Blizzard Blades

Blizzard Blades (ブリザードブレード, Burizādo Burēdo, lit. "Blizzard Blade") is a Formchange in Kingdom Hearts III. It allows the user to transform the Keyblade into ice skates and arm-blades and assault enemies with a barrage of icy attacks.

Design

Blizzard Blades transforms the Keyblade into a pair of ice skates that rest on Sora's shoes and dual winged arm-blades equipped on his gloves.

Mechanics

In Kingdom Hearts III, Blizzard Blades is the second Formchange of the Crystal Snow Keyblade, associated with Blitz Form and following Blizzard Claws. Its basic combos have Sora perform a flurry of slashes and kicks from his arm-blades and skates, with his combo finishers being a forward spiral and kick. All of Blizzard Blades' attacks deal Blizzard damage, and it uses Proximity-style Magic.

Blizzard Blades has a maximum combo length of 5 while grounded, and 4 while airbone, but the latter can be extended to 5 if magic is used after 3 non-combo-finisher attacks.

The Finish command has Sora stomp the ground with his ice skates and generate a chandelier made of ice from the ground. He jumps across the chandelier before making it crash down on enemies.

Abilities

Aside from the abilities offered by Blitz Form, Blizzard Blades also has access to Ice Slide.

Form Actions
Attack		Attribute	Power Multiplier	Form Value	Reaction Value	Revenge Value	Guard?	Repel LV	Status Effect
Keyblade Transformation Attack (キーブレード変形演出中の攻撃, Kīburēdo Henkei Enshutsu-chū no Kōgeki)		Neutral	0.5	0	1	0	O	—	—
Ground Upkick & Upswing (地上蹴り上げ & 振り上げ, Chijō Keriage & Furiage)		Blizzard	0.6 + 0.6	6 + 6	1 + 1	0.5 +0.5	X	—	—
Ground Left Spin Kick (地上左回転蹴り, Chijō Hidari Kaitengeri)		Blizzard	0.6 + 0.6	6 + 6	1 + 1	0.5 + 0.5	X	—	—
Ground Right Spin Kick (地上右回転蹴り, Chijō Migi Kaitengeri)		Blizzard	0.6 + 0.6	6 + 6	1 + 1	0.5 + 0.5	X	—	—
Winter Breeze		Blizzard	0.2 x8	1 x8	1 x8	0.05 x8	◯	—	—
		Spin at foes and repeatedly attack with your arm-blades. (Combo finisher: while grounded)
Absolute Zero		Blizzard	Kick: 0.4 Icicle: 2.0	Kick: 3 Icicle: 8	Kick: 1 Icicle: 1	Kick: 0.15 Icicle: 0.25	◯	—	Kick: Freeze (100%/5s)
		Summon icicles from the ground that send foes flying. (Combo finisher: while grounded)
Ground Handstand Right Spin Kick (地上逆立ち右回転蹴り, Chijō Sakadachi Migi Kaitengeri)		Blizzard	0.2(x10)	1(x10)	1(x10)	1(x10)	X	—	—
Air Drill Rush (空中きりもみ突進, Kūchū Kirimomi Tosshin)		Blizzard	1.2	8	1	0.5	X	—	—
Blizzard Storm		Blizzard	0.2(x3) + 2.0	1(x3) + 8	1(x4)	0.05(x3) + 0.25	◯	—	—
		Execute a spin kick that cuts through enemies. (Combo finisher: while airborne)
Swooping Right Spin Kick (急降下右回転蹴り, Kyūkōka Migi Kaitengeri)		Blizzard	0.35(x3)	2(x3)	1(x3)	0.2(x3)	X	—	—
Offensive Dodge		Blizzard	0.75	6	5	0.5	X	—	—
		Deal damage to enemies while performing evasive maneuvers.
Offensive Backslide		Blizzard	0.75	6	5	0.5	X	—	—
		Press to slide backward and evade attacks, dealing damage to enemies as you go.
Finish (フィニッシュ, Finisshu)		Blizzard	Cold air: x0.5 Ice shards: x5.0	0	Cold air: 1 Ice shards: 5	0	◯	—	Cold air: Freeze (100%/7s)

Strategy

Much like Blizzard Claws, Blizzard Blades is a fast Formchange with quick combos and high stagger potential. Each attack deals multiple hits and can lower Reaction Endurance quickly. Its Offensive Dodge and Offensive Backslide allow Sora to dodge mid-combo and deal scratch damage in the process. As each attack deals Blizzard damage, it synergizes well with Blizzard Boost. In addition, since Absolute Zero can freeze enemies, it can synergize with Blitz Form's HP Walker and MP Walker by immobilizing enemies long enough for Sora to regain HP and MP.

Air Drill Rush is a potent positioning tool, enabling Sora to quickly transition to grounded combos when used above a target, then to Ground Handstand Right Spin Kick if he lands close to the opponent, with its high hit count enabling a strong use of Blizzard magic at the end of the combo if abilities like Combo Boost and Magic Galvanizer are active. If used on an airbone foe, Sora will end up just above the opponent after 2-3 uses, resulting on Formchanges with good range like Double Form, Storm Flag, and Nano Arms synergizing to make the most of these positions, item cancel and Glide also help to reposition further with the move, especially given its low Revenge Value.

Proximity-style magic has extremely low Revenge Value, enabling a role to overwhelm bosses with little thought by using Blizzard spells multiple times in a row, especially with Crystal Snow's stats favoring the use of magic and its access to the Blizzard Boost ability once leveled up. Note that for a Formchange specialized on this role, there's Agile Claws, which outdamages Blizzard Blades with Happy Gear's Full MP Blast.

Learning Blizzard Blades

Kingdom Hearts III

• The Crystal Snow has Blizzard Blades as its second Formchange.

See also

• Blizzard Claws