Limit Form

Limit Form
Timeless River Space Paranoids Halloween Town Christmas Town "A Form specializing in Limit attacks."
Japanese	リミットフォーム
Rōmaji	Rimitto Fōmu
Growth Ability	Dodge Roll
Drive Gauges	4
Allies Required	None

Limit Form is a Drive Form which appears in Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix. It uses neither of your team members, and consumes four of Sora's Drive Bars. It represents Sora's past, and is obtained along with Oathkeeper at the end of the second visit to Twilight Town, after Sora learns about Kairi's abduction. Its emblem is a silver crown.

Appearance

Limit Form changes Sora's clothes into the same colors and style of the clothes he wore in Kingdom Hearts and Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories. However, a red crown appears on his knees, whereas in the previous games there were none. This is the only Drive Form where Sora has no auras of light surrounding him, although whenever he enters a new area, his torso glows red for a short time and a few specks of light fall off of him. Limit Form's version of Guard uses the Kingdom Hearts animation instead of the Kingdom Hearts II one.

Mechanics

Limit Form is a unique form that mimics Sora's abilities from the original Kingdom Hearts game. In this form, Sora's Magic commands are replaced with new Limit commands, whereby special abilities from Kingdom Hearts can be accessed for a set MP cost. Since magic is disabled, Sora cannot use Cure to heal and to compensate, each hit from a Limit recovers some HP. With the exception of Sonic Blade, the Limit attacks do not have invincibility frames that can be exploited by delaying the followup attacks, as they did in Kingdom Hearts. In general, Limit Form is a more simplistic Drive Form, as Sora retains much of his normal movement and basic combo attacks, albeit with new finishers and counter-attacks. However, Limit Form has the advantage of being able to block, jump slightly higher than usual, and roll across the ground using the form's Growth Ability.

Limit Form gains a single point of experience each time a Limit is used successfully. Levelling up upgrades the form's Growth Ability, Dodge Roll for both itself and Sora's standard form. Also, level-ups reward Sora's standard form with the Auto Limit, Draw, and Lucky Lucky abilities.

Abilities

Action Ability
Ability	Unlocked	Description
Sonic Blade	Lv1	A Limit Command that unleashes an attack on an enemy as you pass by. Press at the right tempo for a combo. (60 MP)
Last Arcanum	Lv1	A Limit Command that unleashes a powerful combo attack. Press for a consecutive combo. (75 MP)
Strike Raid	Lv1	A Limit Command that allows you to throw the Keyblade at the target. Press for a combo. (65 MP)
Infinity	Lv1	A Limit Command that can be unleashed by pressing after an aerial combo. (80 MP)
Zantetsuken	Lv1	Unleashes a finishing combo move on a single target. This powerful attack can instantly eliminate weaker enemies.
Ripple Drive	Lv1	Unleashes a finishing combo move when surrounded. Damage dealt is relative to magic skill.
Hurricane Period	Lv1	Unleashes a powerful finishing combo move consisting of an aerial barrage.
Zantetsu Counter	Lv1	Unleashes Zantetsuken by selecting Attack while guarding.
Reflect Combo	Lv1	Blocks enemy attacks with Guard by pressing Square during a combo.
Guard	Lv1	Blocks and shoots back enemy attacks using a parrying action with .
Slapshot	Lv1	Rapidly attacks a nearby target without getting flung back.
Slide Dash	Lv1	Instantly closes in on and attacks a far target.
Aerial Sweep	Lv1	Unleashes a powerful leaping attack on targets in midair.
Auto Limit	Lv2 (Standard)	Automatically sets the Reaction Command to Limit in a pinch, if Limit Form is usable.
Growth Ability
Ability	Unlocked	Description
Dodge Roll LV1	Lv1 Lv3 (Standard)	Dodge enemy attacks by tilting the left stick and pressing . More efficient at higher levels.
Dodge Roll LV2	Lv3 Lv5 (Standard)	Dodge enemy attacks by tilting the left stick and pressing . More efficient at higher levels.
Dodge Roll LV3	Lv5 Lv7 (Standard)	Dodge enemy attacks by tilting the left stick and pressing . More efficient at higher levels.
Dodge Roll MAX	Lv7	Dodge enemy attacks by tilting the left stick and pressing . More efficient at higher levels.
Support Ability
Ability	Unlocked	Description
HP Gain	Lv1	Restores Sora's HP when a Limit Command lands.
Draw	Lv1 Lv4 (Standard)	Draws in and obtains nearby orbs. Equip 2 to obtain for orbs.
Lucky Lucky	Lv1 Lv6 (Standard)	Will bring luck by increasing the drop rate of items. Equip the whole Party to further increase the drop rate.
MP Rage	Lv1	Restores MP relative to the amount of damage taken. Equip more to increase the effect.
MP Haste	Lv1	Increase MP restoration speed by 25% after MP is fully consumed. Equip more to increase the effect.

Strategy

To effectively level up Limit Form, equip as many Form Boosts as possible before engaging in battle, including Oathkeeper, and repeatedly use the Sonic Blade limit, which costs the least amount of MP to use, until MP runs out. Return to a Save Point to recover MP before returning to battle. Repeat the process until the Form gauge is about to run out, then leave the world and return to refill the Drive Gauge to maximum. Continue in this way until Limit Form reaches the desired level.

As this form is exclusive to Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix, it is recommended to make use of all the additions that are exclusive to the Final Mix version to level up Limit Form, such as the Cavern of Remembrance, where there is an abundance of Heartless, and in the Treasure Room in Agrabah, where Mushroom No. 5 can be found. The latter is recommended as it has the benefit of a nearby Save Point, and can always use it to return to the World Map if Sora's Drive Gauge is low.

Because Limit Form doesn't require any party members, the Battle of the 1000 Heartless can be very effective to level up.

Another good way to level up this form is to go to the Altar of Naught if Sora has defeated Xemnas's first form. Exiting the Altar of Naught will lead to Ruin and Creation's Passage. By using Limit Form when the Nobodies, many of whom are Berserkers, appear, Limits can be used until all Nobodies in the top area leading to the Altar of Naught are defeated, or the MP gauge runs out. Entering the Altar of Naught will immediately fill up the Drive Gauge, and this can be repeated for a simple way to level up Limit Form.