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#21: Vanitas Remnant (Birth By Sleep Vanitas's Lingering Spirit)

The Crest pulses with a dark power
"That's a danger I'm willing to face"

3rd hardest Birth by Sleep boss.

One of the last fights on this list that has an "easy mode" again, not counting Fenrir negative combo, or ironically.... strike raid lock

If you just want to beat him and don't really give a fuck how... at the start, find the huge rock in the south, get to the back of it, lock on, and just use strike raid over and over and over again. You may get unlucky and he'll escape the lock and kill you, but it won't take many battles and you'll win. And you can do it with all 3 characters. So if you are just having the hardest time ever beating him as Terra... hey, no one is gonna judge you, it unlocks something about 3 trillion times harder that you can't cheese anyway... so go nuts.

Now, assuming you didn't go ultra cheap, you can still go pretty cheap on him, and that is why he just barely misses the top 20.

This boss has a very much agreed upon hierarchy for difficulty.

Aqua easiest
Ventus easy
Terra hard.

Why is Aqua easier than Ven? Cause Seeker Mines... both have invincible dodge rolls, but Aqua has a much better mine attack. Since they slowly track at Vanitas Remnant more will typically hit and then do more damage. Still, mine shield and mine square are enough, just takes a bit longer. So Ventus is golden too.

Enter the Void is a great song, hence the battle is hard.

He has no health at all (just one bar) but he has crazy defense (thinks Shuckle) so even Terra with Chaos Ripper won't do much too him. His other gimmick is far more known. You CAN'T HEAL WITH CURE THIS BATTLE... ok. That's not totally true. I mean, you can. But so will he. If you heal he casts what I'm assuming is Renew on himself since he instantly heals all health. So bring Mega Potions. You aren't invincible like cure however. So you need to make sure the potion hits you before he does.

His attacks are normal Keyblade hits, the freeze and plummet attacks that normal Vanitas has we all hate so much. An X Swipe on the ground that has quite a sweep, and an x blast in the air that sucks in this battle but will make you thank god when you see it another battle that is either 19 or 20 spots from now..... some advice for both that battle and this one. DODGE TOWARD IT!!! If you try to run away it tracks you and becomes much harder to dodge. He also has a shot lock, its identical to Vanitas shotlock he uses to mirror Ven in their mini game like final battle. A lot of people say to use your shot lock then... i disagree. For one it doesn't last long, for two, it's much more prudent to save it for His Desperation Move. He goes into a dark sphere in the middle of the field and unleashes tons of dark clones which come charging at you. This move is a killer. When he goes to the dark sphere, start your shot lock, make sure you get all locks, and then let it go. You'll shot lock him during his entire attack. It's awesome. (Don't mess up timing) Final thing to worry about, he causes confusion and blind. I would encourage you to just dodge on both.

Lay mines around you, dodge him, have him hit the mines, rinse repeat. So on and so forth.

They kinda gave you a break cause of the impossible hell that follows this.

Speaking of following this.

The top 20

Breakdown time.

Kingdom Hearts: 2
KH II: 14
BBS: 2
DDD: 1
0.2: 1

Chain of Memories, Days, Coded: 0