Kingdom Hearts III - In-Depth Yozora Guide (Secret Boss)

Here is my own Yozora guide for anyone who wants help. I consider this the most fun boss they've ever done in the series. Don't let anyone tell you he's unfair, all his moves are reactable or telegraphed through learning the fight. It's incredibly rewarding to know this fight well. The best part is that he doesn't loop himself or lock himself into patterns like Lingering Will did (my other fav series fight.) Anyway, due to the complex nature of his moves, it's tough to do a guide that'll help everyone, but this should cover most reasonable ways of handling his moves.

Thumbnail by Kiwi.

[dignelberrt]

*watches this video so I won't be surprised by what Yozora does*
Yozora: *opens with his DM*

[innominat]

*Bizkit047 showing people how to beat Yozora*

Yozora: "What a pain..."

[AlexanderMartinez-kdcz]

"my strat is to guard counter, guard counter, guard counter guard counter, guard counter, guard counter"
an outstanding move.

[toysouldier]

So in other words, it's easier to find a cure for cancer.

[SEESBoy-hyjz]

Bizkit- *makes a video breaking down Yozora's moveset, and how to beat him*

Yozora- "Sorry, but I don't lose."

[ncentral]

I recommend everyone look at more than one guide. Each mention things that others miss on

[KeremyJing]

Square:This boss should be a good challenge for even our most seasoned players.
Biz:"Got this"

[ThatRandomDaniel]

Honestly it seems that Nomura pored all of his hatred and sadness of the whole Verus 13 fiasco into Yozo

[sedalf]

After failing x-times:
Me: Ok let's try again *Retry*

Yozora: Desperation Move
Me: eeehm... no?

[Rusty_Spy]

Learning superbosses in KH2 was like studying for an exam
learning superbosses in KH3 is like studying an entire semester

[arcflamearcanum]

Unless I missed it I think you forgot to mention he can actually start the fight with his DM, which puts the entire fight into phase 2. lol. Not super important, but yeah... They had fun designing this guy.

[HKISfreak]

Fun fact: That teleport scan laser thing he does after he disappears after the map drains your situation command gauge, meaning if you're saving up some form changes or grand magic, the attack will decrease the time you have them before you lose them.

[Tankotater]

Its not much, but i feel its worth mentioning that trying to jump over Yozora's grab attack will result in him countering by slamming you down and grabbing again. It's an interesting countermeasure to something they figured the player would try.

[syrus]

Biz: Dodge 1x block 1x dodge 3 block 20 times glide around the field...

Me frantically writing this down:

Biz: Okay, now we get to the tricky stuff.

Me: YEET!

[Bizkit]

Note: I forgot to mention you can punish end of item steal. Do it the way I did it in my no damage vid. It's semi strict timing.


Yozora Move Timestamps:

Intro 0:00
9 Laser: 1:15
Sword Charge 1:55
Keyblade Steal: 2:45
Teleport Sword: 3:44
6 Slashes: 4:51
Triple Target Lasers: 5:25
Triple Pyramids: 6:24
Beam Steal: 7:13
Slow Laser Combo: 8:02
Desperation Move 9:04
Armor Attack: 13:28
Triple Fakeouts: 14:28
Blue Sword: 15:13
Triple Blue Target Lasers: 16:01
Beam Steal (last phase): 16:37

[randykwa]

Just putting some timestamps for myself:

1:17 9 laser
1:57 Sword charge
2:28 Keyblade Steal
3:45 Teleport Sword
4:53 6 slashes
5:27 Triple target lasers
6:27 Triple pyramid
7:15 Beam Steal
8:05 Slow laser combo

Not yet ready for the tricky stuff.

[Matthew.Niverse]

Send this to the critics who were angry that they couldn't progress through the story because they didn't want to learn the actually fair patterns

[DarkFrozenDepths]

It's honestly amazing how much effort is put into boss fights when you analyze them.

Besides, despite the spam X jokes... the KH series tends to punish the button mashers at some point....

[aStupidGecko]

I rewatched Lingering Will kh2 fight after doing the data fights and god damn he looks so slow in comparison

[samelCamelCase]

Another punish for the item beam where he won't steal items and hp is to wait for the 3rd beam to come out, then, as soon as he finishes the the move and plays his animation with a little flash, you can airstep to him for a punish. The timing is a bit strict but it is completely safe when you get it down.