ok i joined this site specifically to respond to this..First of all squall would lose. I mean he's a short range character. Sephiroth has been in the game much longer. He has alot more fight experience, plus a sword twice the size of his own body. Genesis could even be squall.. Second cloud did not beat Sephiroth on his own..maybe a weak a** clone..but not the real Sephiroth. He needed help from the entire crew.