Do you Think ExDeath is the strongest Villain in the series?

[Sephiroth]

First of all - I love X-Death. He is one of my favourite villains. So my comments are not based on being a forest-hater.

This question stems from an amusing conversation I had with a friend. We were discussing who the strongest villain in the series was and when ExDeath was discussed he pointed out how he's probably the strongest simply because once he gets the power of the Void he can just blink everything out of existence. Light of Judgement? Gone, Meteor? Gone? Ultima? Gone. He could literally just wipe out all the FF villains by just pointing at them.

X-Death definitely fails when a greater (will) power confronts him. The void itself was too strong for him and he lost control and there are villains with a will power or abilities which woulnd't even give him a chance to attack them or which would resist. Sephiroth, Ultimecia and I am pretty sure Zemus for example would be a problem for him. They all have a too strong will or certain abilities to be a problem for him.

I was going to say, isn't Cloud of Darkness pretty much the Void itself?

The Dark Cloud is a natural power which always talks about the void and many people say it is the void, often I say it myself to make explanations easier, but actually it is not really mentioned that it is the embodiement of the void itself. But it is definitely somehow connected to it.

The void itself is a power greater than space and time, after all the void existed before space and time existed.

But X-Death is, even though he is definitely one of the most powerful villains, not the strongest of them. And you may not forget that his greatest power cannot be controlled by him for long. That is one of the main problems.

Ultimecia for example has a power which is older and greater than the void: Reality and Fiction. She can read minds and make them real. That is how she summoned Griever. Griever was born out of Squall's mind. Of course I do not think she can completely control Reality and Fantasy.

Chaos is a power as great as the void. But even though he seems to have the power in Dissidia I really don't think Chaos had that power in Final Fantasy. "Chaos" was definitely just thought to be a powerful-final boss name.

But well - now he has that power.

Of course there is also a villain whose power is based on "the stronger my will gets the stronger I get - oh, and by the way, my will is the strongest of all and indestructable and can absorb energy and will power to get stronger". But I don't continue here. This is a thread about X-Death and I have already mentioned that X-Death is a powerful son of a tree.