Quote Originally Posted by PuPu View Post
Drives are really not as useful as people think.

Limit > Final >>> Wisdom > Normal Sora >>>> Master >>>>>>>>>>> Valor > Anti

The determining factor is Guard. When you Drive, you have to give up the most useful ability in the game. The question is, what do you get for it?
That seems to be your play style, but I never used guard in KHII, so I found the Drives much better than normal Sora.