Thread:JayHart/@comment-9337107-20150512185903/@comment-25555436-20150514131714

Mmmm....Berserk activates when you run out of MP...but you can't simply use spells against Sephiroth, they leave you vulnerable for far too long. He needs to use potions.

You want to beat Sephiroth Cherry? Here's the way:

1-Get yourself as highest LV as possible. Minimum is 64, but I recommend around 80-90 so he won't kick your ass so fast.

2-Modify your abilities so you only have a combo of a maximun amount of 5 hits. Low, but there's a reason for it.

3-Train your blocking skills and reflexes as much as you can.

4-Get all the forms's abilities to the max. High Jump, the dash, the double jump, and most importantly the Glide. They belong to the Valor, Wisdom, Master and Final forms respectively. You get them as they level up (max LV7). Valor levels through hits, Wisdom through killing heartless, Master through collecting drive orbs, and Final through killing Nobodies. As for how to get the Final Form, IDK but I got it first when I used Wisdom form against Xigbar. Sora turned to Final instead, and I was able to kick his ass.

Now here's the reason for the low combo: If you hit him more than 5 times, he vanishes mid-combo (long before you get to hit him with the finisher), appears behind you and hits you with his long combo and as you'll be stuck in the animation of the attack you thought would have hitted him, you won't have time to block it.

So, you make your combo 5 hits max. So the last hit he receives before vanishing is the finisher, and the overall damage you make is higher. Plus, that way you'll have enough time to react and block/evade (depends on the combo. If he slash, vanishes, slash, vanish, slash and such, evade. If he only slashes a lot, block).

Here's some tips:

-Do not use magic. Sora doesn't move while using them nor can you cancel them in some way, so any attempt at magic, even cure, will be met with his katana. Barrier spamming is possible, but not recommended as 1-it will drain your MP a lot, 2-if you use Berserk Charge then you won't be able to use a finisher, reducing your overall damage.

-Also, using Barrier at times it's risky, apparently. I remember him vanishing right after hitting the barrier, and slashing me once the barrier was down (yeah, got Sephitrolled).

-As you can't use magic, use potions if you need to heal (and if he hits you, you will. A single combo can kill you if you don't have the ability to resist combos at 1 HP). The animation for using potions is much faster so you're not even half as vulnerable as when using Cure.

-As the fight goes on, he will start using stronger, more varied attacks. Thats what the forms's abilities are for. Prepare to jump, dash, double jump, and glide as his health goes down.

-Use the strongest weapon you have (physically) that doesn't add any more hits to the combos, unless said addition increases the max to 5 hits. For this reason, don't use Decisive Pumpkin, the low number of hits makes it's ability not-really-useful here.

-Prepare for a long, patient fight. As long as Supernova, only that here you can't go in the meantime to make yourself a sandwich.

Also, I'm not sure of the Limit Form's effectiveness here. I never used it against Sephiroth. Anyway, this is the widely-considered most efective method to beat Sephiroth. Good Luck.