Sephiroth (SSBU): Difference between revisions

|neutraldesc=A mid-level roundhouse kick, followed by a mid-level side kick, followed by a thrust forwards with the Masamune's pommel. Sephiroth's fastest attack. The third hit launches at a fairly low angle with decent knockback, which grants it tech-chasing capabilities.

|ftiltdesc=An outward slash with the Masamune. Has rather slow startup (the slowest of Sephiroth's tilt attacks), but great KO potential at the middle of the Masamune's blade. Can be angled.

|dsmashdesc=Stabs at the ground in front of himself. This stab attack is unique, as Sephiroth will pierce the ground in front of himself should there be any, making the move larger, stronger and giving the more powerful hitboxes higher priority. Otherwise, the move's hitboxes will behave normally, with the tip being difficult to land and the hitbox being narrow. Should the move pierce the ground, it deals immense [[shield damage]], having the capability to instantly break a damaged shield if the tip and the debris connect. It also has the fastest startup of Sephiroth's smash attacks, though still slow for a smash attack, and has moderate ending lag. While in Winged Form, this move gains 20% damage-based armour.

|fairdesc=A thrusting stab forwards with the Masamune. Has somewhat slow startup, but very long range in front of Sephiroth; as with other stab attacks, its hitbox is narrow. The tip can KO at high percentages at the edge. The move is also unique in that it lets Sephiroth pierce walls and cling to them, similarly to [[Dragon Lunge]]. After piercing a wall, Sephiroth can choose to jump, boosting his recovery (by moving up or pressing jump or attack); or let go of the wall (by pressing away or down, or waiting long enough). Sephiroth can pierce a wall this way up to three times before landing on the ground. The move will fail to pierce a wall below a stage's camera bounds, even if it is the first usage.

|fsdesc=Performs a wide slash while announcing {{ja|星に帰れ|Hoshi ni kaere}} ("Return to the stars."/"Disintegrate into stardust."). Up to three opponents hit by the slash will be trapped in a cutscene where Sephiroth transforms into Safer∙Sephiroth (his final boss form) to summon Meteor and trigger a supernova, wiping out the earth and causing random status effects to foes who survive the attack. These status effects include an automatic [[shield break]], being [[timer|slowed down]], having reversed controls (indicated by a [[Ramblin' Evil Mushroom|mushroom]] on the victim's head), [[Flower|having a flower planted on the victim's head]], being put to [[sleep]], or a simple [[darkness]] effect, which is accompanied by more knockback than usual, albeit still on the lower end for a Final Smash. Fighters caught in the Final Smash face towards him with their backs to the camera, much like Cloud and his party do in his final boss battle in ''Final Fantasy VII''. The attack is also based on the attack of the same name in ''Final Fantasy VII''. Once the move is successfully finished, Sephiroth adopts his fighting stance from ''Final Fantasy VII'' then performs an animation based on his victory pose as a guest party member during the Nibelheim flashback.

If Cloud is present during the match, he has a chance of saying {{ja|思い出にはならないさ|Omoide ni wa naranai sa.}} ("I will never be a memory.") in any of his three victory poses.

In the online meta, he has seen early success, with {{Sm|Sharp|p=Rhode Island}} placing in the top 8 of [https://smash.gg/tournament/get-clipped-6-presented-by-metaview/event/ultimate-singles/brackets/887205/1418268/standings Get Clipped 6] and {{Trn|HABBY Birthday 2020}}. In an offline format, both Rizeasu and Zackray have done well at some Japanese tournaments with the character, with Zackray winning Kurobra 24 and Rizeasu getting top 8 at {{Trn|Sumabato SP 16}}. His exact tier placement is unknown however.

*Sephiroth's trailer makes several references to both the original ''Final Fantasy VII'' game, and the CGI-animated film ''Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children'', with much of his and Cloud's dialogue being adapted from the latter. Several shots in the trailer are [https://twitter.com/Kumatora4/status/1337193766973652994 direct recreations] of shots from ''Advent Children''.