KH3D Lu Xun's guide to defeat Julius

[SnowpointQuincy 11]

Just Beat Julian Twice!!! Lv 56 with both.

 

SUPER GLIDE!!! You can outrun all of Julian's attacks with super guide. He will NEVER hit you in his 'charged' phase. Riku doesn't get this, but Riku has Dark barrier. I have much easier blocking with that on.

 

Firega Burst did about 1 Full Bar of HP. I had 3 Magic Boost and 3 Fire Boost. With 2 Fire Boost, Firega does more damage than Mega Flare, and you can pack more Firega with you.

 

Meteor Crash held be back for so long, Firega Burst NEVER got interupted, but Meteor Crash almost always did. They did do simular damage when they did hit, though.

 

Also, DISABLE Arial Recovery, Payback Blast, Shadow Step, and anything else that uses the Y button. It makes it harder to block and slide roll, because somethimes those other actions activate instead.

[KeybladeWielder_ 161]

Thankyou so much. I haven't finished the game yet but this will help imensely when I come to fighting the big guy.

[XIIISwords 1,059]

Here's my strategy for Julius.

 

Character:

Riku- Lv 42

Sora- Lv 44

 

Drop Bonuses:

Riku- Attack (uneccessary), Magic, Drop Gauge Slow

Sora- Magic Lv3, Drop Slow Lv 2, Defense Lv 1

 

Dream Eaters:

Froot Katz (For Hastes)

Zoluphant (For Water Boosts and HP Boosts)

Tyranto Rex (For Fire Boost)

 

Deck:

Balloonga

Firaga Burst

Curaga x3

Cura x2 (ran out of Curagas)

 

Keyblade:

Divewing (Both)

 

Necessary Abilities:

Once More

Second Chance

Magic Haste (Max Preferably)

Reload Boost (or Haste, can't remember name)

Dark Roll/Slide Roll

High Jump

Doubleflight

Leaf Bracer

 

Strategy:

 

Offense:

If you're not at 1 HP, stay low so that Reload Boost can reload your commands more quickly.

Riku- Roll near Julius and cast Ballonga on him. Roll away and then High Jump -> Doubleflight and cast Firaga Burst. Both attacks leave you vulnerable for repercussion, so Dodge Away ASAP. Doubleflight allows some of his attacks to miss during Firaga Burst. If you get hit during attacking, don't panic, just use Cura/Curaga.

Sora- Roll near Julius and cast Ballonga on him. Roll away and then High Jump and cast Firaga Burst. Both attacks leave you vulnerable for repercussion, so Dodge Away ASAP. If you get hit during attacking, don't panic, just use Cura/Curaga.

 

Defense:

Roll. Roll. Roll. No really, Rolling is your friend here. It can dodge almost any of his attacks if you're careful. If he jumps on a building, he then body slams the ground in an almost unavoidable fashion. It's dodge-able, but play it safe and stay on a Cure spell in case he hits you. If you fall to 1 HP, heal immediately. The invincibility the Cure provides allows Sora/Riku to survive most assaults. If you're getting pummeled, don't do anything except for Cure, because it will cancel out your Once More/Second Chance.

Halfway through the battle, Julius begins using electric attacks. When lightning rains down, try to dodge, but if you (very likely) get hit, then just mash on the Cure button. You may get knocked there again, so keep your Cures in queue. If he hits you with a Lightning attack, you may have a command blocked. To prevent all your Curagas or offensive Spells from being disabled, switch to Cura and just dodge until his hands stop lighting up. If you get hit, switch back to the disabled spell (after healing if low) and stay on it so as not to lose your other ones.

 

Variations:

Technically, using all Curas could be better, because they reload faster and the goal isn't to restore more health, just to have more than 1 HP. In theory, Cure would work too.

Extra Balloongas could replace Cures to speed up your offense.

The most important Dream Eaters give you Hastes, so any others are preference.

I've only tried it with the Divewing, but I guess others could work.

Better Dive Boosts could speed up victory, but aren't necessary.

I've heard that Sora's Superglide is great for dodging, but I haven't unlocked it yet.

I've heard Riku's Meteor Crash can speed up the offense, but I haven't unlocked it yet.

 

I pretty much did no special preparations... It was the poor man's attempt. I hope I helped!

[Axlcrush 3]

I did it with unbound and firaga burst and meteor smash thingy.

[AntonioKHT 449]

Killing it with Riku: first time after got 100% max HP

Killing it with Sora: 1000 tries

[MasterTeli 60]

I just beat him with sora. I got him down to his last 2 bars and then he got stuck near that building! I freed him with baloonga and then took him out!