Is it me, or does Donald Duck suck?

[PsionicDiamond]

I'll start off saying I've never played this game but always wanted to, really grateful I have the chance now it's on Steam.

I've just finished the Wonderland boss and I swear to god ever since Donald joined my party he spends most of his time knocked out...
Does he ever become useful later on? At least Goofy seems to hold his own for a decent amount

[J.P.]

Donald dying in fights is a Kingdom Hearts staple

[NamelessNP]

In my experience your allies are both kind of bad until Goofy gets MP Gift and you get the Cure spell

[Dragon Master]

Welcome to the Donald Duck meme.

You can customize his and goody’s behavior in the customize section to make them behave better. Donald tends to have low defense since he’s a mage and Goofy has high health and defense so he stays up longer.

[Takfloyd]

Donald's strength is that he can heal you, once you get access to the Cure spell anyway. He'll save your ass a lot from that point on. He'll never stop spending most of his time dead on the floor though.

[Zeo]

I just got the skill that he recovers MP when take DMG and he stays at the middle of MP most of the time, also he improves once you get the "Ga" spells.

Give him lots of MP increasing items and see him one-shot all the trash mobs.

[burumanet]

He has always sucked, sadly.

[Takumi-exe]

Welcome to the KH party member experience lol. Donald starting out is pretty weak, but once he gains access to the more powerful -ra and -aga level spells he can clear the room of enemy mobs with ease. I highly suggest giving him a lot of accessories that improve his defense and give Goofy potions so that he'll revive Donald everytime he dies. Huge tip: once you get the Cure spell after finishing Deep Jungle, go into the customization tab in the Pause menu and adjust his spell usage so that he uses Cure only in emergencies. Otherwise he'll blow through his MP really quickly. Also, look out for the ability "Second Chance" which will allow him to survive being oneshot by powerful attacks. This, combined with the ability MP Rage will ensure that Donald will keep casting spells for much longer. Hope this helps and good luck!

[Norton 360 for Gamers]

I just use Donald as a living exp booster by putting all the exp items on him. They affect the whole party regardless of who wears them and he doesn't need to be alive for it so you can drag his corpse to every fight.

[Vallard]

Donald starts super weak but becomes super useful once you get cure. He learns magic as you do and is pretty smart with how he uses it (IE: gravity on big hp enemies). I recommend setting him to rarely use magic except for defensive magic that way he will keep a lot of mp in reserve for heals. What donald excels at is snipe healing you the instant you hit low hp. He gets a bit more versatile in the later games.

[Zeo]

Originally posted by Complicated & Dirty:

I just use Donald as a living exp booster by putting all the exp items on him. They affect the whole party regardless of who wears them and he doesn't need to be alive for it so you can drag his corpse to every fight.

Summon power also works regardless of who are equipping? I tried searching but not found anything.
Thanks.

[Elvick]

Are you on Proud? If so then it's going to be that way for awhile. He gets 1-hit by soldiers.

I have no issue with Donald once he's leveled up a bit. Just set his priorities properly and actually make sure you note when he's out of MP and Goofy can't give him any. Donald has came in clutch with heals for me so many times over the years.

This is for KH1 anyway.

[Norton 360 for Gamers]

Originally posted by Zeo:

Originally posted by Complicated & Dirty:

I just use Donald as a living exp booster by putting all the exp items on him. They affect the whole party regardless of who wears them and he doesn't need to be alive for it so you can drag his corpse to every fight.

Summon power also works regardless of who are equipping? I tried searching but not found anything.
Thanks.

I don't use summons much but as far as I can tell they are only affected by how much MP Sora has. So I'm gonna say no. From what I remember the only way for Donald and Goofy to affect summon duration is by equipping the Cheer ability.

[tommy_lop]

You must be new to the Kingdom Hearts, go out to any Kingdom Hearts community plenty of memes of Donald either dying or not healing you.

[C4mper]

Yo i've had trouble with him, always diying and watching without doing anything. i've change tactic and he is working very well (Normal attack and magic spell for defense and heal MAX, and all other parameters like never / rare) since that he heals himself, and even shield me sometimes, he has a lot of mana since he attacks now

[Dewit]

He's always sucked 🤣