The alternate playable party members all have fixed stats, so Sora's equipment and level doesn't affect them at all outside of cuisine. Having Critical Counter equipped does matter for Riku and Aqua, so make sure you have it equipped. -FIGHT STRATEGY- Riku's surprisingly better than I expected here. His air combos are actually sick as hell, and although his ground finisher is still no bueno, you can at least cancel the lag a bit with a Dark Roll. Most of the tips from the base game fight apply here, so I'll keep this section brief. As usual, focus Xigbar first; Riku's aerial gap closer will help greatly with this. Once he starts DMing (4 bars of HP taken out), make sure you're paying attention to Dark Riku and his antics as well so you don't get sniped. Riku has a 360 guard, so use that to your advantage. For Dark Riku's solo fight, make sure you don't get too greedy when the claw is out, you don't have Speed Slash to keep you out of its clutches. You can find more KH3 content, including speedruns, at my Twitch channel: / beeboycubed -FIGHT TIMESTAMPS- 0:00 - Riku vs. Xigbar/Dark Riku 1:19 - Riku vs. Dark Riku (lol)