Looking for other great stories.

[oscar08]

Me and my friends have played ffvii since the begining and so far my friend anth has the best story ive heard about beating the game.

A long long time ago after playing the game sleeplessly since around 7pm that night, the clock stood at 3 am hes was battling Safer Sephiroth and getting along ok till that evil of all evils casted shadow flare it killed off cid and cloud but he couldnt beleive it yuffie was still standing but just barely with 34 hp, to top it off he had no phoenix downs left and no mp. So he did the last thing he could think of he threw a weapon and not just any weapon he threw the buster sword Sephiroth was defeated in a way any gamer would be amazed i still cant beleive he pulled it off but his story hasnt changed in the slighest bit since that night. You can chose to beleive it or not but in any case WOW!!!
I would really like to hear other great stories on how others defeated seperoth or any of the bosses in this game.

[Sephex]

I know ed beat Sephiroth for the first time using ChocoMog. My other friend beat him without imputting a command for the first time....Sneak Attack linked with Knights of The Round= Sephiroth dead right away.

[mike without a hat]

i thought you couldnt throw the buster sword ???

[Chris]

i thought you couldnt throw the buster sword ???

You can't

Obviously it's a lie

[Perducci]

You can't throw the Buster sword, Gatling gun, and I don't think you can throw Ultima Weapon? I'm not sure, I haven't played it for a while...

[BackRoomKid]

yea, all first "initial" weapons you can't throw or throw away...they're "special"

doens't safer sephorith HAS to cast SuperNova at least once? It's always been that way...i hit him with omnislash and all that right away but he still has to cast that weak summon

[Perducci]

yea, all first "initial" weapons you can't throw or throw away...they're "special"

doens't safer sephorith HAS to cast SuperNova at least once? It's always been that way...i hit him with omnislash and all that right away but he still has to cast that weak summon

I don't think he has too, I think he only uses it once you've weakend him a lot...

[Masamune·1600]

Super Nova is used at specific points in the battle. The damage you deal has no bearing on this, and Safer can indeed be defeated without SN having been cast.

Super Nova is not actually weak (nor is it a summon). In my opinion, it is FFVII's equivalent of Grand Cross (see FFV and FFIX). For the purposes of the game, you can expect it to lower your HP to critical (it will never deal enough damage to kill you) and can also add a number of negative status effects.

[BackRoomKid]

^^^yea, i know it's not THAT weak, it was more of an exagerration...cuz it never really kills any of your party members...

i noticed that Super Nova normally comes at a certain point of the song "one winged angel"...anyone think so to? It seems to come with that really quiet beat and the orchestra/choir is kinda doing that chant and then it escalates when the summon is over

[Shoden]

yeah the "Veni Veni Venias Ne mori Facias" long part

strange i beat Safer Sephiroth so many times 1st time i was dissapointed at his easiness but it did take a KOTR and a mime to kill him 1st time and then on i never bothered using KOTR

[Khimbar]

Pssh! I never used a magic spell when I fought Safer Sephiroth...I'm just a stubborn conservative like that, I rarely ever use items, and i only use cure magic when needed...but thats just me...

[Mercen-X]

You can't throw the Buster Sword because it doesn't actually belong to Cloud. It is a memento of (SPOILER)his friend, Zack.
You can't throw the Gatling Gun because it is part of who Barrett is and a memory of (SPOILER)his friend, Dyne.
You can't throw away the Seraph Comb for Red because it was his father's.
Everything else can be discarded or thrown.

I always defeat Guard Scorpion the same way. I use Barrett's Big Shot, Cloud's Lightning, and then finish with a Raver (or Braver, i guess)

I finish Airbuster with a Beat Rush back attack.

I once killed a boss in such a fantastic way, the exhillaration of it is still enblazoned on my brain. Unfortunately, I don't remember what was so great about it.

[kalabora]

I don't really remember specifics, I beat it on July 4th. Guess that's something.

[DaremihC]

Yah... I beat Safer Sephy with Yuffie 'x4 Slashing' and then Cid 'Counter-Mimed' it. And then he died... I wanted to Omnislash him...

After that, I wanted to see how much damage Sephy did to Cloud so I waited (It was around 6000+) but I forgot that Cloud had the 'Counter Attack' materia on and he countered (A hit of around 630) and Sephy died!!! From a whimpy counter!!!!! I was so dissapointed... I wanted to Omnislash him...


One time I omnislashed a catuar and it didn't die... that pissed me off.

[Masamune·1600]

After that, I wanted to see how much damage Sephy did to Cloud so I waited (It was around 6000+) but I forgot that Cloud had the 'Counter Attack' materia on and he countered (A hit of around 630) and Sephy died!!! From a whimpy counter!!!!! I was so dissapointed... I wanted to Omnislash him...

This happened to me once too. I was also curious as to how strong the "real" Sephiroth was. I forgot about the Counterattack materia and I did something like 1473 to him. After how long it took to beat Safer, I kinda thought this would turn out a much better duel. I also went in once without gaining the Omnislash, I kinda thought that since it was the end of the game, they'd give it anyway so I let my limit gauge fill. I ended killing him with Meteorain, which was all right, but it's nothing to the dynamic end brought forth by the Omnislash.

What?

The battle against Final Sephiroth occurs under certain guidelines. The most significant of these, of course, is that you cannot lose. While Cloud's ATB gauge rises, so does his Limit Gauge. The Limit Gauge will fill and Cloud will have opportunity to unleash Omnislash. Mercen-X, please reconsider your statements in the future, as many impressionable viewers may interpret them as fact. You CANNOT use Meteorain on Final Sephiroth. Even if you never acquired Omnislash, it is the only option available.

If you wait for a period of time, hesitating (or Defending or Row Changing) rather than using the Omnislash, Sephiroth will attack first. This attack will hurt quite a bit, but will not kill Cloud. Ever. Cloud will immediately counterattack, regardless of any materia he may have had. This counterattack will defeat Sephiroth, no matter how much or how little damage it inflicts.

DaremihC, there are two brief points I'd like to clarify. The counterattack was not the result of Counterattack materia. Cloud counters Sephiroth's attack, no matter what. As a matter of fact, it should be argued that Cloud has no materia at all during the fight. This is clear from certain facts. An obvious one (unless you're playing a no materia game, in which case the question is obviously irrelevant) is that all magic, summons, and other commands are gone. Further, if your HP, for example, was artificially augmented thorugh HP Plus materia, you'll notice in this fight that it has returned to its natural levels. Second, the reason the counterattack did so little was likely because you were using the Ultima Weapon. Since it powers up (or down) based on HP, Sephiroth's critical hit prior to the counter would have rendered your attack disappointingly weak. Should you use Omnislash (obviously before Seph attacks), you will see the expected big numbers.

If you're really interested in learning any of Sephiroth's hard statistics, you can view his status during the Kalm flashback. His HP, at the very least, doesn't apply to this final form. Since this is not actually a physical battle, but insead shows Cloud's will overcoming the influence of Seph, that stands to reason.