Kingdom Hearts Keyblade Wielders Ranked
12. Axel
A fan favorite though he may be, Axel’s time as a Keyblade Wielder proved pretty anticlimactic.
Riding into Kingdom Hearts 3 on a wave of fan popularity and the reveal that he had learned to manifest his own Keyblade, things looked good for everyone’s favorite Nobody.
His Keyblade’s design fit his character, he had a compelling arc in his drive to rescue Roxas, Saïx, and Xion, and his role as a wildcard in the mix of different players in the Keyblade War had plenty of people eager to see how he’d play into it.
As soon as he got a chance to shine though, he was summarily tossed around like a rag doll by anyone he tried to fight against.
Granted, it came off as more of a joke by the game’s creators than anything – look no further than his line “Nobody axes Axel” for proof of that – and he did still get his long-sought-after reunion with Roxas and Xion by the end.
All the same though, his time as a Keyblade Wielder proved to be a low point for his character, leaving the many people rooting for him to wish he could have done more.
