Was thinking of making a series out of this. Wanted to throw some love towards KH1 and put out a useful, fully edited video for the end of the year. Let me know if you like this idea and what other games you would like to see. Thanks for sticking with me and all the support everyone!

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Showing this to my Kids so they don't repeat my mistakes...

...All these years later and I absolutely never knew about the triangle ability.

Glad you mention the importance of quickly buffering air combos. I see so many people hate on kh1’s combat but can’t even do it properly

*Don't Mash X, thinking Revenge Value in KH2FM isn't a thing.*

The EXP Zero was the most interesting one. That damage boost, I first learned about it in Birth By Sleep.

11:43 Bambi's constant MP orbs lets you spam magic with reckless abandon, it's even better than goofy's MP Gift plus the extra items Bambi gives you. people sleep on how potent having limitless magic spam is

Pretty cool. I’ll pray for you if you do a Chain of Memories one

this is actually pretty good advice, i'm more of an x masher but it's interesting to see the difference in mixing up fighting styles to deplete an enemy's hp so much quicker

I never knew about some of these! Thanks for laying out all of these mechanics! :D Also I ALWAYS SHORT HOP CURE.

who knew this game had more neutral than FighterZ

Wow never heard about the EXP Zero damage boost exploit ansem got destroyed instantly haha

Awesome vid that should be great for newcomers or people who want to improve. One tiny thing I want to correct, tho, is that Goofy's MP Gift is actually linked to the "Support Actions" segment of the customize menu and not MP Items. Just a minor detail.

Ugh so happy to see KH1 getting the love it deserves! Kingdom Hearts 1 will always have a special place in my heart 😊❤

Damn I miss how HEAVY landing hits felt in the first KH

I've been looking for a tutorial like this, thank you so much for showing the love for KH1

I would add some info about EXP Zero when activated: -Boss Lv scales with Player Lv, but not with regular enemies (Colosseum cups being an exception). -There's a special Second Chance that only activates when being at full HP, so you can't die with a single hit. Nice video, Dean! 😉

I wish you continued this series. It’s a neat idea and I wish you had covered the rest of the series. I’ve been playing the series since the beginning but there are a few things I still never even knew about

This has potential to be a pretty great series. I love how plainly and clearly you explain things in all of your videos so this kind of thing is perfect for you. Really looking forward to seeing ones for all the other KH games. Not sure what other games you could do this for but I'll be intrigued to see them too. I especially appreciate your bit about the Damage Storage trick since I'd heard about it years ago but never quite understood just how it worked. I really thought the 'On/Off' edits were a nice touch to perfectly demonstrate how to use it. I also didn't realize it still worked when you weren't Lv.1. xD

I absolutely adore the first kingdom hearts and I definitely didn't know a lot of these things so thank you

wow!!! that last tip was amazing! I'm glad you're back making videos. please do the rest of the series!

Dude PLEASE make more videos like these! I absolutely loved this and will definitely be using your advice in my next playthrough!

Another good tip for parrying in my opinion is also using sliding dash, especially when paired with counterattack. I’m playing through KH again right now for the first time since I was a kid and just realized how handy the ability is. The dash itself causes parrying to be automatic if your enemy happens to be using a move that can be countered. It completely kills that recoil effect from the guard and paired with counterattack allows you to combo insanely afterwards. In some instances you can just spam attack certain bosses to the point where they have trouble attacking back lol

I've wanted guides like this to games that are more commonly seen as casual for so long would love to see more, loved the video

I've replayed KH1 many, many times. Went into this video not expecting much, but almost all of it was new information to me. I'm super impressed, great job. Subscribed, I'm excited for more.

Loved this game as a child 20 years ago holy poo.. and I still love it to this day

Exactly what I was looking for! A series like this would be awsome! 😍

I have played this game for years but these were so helpful! Especially the parry vs.guard, and short jumps!!!

Its so nice seeing my favorite one of these games get some love and attention. A lot of people like to bash on the combat in this game but don't really have that much of an understanding of the actual mechanics of the game. My personal favorite KH1 combat mechanic is probably Recoil. Having a good recoil can make certain weapons that would otherwise be replaced pretty quickly(Three Wishes for example) actually worth keeping around for longer since they let you go for parries and guards that would otherwise be ill advised. Sometimes with the likes of Metal Chocobo and Olympia you can even end up with a Frame Advantage against bosses from these clashes while on the ground even without Counter Attack equipped, its pretty cool(to be fair it often takes multiple clashes in a row to actually become useful).

11:07 I love how it zoomed to Donald when you mentioned about wasting MP on additional spells

Actually learned a few more things than i expected. Very well made video. I look forward to more of this!

Low key I just realized yesterday after comparing the clothes of Sora from 1 to 3...they gave this man a whole red romper in the 1st game 😂

That was super cool. I would love to see more videos like this covering the other KH games.

I've been playing KH1 for almost 16 years and have been subscribed to this channel for a couple years but I still didn't know everything in this video. Very nice work and I would love to see you do this for more games!

Right after getting beat up by Leon, this gets in my recommended. Good.

Thanks for this guide Dean! Very helpful and I will definitely be trying the non level 1 EXP Zero trick on my next Proud playthrough for an easier time with the final stretch of the game.

Ey!? Very good idea for a series, I'm actually excited! Can't wait to see more!

Awesome vid as usual. Please turn this into a series that individually covers interesting and valuable techniques within each KH game, thank you :)

I just finished KH1 yesterday, and I was thinking seriously in playing it again to get some missing trophies, so I'm pretty sure those tips are going to be VERY useful! Thank you a lot, keep up with the good work and a happy 2020!

kh1 was the one kh game i never played, i started w COM and then 2 and so forth, after purchasing Kh3 re:mind i really wanted to go back and replay the entire series up until the dlc and i was surprised by how different the combat and mechanics are in kh1 compared to the rest of the series, definitely took some getting used to, and this video helped me so much, SUPER USEFUL VID!! thanks for the hard work man, would love to see one for Kh2 (the goat)

Very solid video. Even learned some stuff here that I didn't know like all keyblades having differing recoil.

I really loved the video! I'm really excited that you decide to start a video series on this, I would love to this for some fighting games!

7:51 "My whole life is a lie" xD

Nice one dude keep them coming. Learned a few new things from this.

I love the fighting game influence that's coming from this.

Bro thanks so much for this. Theres so much about this series they dont tell you about. Also not sure if youl cover this but im really intrseted in how people navigate the menus so fast. Im extra hyped for the 2 vid.

I just found this video and thank you very much! I hope you're doing alright chief and even if it's old, it's good to watch some of your videos again. Been off youtube for a while but I'm starting to watch more ^^

Thank you for this awesome video. I’ve been wanting to get good at the Kingdom Hearts games for a while after seeing videos from Stickman Sham (and especially after watching my friend play it and hating on it.) This video was really informative on the somewhat hidden quirks of this game that I thought were going to be hard to find. I would love to see these videos of the other Kingdom Hearts games but I can probably watch these videos of any game and learn a lot.

How to be better at Kingdom Hearts: Jontron: TAP X QUICKLY TO NOT DIE AS FAST!!!

I really appreciate this video. At first I hated this game but gave it a chance and it’s not bad I hope you do more videos like this in the future, keep up the good work

This was amazing I actually learned so much! The only thing I knew was the varying reach of key blades. I'm going to be playing KH very differently the next time I can!

I know this video is quite old at this point but some clarifications based on more recent findings: "Damage Storage" isn't actually a multiplier, booster, or anything like that. It doesn't interact with Sora's damage *output* in any way. What's actually happening is it's changing minimum damage *input* on enemies who have at least 300 base health (ie 1 full bar). When you have EXP Zero equipped and swing a normal, basic, non-ability modified keyblade swing it sets "Tier 1" exp 0 storage. If you swing a non-ability modified finisher it sets "Tier 2" exp 0 storage and if you either take the ability off, leave the room, use a limit, or swing an ability modified ability like vortex, slapshot, hurricane blast, etc, it effectively sets "Tier 0" or undoes exp 0 storage. Tier 1 sets the minimum damage an enemy can take to their hp divided by 300 plus 4 [(eHP/300)+4] Tier 2 doubles that, so [((eHp/300)+4)*2] This applies to of course magic, summons and finisher hits as you'd expect, but does not apply to basic hits that set Tier 1 storage, they themselves can't benefit from their own modified state. This is why using Mushu on Ansem who has 1500 hp deals 18 damage per shot, no matter what, as long as you used a finisher. You don't even have to land the finisher Sora just has to swing it, so Combo Master works too. This also means that your MP is irrelevant for the purposes of damage calculation. 3mp Mushu and 18mp Mushu deal exactly the same damage to Ansem in final fights, because what's being changed is a property of Ansem, not a property of Sora's damage. What's very interesting about this, however, is normally resistances are applied after damage caps. An enemy, like Ansem for example, who has a 0.49x vulnerability to Fire, and a maximum damage intake of 20, can only take 9 damage from Fire, even with ridiculous and otherwise impossible MP. We would expect that if all that was being changed was the minimum hit, this wouldn't change anything. Even if Fire dealt 18 damage it should get halved to at least 9. But Tier 1 and Tier 2 minimum hits ignore resistance, allowing even a 1mp base level fire to deal the full 18 damage. Of course, more MP is better for number of casts, but since the normal maximum hit is exceeded by the new minimum hit, damage is effectively not calculated, it becomes a flat rate. Another interesting aside is that knowing this, when you use Genie you want to see as many blue orbs as possible. His blue orbs hit 5 times per orb for a weak damage number, his yellow orbs hit once for twice that value, and red orbs hit once for twice the yellow orb's value. So with Tier 2 storage, Blue Orbs are doing five times the damage of a Red Orb, when it should theoretically only be a 25% damage increase.

Bro that Mushu trick was wild! Thank you for showing it :)

I just got the Kh all in one collection and I'm glad I found this video. Thanks

Awesome series idea tbh. I'm subscribing for this

that mushu exp zero trick is gonna come in handy when i get to that boss thanks!

This was actually a really good video and VERY helpful.

Thank you for this guide! I decided recently to play through the whole kingdom hearts series for the first time (Only actually played KH2 in its entirety before, but I have watched playthroughs of everything up to KH3) and a lot of what was mentioned here will help out! Biggest things I took away was the short hops, forget about the guard skill, and keyblades have different counter-attack windows.

I have a friend I'm trying to get into KH through KH1 and I'll try showing em videos like this to help them learn it better! I love this game's gameplay and feel very much but I didn't realize how much wasn't clear to most first time players that I kinda just picked up naturally. This is a very nice resource for games like it and I'm glad to see a general guide like this that isn't just a walkthrough or something!

This guide was extremely helpful, nicely done👍

I know Nintendo saw this video for smash

The guard tip was super helpful thanks!

I just finished a play through of Kingdom Hearts final mix on my ps4. (Got story so far for Christmas and after playing the ps3 version for so long, it feels great.) I beat all the bonus bosses for the first time ever, but the Ultima weapon still elludes me. This video is very informative and I'll be sure to keep it all in mind for my next playthrough. (Or watch the video again while playing.) I sure missed your videos dude. No one makes guides like you. I can't wait for the next one! :)

This is great, thanks! I love the KH series and I’m going to play through them all for the first time. I’ve only played the main console games, so I’m going to start a run through on hard for the first time and I know I have bad habits and some button mash tendencies! Haha

i just started replaying kh1 and had no clue about any of this thank you so much

I am very interested to see what one of these for Re:Com or 358 would look like. Keep it up!

Thanks for the tips, i just started playing Kingdom Hearts on my channel and will be sure to use some of these

I’ve played Kingdom Hearts 1 so many times ever since it first came out & I’ve never learned or knew some of these tricks & tips lol I love these games so much that I just enjoyed playing them I haven’t even achieved the ultimate keyblade yet but now after watching this I’m going back to kingdom Hearts 1 with these tips in mind & enjoying the game all over again for the millionth time lol

All these years later and I'm still learning things about KH1! This explains why people kept saying Mushu was OP! Thanks bro!

I'm looking forward to more videos in this series!

definitely continue a series out of this

very useful please do this for all the other games in the series

Awesome video Dean... Thank you I actually learned a lot that I didn't know!!

I personally didn't learn much from this video. But seems like a great guide for new people! With the games coming to Switch this guide should be getting some attention!

I genuinely didn't know most of these. Well done!

Holy Cow! That was a crazy learning experience. I had no idea about the triangle command for party members and the exp zero exploit. KH1 is so damn good hahaha

This is cool! I feel a little nervous about trying this stuff out but it's probably nothing to worry about

While I thought I would know all these tips, I was surprised that there was a recoil attribute for Keyblades. Awesome video!

This was fantastic and earned you my sub

Soraalam1 you are great person towards the Kingdom Hearts Community never forget that.

Despite playing the KH series for years I can admit, some of the stuff in this video surprised me. Especially that last one

Really cool series.

I remember starting my first KH playthrough and having alot on Ansem thanks for this.

God bless you, Dean. I'm going to start short jumping. I had no idea you could even really do that, or that it could be so beneficial.

First time viewer, I really LOVED this video! I was very impressed by this video, just in general. Your deliveries are pretty great, and the info and edit was GREAT. I look forward to more from you....

Awesome video man! Very informative, only wish I had seen this before I did my first play thru of kh 1.5 lol

thanks, this really helped. i had no idea that the HP/MP item toggle in the party member ai settings also applied to HP/MP spells and abilities. i thought it was just for items like potions and ethers. also, kh1 deserves so much more love.

4:47 I don’t know why this quick clip of him jumping in the window made me laugh so hard haha Great video!

Wow I’ve been playing since 2002 and I’m STILL learning different material. Awesome vid.

legendary video such a good content creator

That’s crazy. I was compiling a list of games I want to get better at recently and this showed up. Awesome

commenting 2 years later to let you know that I (and im sure many others) would love to see this series continue :)

Im picking up kh1fm again for the first time in a while and was having trouble with the combat, thanks for this, as its great for old or new fans ^-^

Really cool video! You just earned yourself a new subscriber!

Well done, you should totally keep this content up!

This was a great video, dude! Very informative. I can't wait to put this stuff to use!! There is something you missed though: PROJECTILES! The game teaches you on the island that you can knock projectiles back at enemies and stun them. Combined with switching targets with lock-on, you can stun multiple enemies with just one enemy's barrage of projectiles. I remember I did that with the Fat Bandits in the colosseum: it felt so good! Even works with some bosses: Darkside, Hades, Cerberus, Leon, Yuffie, Evil Riku, even Ansem. It's a really good defensive/offensive option.

this video is awesome!! can't wait to see a video like this for kh3, especially if your tips can help with the limit cut episode T_T

Not gonna lie I’ve never seen that exp zero boost b4 especially with summons GOD DAMN. Cool video and very informative hoping for another one down the line!

Thanks for making this video. While KH1 combat has plenty of issues, it is very under appreciated in many respects! One thing I came to appreciate about parries by the way, is the fact that you can use attacks in conjunction with target switching to redirect one enemy’s attack to hit another enemy. This is an advanced technique I like to call the Reversal Parry. I especially like using Aerial Reversal Parries! By the way, I’ve done damage testing videos, and they demonstrate that marginal stats matter a lot, if I remember correctly. Basically physical damage with attacks doubles for every four additional points of Strength, Fire & Blizzard spells double in damage for every four additional points of Max MP, and Thunder magic doubles in damage for every two additional points of Max MP.