Editing Game:Marluxia

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|sprite1=[[File:Marluxia (Battle) KHCOM.png|Battle sprite in Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories]]

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  |s2=Marluxia's Replica Data

  |desc=Use stocked cards and sleights twice in a row. However, during versus battles it bumps up the reload counter.

|ReCOMdesc=Use stocked cards and sleights twice in a row.<br>Resistant to fire, ice, lightning, and special attacks, but weak against physical attacks.

  |duration=3 sleights

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  |game1=Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories

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In ''[[Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix]]'', his Absent Silhouette and Data Rematch appear as optional bosses.  

==Strategy==

Marluxia is the first boss with 4 full HP bars, meaning this will be a long fight. A good tactic for Phantom Saber is to use a 0 attack card to break the attack and deal damage. Beware of his Card Breaks if he uses a 0-valued Phantom Saber within range. To avoid that, the Jafar card can prove to be useful by using and breaking one card at a time and taking advantage of Marluxia's weakness to physical combos. The other attacks can be dodged by jumping over them. His two [[sleight]]s, '''Deathscythe''' and '''Blossom Shower''', on the other hand, are easy to dodge. For Deathscythe, all [[Sora]] has to do is head up or down towards the wall after he swings the scythe. If timed well, this can allow Sora to dodge the attack. Blossom Shower can also be dodged. If [[Dodge Roll]] is used at the right moment, it can nullify the damage the sleight would have otherwise caused. Dodging Marluxia's attacks as often as possible is the key to victory.

This battle is the first time the real Marluxia is fought. Marluxia fuses with the giant [[Specter]] and is fought largely in two stages. In the first stage, the objective is to destroy the scythe hands. The main attack it uses in this stage is a Deathscythe. It is possible to damage the main body in this stage, but Marluxia is only vulnerable after a card break, making Omnislash useless at this point of the fight, and there's a chance the game would start targetting a blade instead.  

He fires 5 Crescent Shockwaves which can be dodged by jumping and heading to the fore/background. He summons that shoot lasers first using Bit Attack, which can be easily destroyed simply by card breaking them. He occasionally uses Blossom Shower, which can be dodged with a well-timed Dodge Roll if not card broken.

 

Marluxia hovers above Sora and slams the mechanical vehicle down using Circle Reject, creating a shockwave that can be avoided by jumping at the right time. He does this three times in succession, and it is important to note that as his HP get lower, the succession becomes faster and harder to dodge. Sora can always break those cards with one Cure card at a time whenever he is in a pinch. Using 9-valued ones guarantees a card break, and using only one at a time makes them reloadable without the need of an item card.

 

After this attack, Marluxia rears back and uses Body Blow. Card breaking this is important, as doing so puts Marluxia in his most vulnerable position. Once the attack is broken, Sora gets an opportunity to get on the back of the mech and Marluxia sends out three more bits to protect him, and becomes permanently targettable during that time. It's important to note is that the less bits remain on screen, the harder Sora gets pushed away from from Marluxia. A good strategy is to use high level [[Cloud]] cards (around 7-9) in succession (one at a time, not in a sleight) while in front of Marluxia, while boosted by the [[Crescendo]]'s enemy card. Doing so deals a lot of damage in a short amount of time, and can also deal with the shot buds when card breaking them. Alternatively, and given Marluxia being targettable, Sora can now use [[Omnislash]] with no fear of the sleight getting cancelled, and if he has Marluxia's Double Sleight Enemy Card equipped, he might deal even more damage, but must make use of that strategy only when all bits are destroyed. Eventually, Sora is forced off and the pattern repeats until Marluxia is defeated.

In ''Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories'', Marluxia's attacks are drastically redesigned. For example, '''Blossom Shower''' has changed completely from being just a rose petal shower, to a long, virtually unavoidable Sleight, and the '''Deathscythe ''' Sleight has gone from one strike to three, much faster strikes.

When the battle begins, Sora should be ready to Dodge Roll or [[Card Break]], because as soon as Marluxia plays an attack card, he takes no time in attacking. During '''Phantom Saber''', Marluxia dashes towards Sora and immediately start striking, so Sora should always keep a good distance from Marluxia in case he pulls this card. In '''Crescent Shock Wave''', Sora has a little bit more time to react and should either have a higher card ready or just Dodge Roll towards Marluxia.

When Marluxia uses '''Circle Reject''', it is always a good thing to be as far away as possible before he plays it, that way Sora has time to run and find a card to break it.

* A deck containing only cards with a value of 0, as well as three Cures of a high value,

* Using the Roxas Enemy Card, or alternatively the Dragon Maleficent Enemy Card if the former isn't available, and pounding Marluxia with mere Keyblade combos, taking advantage of his weakness to physical attacks.

|Marluxia dashes and attacks 3 times. When Marluxia has less than 40% of his HP remaining, he'll perform 3 extra attacks when hitting Sora, ending with a downward swing.

|Summons three tornadoes that chase Sora. When Sora gets hit by a tornado, he gets lifted in the air while taking damage, and Marluxia attacks with his scythe.

|Marluxia floats above the arena and swings his scythe three times. Each swing fires a blade at Sora, which creates a shock wave.

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|Marluxia warps and slashes 3 times, before warping to the center of the arena and creating two massive shock waves. Finally, Marluxia shoots innumerable light projectiles to Sora. Although they deal little damage, getting hit by one causes several others to hit as well.

|Instantly reloads all Attack Cards and Magic Cards, including normally unreloadable cards.}}

The battle in ''Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories'' is very similar to the battle in ''Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories'', although Marluxia is always targettable, the field is much large and the arena itself is different, and Marluxia will often glide away from Sora. He uses many of his attacks from ''Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories'', including the Bit Attack, Crescent Shock Wave, and Circle Reject. Marluxia still uses only one card at a time, but his new attacks are more like sleights. The first of which is when he engulfs the field in [[darkness]] using Radiance of Darkness, preventing Sora from seeing his cards (except for the reload card), while also turning the skies of the arena into a night sky full of shooting stars, similar to that from the original fight, and the second is when he creates a massive Blossom Shower. The perspective in these attacks changes to Marluxia, which can make it difficult to dodge these attacks. There is a way around the card seeing, stock cards and keep using sleights or removing when they are memorized.

For the first part of the battle, the objective is nearly the same as in ''Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories'': destroy the scythes. Marluxia will swing at Sora with his scythes in a manner similar to Deathscythe. This can be avoided by dodge rolling around the machine he rides. When destroyed on Sora's own, each of the blades releases a few HP orbs. It is possible to attack Marluxia directly and lock on to him when his HP is visible by moving past the blades and avoid dealing with them. When Marluxia's HP Gauge is reduced to three bars, any remaining scythe blades will be destroyed. After both are destroyed, Marluxia will rocket across the field in an attempt to ram into Sora, though this can easily be dodged with a well-timed Dodge Roll. Unlike ''Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories'', this attack, once broken, doesn't give Sora the opportunity to jump on the nobody's back.

He will summon three shot buds, but they can be disposed of easily by simply card breaking Marluxia when he uses Bit Attack. Afterwards, he will create a rotating ring of three to five "X"-shaped flower waves and fire them at Sora. He does this faster as his HP gets lower, and uses more the less blades remain. At regular intervals, he will use his sleight-like attacks: the mega Blossom Shower and the Radiance of Darkness. As previously mentioned, the Radiance of Darkness attack turns the entire deck completely black (with the exception of the reload card), preventing Sora from seeing them. He repeats this attack pattern until his HP almost reaches halfway, then he begins using the drop down shockwave attack. Marluxia does this three times in a row, then repeats the previous attack pattern. This continues until he is defeated.

As this fight takes place as soon as Marluxia's second form is defeated and there is no chance to modify the deck. So what will work well is before the battle with Marluxia, put in at least 12 attack cards, three or six of which are zeroes. Put in several [[Cure]] and [[Thunder]] cards and if possible some Cloud and [[Stop]] cards to use Cross Slash+. Finally, put in the [[Vexen]], [[Oogie Boogie]], [[Jafar]], [[Shadow]], [[Trickmaster]], [[Barrel Spider]], and [[Air Soldier]] [[Enemy Card]]s. [[Guard Armor]] and [[Axel]] are also useful as Guard Armor lets Sora attack Marluxia from a greater distance and Axel gives a slightly better chance of escaping Omni Laser. Marluxia cannot break any of Sora's sleights if their values are higher than 24, as the enemy doesn't use any zeroes.

Due to the absence of cards, Marluxia's battle strategies are changed. At the start of the fight, a small scene occurs in which Marluxia teleports next to Sora,  whispers in his ear, and curses him with a counter above his head, its maximum value being Sora's current level. Every strike from Marluxia's scythe decreases this counter by one, and it is game over if the counter hits zero. This means that on Level 1 Critical Mode, almost all of Marluxia's attacks are guaranteed to defeat Sora instantly in one fell swoop.

If Marluxia throws a large spinning scythe, he is doing his three-hit scythe spin combo. The scythe will start by spinning vertically along the ground toward Sora, then spin horizontally, then Marluxia will re-appear with a pink aura and catch the scythe, then throw his scythe vertically for the final hit. This final hit is unblockable. Marluxia will re-appear in the last scythe's path to catch it, and will be open to attack. Block the first two hits, dodge the third, then jump and attack to get to Marluxia's position. Alternatively, enter focus at the end and Airstep to him to attack.

If Marluxia summons five floating pink flower buds, he will be doing his flower buds combo. The buds will automatically shoot at Sora, but not until after Marluxia finishes some physical combos. He will do three slashes followed by one unblockable pink slash, one upper slash, pause, then two slashes and one unblockable pink slash. Once Sora has destroyed all of the flower buds, Marluxia will re-appear in the center of the stage. Block Marluxia's first three swings, use Counter Impact to destroy some buds and be invincible to the unblockable swing, then immediately guard to block Marluxia's next swing. Wait a short moment, then guard two hits and reprisal the unblockable third. Use Thunder quickly to destroy any remaining buds, or guard their shots and reprisal to destroy them instead. Once all buds are destroyed, run to the middle of the stage to attack Marluxia as he re-appears. If Sora takes too long, then Marluxia will start using his other moves while the buds are still flying around, which may be difficult to deal with.

* It is also possible to air slide away from the tornadoes, however it must be timed so that Sora will either land on the ground before he needs to block, or still be in the air when he needs to mid-air block. If Sora lands too close to the moment he needs to block, then his landing animation may make the block timing difficult.

* You can reduce the number of dark pools by casting aero as soon as he summons them to make dodging them easier. Do note, while you could punish him if all pools disappeared, it is not ideal to do it physically since the window is too short, the springboard will cause Sora to jump.  

After about four bars of HP have been depleted, Marluxia will start his ultimate attack. He will rise into the air with his scythe swinging like a pendulum, then trigger a small scene where he whispers in Sora's ear and casts a Doom counter on him, which starts at 15 and decrements every few seconds. The stage will turn black with a pool of darkness in the middle, and Marluxia will gain armor, which will need to be depleted to end the move. He will start with a tornado in the center of the pool, then teleport to Sora and do a five-hit slash combo, with the last slash being unblockable. He will re-appear in the middle of the stage, where he will be open to attack. Occasionally the air above the pool will have a red glow, meaning a gigantic black skull will emerge from it soon after. This tends to line up with when Marluxia goes back to the center, but if he is in the center and the skull is about to appear, do not approach until it does - Sora can take damage when the skull rises. Marluxia will repeat his five-hit combo into middle-teleport until his armor is depleted. Run away immediately when this move starts, and dodge roll to avoid getting pulled in by the tornado. For the five-hit combo, block the first four hits, use Counter Impact to deal some quick damage and be immune to the fifth hit, then Airstep to Marluxia when he appears with the skull above him at the center of the stage, and attack. When Marluxia's armor has been depleted, use the Dispel Situation Command to remove the Doom counter and end the move.

At about five bars of HP left, Marluxia will enter his third phase, starting with his dark explosion combo. He starts by rising in the air with his scythe spinning behind him, gains armor, then will throw his scythe vertically along the ground, catch it, throw an unblockable scythe, and lose his armor. Next he will summon four black pools and slam the ground, turning the entire arena black for a few moments. Block the first spinning scythe, dodge the second, Doubleflight into the air to gain height, and wait until Marluxia slams the ground. Wait until the pink pillar around him has disappeared, but his Scythe is still stuck in the ground, then Airstep to him for a chance to attack.

When Marluxia's HP has been depleted to 1, he will do a variation of his ultimate attack. He will rise into the air with his pendulum-swinging scythe and whisper in Sora's ear again, this time giving him a Doom counter of 99 that decrements rapidly. He will gain armor, then throw a vertically-spinning scythe that will repeatedly attack Sora. Block the first five hits, then dodge the sixth. Block four more hits, and dodge the fifth. Block two hits, and dodge three hits in a row. Afterwards, Marluxia will lose his armor, summon four dark pools and slam the ground one last time, turning the arena black. Try to get close to him, then jump to avoid the slam and attack to use Falling Slash on him for the final blow.

* Alternatively, if Marluxia is hit by Fire during the long scythe combo sequence, he will instantly lose his armor and be stunned in place for the remainder of the fight. Landing a Fire on him to do this can be tricky however, as he teleports frequently during the scythe combo, and the window to actually cast Fire amidst all the blocking and dodging is small.

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! Marluxia I – ''[[Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories]]''

! Marluxia II – ''[[Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories]]''

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! colspan="2" | Marluxia – ''[[Kingdom Hearts: Re:Chain of Memories]]''

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! Marluxia's Absent Silhouette – ''[[Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix]]''

! Marluxia's Replica Data – ''[[Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix]]''

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! Luxord, Marluxia, and Larxene – ''[[Kingdom Hearts III]]''

! Marluxia – ''[[Kingdom Hearts III]]''

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! Marluxia and Larxene – ''[[Kingdom Hearts III Re Mind]]''

! Marluxia's Recreated Data – ''[[Kingdom Hearts III Re Mind]]''

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