How do you kill Sephiroth in the first Kingdom Hearts?

Question

I have tried a bunch of times and always get to the yellow bar but he always uses that Heartless Angel thing that he uses in the second one and kills me.

Answer 1

i haven't gotten there yet sorry

when i get there i'll tell you

Answer 2

Lotsa reading but it will be worth it! .. hopefully...

NOTE: If you don't wanna know how he fights or tips to beat him, do not read

onward.  

NOTE 2: I was on level 69 when I beat Sephiroth.

OK, here we go. I'll divide it up into phases.

ABILITIES:

If you'd like to have any shot at winning this battle, make sure you have

every magic enhancing ability equipped, such as all your MP Rages and MP

Haste. Second Chance is also mandatory. Ars Arcanum is also nice to have.

Also, be sure to have Aero and Cure mapped to quick spell buttons. The third

won't matter since you won't need it.

ITEMS:

In your items slot, carry nothing but elixirs or megalixirs, whichever you

have.

PHASE I- Lifebars 1+2

Sephiroth has 6 life bars. 5 normal ones, and one "invisible" one that you

must get rid of before his damage meter starts to go down. This phase really

isn't that difficult. He has two primary attacks. If you get near him, he'll

lunge at you with his sword, which reaches a h**l of a long way. If you stay

near him, he'll cast some sort of mega-fire spell, which causes a lot of

damage. He can also jump across the arena and lunge at you with his sword.

STRATEGY:

For this phase, basically you need to ALWAYS KEEP YOURSELF AERO'D! It will

save your butt. Run at him and right when you think you entered the range of

his sword, jump up and let him swing underneath you. Then, unleash a combo

while you are landing. Note that if you successfully land a 4-hit combo, he

will disappear and teleport behind you to try to damage you, just press R1 to

lock on and jump out of the way. If he starts his mega-fire spell, either wait

it out and heal or do Ars Arcanum which does significant damage and makes you

invincible. The only disadvantage of this is that it takes 3 MP. After you

take off his first "visible" life bar, he'll enter his next "phase", which is

probably the most difficult.

PHASE II- Lifebars 3+4

Now, he's much tougher. In my opinion, this is his hardest phase. He has three

primary attacks in this stage. First, he'll run like a madman across the

arena, slashing you and teleporting directly behind you. There's not much to

do here except to keep yourself cured and aero'd. However, you need to try to

time your jumps when he teleports around. His second attack is to teleport

across the arena and do a spell that is an instant death, unless you have

second chance equipped, which will leave you with no MP and 1 HP. Finally, he

will jump up in the air and fly at you, slashing away for about 10 seconds,

finishing with an unavoidable combo.

STRATEGY:

As I said before, while he's teleporting around the arena, he's VERY difficult

to hit, and you need to time your jumps correctly. Every once in a while,

he'll teleport across the arena and say "Tired of Final Fantasy??" or

something to that effect. When you see the orange light on him, IMMEDIATELY

superglide to him and hit him a few times to interrupt his spell. If you see

the orange light get to you BEFORE you get to him, IMMEDIATELY SUPERGLIDE

AWAY!! Get as far away as you can, and go into your item menu. The INSTANT he

performs the spell, click your elixir, cause he'll be charging at you, trying

to finish you off. For his third attack, he'll give you about a second warning

by the arena getting much darker. That's your cue to aero up (even if it's

already on, it's a fairly lengthy attack). Just repeatedly jump around. He'll

get you a few times, but if you have aero, he won't kill you. After it's over,

IMMEDIATELY cure. Then, he will ALWAYS teleport across the arena and do his

death-spell again, so lock onto him and superglide to him to interrupt it.

After the entire yellow bar is visible, he'll enter his final phase.

PHASE III- Lifebars 5+6

In this phase, he will go to the center of the arena and a huge light will

come on him. He will then call down 5 or 6 meteors, so jump up to avoid the

waves of them landing. The meteors will then go in circles around the arena,

and there's no safe place. He will then detonate the meteors, creating a huge

explosion. His other attacks involve creating a series of smaller meteors

around him and bringing them toward you. They don't do much damage with aero

on though. He will also spin around in a circle and leap at you saying "Stop

this!" He will also occasionally use the mega-fire spell and the constant

slashing attack followed by the death spell. However, this time he usually

does the constant slashing attack two times in a row, so make sure you cure

and aero in between.

STRATEGY:

When he summons the meteors, go to the outside of the arena, with aero on of

course. Jump up to avoid some of the waves of the meteors landing. When he

makes them go in circles, I just stayed to the outside and took the damage.

After he detonates the meteors, heal and run in and get a few hits on him.

This phase basically involves rushing in on him and slashing away, retreating,

healing, and aeroing when necessary. However, when he does the constant

slashing attack, retreat and jump around again, and make sure to superglide to

him to interrupt the death spell. This part is made even more difficult by the

fact that your hits appear to do less damage to him. Just stick with it

though, and this phase won't be too diffucult. Just remember the golden rule:

HEAL, AERO, AND SOME POTIONS!! He will eventually fall.

Hope i helped you!! ^^hint hint^^ i hope i get best answer! *nudge*

Answer 3

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 Heartless / "Come Power" portion. Just keep Aeroga on, and heal as often as you are able, and you will finally win this frightening battle.

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