Storm Flag

Storm Flag (ストームフラッグ, Sutōmu Furaggu) is a Formchange in Kingdom Hearts III. It allows the user to transform the Keyblade into a flag and use wide, sweeping attacks.

Design

Storm Flag transforms the Keyblade into a dark grey staff with a sharp point, with a tattered, red flag bearing a steering wheel emblem tied to it.

Mechanics

In Kingdom Hearts III, Storm Flag is the second Formchange of the Wheel of Fate Keyblade, associated with Strike Form and following Highwind. The combo consists of Sora telekinetically waving the flag around himself and slashing with it, with the finishers consisting of a launching slash, followed by a series of attacks, and a spinning thrust forward that summons a horizontal whirlwind. Storm Flag uses Proximity-style Magic.

While the Formchange is active in combat, Sora will always use Air Slide on the ground, and Aerial Dodge in the air, as long as at least one of these two mobility abilities is equipped (and no matter which one is equipped).

The Finish command has Sora plant the flag into the ground and spawn a watery portal. Aquatic copies of the Kraken's tentacles emerge from the portal and slam the ground around him.

Abilities

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)		Physical	0.2(x6)+1.0	0	1(x7)	0	O	—	—
Vertical Double Spin Downswing (縦2回転振り下ろし, Tate 2-kaiten Furioroshi)		Physical	1.0+1.0	8+8	1+1	0.5+0.5	O	—	—
Advance Diagonal Quadrupal Swing (前進斜め4回振り, Zenshin Tsui-me 4-kai Furi)		Physical	0.4(x4)	3(x4)	1(x4)	0.3(x4)	O	—	—
Advance Right Spin Swing (前進右回転振り, Zenshin Migi Kaiten Furi)		Physical	1.0+1.0	8+8	1+1	0.5+0.5	O	—	—
Storm Spinner		Physical	1.0+0.4+0.4+1.0	8+3+3+8	1(x4)	0.25+0.15+0.15+0.25	O	—	—
		Launch enemies skyward and unleash a series of attacks. (Combo finisher)
Cyclone		Aero	0.3(x10)	2(x10)	1(x9)+5	0.1(x10)	O	—	—
		Whip up a violent storm. (Combo finisher)
Flag Forward Throw (フラッグ前方投げ, Furaggu Zenpō Nage)		Physical	1.0+1.0	8+8	1+1	0.5+0.5	O	—	—
Rising Left Spin Swing (上昇左回転振り, Jōshō Hidari Kaiten Furi)		Physical	1.0+1.0	8+8	1+1	0.5+0.5	O	—	—
Finish (フィニッシュ, Finisshu)		Physical	0.3+0.5(x5)+2.0	0	1(x6)+5	0	O	—	—

Strategy

Storm Flag is a powerful late-game Formchange, boasting high combo speed, omnidirectional range, and excellent damage potential. It excels in single-target encounters and mob fights, with its regular combo sequence constantly applying omnidirectional attacks around Sora, causing most Heartless to flinch by such wide attacks prior to being able to inflict damage. Cyclone is a powerful finisher with great range, and as Storm Flag is tied to Strike Form, Sora can use it immediately via Omega Finale as a quick option for burst damage, and as a ranged option with Flag Forward Throw or by prior use of ranged attacks with other Formchanges and magic styles. Its focus on Proximity Style magic also is easy to combine with its regular attacks by having similar range.

Since it is tied to Strike Form, it can chain Grand Magic into Omega Finale, which is far more useful here due to Wheel of Fate boasting the Waterza ability. Each use of Omega Finale counts as a combo reset, and so while Cyclone and Grand Magic can chain nicely, doing so multiple times in a row is situational unless abilities like Combo Boost aren't a factor, and so in such cases it's recommended to keep Omega Finale after every cast of Grand Magic over using it after each one.

Proximity-style magic has extremely low Revenge Value, enabling a role to overwhelm bosses with little thought by using Water spells multiple times in a row to build up Waterza, then casting Waterza in between Water spells.

If an area gets too crowded with enemies, that is a great opportunity to charge and use Flag Rampage, providing a lot of safe damage while repositioning Sora back where the Shotlock was started afterwards.

Learning Storm Flag

Kingdom Hearts III

• The Wheel of Fate has Storm Flag as its second Formchange.