Xigbar's Boss Fight
Quickest I've ever beat him? Two hours after 20 tries...
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Fight Introduction
Sora is
getting attacked by heartless.
He looks
up and sees his friends fighting.
Suddenly,
bullets things shoot from the balcony above and kill all the surrounding
heartless.
Xigbar
reveals himself to Sora, accuses him of causing them trouble, and then insults
him by saying he doesn’t look like half the hero the others were.
This
confuses Sora because he is really dumb… thus the fight begins.
Mechanics of the Player
Sora, and his two party members, Donald Duck and Goofy, have
a variety of mechanics at their disposal to fight. Some of these are dependent
on what you leveled up, what items/ magic you have acquired or bought, and so
on.
In addition to basics like moving, dodging, running,
blocking, Sora has the ability to do magic and fight.
Magic ranges from elemental attacks to healing
Items restore Health and MP
And fighting is done via the button mash tactic where a
simple slash can turn into areal combos.
Sora also has the ability to lock on, aiding in the button
mashing, but it becomes problematic when trying to run from foes.
And lastly is the reaction button, or Triangle, which is
most successful when button mashed. It allows you to do enemy specific
evasion/attack, as well as team attacks. My favorite is the firework one with
Donald.
AI Attacks and Stages of the Battle
The fight begins with Xigbar on the balcony above Sora. Sora has no way to get to Xigbar at this stage. The scene is viewed from Xigbar's point of view as he shoots down at you. You have the option of running to avoid the bullets of timing a reaction (hitting triangle) to hit them back at Xigbar.
After a certain amount of time, or if you get the bullets to bounce back and hit him enough, he teleports down to the main stage. Here he has a variety of attacks he does.
Most importantly, he has power over space thus teleports randomly through the level, and is most always hanging upside down from a portal (but there are other poses).
Xigbar's beginning attacks
- Basic shoot that shoots five or six bullets
- He has a fanned shot that has a wide hit range
- Can teleport over you and shoot down
Once you have gotten his health down he gains other abilities and can teleport you to different stages.
Some of the new abilities for the main stage are:
- Creating portals on either side of you that he can shoot into to hit you
- A cannon like bullet that does significant damage that follows you, that you must hit back at him with the reaction button.
Stages he can teleport you to
The first is a simple stage that simply makes it harder to get to him and hit him due to the hole in the floor. This is one of the first teleport he uses, it comes before he gains his new abilities on the main stage. It is easy because he uses only basic attacks here.
The second comes after the new attacks are gained in the main stage. It is a long narrow platform. He is positioned at the end and you at the other. He shoots and teleports on one side and you have to hit back the bullets or doge them (but thats hard due to the size of the space)
And lastly, he can teleport you to a tiny stage that is simply a square. Here he does a variety of shoots, as well as the one move which can always be anticipated to come after he says "Let's see how well you can dance" Those are the words of death because this move will kill you unless you are super skilled. He will create portals all around you and shoot through them somehow all at the same time. meaning you get hit nonstop. I have yet to find a way to dodge it. The only solution I have found to survive is to go in with full health and prey, or to save your valor form transformations to trigger when begins. They temporarily put up a shield so even if he hits you, if your are mid transform it won't hurt you.
The Reward
You gain abilities, and can level up (depends on your own progression)
You move the story along
Kill Xigbar (some will argue that this isn't a reward)
You reunite with Riku... and Kairi.
