My Sephiroth Strategy (KH2)

[Giga Guess]

I *just* beat the bugger. Once you know how to do it, he's shockingly easy.
1.) I cannot stress this enough. PLAY CONSERVATIVELY! Heal before rushing in if there's even an INKLING of you being seriously hurt.
2.) Watch for action commands. It's always preceeded by the screen getting dark. This sounds like a no duh thing, but it caught me off guard once or twice, and that attack HURTS!
3.) He's pretty freakin' vulnerable after that attack. For the love of god, take advantage of it.
4.) I dunno what the move is....Horizontal Slash? Whatever it is, I'm sure it was made for this battle.When Sephy launches you, use it when he comes in for attack #2, and you can completely turn the combo around on him.
5.) If he starts rising TAKE! HIM! DOWN! One attack will interrupt this attack, but if he is able to fire it off......biiiiig trouble.
6.) It's important enough to warrant being mentioned twice, basically. Cure, cure, cure. Potions, spells, whatever it takes, keep your health up.
7.) I dunno about Second Chance, but Once More saved my sorry ass a few times. USE IT!

Basically this whole battle is common sense. You still wanna be a high-ish level (I was 79) but in comparison to the first KH's Sephy...? Meh.

[Zeromus_X]

I *just* beat the bugger. Once you know how to do it, he's shockingly easy.

Well, yeah.

During his first form, I just Square combo him when he knocks me into the air. If I land to close to him after the combo, I glide away real quickly from his land combo.

During his second form, I retreat from his combos and use Reflega on his orbs of darkness, and interrupt Heartless Angel.

Whenever he does his supersonic slash, use the blocking reaction command to block, then knock him into the air and do a combo, then retreat.

During his third form, repeat the second form's strategy and glide back and forth when he does the meteor shower attack.

Heal with Elixirs when necessary. But don't be a whimp with Curaga, especially if you don't need it. Save MP for Reflega, that's alot more important, Imo.

Beat him on Normal difficulty at level 61.

Edit: But I did try over 10 times until I got the attack pattern and my strategy down correctly, so no, it wasn't very easy.

[Giga Guess]

I *just* beat the bugger. Once you know how to do it, he's shockingly easy.

Well, yeah.

During his first form, I just Square combo him when he knocks me into the air. If I land to close to him after the combo, I glide away real quickly from his land combo.

During his second form, I retreat from his combos and use Reflega on his orbs of darkness, and interrupt Heartless Angel.

Whenever he does his supersonic slash, use the blocking reaction command to block, then knock him into the air and do a combo, then retreat.

During his third form, repeat the second form's strategy and glide back and forth when he does the meteor shower attack.

Heal with Elixirs when necessary. But don't be a whimp with Curaga, especially if you don't need it. Save MP for Reflega, that's alot more important, Imo.

Beat him on Normal difficulty at level 61.

Okay, I'm impressed, but then, I never got the whole reflect thing....I guess it's my FF phobia of the spell...and I don't think I had many Elixers in stock....and on my person just Hi and Mega Potions...

[Zeromus_X]

I never like Reflect in the game either, but I found a major use for it in this battle. Those orbs of darkness really pissed me off after about 5 tries, so I tried using Firaga first. But Reflega has alot of range, and will reflect more if he uses it a second time. It may even hurt Seph himself if he decides to run in and use a combo or something. What's funny is that it sometimes even wins the battle for me since I seem to spam it when he uses those orbs.

Well, I mostly used Elixirs for MP, but I'm sure any healing item is just fine.

[Rizzice]

I just hit him til he had no HP. I used 3 hi potions and a bunch of curagas.

Then again I was level 85 with UW and some of the best gear..but I chose the sword so Once More wasn't available til 85 so I had no choice...

[NeoCracker]

Elixars are best used immidiatly after his evil slash attack that follows up Heartless Angel, using an Elixar after heartless angel your almost garunteed to get hit with his slash and attacked with a follow up combo.

[Tifa's Real Lover(really]

beat him last night, didnt use curaga that much, only 3 or 4 times, i use my mp for trinity, it takes off a whole bar

[Giga Guess]

I just hit him til he had no HP. I used 3 hi potions and a bunch of curagas.

Then again I was level 85 with UW and some of the best gear..but I chose the sword so Once More wasn't available til 85 so I had no choice...

But I shose the Sword too...Second Chance is the one I wasn't able to get.

[Tifa's Real Lover(really]

I just hit him til he had no HP. I used 3 hi potions and a bunch of curagas.

Then again I was level 85 with UW and some of the best gear..but I chose the sword so Once More wasn't available til 85 so I had no choice...

i chose sword, im in lvl 56 and i have once more.....

[Tavrobel]

Second Chance, which is a completely different ability than Once More, and is gained by level. Under the Sword path, Sora gets it at level 85. At the Defense and the Magic path, you get it before level 50.

Once More: protects 1 hp against combos
Second Chance: protects 1 hp against high damage attacks

Sephiroth IS easy, but how many bosses AREN'T, if you know what you are doing? If I had just known to use the Square button (Aerial Counter), then I would've had him beat awhile ago. And I still didn't use Reflect, as Explosion cleared out the field alot faster than I thought.

It's actually EASIER if you don't walk into battle with all Elixirs, because Berserk can take away up to a bar and a half, and if you're still in the air, and Sephiroth tries to get you again... say goodbye to another bar.

[Zeromus_X]

Heh, I chose the shield, so I didn't even get Berserk Charge. It's helpful, but a bit overkill Imo. I did get Second Chance and Once More a bit earlier, but is it that hard to block the supersonic slash attack?

[Tavrobel]

It's only hard to block if you are caught in the air while the Reaction is available, and you are about to hit the ground. Otherwise, you should NEVER get hit by it.

[Peter_20]

W-Summon - Knights of Round x 2.
Enough said.

[Tavrobel]

Kingdom Hearts II.
Not Final Fantasy VII.

[Zeromus_X]

I'm sure they were being sarcastic. Well, I hope.

Yeah, I'm totally paranoid and don't go into the air unless necessary.