Talk:Valor Form

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 * Morning Stars and Crimson Jazzes are both enemies which take a lot of damage, and to make it even better their attacks are easily disrupted by Valor Form's, and they drop a lot of Drive Orbs when defeated. These enemies appear together in both Hollow Bastion and Beast's Castle, making those both good places to train Valor Form; Beast's Castle also has the added benefit of a Save Point right next to the battlefield, and closely grouped enemies.


 * Because Donald will not always be able to heal you in time, it is wise to have a Potion or a Hi-Potion in your quick menu when using Valor Form.


 * You may consider using it on every boss and going to the village cave in the Land of Dragons. Destroy all of the Heartless in the area and if possible, use your square combo to break the carts to restore a bit of your time and go to the summit and kill all of the Heartless possible in your time left.


 * Alternatively, you may level up in the Chasm of Challenges in Agrabah - if your Drive Gauge is higher than 5, you may take two rounds with the trials and defeat all the Heartless possible within the time limit. Once that is done, go to the nearby Save Point, exit the world and re-enter the same Save Point to replenish your Drive Gauge. This strategy may be used for all other forms except Final Form.


 * The best Keyblade to use for this form is the Sleeping Lion or Star Seeker, since Valor form levels up by number of hits landed increasing the length of combos makes it so that you gain more EXP more quickly. Both of them are best paired with each other. Alternatively, if you equip Sweet Memories, which has no strength boost, your hits will deal less damage and allow for more hits per enemy.


 * Another good place to go to level this form up is The World That Never Was. Since there are many Nobodies here it makes it easier to land the required number of hits to level up.

It is possible to level up Valor Form to LV3 easily almost as soon as it has been obtained. After leaving Hollow Bastion, clear the route to Beast's Castle and, after seeing Beast take his rose from the parlor, head out into the main hallway. Drive into Valor Form, and defeat all the Hook Bats: three in the center, four near the door to the courtyard, and three at the top of the stairs. Then quickly return to the parlor before the Drive Gauge runs out and exit to the World Map. Upon re-entering the world, the Drive Gauge will be re-filled to max. Simply repeat this as many times as desired, but note that you cannot level up the form higher than lv3 at this stage.
 * If you play Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix and you are at least in LV48, try training Valor Form in the Cavern of Remembrance: the enemies are powered-up versions of their original counterparts, which take more hits to be defeated. Also, many of the enemies (particularly Magic Phantom) drop Drive Orbs, and there are five balloons in the Cavern of Remembrance which drop Drive Orbs.

For leveling up past LV3, go to the Land of Dragons, after having beaten all the episodes. Start from the Throne Room, and go to the Antechamber, moving along until your Drive Gauge reaches 1, then returning to the Save Point before you've reverted from Valor Form, exiting to the World Map, and coming back with a full Drive Gauge. If you transform in the Throne Room, you will have zero chance of transforming into Anti-Form. With Drive Boost and the high form gauge that Valor is known for, you can easily travel to the Village and back.

Another way to level up Valor Form would be to go to Hollow Bastion and start in Merlin's house. Go out, and before encountering Heartless, change into Valor Form. Defeat all Heartless there if the Drive would last that amount of time, than quickly enter Merlin's house and exit, then enter again. There is a good amount of Heartless in the area, making Hollow Bastion's town area a good place to level up. Also, boss battles are a good way to level up because bosses have lots of HP.

Try equipping weak Keyblades to level up Valor Form, as it will give you more hits on an enemy before they are defeated. Sweet Memories (STR: 0; MAG: 0) and Hidden Dragon (STR: 2; MAG: 2) are good choices.

Also make sure to go to Customize, then Donald, then choose Sora Attack. This will stop Donald from attacking and focus on healing Sora.