How to Beat Sephiroth in Kingdom Hearts 2

Last Updated: April 8, 2021

If you need assistance in beating Sephiroth in Kingdom Hearts 2, move down to Step 1, below.

Part 1

Part 1 of 3:

Preparation

1
Spend as long as possible in Space Paranoids and Pride Lands. You'll need the Elixirs found on Living Bones and Devastators.
2
Level up all your forms. Master and Final are most important. While you only require level 3, achieving higher is always helpful.

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3
Obtain the following abilities. If you do not have all of these abilities, you have to get up in a higher level. You have to at least have over level 53.
- Offense (BLUE) - All except Guard, Counterattack, and Explosion
- Growth (GOLD) - High Jump (Valor), Quick Run (Wisdom), Aerial Dodge (Master), Glide (Final)
- Support (GREEN) - Scan, Two Combo and Air Combo Up, Combo and Air Combo Boost, Second Chance, Once More, Leaf Bracer (for healing when under attack), Two MP Rage, Berserk Charge (optional)
4
Equip all your Elixirs and High-Potions.
5
Equip armor and accessories. Take care to select pieces that give as much defense as possible.
6
Put the following spells and items into your customize menu. For your weapon if you don't have ultima use Decisive pumpkin, if you don't have that try Oblivion or Sleeping lion.
- Reflect, Reflera, or Reflega
- Cure, Cura, or Curaga
- Elixir
- High Potion

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Part 2

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The Battle

1
Approach Sephiroth and press .△ for a short cut-scene.
2
Use the reaction command △ to block Sephiroth's attack. He will use this at the beginning of battle, and further into the fight.
3
Select immediately Limit then execute Trinity. When you are finished with the first strike press △ quickly to attack him again. After, you can still attack him with the ✕ button.
4
Attack. Use either Upper Slash or Finishing Leap to send him in the air, then keep on with your attack, adding a couple Horizontal Slashes along the way.
5
Wait for both you and Sephiroth to drop to the ground. He will then do either one or two things.
- He will stand his ground and attack using his sword. If he does this, jump and use Arial Dodge, then Glide away from him. When you get on the other side, land because you might need to press △ to guard again.
- He will teleport and knock you up in the air. If he does this, press □ to use retaliating slash when he reappears, then continue with your combo by pressing ✕ until either he disappears or you finish.
6
Be attentive. At anytime after knocking out about 5 bars, Sepiroth will use Heartless Angel. This attack is one that will summon a halo around your head to bring you down to one HP and no MP (With second chance or Once More) or Auto-kill you. To stop this, attack him before he finishes saying "Angel".
- If you do not have the necessary abilities to reach him, and therefore cannot attack him, a well timed cure spell will cancel out the attack, but you will still have zero magic. On top of this, if you do not have the second chance ability, curing will make no difference as you will die before your cure spell has any effect. If you don't stop him in time, he will teleport and use either an attack you will need to block with △ or his regular attack.
- After this, Sepiroth will continue using Heartless Angel periodically.
7
Follow Sephiroth. After Heartless Angel, he will become more of a threat, running instead of just standing there and gawking or walking around. He will not only use his standard attack, but he will use something called Shadow Flare, which is a big fire pillar that sucks you in. Just use Glide for it or if you have the MP, use Trinity.
- Often there will be dark balls that appear around you. You can either destroy them (it takes only one hit), or use Reflect on them to knock them back toward Sephiroth. The number of balls depends. Sometimes there will be only 3 other times 7 or 8. Also sometimes he will use one of his Flash attacks where you need to press △.
- If this happens and the balls are around you press △ and the balls will be blocked too. Also worth mentioning is that aerial dodge can knock the balls away.
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Prepare for the final. When you get him down to about 4-5 bars of life, He will teleport and turn into his final form, where he is at his strongest and will use a meteor spell to try to kill you. When this happens, double-jump and use glide. Don't stop moving.
9
Finish Sephiroth. The last pinch of life that Sephiroth has will only diminish via a Finishing move. It will still work if you're doing a Berserk barrage. How? You'd have to do a Horizontal Slash or an Upper Slash to "replace" the Finishing move.

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Part 3

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Thrash Sephiroth following the drain to 1 HP / 0 MP

1
React to the attacks. After using "Heartless Angel", Sephiroth is actually at his most vulnerable. Quickly use the reaction command, dodge (△) to avoid his attack.
2
Counter immediately. Use the berserk mode to hack away at a ton of his HP (you will be able to make combos infinitely), but be sure to stay grounded. Do not jump into the air, or you will become more vulnerable to his vanish-reappear move.
3
Stop your onslaught. Quickly cast curaga, elixir or hi-potion from the shortcut menu to replenish your health from 1 HP.
4
Heal. Note that if you continue to attack Sephiroth in berserk mode for a very long time, eventually the computer will automatically warp him away so he can attack again. The second he warps away from the painful end of your keyblade, be sure to heal, or his next attack might kill you. Usually the next attack will be the dark energy balls ("Give into the darkness") which will give you an extra split moment to heal, but he might also slash at you.

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Community Q&A

Question

How do I get the ultimate key blade?

Community Answer

You synthesize it, but you must have the ultimate recipe which is located in twilight town next to the pod Donald was sleeping in.
Question

What sort of level should I be to defeat him?

Community Answer

You should be at least at level 53, as you will need most of the abilities you get at that level.

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Warnings

Watch out for his omnicutter move. It will cut your health down to about half, and leave you vulnerable for another slash if you don't stop it in time.

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Sephiroth CAN teleport, be careful that he doesn't catch you off guard in midair

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Remember, the Heartless Angel dialogue is very long. He says slowly "Descend, Heartless Angel"

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