
Originally Posted by
Spooniest
It's a question of speed. Don't forget that magic takes time.
This is Kefka's weakness in the game. Even at battle speed 1 (the fastest battle speed; player characters are not affected by +/- battle speed at all), Kefka is ridiculously slow.
One wonders, if he has wings and the most powerful source of magic in existence, why all four of your party members can get a turn before he gets one.
Even in my mod where his speed is set to 128, for some reason his agility gauge (hidden) seems to start the battle at 0 by default. Your characters are allowed to begin inputting commands right away.
Kefka wouldn't come close to Goku's speed. He'd be speechifying and Goku's fists would already be on their way to his gut.