Editing Game:Marluxia

  |image=[[File:Marluxia KHD.png|350x400px]]

  |tab1=KHCoM

  |s2=Marluxia's Data Rematch

  |KH3battlename=Lord of the Castle<ref>With Luxord and Larxene before Xemnas leaves/with just Larxene or alone</ref>

  |KH3battlename2=The 13th Struggle<ref>With Luxord after Xemnas leaves</ref>

  |image=[[File:Marluxia (Second Form) KHRECOM.png|350x400px]]

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

  |game1=Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories

  |image=[[File:Marluxia KHCOM.png|350x400px]]

  |image=[[File:Marluxia KHCOM.png|350x400px]]

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

==Strategies==

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.

|{{Sleight|Marluxia - A1|Marluxia - M|Marluxia - A2|com=*}}

|{{Sleight|Marluxia - M|Marluxia - A1|Marluxia - M|com=*}}

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 minor version of Deathscythe. It is possible to damage the main body in this stage, but Marluxia is only vulnerable after a card break. Once the blades are destroyed, Marluxia takes on a different strategy. He uses floating flowers that shoot lasers first, which can be easily destroyed simply by card breaking them. At regular intervals during the battle, he fires 2-5 slicer waves which can be dodged by jumping and heading to the fore/background. He occasionally uses Blossom Shower, which can be dodged with a well-timed Dodge Roll.

After this, Marluxia hovers above Sora and slams the mechanical vehicle down, 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. After this attack, Marluxia rears back and shoots across the screen. Card breaking this is important, as doing so puts Marluxia in his most vulnerable position. Once the attack is broken, Sora is placed on the back of the mech and Marluxia sends out three more shot buds to protect him. It's important to note is that the less buds remain on screen, the harder it is to remain on the mech, as Sora is constantly forced backwards away 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. 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. If Sora has Marluxia's Double Sleight Enemy Card equipped, he can use it and combine it with [[Omnislash]]es, dealing even more damage, but must do so only when all shot buds are destroyed. Eventually, Sora is forced off and the whole process begins again. This pattern repeats until Marluxia is defeated.

|Marluxia moves forward and swings his scythe down. Used when at least one scythe remains.

|Marluxia rushes forward with the Specter. Only used after both scythes have been broken.

|Once card-broken, Marluxia gets immobilized while near ground level, giving Sora the opportunity to jump on the nobody's back. Marluxia will fly away if nothing's done, but if Sora gets on his back, Marluxia will try to push him away by flying away faster every time a bit gets destroyed.}}

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* Using the Roxas Enemy Card, 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.

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 shot buds, slicing waves, and the drop-down shockwave attack. 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]], 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, probably recalling the skies 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 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 them. Afterwards, he will create a rotating ring of five "X"-shaped flower waves and fire them at Sora. He does this faster as his HP gets lower. At regular intervals, he will use his sleight-like attacks: the mega Blossom Shower and the "dark void". As previously mentioned, the "dark void" 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.

|One of the bits fires a bullet. The bullets can be avoided by running in a big circle or gliding.

|Only used after both scythes have been broken. Marluxia rushes forward with the Specter. The attack covers a lot of distance, sometimes moving out of the arena.  

|Only used after both scythes have been destroyed. Once after having flown up, the Specter plunges down, causing an explosion. The explosion spreads over a wide area, but can be avoided by running behind where Marluxia jumped up.}}

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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.

|One of the bits fires a bullet. Compared to the previous battle, it has less power and 0 cards aren't used.

|Doom

|{{Sleight|Marluxia (Third Form)|Marluxia (Third Form)|Marluxia (Third Form)||Three cards with a value of 6 - Total : 18}}

|Marluxia shoots thorn-shaped beams towards Sora. When hit, the screen zooms focuses on Sora, while he gets a counter above his head starting at 6 and the specter slowly approaches him. Sora has to break 6 of Marluxia's cards (valued 1~8) before the counter reaches 0 (within 18 seconds).  When succesful, the screen returns to normal. If the counter reaches 0, the specter will make Sora's HP drop to 0 with a scythe swing, ignoring any Enemy Card effects. The thorns can be evaded with Dodge Roll.

{{Atk|{{nihongo|'''Whirlwind to the Void'''|虚無への旋風|<br>Kyomu e no Senpū}}<ref>Some versions of the game misspell this Sleight as "Whirldwind to the Void".<!--Which versions? KHHD has this mistake.--></ref>

|{{Sleight|Marluxia (Third Form)|Marluxia (Third Form)|Marluxia (Third Form)||Three cards with a value of 7 - Total : 21}}

|Marluxia generates 3 tornadoes that chase Sora and circle around. When hit, they scatter the Cards from Sora's Deck across the arena (excluding stocked Cards, Enemy Cards, and Special Cards), and add 1 to the Reload count if not already at 3. Sora can retrieve the Cards by walking over them. After about 20 seconds, Cards that haven't been picked up will fly away (except the Reload Card), but will return to the Deck when reloading.

|{{Sleight|Marluxia (Third Form)|Marluxia (Third Form)|Marluxia (Third Form)||Three cards with a value of 5 - Total : 15}}

|The Specter warps to Sora and strikes the ground with the scythe's hilt, creating a shock wave. Has a shorter attack range compared to the previous battle.

{{Atk|{{nihongo|'''Gale of Severance'''|断絶の烈風|<br>Danzetsu no Reppū}}

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|{{Sleight|Marluxia (Third Form)|Marluxia (Third Form)|Marluxia (Third Form)||Three cards with a value of 8 - Total : 24}}

|Used at short range. A shock wave sends Sora flying, and a gust of wind prevents him from approaching. However, Sora can still glide to get closer.

{{Atk|{{nihongo|'''Omni Laser'''|全方位レーザー|<br>Zenhoui Rēzā|lit. "Omnidirectional Laser"}}

|{{Sleight|Marluxia (Third Form)|Marluxia (Third Form)|Marluxia (Third Form)||Three cards with a value of 4 - Total : 12}}

|Used when Marluxia's HP is less than 50% of maximum. Surrounds Sora with 16 bits from the outer ring of the arena that simultaneously shoot a ray of light. Since the ray is fired for 6 seconds, it hits up to 6 times, but it can be avoided with Dodge Roll.}}

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{{Atk|{{nihongo|'''Continuous Slash'''|連続斬り|<br>Renzokukiri}}

{{Atk|{{nihongo|'''Tornado Slash'''|竜巻斬り|<br>Tatsumakigiri}}

{{Atk|{{nihongo|'''Warp Slash'''|ワープ斬り|<br>Wāpu Kiri}}

{{Atk|{{nihongo|'''Phantom Saber'''|ファントムセイバー|<br>Fantomu Seibā}}

{{Atk|{{nihongo|'''Ambush Slash'''|奇襲斬り|<br>Kishū Kiri}}

{{Atk|{{nihongo|'''Bloom Shark'''|ブルームシャーク|<br>Burūmu Shāku}}

{{Atk|{{nihongo|'''Super Bloom Shark'''|超ブルームシャーク|<br>Chō Burūmu Shāku}}

{{Atk|{{nihongo|'''Flower Wreath'''|花まとい|<br>Hana Matoi}}

|Marluxia envelops the party in light, which explodes after 3 seconds.

{{Atk|{{nihongo|'''Disturbed Bloom'''|乱れ咲き|<br>Midare Saki}}

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{{Atk-m|{{nihongo|'''Final Judgment'''|最後の審判|<br>Saigo no Shinpan}}

|The light dims and petals fall. Marluxia follows Sora around, summoning red light from the floor 15 times, before throwing his scythe, and ends with a plunging attack.

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{{rc|{{nihongo|'''Aerial Strike'''|エアトランプル|<br>Ea Toranpuru|lit. "Air Trample"}}|Physical|x1.0<br>Knockback: x10.0|Can be used when near Marluxia as he rests after using Tornado Slash.<br>Attack Marluxia three times and knock him back. Acts as a finisher.}}

{{rc|{{nihongo|'''Restore Count'''|ロブカウント|<br>Robu Kaunto|lit. "Rob Count"}}|—|—|Can be used when near Marluxia's scythe as he rests after using Tornado Slash.<br>Steal Marluxia's scythe, slash with it, then throw it at him, knocking him back. Does not deal damage, but Sora's overhead count recovers up to its starting value by 13.<ref>When fighting Marluxia's Replica Data, the amount recovered is reduced each time Restore Count is used as such: 13 → 7 → 3, and is thereafter fixed at 1.</ref>}}

{{Atk|{{nihongo|'''Warp Slash'''|ワープ斬り|<br>Wāpu-kiri}}

{{Atk-m|{{nihongo|'''Tornado Slash'''|竜巻斬り|<br>Tatsumakigiri}}

{{Atk-m|{{nihongo|'''Phantom Blitz'''|ファントムブリッツ|<br>Fantomu Burittsu}}

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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 unnblockable. 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.