Top 10 Kingdom Hearts Bosses

[@Jheff99]

Spoiler: My greatest regret is not including Sephiroth on this list.

[@DiogoJ1]

He's a great boss, but doesn't have much going for him when it comes to story, which I believe was one of the more important factors in evaluating those bosses, by your words.

[@centurynerdbr]

KH 3 is one of the best of the whole franchise and one of the best games of 2019 EVER. Its boss battles are epic and some of the best of the whole Kingdom Hearts saga. I mean it. Specially the final boss battle which is epic and awesome, Thanos Infinity War and Endgame movies levels os awesomeness.

[@centurynerdbr]

KH3 battles against each member of the True Organization XIII are all epic and awesome, specially in the Remind DLC where they take the difficulty spikes to a whole new level of awesomeness.

[@Precise-Sight]

Xemnas is the best !!

[@f.jhon236]

sephiroth is good, but i preffer him in Final Fantasy xddd

[@FailedUltimatelifeForm7-10]

It is funny how in KH3 and KH2 we never see Sora's mom tell him to eat that cold dinner as punishment for leaving her.

[@Jheff99]

I know, the presidents are better at ranking KH content but hey, I tried. Was thinking about doing this for specifically Disney Bosses in KH. Is that something people would be interested in?

[@JamesonMusic808]

Please dear god do more President AI KH content

[@mainedulla_oblongata]

Don’t let the “haha funny” thing define your content. I would definitely be interested and make the things you wish to create

[@bballplyr80]

Honestly love this more than the other and if you do Disney KH bosses I’ll def tune in. Lol just coming from a KH fanboy that wants to learn more I’m jelly about all you know honestly

[@Dualblades47]

Really hope to see you grow man because I think both your content as you and the AI stuff is very enjoyable, cheers bro 🍻

[@MarcoPolo-se4fr]

Roxas vs axel doesn't even belong on this list.. how about that grim reaper thing in neverland on kh1.

[@NZephyr1012]

This was such a good ranking! Whilst I may not agree with every ranking, you explained your reasoning for each of yours very well. Was very entertaining and the Sora Vs Roxas fight being number 1 is hella based

[@deadevermore4741]

My favorite fight is EASILY the 1v1 in the crater vs Ansem. I've legitimately never had so much fun fighting a boss, he's super fair and fun to learn but can still trip you up if you get too comfortable, plus how awesome (?) it is in retrospect that Terra is forced to watch as the boy he chose falls to darkness while the one he didn't battles for the light, in the same place he met both of them, all while being forced to fight for the darkness that overtook both Terra and Riku? God DAMN it man that rules

[@DiademAce]

Same favorite kh 1 boss

[@OP10thNakama]

Lingering will and yozora are definitely my top 2 favorites but surprisingly enough the third spot for me in terms of combat mechanics was zodiac aqua in 2.8 Zodiac aqua is criminally underrated given how awesome her move set was to learn

[@owenbridgers]

I was gonna say, I love Zodiac Phantom Aqua

[@LoiValdes]

Yozora is my favorite boss in the series. It's the most Ff-esque moment in the series, more than the actual ff bosses. Also, Nachtflügel is my favorite song in the whole franchise

[@keystone5750]

I liked this list a lot, it focused on a lot of aspects of a fight and made really good points for everything. My personal favourite would have to be Yozora, it's such a creative fight. It's full of those 'ah-ha!' moments that make other games so satisfying. Granted, ReMind is full of stuff like that, but Yozora is just so genius in so many ways.

[@dastandardgaming2948]

I subscribed for presidents, im staying for quality kingdom hearts content

[@Jheff99]

Ayy thanks, glad to hear it!

[@ashleysayshey8067]

love this ranking especially the axel v roxas recognition i love that fight sm

[@tsoul8228]

Love the fact that you included the boss themes in the criteria for this video, and the rick grimes cameo at the end was fantastic

[@apolloforabetterfuture4814]

I basically agree with your list. I would put Riku vs Sora on the actual list though, too iconic, too much fun. It's also one of the few pure keyblade duels in the whole series and for it to be friend vs friend just makes it so awesome. Having perfect timed dodges and blocks to Riku is a godly feeling because you feel on even power levels. I also feel like a lot of the heartless/nobody bosses get slept on, I'm practically fond of the chameleon in kh1, the wonderland Boss with the torches and the cave of wonders Head. Also Leon when you first enter traverse town, not really a boss but replaying the game and actually being able to beat him is so fucking satisfying. Really most of the bosses in the series are memorable and great.

[@Jheff99]

True, Riku vs Sora is so good. It's one of my alltime favorites and it killed me to not put it on the list lol. But I may make a list just for Disney bosses, and one for heartless/nobody's because you're right, there are so many iconic bosses in the series, I'd like to give recognition to some more even if they're not as story-based.

[@OceanIgs]

I agree. The whole Sora vs Riku fight was already established since Destiny Island when you compete with him. You feel inexperienced and as a player, you could feel the rivalry with Riku. Therefore, the climax at Hollow Bastion makes it all iconic for me and my overall favorite level for the series. The second best fight for me is Sora vs Roxas in KH2 based on the emotion from the two characters especially Roxas. It's kinda like The Last of Us Part 2 where you're forced to play a different perspective by playing as Sora

[@mistazach1091]

Love the content man, I wanna hear more from you than the Presidents. I need some more quality Kingdom Hearts content. The wait for KH 4 is killing me lol.

[@stophatingeachother9762]

Those are very good honorable mentions. Nice video.

[@caiharrison4907]

How do you only have 900 subs? Great video! Can’t wait for your next one

[@NocturnalMelody]

Subbed for amazing KH content! President videos are hilarious, but I like these more serious rankings just as much (almost cried with laughter when Rick walked onto the screen). A Disney boss one would be great too!

[@Jheff99]

Heck yeah, thanks so much!! I really appreciate the feedback, working on my next video as we speak!

[@stuntmanorigins9]

Seriously? Not Sora vs Master Xehanort? That fight was amazing imo and you should AT LEAST have made it an honorable mention

[@kingxkins]

Great video, I got so hype when I saw Roxas at #1

[@kapriseedwards9687]

You deserve more subscribers

[@johanstenfelt1206]

Hm, fair and valid points and opinions, i wonder how this List will be updated as the Franchise goes on, it will be interesting to see.

[@yesohxdlol640]

Not putting lingering will as a 10/10 in terms of difficulty is a sin. Its easily zhe second hardest Boss in the Series

[@brandelthekey]

Not having lingering will at 10 difficulty is CRAZY because i dont remember any of these other fights taking my 5 years to beat hahaha except yozora cuz i havent even attempted to fight him a 3rd time

[@alexanderli8566]

When you think about lingering will took time in the decade of resting to put a cape on

[@chrisclayden8160]

I was ready to get mad at an 8 for Vector to the heavens until you reminded me of the other reused tracks in the fight. Easily best track in the series for me

[@GruntyCrack]

I completely agree on the roxas fight as oh my god it took me over a month to beat it as learning him pattern took a long time to get used to

[@13KuriMaster]

I find it very doubtful that there is someone who couldn't figure out that they were fighting Roxas in that boss fight, unless they were just flat out not paying any attention.... and here are my reasons why: 1) The character is wearing an organization cloak (and even seemingly summoned Nobodies like an Organization member), and is explicitly called out by Sora as wielding a keyblade, Roxas is the only character we know of by that point that is both an Organization member and has access to the Keyblade. 2) The Character is using not 1, but TWO Keyblades, outside of Drive forms, the only other time we saw anyone fight with multiple keyblades is when Roxas pulled them out in the earlier fight against Axel... and this Character is even using the same two Keyblades Roxas used in that fight. 3) The Battle arena is the same Dive to the Heart platform that Roxas fought the Twilight Thorn earlier in the game. The extreme rareness of the Dive to the heart Platforms (only having appeared twice so far) means we should be able to recognize it immediately, and given the dream-like vibes of the previous times we've been there, being abruptly taken there for a surprise boss fight, should make it clear that this is no coincidence and that it means something. 4) Not only is the battle music the theme we heard before with Roxas, but this character is also using the same voice clips Roxas has when you played as him. So the music is pulling Roxas to our heads while we fight against someone who sounds just like him. 5) Despite it happening hours after we played as him, the game is constantly reminding us that Roxas is a character we played as for a good coupe of hours at the start, from the imagery in Twilight town to Demnyx calling Sora, "Roxas". In fact, just a small bit before we got to this fight, we had traveled through the digital Twilight Town, which Sora immediately referred to as "Roxas's Twilight Town", saw a flashback of Roxas destroying the digital copy of the computer monitor towards the end of our time playing as him, fought an army of the Assassin Nobodies that we only previously fought before as Roxas, teamed up with the final opponent from that section of the game, and witnessed that person's "dying" moments where he talks for a good time about Roxas and how much he misses him. Roxas should be near if not at the forefront of out minds at this time. Putting all of this together, we are in an arena that has one of it's only distinguishing features being that Roxas fought in it before, Roxas's theme pouring out the speakers, while fighting someone who fights and sounds like Roxas, right after we just did a bunch of stuff that relate to Roxas. Really, to me it seems about as subtle as a giant Flashing Neon Sign that says: "You're Fighting Roxas!"

[@pharaohwrc6107]

I completely agree with the number one spot.

[@castle3267]

I remember thinking that Donald and Goofy weren’t party members in any of the bosses on this list and so I hated it, because I just forgot about Lingering Will 💀

[@jacobcrosby6278]

My only comment is that the KH 1 Dark Riku vs Sora fight from your "Honorable Mentions" list should have actually made the top 10. Very dramatic, plus it scored higher than some others on your list!

[@MrCobbs3]

Riku made me cry as a you lad, but then I grew up and showed absolutely no mercy..

[@Depth217]

My top 10: 1. Yozora 2. Xion (Days) 3. Nort Court (III) 4. Xemnas (KH2) 5. Ansem (KH1) 6. Roxas (KH2) 7. Chernabog (KH1) 8. Scar 9. Terra-Xehanort (BBS Final Episode) 10. Kairi vs Master Xehanort (III: ReMind) Honorable mention: Xemnas (3D), Marluxia (III Limit Cut), Young Xehanort (BBS)

[@SUBCHVRGE]

mans gave kh2 final xemnas a 9 for story 😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨 nah jk super solid list all around, truly didn't have a single complaint i agree w/ everything laid out

[@Vinylmelody1517]

Destati is not Ansem theme persay. His theme changes game to game but it does incorporate elements of Destati throughout it.

[@Jheff99]

You're right, my mistake. I just always associate it with him because his boss themes always sound very reminiscent of it.

[@Vinylmelody1517]

@@Jheff99 wonder if ansem has enough battle themes to make a top ten all on his own... Forze de male for phase two ansem and riku/Ansem, Deep end for phase on ansem, guardando do nel buio for word of chaos, Revenge of chaos for re chain, Oscura 1 for phase 1 ddd, Oscura 2 for phase 2 ddd, Nort court / Forze finale, And oscura remix for remind. Damn only 8 songs. Just 2 off. Hmm well in base chain of memories he was fought to 13 th struggle. And in Melody of memory u fight base form ansem to guardando nel buio... Close enough. 10. 13 the struggle cause it's not really his song 9. Deep end, good song but used for other stuff besides him 8 nort court, good song again not just his 7. Oscura 1 I like 2 better 6. Oscura 2 but nit that much better 5revenge of chaos cause I haven't heard it as much as the ones above it 4 Guardando nel buio in MOM. Cool idea but the song is misplaced on base form ansem 3oscura remix is the best version of that song 2 guardando nel buio good song, really tedious boss 1 Forze de male cause riku/ Ansem seared it into my brain.

[@bballplyr80]

Gr8 video imo. I wish I played all of them to have a better understanding and well formulated opposing opinion, but I don’t see where you went wrong all of these are memorable and a great time even if they make you rip your hair out

[@jembozaba4864]

Mine is Data Xion. Honestly my favourite boss fight of all time. It’s so much bloody fun

[@player_lv430]

Ansem II shows just how much you rely on party members without even knowing it. That alone is a good reason to like this boss.

[@f.jhon236]

thats a nice list bro. I think u re alright

[@charliecairns4527]

Can't believe there's no Terra vs Xehanort mention at all 😔

[@akinamation]

honestly my favorite stays KH2 Sephiroth. I had so much fun learning that guy. Aside from that one, definitely Roxas vs Sora KH2, gets my eyes watery 😔

[@Stachelbeeerchen]

If oogie boogie's mansion isn't on here im going to commit minor inconveniences to someone.

[@Daniel-wk1lu]

Good picks.

[@chrisbeach423]

The difficulty on some of these is definitely off. Lingering Will and Ansem phase 2 are both the same?!? Anyways great list

[@beatfreak3894]

I think both Roxas and Yozora are some of the best boss battles of all time in video game history

[@RhyperiorRanger]

Finally someone who agrees Dark Domination sucks as a final boss theme for the Re:Mind DLC. I would’ve preferred they re-used Forze Del Oscurita

[@DarkVeilNight]

The difficulty for me was 10 on critical. He kicked my ass for 3 hours as kairi. Sors was 99 so I would have been able to kick his ass but kairi I was so shocked to play with her

[@aidanklobuchar1798]

Rage Awakened only an 8 is a war crime

[@Jheff99]

I ain't going back to jail.

[@ryapowa]

Like seriously, Final Xemnas being harder than Lingering Will? Nah bro, not even the Data is harder imo unless you cheese

[@Jheff99]

@@ryapowa I never said he was harder. The difficulty ranking is more about balancing, as I say in the beginning of the video. I've found a few ways to cheese Lingering Will, but personally haven't found a way to do that for Xemnas.

[@ImCarpet]

Great Video

[@sky22fairy7]

I don't know why but out of all the boss(not including super bosses) Xion(358/2) and Roxas(kh 2 final mix/1.5/2.5 collection) were the ones that gave me the most trouble.

[@offbrandheaven]

sora vs roxas is def in my top 3 fights in all of fiction

[@davidfeddanigga54]

ok good video but How is Roxas v Axel with the 2 keyblades an Difficulty 9 and lingering will only an 8

[@KodasGarden]

Yo I just got done with the Aqua v Terranort fight because despite what you said about magic options being able to deal damage from afar, they absolutely were not for me. The moment I casted any magic, he would do that dark dash move that has complete i-frames over and over again until the effect dissipated. He even did it for my shotlocks as well. It was by far the most annoying fight in the game for me, not including MF of course.

[@rabbitbeargaming2441]

goofy D link for goofy tornado does alot against him. all you gotta do is block and counter attack (heal block works) and the meter will be full

[@CerebralOctopus]

9:03 if this was not too hard of a fight, why is it also a 9 for difficulty? You said in the beginning that it was based on both the actual difficulty as well as the fairness, but here you also mention that you’re supposed to feel like a badass. Also the previously listed, “easily the hardest boss in the game”, is just an 8 in difficulty? Just feel like the Axel x Roxas rating should be lower?

[@angelaguirre1018]

Ok I like the list. And this is isn’t a dis or anything but how is kh1 unknown not on the list. Or even any of the Sephiroth fights in the list. I didn’t think the axel fight was difficult at all and I played the game at lv 1 both games

[@Uunamedd]

Where is the fight against Sephiroth?

[@wwejosh1994]

As soon as I saw your ranking Quotas I knew Roxas was number 1

[@MrMeowstic7]

What's the theme for the nort court called?

[@Jheff99]

Its called Oscurita di Xehanort, or Forza Finale!

[@lisaheath3427]

Personally I would have done vibes instead of music, vibes would be music, arena, and how cool the fight looks and feels BUTTTT that’s just how I always rank mine

[@Nubzly]

How many times is xehanort on here?

[@TOORAWCEZAR]

Damn now I have to go play kingdom hearts for th 50th time

[@centurynerdbr]

KH3 battles against each member of the True Organization XIII are all epic and awesome, specially in the Remind DLC where they take the difficulty spikes to a whole new level of awesomeness.

[@insertnamehere2746]

Why is mickey specifically a rival to xemnas

[@insertnamehere2746]

The story and difficulty scores for Sora vs Dark Riku (or Riku 2 as some may call it) should be like a 9 or a 10 because: Upon completion of this fight, Sora uses the keyblade to free Kairi, but consequentially creating Roxas and Namine as his nobodies since he became a heartless. It's a pivotal point which sets up for the richness of KH lore and story for future games. And The fight itself is pretty much just as fair as the Ansem 2 fight. Pretty much every attack Riku throws at you is reactable. If you approach him he can do a side step which can throw off your attack, and he can even cast dark firaga if you cast magic on him, which can be deflected for more tech points. I am a KH2 fanboy and I would have absolutely put this above the Roxas vs Axel fight (no disrespect to that fight tho).

[@dgc1570]

Darn straight!

[@kingleonidas2182]

Haven’t finished the vid yet, but Darkside needs to show up at least once. Most iconic bossfight that has ever hooked me into a game.

[@nesoukkefka1741]

Yeah hard to argue with the Sora VS Roxas one, to think this was NOT present in vanilla KH2 is crazy, definitly the best addition of the Final Mix version story wise. I'm not found of the BBS fight in general due to the command deck being not my thing but yeah storywise the Terranort fights are good altough I prefer the one with Terra, with Aqua it was to easy IMO especially the second phase is for some reason way easier than his first. For KHI I do prefer the Dark Riku fight really felt like a good 1 v 1 against Riku and it was great. For KH2 I'd like to give an honnorable mention to the Xaldin fight, cause he is great wake up call gameplay wise, as with his wind shield back when I played KH2 for the first time he was the first boss that's really going to punish you very hard if you rely on just mashing the attack button, as a result this was the first fight in KH2 that really force me to actually not brute force and pay attention to his pattern, which was really satisfying and he's been such an asshole with the Beast through the all game that it felt really great to finally kick his ass, and let's face it the dude is just a badass the moment he pulled off his 6 Spears was a big "OH Shit !!!" moment, only complaint is despite being a badass he isn't very relevant story wise and has little to no character development.

[@Rapthan76]

To be honest, i think I would have almost the same list but not in the same order (like lingering will will be higher ). It's funny to see that there's only one kh3 boss fight in this top (without counting remind's boss fight)

[@Txraged_]

W list tbh

[@rohan7559]

my fav is kh2 marluxia

[@nilesdoesstuff]

Roxas literally wiped me for TWO WEEKS before I beat him.

[@phinixable]

Ayo where is Sephiroth from KH 1? The first time you get into the olymp arena and ask phil about the ??? cup and just see how this mf drops in from the sky with his magic....goosebumps + not to mention: his unbelieveble insane themesong.... u didn't even honored him here, how could you? :(

[@Aka60thChip]

Final Xemnas was a good fight but god I hate the stage. I got dissoriented way too much between the camera angles when locked on and the moving floor you hover over

[@Alexandaannala_]

No one: Why are you crying? It’s just a fight between two boys Me: *crying* it’s not just a fight,it’s Roxas who only wants to have his friends back😭😭😭and a very sad story😭😭

[@JosephJohns-xi1qb]

I find Lingering Will harder than Yozura. I have beat the latter. Still working on Will.

[@feral.rage.studio]

i only whish you would have included Sephiroth in honorable mentions , otherwise it is pretty on point

[@giantdad2414]

I would have included kh2 sephiroth because its hard but fair hes cool and he has great music.

[@bradonbyrd8061]

Interesting fantastic

[@BCZ21]

My #1 KH boss fight is the 1vs1 Riku/Ansem, story wise and gameplay wise it gets no better

[@redkingly]

LMAO never fully played aquas story in bbs but i think I'll do it now 🤔

[@FillerAccount818]

I know I'm late, but I still literally physically cringed when the "DUAL-WIELD" came up, holy shit.

[@DiademAce]

Roxas was a pretty easy boss fight or is that just me. It only took me 4 try’s to beat him

[@dhantefranklin336]

Literally, during the story and the endgame 13 fights, I beat him on the first try. I don't know why it's considered a hard boss.

[@kelvinodom0909]

Xion?

[@centurynerdbr]

KH 3 is one of the best of the whole franchise and one of the best games of 2019 EVER. Its boss battles are epic and some of the best of the whole Kingdom Hearts saga. I mean it. Specially the final boss battle which is epic and awesome, Thanos Infinity War and Endgame movies levels os awesomeness.

[@niklasw.1297]

No Twilight Thorn? cringe /s although, Tension Rising is a 15/10 boss theme if you ask me

[@rickygamerpro]

Sora vs roxas ❤❤❤❤❤

[@ArdynSystem]

I personally think kingdom hearts 1 Sephiroth could have been #2

[@TheRealJohnux]

Good list, KH3 is still too easy though.

[@Jheff99]

Base KH3, definitely. Not after Critical mode though.

[@TheRealJohnux]

@@Jheff99 Ive heard about Critical being brutal. Not a fair Kind of Hard, just the get 1shot downed instantly kind of hard. Base KH3 was easy enough on Hard to make selfies.

[@Jheff99]

@@TheRealJohnux Nah, I'd say it's as fair as KH2 critical. Here and there there's some one balancing issues with getting one shoted but overall it's pretty great. Great for KH veterans.

[@TheRealJohnux]

@@Jheff99 if you say so. I play KH2 on critical by default, it's pretty fair If you know what you are doing. With the exception of meatgrind canyon when you want to reach the Data fights but you are underleveled. The last gauntlet of that Area is probably one of the hardest Gauntlets in the Series.

[@siegaextras800]

@@Jheff99 I would have to agree, KH3 Crit is a very fun time for someone looking for a challenge.

[@dgc1570]

Unless you play it on sparking Critical mode, then he's cheap as hell

[@Urlastnerve]

Ummmm….. Sephiroth?!?!!!?!!!

[@clayboom6545]

Final xemnas was easy

[@silentshadowish]

Need the presidents

[@fab1279]

Disagree. Dark Domination is a great track.

[@dizzydoom4230]

I'll have to disagree with 358 Days if only bevause I remember playing it and it's not good.