It's not always best to just hack and slash your boss enemies and expect to get out alive. Here are a few things to keep an eye or ear out for when fighting some of the toughest bosses.
Riku on Destiny Isle:
Watch for: When Riku is knocked down he will then quickly leap back up causing LOTS of damage to Sora and if your near the edge of the island, he might just knock you off and you lose the match! (It's happened to me xx) It's best to quickly jump to the side or use guard (If you have reached the lvl to learn guard that is)
Be careful when Riku leaps around cause if he lands behind you he will try to unleash a combo on you. When he is walking around it's safe to attack him.
Riku will sometimes taunt Sora AND raise his weapon to guard. Dont attack him cause after you hit him and he blocks 3 times he will then verticly slash downwards with his sword and deal alot of damage. But if you have guard however, attack him 3 times and when he says "Its my turn!" quickly guard yourself and riku will stumble back and you will get some tech points out of the deal. Or you can run or jump behind him and he will go right back to fighting you.
Listen for: Sometimes Riku gets alittle over confident and leaps up on either the paopu tree or near it and says either "You still dont got it" or "What are you afraid of?" If his weapon is lowered and he is near the tree and not standing on it, its best to show him what your made of and smack him around a few times. If he IS standing on the tree, its not a good idea cause Riku could be luring you into accidently falling off the island and thus losing the match.
Hollow Bastion Riku:
Watch for: Riku still jumps high like he did on the island, but this time he can land RIGHT behind you if your not keeping a good eye on him. After getting cornered Riku will literlly 'spring' into the air and go out of sight for a few moments if you dont have your 'lock on' feature on him. If you dont want to be attacked from behind, quickly run or glide away and let Donald and Goofy deal with him. Usually when he lands from a large jump Riku spins and yells angerily so its best to block or get the heck out of his way. Usually Riku runs around the hall after Sora and the gang but if you keep an eye on him, he starts to walk sideways and holds his soul eater up in his famous pose. After this if you try to attack him he will leap to the side then quickly slash at you.
Listen for: Riku doesnt talk alot this time around, but he will sometimes yell "Sora!" then do the 'bring it' gesture to Sora, then he will do the old tatic of leaping to the side then slashing at you. Its best to smack him with a strike raid or use ARS arcranum on him.
Possessed Riku: Most of Riku's moves this time around can easily be predicted by what he says. And if your not careful and just bash him like a neanderthall, you could get your arse handed to you more then once.
Watch for: Watch for when Riku simply walks sideways or towards you, he will quickly counter attack if you try to strike or charge. When he is running around he will usually leap up into the air and strike the ground causing a few shockwaves. After Riku performs the attack where the arena is all dark, he will then attack with his own version of strike raid nonstop.
Watch AND listen for: "Come" = Riku does the 'bring it' gesture after saying this then does the leap to the side move and either slashes OR charges right at you.
"Show me your power!" = Riku raises his weapon and blocks like on destiny isle. But the only difference is that if you attack once he either counter attacks or says "useless" or says "pitiful" if you leave him alone.
"Now witness true power!" \ "Welcome oblivion!" = After saying this Riku then has a purple-ish haze surround him and he uses his own version of strike raid on you. Not only that he now leaps around sending shockwaves at you when he yells "Here it comes!"
"Heal after this!" = This is the finishing combo to Rikus strike raid attack. He will leap up into the air and strike the ground causing massive shockwaves to shoot up from the ground. (Its best to glide around when he does this or dodge roll like crazy) He will then say "Give up yet? Is that it?" After doing this which gives you a small chance of getting a combo on him. But if your not careful he could counter attack by spinning and slashing you away as he laughs.
"Foolish boy" = He says this when you attempt to use a magic attack on him such as blizzard or fire. He will crouch low then blast a dark sphere right at you causing a large dent in your HP if your not careful. However! If you block the attack suscessfully and knock it back at him you will get 34 tech points!
"Behold the power of darkness!" \ "Open your heart to darkness!" = This is Riku's strongest attack so be careful! He will rise up into the air and glow a bright purple before vanishing for a few moments. Riku will then sprint through the arena so fast it looks like there is around 10 of him. If not avoided carefully he will probly kill you. When he then yells "Surrender!" or "It's over!" He will then strike his weapon into the ground as before and shockwaves will shoot up from almost everywhere around him but much bigger. You can simply avoid this move completly by running over to the left side of the arena where the gateway to darkness is located and stand there ready to guard when he uses strike raid on you again.
Sephiroth platinum match: Sephiroth is NOT one to mess with. Keep an eye on his moves and strike when the time is right and put an end to this nightmare!
Watch AND listen for: "Out of my way" = Sephiroth will have pillars of flame shoot up from the ground surrounding him in a temporary barrier and if your unlucky will take a chunk out of your HP.
"Come" = When seph gets low on health and his yellow or orange bar start to show no matter where he is he will leap onto the other side of the area and say this in a taunting manner. He then will charge at Sora then teleport away signaling the first attempt at his deadlist spell.
"Sin Harvest angel" = Sephiroth's hands will glow and make a 'halo' like shape in the air and that halo will appear over sora's head. If you dont strike raid him in time or super glide over and smack him. The spell could be either fatal or leave Sora with no magic and only 1 HP (If you have 2nd chance equipped you wont be killed by it, but will have enough time to limp off and use an elixer if you can avoid seph coming to finish you off.)
"Come power!"\ "Prepare yourself!" = The arena turns pitch dark and seph takes to the air slashing at you like crazy before finishing off with "No more games" then strikes the ground as shockwaves emit from his sword and himself as he then says "Show me what you got." Its best to either guard over and over or dodge roll away from him. When he usually says "Show me what you got" after this combo he will teleport away and use sin harvest angel so be prepared to lock onto him and smack him around and run off.
"I am the chosen one!" = Sephiroth will teleport like crazy for 4 or 5 times then be surrounded by a green and yellow tornado of sorts while crouching low. He then starts to glow an ominous bright blue color. Meaning Sephiroth is taking off the gloves! He then teleports into the center of the ring to perform his meteor attack so be prepared!
"I shall beat you to the promise land!"\ "The planet and I shall be one!" = Sephiroth teleports into the middle of the ring and throws his sword high into the air. He cant be touched now so its best to dodge the meteors that circle the arena. When the meteors explode. Sephiroth then turns to face you holding the sphere he was summoning up and says "What a fool" and hurls it at you. You can either dodge roll it at the last seconed, take the hit and heal afterwards. OR when seph is ready to throw it, run up behind him and get as close as possible and the blast wont cause as much damage as it normally does. Seph then says "That was true power" and catches his sword leaving him WIDE open for an ARS Arcranum or Sonic special attack.
"Dodge this!" = Seph spins swinging his sword like crazy before landing, he usually teleports behind you doing this. You can either 'dodge' roll it or block him with guard.
"Meet your fate" = Seph uses his swinging slash move to leap at you then back to where he was, all the while surrounding himself with shadow orbs.
"Come" = Seph taunts you while then surrounding you with shadow orbs that home in on you. Its best to jump over them and if close to him, wallop Seph with Regnerock or ARS Arcranum.
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