Valor Form
Valor Form | ||
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"A Form specializing in physical attacks." | ||
Japanese | ブレイヴフォーム | |
Rōmaji | Bureivu Fōmu
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Growth Ability | High Jump | |
Drive Gauges | 3 | |
Allies Required | Goofy |
Valor Form is a Drive Form specializing in physical attacks which appears in Kingdom Hearts II. It uses Goofy, and consumes three of Sora's Drive Bars. It represents Sora's strength[1], and is obtained along with Sora's new clothes at Mysterious Tower. Its emblem is a red fleur-de-lis.
Appearance
Mechanics
Valor Form allows Sora to wield two Keyblades, but takes away his ability to perform magic spells. It is a weapon-oriented Drive Form that gains an experience point every time Sora strikes an enemy. Leveling up Valor Form will give Sora the ability to use High Jump while in Standard Form, and will grant him two Combo Plus and one Auto Valor abilities.
Abilities
Attacks | ||
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Attack | Attribute | Description |
Vertical Swing | Weapon | |
Horizontal Swing | Weapon | |
Thrust | Weapon | |
H-V Swing | Weapon | |
Aerial U-D Swing | Weapon | |
Brave Shot | Weapon | Slams the ground with both keyblades to fire energy geysers forward to launch foes up. |
Brave Beat | Weapon | Sora spins forward slightly to the air hitting all foes around him. |
Sonic Strike | Weapon | Sora stabs at his foe in midair, piercing through them. |
Sonic End | Weapon | Sora wildly slashes with both keyblades left and right, then finishes with a crossing slash. |
Over the Horizon | Weapon | Performs the first part of his air combo instantly with more horizontal reach. |
Retaliating Slash | Weapon | |
Action Ability | ||
Ability | Description | |
Brave Shot | Unleashes a powerful finishing combo move and knocks a single target off its feet. | |
Brave Beat | Unleashes a powerful finishing combo move that successively attack several targets at once. | |
Sonic Strike | Unleashes a powerful finishing combo move that pierces through a single target. | |
Sonic End | Unleashes a powerful finishing combo move in a rapid midair attack to several targets at once. | |
Over the Horizon | Leaps towards a target in a rapid attack with . | |
Omega Finale | Deals finishing combo moves in the middle of a combo with . | |
Retaliating Slash | When knocked down, quickly regains balance and counterattacks with . | |
Growth Ability | ||
Ability | Description | |
High Jump LV1 | Jump a little higher than usual. The longer is pressed down, the higher the jump. | |
High Jump LV2 | Jump even higher than before! The longer is pressed down, the higher the jump. | |
High Jump LV3 | Now you can jump really high! The longer is pressed down, the higher the jump. | |
High Jump MAX | An extreme jump! Jump even higher than you thought possible! The longer is pressed down, the higher the jump. | |
Support Ability | ||
Ability | Description | |
Synch Blade | Equips a Keyblade in each hand. The ability of the left hand weapon becomes available as well.. | |
Combo Plus | Increases maximum combo by 1 when on the ground. Equip more to enable more combos. | |
Air Combo Plus | Increases maximum combo by 1 when in midair. Equip more to enable more combos. |
Strategy
Valor Form is a powerful damage-dealer, and is very useful against tough enemies and bosses. While in Valor Form, Sora moves at twice his normal speed
, and becomes able to perform finishers at any time using the "Omega Finale" attack. His rapid slashes can block enemy attacks, and can sometimes stun the enemies as well. However, Sora also becomes unable to cast Cure, so the player should equip Potions and set Donald's behavior to healing whenever he plans to use Valor Form.Since Valor Form levels by dealing hits, and not by defeating enemies, the player should try to keep enemies alive while training Valor Form. The best Keyblades for training Valor Form are the Sweet Memories and Oathkeeper; the Star Seeker and its Air Combo Plus are a good substitute for the Oathkeeper if the player doesn't have it yet. The Morning Stars and Crimson Jazzes, which appear together at Hollow Bastion and Beast's Castle are the best enemies to train against, as they have high stamina, but are also easy to disrupt with Valor Form's attacks, and drop a large amount of Drive Form Orbs when defeated. It's also a good idea to use Valor Form against bosses whenever possible.
In Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix, you can found the 11th Mushroom XIII in Timeless River in the Waterway area. Valor Form can be leveled up by 50 points of experience by fighting this Mushroom once. You can exit and re-enter the area to repeat the process.
Notes and references
- ^ Yen Sid's mirror: "An image of you utilizing your strength to its fullest flows into your mind."
Forms |
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Drive Forms |
Valor | Wisdom | Limit | Master | Final | Anti |
Formchanges |
Second | Guardian | Strike | Element | Blitz | Ultimate | Rage | Light | Dark | Double |
Sora's other forms |
Lion | Card | Die |
Costumes and world changes |
Sora | Donald Duck | Goofy | Riku | Mickey Mouse | Pete |