Made this guide back before I ever tried doing level one so there are a couple of things I would revise if I could: If you don't want to use Guard Break (finisher) you can just have explosion as your finisher and do it with 3 single combos to trigger revenge value. *IMPORTANT* - in his second phase, you can purposely not trigger his revenge value (shown in the video) and do a combo just short of hitting the revenge to loop him and get him to just keep repeating his desperation move. If you do not hit his Revenge Value he will not do anything but the DM, which if you know how to block it (shown in video), you should be fine. Thanks for all the positive feedback on the guide so far guys!
@@KyngMK if ya think that's nasty try fighting him on cvritical mode not even max level with max grinded stats is much of a help only a little and the rest is basically you trying to survive while grinding down his health to 0
"Alright I might take on Terra now! How hard can it be? I've mastered my technique, I've got the Ultima Weapon, I've obliterated every XIII boss and got the abilities.1st round KO guaranteed......" *Tears me a new asshole.*
Considering the fact that my play style is focused on survival Ultima is the best fore me personal. Also Decive Pumking looks to ugly fore me to use it(sorry to everybody who likes the design) no matter how good it is. Than I have to hit the enemy a few times more. Not a problem.
Well I have not done a level 1 Run. On a normal level Stich is an absolute godsend. Its actuly the other way around. I dont want to use Drive Forms to not waste my Drive gauge because I needed fore having Stich around aslong as possible. Not saying that Drive forms can not be useful if used right but Stich gets me out of nearly all dangerous situation and give me easy free attack opportunitys. His Ukulele is so overpowert. Having nearly unlimeted Mp is also nice and I can ignore Ultima Canon balls, when I faill to send them back to LW right when he use his Ultima canon. I can focus on LW while Stich keeps away the energy ball. Now Forms can be great. If LW seals youre physical attacks Limit Form is the best way to break the seal quickly while with Stich and Thundaga it takes some time. But in Limit Form you can not use Glide which you need aganst LWs Limit break. In Final form you have no guard and no dodge roll. Stich comes with a ton of advantages without taking anything away from Sora. Also he lastes much longer than any form. Ofcours in a level 1 run where Sora dont has second Chance and once more Stich is not that super useful. But on a high level he is in my opinion the best that comes out of your drive gauge. Atlaste in this fight. Also in general. Depending on the situation and enemie Drive forms can be great but Stich is always great. Not counting the battles where you cant use Stich I experianced just 3 battles(Data Vexen, Data Zexion and Data Dymex) where drive Forms are better than Stich. Ahh maybe I just suck in using them. I hate those Limitations. No magic in Valor and Limit form. No physical attacks in wisdom form. No ground combos in Master Form. No gaurd in all Forms except Limit Form and just 1 growth abillty in all Forms. I know that is to make them balanced but Still in my opinion Soras best Form is his normal Form. Often I need to revert when a boss does an attack that the Form I have activated is not able to handle and that seems to me a big waste of Drive energy when I can invest it into Stich which I never have to send away becuse normal Sora can handle all kinds of attacks. Sorry I got pretty of topic here.
Yeah, like seriously, besides clutch donald maybe once through the entire battle, maybe twice if you're getting your butt kicked that bad, they're just there to tell you to not give up and die in 2 hits maximum... and I guess let you use drive.
Xavier Levy goofy isn't rlly that helpful for me unless I need healing. Donald usually helps me by healing me which is useful. Valor form and wisdom form are good when I get cursed.
ddd is the only kingdom hearts i found way too easy on normal and had to start over on proud mode. the fight with xehanort was pretty ridiculous considering there was nothing even half that difficult before that.
3D is one of the easier Kingdom Hearts games if not one of the easiest the only problem is that you're using balloon and balloon ago on Riku who has low Magic so keep that in mind.
Level 60 Just beat game Level 6 drive "Oh cool new episode" *gets the one punch* "I'll come back later" Level 99 Level 7 drive all forms maxed Ultima weapon Wearing a literal crown *Gets ran over* **I'll come back later...**
A big thing you left out: Ars Arcanum in Limit Form doesn't contribute to boss's revenge values of you don't do its finisher. So you can get off a ton of free damage. Best time to use this is after a DM. Drive into Limit Form, pause buffer, pop an ether and use Ars Arcanum quickly (your MP won't go down). Don't do the finisher. Follow up with a regular combo, but do only one finisher. Go for another finish-less Ars, and another single finish- regular combo. Repeat one more time. After your last Zantetsuken, he'll revenge with another DM. You should be able to kill him after this DM using the combo that Dean taught you in this vid. Good luck :]
IT WORKED!!! I FINALLY WAS ABLE TO BEAT THE HARDEST BOSS OF MY LIFE! NOW I CAN GET ALL THE LADIES AND ALL THE OTHER DUDES WILL BE SO JEALOUS OF ME! THANK YOU SORAALAM1!
Yeah but it doesn't check out with the lore, it would be weird to get End of the Earth because Terra's armor, Lingering Will, is Terra's soul/mind/will just waiting forever there to get revenge on Xehanort. His keyblade can't be given as he needs it.
Not everything has to check out with the lore. ( '. ____.) Don't get me wrong, i love video game lore, and theory's, and such; but there comes a point where it just starts cutting into how much fun you can have with the game.
I like the comments that are like "He was hard at first but he's easy once you know what he's going to do." Yeah, no shit?... but yeah thanks for the detailed guide, I'll give it a try... it was better than my "glide around and try not to get hit by anything" strat... especially since that deals no damage
Some more helpful notes: -The reason the combos work when you block his attacks and when he finishes them is that if you attack him anytime else, he takes no damage from everything you have if you try. -Each successive combo and finisher until the revenge value is triggered increases in damage. -The blue flame curse also renders your items locked and unusable, meaning you can't heal at all, so giving items to Donald and Goofy will help more than ever if you're struggling. -In his second phase, it's possible for him to shoot more than three arrows when and if he does the bow and arrow curse move. Also, if the arrows hit Donald or Goofy, they won't be cursed, but the attack won't stop until Sora gets hit or the attack naturally ends.
This is very well done! I can't imagine how much work you put into figuring out all his moves and putting this together but it definitely helped me defeat him! Thanks so much Dean! Keep up the good work!
9 years later and this guide is still the best thing that has happened to the KH community. Thank you so much for making this guide lol 😂 I’ve been a huge fan since the early days and never could beat the lingering will up into today! Thank you :D
What could also help is that, if you get him low enough that he starts his DM (Desperation Move) and you combo him after you blocked everything, you can also NOT hit his revenge value (4 Finishers) that causes Lingering Will to start his DM again and with this strategy you can loop his last phase without his bs teleport combos when you hit his revenge value. This of course only applies if you feel comfortable blocking his DM over and over again instead of dealing with his new combos.
Me watching this before trying the Lingering Will fight: oh I got this, no problem. Me watching this again after more than two hours of failed attempts: I long for death.
Thank you soraalam! After fighting him literally hundreds of times and watching your videos (especially desperation was tripping me up) I finally did it. I had to pause on the last bar and a half because knowing hes one combo away from getting boned shoots your heart rate sky high!! I now feel truly full filled and I want to cry.
Thank you so much! After a week of lingering will and studying this video, can finally move on to BBS. I didn't think I'd ever beat this guy. I used valor to break through his physical curse and it worked like a charm and just kept using it til he was dead. Your dm technique and valor was all it took. Awesome vid!
Ik I’m late, but it must be a surprise defeating Lingering Will and then playing BBS only to realize you get to play as the character that was beating you 100 times in the previous game
Thank you! After many and many and many attempts I finally managed to beat him the legit way! it really feels like a great accomplishment, and that golden crown is just the cherry on the top!
Just wanted to say thanks for putting up this video. I has watched it a while back for fun and the other day, I finally decided to try the fight. I found myself truly stuck when LW would do his DM and your video allowed me, with lots of practice, to protect against it and beat him :)
Rocketboy4221 honestly this guys not that hard, beat him at lvl 1, now getting to the data battles in the cavern at lvl 1.....im lucky that im a calm dude
Just referenced this video to beat him on critical mode in 2024 on the steam version of KH2FM. I really appreciate you making this guide!!!!! Using these methods actually requires you to learn to fight him and it felt amazingly satisfying when i finally got the kill. I'm very glad this was the first video I saw instead of some kind of cheese strat, this was much more satisfying. Great video
Awesome guide as always, Dean! This must've taken a shitload of work, not even 2 weeks ago you were struggling with him. You must be so tired of fighting him after how many tries it probably took you to perfect him lol. Great job man!
My guy you are amazing because of you I’ve gotten the ultimata, all 13 orginaztions battles, the mushrooms and the lingering will… I pretty much did everything because of ur guides man I feel like after 3 years of watching ur guides and tonight having the rush of FINALLY beating terra on critical you deserve the praise I couldn’t of done it without you
Also guys about the comboing thing, he has very high defense but with each combo the damage will increase. Another thing is that during the punch, wait until the animation ends completely or else, you will get hurt and miss your combo chance.
What the hell?! Terra couldn't do any of thus crap in Birth By Sleep! It certainly would've helped against the final boss in his parr of the story Well, except the desperation move, that looks like the Dark Impulse Command Style or Ars Solum
After like 5 years I finally beat the Lingering Will!! I told myself I'd beat every boss in the series before Kingdom Hearts 3 came out and this was the last one I had left. Did it on Critical too. Thanks a ton bro.
+Soraalam1 I'm kind of surprised you didn't mention the fact that you can stop after two sets of combos during Lingering Will's phase two. Doing so will force it to start start with the Desperation Move every time, which makes the fight much more manageable. In fact, this strategy is more than recommended for Lv1 files due to its consistency.
I at least can confirm, it certainly helps alot forcing him to only do his Desperation movie, after you can finally time it right. Pretty much anything else (Specially the curse locks) are nothing but trouble at this point.
Thank you for this Dean! After watching this video multiple times, and Bizkit's strategy for farming Terra, i thought this would be no problem. After many attempts i rewatched this video many a time and finally beat him successfully, this guide was extremely helpful!
Man, this video is amazing! From guarding against the first attack, to performing the 3 single combos and seeing his health bar just melt away, to finally dealing with his desperation move. In just a couple of tries, I managed to beat him! I was lucky that he pulled his desperation move three times in a row, allowing me to quickly finish him. Cheers!
I doubt you will see this soraalam but it's just a note to say 7 years later you still helping goofs like me get my stupid tiny little gold crown, it's not much but it's mine. And you made that possible so again thank you !
Are you considering continuing this series, it's really in-depth with the fight and having some data org ones would be really interesting to see what strategies you like to use ^_^
I just did my first clear of Lingering Will today! This guide was extremely helpful, and after some unsuccessful attempts, I finally beat him and I'm rocking the golden crown~ Thanks, and take care!
***** Or snails, that came through everyonce in awhile. Or perhaps he has been in that same possision for all those years, battleing the Darkness in his mind......
Great guide! It's pretty clear you analyzed the fight and came up with the strategy yourself and not just looking up some guide to tweak. For that, you deserve all the likes you get. :) I had some trouble with this one on critical. Had to grind for a pretty long time to get more strength and defense but man it was worth it. SUCH an awesome boss to fight!
By far the best guides I have seen on the bosses of Kingdom Hearts. I'm able to follow every word and it makes it all easy. Thumbs up to you my good sir
I find Data Xemnas to be harder (in 2.5) because of a glitch where the Reversal reaction command would sometimes not show up. This causes him to keep juggling you in combos and will most likely kill you as soon as you land from the long fall afterwards.
After every attack he does I tend to use Reflect Reversal and repeat the pattern, and if I get thrown out of the pattern I just let him hit me until it's over.
I for one can say that this boss has given me my own fair share of strife and turmoil. I haven't tried your super in-depth method, but I most definitely will. Thank you for breaking down everything he does so it doesn't seem so random. :D best of luck with your channel!
Ugh, Dodge Slash ability was equipped. I guess its okay for you since Ultima is a long ass keyblade but that move whiffs with even the shorter keyblades to give LW enough time to recover.
I beat him at level 99 with the fenrir. I saw it on another vid. I unequipped all my air combo plus, magnet burst, high jump, and aerial finish and equipped negative combo. After you guard his first attacks, lock on and just jump and press x repeatedly. You will seriously defeat him in about 5 minutes
Kid Max lol I knew I had no chance defeating him in a legit manner. I immediately youtubed the easiest way to beat him before fighting him for the first time and I found the vid xD
I honestly don't think I'd have been able to defeat this guy (or The Garden of Assemblage for that matter) without these videos, Thanks dude, you've earned a loyal sub!
Well that's not exactly true. difficulty doesn't always affect hp. hp is the same in beginner, standard, and proud. for critical, enemy difficulty stays the same as in proud mode, but hp is cut in half
@@LALOKILLER17 HP is the same in all modes except Critical. For example: Beginner, Normal, and Proud mode gives you +5 HP increase In Critical, the reduced it either to +3 or +2.
I know this is old, but holy fuck! Thank you! This is exactly the kind of guide I want for bosses. Almost all you ever find are cheese strats or guides that seem to assume you know as much as they do, if not more. This is perfect!
I just want to say that I love these guides you make. Not only are they helpful, but they're entertaining. Keep up the good work and i hope u make more
Long time subscriber, first time commenter.... Just used your data fights to cruise through all 13 in two days for that very satisfying "To Rule Them All" trophy. With this guide, I shall defeat Lingering Will, and get the last FIVE TROPHIES all at once - Professor, Seeker, Conqueror, Lingering Will, and... the Platinum, of course. I can't believe one super-boss is going to be worth 5 trophies, but, that's why he's the best, eh?
Ha, wow, I was finally able to beat him thanks to this and one other video. The attack lock, bow and arrow, and DM were my main concerns, but now I can handle two of them just fine. The bow and arrow is one I mess up half the time still, but I'm getting a hang of it. Thanks for this!
So this boss...is one of the most unfair boss fight I've ever fought. Its difficult, sure, but that's not the heart of this fight. Most attacks don't really involve skill to evade/counter...but memorization. What's the rhythm to Terra's dashes, when to block his punches, where to stand, when to roll, when not to roll...and every attack missed is designed more or less to combo away your life bar. I just beat this guy, and I'm truly surprised how much love this guy gets from the KH community considering he's like a check list of annoy boss tropes...absurd damage output, too large health pool, teleportation, lenght-invincible spamable attacks, oh...and curse/status attacks! In Phase 2, the only thing worse than his untelegraphed, teleporting curse strike (which you DID NOT cover in your video) would be if Lingering Will actually had an attack that just turned off your television. For reference: I would personally rank Lingering Will (LV99 Proud mode) just below Chalice Dungeon Loran Darkbeast in Bloodborne at BL4 (sorry for ranting...but yay, it over...thanks for the video)
Best LW guide I've seen, however 2 additions/ variations I found: 1. You can actually get 5 finishers in on standard combo (when not reflecting ULT cannon or punch) you can get 1 guard break+ explosion on first, single guard break second and then GB+exp on last one. just be prepared for revenge whip right away after final explosion (I almost always get away with an aerial dodge though so don't think you will have too much trouble) 2. if you make a close circle around any of the larger stone boulders while the lasers are following you, they will end up being destroyed by the boulder as they move around, they do keep spawning however you can get rid of all bar 2 that continually spawn. Thanks again though was able to beat him thanks to you and this guide!
What I did to overcome that issue is to use final form and fly around for the time he calms down then try to get him a few combo which can deal great damage
Wonderful guide, putting a crazy overleveled Terra back in his place! What he can do with his Keyblade is astounding though - splitting it, turning it into a cannon, axe, etc. Wish we could do that someday.
Aboriginal TruthTeller no it's not. it's his body and his armor, but according to KH, everything you are is in your heart. this empty body has no heart.
Hey man, I learned a couple things that helped me understand more about the fight, most importantly the dm and adjusting my abilities/combo. It really was the missing piece of the puzzle for me. I did the fenrir cheese to get the last crown but I wanted to give the fight a legitimate shot after so thanks for this.
Thanks dude, this guide helped me beat Terra. At first it was a pain in the ass but eventually following these steps helped saved my bacon. Keep up the good work!
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!! I always managed to get to the second phase... and then de Desperation Attack would rekt me. But thanks to you I now can block it with ease and today I finally beat the Lingering Will, you deserve even more subs, your videos are always amazing!!!!
Actually, the Blizzaga and Magnet moves aren't rare at all. You just need to get him to use his glider move on you a few times while he's low on health (about 3 bars left). I managed to get him to do it five times in a row. He can also use magnet during his bow & arrow move too.
I have been playing all the kingdom hearts games before KH 3 comes and today I just defeated Lingering Will because of your awesome guode :)) It took me like 10-12 hours or probably more but thanks to you I was able to do it. Thank you man! :))
I'll be honest I had no hope of beating this guy before watching this guide. Thank you so much for putting the effort into making it detailed and concise. I still ended up using limit form way too much but a wins a win.
A bit late cause I just started the kingdom hearts saga like 2 months ago, already got plat trophy on I and CoM, and usually don’t watch guides for bosses but this one was giving me lot of trouble since I started it 3 days ago, searched and found lots that didn’t helped and then found this one and OMG, everything is so detailed. AWESOME guide for this annoying boss, thanks to it managed to kill it on critical after 3 days and got the platinum (I didn’t wanted to kill it the cheap way).
I was REALLY looking forward to how this turned out, and you failed to disappoint. :) I loved this guide. One thing you could have mentioned, though, is that when he's in his DM phase, if you DON'T hit his revenge value, he'll use his DM right after you hit him which can be exploited into a loop. Just another tip for players out there. ;)
Thanks for your help also two things to add 1. If your about medium to his cannon you can have deal damage to him 2. Very risky but after his revenge you can attack again noted it's very risky I do it since I'm very aggressive play style
Thank you SO MUCH for this boss guide following it mostly to the letter and not freaking out at the Desperation move i just beaten him and claimed my Golden Crown
When I first fought him I could only take out a little bit of his 1st health bar and then die. I'm glad I saw this video over and over cause it helped and I followed your guides.
Made this guide back before I ever tried doing level one so there are a couple of things I would revise if I could:
If you don't want to use Guard Break (finisher) you can just have explosion as your finisher and do it with 3 single combos to trigger revenge value.
*IMPORTANT* - in his second phase, you can purposely not trigger his revenge value (shown in the video) and do a combo just short of hitting the revenge to loop him and get him to just keep repeating his desperation move. If you do not hit his Revenge Value he will not do anything but the DM, which if you know how to block it (shown in video), you should be fine.
Thanks for all the positive feedback on the guide so far guys!
This information is so gr8,
m8.
I r8 8/8
thx dude
Dean could you do Organization 13 Data
Boss Busters because im doing lvl 1 and I just keep failing in Roxas and Xemnas final please help
Lack Sone Just research some strategies. Soralam is not your only source, I hope you know that.
4 minutes and 50 seconds in.
" *Congratulations you survived his first attack* "
oh hell nah
@@KyngMK if ya think that's nasty try fighting him on cvritical mode not even max level with max grinded stats is much of a help only a little and the rest is basically you trying to survive while grinding down his health to 0
@@shinrok i beat him on critical multiple times over these past 3 years twin
First 5 minutes of the video is about the first split second of the fight.
Gotta love Terra.
it' isn't even terra you fight
IT'S HIS ARMOR ALONE NO ONE IS INSIDE
WHY
@@Cactuardude Terra is faster and i'm kinda lazy to say lingering will, and will is already in the game.
"Alright I might take on Terra now! How hard can it be? I've mastered my technique, I've got the Ultima Weapon, I've obliterated every XIII boss and got the abilities.1st round KO guaranteed......"
*Tears me a new asshole.*
Considering the fact that my play style is focused on survival Ultima is the best fore me personal. Also Decive Pumking looks to ugly fore me to use it(sorry to everybody who likes the design) no matter how good it is. Than I have to hit the enemy a few times more. Not a problem.
my story... i cri every time did everything else he is the last thing standing in my way and i cant beat him i cri everytime
Even with this excellent guide? Maybe You should try out Stich. He is always a big help. Specially against Lingering Will.
Well I have not done a level 1 Run. On a normal level Stich is an absolute godsend. Its actuly the other way around. I dont want to use Drive Forms to not waste my Drive gauge because I needed fore having Stich around aslong as possible. Not saying that Drive forms can not be useful if used right but Stich gets me out of nearly all dangerous situation and give me easy free attack opportunitys. His Ukulele is so overpowert. Having nearly unlimeted Mp is also nice and I can ignore Ultima Canon balls, when I faill to send them back to LW right when he use his Ultima canon. I can focus on LW while Stich keeps away the energy ball.
Now Forms can be great. If LW seals youre physical attacks Limit Form is the best way to break the seal quickly while with Stich and Thundaga it takes some time. But in Limit Form you can not use Glide which you need aganst LWs Limit break. In Final form you have no guard and no dodge roll. Stich comes with a ton of advantages without taking anything away from Sora. Also he lastes much longer than any form.
Ofcours in a level 1 run where Sora dont has second Chance and once more Stich is not that super useful. But on a high level he is in my opinion the best that comes out of your drive gauge. Atlaste in this fight.
Also in general. Depending on the situation and enemie Drive forms can be great but Stich is always great. Not counting the battles where you cant use Stich I experianced just 3 battles(Data Vexen, Data Zexion and Data Dymex) where drive Forms are better than Stich. Ahh maybe I just suck in using them. I hate those Limitations. No magic in Valor and Limit form. No physical attacks in wisdom form. No ground combos in Master Form. No gaurd in all Forms except Limit Form and just 1 growth abillty in all Forms. I know that is to make them balanced but Still in my opinion Soras best Form is his normal Form. Often I need to revert when a boss does an attack that the Form I have activated is not able to handle and that seems to me a big waste of Drive energy when I can invest it into Stich which I never have to send away becuse normal Sora can handle all kinds of attacks.
Sorry I got pretty of topic here.
* Terras me a new asshole *
i like how donald and goofy are just dying all the time
Yeah, like seriously, besides clutch donald maybe once through the entire battle, maybe twice if you're getting your butt kicked that bad, they're just there to tell you to not give up and die in 2 hits maximum... and I guess let you use drive.
Hahaha XD
Sometimes I just use them as shields. It's very effective, actually.
Lmao
Xavier Levy goofy isn't rlly that helpful for me unless I need healing. Donald usually helps me by healing me which is useful. Valor form and wisdom form are good when I get cursed.
When a boss is so hard you have to make a DETAILED guide.
Kyubidemon ikr and I thought young xehanort was difficult
I thought the whole DDD game was difficult.
ddd is the only kingdom hearts i found way too easy on normal and had to start over on proud mode. the fight with xehanort was pretty ridiculous considering there was nothing even half that difficult before that.
@@Jack_80 ansem was pretty annoying
3D is one of the easier Kingdom Hearts games if not one of the easiest the only problem is that you're using balloon and balloon ago on Riku who has low Magic so keep that in mind.
I'm so tired of the Mickey Mouse March
Crunkers M I C, K E Y, I WANNA FREAKING DIE!
KKKKKKK
@@munofoente KKK
Large facts still 4 years later. I’m gunna hear it in my sleep tonight.
Level 60
Just beat game
Level 6 drive
"Oh cool new episode"
*gets the one punch*
"I'll come back later"
Level 99
Level 7 drive all forms maxed
Ultima weapon
Wearing a literal crown
*Gets ran over*
**I'll come back later...**
Lv. 99
Beat Mushroom XIII
Beat Data XIII
Got Ultima Weapon
Beat Sephiroth
Fucking DIES
"I'll come back... LATER.."
A big thing you left out: Ars Arcanum in Limit Form doesn't contribute to boss's revenge values of you don't do its finisher. So you can get off a ton of free damage.
Best time to use this is after a DM. Drive into Limit Form, pause buffer, pop an ether and use Ars Arcanum quickly (your MP won't go down). Don't do the finisher. Follow up with a regular combo, but do only one finisher. Go for another finish-less Ars, and another single finish- regular combo. Repeat one more time. After your last Zantetsuken, he'll revenge with another DM. You should be able to kill him after this DM using the combo that Dean taught you in this vid.
Good luck :]
IT WORKED!!! I FINALLY WAS ABLE TO BEAT THE HARDEST BOSS OF MY LIFE! NOW I CAN GET ALL THE LADIES AND ALL THE OTHER DUDES WILL BE SO JEALOUS OF ME! THANK YOU SORAALAM1!
Nice.
What about Yozora?
@@Crowlum is he harder?
As a lady, I would definitely be impressed if a guy told me he beat Lingering Will lmao
@@squishymarshmallows6765 i beat lingering will on crit mode, now you must be astonished
Woulda been awesome to get Terras keybalde after beating him here.
I know right? Ends of the Earth is one of my favourite Keyblades
Chaos Ripper would have been an epic reward for doing this
Yeah but it doesn't check out with the lore, it would be weird to get End of the Earth because Terra's armor, Lingering Will, is Terra's soul/mind/will just waiting forever there to get revenge on Xehanort. His keyblade can't be given as he needs it.
Not everything has to check out with the lore. ( '. ____.)
Don't get me wrong, i love video game lore, and theory's, and such; but there comes a point where it just starts cutting into how much fun you can have with the game.
An now your acting like a troll, great talk.
That was awesome , you are a very underrated youtuber
FinalXion I'm glad you enjoyed it!
***** r u gonna do another video on what worlds u would like 2 see in kh3 And or do one on what party members u would like 2 team up with?
I finally beat him after 111 deaths, thank you!
lol
beat him in my second time
SharinganMaster24 I almost beat him once. A bar and a half if I remember correctly. But then he locked my magic and items and I died.
it makes this sound (goofy in distance) SOMEONE COME QUICK
I like the comments that are like "He was hard at first but he's easy once you know what he's going to do." Yeah, no shit?... but yeah thanks for the detailed guide, I'll give it a try... it was better than my "glide around and try not to get hit by anything" strat... especially since that deals no damage
Talk ya shit king
Let ya nuts hang
Some more helpful notes:
-The reason the combos work when you block his attacks and when he finishes them is that if you attack him anytime else, he takes no damage from everything you have if you try.
-Each successive combo and finisher until the revenge value is triggered increases in damage.
-The blue flame curse also renders your items locked and unusable, meaning you can't heal at all, so giving items to Donald and Goofy will help more than ever if you're struggling.
-In his second phase, it's possible for him to shoot more than three arrows when and if he does the bow and arrow curse move. Also, if the arrows hit Donald or Goofy, they won't be cursed, but the attack won't stop until Sora gets hit or the attack naturally ends.
That 2nd tip is because of Combo Boost, not in general.
Nah, every combo you get on him increases in damage with each successive one, Combo Boost or not.
@@1sam234 Really? That's weird
if only we had balloonga!
KingdomHeartsZYX Lmao
DarkFairy LMAO
Baloonra is better
We do not need the degeneracy that is Kingdom Hearts 3D the game is under gutter trash and should never be spoken of again.
@@kylelundgren5133 aww i love the dream eater stuff its better on ps4
It took a lot of tries, but I was finally able to beat the bastard, and absolutely couldn’t have without this guide. Thank you mate, brilliant guide.
This is very well done! I can't imagine how much work you put into figuring out all his moves and putting this together but it definitely helped me defeat him! Thanks so much Dean! Keep up the good work!
9 years later and this guide is still the best thing that has happened to the KH community. Thank you so much for making this guide lol 😂 I’ve been a huge fan since the early days and never could beat the lingering will up into today! Thank you :D
I always found it peculiar that the Lingering Will uses a transforming punch, as that is a reference to Dark Impulse.
In Lvl 1 Critical Mode two words: Good luck
+darkrage00 He's done it.
Last Chance Breaker!
I was just making a general comment. I've done it too.
Lol
Is it better to attempt this in a different difficulty? I'm doing a critical mode run to clean up all the trophies on Ps4.
Right now i'm trying it lmao
How come we cant be this OP in Bbs?
I think its because he's been inside his armor in that exact area for about 10 years, so he had plenty of time to train up his OP-ness
Dattebaketchup Acapella Man Train against what?
+toppolthecat idk. Just practice the moves
It's because, he's terra's mind who defeated xehanort
@@toppolthecat The spirits of the fallen Keyblade warriors in the Keyblade Graveyards?
What could also help is that, if you get him low enough that he starts his DM (Desperation Move) and you combo him after you blocked everything, you can also NOT hit his revenge value (4 Finishers) that causes Lingering Will to start his DM again and with this strategy you can loop his last phase without his bs teleport combos when you hit his revenge value.
This of course only applies if you feel comfortable blocking his DM over and over again instead of dealing with his new combos.
Me watching this before trying the Lingering Will fight: oh I got this, no problem.
Me watching this again after more than two hours of failed attempts: I long for death.
Terra: As you wish
*YOU DIED*
Me several months in: amateur
Thank you soraalam! After fighting him literally hundreds of times and watching your videos (especially desperation was tripping me up) I finally did it. I had to pause on the last bar and a half because knowing hes one combo away from getting boned shoots your heart rate sky high!!
I now feel truly full filled and I want to cry.
Thank you so much! After a week of lingering will and studying this video, can finally move on to BBS. I didn't think I'd ever beat this guy. I used valor to break through his physical curse and it worked like a charm and just kept using it til he was dead. Your dm technique and valor was all it took. Awesome vid!
Ik I’m late, but it must be a surprise defeating Lingering Will and then playing BBS only to realize you get to play as the character that was beating you 100 times in the previous game
I can only imagine how much work you put into these videos. Great job.
Thank you! After many and many and many attempts I finally managed to beat him the legit way! it really feels like a great accomplishment, and that golden crown is just the cherry on the top!
I DID IT GUYS I BEAT HIM!!! Thanks SoraaIam!!!!
CONGRATULATIONS ^-^
i just started getting to the last bit of the fight. he just keeps juggling me and stun locking me til i die. it's quite irritating.
Just wanted to say thanks for putting up this video. I has watched it a while back for fun and the other day, I finally decided to try the fight. I found myself truly stuck when LW would do his DM and your video allowed me, with lots of practice, to protect against it and beat him :)
finally something that explains how this fight works, thank you
Oh my shit, hardest boss in Kingdom hearts 2? More like hardest boss in Kingdom hearts, period.
Idk mf is harder then again hes poorly made
yugioh guy ?
yugioh guy Mysterious Figure
CJAdams97 oh
Rocketboy4221 honestly this guys not that hard, beat him at lvl 1, now getting to the data battles in the cavern at lvl 1.....im lucky that im a calm dude
Just referenced this video to beat him on critical mode in 2024 on the steam version of KH2FM. I really appreciate you making this guide!!!!! Using these methods actually requires you to learn to fight him and it felt amazingly satisfying when i finally got the kill. I'm very glad this was the first video I saw instead of some kind of cheese strat, this was much more satisfying. Great video
Awesome guide as always, Dean! This must've taken a shitload of work, not even 2 weeks ago you were struggling with him. You must be so tired of fighting him after how many tries it probably took you to perfect him lol. Great job man!
I'll say he "perfected him" when he does this on lvl 1 ;)
Doctor Paco I guess we'll see that soon then! :D
Doctor Paco
What's next beating him whilst blindfolded?.
29gish You could definitely put more restrictions. Example: Kingdom Key, no reflect, lvl 1.
29gish Level 1 no abilities sweet memories no items using my feet to press buttons on the controller only
My guy you are amazing because of you I’ve gotten the ultimata, all 13 orginaztions battles, the mushrooms and the lingering will… I pretty much did everything because of ur guides man I feel like after 3 years of watching ur guides and tonight having the rush of FINALLY beating terra on critical you deserve the praise I couldn’t of done it without you
Also guys about the comboing thing, he has very high defense but with each combo the damage will increase.
Another thing is that during the punch, wait until the animation ends completely or else, you will get hurt and miss your combo chance.
You are amazing for making this guide, It's just perfect and It leaves no details uncovered. Good job
What the hell?!
Terra couldn't do any of thus crap in Birth By Sleep!
It certainly would've helped against the final boss in his parr of the story
Well, except the desperation move, that looks like the Dark Impulse Command Style or Ars Solum
***** You mean the Mirage Arena?
Well he had 10 Years to improve his skills and come up with new ones.
+Sofaris At the end of BBS, Terra's spirit went to rest
And in KH2, it awakens again but from the EXACT SAME POSITION
I doubt it moved at all
@@VacuousLemon48 yeah but in KH2 you fight him in the Badlands of the Keyblade Graveyard, not the place where Lingering Terrarmor beat Terranort
After like 5 years I finally beat the Lingering Will!! I told myself I'd beat every boss in the series before Kingdom Hearts 3 came out and this was the last one I had left. Did it on Critical too. Thanks a ton bro.
+Soraalam1
I'm kind of surprised you didn't mention the fact that you can stop after two sets of combos during Lingering Will's phase two. Doing so will force it to start start with the Desperation Move every time, which makes the fight much more manageable. In fact, this strategy is more than recommended for Lv1 files due to its consistency.
I at least can confirm, it certainly helps alot forcing him to only do his Desperation movie, after you can finally time it right. Pretty much anything else (Specially the curse locks) are nothing but trouble at this point.
Thank you for this Dean! After watching this video multiple times, and Bizkit's strategy for farming Terra, i thought this would be no problem. After many attempts i rewatched this video many a time and finally beat him successfully, this guide was extremely helpful!
uh my brain can't handle this
Man, this video is amazing!
From guarding against the first attack, to performing the 3 single combos and seeing his health bar just melt away, to finally dealing with his desperation move.
In just a couple of tries, I managed to beat him! I was lucky that he pulled his desperation move three times in a row, allowing me to quickly finish him.
Cheers!
Bruh how da hell do u expect m to remeber this i cant even remember what i ate for breakfast yesterday and u want me to remeber THIS!
timmy mesak Just do the fenrir strat then. It's literally jump X jump X jump X until he dies
Autumn2Ashes Ashley Rae you can't do that on terra
Musty Waters Guess my version of the game is extra special then.
Musty Waters actually its true, if you have the right abilities equipped and the wrong ones un equipped then yes it really does work
I do agree, that is way too much stuff to remember.
I doubt you will see this soraalam but it's just a note to say 7 years later you still helping goofs like me get my stupid tiny little gold crown, it's not much but it's mine. And you made that possible so again thank you !
Me too
Genuinely one of the best guide out there
Are you considering continuing this series, it's really in-depth with the fight and having some data org ones would be really interesting to see what strategies you like to use ^_^
Should I try lingering will or data battles first? I'm not sure which is harder
+LemonTheLegend Lingering will is considered to be harder, i recommend saving him for last
+Fucking Cthulhu ok I'm farming for power boosts I'm stuck on roxas larcene vexed and sitar boy forgot his name
Don't farm your stats past 80 that is the soft cap
+Fucking Cthulhu ok I'll stop there
Thank you for making this guide! You are my savior because I never beat Lingering Will before and heard that he's pretty difficult to defeat.
I THINK THIS IS THE HARDEST FIGHT IN KH HISTORY
no the first boss darkside is
mysterious figure
I agree with [GD] Niiue
Edii VG but mysterious figure is legit unbalanced so is he counted?
i would say so
I just did my first clear of Lingering Will today! This guide was extremely helpful, and after some unsuccessful attempts, I finally beat him and I'm rocking the golden crown~ Thanks, and take care!
I have a question... WHY CAN'T YOU DO THIS STUFF IN BBS?!
Training? On what, the rocks?
***** Or snails, that came through everyonce in awhile. Or perhaps he has been in that same possision for all those years, battleing the Darkness in his mind......
***** I havent played DDD yet, but I just bought a 3DS so i could do so.
Ps3Harrison damm.... the birds probably had once more!
No they have second chance XD
Great guide! It's pretty clear you analyzed the fight and came up with the strategy yourself and not just looking up some guide to tweak. For that, you deserve all the likes you get. :)
I had some trouble with this one on critical. Had to grind for a pretty long time to get more strength and defense but man it was worth it. SUCH an awesome boss to fight!
RIP Terra and Dean's hands after editing lel
By far the best guides I have seen on the bosses of Kingdom Hearts. I'm able to follow every word and it makes it all easy. Thumbs up to you my good sir
I find Data Xemnas to be harder (in 2.5) because of a glitch where the Reversal reaction command would sometimes not show up. This causes him to keep juggling you in combos and will most likely kill you as soon as you land from the long fall afterwards.
My strategy for that was to use reflega then reversal.
Sonic Sad I tried doing that a few times, but the reversal wouldn't show up sometimes.
After every attack he does I tend to use Reflect Reversal and repeat the pattern, and if I get thrown out of the pattern I just let him hit me until it's over.
honestly, after data marluxia and roxas, data xemnas was like the next easiest data organization member i fought.
SoratheHedgehog100 Its best to mash that triangle with Riku's Session Limit auto equiped
I for one can say that this boss has given me my own fair share of strife and turmoil. I haven't tried your super in-depth method, but I most definitely will. Thank you for breaking down everything he does so it doesn't seem so random. :D best of luck with your channel!
Ugh, Dodge Slash ability was equipped. I guess its okay for you since Ultima is a long ass keyblade but that move whiffs with even the shorter keyblades to give LW enough time to recover.
AnimeRPGFreakKenny You're right though, Dodge Slash is atrocious :p
Hands down the best guide on TH-cam. Beat him within an hour of watching this. Great vid, subbed.
I beat him at level 99 with the fenrir. I saw it on another vid. I unequipped all my air combo plus, magnet burst, high jump, and aerial finish and equipped negative combo. After you guard his first attacks, lock on and just jump and press x repeatedly. You will seriously defeat him in about 5 minutes
That way is for losers lol
Mr Josef I beat him already I wanted to see the tactics Soralem came up with
Kid Max lol I knew I had no chance defeating him in a legit manner. I immediately youtubed the easiest way to beat him before fighting him for the first time and I found the vid xD
Kid Max "losers" that logic
Kid Max Implying that defeating a boss in a video game a certain way makes you cool
I honestly don't think I'd have been able to defeat this guy (or The Garden of Assemblage for that matter) without these videos, Thanks dude, you've earned a loyal sub!
you put dodge slash as an optional ability, but not flash step?
lol
+Sora busia Yeah not my proudest moment lol
u did a very good work
Sora busia I thought flash step was pretty good...
Soraalam1 when terra do the curse i died
About to attempt Lingering Will for the millionth time, so thanks for the guide! Fingers crossed!
Sorry if this is a stupid question, but what's affecting Sora's maximum health to be reduced by half?
sorajaller Critical mode
sorajaller depending on the difficult. The HP is effected
Ahh, I see! I was wondering if there was an item I missed that increases Sora's strength at the cost of half of his max hp :)) Thanks!
Well that's not exactly true. difficulty doesn't always affect hp. hp is the same in beginner, standard, and proud. for critical, enemy difficulty stays the same as in proud mode, but hp is cut in half
@@LALOKILLER17 HP is the same in all modes except Critical. For example:
Beginner, Normal, and Proud mode gives you +5 HP increase
In Critical, the reduced it either to +3 or +2.
I know this is old, but holy fuck! Thank you! This is exactly the kind of guide I want for bosses. Almost all you ever find are cheese strats or guides that seem to assume you know as much as they do, if not more. This is perfect!
please do one for the boss at the land of departure in birth by sleep
Four Curagas, four Thunder Surges, spam'em both, pray to God.
Spam carwheel/dodge roll as well
haha this is exactly my set up XD
I just want to say that I love these guides you make. Not only are they helpful, but they're entertaining. Keep up the good work and i hope u make more
I thought that he was just getting really unlucky with the escape command
Long time subscriber, first time commenter.... Just used your data fights to cruise through all 13 in two days for that very satisfying "To Rule Them All" trophy. With this guide, I shall defeat Lingering Will, and get the last FIVE TROPHIES all at once - Professor, Seeker, Conqueror, Lingering Will, and... the Platinum, of course. I can't believe one super-boss is going to be worth 5 trophies, but, that's why he's the best, eh?
if only terra had rising sun in birth by sleep.
Ha, wow, I was finally able to beat him thanks to this and one other video. The attack lock, bow and arrow, and DM were my main concerns, but now I can handle two of them just fine. The bow and arrow is one I mess up half the time still, but I'm getting a hang of it. Thanks for this!
So this boss...is one of the most unfair boss fight I've ever fought.
Its difficult, sure, but that's not the heart of this fight. Most attacks don't really involve skill to evade/counter...but memorization. What's the rhythm to Terra's dashes, when to block his punches, where to stand, when to roll, when not to roll...and every attack missed is designed more or less to combo away your life bar.
I just beat this guy, and I'm truly surprised how much love this guy gets from the KH community considering he's like a check list of annoy boss tropes...absurd damage output, too large health pool, teleportation, lenght-invincible spamable attacks, oh...and curse/status attacks! In Phase 2, the only thing worse than his untelegraphed, teleporting curse strike (which you DID NOT cover in your video) would be if Lingering Will actually had an attack that just turned off your television.
For reference: I would personally rank Lingering Will (LV99 Proud mode) just below Chalice Dungeon Loran Darkbeast in Bloodborne at BL4
(sorry for ranting...but yay, it over...thanks for the video)
If you think he's annoying you should check out mysterious figure and when you do just say goodbye to the square button and your thumb
This could not have been more perfectly timed with my most recent playthrough.
Nice Video ! Can you do Roxas from TWTNW ?
It's also good to note that for each finisher that you do, the damage you deal also increases
Lingering Will: If Alphonse Elric were a Kh boss.
Best LW guide I've seen, however 2 additions/ variations I found:
1. You can actually get 5 finishers in on standard combo (when not reflecting ULT cannon or punch) you can get 1 guard break+ explosion on first, single guard break second and then GB+exp on last one. just be prepared for revenge whip right away after final explosion (I almost always get away with an aerial dodge though so don't think you will have too much trouble)
2. if you make a close circle around any of the larger stone boulders while the lasers are following you, they will end up being destroyed by the boulder as they move around, they do keep spawning however you can get rid of all bar 2 that continually spawn.
Thanks again though was able to beat him thanks to you and this guide!
**HITS BLUNT**
if "44" is two 4's and "55" is two 5's shouldn't 11 be "onety one"?
john johnson ....Broooooooo
john johnson stop it..
Eleventy
Wow dude, this is a very comprehensive, thorough, and well put together guide. Nice work man.
I think he hates me or something cuz he's just spamming his fckin glider with bizzaga and magnega... (yeah i come a bit late haha...)
Arni Sushi I thought I was the only one.... I've spent about 300 tries already.
What I did to overcome that issue is to use final form and fly around for the time he calms down then try to get him a few combo which can deal great damage
Wonderful guide, putting a crazy overleveled Terra back in his place!
What he can do with his Keyblade is astounding though - splitting it, turning it into a cannon, axe, etc. Wish we could do that someday.
Well, Terra's Ends of the Earth Keyblade is segmented so that's why it's transformable like that.
His real name is terra
that's not terra that's terras LINGERING WILL
Aboriginal TruthTeller
no it's not.
it's his body and his armor, but according to KH, everything you are is in your heart.
this empty body has no heart.
Ausar0 It's his armour and his mind, not his body. It is his Lingering Will, hence the name.
Azakayen LMAO they're thinking to hard!
Hey man, I learned a couple things that helped me understand more about the fight, most importantly the dm and adjusting my abilities/combo. It really was the missing piece of the puzzle for me. I did the fenrir cheese to get the last crown but I wanted to give the fight a legitimate shot after so thanks for this.
how do you have that much damage?
Darius Simpson critical mode. you deal a hell of a lot more damage but you aslo take a lot more.
Victor Cruz And have less health.
Thanks dude, this guide helped me beat Terra. At first it was a pain in the ass but eventually following these steps helped saved my bacon. Keep up the good work!
this fight is easy, three words: fenrir negative combo
One of the best boss guide videos I've ever seen, this was great!
This was an excellent, thoughtful, thorough video! Thanks Soraalam1!
Thanks for the guide! I've rewatched it four times. I haven't beaten him yet, but little by little I'm getting closer!
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!
I always managed to get to the second phase... and then de Desperation Attack would rekt me. But thanks to you I now can block it with ease and today I finally beat the Lingering Will, you deserve even more subs, your videos are always amazing!!!!
I'm so happy to help, congrats on your win!
Actually, the Blizzaga and Magnet moves aren't rare at all. You just need to get him to use his glider move on you a few times while he's low on health (about 3 bars left). I managed to get him to do it five times in a row. He can also use magnet during his bow & arrow move too.
I have been playing all the kingdom hearts games before KH 3 comes and today I just defeated Lingering Will because of your awesome guode :)) It took me like 10-12 hours or probably more but thanks to you I was able to do it. Thank you man! :))
I'll be honest I had no hope of beating this guy before watching this guide.
Thank you so much for putting the effort into making it detailed and concise.
I still ended up using limit form way too much but a wins a win.
Video is 8 years old but just helped me beat this menace. Thank you!
A bit late cause I just started the kingdom hearts saga like 2 months ago, already got plat trophy on I and CoM, and usually don’t watch guides for bosses but this one was giving me lot of trouble since I started it 3 days ago, searched and found lots that didn’t helped and then found this one and OMG, everything is so detailed. AWESOME guide for this annoying boss, thanks to it managed to kill it on critical after 3 days and got the platinum (I didn’t wanted to kill it the cheap way).
I was REALLY looking forward to how this turned out, and you failed to disappoint. :) I loved this guide. One thing you could have mentioned, though, is that when he's in his DM phase, if you DON'T hit his revenge value, he'll use his DM right after you hit him which can be exploited into a loop. Just another tip for players out there. ;)
Thanks for your help also two things to add
1. If your about medium to his cannon you can have deal damage to him
2. Very risky but after his revenge you can attack again noted it's very risky I do it since I'm very aggressive play style
Amazing guide dude, really good type at the beginning to figure out which move he starts with, didn't think of that and it really helps
tip not type
Thank you SO MUCH for this boss guide following it mostly to the letter and not freaking out at the Desperation move i just beaten him and claimed my Golden Crown
This guide helped me in 2016 and it helped me now, thank you for making this.
When I first fought him I could only take out a little bit of his 1st health bar and then die. I'm glad I saw this video over and over cause it helped and I followed your guides.