VGU Streams: Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep – Finale: Ventus vs Vanitas
The final episode is here. Time to face off against Vanitas once and for all and see if we can indeed save the universe from the arrival of Kingdom Hearts. Although the series is now over, we will be streaming for our new series over on Twitch.tv.
On a regular difficulty, this boss fight isn’t too bad. But being on critical mode and no where near the level cap can make this one of the most challenging encounters ever. The fight itself against Vanitas is split into three different parts. Part one is on the Keyblade Graveyard and features in my opinion your opponents hardest form. His attacks are built around counters of your attacks or are simply hard to dodge, counter or pierce through. For this segment it is a matter of timing. Time every attack, dodge and block as best you can and you should get through this confrontation pretty easily.
His second phase isn’t bad at all. Keeping your distance and rolling a lot as he attacks make this easy. Simply put, just counter attack Vanitas once he has finished an animation or heal yourself up if you are low on health. The final phase of the fight gets you off guard but after you realise where you may have gone wrong, you see how to deal with it. This final phase gives you brand new commands and gives you a new task, fill your command gauge. Do this by using your abilities to counter what Vanitas uses against you and you can build it up pretty fast. Once the bar is full, let loose your final attack and you win. Be careful however, you can miss this final attack and have to repeat the process all over again.
It has been great playing through Ventus’ story again. I think it is one of the strongest out of the three, possible the strongest. I was never a fan of him in the early stages, but as I have played through his tale again on livestream I have grown to admire the characters design a lot more. Thank you all for watching the series and be sure to keep an eye out for what we have in store next.