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===''Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix''===
===''Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix''===
Vexen appears as an Absent Silhouette and a Data Battle.
In ''Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix'', the absence of cards completely changes Vexen's attack style. Fought as an Absent Silhouette, Sora must conquer the phantom version of this Nobody with Donald and Goofy at his side.  


In this battle, Vexen wields his shield in front of him, preventing you from damaging him until you deplete the shield's HP bar. Vexen often throws spinning shields at you, which you can get rid of by guarding or reflecting. He will also conjure up pillars of ice, but this is easily avoided by dodge rolling. When you see snowflakes reflecting across the screen, use Reflect, so you don't become frozen and have to break out.
At the start of the battle, Vexen's Absent Silhouette will surround Sora in a stream of data. In a flash of light, the player will find Sora trapped within a massive block of ice. Rapidly press {{Button|t}} to set him free. Vexen's Absent Silhouette will then most likely attempt to hit Sora with twin, large snowflakes as they quickly spin around him. Dodge Roll multiple times or use Reflega to avoid the attack. The player can then attack the HP bar of the boss's Frozen Pride Shield. Depleting the weapon's HP will not only lower the boss's defenses, but it will also allow Sora to attack Vexen's Absent Silhouette himself. The player should use caution, however, for if the purple Data Bar at the top left of the screen should fill as Sora stands in the homing data stream Vexen's Absent Silhouette summoned at the start of the battle, an Anti-Sora with its own HP bars to deplete will attack. This is merely a distraction method, but the Anti-Sora's attacks are powerful, and this power and its HP will only increase as the Data Bar fills from zero to five over the course of the battle. Thus, the player should make the Anti-Sora the first target. Otherwise, most combos the player attempts to use against Vexen will most likely be interrupted. Defeating an Anti-Sora will relinquish MP orbs to restore any MP Sora has used up. One can then continue to hammer Vexen's Absent Silhouette with physical combos or even Fire spells. Should one attempt an aerial combo, however, the player must prepare for Vexen's Absent Silhouette to counter by shooting an icicle up from below Sora to halt the onslaught. Vexen will only use attacks the player has previously seen for the rest of the battle, so one should utilize the same strategies to avoid them as before.


Vexen also has a data circle that follows Sora around; do your best to avoid it. When it gets to one, Vexen summons an [[Anti Form]] Sora, and can be troublesome. It then can go to 2, 3, 4, and 5, each time making a more powerful Anti Form. If your magic is high, use Reflect, and you will be able to kill it quickly.
All in all, the battle against Vexen's Absent Silhouette is not exceedingly difficult. One simply must, as with all boss battles, have patience. The player also should know when to dodge and to heal. Defeating any Anti-Soras the boss creates should also become the first priority as soon as they spawn. The fact that the player must break through a constantly refilled HP bar just to get to the boss may be tedious, but a surprising amount of HP can be depleted before the Frozen Pride returns to Vexen's Absent Silhouette if one combines the usage of Fire spells with Sora's most powerful physical combos. The player should immediately go into Wisdom Form if they wish to attack Vexen with Fire or its upgrades, since this will boost the spell's power. An Ether should be used right before Sora's MP hits zero rather than afterwards. This will increase the amount of Fire spells that can be launched before Sora reverts to normal. Keep this up, and Vexen's Absent Silhouette will fall in due time.
 
Vexen's weakness is Fire. After you get his shield down, go into Final Form or Wisdom Form and attack repeatedly with Fire, though Master Form's Fire works better because of its thrust, making an easy attack-retreat knockout. It would be useful to use the Keyblade, [[Bond of Flame]], to deal greater damage. When he summons his shield again, repeat the strategy.
 
Another strategy would be to load yourself, Donald and Goofy with ethers, go into [[Limit Form]] (after [[Final Form]]) and use the Sonic Blade as much as you can to destroy Vexen's shield and strike him as many times as possible. Doing this at the right moment will severely damage him, and if you're lucky, the Anti Form Sora he creates. But be careful not to leave yourself vulnerable to an attack, or the entire Sonic Blade will be lost.
 
During the battle with Vexen, it is extremely risky to change into a Drive Form, as it will send Sora into Anti Form. The reason is because Vexen can create his own Anti-Sora to battle for him, and also because this battle takes no attention of the hidden Anti Point counter that leads to Anti-Form.


===Data Rematch===
===Data Rematch===

Revision as of 22:46, 31 August 2010

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Vexen is fought as a boss in Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories, Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories, and Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix. First appearing to Riku in hopes of recruiting him to help accomplish his goals, Vexen instead was defeated and obtained valuable combat data he would later use to test Riku and even Sora in the form of the Riku Replica. His "product of pure research" dubbed a failure by Marluxia, Vexen later appeared before Sora to prove himself and his strength to his traitorous fellow Nobody. He then craftily lured Sora to the memory-based Twilight Town for a second battle, hoping to ruin the rebellious Marluxia, Axel, and Larxene's plans to take over the Organization at the same time. This attempt led to Vexen's own elimination, however, at Axel's hand, the Nobody appearing to Sora a year after these events transpired as both an Absent Silhouette and a Data Replica.

Strategies

Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories

An easy way to defeat Vexen is by using sleights in quick succession. Blitz and Sonic Blade are powerful and do large amounts of damage. The Jafar card is very good to use in this fight, as it will prevent Vexen from breaking your attack cards. Make sure you also leave three or four zero cards at the front of your deck in order to break his sleights, Freeze and Ice Needles. Put some Cure cards at the back of your deck as well to be used in combination.

As for avoiding Vexen, keep moving. When Vexen says, "I shall freeze you!," start dodge rolling so he doesn't catch you in his ice block. When he slams into the ground, keep running to avoid the ice spikes that will follow you around the battlefield.

This battle can be very difficult, so just keep trying. The Jafar card can save you, however, as it will prevent Vexen from his annoying habit of breaking your sleights with his zero cards.

Vexen's deck contains exactly nine zero cards. Another possible strategy is slow but effective, Vexen has a tendency of using sleights and zero cards, but he will often times hold a sleight and the value of his three cards will be availably seen. When this happens, collect cards with a higher value to defeat that sleight and break all of Vexen's cards as to not attack first. This will defeat Vexen's strategy of just breaking your cards. Oogie Boogie's card is also very helpful in the second battle as well.

There is also another slow, but very effective strategy, which is to create a fire-based zero deck. Make a deck full of zeros, three high cards and many Fire cards. Don't attack yet, just evade his physical attacks and when he does a magic attack or sleight, counter with zero and cast Fire. When you are out of cards simply recharge and repeat the process. He will then slowly run out of cards and health. Do this and you will win in no time.

You can also make a Fire Raid (Fire (card).png + Kingdom Key (card).png + Kingdom Key (card).png) deck. Put at least seven Fire Raids, three Ethers and a Potion. Cure cards are also good here. Just stock all the cards except the items and smash Triangle continually.

Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix

In Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix, the absence of cards completely changes Vexen's attack style. Fought as an Absent Silhouette, Sora must conquer the phantom version of this Nobody with Donald and Goofy at his side.

At the start of the battle, Vexen's Absent Silhouette will surround Sora in a stream of data. In a flash of light, the player will find Sora trapped within a massive block of ice. Rapidly press Triangle to set him free. Vexen's Absent Silhouette will then most likely attempt to hit Sora with twin, large snowflakes as they quickly spin around him. Dodge Roll multiple times or use Reflega to avoid the attack. The player can then attack the HP bar of the boss's Frozen Pride Shield. Depleting the weapon's HP will not only lower the boss's defenses, but it will also allow Sora to attack Vexen's Absent Silhouette himself. The player should use caution, however, for if the purple Data Bar at the top left of the screen should fill as Sora stands in the homing data stream Vexen's Absent Silhouette summoned at the start of the battle, an Anti-Sora with its own HP bars to deplete will attack. This is merely a distraction method, but the Anti-Sora's attacks are powerful, and this power and its HP will only increase as the Data Bar fills from zero to five over the course of the battle. Thus, the player should make the Anti-Sora the first target. Otherwise, most combos the player attempts to use against Vexen will most likely be interrupted. Defeating an Anti-Sora will relinquish MP orbs to restore any MP Sora has used up. One can then continue to hammer Vexen's Absent Silhouette with physical combos or even Fire spells. Should one attempt an aerial combo, however, the player must prepare for Vexen's Absent Silhouette to counter by shooting an icicle up from below Sora to halt the onslaught. Vexen will only use attacks the player has previously seen for the rest of the battle, so one should utilize the same strategies to avoid them as before.

All in all, the battle against Vexen's Absent Silhouette is not exceedingly difficult. One simply must, as with all boss battles, have patience. The player also should know when to dodge and to heal. Defeating any Anti-Soras the boss creates should also become the first priority as soon as they spawn. The fact that the player must break through a constantly refilled HP bar just to get to the boss may be tedious, but a surprising amount of HP can be depleted before the Frozen Pride returns to Vexen's Absent Silhouette if one combines the usage of Fire spells with Sora's most powerful physical combos. The player should immediately go into Wisdom Form if they wish to attack Vexen with Fire or its upgrades, since this will boost the spell's power. An Ether should be used right before Sora's MP hits zero rather than afterwards. This will increase the amount of Fire spells that can be launched before Sora reverts to normal. Keep this up, and Vexen's Absent Silhouette will fall in due time.

Data Rematch

The battle against Vexen's Data Replica will flow quite similarly to the battle against his Absent Silhouette. The only differences will be the amount of HP the boss has and the pattern in which he uses his attacks. In short and aside from these minor differences, the battle against this Data Replica should not be difficult. All the player must do is recall the strategy used in the Absent Silhouette. Sora also should be of a relatively high level, using spells such as Curaga and Reflega, as well as Drive Forms and a powerful Keyblade such as the Ultima Weapon. Defeat Vexen's Data Replica, and a Lost Illusion will be obtained.

Deck Statistics

Card types

Attack Card Magic Card Item Card A Item Card B Enemy Card A Enemy Card B Enemy Card C
Vexen - A (card).png
Vexen - M (card).png
Mega-Ether (card).png
Elixir (card).png
Blue Rhapsody (card).png
Vexen (card).png
Air Pirate (card).png

Card values

First Battle - Sora

Card 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total

Vexen Attack Card 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 2 3 4 17
Vexen Magic Card 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 4 4 18
Mega-Ether Mega-Ether 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 4
Elixir Elixir 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4
Blue Rhapsody Enemy Card
Second Battle - Sora

Card 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total

Vexen Attack Card 4 2 1 1 0 0 1 2 4 5 20
Vexen Magic Card 4 2 1 1 0 0 2 4 4 5 23
Mega-Ether Mega-Ether 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 5
Elixir Elixir 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 6
Blue Rhapsody Enemy Card A
Vexen Enemy Card B
Air Pirate Enemy Card C
Reverse/Rebirth

Card 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total

Vexen Attack Card 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 1 13
Vexen Magic Card 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 1 13
Mega-Ether Mega-Ether 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2
Elixir Elixir 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4
Blue Rhapsody Enemy Card A
Vexen Enemy Card B
Air Pirate Enemy Card C

Sleights and attacks

Attack Description Card
Shield Blow (シールドブロウ Shīrudo Burou?) Vexen slashes at Sora or Riku with the Frozen Pride, an icicle rising from below to damage them at the combo's end.
Vexen - A (card).png
Blizzara (ブリザラ Burizara?) Vexen sends a homing ice shard at Sora or Riku.
Vexen - M (card).png
Elixir (エリックサー Erikkusā?) Reloads all Attack and Magic Cards.
Elixir (card).png
Mega-Ether (メガエーテル Mega Ēteru?) Quickly reloads Magic Cards with no charge time and resets the Reload Counter. Even normally unreloadable cards are restored.
Mega-Ether (card).png
Sleight Description Requirements
Ice Needle (アイスニードル Aisu Nīdoru?) Vexen channels his power into the ground, creating icicles that shoot up from below and attack Sora or Riku. Vexen - M (card).png + Vexen - M (card).png + Vexen - M (card).png
Freeze (フリーズ Furīzu?) Vexen focuses his power on Sora or Riku, encasing either character in ice and coming in close to attack, dealing additional damage. Vexen - A (card).png + Vexen - M (card).png + Vexen - A (card).png
Slide Break (スライドブレイク Suraido Bureiku?) Vexen elongates the bottom of the Frozen Pride, transforming it into a monstrous ice blade. He then slashes Sora with the empowered weapon numerous times before performing a downward slam, thus shattering the ice blade and reverting his Shield to normal. Vexen - M (card).png + Vexen - M (card).png + Vexen - A (card).png
Diamond Dust (ダイヤモンドダスト Daiamondo Dasuto?) Vexen creates an ice storm that slowly deals damage to Riku and covers the entire battlefield. Vexen - A (card).png + Vexen - M (card).png + Vexen - M (card).png


Videos

Vexen I - Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories Vexen I - Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories
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Vexen II - Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories Vexen II - Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories
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Vexen (Riku) - Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories Vexen (Riku) - Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories
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Vexen Absent Silhouette - Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix Vexen Data Battle - Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix
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