway, and they do rather low damage by comparison, Hurricane Dive can be blocked reliably as a revenge(and is very telegraphed when done raw, giving an easy roll), as long as you don't move, Combo's lasers are very specifically spaced to only hit you if you try and run rather than block, and uhh, just don't stand so close to him when he's actively on the move for the Vicinity Break lasers DUMB is still DUMB and the lasers really don't make it worse because its stupidly fast as-is Reflect gives you damage chances, but its not so needed for safety that you should forsake the sheer damage potential Limit Form grants, Limit Form also has like 3 MP Rages attached so if you get hit by anything during it, such as a stray laser, that converts into another Limit worth of MP

[@hyboirds1536]

@@syrelian while everything you said is true, not everyone knows the game backwards and forward or has spent endless hours grinding out the bosses. For people that aren't like you or me, these bosses are brutal. Try to remember your first encounter with Roxas. I guess you could be an exception, but I know when I first fought him I could hardly fathom ever overcoming that challenge. Just because it's not that hard once you know all his combos and patterns, doesn't mean it's not hard. The KH community seems to forget that not everyone is a huge KH nerd like some of us, and to casual players the end game of KH2FM is fuckin brutal.

[@syrelian]

@@hyboirds1536 There's a reason I listed actual answers to the problems, but also the core point was that if you have the awareness to hit reflect, you're in a situation where you can just block or dodge on the same reaction timing(or you're airborne which is a whole other mess, but Aerial Dodge does in fact protect you), Reflect is very useful and good, but its not giving you opportunities that don't already exist most of the time in this fight, ergo focusing on offense presents a greater reward, especially because offense means spending less time in the fight which means less attacks to defend against Like, Final Xemnas? Reflect offers you tons of damage chances you don't normally get because you can mix it into the Reversal Chain, and it's reach lets you hit Xemnas during many of his laser sequences where he sits at just outside arms length, Reflect is huge and Limit Form's value is also heavily reduced by how often Xemnas refuses to sit at ground level for Arcanum, Roxas doesn't have the same caveats of spacing, and spamming Reflect more doesn't help if you're using it blindly anyway(Sonic Blade being invuln however does), if Riku wasn't so damn tanky and good at healing blowing Drive on a heal would be very good in Xemnas, and the MP restore is still valuable

[@miciso666]

honestly good but. if u wanna heal safely. limit break is ALWAYS the answer. even with sephy it saved my lvl 1 life so many times. and if he does faith. the ball thing or other moves dont aerial recover. because 1 more little hit and u instantly die. the thing new people dont get is if u got once more etc. the game leaves you at 1hp until the end of a whole combo of hits. so jumping out means combo ended. and thus any next hit is GG tldr. wait out the hits and heal/limit/reflect when u feel safe.

[@XavierHarley]

Can’t beat him on standard :(

[@shadowmaster452]

"getting hit by this isn't the end of the world" Anyone on lvl 1: you bet your sweet bippy it is!

[@shadix2120]

Honestly...this was hard but it was fun hard and not annoying like Demyxs or however you spell his name.