Strategy Guide: Kingdom Hearts: Strategy Guide Part 2 (Page 6)
Olympus Coliseum
Throughout the course of the game, Phil holds four different tournaments at Olympus Coliseum. The first one, the Phil Cup, can be played right after you defeat Cerberus at Olympus; Chip and Dale let you know when the others are available. Each tournament can be completed three ways: with your party, by yourself, or with your party in a special time-attack mode. You get a different item each way, and sometimes you even get items by defeating certain opponents during tournaments.
Phil Cup (9 battles)
The Phil Cup is your first tournament, and as such it's mostly a walk in the park. You won't run into any enemies you haven't seen before; the only real worry here is the assorted Guard Armor parts that appear in three of the battles. Take care of them before the other enemies in each round to save yourself some wasted hit points.
Completing the Phil Cup upgrades your Gravity magic to Gravira. You may also want to time-attack this tournament later on to get an AP Up.
Pegasus Cup (9 battles)
The Pegasus Cup is more of a pain, thanks to all the Agrabah-based enemies that appear. You must deal with a lot of the game's first two "fat" enemies-the Fat Bandit and the Large Body-both of which take forever and a day to knock out. Don't be afraid to let Donald and/or Goofy take the Fat Bandit's charge attacks for you, and attack the Large Body from the rear while he breathes fire.
The final battle pits you against Leon (Squall) and Yuffie-at the same time. Concentrate on Yuffie first, since she's easier to deal with and tends to get in the way while you're ?ghting Leon. Once you've got her in a corner, she's done for.
Once Yuffie's out of the picture, concentrate your full attention on Leon. You'll take too much damage if you stick close to him all the time; try to attack him immediately after he finishes his own attack. Fight conservatively, switching between offense and defense, and you should make it to the end alive.
Winning this tournament in team mode earns you the Strike Raid ability, letting you throw your Keyblade at enemies.
Hercules Cup (9 battles)
The Hercules Cup can be extremely tricky if you're still low-level-it's mostly filled with Halloween Town and Neverland-based Heartless. There are two major battles of note here: one against a powered-up Cloud, and the final round against Hercules himself.
Wait for Cloud to stop thrusting all over the arena before you start to attack him-it's too tough to deflect him during this barrage.
After a little while, he switches tactics and starts flying around. This is actually easier than his first attack-simply use Glide to fly in the air with him. Fortunately, his sword moves here are easily deflectable, so feel free to whale away.
Hercules is a walk in the park compared to Cloud. Use the handy barrels to knock him out when he's invincible (yellow), then use the offense of your choice to attack him. His spinning-sword attack is easily avoided by using Glide.
Winning this battle in team mode earns you the Yellow Trinity power, which lets you uncover the Olympus world keyhole in the Lobby.
Hades Cup (49 battles)
Oh, no! Not only is the Hades Cup over five times larger than the other tournaments, but it's also packed with world bosses and seemingly infinite numbers of smaller enemies.
You'd best not attempt the Hades Cup until you're at least level 50 or so-if you do, you'll have trouble surviving more than a few rounds at a time. Fortunately, you don't have to restart at the beginning if you die-you'll just be taken back to the nearest seed that's a multiple of 10 (40th, 30th, and so on).
Have you ever wondered which PlayStation Final Fantasy hero is stronger? If this Cloud/Leon match-up is any indication, Cloud's the clear winner, thanks to the range of his attacks. Take care of Leon first (his tactics haven't changed a bit), then whip Cloud with Ars Arcanum or your own favorite ability. No matter what you do, make sure to defeat one before tackling the other-otherwise, you may be overwhelmed.
Hades is the 10th seed of his own tournament, and he can be enormously frustrating if you forget to cure at regular intervals. Most of his basic attacks shouldn't be anything new to you-it's just that he's got so much HP and defense that the fight can easily turn into a war of attrition if you're not careful.
The Lord of Darkness's most worrisome attack is a fire windmill he unleashes at the center of the arena. When you see him approaching the center, get near him and try to run with the twin tendrils of fire-you can't jump over them, so this is the only way to avoid damage. Keep the camera behind you at all times to make this easier.
After all that pain, the Rock Titan at the very end is a pushover. Just slash away at its feet until it bends down, then climb up and attack its head until it's gone.
Winning in team mode earns you the Trinity Limit ability; finishing the solo and timed modes gets you two very good weapons for both Donald and Goofy.
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