Which version of the "aero" magic spell is better?

The KH1 version where it's used as a defense type of magic?

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Or the offensive version of it that the rest of the games use?

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Offensive if for no reason other than it eventually evolves into Tornado

 

I liked it better as defensive. While it cut damage taken in half and dealt damage when it hit Aerora/Aeroga, it never felt too overpowered and it still kept the battle at a decent pace. There's already a whole bunch of other attack spells in KH (Fire/Blizzard/Thunder/Gravity/etc.) and defensive spells are pretty far and few between. KH2 did introduce Magnet which was cool, but it also did Reflect which was, pre-command deck stuff, the most broken spell in the games.

Aero as an attack just also seems like a cheap Magnet spell, imo. (<--- I have not played BBS sooo I cannot speak on the Tornado command hatok mentioned)

 

The only time I use aero in kh1 is when I'm trying to get the rewards from the blue mushroom. Aero is a mainstay in my re:com deck so yeah, I prefer the com one. The other one always seemed like a waste of mp to me so I never bothered.

 

defensive for me
i'd rather not die tyvm

 

Offensive Aero changes on all the games, just to say.
My favorite was the one in Re:coded, unless Cyclone doesn't count as Aero. Then Days Aeroga wins.
The defensive one is great and all, but it's only really that useful on KH1 where there's a lack of skills like the ones on KH2(Air Dodge, etc) or Days(360º Block, etc), and there's less i-frames on dodge roll.

 

Honestly, Aero in KH1 did NOTHING for me half the time. I didn't even need it..up until I realised that It could be used efficiently in boss battles to help up defense temporarily prior to this point I never even looked at Aero of course not until I saw the kh1 mushrooms, anyways for the most part I prefer offensive because I like to get rid of my enemies faster. I really have no alternative use for Aero other than mushrooms.

 

Going to go with Defensive Aero. I worked hard to get Aeroga in KH1 so I could battle the Super Bosses and not drop to 1 HP after one hit (Kurt Zisa), Therefore I could get some hits in and/or survive longer before having to use Curaga. Offensive Aero is really good too, it's just that I felt more comfortable with Defensive Aero IMO.

 

Aero saved my butt in the hardest battle in KH I (specially against Sephiroth) and I really missed that propriety in the later games....

 

I liked the offensive aero magic more. I never really used the defensive one in KH1 at all. I tried using it a few times, but it just seemed useless. The offensive one just seems much more useful to me. It did more for me than the defensive one ever could.

 

Aero is proving to be a godsend in my KHFM playthrough, and I haven't really used it for offense -- though I've yet to play Re:CoM in the HD ReMix, so that'll change soon. Still, for the tougher difficulties, it's better to have it for defense.