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[Razakel_of_snn]

I've Had KH1 for 4 years....in the past year i managed to make it to the final boss battle....and I CAN'T GET PAST ANSEM! after you fight him and his shadow thingy on the beach that purplish area opens up and you fight the black heartless giant....then you have to fight Ansem a secodn time....i can never beat that. If anyone has any good advice for me SHARE IT NOW!

 

[Soulcorruptor]

For a complete in depth help guide refer to the gamefaqs, boss faq section for complete in depth. Now if memory does serve correct so you dont have to go there, throw on your highest aero spell as a safety measure. Now you should first have to attack ansem himself and drain that life bar. After a while he captures Donal and Goofy and you have to go to the lower area and free the both of them. Once they are freed you should have a sphere like thing you need to kill, once this is done Ansem should be re-released again on the top and you go to procede to kill him. If your having problems staying alive just keep remembering your aero and cure spells. Special attacks dont work really well cause of the ground combos since your flying, so focus on aerial combos for attacking.

 

[Vanquished]

You really can't lose at lvl100 with the Ultima Weapon.

Finally, you face the man who is behind all that has been happening.
Ansem looks really overwhelming as you see him flying and with some
kind of Shadow Guardian with him, but I must tell you now - you haven't
seen nothing yet. So when the first battle starts out what should you
do? That's right use Aeroga! Also, lock on to him so you can find him
easy. Since Ansem will be in the air the whole time and sometimes out
of reach, it'd be wise to use your Strike Raid ability. When he is
close and reachable jump in and air combo him. Sometimes he'll stagger
and then sometimes he'll take it like a man. Also if you want to deal
more damage, Raganork works very well seeing it is an air combo attack.
But you must also watch your MP level if you want to rely on Aero and
Curaga for defense. When you attack Ansem of course your MP will charge
up, just want to warn you in some cases you might be low. So to start
go up and attack him straight on with air attack combos. He'll fly
around at different parts of the island so some areas he'll be right
above you, that's when Strike Raid is handy. Ansems main attacks deal
with his Shadow Guardian. He'll call forth his Guardian to protect him
and that's where he is invincible, just wait till the Guardian
disappears and then go in for the attack. The Guardian will always
throw elemental orbs at you so you can either get hit with it if you
want to keep attacking him or be cautious and dodge them with the dodge
roll. Really, mostly this battle is all about offense. The defensive
roles come into play if you are low on health and must retreat a bit to
heal up using Curaga or an item, and casting Aero on yourself. Try to
have Aero on all the time at least. Ansem will also attack with energy
surrounding him that deflects your attacks and he'll yell out "Submit!",
he'll do this move and the Guardian will come after you and hold you a
bit causing some damage. To counter this attack, when his energy
barrier runs out jump up and attack him, this will usually call back
the Guardian instead of it holding onto you. He'll keep on doing this
for awhile plus other attacks, but mainly you just have to get up in
his face and attack him till no end. After his HP is depleted, he'll
retreat back into another area.
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C.) You'll have some time to gather yourself and stock up on potions to
re-heal yourself and any other things that need tending to. Head over
to the area that Ansem went and prepare for another battle by your
self....

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|------C.) Darkside Heartless III | Difficulty: Easy | HP: 900-----|
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You've faced this huge shadow figure twice before, and he is basically
the same in attacking and how to beat this thing. First target its hand
that is on the ground and attack that up and down, make sure you are
behind or at the side of its hand as well to miss the attacks from the
front. After awhile its hands will rise up and gather energy and then
slam it into the ground again making an opening for Shadow Heartless to
come out. While its hand is in the ground keep attacking it and
hopefully you'll be attacking the Shadow Heartless as well, if not
don't worry too much about them just keep your focus on Darkside.
Repeat hitting his hand and this battle will be over.
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D.) Nope it's no over yet. Come on what would you expect out of a
Square game? Let alone Kingdom Hearts. Directly after the fight with
the Darkside Heartless you go into battle again. Hopefully you healed
yourself after you beat Darkside quickly if not then be sure to do so
for in the beginning of the next fight....

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|------------D.) Ansem II | Difficulty: Hard | HP: 1200------------|
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First thing is first if you are low on health, cure yourself with
Curaga or Hi-Potion. Then use Aeroga for defense. Ansem is basically
the same as before, but you don't have your buddies to help, you out so
it is a bit harder. Same strategy as before, except Ansem has 2 new
attacks. One of his new attacks is a rush attack similar to Rikus from
the 2nd fight in Hallow Bastion. To counter it just jump in the air and
glide till he passes you and let your self fall and jump and glide
again. You can't remain in the air cause you do gradually drop and you
need the climax of the jump to make the attack miss you, if he comes
for another rush you might get hit, better safe than sorry right? His
other attack is also simple to avoid. He'll move to the center of the
fighting area and then the ground around you will have small Heartless
reach out and try to attack you, all you have to do is dodge roll out
of the way, so head in one direction circling around Ansem while
pounding the Square button, after the ground attack has stopped dodge
roll out of the farthest away from Ansem to avoid a huge magical attack.
After that is done Ansem is vulnerable to attacks so go up and attack
him. Other than those 2 new additional moves Ansem is basically the
same as before. Use Aero all the time and heal when you need to, after
his HP is gone - get ready for a cutscene.
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E.) You'll be sucked into this vast empty space that I don't even know
where is, and you'll see Ansem and his World of Chaos. Now this....is
overwhelming. And to think you still got a bit more ways to fight as
well. Ansem will talk and stuff during this cutscene and then you'll be
forced into another fight without your comrades....

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|-------E.) World of Chaos | Difficulty: Medium | HP: 1500---------|
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Actually most of the fights beyond this point are fairly easy, just
like I said it depends if on how you are leveled. Hmmmm this sorta
looks familiar, a la FFX I believe but still looks awesome. Your main
focus will be on Ansem again and if you want cast Aeroga on yourself,
or you can just wait till you are low on health and use Curaga on you.
So target on to Ansem for easy flying and maneuvering, and head towards
him. You want to position yourself right behind him to escape from his
weapon blows, when you are behind him let it out with attack combos.
You won't be able to use your attack abilities seeing that you are
flying the whole time. Keep attacking Ansem up right and Ansem with
retaliate with orbs that shoot out what seems to be laser that'll hit
you from time to time. They don't do too much damage but you will
probably get hit a lot while attacking Ansem. Whenever you need to heal
or re-cast Aero, head out of the way of Ansem and the lasers and do
your business. After that go back in and repeat the process. After
Ansems HP runs out, he'll take a breather.
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F.) After your fight with him a part of the World of Chaos will open
and you'll go inside. In there it is completely dark but you'll see
eyes of Heartless coming at you. They are on Shadow Heartless so they
are pretty easy to handle, they also drop HP balls which will help
replenish your health. Clean them out and this orb like thing will drop.
Air combo attack it and then you'll get out of that area and on to your
next objective (heal if necessary)....

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|----F.) Artillery: Small/Large | Difficulty: Easy | HP: 120/550---|
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This part is pretty easy, you'll need to move in close to the World of
Chaos and pressing the auto lock on button to find your next enemy.
You'll see small tentacle things shooting stuff at you and that is
where you want to attack next. There are 2 rows of small tentacles and
the 2 bigger ones, take out the bigger ones first with a breeze, they
drop some HP balls to so it'll help heal you up. Then take out the
smaller ones on each side. After they are gone you are going to want to
find a gaseous cloud in front of the top of the World of Chaos, that
didn't sound to confusing right? Locate it and go through it.
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G.) Sweet! Goofy rejoins you finally and you'll be fighting some more
Heartless monsters sorta like you did before, except that are Darkballs.
Not to difficult just attack them and make sure they are all gone,
they'll drop huge HP balls which should help you out greatly. After
they are gone another orb like thing will drop, attack that and then
you'll be outside of the World of Chaos yet again for another battle....

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|--------------G.) Face | Difficulty: Easy | HP: 1200--------------|
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Remember that ugly head on the World of Chaos? Well it is time to tell
it that it is ugly and whip some since into it. Since you have Goofy
accompanying you, things will be a bit easier. Attack it up front right
in its face, use the target lock on for it to be a bit easier. The face
will attack but don't mind it until your HP is really low, retreat back
and heal yourself and then go back in for another bashing. Keep using
your attack combos to its advantage, move slightly over on the side of
the face so you won't get hit all the time. After awhile you'll beat
the face and you'll go inside its mouth.
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H.) Before you head into its mouth you can fight off some more small
artillery things that are spitting out stuff at you, lock on and attack
them, they'll drop HP balls for you, but if you don't want to do that,
go ahead into the mouth. Awesome now Donald is back! Everyone is here
and now it is time to kick some more ass. Just like the 2 times before
you'll be fighting more Heartless in a dark area, this time these are
one of the toughest Heartless around called Invisible, those flying
ones with swords. Just make sure to target one and jump in to do a air
combo attack, keep repeating that till they are all gone and cure
yourself if needed. Another orb will drop and attack that to come out
of that things mouth....

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|------------H.) Main Core | Difficulty: Easy | HP: 300------------|
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The barrier thing that was blocking the World of Chaos' belly has now
disappeared and you can go into it. If you feel like it, fight off the
tiny tentacles surrounding the main core, or you can just go ahead and
attack the main core. The main core is pretty easy to recognize has a
small face like thing on it and it wiggles around when you hit it. It
won't attack so it'd be wise to cure up for what is ahead while you are
attacking it. Hit it enough times and the core will deteriorate and
you'll fly out of the belly.
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I.) Man will this ever end?! Don't worry after getting out of the belly
Ansem will awake for another go at it. But this time you have your
friends helping you out, this is going to be a piece of cake....

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|--------I.) Final Ansem | Difficulty: Semi-Easy | HP: 1200--------|
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Same strategy goes for this time as you did the first time you fought
him in this form. Target on to him, cast Aeroga, and then head behind
him to attack him. At this point, let it all out with attacks and such,
Donald and Goofy will be helping out a lot as well in terms of
attacking. If you get hit with a laser shots a lot then retreat to heal
up some more, then head back to attack Ansem again. Really this part is
a breeze, you just need to be aware of your HP status and keep
attacking him from behind soon enough you'll win.

 

[grim072000]

Vanquished posted a good guide. Yeah, his form right after the giant shadow heart guy is the hardest. What I did was just ignored defense and wailed on his ass. I didnt worry about magic or special attacks or anything. When he does that submit move, try to roll, if you dont wait until his little barrier thing goes away that he attacks you with, then hit him some more. If your strong and fast, you should do it.

But you have like 13 other forms to kill....

 

[Davey Gaga]

Posting guides and whatnot is all fine and good ... but battles are totally different to following a guide for the story. During battles, it's all about finding your own tactic, memorising his techniques and utilizing your skills to finally defeat him.

What I would recommend, however, is to always have MP Haste and MP Rage equipped at all times. This basically means that, when you are struck, you will regain some relinquished MP (from Rage), and that it will increase by a larger quantity (from Haste). Aeroga deflects all of the Guardian's energy attacks back at Ansem, allowing you to break through and get in a few good swings. Curaga is essential, along with a well-balanced Keyblade.

 

[Dark-Angel]

If you cant be bothered leveling up to lvl 100 then i recommend being around lvl 60 and above. true he

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has a shitloadof forms, each more hulking and deformed than the last, till you end up fighting ansem attached to a giant monster ship thing with a demon on it.

 

[grim072000]

If you cant be bothered leveling up to lvl 100 then i recommend being around lvl 60 and above. true he

Spoiler

has a shitloadof forms, each more hulking and deformed than the last, till you end up fighting ansem attached to a giant monster ship thing with a demon on it.

Thats only like his 4th form. You still have to fight

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him on the ship thing, the ship things face, the middle of the ship, him again, then like 3 swarms of heartless, then these tentacle things. It goes on and on. BTW, none of those are in order.

 

[Moogles]

I'd wager you've already defeated him, but I'm bored.

Run around in circles. When he stops moving, attack him. When he starts moving again, start running around in circles again. If you're feeling really tricky, throw in some dodge rolls and super glides as you continue to move along a circular path. If you become damaged, heal yourself via item or cure. If you have an abundance of MP, go ahead and cast Aeroga on yourself. That's basically it...seriously. I don't know how that dude managed to stretch that battle out into a post that large.

It's not a demanding battle.