Game:Vanitas: Difference between revisions

'''Vanitas''' appears as a boss in all three storylines in ''[[Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep]]''. In [[Terra]]'s storyline, he only fights Vanitas once along with [[Master Xehanort]] at the [[Keyblade Graveyard]] near the end of the story, but the battle stops halfway. In [[Ventus]]'s storyline, he fights Vanitas three times: Two out of three of the fights are fought at the Keyblade Graveyard, with the first with the assistance of [[Mickey Mouse]], the second fight being the penultimate fight of the story, and the third fight being the final boss where Ventus fights Vanitas (with an incomplete [[X-Blade]]) in their [[Awakening]]. In [[Aqua]]'s storyline, she fights Vanitas three times in the game: the first fight in [[Radiant Garden]], the second fight in [[Neverland]], and the last fight alongside Mickey Mouse in the Keyblade Graveyard, where Ventus/Vanitas wields the completed X-Blade.

Vanitas will open the battle by jumping onto a cloud of Keyblades and riding around the battle area pelting Ventus with ice blasts. He's very hard to hit while doing this but hitting him with a [[Thunder]] spell or Magnet spell will knock him to the ground and stun him ending the attack. Otherwise Ventus can just Dodge Roll away until Vanitas stops on his own. After riding the blades Vanitas will immediately do his Command Style attack where he homes in on Ventus underground. Again, avoid this by letting him reach you and then immediately Dodge Rolling away from him. After this Vanitas will go into his usual repertoire of fire, thunder, and physical attacks for a time before calling the Keyblade cloud and starting the pattern again. Magnet stuns him as always and Ventus will have his own counterattack at this point so you can fight him like you would when using Aqua. The only thing to watch out for that Ventus can only block from in front of him unlike Aqua's 360 degree [[Reflect]], while Vanitas always does his shadow counter from behind so Dodge Rolling is the only way to avoid damage from it.

Vanitas is no longer playing around with Aqua so he's more aggressive this round. In addition to his other moves that he'll carry over he has a new Command Style-like move where he glows red, dives under ground and homes in on Aqua before attacking directly under her. This can be avoided by letting him track you and then quickly [[Dodge Roll|Dodge Rolling]] away from the attack. However he'll still be glowing for awhile after this and while he is Vanitas will add another hit to his usual Keyblade combo that throws out a crescent wave of energy that does additional damage and can hit Aqua from long range. He has more health too but beyond this is basically the same as the first battle. Guard and counter to play it safe or stun him with Magnet like before.

During the third battle, Vanitas will possessing Ventus from the inside and wields the Completed X-Blade. Mickey will assist Aqua during the battle. Vanitas's battle style is almost the same as the previous battles, albeit having new attacks and variations of his previous ones. Vanitas utilizes the same two-hit combo and releases a crescent wave of energy, though it will stay out for a longer period of time. Also, Vanitas will dive back into the ground after diving upward from the ground and repeat the process two more times, making the move harder to avoid. A new skill Vanitas utilizes is a thrusting move similar to Sonic Blade though he will zigzag around instead of constantly thrusting, which should be avoided by leaping around. If Vanitas is hit a certain amount of times, he will leave behind a shadow where he used to be and leaps above Aqua and performs a leaping slash from above creating large crystals through impact. This attack is more difficult to avoid since it now has a wider range. Another new technique that Vanitas utilizes is when he teleports to the middle of the battlefield and lands a hard blow on the ground creating four shockwaves.  This move should be avoided by performing a Shoot Lock or utilizing Holy Burst with Mickey.