Hades Cup

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Hades Cup
Katakana	ハデスカップ
Romaji	Hadesu Kappu
Unlocked	Unlock the Phil Cup, Pegasus Cup, and Hercules Cup, and lock the Keyhole at Hollow Bastion.
Rounds	49
Time trial	20:00
Rewards	Basic: Trinity Limit Solo: Save the Queen Time trial: Save the King
Other Cups Kingdom Hearts Preliminaries Phil Cup | Pegasus Cup | Hercules Cup | Hades Cup Gold Match | Platinum Match Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories Survival Cup Kingdom Hearts II Pain and Panic Cup | Cerberus Cup | Titan Cup | Goddess of Fate Cup Pain and Panic Paradox Cup | Cerberus Paradox Cup Titan Paradox Cup | Hades Paradox Cup Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days Games Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep Games (West) | Games (East)

Round	Team	Enemies
49	Shadow Brothers	Soldier x 3 Shadow x 7
48	Wild Dance	Wight Knight x 3 Powerwild x 4
47	Terrible Feet	Hammerlegs x 1 Pirate x 4 Shadow x 2
46	Dirty Claws	Powerwild x 1 Pot Spider x 8
45	Mad Truffle	Rare Truffle x 1
44	Yuffie	Yuffie
43	Outlaws	Bandit x 3 Pirate x 4
42	Dark Garrison	Defender x 1 Wight Knight x 3 Soldier x 3
41	Bad Union	Bandit x 1 Powerwild x 2 Large Body x 1 Fat Bandit x 1 Soldier x 1
40	Behemoth	Destroyed Behemoth
39	Red Legion	Search Ghost x 1 Red Nocturne x 8
38	Blue Legion	Blue Rhapsody x 7 Gargoyle x 2
37	Sorcerous Armor	Red Armor x 1 Blue Rhapsody x 2 Red Nocturne x 2
36	Mad Fungus	Black Fungus x 1 Green Requiem x 4
35	Spiders & Magic	Red Nocturne x 3 Yellow Opera x 3 Pot Spider x 2
34	Optical Trick	Sneak Army x 1 Blue Rhapsody x 2 Green Requiem x 4
33	Magic Force	Wizard x 1 Red Nocturne x 2 Yellow Opera x 4 Blue Rhapsody x 2
32	Shadow Summoners	Wizard x 3 Shadow x 6
31	Mystic Mages	Angel Star x 1 Wizard x 4
30	Cerberus	Cerberus
29	Sky Raiders	Air Soldier x 4 Air Pirate x 3
28	Spookies	Search Ghost x 6
27	Terrible Fists	Gauntlets x 1 Gargoyle x 5
26	Shadow Storm	Shadow x 21
25	Avengers	Bandit x 1 Wight Knight x 1 Pirate x 1 Soldier x 1 Powerwild x 1
24	Dark Knights	Opposite Armor x 1 Darkball x 6
23	Black Flap	Gargoyle x 2 Air Soldier x 3 Air Pirate x 2
22	Night Soarers	Wyvern x 3 Search Ghost x 2 Wight Knight x 2
21	Air Corsairs	Battleship x 1 Wyvern x 2 Darkball x 4
20	Cloud & Leon	Cloud Leon
19	The Large Trio	Large Body x 3 Wight Knight x 2
18	Blaze Bandits	Fat Bandit x 3 Red Nocturne x 4
17	False Angels	Angel Star x 2 Wyvern x 2 Large Body x 2
16	Dark Storm	Darkball x 21
15	Air Brigade	Wyvern x 1 Air Pirate x 1 Air Soldier x 1 Gargoyle x 1 Search Ghost x 1
14	Violent Bunch	Fat Bandit x 2 Invisible x 1 Wizard x 2
13	Heavy Warriors	Fat Bandit x 2 Defender x 1 Large Body x 2
12	Interceptors	Defender x 3
11	Elder Force	Invisible x 3 Angel Star x 2
10	Hades	Hades
9	Night Rave	Invisible x 1 Darkball x 3 Shadow x 5
8	The Requiem	Angel Star x 1 Wizard x 2 Yellow Opera x 2 Blue Rhapsody x 2 Red Nocturne x 2
7	Invisible Fear	Sneak Army x 1 Invisible x 3
6	Mad Mushroom	White Mushroom x 3
5	Black Storm	Shadow x 15 Darkball x 11
4	Twin Mirage	Sneak Army x 2
3	Shadow Troopers	Wyvern x 9 Wizard x 8 Defender x 2
2	Final Battalion	Angel Star x 9 Invisible x 10 Darkball x 10
1	Rock Titan	Rock Titan

Hades Cup
Katakana	ハデスカップ
Romaji	Hadesu Kappu
Unlocked	Unlocked after finishing the second visit to Hollow Bastion.
Rounds	3
Other Cups Kingdom Hearts Preliminaries Phil Cup | Pegasus Cup | Hercules Cup | Hades Cup Gold Match | Platinum Match Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories Survival Cup Kingdom Hearts II Pain and Panic Cup | Cerberus Cup | Titan Cup | Goddess of Fate Cup Pain and Panic Paradox Cup | Cerberus Paradox Cup Titan Paradox Cup | Hades Paradox Cup Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days Games Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep Games (West) | Games (East)

Round	Enemies
1	Tornado Step x 2 Driller Mole x 3 Morning Star x 1
2	Crimson Jazz x 1 Crescendo x 1 Minute Bomb x 6
3	Hades

The Hades Cup is the fourth and longest-running tournament at Olympus Coliseum in Kingdom Hearts. After the cup, Phil puts up the trophy in the Lobby. There is a boss in every tenth seed, and defeating each boss sets up a checkpoint allowing the party to continue from that seed in the event that they lose the cup.

The Hades Cup also reappears as a mandatory tournament in Kingdom Hearts II, during Sora's second visit.

Story

Kingdom Hearts

After Sora seals the Final Keyhole at Hollow Bastion, Hades opens the Hades Cup as his final gambit to eliminate the Keyblade wielder. As Sora and company advance through the rounds, Hades himself appears on the tenth round to take Sora out personally, but falls. Eventually, Sora and friends conquer the Hades Cup.

Kingdom Hearts II

After the Underdrome is accidentally opened by Sora, Hades begins preparations for the second Hades Cup. During Sora's second visit to Olympus Coliseum, Hades forces everyone to participate in the cup, including the weakened Hercules. Hades had also stolen Auron's free will in order to force him to kill Hercules and Sora, but Sora manages to reclaim Auron's free will, and the heroes defeat Hades together. Much later on, Hades opens up the Paradox version of the Hades Cup, which has the traditional fifty seeds.

Strategy

Yuffie

Dodge Roll to avoid Yuffie's shuriken or Guard to reflect them back at her. Then pound her with Ars Arcanum or regular combos. Winning this match rewards Goofy with the Genji Shield.

Behemoth

The only strategy employable against a Behemoth is to use Ars Arcanum and combos on the horn, which is reachable by jumping on its back. After dealing enough damage the Behemoth will lower its head and the party can strike it from the ground but after its horn begins to glow blue it will get back and launch lasers from the sky. The laser attack is very difficult to avoid so just get on its back again and pound away. Defeating the Behemoth earns the party a Blizzard upgrade.

Cerberus

Dodge Roll to avoid the spouts of darkness and energy balls and use Strike Raid to inflict good damage and stay out of danger for the majority of the battle. Also, jump on his back to avoid spouts of darkness, use Aero(-ra, -ga), and allow Goofy and Donald to attack while Sora supports them and himself. Cerberus's downfall upgrades the party's Thunder spell.

Cloud & Leon

Focus on taking down Cloud first [his hp bar is lower], by avoiding the attacks from their swords, which is easily accomplished by jumping or dodge rolling, and slamming him with Ars Arcanum and combos. Matching sword strokes with Leon and Cloud gives Sora the Lionheart keychain.

Hades

Hades has a hidden sixth HP Bar, so keep whacking him until the purple bar starts going down. Hades has a multitude of attacks. First, he can swing fire across his front, which is avoidable by staying away from him. He can shoot fire balls similar to Cerberus, but these are avoided in the same manner. He shoots flame pillars from his hands, which are avoidable by running in the same direction he is spinning. It should be noted that casting Blizzard magic is enough to end most of his attacks. When the Lord of the Underworld goes down, the party will acquire a Gravity upgrade and Ansem's Report 8.

Rock Titan

The only real danger from the Rock Titan is the shock waves it gives out when it steps, but those are easily avoidable by jumping. At the start of the battle lock onto one of its massive feet and attack with any ability in Sora's arsenal. Eventually, the Titan will fall and the party can attack the head. The head tends to swing, so jump to avoid that. Also, if Sora has extra MP, cast Aerora/ga on the party for extra damage. Continue this procedure until it dies and for defeating the monster and the Coliseum, the party will win the Trinity Limit ability.

Enemies

Kingdom Hearts II

Other

Hades

Related trophies

Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 ReMIX

Kingdom Hearts Final Mix

Coliseum Champion Win the Hades Cup.

See also

• Hades Paradox Cup