His DM is literally *Darkness within flippin' Darkness*

Finally we see how Ansem fights WITHOUT his Guardian helping him, and he is terrifying!

All this battle is missing is Billy Zane’s “SUBMIIIIIT” 😥

Ansem: Kingdom Hearts is Darkness Sora: KINGDOM HEARTS IS LIGHT What a fitting way to end his fight Will

It's amazing how they managed to get kh1 attacks/graphics to look natural in kh3 What a great fight

Sora has come a long way since his first journey. Can't help but feel happy for him, even if his current situation is less than favorable.

Getting to fight KH's and KH II's boss alone in the same game feels really good.

To use the shotlock to close in on him unequip SONIC SLASH. It took me forever to figure that out, otherwise u won’t hit him quick enough and you’ll miss

Anyone else remember spamming aerial attacks on Ansem in KH 1 while he floats away from you with his Stand? Those were the days

This one fight just remids me how these data bosses are a work of art. The amount of time and effort it must've took for the devs to design them and bring back old iconic moves of each one is just a nod to all fans of the series. I love it even if im getting my ass beaten!

One final round with my favorite Kingdom Hearts villain and childhood adversary... One of the main reasons I stayed on this series was because I wanted to finish what I started almost 14 years ago. It's weird but I'm going to miss fighting him in future games

I like how he keeps his arms folded even while being attacked 😂

All I can hear is pretty much saying "Darkness" "Darkness" "Darkness".

Idk why I never thought to use airstep to close in on him. He's always floating away

This fucking music is godlike. They really made some sick new compositions of the old themes for these fights.

Dude you’re a maniac. I’m learning a ton from these, keep it up!

Ansem's DM may be the longest, but it isn't ridiculous compared to Repliku's spamming Dark Aura.

Darkness within darkness awaits you sora

Why does 1:06 and 1:15 looks so cool. I can not get enough of Ansem's laugh after his burst explosion thing after he pulls you in. The VA must have a blast

God those orbs from his DM reminds me of the black blobs from The Incredibles. They actually terrify me for some reason.

A really anime-like fight, and even the finishing move is really fitting there. Great battle as usual! P.S. : Somehow, those DM dark orbs, the ones which shot to Sora, is really like the Psio series attack from Persona 5.

For whatever reason I had such a hard time getting the punishes and surviving his DM. Nice to see the openings I missed after the fact! Thanks for making these!

Ansem: Embrace the Darkness! Sora: *Hugs the Guardian*

Did anyone notice that little reference to kh1 when you die! In the other fights you don't have a heart floating over your chest but you do if you lose in this fight! Just beautiful!❤

Will: *uploads* Me: YEET!

For some reason not having the chorus in the song just bring out the instruments more and makes it that much better

Incredible. I didn't know about half of these openings on my run through of this boss. And that last DM phase was a lot of final form and pray, ha ha. GGs! Keep being radical!

Was expecting him to use his spear he had in his ship form.

Dropped just in time for my attempts at ansem! You are a god bro!

3:47 Is this the Darkness within Darkness i was promised?

Some Ansem's attacks seems like Mr. Bison's. Even the crossed arms.

Congrats on 10k $ubs! You earned it! (Great fight btw)

I just beat him for the first time earlier, and now I want to go back and try all these new strats. Always a treat, Will.

If you listen closely, the attacks during 2:08-2:22 kind of match well with the music!

Special attack: Mega Destruction Dark Ball of Darkness & Destruction! & Knuckles.

8/10 Not enough *_D A R K N E S S_* -Not IGN

Ansem would make a cool Caster Class Servant.

i was surprised with how easily i beat Ansem compared to the other data battles, kinda disappointed in him

Thanks for helping me completely figure out some of his attack pattern I beat him on critical fair well Ansem Seeker of Darkness!!!

i like he shares attacks with Dark Riku

Ansem: "Embrace the dark!" Sounds like someone needs a hug!

I'm in awe.. HOLY

Just a bit of criticism I found that airstepping through the four mines to him almost after they are summoned works well. The only issue is he sometimes shoots and has super armor.

You are so awesome love these cids

3:49 I am the only one that saw this and thought "Ansem visited the Persona 5 universe and learned Psy Element attacks"?

Yoooooo, I found Ansem to be the easiest fight in Limit Cut, except for the 2nd part of his 2nd DM, I had trouble telling where those pulsating blob things would go, which got me killed most of the time

Zane's performance was impeccable, can't be topped. Epcar is a good Terranort though

1:07 wtf?!!! I had no idea I could do that mid finisher

In my opinion, this is the best looking fight for data org. Even though I don’t have the dlc, you gotta admit. His dm looks pretty fucking good.

So...what happened to his “COME, GUARDIAN!!!” I get that terranort has it (cuz he also had it when he first transformed) but ansem was the first time we saw the guardian and he even had it in DDD??

I honestly wish his DM involved him transforming into his giant organic fleshy boat form from KH1 and the player had to travel around it to defeat him :/

I'm proud of myself for beating Ansem first try BEFORE seeing this video. Honestly was pretty easy as he gives plenty of time to heal between attacks.

What keyblades aside of Oathkeeper and Oblivion are you using for these videos? As far as I can tell Ultima Wep is not one of them, why? And also, what settings and abilities have you enabled/disabled to make the combat so fluid? I'd love to fight just like this, try to be as good as you ^^

2:31 I love that laugh

Ansem: You own me a Guardian Sora: You own me an island

WILL i need some advice plz I normally find openings kinda easy especially with your vids but this time I can't figure out why when I attack at the same opening as you ansem doesn't wanna stagger any insight as to why would be awesome. (I'm mainly talking about the first opening after the dark firaga he shoots at you I watched over and over but can't understand why I can't hit him there) Figured it out just needed to take Flowmotion attacks off haha don't mind me 😃

Been a long time since the last one on one between these two

On crit, I have the first stage down to a science. But the second DM, you can forget it. First stage I just immediately attack, block, run from laser shield. Lightning. He tries to grab me with the dark claw I immediately focus and I'm invincible all the way through it. Sliding lightning towards him. Combo. Then come the long distance lasers. Dash or roll through them at the last second. Try to stay away from the landmines. Combo. Laser shield comes. Dodge. Lightning. Dark claw again. Focus again. Sliding lightning towards him again. Combo. Thundaza if it procs. Ultimate. Then stage two starts. Dash out of the way of everything. Run from the black hole. Block or dodge the lasers. Ultimate finisher comes out. Stage 2 begins. Block the lasers. Dodge the laser wall. Run from laser shield. Dark claw again. Focus again. Sliding lightning, combo. Good luck dodging everything at the same time. Black hole apocalypse DM begins. Pray. Maybe catch him with in a combo. Actually do have some breathing room to use elixirs surprisingly. That's as far as I've gotten. I've gotten him down to one health bar and had to take a break.

Wow he didn't even give him chance to launch the third part of his DM!

🤯🤘 HOLY GUACAMOLE 😲 I'M MORE SCARED OF YOU!

Kind of want to see his entire DM lol

I somehow managed to actually skip his final DM by just delaying his health bar as close to the DM trigger as possible. The one with the stripey homing balls of darkness and destruction.

Good - bye to Ansem's shadow.

are those... the MEGA DESTRUCTIVE DARK BALLS OF DARKNESS AND DESTRUCTION?

Genius

Fighting these guys individually made realize that they were only using 10% of their power in story mode

If I knew I could guard Ansems attack that comes from those dark balls I'd have already beaten him

This guy as a character is almost 20 years old.

I'm guessing that "infinite combo during MP Recharge" ability is in KH3 too?

1:51 Oh man he uses Amaterasu now

Just wondering, anyone know where the whole "pylon constructs of darkness" schtick came from? I don't recall Ansem or any bosses tangentially related to him using anything like that in past games, but both he and Dark Riku have it here.

Oh how the mighty have FALLEN. This looks really easy compared to how hard he was in Chain of Memories and Dream Drop Distance

Impressive.

I cheesed my way through both giant darkness balls sections with Sea spectacle xDDDD

Darkness within darkness awaits you........

Still wish there was a part where he transformed into his giant boat form full of organic zombie organs from KH1 and we had to progress through it and eventually battle his giant sexy shirtless form ;)

That 1 dislike is probably Ansem

Ansem feels so naked without the guardian

His DM ruined my first try. It was so close. But without flow attacks it seems managable.

Poor Ansem the Sod. They had to take his Guardian away in KH3 to make his fight different to Terranort’s. Now he’s just stuck with spinning bubbles of darkness...

I watch these so I can figure out how to defend and look for openings even though my own attempt will be super ugly and largely won through brute force

ansem the zoner

I feel like this is the easiest data battle but most people seem to say Young MX or Luxord are easier.

SUBMIIIIIIT!

Idea for explanation of Dual Wielding: Most of Sora's keyblades are actually the same keyblade, but with different keychains. One exception, besides the Ultima Weapons, is Starlight. I like to think the Starlight Sora wields is the same one he stood on during the Union Cross attack. What he equipped the Oblivion keychain onto Starlight?

Richard Epcar working overtime having to voice NOT Ansem and Terra-nort

Enjoy this one. Last time you and Ansem will face each other

Any advice on how to consistently dodge the suctionsplosion after the first DM segment? Can't for the life of me figure that part out. Oh, playing with all PRO codes, btw. So no fancy stuff available.

ansem was a boat, xemnas had a coat. xehanort became a goat

Feel weird that Answm didn't use Guardian in the fight

...didn’t know you could hit him when he summoned the dark orbs. Noted ✔️

Balls of Darkness.

What's your controller scheme? 🤔bc when I shot lock it's nowhere near as fast as this

His DM is so fucking cool

he just isn't the same without guardian

sora vs ansems dark balls

Every single time you Shot lock airlock to him you can swing at him and he stays still. EVERYTIME I do it, he literally turns hard or left and completely dodges it. Wtf

PLEASE HELP: How do you go directly into a normal combo after air stepping?? Mine constantly keeps doing a flotation attack and it keeps getting me killed..... Also what is your setup? I don't know how you build situation commands that quickly...

Only Xion and Master Xehanort left!

I haven't played this game since it came out and now I'm super sloppy and forgetting stuff. What is he doing in this video with the shotlock with the Oathkeeper? He uses it for 1 second and then homes in on Ansem from afar. What am I forgetting?