.=============================================================================.
| BOSS FIGHT: Sephiroth [W8] |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Stats | HP: 1800 ATK: 46 |
| | EXP: 18000 DEF: 46 |
| | |
| Drops (Defeated) | -- |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Wow. Yeah, this is the infamous last boss of Final Fantasy VII and now he's |
| back, to challenge Sora to a one-on-one duel to the death... er, winning |
| the tournament, rather. |
| |
| Sephiroth isn't a single strategy boss, so I'll break it up. |
| |
| When the battle begins, target him and keep it that way. He will get many |
| hits on you during this phase (oh, it gets worse), so be ready to heal for |
| every two or so hits you take (jump away and quickly heal while in the |
| air). To attack Sephiroth, jump at him (no glide) and use your keyblade to |
| close the distance. If you glide towards him, it takes you longer to pull |
| out your keyblade, and it's much easier for him to hit you. As you close |
| the distance with your keyblade strike, finish up with a combo. This may or |
| may not cause him to disappear. If he does, quickly jump out of the way and |
| target him again. |
| |
| During this time, you'll also have to look out for his "Power" attacks. A |
| column of fire surrounds him, and if you're caught in it, you'll get hit |
| once or twice. He uses it if you don't finish up a combo while attacking |
| him, or if he blocks you with his sword. There's nothing to do other than |
| heal after this onslaught. If you happen to hit him and interrupt him |
| during this time, don't be surprised when he decides to use this attack |
| again. |
| |
| When you start depleting his pink bar, he changes strategy a little. You'll |
| know when this happens if he just stands there taunting you. When you see |
| him teleport away, and not appear behind you, *very* quickly target him and |
| Superglide to him as he's saying "Descend Heartless Angel" (for a while, |
| everyone thought he was saying "Sin Harvest"; it's a shame, Sin Harvest |
| sounds so much cooler). If you feel that you aren't going to make it in |
| time, head instead to the other side of the arena and get an Elixir ready |
| to the point where it asks you who you are giving it to. As soon as your MP |
| depletes and your HP reaches one, press the button to use the Elixir. This |
| refills everything, but Sephiroth will probably hit you anyway. You will |
| lose if you don't use an Elixir or even just a Potion and Ether. |
| |
| Also at this point in the battle, he starts teleporting a lot more, and |
| running around, making it extremely hard to hit him, except when he's using |
| Descend Heartless. It's easier to focus on avoiding the Descend Heartless |
| attack if you don't attack him AT ALL during this time EXCEPT during the |
| Descend Heartless attack. This gives you time to stay in the middle of the |
| arena and easily be close to wherever he appears. |
| |
| When you start depleting his orange bar, he says something like, "Come, |
| power!" and the screen will darken. During this time, he is invulnerable to |
| attack, and he hits you unmercifully. Since it's extremely hard to pull off |
| a Curaga spell during this onslaught, use Aeroga before or during it to |
| lessen the damage. Continuously hit the Guard button and he won't even |
| touch you (well, maybe once or twice, but that's not a problem if you have |
| Aeroga on). Be ready to stop another Descend Heartless attack after this |
| "Come Power" portion. |
| |
| When you get him to his yellow bar, he changes his attack pattern yet |
| AGAIN. When green energy wells up around him, orbs appear, so try to avoid |
| those. After he absorbs them, he summons meteors and is invulnerable to |
| your attacks again. Glide around Sephiroth to avoid the several meteors |
| that create shockwaves as they hit the ground. The meteors begin to spin |
| around him, and they will probably hit you unless you're very lucky or very |
| good. Watch out for the giant meteor that appears above his head. When it |
| starts to fall towards you, Superglide away to avoid it. That ends this |
| portion of the battle. |
| |
| At this point, you'll want to keep Aeroga cast. He uses a spinning tornado |
| attack at you, and it's pretty tough to dodge. You'll have to stay |
| relatively close if you want to attack. It's best to attack right after one |
| of these spinning attacks, but watch out for his teleport again, he still |
| uses it, this time in conjunction with the tornado attack. Using Ars |
| Arcanum at this time can pretty much seal the battle, depending on your |
| strength and MP remaining, and depending on Sephiroth's life bar. |
| |
| This last part of the battle is actually a relief compared to the Descend |
| Hartless / "Come Power" portion. Just keep Aeroga on, and heal as often as |
| you are able, and you will finally win this frightening battle. |
'============================================================================='
