Antiform

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Antiform
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Japanese	アンチフォーム
Rōmaji	Anchi Fōmu
Drive Gauges	All
Allies Required	Both

Antiform Probability
Anti Points	Probability
0-4 Points	0%
5-9 Points	10%
10+ Points	25%
Anti Points Gained
Condition	Points Gained
Activate Valor Form, Wisdom Form, Limit Form, or Master Form	+1 Point
Activate Final Form	-10 Points
Activate Antiform	-4 Points
Obtain a new Form	Reduce Points to 0
Anti Points Modifiers
Condition	Modifier
During a scripted battle	x2
When fighting an Organization XIII member	x4
When fighting Armored Xemnas	x10
When fighting alongside assistants	x0
When fighting Beast, Hades, Pete, or Barbossa	x0
During the Battle of 1000 Heartless	x0

Antiform
Kingdom Hearts Unchained χ
KINGDOM HEARTS II (2005) A form tied to the powers of darkness. Sora gains agility, but has limited access to commands.

Antiform is a Drive Form which appears in Kingdom Hearts II. It uses both party members, and consumes all of Sora's Drive Bars, and any progress towards recovering another one. It represents the darkness that still dwells within Sora's heart, and it is obtained along with Sora's new clothes at Mysterious Tower. Its emblem is a black, demonic silhouette.

Design

Antiform bears a strong resemblance to the AntiSora Heartless from Kingdom Hearts. It transforms Sora's clothes black with blue accents while his skin and hair become ink-black, his eyes glow yellow like a Heartless's, and he constantly emits misty black and violet wisps of darkness from his arms and back. In this form, Sora runs on all fours and forgoes using the Keyblade in favor of attacking with claws on his hands.

According to Tetsuya Nomura in an interview with Famitsu, Sora can access this form due to his brief time as a Shadow.

Mechanics

Unlike other Drive Forms, Antiform cannot be purposefully activated. Instead, it will be randomly activated when Sora attempts to enter Valor Form, Wisdom Form, Limit Form, or Master Form while in combat, based on a hidden "Anti Point" counter. This counter is increased by 1 every time Valor, Wisdom, Limit, or Master Form is activated, but is reduced by 10 when Final Form is used. Gameplay-wise, Antiform exists as a consequence of abusing the Drive system, and it is meant to be "strong but troublesome".

When using the Two Become One Keyblade, its unique Light & Dark ability will make it so Antiform gets the highest chance to activate regardless of the current amount of Anti Points. It is impossible for Sora to enter Antiform while an unconscious ally is on the field, if he is alone (outside of cups where all forms are allowed), or if he is trying to change to Final Form.

Antiform can only be manually deactivated outside of battle, though its Form Gauge caps out at 6, and consuming Drive Orbs will actually deplete the gauge further. In addition, though Drive Forms normally persist through cutscenes and Cup seeds, Antiform will instead revert to Standard Form.

Like Valor Form, Antiform cannot use magic; in fact, it cannot use any commands beyond "Attack" and "Revert." Furthermore, Sora cannot pick up HP Orbs while in Antiform (unless an event or boss battle ends where all prizes get auto-collected), meaning he is completely unable to heal in any way. Although Sora moves at twice his normal speed while in Antiform, he takes 50% more damage from attacks, and he does not gain experience from defeated enemies. Most of the Reaction Commands become unusable.

Abilities

Form Actions
Attack		Attribute	Power Multiplier	Form Value	Guard?	Finisher?
Scratch (アンチ地上引っかき, Anchi Chijō Hikkaki, lit. "Anti Ground Scratch")		Physical	x0.25→x0.25→x0.1→x0.1→x0.5[KH II] x0.5→x0.5→x0.2→x0.2→x1.0[KH II FM]	0.4→0.4→0.16→0.16→0.8	△	X
		Automatic ground combo move. Sora executes a double scratch, a rolling attack while holding his feet, finishing with a hammer-like attack with both hands.
Kick-Up (アンチ地上蹴り上げ, Anchi Chijō Keri-age, lit. "Anti Ground Kick Up")		Physical	x0.25→x0.25→x0.5[KH II] x0.5→x0.5→x1.0[KH II FM]	0.4→0.4→0.8	△	X
		Automatic ground combo move. When the enemy is at long range, Sora scratches and repels the enemy with an upward kick.
Dance Kick (アンチ地上ダンス蹴り, Anchi Chijō Dansu Keri, lit. "Anti Ground Dance Kick")		Physical	x0.25→x0.1→x0.1→x0.25→x0.25→x0.5[KH II] x0.5→x0.2→x0.2→x0.5→x0.5→x1.0[KH II FM]	0.4→0.16→0.16→0.4→0.4→0.8	△	X
		Automatic Ground combo move. When numerous enemies are nearby, Sora spin-kicks repeatedly.
Side Spin (アンチ地上横回転, Anchi Chijō Yoko Kaiten, lit. "Anti Ground Horizontal Spin")	Backflip	Physical	x0.25[KH II] x0.5[KH II FM]	0.4	△	X
	Spin	Dark	x0.1[KH II] x0.2[KH II FM]	0.16	△	X
		Ground combo move. Pressing during a combo on the ground, Sora blazes in a circle around the enemy, slashing with claws and dark magic.
Wild Dance (アンチ地上乱舞, Anchi Chijō Ranbu, lit. "Anti Ground Dance")	Scratch	Physical	x0.25[KH II] x0.5[KH II FM]	0.4	X	X
	Swoop	Dark	x1.5[KH II] x3.0[KH II FM]	2.4	X	O
		Ground combo finisher. Sora moves around the enemy and scratches repeatedly, finishing with a diving attack.
Ground Flash (アンチ地上一閃, Anchi Chijō Issen, lit. "Anti Ground Flash")	Attack	Physical	x0.1[KH II] X0.2[KH II FM]	0.16	X	X
	Final hit	Physical	x1.0[KH II] x2.0[KH II FM]	1.6	X	O
		Ground combo finisher. When various enemies are nearby, Sora quickly scratches and repels them.
Air Dance Kick (アンチ空中ダンス蹴り, Anchi Kūchū Dansu Kegi, lit. "Anti Aerial Dance Kick")		Physical	x0.25→x0.1→x0.1→x0.5[KH II] x0.5→x0.2→x0.2→x1.0[KH II FM]	0.4→0.16→0.16→0.8	△	X
		Automatic air combo move. Sora kicks an enemy, then does a dash attack through him.
Air Giant Wheel (アンチ空中大車輪, Anchi Kūchū Daisharin, lit. "Anti Aerial Giant Swing")	Knee Kick	Physical	x0.25[KH II] x0.5[KH II FM]	0.4	△	X
	Spin Kick	Physical	x0.1[KH II] x0.2[KH II FM]	0.16	△	X
	Heel Drop	Physical	x0.25[KH II] x0.5[KH II FM]	0.4	△	X
	Scratch	Physical	x0.5[KH II] x1.0[KH II FM]	0.8	△	X
		Automatic air combo move. Sora rapidly spins around an invisible axis, attacking with his feet.
Air Wild Dance (アンチ空中乱舞, Anchi Kūchū Ranbu, lit. "Anti Aerial Dance")	Combo	Physical	x0.25[KH II] x0.5[KH II FM]	0.4	X	X
	Swoop	Dark	x1.5[KH II] x3.0[KH II FM]	2.4	X	O
		Air combo finisher. Sora scratches an enemy and finishes with a diving attack.
Midair Doom (アンチ空中ドーム, Anchi Kūchū Dōmu, lit. "Anti Aerial Dome")	Attack	Dark	x0.1[KH II] x0.2[KH II FM]	0.16	X	X
	Final hit	Dark	x1.0[KH II] x2.0[KH II FM]	1.6	X	O
		Air combo finisher. Sora launches a blast of dark magic below him, hitting all enemies around.
Anti Glide (アンチグライド, Anchi Guraido)		By pressing on the ground, Sora jumps backwards, spins around and flies forwards. If there are enemies he will home in on one and move into a position behind them.
Guard/Block: △ = Can be blocked; O = Can be blocked and interrupted (melee) or deflected back (projectile); X = Cannot be blocked.

Strategy

When using Antiform, lacking any method of healing means that the player's main goal will be to evade the enemies. Although Antiform's high speed and Anti Glide ability make it easy to stay safe through simply evading the enemy's attacks, its quick combos will often let it keep an enemy stunned while also dealing damage, and can also deflect many attacks automatically. Furthermore, several of Antiform's attacks have a neutral or dark attribute, allowing them to break through enemies which are immune to the weapon-attribute, like the Large Body.

Unlike other Forms, Antiform automatically reverts to Standard Form when Sora moves to another room, emptying the Drive Gauge. However, if the room is a World Exit or one where party members are walking around, it will refill as normal. Because of this, the Brink of Despair can be used to easily recharge the Drive Gauge immediately after defeating Roxas, allowing the player to repeatedly activate Drive Forms with Light & Dark equipped in order to unlock Final Form.

Other appearances

Kingdom Hearts III

While Sora is in his Kingdom Hearts II outfit, Rage Form's design is identical to Antiform.