How to Beat Lexaeus (Data Battle) in Kingdom Hearts II

Kingdom Hearts II is a fantasy role playing game for PlayStation II. Throughout the game you will have to embark on quests and beat different enemies - one such enemy is Lexaeus. Lexaeus' data battle is one of the easiest to beat—if you know what you're doing, that is. His damage output is directly affected by his power gauge, and your actions in battle will determine how much damage he'll do.

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Choosing the Right Equipment

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Use Decisive Pumpkin. This keyblade has the unique ability Combo Boost, which let's you do more damage whenever you deal a blow on the enemy (combo).
- You can obtain Decisive Pumpkin if you defeat the Experiment at Halloween Town.
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Get Highest Ribbon. This will boost all your resistance by 25%, including physical damage resistance.
- Complete the Twilight puzzle to obtain Highest Ribbon.
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Get Ribbon. Ribbon will boost all your resistance, including physical damage resistance.
- You can synthesize ribbon. Find the recipe at http://www.khwiki.com/Ribbon.
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Get Full Bloom+. This will add 3 points to Sora’s strength.
- Full Bloom+ is an upgrade of Full Bloom. You can synthesize both; find the recipes at http://www.khwiki.com/Full_Bloom+.

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Preparing for Battle

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Lexaeus’ powers up every time you hit him with his shield up, this includes Donald's magic and Goofy running into him.
This will help you avoid all unnecessary attacks from Donald and Goofy; it also helps you with your health as Genie will continuously heal you.

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Learning Laxaues's Attacks

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Avoid his power charge. Lexaeus will blow Sora, Donald, and Goofy away with his aura while charging his power bar.
- Be sure to summon Genie as soon as Lexaeus uses this.
- Do not attack him during this phase as his power will increase immensely.
Lexaeus will attack you with his tomahawk.
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Dodge his Shattering Earth. Lexaeus will throw his tomahawk in the air and summon 3 earth spikes.
- This can be dodged by either using Reflega or Dodge Roll (analog + □) 3 times, with a pause in between.
- Dodge Roll out of the way to avoid it.
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Try to avoid his grapple. Lexaeus will run toward Sora and throw him into a pillar, then throw his tomahawk at him.
- This is very hard to avoid. The visual cue for this is similar to most attacks, and it can only be blocked by Reflega. Luckily he'll only use this when his aura is around 50,000 plus.
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Block his earthquake. Lexaeus will leave the arena and smash down on Sora. He will then summon large rocks from below the earth, which covers the entire area.
- Spam Reflega as he's about to come down; you should get away unscathed.

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Battling Lexaeus

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You'll have a small window frame to do this while Lexaeus power charges. Donald or Goofy might attack him if you don't do it fast enough, and his damage will increase substantially.
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Get near Lexaeus as soon as he finishes charging. He might attack you with shattering earth. To avoid it, dodge roll as soon as he throws his tomahawk in the air, then dodge roll again after the first rock appears. Pause for a moment before dodge rolling for the 3rd time.
- Don't dodge roll too far from Lexaeus as you'll want to be near him at all times to avoid his power charge.
This is the attack that you're waiting for. Make sure that you're standing close to him when you block so the Reaction Command (∆) will activate.
After the finisher, wait for Lexaeus to land on the ground and do another combo, but don't use the finisher or he'll retaliate and power up.
If you do this correctly, it will prevent Lexaeus from ever powering up and using stronger attacks.

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Battling a Powered-Up Lexaeus

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Read this part only if Lexaeus was able to power up.

However, if you see Lexaeus turning around near Sora, immediately spam Reflega. Lexaeus will grapple Sora, and it is impossible to guard against this. Only Reflega can protect you against it.
This means that Lexaeus will use his desperation attack. Wait for him to start coming down, then spam Reflega until your whole screen is taken over by rocks.

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How do I raise Sora's power?

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The only way to raise it is with the reaction command, but it returns to 100 after you use the command.

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A good way to kill Donald and Goofy is to stay close to them during a shattering earth attack.

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A powered-up Lexaeus can kill you in one hit if you don't have Once More and Second Chance passive abilities.

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Watch out for Lexaeus's shield; do not attack him when it's up or he will power up.

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