Diamond Dust

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Kingdom Hearts Final Mix Diamond Dust
"Greatly enhances magic and summon power. Raises max MP by 3."
Token
Japanese	ダイヤモンドダスト
Rōmaji	Daiyamondo Dasuto
Stats
Strength	MP		Length
+3	+3		Medium
Crit. Rate	Crit. Bonus		Recoil
x1	+0		1
Obtained
Complete the Gold Match.

Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories Diamond Dust
"A special attack card with ice-based attacks. Powerful and the easiest to handle."
Japanese	ダイヤモンドダスト
Rōmaji	Daiyamondo Dasuto
Stats
Strike	Thrust	Finish
B+	B+	B
Swing Speed	Break Recovery	Required CP
★	★	C
Element
Ice
Obtained
Can be found as drops, treasures or in the Moogle Shop after the first battle with Marluxia

Kingdom Hearts Union χ[Cross] Diamond Dust
Token
Japanese	ダイヤモンドダスト
Rōmaji	Daiyamondo Dasuto
Obtained
Quest 428: The West Wing Pt. 1 (Proud Mode)

Kingdom Hearts Union χ[Cross] Diamond Dust
Token
Japanese	ダイヤモンドダスト
Rōmaji	Daiyamondo Dasuto
Obtained
Keyblade LV Up

Kingdom Hearts Union χ[Cross] Diamond Dust
Token
Japanese	ダイヤモンドダスト
Rōmaji	Daiyamondo Dasuto
Obtained
Keyblade LV Up

Kingdom Hearts Union χ[Cross] Diamond Dust
Token
Japanese	ダイヤモンドダスト
Rōmaji	Daiyamondo Dasuto
Obtained
Keyblade LV Up

Lv
	SA gauges			Friend bonus
+0	x1.10	x1.10	x1.10		x1.10 x2.00	x1.10 x2.00
	9			x???
+1	x1.10	x1.10	x1.10		x1.10 x2.00	x1.10 x2.10
	9			x???
+2	x1.10	x1.10	x1.10		x1.10 x2.00	x1.10 x2.20
	9			x???
+3	x1.10	x1.10 x1.60	x1.10 x1.60		x1.10 x2.00	x1.10 x2.20
	9			x???
+4	x1.10	x1.10 x1.60	x1.10 x1.60		x1.10 x2.00	x1.10 x2.30
	9			x???
+5	x1.10	x1.10 x1.70	x1.10 x1.70		x1.10 x2.00	x1.10 x2.40
	9			x???
+6	x1.10	x1.10 x1.70	x1.10 x1.70		x1.10 x2.10	x1.10 x2.50
	9			x???
+7	x1.10	x1.10 x1.70	x1.10 x1.80		x1.10 x2.10	x1.10 x2.60
	9			x???
+8	x1.10	x1.10 x1.70	x1.10 x1.80		x1.10 x2.20	x1.10 x2.70
	9			x???
+9	x1.10	x1.10 x1.70	x1.10 x1.90		x1.10 x2.20	x1.10 x2.80
	9			x???
+10	x1.10	x1.10 x1.80	x1.10 x1.90		x1.10 x2.20	x1.10 x2.90
	9			x???
+11	x1.10	x1.10 x1.80	x1.10 x2.00		x1.10 x2.20	x1.10 x3.00
	9			x???
+12	x1.10 x1.40	x1.10 x1.80	x1.10 x2.00		x1.10 x2.20	x1.10 x3.00
	9			x???
+13	x1.10 x1.40	x1.10 x1.80	x1.10 x2.10		x1.10 x2.30	x1.10 x3.00
	9			x???
+14	x1.10 x1.40	x1.10 x1.90	x1.10 x2.20		x1.10 x2.30	x1.10 x3.00
	9			x???
+15	x1.10 x1.40	x1.10 x1.90	x1.10 x2.20		x1.10 x2.40	x1.10 x3.00
	9			x???
+16	x1.10 x1.50	x1.10 x1.90	x1.10 x2.30		x1.10 x2.40	x1.10 x3.00
	9			x???
+17	x1.10 x1.50	x1.10 x1.90	x1.10 x2.40		x1.10 x2.40	x1.10 x3.00
	9			x???
+18	x1.10 x1.50	x1.10 x2.00	x1.10 x2.40		x1.10 x2.40	x1.10 x3.00
	9			x???
+19	x1.10 x1.50	x1.10 x2.00	x1.10 x2.40		x1.10 x2.50	x1.10 x3.00
	9			x???
+20	x1.10 x1.60	x1.10 x2.10	x1.10 x2.40		x1.10 x2.50	x1.10 x3.00
	9			x???
+21	x1.10 x1.60	x1.10 x2.10	x1.10 x2.50		x1.10 x2.50	x1.10 x3.00
	9			x???
+22	x1.10 x1.60	x1.10 x2.20	x1.10 x2.50		x1.10 x2.50	x1.10 x3.00
	9			x???
+23	x1.10 x1.70	x1.10 x2.20	x1.10 x2.50		x1.10 x2.60	x1.10 x3.00
	9			x???
+24	x1.10 x1.70	x1.10 x2.30	x1.10 x2.60		x1.10 x2.60	x1.10 x3.00
	9			x???
+25	x1.10 x1.70	x1.10 x2.30	x1.10 x2.60		x1.10 x2.70	x1.10 x3.00
	10			x???
+26	x1.10 x1.80	x1.10 x2.40	x1.10 x2.60		x1.10 x2.70	x1.10 x3.00
	10			x???
+27	x1.10 x1.80	x1.10 x2.40	x1.10 x2.70		x1.10 x2.70	x1.10 x3.00
	10			x???
+28	x1.10 x1.80	x1.10 x2.50	x1.10 x2.70		x1.10 x2.70	x1.10 x3.00
	10			x???
+29	x1.10 x1.80	x1.10 x2.50	x1.10 x2.70		x1.10 x2.80	x1.10 x3.00
	10			x???
+30	x1.10 x1.80	x1.10 x2.60	x1.10 x2.80		x1.10 x2.80	x1.10 x3.00
	10			x???
+31	x1.10 x1.90	x1.10 x2.60	x1.10 x2.80		x1.10 x2.90	x1.10 x3.00
	10			x???
+32	x1.10 x1.90	x1.10 x2.70	x1.10 x2.80		x1.10 x2.90	x1.10 x3.00
	10			x???
+33	x1.10 x2.00	x1.10 x2.70	x1.10 x2.80		x1.10 x3.00	x1.10 x3.00
	10			x???
+34	x1.10 x2.00	x1.10 x2.80	x1.10 x2.90		x1.10 x3.00	x1.10 x3.00
	10			x???
+35	x1.10 x2.10	x1.10 x2.80	x1.10 x2.90		x1.10 x3.10	x1.10 x3.10
	11			x???

Lv	Materials
1	x1
2	x1
3	x1
4	x1
5	x1
6	x2
7	x2
8	x2
9	x2
10	x2
11	x3
12	x3
13	x3
14	x3
15	x3
16	x4
17	x4
18	x4
19	x4
20	x4
21	x10
22	x10
23	x10
24	x10
25	x10
26	x1
27	x1	x1
28	x1	x1
29	x2	x1
30	x2	x1
31	x2	x2
32	x3	x2
33	x3	x3
34	x4	x4
35	x5	x5

The Diamond Dust is a Keychain for Sora's and Player's Keyblades that appears in Kingdom Hearts Final Mix, Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories, and Kingdom Hearts Union χ.

Design

The Diamond Dust's appearance varies depending on its upgrades, most of which are only seen in Kingdom Hearts Union χ. Across its various incarnations, this Keyblade appears to be made of ice, and both the teeth of the blade and the Keychain's token are snowflakes.

The default Diamond Dust has a dull color scheme. Its handle is a light teal, with its guard being segmented and fractured. The blade is a straight shaft with a light blue color scheme, with a white and gold snowflake as the teeth. The Keychain's links are golden (save for the first, which is silver), and the token is a 4-sided snowflake.

The first upgrade, also seen in Kingdom Hearts Final Mix, has more of a cobalt color scheme with the handle and guard. The guard is more complete, and the blade is brighter and curved. The teeth manifest as a teal and yellow snowflake, with the center being a diamond star. The Keychain's final link is blue, and its token resembles a simplified version of the teeth.

The second upgrade bears a more ornate handle, bearing a sky-blue and azure color scheme. The guard has more spikes surrounding it, and the blade is longer, also with spikes from the inside emerging from the outside and a faint snowflake appearing at one end. The teeth manifest as an ornate, golden, and blue hollow snowflake, with the center being a diamond star. The Keychain's links are brighter, and the token is a simplified version of the teeth.

The third upgrade cloaks the Keyblade in an icy aura, with a lens flare from the blade.

The Keyblade's name is based on the traditional attack of the Final Fantasy summon, Shiva.

Gameplay

In Kingdom Hearts Final Mix, Diamond Dust is the only Keyblade that increases Sora's MP by three points, making it the most powerful in regards to magical power. As such it is the final cornerstone Keyblade for magic users, who will also likely equip MP boosting equipment such as Atlas Armlets and have chosen the Dream Rod at the Dive to the Heart to maximize Sora's MP, which can reach up to 19 points. However, it has an average reach, poor recoil, and awful strength, making it a poor choice for physical combat. Sora will have a hard time using the Counterattack ability with this, in addition to having long recoil times from guarding enemy attacks. He will also take long to deal physical damage if he is not supplemented with strength boosting equipment (likely not what a magic user will want if they're using Diamond Dust) or with an already high Strength stat from a high level (which makes him not recover MP nearly as quickly from enemy attacks) or many Power Up items used on him (which require synthesis item grinding).

In Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories, the Diamond Dust deals Ice-elemental attacks, and is the only Attack Card to do so in all versions of the game. It has decent strength all around, having a decent strength and thrust and a moderate finisher, and boasts fast attacks and a quick recovery time.

Gallery

• 

  Concept art of the Diamond Dust.

• 

  Diamond Dust's carousel in Kingdom Hearts Union χ[Cross].

See also

• Ice Titan
• Fatal Crest