Aerial Dive (エリアルダイヴ, Eriaru Daivu)
Unleashes a powerful aerial attack on distant targets.
Attack	Element	Power	Drive Value	Deflect	Finishing Blow
Hit 1	Physical	x1.0	3	O	X
Hit 2+	Physical	x0.25	1	O	X
AP Cost		2	MP Cost		0

Aerial Dive (エリアルダイヴ, Eriaru Daivu)
Launch a vertical spinning attack toward a target down below.
Attack	Element	Power	Guard?	Status
	Form Value	Reaction Value	Revenge Value		Repel LV
Aerial Dive	Physical	0.3 x4	X	—
	2 x4	0 x4	0.4 x4		1[1] (all hits)
AP Cost		2	MP Cost		0

Aerial Dive is a technique introduced in Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix. It allows the user to launch a vertical spinning attack on enemies.

Mechanics

In Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix, Aerial Dive is an action ability that costs 2 AP to equip. When equipped, it allows Sora to close in on a distant aerial target by leaping at them in a series of four somersaults with the Keyblade extended, alternating between a tilt to the left or right. The fourth somersault can be skipped with the following attack in the combo. The jump height increases with each High Jump level equipped.

In Kingdom Hearts III, Aerial Dive is an action ability that costs 2 AP to equip. When equipped, while airborne Sora is able to assault enemies below him with a wild spinning attack that can hit a maximum of four times. Although this attack can only travel a moderate distance downwards while tracking a target, it is superlative at closing the gap for targets that are far from Sora laterally or horizontally. If equipped simultaneously with Falling Slash, this ability takes priority over Aerial Dive when Sora is exactly above his target.

Learning Aerial Dive

Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix

• Sora learns Aerial Dive after completing Phil's Training on Maniac Mode.

Kingdom Hearts III

• Sora learns Aerial Dive after beating the game.^[2][3]
• Light Form has Aerial Dive as a form ability.
• Dark Form has Aerial Dive as a form ability.
• Double Form has Aerial Dive as a form ability.

See also

• Aerial Sweep
• Aerial Finish
• Air Spiral

Notes and references

• Kingdom Hearts II abilities
• Kingdom Hearts III abilities