Xaldin - why is he so difficult?

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My answer is that it's because he's the only enemy in the game to have an unavoidable attack. Frequently, he gains that glowing aura around his body, flies off on his spears and attacks Sora in the form of a dragon, which causes a whirlwind to sweep from one end of the bridge to another.

My next question: is there any way to avoid that attack? By that point in the game, it is impossible to have a High Jump high enough to bounce over the whirlwind, so that's out. I've tried every part of the bridge, dodge rolling, sliding, guarding and deflecting that attack and nothing happens. It's a fairly strong attack and if you're in MP Charge, you have to rely on items...which are limited and Xaldin's attack is not.

Any ideas?
 
You know whut, I JUST made a FB group about him. He's on my PS2 screen right now. That's weird.

I think it's because of how fast he is, he moves around ALOT and has several weapons. It's hard to know how to block and even when you do, you might not be able to time it right.
I doubt you can block the whirlwind - Reflect, maybe?
 
Well correct me if i'm wrong but don't you also have master form by that point? With the high jump and aerial dodge combined maybe it could be possible to completely avoid it. I've never tried yet so I have no idea but maybe give that a try?

Alternatively to minimise damage, why not stay to one end of the wall and use the dash ability (or whatever the wisdom form ability is called) to take less of the damage (charge into the wall)
 
You do have Master Form by then, except Forms are a bit hard - Kelly got Anti-Form once and it screwed her right over. Good for healing though - I'm about to fight him, I'll let you know how it goes :)
 
I just can't get near him, he's all pointy spears, he's liek a fucking porcupine or some shit, everytime you touch him, he hurts you. People alwasy tell me to use my reaction commands, but I can never get close enough to him without him doing me over

then there's that dragon thing, Ive tried evvverything to avoid that and it's been the cause of many a game over screen.

!BRITTANY said:
- Kelly got Anti-Form once and it screwed her right over.
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Several times :gonk:
 
Stupid multi-quote, not quoting Damon. -__-

Anyway, I was going to say, Damon, that you do indeed have Master Form and I have tried that but Aerial Dodge doesn't give you an awful lot of elevation - certainly not enough to make a difference to Xaldin.

I always do avoid getting hurt a lot my him but I've never been able to make that attack MISS, which is what I was asking how to do. :wacky:
!BRITTANY said:
You know whut, I JUST made a FB group about him. He's on my PS2 screen right now. That's weird.

I think it's because of how fast he is, he moves around ALOT and has several weapons. It's hard to know how to block and even when you do, you might not be able to time it right.
I doubt you can block the whirlwind - Reflect, maybe?
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Tried that. <_<
 
Well if we use the sephiroth battle as an example, you require both high jump and aerial dodge to catch him when he uses sin harvest angel, so it might just give you the extra lift you need :gasp:
 
Gex said:
Well if we use the sephiroth battle as an example, you require both high jump and aerial dodge to catch him when he uses sin harvest angel, so it might just give you the extra lift you need :gasp:
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It depends on where you are in the battle arena...if you're right next to him when he does it then you don't have to do an awful lot of running. He even does it on the ground. Besides, Aerial Dodge is probably better for moving forward than it is moving up. It might have worked for someone but it's certainly never doing it for me. <_<

!BRITTANY said:
You can dodge it with Shadow Sora by hitting Square and running in the different direction - matter of timing. Worked for me (before I DIED :gonk:)
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So the only way to survive it is to sacrifice your ability to win. :wacky:
 
He was a pain in the ass for me too. I tried using forms, but every time it just turned me into shadow form and i got slaughtered...quickly. I had to gain an extra 5 levels and synth extra things and i still barely beat him.
 
Xaldin was hawd:mad: but thats why king mickey comes to help you. in certain battles in that game that are deemed too hard, the king flies in to help you. but in that particular fight, his help wasnt much :gonk: Just wail out on him as much as you can or try to use magic. He was too hard and i stopped playing for weeks untill i tried him again
 
Ugh...my pet peeve with Kingdom Hearts II is not Xaldin...its the people who think Xaldin is hard. I personally played the game on the hardest difficulty and beat Xaldin on the first try. i had played KH like five times before a friend told me you could play as mickey. I had not known cuz i never died when you could use him.
 
Here's an idea, if I recall, don't you keep target lock on him during his dragon attack? Why not try a thunder spell? Might throw him off or something.
 
can people PLEASE refer to the first post before replying?
 
Gex said:
Here's an idea, if I recall, don't you keep target lock on him during his dragon attack? Why not try a thunder spell? Might throw him off or something.
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He has that deflective aura around him while he does it, so your attacks just don't hurt him and create that "vvvvvuuuuum" sound. xD
 
Looking back I didn't think that bosses were that hard to beat, just have to use the reaction commands, over and over again. Never did try to use other things on hime, just the triangle button (and cure etc.) Mash it!

For the Sephy one, it was a bit too hard, I just levelled and got the Ultima Weapon, IMO you just need the Ultima Weapon, don't need the forms' skills. I -did- it like that.
 
I am playing him at the moment

i have played kingdom hearts 2 an number of times and i still get stuck on him everytime :(

i am doing a runthrough on proud mode at the moment and guess where i am stuck on.. him lool

i just run out of items and mp lol blocking is impossible you can stop that wind attack, use reflect. i notice on him that if he does the air thing lol you can just jump and collect the jump move on it, i killed 4 healthbars just by doing that once lol but after i get him to the last health bar i get stuck his super combo kills me.

try reflect just as the wind is coming to you.. ill try it in the morning
 
yunamad10 said:
I am playing him at the moment

i have played kingdom hearts 2 an number of times and i still get stuck on him everytime :(

i am doing a runthrough on proud mode at the moment and guess where i am stuck on.. him lool

i just run out of items and mp lol blocking is impossible you can stop that wind attack, use reflect. i notice on him that if he does the air thing lol you can just jump and collect the jump move on it, i killed 4 healthbars just by doing that once lol but after i get him to the last health bar i get stuck his super combo kills me.

try reflect just as the wind is coming to you.. ill try it in the morning
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just tried it and it works, if u reflect just before you do it.... then it blocks lol

and i beat him when i tried it lool aint that weaid lol
 
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