Nefarious Codex

Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days Nefarious Codex
"A weapon that lets you string together faster, incredibly long ground combos."
Japanese		忌まわしき異本
Rōmaji		Imawashiki Ihon
Translation		Nefarious Reprint
Stats
Strength				Magic
Base	Unit	Ultima		Base	Unit
+53	+1	+47		+0	+1
Defense		Crit Rate		Crit Bonus
Base	Unit	Base	Unit	Base	Unit
+0	+1	+12	+2	+13	+1
Attack Speed		Approach Speed
		Ground		Air
1.1		1.0		1.0
Abilities
1: Combo Boost 2: Chain Power 3: Combo-Jump
Obtained
Phantom Gear ④ (Zexion)

Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days Nefarious Codex+
"An upgraded Nefarious Codex. Lets you string together faster, incredibly long ground combos."
Japanese		忌まわしき異本+
Rōmaji		Imawashiki Ihon+
Translation		Nefarious Reprint+
Stats
Strength				Magic
Base	Unit	Ultima		Base	Unit
+65	+1	+35		+0	+1
Defense		Crit Rate		Crit Bonus
Base	Unit	Base	Unit	Base	Unit
+0	+1	+9	+2	+7	+1
Attack Speed		Approach Speed
		Ground		Air
1.1		1.0		1.0
Abilities
1: Chain Power 2: Chain Time 3: Heart Bonus
Obtained
Phantom Gear+ ④ (Zexion)

Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days Nefarious Codex++
"The ultimate Nefarious Codex. Lets you string together faster, incredibly long ground combos."
Japanese		忌まわしき異本++
Rōmaji		Imawashiki Ihon++
Translation		Nefarious Reprint++
Stats
Strength				Magic
Base	Unit	Ultima		Base	Unit
+86	+1	+15		+0	+1
Defense		Crit Rate		Crit Bonus
Base	Unit	Base	Unit	Base	Unit
+0	+1	+12	+5	+10	+0
Attack Speed		Approach Speed
		Ground		Air
1.1		1.0		1.0
Abilities
1: Chain Power 2: Chain Time 3: Heart Bonus
Obtained
Phantom Gear++ ⑤ (Zexion)

The Nefarious Codex is a Lexicon that can be wielded by Zexion in Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days. It can be upgraded to the Nefarious Codex+ and Nefarious Codex++.

Design

The Nefarious Codex lexicon is shaped like a rectangle with curved corners. Its border is yellow and it is lined by black spikes, five on each cover. The spine is decorated by a white cross that resembles the upper half of the Nobody logo. Its side arms are longer than the other two, and they extend onto the covers. The rest of the lexicon is blue with a thin, black outline.

“Nefarious” means “infamous” or “evil”. A codex can refer to the modern book binding format of joining pages, as opposed to rolling a scroll. A reprint is a written material that has been published more than once.

Gameplay

Nefarious Codex's ground combo begins with a leftward/rightward swipe, followed by a second leftward/rightward swipe. At this point, a spear-like weapon extends from the lexicon's pages, slashing from top right to bottom left, then from top left to bottom right, back from bottom right to top left, then a final thrust forward as the finisher. If is pressed, the book expands and the spear appears with a forward thrust.

Nefarious Codex's air combo is very short, consisting solely of a downward slash, an upward slash, and a spinning forward throw.

When Nefarious Codex makes contact with an enemy, a periwinkle star-burst appears along with a burst of purple and white diamonds.

Combos
Ground Attack Power Critical? Flinch? Counter? Attack Power Critical? Flinch? Counter? (Ground) Left-Right Swing Hit 1 0.5 X X X Hit 2 0.63 X X X (Ground) Left-Right Swing Hit 1 0.5 X X X Hit 2 0.63 X X X (Ground) Dagger Thrust Hit 1 0.25 X X X (Ground) 3 Continuous Swings Front Thrust Hit 2 1.5 ◯ ◯ X Hit 1 0.5 ◯ X ◯ Hit 2 0.5 ◯ X ◯ Hit 3 1.13 ◯ X ◯ Hit 4 1.5 X ◯ ◯		Air Attack Power Critical? Flinch? Counter? Attack Power Critical? Flinch? Counter? (Air) Downswing Hit 1 0.75 X X X (Air) Upswing Hit 1 0.75 X X X (Air) Front Throw Hit 1 0.75 X X ◯ Hit 2 1.38 ◯ ◯ ◯