Strike Form

Strike Form
Toy Box Monstropolis The Caribbean San Fransokyo
Japanese	ストライクフォ一ム
Rōmaji	Sutoraiku Fōmu
Keyblades	Favorite Deputy, Happy Gear, Wheel of Fate

Strike Form is a Form in Kingdom Hearts III. It is a form that grants Sora red clothing with an urban camouflage design and transforms his Keyblade for powerful attacks. Triggered by Favorite Deputy, Happy Gear, and Wheel of Fate.

The Formchanges are Hyper Hammer and Drill Punch (Favorite Deputy), Agile Claws and Twin Yo-Yos (Happy Gear), and Highwind and Storm Flag (Wheel of Fate).

Development

Strike Form was referred to as Power Form (パワーフォーム, Pawā Fōmu) in early gameplay notes.

Design

Strike Form turns Sora's coat, gloves, pant straps and shoes red, with an urban camouflage pattern on his pants and on top of his sleeves. His hood display a grey crown, flanked by three smaller fleur-de-lis on each side.

Strike Form alters Sora's appearance in other worlds:

• In his Toy Box form, Sora's jacket, gloves and shoes turns red. The blocks on his pants turn red, black, and silver.

• In his Monstropolis form, Sora's jacket has the same appearance as his regular Strike Form outfit. His fur becomes orange with red stripes.

• In his The Caribbean form, Sora's bandana, cuff links and coattail all turn red with a subtle camouflage pattern. His jacket inverts its color scheme, become grey with a red outline, while his hat dons three fleur-de-lis.

The name refers to the form's offensive abilities.

Mechanics

Strike Form Formchanges are often oriented around wide, sweeping attacks that deal devastating damage. Its exclusive Omega Finale ability allows Sora to execute combo finishers at any time.

Abilities

Abilities
Ability		Description
Combo Master		Continue combos even if your swings miss the enemy.
Hidden Potential		Gain additional Strength and Magic when battling powerful foes.
Omega Finale		Perform combo finishers at any point mid-combo by pressing .

Strategy

Strike Form is a Form that specializes in pure offense and crowd-control. Its associated Formchanges tend to have high raw power within their attack combos, and some improve Sora's spells, as well. The Combo Master ability allows certain Formchanges like Hyper Hammer or Highwind to have more consistent attacks, while the Omega Finale ability lets Sora use combo finishers at any time. Since these Formchanges' combo finishers hit a wide area for high damage, this gives Sora a useful tool when dealing with crowds of enemies.

The main drawback of Strike Form is that, aside from Omega Finale, it doesn't have many other support abilities, making the Form less versatile against single, powerful targets. Still, the sheer damage its Formchanges deal make up for that, and other equipped Keyblades can cover that shortcoming with different Forms to switch to. Thus, Strike Form-based Formchanges are well-suited to be Sora's primary offense.