Out of sheer curiosity, has anyone beaten the Hercules Cup time trial? If not, you should. The reward is the ability "Gravity Break" (I don't know if the name was changed for the International release of 1.5 or not), a combo finisher that causes a Gravity effect and appears 30% of the time. It's really useful against Xemnas (gravity + Xemnas= 100 Tech Points). 

Edited September 18, 201312 yr by SkullMajora

Remember: if you're not selecting "restart" when you face Hercules in time trial mode, you are doing it wrong.

I'm on Proud. What level should I be before I try it?

After about 15 tries, I beat it with 5 seconds left. 

I'm on Proud. What level should I be before I try it?

That depends on 2 things. What did you choose during the dive to the heart? Have you rescued Kairi? Kairi's rescue affects ALL enemies' stats and can make it really hard to beat the time trials. It also helps to have a lot of elixirs and as many Mega elixirs as possible.

I chose the sword, got rid of the staff, and just beat Neverland. So, I kinda want to do it before rescuing Kairi, but that means I won't be able to take Oblivion or Divine Rose with me, does it?

Unfortunately... I'd stick w/ olympia and have lots of ethers and mega ethers (give these to goofy). You should also equip Goofy's MP Gift abiliy (this does cost Goofy MP). Make sure to have Ars Arcanum equipped for Cloud.

Edited September 18, 201312 yr by SkullMajora

Okay. So, I'm level 40 now, should I be 50-60? I wanted to grind before fighting Riku anyway.

Yes. You should definitely be lv50-60 for a good shot at beating it.

Alright, will do. Thanks for the advice!

No problem Good luck.

Alright, I beat it, level 46. And I have this cool thing called Gravity Break now too. IDK if that was the reward or I just happened to miss it when I leveled up or not, but I love it.

Edited September 19, 201312 yr by itsameluigi1290