So I wouldn't have to grind up to Leaf Bracer and Second Chance. Being able to finish the story 25В lvls earlier than I needed to literally proves it's better alone. I've been playing this game for hours upon hours after I finished the story and I'm only lvl 68. Every single walkthrough I read says the shield is superior too. All it does is give you +ONE more str, which isn't even noticeable, those MP abilities a little earlier on, which I never needed in the first place, and some useless physical moves that I never even needed to use either because Stun Impact was by far good enough. It's called ethers and elixers.ДЄnd someone said they died in two hits versus Halloween Town heartless, while it took 6-7 hits for me. I NEVER had problems with running out of MP.Proof by only dying 3 times in the entire playthrough. Second Chance saved my ass much more than Leaf Bracer did. I'd bet my life on it that you got to a continue screen more than 10. If I chose the sword, I would have died MUCH more than 3 times in the entire game. Were you even on Proud? If not, your argument is invalid. Second chance is useful for other hard bosses.like Ursula You can level up pretty fast in Olympus Coliseum.even without fighting SephirothД®DIT:Leaf Bracer is all you need in Ansem's Fight.he's pathetically easy all of his 4 formsДЄnd honestly.I think i can beat him without these 2 abilites.just need to equip some elixirs/potions.very dissapointed by this so called final boss.And I thought Xemnas was easy I mean I got Leaf Bracer by leveling up fast in Hercules Cup.just do all the worlds first(apart from End of the World) you should be about level 54 or so by then.and then go do the Hercules Cup or the Pegasus Cup(I think the latter might be easier) over and over again till you get to level 69.and voila Leaf firetrucking Bracer.abuse it to your heart's content. I'm going to disagree there Raziel.screw the shield if you get MP Haste and MP Rage so late into the game Also, just because you can do them without those abilities doesn't mean everyone can, different people have different playstyles. Those are abilities that I'd usually like to have for the optional bosses, but I really don't want to be a super high level for them. I just don't want to hit level 100 before taking on the optional bosses, because there's no fun in doing it when you're overleveled. Never said I wasn't going to go for the level 100 trophy, or for the platinum.

I was only lvl 64-65 when I took on Kurt, and on my first try, I got him down to like 1/10th of his last bar.One more round against his head and I would have killed him.I felt like SCREAMING. I only got 3 continues in the entire game. Meh, I'd rather finish the game quickly with Second Chance and Leaf Bracer early on and grind for those abilities later than dying countless times throughout the story. Plus, someone who didn't pick the shield said he was getting literally two shotted by Halloween Town heartless, while it would take 6-7 hits for me. You'll definitely regret it if you don't choose to have those abilities early on in the game.

I was at 1 hp around 20-30 times during the final phase of that fight. I don't even know HOW anyone could possibly beat this boss without these two abilities'.

Through the entire final boss fight, and most of the game as well, I was like 'omfg. All walkthroughs say that the shield is the best choice on Proud too. I literally couldn't even count how many times Second Chance saved my ass throughout the game. You're going to need!!! Second Chance and Leaf Bracer. On Proud, the shield is by far the best choice, along with Dawn in the beginning. You're not going for the lvl 100 trophy or platinum? I'm beginning to have second thoughts about going with shield when I get this game, that's a needed ability for some bosses, and I don't want to overlevel any of them.

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