What's the easiest way to beat Sephiroth on Kingdom Hearts 2? ?

Question

OMG this guy is so ******* hard! He's even harder than the final boss having at least 13 life bars and all! And i thought Xaldin was hard! if you've defeated him can you please help me?

Answer 1

This boss fight should be doable if Sora is in the 90s, but you may want to fortify him with some Power or Defense Boosts. Fill his item slots with Elixirs, and put them on a shortcut. Make sure you have High Jump and Aerial Dodge at least at LV2. You will also probably want Glide as well. Remove any Combo Boost abilities and Equip Negative combo. Also equip Retaliating Slash and Finishing Plus. Once More and Second Chance will help, as will Leaf Bracer. Don't worry about equipping Donald and Goofy, since they won't be there to help you.

As the fight begins, the screen goes dark and the reaction command Block appears. Hit triangle as fast as you can, since failure to do so will bring your HP down to 1 very quickly, and you will die soon after if you don't heal. Blocking negates any damage.

As soon as you're in the fight proper, you'll notice that Sephiroth has a very long range with his sword. The good thing is that he has a hard timeNbreaking out of your combos, and finishing moves send him flying. For this first part of the battle, you should be fairly ok just attacking him when you get the chance.

During the initial swordplay, Sephiroth will most likely knock you up into the air. Immediately use Retaliating Slash any time this happens, as he almost always teleport in front of you--right in the way of the slash! This is a great way to start an aerial combo and send him flying again.

Fighting defensively is also a good option, and is made easier by Quick Run and other form abilities. When Sephiroth starts to combo, use one of the abilities to scoot out of the way. When he's done with the combo, he'll stop for a second, which gives you a good opportunity to attack.

As the battle wears on, be on the lookout for the Block reaction command again. You'll know when Seph is about to use this attack when the screen goes dark.

In the next phase of the battle, he'll start creating balls of energy around Sora. They will eventually hit you, but you can hit them away first. A well timed Explosion can send all of them flying. Keep an eye on Sephiroth at this time though, he can get hard to see with all the balls in the way.

Another attack that he uses around this time is a giant pillar of flame that draws you in. You can't really hit Seph at this time, so just focus on running away. Quick Dodge and stuff work well for escaping the suction.

Next up on the list is the infamous Descend Heartless Angel. Once again, this attack reduces your HP to 1 and your MP to 0, but once again, you can hit him before that happens to cancel it. What's different is that he uses it while pretty high up in the air. High Jump towards him as soon as you hear him speaking, "Descend... Heartless... Angel," and Aerial Dodge towards him to attack, disregarding anything else that's going on. If you can't make it on time, get ready with an Elixir and use it immediately. I still think "Sin Harvest" would have been cooler.

Sephiroth adds one final attack to his repertoire when he's very low on health, though I personally have never encountered it. Apparently, he calls a bunch of meteors that fall down in a large part of the arena, and they move to fall on you. I'm guessing that Glide will be enough to avoid them, if needed.

More detailed FAQs on defeating Sephiroth:

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