Was thinking of making a series out of this. Wanted to throw some love towards KH1 and put out a useful, fully edited video for the end of the year. Let me know if you like this idea and what other games you would like to see. Thanks for sticking with me and all the support everyone!
Lackoffaith Nice job putting words in my mouth and missing the point. People who say kh1 has bad air combos but don’t even know how to do them properly is stupid. Has nothing to do with being aloud to criticize the game’s combat or not.
Could be because they were only reaction commands in the FM version? I played FM for the first time last year and was surprised to see them. (But to be honest I don't remember if the limit attacks used the triangle button in the original game or not.)
@@tesser3569 Nah in the original Kingdom Hearts for PS2, you had to scroll down to the last option in your command menu in order to use them. You can imagine how annoying it was, but I was able to get a couple of ragnaroks off when I was younger. I'm imagining how sweet the game would be with the reaction commands
This is due to the fact that when it was originally released there was no triangle ability, it was added into the final mix after being so popular from KH2 (I think it started with this game, not too sure tbh)
11:43 Bambi's constant MP orbs lets you spam magic with reckless abandon, it's even better than goofy's MP Gift plus the extra items Bambi gives you. people sleep on how potent having limitless magic spam is
this is actually pretty good advice, i'm more of an x masher but it's interesting to see the difference in mixing up fighting styles to deplete an enemy's hp so much quicker
Awesome vid that should be great for newcomers or people who want to improve. One tiny thing I want to correct, tho, is that Goofy's MP Gift is actually linked to the "Support Actions" segment of the customize menu and not MP Items. Just a minor detail.
@@Soraalam1 And Cure is under Defensive Also the Donald Not Healing jokes are mainly KH2 related, where Donald's response time is.... poor compared to the much swifter pacing 2 holds, add in that unless you disable all his attack magic, he's liable to just Be Fucking Empty due to the changed MP mechanics, and that the faster pace leads to him being on the floor more often, and Donald has Issues being consistent in his healing One really useful thing you missed Gravity and Stop TOGETHER, because Stop suspends damage till it ends, every Gravity that connects hits for full damage(assuming you start your Stop chain at full HP), Stickman Sham has a joke video showing him destroying Dragon Maleficent with it and an overinvestment in MP Items on the party, but you can see strong results against mobs or in the mid range of HP where Gravity starts losing its edge on bosses, without overkill MP Gift needed
@@cliffturbo2146 Nah it's mash X and once in a while triangle. I don't get why people always act like all you need is triangle. Most reaction commands are just counter moves, dodge moves etc.
Sadly mashing works wonders in KH if you just play on normal which is again sadly 80%+ of KH players. Most people also never bother with optional content and super bosses at all which is so weird to me. People can play like they want but people are missing out on so much content not just in KH games. Beating super bosses or games on harder difficulties always feels great.
Introduced my friend to this series - it’s not really the type of game he usually plays and he was in the crowd of mash X to win about the series - and I almost gave up cause I was getting lowkey bummed out that he wasn’t liking it (to each their own) and then he said he would actually sit down and play the game properly - actually watch all the cutscenes instead of skipping them, etc - and while doing this yesterday on the destiny islands tutorials, he found the short hop ‘tech’ by himself while fighting Riku. He beat him 100 times (😂) and he’s on Deep Jungle now. I have some hope he’ll get through to the end of the game and actually enjoy the game play cause I know he’s gonna cry at the story. TLDR I’m excited. Thank you for this video, perhaps I’ll play through this game after work and see if I can catch up before he gets to the end ( I doubt it) but this will help me be better at it🎉
This has potential to be a pretty great series. I love how plainly and clearly you explain things in all of your videos so this kind of thing is perfect for you. Really looking forward to seeing ones for all the other KH games. Not sure what other games you could do this for but I'll be intrigued to see them too. I especially appreciate your bit about the Damage Storage trick since I'd heard about it years ago but never quite understood just how it worked. I really thought the 'On/Off' edits were a nice touch to perfectly demonstrate how to use it. I also didn't realize it still worked when you weren't Lv.1. xD
I would add some info about EXP Zero when activated: -Boss Lv scales with Player Lv, but not with regular enemies (Colosseum cups being an exception). -There's a special Second Chance that only activates when being at full HP, so you can't die with a single hit. Nice video, Dean! 😉
The last thing only works on LV1 with the default amount of HP, and if you boost your HP in anyway it doesn't work anymore. It's made so you can always take 3 hits (from most attacks) and still survive as far as I remember, but I haven't played KH1.5 in a long time so I could be wrong.
Its so nice seeing my favorite one of these games get some love and attention. A lot of people like to bash on the combat in this game but don't really have that much of an understanding of the actual mechanics of the game. My personal favorite KH1 combat mechanic is probably Recoil. Having a good recoil can make certain weapons that would otherwise be replaced pretty quickly(Three Wishes for example) actually worth keeping around for longer since they let you go for parries and guards that would otherwise be ill advised. Sometimes with the likes of Metal Chocobo and Olympia you can even end up with a Frame Advantage against bosses from these clashes while on the ground even without Counter Attack equipped, its pretty cool(to be fair it often takes multiple clashes in a row to actually become useful).
I wish you continued this series. It’s a neat idea and I wish you had covered the rest of the series. I’ve been playing the series since the beginning but there are a few things I still never even knew about
I've been playing KH1 for almost 16 years and have been subscribed to this channel for a couple years but I still didn't know everything in this video. Very nice work and I would love to see you do this for more games!
I just found this video and thank you very much! I hope you're doing alright chief and even if it's old, it's good to watch some of your videos again. Been off youtube for a while but I'm starting to watch more ^^
Another good tip for parrying in my opinion is also using sliding dash, especially when paired with counterattack. I’m playing through KH again right now for the first time since I was a kid and just realized how handy the ability is. The dash itself causes parrying to be automatic if your enemy happens to be using a move that can be countered. It completely kills that recoil effect from the guard and paired with counterattack allows you to combo insanely afterwards. In some instances you can just spam attack certain bosses to the point where they have trouble attacking back lol
I've replayed KH1 many, many times. Went into this video not expecting much, but almost all of it was new information to me. I'm super impressed, great job. Subscribed, I'm excited for more.
This is great, thanks! I love the KH series and I’m going to play through them all for the first time. I’ve only played the main console games, so I’m going to start a run through on hard for the first time and I know I have bad habits and some button mash tendencies! Haha
Thank you for this guide! I decided recently to play through the whole kingdom hearts series for the first time (Only actually played KH2 in its entirety before, but I have watched playthroughs of everything up to KH3) and a lot of what was mentioned here will help out! Biggest things I took away was the short hops, forget about the guard skill, and keyblades have different counter-attack windows.
First time viewer, I really LOVED this video! I was very impressed by this video, just in general. Your deliveries are pretty great, and the info and edit was GREAT. I look forward to more from you....
kh1 was the one kh game i never played, i started w COM and then 2 and so forth, after purchasing Kh3 re:mind i really wanted to go back and replay the entire series up until the dlc and i was surprised by how different the combat and mechanics are in kh1 compared to the rest of the series, definitely took some getting used to, and this video helped me so much, SUPER USEFUL VID!! thanks for the hard work man, would love to see one for Kh2 (the goat)
I just finished KH1 yesterday, and I was thinking seriously in playing it again to get some missing trophies, so I'm pretty sure those tips are going to be VERY useful! Thank you a lot, keep up with the good work and a happy 2020!
I have a friend I'm trying to get into KH through KH1 and I'll try showing em videos like this to help them learn it better! I love this game's gameplay and feel very much but I didn't realize how much wasn't clear to most first time players that I kinda just picked up naturally. This is a very nice resource for games like it and I'm glad to see a general guide like this that isn't just a walkthrough or something!
I personally didn't learn much from this video. But seems like a great guide for new people! With the games coming to Switch this guide should be getting some attention!
I'd actually love this for 2 or 3. 3 specifically with the new abilities you get. It looks like you've taken a bit of a break from videos. But if you ever come back, I hope to see those some day. :)
I know this video is quite old at this point but some clarifications based on more recent findings: "Damage Storage" isn't actually a multiplier, booster, or anything like that. It doesn't interact with Sora's damage *output* in any way. What's actually happening is it's changing minimum damage *input* on enemies who have at least 300 base health (ie 1 full bar). When you have EXP Zero equipped and swing a normal, basic, non-ability modified keyblade swing it sets "Tier 1" exp 0 storage. If you swing a non-ability modified finisher it sets "Tier 2" exp 0 storage and if you either take the ability off, leave the room, use a limit, or swing an ability modified ability like vortex, slapshot, hurricane blast, etc, it effectively sets "Tier 0" or undoes exp 0 storage. Tier 1 sets the minimum damage an enemy can take to their hp divided by 300 plus 4 [(eHP/300)+4] Tier 2 doubles that, so [((eHp/300)+4)*2] This applies to of course magic, summons and finisher hits as you'd expect, but does not apply to basic hits that set Tier 1 storage, they themselves can't benefit from their own modified state. This is why using Mushu on Ansem who has 1500 hp deals 18 damage per shot, no matter what, as long as you used a finisher. You don't even have to land the finisher Sora just has to swing it, so Combo Master works too. This also means that your MP is irrelevant for the purposes of damage calculation. 3mp Mushu and 18mp Mushu deal exactly the same damage to Ansem in final fights, because what's being changed is a property of Ansem, not a property of Sora's damage. What's very interesting about this, however, is normally resistances are applied after damage caps. An enemy, like Ansem for example, who has a 0.49x vulnerability to Fire, and a maximum damage intake of 20, can only take 9 damage from Fire, even with ridiculous and otherwise impossible MP. We would expect that if all that was being changed was the minimum hit, this wouldn't change anything. Even if Fire dealt 18 damage it should get halved to at least 9. But Tier 1 and Tier 2 minimum hits ignore resistance, allowing even a 1mp base level fire to deal the full 18 damage. Of course, more MP is better for number of casts, but since the normal maximum hit is exceeded by the new minimum hit, damage is effectively not calculated, it becomes a flat rate. Another interesting aside is that knowing this, when you use Genie you want to see as many blue orbs as possible. His blue orbs hit 5 times per orb for a weak damage number, his yellow orbs hit once for twice that value, and red orbs hit once for twice the yellow orb's value. So with Tier 2 storage, Blue Orbs are doing five times the damage of a Red Orb, when it should theoretically only be a 25% damage increase.
I just finished a play through of Kingdom Hearts final mix on my ps4. (Got story so far for Christmas and after playing the ps3 version for so long, it feels great.) I beat all the bonus bosses for the first time ever, but the Ultima weapon still elludes me. This video is very informative and I'll be sure to keep it all in mind for my next playthrough. (Or watch the video again while playing.) I sure missed your videos dude. No one makes guides like you. I can't wait for the next one! :)
Thanks for making this video. While KH1 combat has plenty of issues, it is very under appreciated in many respects! One thing I came to appreciate about parries by the way, is the fact that you can use attacks in conjunction with target switching to redirect one enemy’s attack to hit another enemy. This is an advanced technique I like to call the Reversal Parry. I especially like using Aerial Reversal Parries! By the way, I’ve done damage testing videos, and they demonstrate that marginal stats matter a lot, if I remember correctly. Basically physical damage with attacks doubles for every four additional points of Strength, Fire & Blizzard spells double in damage for every four additional points of Max MP, and Thunder magic doubles in damage for every two additional points of Max MP.
I’ve played Kingdom Hearts 1 so many times ever since it first came out & I’ve never learned or knew some of these tricks & tips lol I love these games so much that I just enjoyed playing them I haven’t even achieved the ultimate keyblade yet but now after watching this I’m going back to kingdom Hearts 1 with these tips in mind & enjoying the game all over again for the millionth time lol
This was amazing I actually learned so much! The only thing I knew was the varying reach of key blades. I'm going to be playing KH very differently the next time I can!
thanks, this really helped. i had no idea that the HP/MP item toggle in the party member ai settings also applied to HP/MP spells and abilities. i thought it was just for items like potions and ethers. also, kh1 deserves so much more love.
I’m so glad that Parrying is favored over actual Guarding, I recently went through KH 1 for the first time so I didn’t know if Guard was something people used and found myself preferring regular parrying rather than using guard ever
Parrying imo takes more skill so it can be difficult if you don't have a lot of experience with the game. Guarding is usually easier but you don't have as many opportunities for tech points and such. Really just depends on how comfortable you are in KH1's combat, which isn't always the smoothest.
I really appreciate this video. At first I hated this game but gave it a chance and it’s not bad I hope you do more videos like this in the future, keep up the good work
This was a great video, dude! Very informative. I can't wait to put this stuff to use!! There is something you missed though: PROJECTILES! The game teaches you on the island that you can knock projectiles back at enemies and stun them. Combined with switching targets with lock-on, you can stun multiple enemies with just one enemy's barrage of projectiles. I remember I did that with the Fat Bandits in the colosseum: it felt so good! Even works with some bosses: Darkside, Hades, Cerberus, Leon, Yuffie, Evil Riku, even Ansem. It's a really good defensive/offensive option.
Holy Cow! That was a crazy learning experience. I had no idea about the triangle command for party members and the exp zero exploit. KH1 is so damn good hahaha
Thank you for this awesome video. I’ve been wanting to get good at the Kingdom Hearts games for a while after seeing videos from Stickman Sham (and especially after watching my friend play it and hating on it.) This video was really informative on the somewhat hidden quirks of this game that I thought were going to be hard to find. I would love to see these videos of the other Kingdom Hearts games but I can probably watch these videos of any game and learn a lot.
Bro thanks so much for this. Theres so much about this series they dont tell you about. Also not sure if youl cover this but im really intrseted in how people navigate the menus so fast. Im extra hyped for the 2 vid.
As someone who doesnt think too highly of KH1 this video helped me realize I missed out on some crucial mechanics that really help you. Though the game hardly tells you about any or most of them, so like you said, players cant be (always) blamed.
Thanks for this guide Dean! Very helpful and I will definitely be trying the non level 1 EXP Zero trick on my next Proud playthrough for an easier time with the final stretch of the game.
Ive played through KH1 more times than I count and I still learned a couple things so that surprised me! Correction on on one thing though: The “HP items” and “MP items” section for party AI does in fact only affect items youve given them (potions,ethers,etc...) and NOT abilities like MP Gift/Evolution. “Support Actions” for Goofy is what affects those (and PS giving goofy potions, set HP items to low/medium, is a great idea as it makes him an even better support and theres nothing to spend munny on anyway)
did you ever make a video like this on any other kingdom hearts? you really should this is great even though I found it a bit late because I just finished my lvl 1 run a few months ago. keep it up!
Not gonna lie I’ve never seen that exp zero boost b4 especially with summons GOD DAMN. Cool video and very informative hoping for another one down the line!
Bambi is great for spamming AOE spells like Thunder, blizzard and gravity on a crowd of enemies. In addition if you manage to fill the bard you get an item which will help you in savings money and with synthesis.
Was thinking of making a series out of this. Wanted to throw some love towards KH1 and put out a useful, fully edited video for the end of the year. Let me know if you like this idea and what other games you would like to see.
Thanks for sticking with me and all the support everyone!
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This is a great series so far keep it up Dean.and happy new year everyone
Tell me you're already working on a "How to be better at DBFZ"
SSBU could be fun 👀
Haha funny you mention that, I've been toyign with the idea of a DBFZ one in my mind
Showing this to my Kids so they don't repeat my mistakes...
Teach them our sins and help them destroy them
Tell them Donald dies a lot
Wait a second you have kids and you're going to teach him how to play video games instead of real life skills our future is doomed
@@evolutionismrequiresfaith4974 leave em the fuck alone his kid wasnt gunna make or break us and they wanna have fun
@@Blargy2inch what a great response his kid wasn't gonna do anything for the world? Now that's a pathetic mind set
Glad you mention the importance of quickly buffering air combos. I see so many people hate on kh1’s combat but can’t even do it properly
KH God has entered
I used to think I was a KH god, then I seen WillJV2s videos when I got older. I sat my ass back down after that lol!
You dont know this extremely obscure trick that barely changes the combat so youre not aloud to criticize the combat great logic
I usually use air combos for bosses because its more faster than ground combos i still use it when i get slap shot
Lackoffaith Nice job putting words in my mouth and missing the point. People who say kh1 has bad air combos but don’t even know how to do them properly is stupid. Has nothing to do with being aloud to criticize the game’s combat or not.
...All these years later and I absolutely never knew about the triangle ability.
Did you never read the manual? D:
Could be because they were only reaction commands in the FM version? I played FM for the first time last year and was surprised to see them. (But to be honest I don't remember if the limit attacks used the triangle button in the original game or not.)
@@tesser3569 Nah in the original Kingdom Hearts for PS2, you had to scroll down to the last option in your command menu in order to use them. You can imagine how annoying it was, but I was able to get a couple of ragnaroks off when I was younger. I'm imagining how sweet the game would be with the reaction commands
@@tesser3569 you had to scroll down to use special abilities like that. Now it's simple as pressing triangle but back then it wasnt.
This is due to the fact that when it was originally released there was no triangle ability, it was added into the final mix after being so popular from KH2 (I think it started with this game, not too sure tbh)
11:43 Bambi's constant MP orbs lets you spam magic with reckless abandon, it's even better than goofy's MP Gift plus the extra items Bambi gives you. people sleep on how potent having limitless magic spam is
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this is actually pretty good advice, i'm more of an x masher but it's interesting to see the difference in mixing up fighting styles to deplete an enemy's hp so much quicker
The EXP Zero was the most interesting one. That damage boost, I first learned about it in Birth By Sleep.
God damn you how old are you babyshit?!
@@timurkral3781 How old are you?
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Timur Kral If you’re a kid, don’t be a dick to other people. Your reply has been disliked.
Zero123 Alpha He could be just some stupid kid. I’d say, 8 year old, because of that curse word.
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Ugh so happy to see KH1 getting the love it deserves! Kingdom Hearts 1 will always have a special place in my heart 😊❤
Imo the best when it comes to world's and atmosphere.
Gameplaywise I prefer kh2
I never knew about some of these! Thanks for laying out all of these mechanics! :D
Also I ALWAYS SHORT HOP CURE.
Fancy seeing you here. Congrats on 10k subs by the way :)
Jack Scott thanks c:
I do that in 1 but in 2 I always aerial dodge and 3 is viable everywhere
I've been looking for a tutorial like this, thank you so much for showing the love for KH1
Awesome vid that should be great for newcomers or people who want to improve. One tiny thing I want to correct, tho, is that Goofy's MP Gift is actually linked to the "Support Actions" segment of the customize menu and not MP Items. Just a minor detail.
Oh thanks! Looks like I did make a little mistake there
@@Soraalam1 Please make a RE: Chain Of Memories how to get better. This series is really great
@@Soraalam1 And Cure is under Defensive
Also the Donald Not Healing jokes are mainly KH2 related, where Donald's response time is.... poor compared to the much swifter pacing 2 holds, add in that unless you disable all his attack magic, he's liable to just Be Fucking Empty due to the changed MP mechanics, and that the faster pace leads to him being on the floor more often, and Donald has Issues being consistent in his healing
One really useful thing you missed
Gravity and Stop TOGETHER, because Stop suspends damage till it ends, every Gravity that connects hits for full damage(assuming you start your Stop chain at full HP), Stickman Sham has a joke video showing him destroying Dragon Maleficent with it and an overinvestment in MP Items on the party, but you can see strong results against mobs or in the mid range of HP where Gravity starts losing its edge on bosses, without overkill MP Gift needed
help i die in pegasus cup and have to do the 9 phases again im going crazy man
*Don't Mash X, thinking Revenge Value in KH2FM isn't a thing.*
Kingdom Hearts 2: Mash The Triangle Button!
@@cliffturbo2146 no spam triangle and x
@@cliffturbo2146 Nah it's mash X and once in a while triangle. I don't get why people always act like all you need is triangle. Most reaction commands are just counter moves, dodge moves etc.
Sadly mashing works wonders in KH if you just play on normal which is again sadly 80%+ of KH players. Most people also never bother with optional content and super bosses at all which is so weird to me.
People can play like they want but people are missing out on so much content not just in KH games. Beating super bosses or games on harder difficulties always feels great.
@@kwedl I was joking. I know it's not enough to do triangle.
who knew this game had more neutral than FighterZ
Introduced my friend to this series - it’s not really the type of game he usually plays and he was in the crowd of mash X to win about the series - and I almost gave up cause I was getting lowkey bummed out that he wasn’t liking it (to each their own) and then he said he would actually sit down and play the game properly - actually watch all the cutscenes instead of skipping them, etc - and while doing this yesterday on the destiny islands tutorials, he found the short hop ‘tech’ by himself while fighting Riku. He beat him 100 times (😂) and he’s on Deep Jungle now. I have some hope he’ll get through to the end of the game and actually enjoy the game play cause I know he’s gonna cry at the story. TLDR I’m excited. Thank you for this video, perhaps I’ll play through this game after work and see if I can catch up before he gets to the end ( I doubt it) but this will help me be better at it🎉
Pretty cool. I’ll pray for you if you do a Chain of Memories one
Everglow's guide on ReCoM is good, would recommend it, but would love to see Dean do one also.
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RedSoloCup FIRAGA that is all you need unless they are immune then use blizzaga
@@thegamewin100 Basically
just witch between reflect raid and firaga spam depending on the boss
This has potential to be a pretty great series. I love how plainly and clearly you explain things in all of your videos so this kind of thing is perfect for you. Really looking forward to seeing ones for all the other KH games. Not sure what other games you could do this for but I'll be intrigued to see them too.
I especially appreciate your bit about the Damage Storage trick since I'd heard about it years ago but never quite understood just how it worked. I really thought the 'On/Off' edits were a nice touch to perfectly demonstrate how to use it. I also didn't realize it still worked when you weren't Lv.1. xD
I would add some info about EXP Zero when activated:
-Boss Lv scales with Player Lv, but not with regular enemies (Colosseum cups being an exception).
-There's a special Second Chance that only activates when being at full HP, so you can't die with a single hit.
Nice video, Dean! 😉
The last thing only works on LV1 with the default amount of HP, and if you boost your HP in anyway it doesn't work anymore.
It's made so you can always take 3 hits (from most attacks) and still survive as far as I remember, but I haven't played KH1.5 in a long time so I could be wrong.
@@Aufrecht That's pretty interesting indeed! I'll try myself and tell you in the couple next days :)
Its so nice seeing my favorite one of these games get some love and attention. A lot of people like to bash on the combat in this game but don't really have that much of an understanding of the actual mechanics of the game. My personal favorite KH1 combat mechanic is probably Recoil. Having a good recoil can make certain weapons that would otherwise be replaced pretty quickly(Three Wishes for example) actually worth keeping around for longer since they let you go for parries and guards that would otherwise be ill advised. Sometimes with the likes of Metal Chocobo and Olympia you can even end up with a Frame Advantage against bosses from these clashes while on the ground even without Counter Attack equipped, its pretty cool(to be fair it often takes multiple clashes in a row to actually become useful).
I wish you continued this series. It’s a neat idea and I wish you had covered the rest of the series. I’ve been playing the series since the beginning but there are a few things I still never even knew about
wow!!! that last tip was amazing! I'm glad you're back making videos. please do the rest of the series!
Wow never heard about the EXP Zero damage boost exploit ansem got destroyed instantly haha
I absolutely adore the first kingdom hearts and I definitely didn't know a lot of these things so thank you
Damn I miss how HEAVY landing hits felt in the first KH
Dude PLEASE make more videos like these! I absolutely loved this and will definitely be using your advice in my next playthrough!
I've been playing KH1 for almost 16 years and have been subscribed to this channel for a couple years but I still didn't know everything in this video. Very nice work and I would love to see you do this for more games!
I just found this video and thank you very much! I hope you're doing alright chief and even if it's old, it's good to watch some of your videos again. Been off youtube for a while but I'm starting to watch more ^^
Another good tip for parrying in my opinion is also using sliding dash, especially when paired with counterattack. I’m playing through KH again right now for the first time since I was a kid and just realized how handy the ability is. The dash itself causes parrying to be automatic if your enemy happens to be using a move that can be countered. It completely kills that recoil effect from the guard and paired with counterattack allows you to combo insanely afterwards. In some instances you can just spam attack certain bosses to the point where they have trouble attacking back lol
I really wish we had sliding dash in vanilla KH1.
All these years later and I'm still learning things about KH1! This explains why people kept saying Mushu was OP! Thanks bro!
I've replayed KH1 many, many times. Went into this video not expecting much, but almost all of it was new information to me. I'm super impressed, great job. Subscribed, I'm excited for more.
This is great, thanks! I love the KH series and I’m going to play through them all for the first time. I’ve only played the main console games, so I’m going to start a run through on hard for the first time and I know I have bad habits and some button mash tendencies! Haha
Thank you for this guide! I decided recently to play through the whole kingdom hearts series for the first time (Only actually played KH2 in its entirety before, but I have watched playthroughs of everything up to KH3) and a lot of what was mentioned here will help out! Biggest things I took away was the short hops, forget about the guard skill, and keyblades have different counter-attack windows.
Of course UA-cam recommends this like an hour after beating the game for the first time. Ah well, this is good to know for next time.
First time viewer, I really LOVED this video! I was very impressed by this video, just in general. Your deliveries are pretty great, and the info and edit was GREAT. I look forward to more from you....
I've wanted guides like this to games that are more commonly seen as casual for so long
would love to see more, loved the video
kh1 was the one kh game i never played, i started w COM and then 2 and so forth, after purchasing Kh3 re:mind i really wanted to go back and replay the entire series up until the dlc and i was surprised by how different the combat and mechanics are in kh1 compared to the rest of the series, definitely took some getting used to, and this video helped me so much, SUPER USEFUL VID!! thanks for the hard work man, would love to see one for Kh2 (the goat)
Started with CoM, that's pretty unique. Glad you enjoyed the video!
I just finished KH1 yesterday, and I was thinking seriously in playing it again to get some missing trophies, so I'm pretty sure those tips are going to be VERY useful! Thank you a lot, keep up with the good work and a happy 2020!
Awesome vid as usual. Please turn this into a series that individually covers interesting and valuable techniques within each KH game, thank you :)
4:47 I don’t know why this quick clip of him jumping in the window made me laugh so hard haha
Great video!
I love the fighting game influence that's coming from this.
Its kinda what made the first 2 so good
I have a friend I'm trying to get into KH through KH1 and I'll try showing em videos like this to help them learn it better! I love this game's gameplay and feel very much but I didn't realize how much wasn't clear to most first time players that I kinda just picked up naturally. This is a very nice resource for games like it and I'm glad to see a general guide like this that isn't just a walkthrough or something!
I personally didn't learn much from this video. But seems like a great guide for new people!
With the games coming to Switch this guide should be getting some attention!
I'd actually love this for 2 or 3. 3 specifically with the new abilities you get.
It looks like you've taken a bit of a break from videos. But if you ever come back, I hope to see those some day. :)
I know this video is quite old at this point but some clarifications based on more recent findings:
"Damage Storage" isn't actually a multiplier, booster, or anything like that. It doesn't interact with Sora's damage *output* in any way. What's actually happening is it's changing minimum damage *input* on enemies who have at least 300 base health (ie 1 full bar). When you have EXP Zero equipped and swing a normal, basic, non-ability modified keyblade swing it sets "Tier 1" exp 0 storage. If you swing a non-ability modified finisher it sets "Tier 2" exp 0 storage and if you either take the ability off, leave the room, use a limit, or swing an ability modified ability like vortex, slapshot, hurricane blast, etc, it effectively sets "Tier 0" or undoes exp 0 storage.
Tier 1 sets the minimum damage an enemy can take to their hp divided by 300 plus 4 [(eHP/300)+4]
Tier 2 doubles that, so [((eHp/300)+4)*2]
This applies to of course magic, summons and finisher hits as you'd expect, but does not apply to basic hits that set Tier 1 storage, they themselves can't benefit from their own modified state.
This is why using Mushu on Ansem who has 1500 hp deals 18 damage per shot, no matter what, as long as you used a finisher. You don't even have to land the finisher Sora just has to swing it, so Combo Master works too. This also means that your MP is irrelevant for the purposes of damage calculation. 3mp Mushu and 18mp Mushu deal exactly the same damage to Ansem in final fights, because what's being changed is a property of Ansem, not a property of Sora's damage.
What's very interesting about this, however, is normally resistances are applied after damage caps. An enemy, like Ansem for example, who has a 0.49x vulnerability to Fire, and a maximum damage intake of 20, can only take 9 damage from Fire, even with ridiculous and otherwise impossible MP. We would expect that if all that was being changed was the minimum hit, this wouldn't change anything. Even if Fire dealt 18 damage it should get halved to at least 9. But Tier 1 and Tier 2 minimum hits ignore resistance, allowing even a 1mp base level fire to deal the full 18 damage. Of course, more MP is better for number of casts, but since the normal maximum hit is exceeded by the new minimum hit, damage is effectively not calculated, it becomes a flat rate.
Another interesting aside is that knowing this, when you use Genie you want to see as many blue orbs as possible. His blue orbs hit 5 times per orb for a weak damage number, his yellow orbs hit once for twice that value, and red orbs hit once for twice the yellow orb's value. So with Tier 2 storage, Blue Orbs are doing five times the damage of a Red Orb, when it should theoretically only be a 25% damage increase.
I have played this game for years but these were so helpful! Especially the parry vs.guard, and short jumps!!!
11:07 I love how it zoomed to Donald when you mentioned about wasting MP on additional spells
I just finished a play through of Kingdom Hearts final mix on my ps4. (Got story so far for Christmas and after playing the ps3 version for so long, it feels great.) I beat all the bonus bosses for the first time ever, but the Ultima weapon still elludes me.
This video is very informative and I'll be sure to keep it all in mind for my next playthrough. (Or watch the video again while playing.)
I sure missed your videos dude. No one makes guides like you. I can't wait for the next one! :)
that mushu exp zero trick is gonna come in handy when i get to that boss thanks!
Awesome series idea tbh. I'm subscribing for this
Thanks for making this video. While KH1 combat has plenty of issues, it is very under appreciated in many respects!
One thing I came to appreciate about parries by the way, is the fact that you can use attacks in conjunction with target switching to redirect one enemy’s attack to hit another enemy. This is an advanced technique I like to call the Reversal Parry. I especially like using Aerial Reversal Parries!
By the way, I’ve done damage testing videos, and they demonstrate that marginal stats matter a lot, if I remember correctly. Basically physical damage with attacks doubles for every four additional points of Strength, Fire & Blizzard spells double in damage for every four additional points of Max MP, and Thunder magic doubles in damage for every two additional points of Max MP.
Soraalam1 you are great person towards the Kingdom Hearts Community never forget that.
I’ve played Kingdom Hearts 1 so many times ever since it first came out & I’ve never learned or knew some of these tricks & tips lol I love these games so much that I just enjoyed playing them I haven’t even achieved the ultimate keyblade yet but now after watching this I’m going back to kingdom Hearts 1 with these tips in mind & enjoying the game all over again for the millionth time lol
This was amazing I actually learned so much! The only thing I knew was the varying reach of key blades. I'm going to be playing KH very differently the next time I can!
I just got the Kh all in one collection and I'm glad I found this video. Thanks
I am very interested to see what one of these for Re:Com or 358 would look like.
Keep it up!
very useful
please do this for all the other games in the series
This was fantastic and earned you my sub
Exactly what I was looking for! A series like this would be awsome! 😍
thanks, this really helped. i had no idea that the HP/MP item toggle in the party member ai settings also applied to HP/MP spells and abilities. i thought it was just for items like potions and ethers.
also, kh1 deserves so much more love.
I’m so glad that Parrying is favored over actual Guarding, I recently went through KH 1 for the first time so I didn’t know if Guard was something people used and found myself preferring regular parrying rather than using guard ever
Parrying imo takes more skill so it can be difficult if you don't have a lot of experience with the game. Guarding is usually easier but you don't have as many opportunities for tech points and such. Really just depends on how comfortable you are in KH1's combat, which isn't always the smoothest.
I really appreciate this video. At first I hated this game but gave it a chance and it’s not bad I hope you do more videos like this in the future, keep up the good work
Bro that Mushu trick was wild! Thank you for showing it :)
While I thought I would know all these tips, I was surprised that there was a recoil attribute for Keyblades. Awesome video!
This was a great video, dude! Very informative. I can't wait to put this stuff to use!! There is something you missed though: PROJECTILES! The game teaches you on the island that you can knock projectiles back at enemies and stun them. Combined with switching targets with lock-on, you can stun multiple enemies with just one enemy's barrage of projectiles. I remember I did that with the Fat Bandits in the colosseum: it felt so good! Even works with some bosses: Darkside, Hades, Cerberus, Leon, Yuffie, Evil Riku, even Ansem. It's a really good defensive/offensive option.
This was actually a really good video and VERY helpful.
commenting 2 years later to let you know that I (and im sure many others) would love to see this series continue :)
Loved this game as a child 20 years ago holy poo.. and I still love it to this day
Holy Cow! That was a crazy learning experience. I had no idea about the triangle command for party members and the exp zero exploit. KH1 is so damn good hahaha
Very solid video. Even learned some stuff here that I didn't know like all keyblades having differing recoil.
Thank you for this awesome video. I’ve been wanting to get good at the Kingdom Hearts games for a while after seeing videos from Stickman Sham (and especially after watching my friend play it and hating on it.) This video was really informative on the somewhat hidden quirks of this game that I thought were going to be hard to find. I would love to see these videos of the other Kingdom Hearts games but I can probably watch these videos of any game and learn a lot.
Bro thanks so much for this. Theres so much about this series they dont tell you about. Also not sure if youl cover this but im really intrseted in how people navigate the menus so fast. Im extra hyped for the 2 vid.
As someone who doesnt think too highly of KH1 this video helped me realize I missed out on some crucial mechanics that really help you. Though the game hardly tells you about any or most of them, so like you said, players cant be (always) blamed.
That 0 xp ability exploit was worth the whole video
Despite playing the KH series for years I can admit, some of the stuff in this video surprised me. Especially that last one
Thanks for this guide Dean! Very helpful and I will definitely be trying the non level 1 EXP Zero trick on my next Proud playthrough for an easier time with the final stretch of the game.
Low key I just realized yesterday after comparing the clothes of Sora from 1 to 3...they gave this man a whole red romper in the 1st game 😂
I really loved the video! I'm really excited that you decide to start a video series on this, I would love to this for some fighting games!
Ive played through KH1 more times than I count and I still learned a couple things so that surprised me! Correction on on one thing though: The “HP items” and “MP items” section for party AI does in fact only affect items youve given them (potions,ethers,etc...) and NOT abilities like MP Gift/Evolution. “Support Actions” for Goofy is what affects those (and PS giving goofy potions, set HP items to low/medium, is a great idea as it makes him an even better support and theres nothing to spend munny on anyway)
Actually learned a few more things than i expected. Very well made video. I look forward to more of this!
Ey!? Very good idea for a series, I'm actually excited! Can't wait to see more!
The guard tip was super helpful thanks!
Right after getting beat up by Leon, this gets in my recommended. Good.
That was super cool. I would love to see more videos like this covering the other KH games.
I know Nintendo saw this video for smash
did you ever make a video like this on any other kingdom hearts? you really should this is great even though I found it a bit late because I just finished my lvl 1 run a few months ago. keep it up!
This is cool! I feel a little nervous about trying this stuff out but it's probably nothing to worry about
God bless you, Dean. I'm going to start short jumping. I had no idea you could even really do that, or that it could be so beneficial.
Not gonna lie I’ve never seen that exp zero boost b4 especially with summons GOD DAMN. Cool video and very informative hoping for another one down the line!
As someone playing for the first time...I'm saving this video for reference
I know Dean is a busy adult now, but i really really want more of these videos!!!
Agreed!
i just started replaying kh1 and had no clue about any of this thank you so much
Nice one dude keep them coming. Learned a few new things from this.
Bambi is great for spamming AOE spells like Thunder, blizzard and gravity on a crowd of enemies. In addition if you manage to fill the bard you get an item which will help you in savings money and with synthesis.
Really cool video! You just earned yourself a new subscriber!
11:43 bambi gives you constant magic so you can go nuts
The amount of hidden features that this game has but does not tell you about is staggering.
I genuinely didn't know most of these. Well done!
Cant wait for the Re Com video so people learn about the letters that the card have and how to put in the correct order in the deck
This video was worth it alone for that No Exp boosted damage trick
I have no idea why I didn't think that damage exploit would work if I wasn't lvl 1. That's too good lol
How to be better at Kingdom Hearts:
Jontron: TAP X QUICKLY TO NOT DIE AS FAST!!!