The sword, the shield and the staff, which will you take and discard in KH3?

[Ventus_ 396]

The sword, the shield, and the staff have been a staple of the main story games that shape gameplay so I'm assuming they'll come up again in Kh3. 

[ocean's rage 775]

take shield leave staff

[Allwil13 754]

My preferred choices are always take the shield and discard the sword. Although recently I discovered that taking the staff and discarding the sword is also very effective. Regardless, I almost always ditch the sword. 

[khfan14 20]

What was the point of doing this in the game? I never really found out. 

[Allwil13 754]

8 minutes ago, khfan14 said:

What was the point of doing this in the game? I never really found out. 

Whichever ones you pick/discard affect your stats. So if you pick/discard the staff, your magic will be boosted/hindered, if you pick/discard the sword, your strength will be boosted/hindered, and if you pick/discard the shield, your defense will be boosted/hindered. It also affects when you learn each ability. 

Edited January 7, 2019 by Allwil13

[khfan14 20]

Oh wow. Does it do anything when you have to pick them in kingdom hearts 2?

[Allwil13 754]

6 minutes ago, khfan14 said:

Oh wow. Does it do anything when you have to pick them in kingdom hearts 2?

I think it does, but I'm actually not 100% sure. I know when you pick your struggle bat you get a tiny boost of like one point in either Strength, Magic or Defense depending on what you pick. But I'm not sure about the ones in the Station of Awakening.

[Azure Flame 670]

In KH2 the Station of Awakening choice determines what skills you learn at what level.  If you take a look here under Sora's Abilities by Level, you can see what skills you get when, depending on what you pick.  (Warrior=Sword, Mystic=Staff, Guardian=Shield)

 

As for KH3 I'll probably do what I usually do on an initial playthrough, until I find out what each choice ends up doing:  Take the Sword and ditch the Shield.  I take the sword because I prefer strength, since I'm usually using my melee attacks more than anything.  I also use magic in certain situations, so I prefer not to take a hit to it, and I don't really care much about my defense, so I ditch the Shield.

[Keyblade101 526]

I've always taken the sword and discarded the staff, so that's how I'll do it in KH3 if it's put in the game.

[Dustin Lübbers 933]

I guess i will choose defense and say no to magic vecause i plan to play on the highest difficulty and only use magic most of the time for healing only