Marluxia (Second Form)

This is Marluxia's final form in Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories, and second form in Kingdom Hearts Re: Chain of Memories.

Chain of Memories
This battle is the first time the real Marluxia is fought. Marluxia fuses with a gaint Nobody-like creature with two appendedges with blades of Full Blooms as "hands". Out of the three battles, this one is most likely the easiest due to the lack of sleights. The Spectre form in CoM is fought largely in two stages. In the first stage, the objective is to destroy the scythe hands. The main attack it uses in this stage is a minor version of Deathscythe. It is possible to damage the main body in this stage but Marluxia is only vulnerable after a card break. Once the blades are destroyed, Marluxia takes on a different strategy. He uses floating flowers that shoot lasers first, which can be easily destroyed simply by card breaking them. At regular intervals during the battle, he fires 2-5 slicer waves which can be dodged by jumping and heading to the foreground/background. He also occasionally uses Blossom Shower, which can be dodged with a well timed Dodge Roll. After this, Marluxia hovers above Sora and slams the mech down, creating a shockwave that an be avoided by jumping at the right time. He does this three times in succession, and it is important to note that as his HP get lower, the succession becomes faster and harder to dodge. After this attack Marluxia rears back and shoots across the screen. Card Breaking this is important, as doing so puts Marluxia in his most vulnerable position. Once you break the attack, Sora is placed on the back of the mech and Marluxia sends out three more shot buds to protect him. It's important to note is that the longer Sora stays on, the harder it is to remain on the mech, as Sora is constantly forced backwards away from Marluxia. A good strategy is to use high level Cloud cards (Around 7-9) in succession (One at a time, not in a sleight) while in front of Marluxia. doing so deals a lot of damage in a short amount of time and can also deal with the shot buds when card breaking them. Eventually, Sora is forced off, and the whole process begins again. This attack pattern repeats until Marluxia is defeated.

Re:Chain of Memories
The battle in Re:CoM is very similar to the battle in CoM, except Marluxia is vulnerable all the time, and not at certain times, making the battle easier. He keeps many of his attacks from CoM, including the shot buds, the slicing waves, and the drop-down shockwave attack. Marluxia still uses only one card at a time, but his new attacks are more like sleights. The fisrt of which is when he engulfs the field in Darkness and prevents you from seeing your cards, and the second is when he creates a massive Blossom Shower. The perspective in these attacks changes to Marluxia, which can make it difficult to dodge these attacks. Theres a way around the card seeing,but you need a proper sleight. Stock your cards,and when you know what cards you got, keep using sleights and removing when you got them memorized.

Battle Quotes
"Your heart shall be judged!" "Prepare." "Away!" "What?!" "No Good!" "Sink into the darkness!" "You'll now know real fear." "Do you want to scream?" "To a world without light!" "Scatter to oblivion!"