How to Beat Sephiroth in Final Fantasy VII Rebirth! (Boss Guide) Final Boss Part 3

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[@blackjaguar324]

Worst part about this is that you can't skip the f****** cutscenes so you're forced to watch them over and over again every time you lose.

[@EcuaBlackOps212]

Just enjoy watching Sephiroth, he’s handsome tho

[@phuklyyve8941]

i know, wtf were they thinking?

[@cdub757nor]

And boi have i lost bout 5 times inna row

[@phuklyyve8941]

@@cdub757nor i beat it couple of goes after making this comment. the timing of the bahumut summon as well as saving Level 3 limits for the end did it for me. good luck.

[@cdub757nor]

@@phuklyyve8941 mannnnn i still lost last night and turned it off got tired of aerith makin a grand entrance and folding😂😭 that end is nigh and octaslash prime is ridiculous 😂😂 ima have to use bahamut at the correct time level 3 limits is there a stronger limit den ascension??

[@soulstech414]

Every single time I do this fight I stagger him and when he snaps out of It he's about 5-10% health and he hits me with an unavoidable grab and he insta kills me . Its really pissing me off

[@eanderson9599]

Yup, it’s dumb. If you don’t kill him in the stagger, you lose the fight. Ascension is your best bet, but if you don’t do enough damage you have to stack buffs on cloud

[@adihsarstilinskih8237]

I absolutely had my spirits crushed last night, getting through all the other battle phases just to have to give up on this BS last part. I tried 15 times and would get him down to the last and my limit break does not finish him off in the stagger. Ugh.

[@HiroThatDude]

I had to put this fight on easy and I was still getting killed what I ended up doing to win was using Eris limit gauge for protection of all physical damage and that barely got me by and I made sure to save a mist giga potion which obviously heals everyone in the party by 3000 points so using that immediately after that Hail Mary he does saved me

[@mma-g]

@@eanderson9599when his health gets so low in the stagger he becomes invincible

[@harrytoms90]

The only time in the game you really need revival earrings

[@muddimert]

Took me a good few goes, kept getting to that stage where he insta kills you in his final phase. To make matters worse, no barrier materia and Aerith had no materia at all, so made things even tougher. Why don’t they allow you to adjust your materia before the various fights, really would help a lot!

[@paolopampilon5369]

You can. Right before the fight with Zack and cloud vs sephiroth hold the square button

[@muddimert]

@@paolopampilon5369 ah thanks mate, haha will remember that for the next play through 👍

[@christopherduggan6272]

If Aerith doesn't have Materia it's worth restarting the entire sequence and equipping her. Yes I know that's annoying and it takes like an hour to get back through it all. For the final phase 'the end is nigh' - save Clould's limit break and the synergy skill (firework blade) - those two were enough to finish him off but barely. Took me 5-6 tries to beat him, lots of trial and error.

[@muddimert]

@@christopherduggan6272 yeah I managed to do it without restarting thankfully, but it did take a few goes. I used limit break and then just hit him with everything I could, seriously scraped it - the end is neigh phase is just stupid IMO!

[@christopherduggan6272]

@@muddimert well done - tough boss but rewarding to beat!

[@blackstrings]

A cheap way to beat him is to put limit siphon on cloud. Equip reraise on Aerith and that materia that swaps mp with hp. Each time Aerith gets killed (which she’ll likely be one shot) Aerith will revive and get a huge limit boost. Cloud siphons her limit and spam his limit breaks and repeat.

[@CarlosXPhone]

I tried the limit siphon idea. Now all I need to do is mp/hp swap idea. Hm.

[@wrenchguy2937]

I love u

[@terellkid1]

I always get auto one shotted on the very last part from the octoslash because I can’t do enough damage in time. I’ve play this boss over 20 times and I’m starting to think I might REALLY be stuck for the first time in a video game. They NEED to patch a couple of these boss fights. This one and the Rufus boss are the two most broken ones so far.

[@DirectGamingYT]

Apply barrier. Cut damage in half.

[@terellkid1]

@@DirectGamingYT I finally beat it. I just rushed the fuck out of him. Completely ignored healing or any type of thinking or strategy. Just straight up blitzed him, with button mashing, spells and limits. Woke up all my neighbors screaming F**K YOU MF after beating him 😂😂😂

[@eanderson9599]

@@DirectGamingYTno, it’s an instankill no matter how much health or defense

[@MaxQuagliotto]

@@eanderson9599yep it’s the same for me too. I don’t have Cloud’s Final Touch limit break (only Ascension) and it doesn’t do enough damage when staggered. And I am manawalled as well. This version of octoslash seems to be blocked. But there’s one extra hit at the end which insta kills all players even when I have over 50% health. Anyone have any idea on how to beat without Cloud’s next limit break??

[@MaxQuagliotto]

Ok I JUST beat it with only having Ascension. The key is to have the ATB filled and Ascension available when he does The End is Nigh. When he starts doing that I did Ascension which increased the pressure immensely. I had to increase it more with regular attacks until he got staggered. Once he got staggered I killed him with one hit of Braver!

[@HeartlessNinny1]

"What more could you ask for?" How about a fight that's fucking fun for one

[@Monty2289]

Nomura and friends really do believe that the boss just straight up just invoking damage frames at the last chunk of life was super smart as a game design. The very first time he initiated Tempus I used Ascension and he just ignored it. Initiated Octoslash and we died. But the most aggrivating thing about this is when you retry the "retry from checkpoint" is a 2 minute cutscene. WHY?

[@noirvenom6017]

Been trying to beat him the last few days and felt so frustrated. This vid definitely helped alot, when I got to the veeeeeeery last part I got excited then got one shoted by the octoslash… this fight is something else

[@BeersYourFriend]

I have tried 30+ times trying to beat Sephiroth and just can't do it. I get very close, dwindling him down to a sliver of health, but can't seem to pressure him enough at the end, and I get one shot every single time. I never added a point in the folio for Clouds 3rd level break. I don't have barrier or fire on me. Although I found that Aerith's Soul Drain ability works extremely well on the sword, which I'm using instead of fire. I'm flipping between characters, and healing using mist gigas, so health is not the problem here at all. One would think that by setting the game's options to normal with classic mode selected would make this fight a breeze, since in classic it says something like "use this if you just want to focu on abilities" and it isn't working well. Works great for most other other fights, but not this one. I might have to call it. I completed all regions, all side quests except 1 against a tough dude at the golden saucer, and everyone in my party is in the light blue maxed-happy. I had a great time with the game, and think i'll just youtube the ending. It's most likely a skill issue, and I'm fine with that. I've simply had enough. Thanks for the great guide video! Cheers! 🍻

[@BeersYourFriend]

Update - I gave it a few more attempts and finally beat it the bastard. What i did differently this time was to use United Refocus at the very end, where Sephiroth sends out a that cyclone of damage. What that is split the ATB gauge into 3 segments, which I was able to use Focused Thrust 3 times in a row, which was enough to pressure him. Some people were saying to use your limit firework blade at the end, or save up for ascension, but i highly recommend going with United Refocus so you've got enough ATB to slam him with 3 Focused Thrusts and fully pressure him. If you've got ascension, wait till after you pressure him, and use it. I also didn't use cureand instead I used gigapotions, because it is used faster to heal due to the cure animations being slower. So throw all your synergy abilities and limits at him, but save up for United Refocus. I didn't use Figra either. Aeriths Soul Drain works just as good against the sword. Good luck!

[@paolopampilon5369]

Good for you. I was gonna say to just put it on easy or dynamic.

[@YoungHungryy]

It’s not skill bro this last fight is some bs

[@blackstrings]

Difficulty went from easy to ultra hard in that last fight to troll all the players lol

[@genefactor007]

@@BeersYourFriend I'm a bit late to the conversation but huge congrats!!! It took me over an hour to beat him but I finally did. I came really really close on five different occasions. I once pressured him during his The End is Nigh move but failed to down him. The way I beat him was by using Ascension. It had just enough juice to do the job. Now on to the next game. Sending you virtual high-fives! We did it! 😁

[@JagdPanther101]

I'm sure someone else has said this already (or something similar), but since I just beat the game, I'll add my tip: make sure you have Mist Giga Potions (or at least Giga Potions) available heading into the final battle. I had about 12 Mist Giga Potions, I think, by this point. Always, ALWAYS keep an ATB available on someone, particularly once you get to the 50% mark and start seeing Heartless Angel. As soon as your characters hit the ground, immediately pull up the menu and pop a Mist Giga Potion. Sephiroth should stay idle long enough for the item to pop. That 3000 HP each should be plenty of fend off Sephiroth until you can top off HP with a spell or other item. I actually had more trouble with the first 15% of his health than anything else because I was trying to prioritize the Synergy Skill to raise Limit Levels. I got wiped once, but thankfully Aerith had the Revival Earring on. I actually almost wiped a second time but was able to keep Aerith dodging long enough and get in a couple hits to get her back an ATB to pop a Phoenix Down on Cloud. Once I got past that first 15% or so, it was actually shockingly not bad (not EASY... but not bad, either). Just kept Aerith constantly at 2 or nearly 2 ATB so I could be prepared for Heartless Angel. When I got to the End is Nigh I thought I'd blown it because Finishing Touch didn't seem to be taking him down much, but finally Sephiroth staggered and the last thrust killed him. So, ended up getting him in 1 go (if you exclude that I had to Retry from Current Phase after getting Cloud killed in his solo battle against Sephiroth Reborn........).

[@rincerta]

I remember having fun playing as sephiroth in the beginning 😭

[@MRDEEP795]

I just changed the difficulty to easy after losing the final phase of the boss fight 5 times lol. I’m here for the story, so whatever. Older I get the less I care about what difficulty I finish the game on. I really enjoyed this game overall! Outside of some sections that dragged.

[@mangrove1985]

Can you change difficulty at the end or do you need to redo the whole boss battle. I'm afraid to turn of my console as you cannot save before this last part.

[@Redhead_20567]

The MANDATORY Cait Sith dungeon in Ch. 11 was not it 😭

[@TheFIlthy420]

​@mangrove1985 nah, you can't change the difficulty once you start! Think you gotta do it all the way at the beginning where aerith is preying

[@MRDEEP795]

@@TheFIlthy420 that’s what I did. Had to waste a bunch of time. But oh well. Got to finish the game at least.

[@TheFIlthy420]

@MRDEEP795 ooooof! I feel your pain bro. It took me like 6 or 7 tries to finally beat it but I didn't want to put it on easy I'm stubborn!

[@ggletv]

it took me almost 2 days but after fighting him so often you can understand the pattern and he gets easier. i played on dynamic and did the following: •unfortunately, i did have to restart back to jenova to give aerith fire since i took everything off of her and gave it to cait believing i wouldn't play her in the future. it's 100% worth it and the fights aren't that hard, just time consuming. i also should add that i intended to give her raise but later on found that i didn't give it to her. nonetheless i could still use phoenix downs when using her. once aerith has fire, make sure cloud has it too. •in the beginning of the fight prioritize getting at least one ATB up for each of them, dodging as much as possible. seph will use his kamehameha and you need fire to destroy the masanune quickly. •this fight is impossible without aerith's radiant ward. use it as much as possible to get her ATB to constantly use pray. i thought i really needed cure for her but pray+potions did fine. after you pressure him from destroying masamune i use cloud a little bit to hurt him and then switched to aerith to let the AI continue to distract seph as i got aerith's ATB up as soon as possible for the radiant ward. •every time seph directs his attention towards cloud, i instantly switched to aerith to keep using radiant ward and use pray. if you're using it so much that you're full health then you can use fire if you like but be sure to leave MP for at least enough 2 fires for the last part of the boss. •when you first see cloud and aerith's synergies use it at the timing you think is best. i use it when i stagger seph for the first time. this is important because cloud needs his second limit break for the last part of the boss. as for aerith's i need her limit as well but do NOT use planet protection. it's useless in this fight. you can use them immediately in this part of the fight, and the second time the limits activate but trust me when i say don't use them for the third time. you're going to want to save them for the final part and it'll be so easy. also, when seph was staggered i also used the titan summon. that's to help out with damage (of course) but so i can keep my ATB up as much as possible. it's also super helpful to help stagger seph as you're saving your limit break for later. •be sure to keep at least one ATB on for each character to use fire because you'll need to destroy masamune when seph does his tornado. the same is for his octoslash. if you can't destroy his wing and sword when he powers it up, just focus on one. •when seph activates his final move before octoslash, that's when you immediately go to use aerith's healing wind to get cloud's health up as much as possible so he can use ascension on seph. that's not going to kill him but it will stagger him. then spam fire and you're done

[@BlitzHavenDirEnGrey6]

I'm struggling at the end when he does he one-shot BS. I don't have Barrier and i'm not about to re-do the whole fight from Cloud+Zack again for a 3rd time.

[@ErgoYourProxy]

You and your skills are to weak.

[@bobsucks9647]

@@ErgoYourProxyyou have never touched a woman

[@TheSasuke1202]

​@@bobsucks9647he 100% haven't 😂

[@MatthewBosk]

Hope you were able to get it! I'll have to restart at the same place, having made a similar mistake (Aerith has almost no materia).

[@BlitzHavenDirEnGrey6]

@@MatthewBosk I got it after a few tries, and I had the same issue with Cait Sith who had 0 Materia and 0 accessories and armor. Lol

[@xebatansis]

I removed all her materia before the fight. Thank you, Square Enix. Peak game design.

[@HQLondon23]

Same. I never gave Cait Sith anything either. Shocking game design and awful final boss fight. Almost ruined a great game along with the 100 mini-games

[@CarlosXPhone]

​@@HQLondon23You're not alone. I did not have ANYTHING on cait sith. I absolutely HATED the missions with Cait. HATE.

[@walterromero5879]

Went into this with optimism that this would be a 5 out 5 game. Played and dropped my score to 4 out of 5. After this fight I dropped it to 3 out of 5 😫

[@ProphetGaming77]

I finally beat him today before work…what a relief 😮‍💨

[@a2z_gaming87]

The concept of Cloud and Aerith fighting Sephiroth together is cool. However, this fight is probably one of the worst boss fights ever created in gaming history. This fight completely ruined my experience with this game.

[@orangelightning9846]

I just got him on my 4th attempt, when he started the end is nigh thing, I hit him with a Fira which instantly staggered him and had ascension which was enough

[@CarlosXPhone]

What...? That true? Wtf. Ok.

[@CireDelaRosa-w5v]

limit break aint gonna cut it. tried it a couple of times

[@gaelicprincess4937]

I’ve tried this boss twice now, and I’ve come so far! I basically got to the final stretch on my second try, but then died. 😭 So this guide REALLY helps me know where to improve, LOL. Thank you so much! 😊

[@DirectGamingYT]

Glad it could help. Hope you take the boss down. You got this -Tallen

[@gaelicprincess4937]

@@DirectGamingYTI used most of the strategies you gave, and I was actually SO CLOSE, but I can’t seem to get him down during the last stagger. He was a SLIVER AWAY, and I STILL got beat. 😭

[@K_092-KX]

I finally beat him! Firaga seemed to help quite a bit.

[@DirectGamingYT]

Congrats on the win! -Tallen

[@lolcreloux]

That last part of the fight is utter BS though; you can't expect that last octaslash part after that ray of whispers drowning your health down so you're likely to die even with a good build, just because the game gives you a F you moment if you haven't saved up your limit break.

[@YoungHungryy]

Bro I just died because of this bs

[@lolcreloux]

@@YoungHungryy Sorry to hear that mate!! It took me two tries and had to keep Cloud limit break but still an unfair fight.

[@Aon_Duine]

Why wouldn't you save it? Maybe the first time would be understandable, but the second time? Like, you don't have the capability to learn? 😬

[@Aon_Duine]

​@@lolcreloux nah, it wasn't unfair, it was extremely cool

[@lolcreloux]

@@Aon_Duine getting beat because the game designed to punish you for no reason? How is that cool? No, saving your limit break should not be a mandatory thing for a fight - or at least should come up with a warning so you can prepare for it. As much as I liked Rebirth, this last fight was poorly designed.

[@Shark_Type_Kai]

Thank you. I couldn't get past his final move. So helpful. Final beat him

[@DirectGamingYT]

Glad the guide could help. 😊

[@daniellane8565]

The thing that sucks about the ending is not the difficulty, its how big of a jump it is, i like difficult games, the souls series are my favourite but to jump to this battle from everything else before is a fucking joke it takes DAYS to figure it out, otherwise you have to turn down the setting...... Souls games are good at making it super hard but progressively more challening not just throwing the kitchen sink at you at the end., you have to go through a retarded amount of cut screens to get back to the fight if you didnt happen to have your materia perfect to begin with its just a dumb way to make the game difficult at the end...... at worst there should be a shortcut where its cloud and sephiroth 1v1

[@brendonharrington4298]

Lmao I beat it first try on Dynamic for my first playthrough and then my second try on Hard..... this was not a challenge what so ever...

[@TheFIlthy420]

Yeah right kid, shut up nobody cares about your lies bro! ​@brendonharrington4298

[@steviemoe-]

Honestly this boss fight made me hate the game

[@MarcXisme]

Not earlier

[@TheFIlthy420]

Shit I hated the game waaaaaay before this! Games absolute trash besides the graphics and story imo

[@TheFIlthy420]

I'm stuck on this part still havnt beat it I gave up for now! Gotta practically cheese the fight which is dumb, also if you turn of the condole gotta do the whole thing over shits absolutely stupid

[@zildog]

Took a couple of goes at this yesterday and couldn't figure out why I was getting insta-killed when he was down to the last 5~10% health... and then I looked up some user experiences. When he goes for "The End Is Nigh" - that's your cue to unleash at LEAST a Lv2 Limit break, Lv3 being even better as Ascension activates quickly. If you still don't end him, use an ATB Braver and that will definitely finish the job. You really have to be on your toes with this fight and constantly be reviving/healing/buffing(haste) either Cloud or Aerith because the chances of you getting knocked out are high the entire fight. Persist with it, switch out often when one is getting skewered, use Elixirs and dodge his basic attacks, heal, buff and repeat until he's roundabout smack-down level. It's only when he uses Octostrike and Heartless Angel where you REALLY need to scramble on ATB commands. I set up all party members heading in and caved Sephiroth's head in on the first go through today. Very, VERY satisfying beatdown. GOTY - no question.

[@DirectGamingYT]

It honestly is a very fun fight. -Tallen

[@Cerucir]

A tip for when Sephiroth does Whisper Cannon (I didn't see it mentioned in this video), use Fira or Firaga on his Wing. That will "diminish his power" and pressure him. I always used the Arcane Ward, and would use Aerith to cast Fira.

[@DirectGamingYT]

Nice idea.

[@CBT_Gaming123]

It also works with thundara and thundaraga

[@ryrysamurai92]

i had to break this fight down to a science, and it was still barely enough: Aerith’s magic was strong enough that usually one shot was able to pressure either the sword or the wing to interrupt his big attacks. i didn’t have magnify equipped, so i was constantly having to buff both cloud and aerith separately with Barrier and protect. in the 2nd phase of the fight i always made sure I had at least one atb for each person, so when Sephiroth went for Octoslash, i could use both cloud and Aerith to hit the sword and wing at once to stagger him. the move that takes everyone to 1hp is cheap, but yea i had to use aeriths limit for that, and switch to cloud so he doesn’t die before the move heals him. One of them falling unconscious is almost always game over, because losing your buffs on top of having to spend atb reviving them WHILE sephiroth is only coming at you is so rough. and just hope cloud has his Limit and a couple atbs for The End is Nigh

[@Hekutaa]

Square-enix, how were we supposed to know we'd need Aerith in a final fight? We didn't.

[@ChickenIsFried]

To counter sephiroth’s whisper cannon and whisper whirlwind you can use counterfire at the right moment. Performing counterfire on him twice staggers him and cancels his move. Only problem is you kinda have to go out of your way to counter it a second time, which can cause you to mistime the counter and just take hella damage.

[@DirectGamingYT]

High risk high reward from the sound of it. Good tip -Tallen

[@GamingwTallenV]

Now we wait 😭

[@terellkid1]

I don’t want FF7 to be over, I hope they milk it tbh 😭

[@tonylee8784]

I took everything off aerith as she was dead. Lol. Doesnt allow you yo sort out a loadout too. Utter bs.

[@bobsucks9647]

I think when you go to restart it’ll show the square button in the bottom left during the cutscene then if you hold it it’ll open your menu after the cutscene/ before the fight starts, they didn’t exactly make it easy to see though lol

[@Phunky_Stuff]

Fucking same....should have known better 💀

[@MatthewBosk]

​@@bobsucks9647only if you go back to just before the Zack and Cloud section... Having to do those fights all over again

[@Mpalmer00]

what do you mean only if? When you die you have to re-do every version of sephiroth again right?

[@MatthewBosk]

@@Mpalmer00 no, select the top option if you die on the last fight to just redo that fight.

[@keplerscat28]

It's 3 am, my head hurts, after 8 tries of this fight alone, I finally give up for now. I always die when he does his "The End is Nigh" bullshit. Up until that point, I'm doing fine but that part is just unfair. I tried saving my limit break for this part and it barely did anything. :( I wish you could go back to the menu from the death screen and change up your equipment... EDIT: I did it on my 10th try. Honestly, I think I just got lucky, but heres what I did. - When not pressured or staggered, keep your distance from Sephiroth and only attack from afar - Equip the item master materia for Cloud and stock up on Gigapotions - Eqiup ATB boost materia - Dont bother using wards with Aerith, save the ATB for the attacks and use her to quickly spam Fire (on the Wing) and Thunder (on Masamune) when possible + let Cloud spam this as well - Try to keep limit breaks for the last part of the fight for Cloud, Aerith is only there to heal (I also have Pheonix equipped on her, which has helped healing me in previous runs) - Spam Fire and Limit Break during "The End is Nigh" I got lucky and managed to beat him before he could end "The End is Nigh". Reading about the Octaslash he apparently does afterwards sends shivers downy spine, I barely survived at the end.

[@CarlosXPhone]

I thought the very exact thing about aerith. She is the worst playable character.

[@keplerscat28]

@@CarlosXPhone Aerith is an amazing support and she can do TONS of damage (basically one shots on some enemies), but I fully agree that as a standalone fighter, she's very frustrating. She needs others to pull the enemies and strike from a distance. That one quest where every character has to fight alone in the underground arena took me ages because of her. 😭

[@CarlosXPhone]

@@keplerscat28 I love the character "Aerith," but I don't like how she controls. Especially in Sephiroth battles. Sephiroth cheats sometimes and you can't escape his claws. Sometimes he does the beam at the VERY wrong spot, and Aerith dies just as he starts. Cloud, too but I can escape. Or counter. The counter to the spinning beam is to position yourself somewhere behind him, press R1, and Square. That's his kryptonite. That and the fira on the sword, but everything else; cheater. Especially that 20% thing, which BS to the max.

[@Plz8662]

This fight was a nightmare I had to save Aerith limit break & my phoenix summon for when heartless angel came out & was super stingy with my atp but good advice was when he does the whisper whirlwind attack his sword is super susceptible to spell attacks & that filled his pressure gauge pretty fast

[@l1zard7]

You can get the sword and the wing down by using ice and fire and normal attacks on those. And you should be doing it. This way he gets weaker and is open for staggering faster.

[@cpn316]

A lot of the comments here complaining about instant kills. Did you guys get the reraise materia??

[@daniellawson8182]

Yeah only the insta-kill kill both cloud and aerith so you don't get a chance to use it

[@cpn316]

Use re-raise at the start of the fight on both of them so they automatically revive after the insta-kill.

[@daniellawson8182]

Thanks for the tip.I didn't have re-raise but I got him saving up limit break and synergy attack at the end.Prick of a battle

[@olgakuranova7986]

I didn't, sadly( so it's a pain.

[@Illitists]

Thank you so much for this. I followed this tut after not being able to beat him the first time. It took 4 tries but this strategy helped me a lot

[@DirectGamingYT]

Glad it could help. -Tallen

[@LV75RDM]

After 20 attempts, I watched this video. Needless to say, I I still had to adjust tactics. I however learned a few things. Switching between characters to avoid controlling the target allows for free shots and recover items (item master materia + giga potions saves you ATB and MP). Having Phoenix as a summons helps for reraise. Aerith must have the attack aura to build ATB quickly. Aerith's Ray of Light 1-shot masamune. High end mist potions for Sephiroth's dick moves which leave you at 1hp. Cloud must have a limit break for "End is Neigh" move. Rapidly dodge to the sides to avoid the grab and skewer moves. Worth watching the ending.

[@DirectGamingYT]

Glad the guide helped -Tallen

[@allstargamer2045]

I'll be honest with everyone here 'Limit Siphon Materia is the best one for Cloud cause he can get Aerith's limit gauge here and save a limit to where a point he does the "The end is Nigh" ability of sephiroth and use that limit on him. It took me 4 tries to beat him on Normal mode, cause I did 120 hours in this game and exploring pretty much.

[@DirectGamingYT]

That materia is very helpful. Many can also just not use their limit until the end. It’s not that bad of a fight. I think people are going in under leveled. -Tallen

[@vjs0710]

Yay i did it!! Staggerd him the perfect time and limits...

[@DirectGamingYT]

Congrats!

[@meliana751]

Well having been killed right at the end, the first time I tried this, I went through and set up all their materia, and realised Cait Sith had nothing the first time I'd tried it! Thanks for the tips here though, I was playing on easy so it wasn't too bad, on the third try using Cloud's limit break succeeded.

[@Will-wv7sn]

Beat this on my 3rd try… gotta use ATB ward first, then Arcane to double cast, then Radiant…. Gotta keep these 3 active the entire battle. That helped me out a lot for anyone watching this… this MFer is sooo cheap once he uses heartless angel.

[@michaelfrancis2486]

Tried this fight 4 times on normal, died during Tempus Finis every single time :( Had to redo the whole final boss sequence on easy to avoid tearing my hair out; the difference between normal and easy seems a *bit* too vast.

[@WhatisReal11]

So if you don’t have barrier equipped for both characters you are screwed? That’s the tip?

[@DirectGamingYT]

No but you will need get good at blocking at the right time to not take any damage

[@albertzooba9025]

1:45 use thundara it cancels move and pressure him

[@adoboXleftoversX]

It took me 6 hours to beat this whole section. After 2 hours I took a break then my ps5 auto turned off. Had to restart all the way from walking into the temple. I’ve never felt so defeated. Ran through those first 3 fights pretty quickly but spent another couple hours losing to that insta death at the end. Being forced to save limit breaks is so tedious. I even saved a synergy ability to use both at the end and it still didn’t kill him in time. Don’t mind how difficult a boss fight can be but the cheese that come with this did not make it enjoyable

[@DirectGamingYT]

A lot of it can come down to your level too. Just the way these games can be.

[@skyrim8110]

I got robed so many times he just does omni on final stager right before he dies lmao

[@NicholasCrain]

Appreciate the no mention spoiler right at the end of the video. I never thought somebody could be so considerate

[@wrenchguy2937]

Is there a way to go to the main menu to swap out for materia for this fight?? “9@

[@gatts13]

I screwed uo several times, retried, had to watch the f*cking cutscene over and over, and in my last attempt, i screw up early and think, well i better try again from the start. I hit pause and retry the battle... And the f*cking game send my all the way at the beginning when cloud starts going up the stairs... F*ck this game.

[@rincerta]

🤣🤣

[@laurabuffin8120]

Thank you so much for this video ! I’ve tried so many times on my own but the heartless angel my gosh what a pain in my a** !!! With your help I was able to calm down and think ! I finished this game all thanks to you !

[@DirectGamingYT]

Glad the guide could help. Even some bosses we found to be annoying we learned after watching back our own guides how easy it can be once we change things up or take a deep breathe.

[@gakkieNL]

I’ve beaten him on normal and never used barrier. Took some serious healing though 😅

[@wowJhil]

Days without able to finish the very last part of this fight :D I was thinking I should time the summoner to the right moment, but I didn't manage to yet. I guess saving a limit would be smarter like you said. About how do stagger him when he is in the air, I found lvl 3 spell fire always works.

[@tudam2467]

I didn’t find this fight as difficult. I beat him on my second try. Just keep your HP high at all times. Don’t freak out when he does his special move that takes away most of your HP. Throw up a few giga/ mega potions when needed. The rest is just attack finding patterns and know how to use both characters effectively. I find all of the battles leading up to this more difficult.

[@mettatonneoex]

Has this happened to anyone? I just Nearly got him down and he hit me with Octoslash Prime

[@cannix8055]

I just got to this fight on Hard, one thing I found that helps is having at least 5 giga mist potions to quickly get you back up from that 1 hp. Fira preferably both Aerith and a cloud have equipped to cast for quickly taking out wing and blade. I agree saving LBs for final phase as it's a DPS race and the movement required all but nullifies Aeriths DPS. You better be comfortable with switching between characters for sure. Also TIP for anyone that has to restart the battle DO NOT select the retry battle option. That brings you all the way back to earlier phases.

[@DirectGamingYT]

Yes the mist potions are great when one winged is used. yes they need to fix that "restart ___" for game 3. That got us a few times.

[@LivLogan]

then what do you choose if not retry battle?

[@cannix8055]

@@LivLogan whatever the first option is i forget it off the top of my head.

[@Alessandropollok]

Wait what? I press retry from latest battle(or whatever it is in english) and I have to restart from the sephiroth fight with zack and cloud, so I get bored quit the game and eventually restart from jenova,what should I be selecting?

[@MatthewBosk]

​@@Alessandropollokit's retry from current battle. I just threw down my controller after failing twice because I had removed most materia from Aerith, before the Zack/Cloud section, because I assumed she wouldn't be available...

[@eanderson9599]

This is both one of the best and absolute worst final bosses in gaming. It’s not luck but it’s so cheesy

[@marley4038]

Just finished the game yesterday and I hated this boss. Was playing on dynamic and innocent me I thought I could actually choose my party for this fight, turns out you cannot. I had materias only set on Cloud, Yuffie and Tifa. The rest of my characters had either none or just useless ones cause I used non party members to grind new materia levels up. Aerith had zero cause I knew she was about to die and didn't think she was fighting. Doing this entire boss with zero magic was not fun, no. Luckily I only died once at the last phase so I didn't have to go through 30 minutes of unskippable cutscenes again.

[@Tailow1234]

I got that warning before the final scene to equipped my tram accordingly. Goddamn ill tell you one thing. They were right. You better equipped everybody with fire ice thunder wind barrier heal revive buff. Cause if you dont....i feel sorry for you. Especially those wings right before this part. Hell nah. I hated that without properly being equipped. Also better have 99 giga potions. Youll need em

[@DirectGamingYT]

I think everyone needs to learn to have as much materia as you can from the beginning of the game to level it all up. Giga potions are needed but 99 might be a bit much 😂 -Tallen

[@CarlosXPhone]

​@@DirectGamingYTi stocked up on 60 giga potions. He's not wrong.

[@naturalwizard1441]

On my first playthrough, I beat this fight on my first try with no problem. But on my second playthrough, I couldn't beat it after ten tries! I just gave up! Did they change something with the update or something?! I am so pissed off right because I was really looking forward to seeing the ending again! 😡

[@raphaelabreu6057]

You can’t even save all the previous phases which is super annoying

[@RavencroftRoost]

So life took my time away from this and ive noticed if you just throw magic at either the sword or wing (doesnt matter if its base fire or max firaga) itll auto pressure or stagger him shutting that down

[@allstargamer2045]

Aero is really strong on his wing. It can pressure him pretty easily

[@TheA4LChannel]

I use fire on the wing or rhe enemy skill that gives you faith and bravery. For the sword I use lightning. For either one I use fira then fire and same for the sword one level 2 and 1 level 1.

[@xtaz666]

everyone here is fo 5:50

[@bmat2730]

I’ve gotten to the end is neigh like 3 times and keep dying. It’s so annoying

[@fullm3tal90]

Dog i hate that you HAVE to play each character I AM NOT GOOD WITH AERITH … whyyy does she have to be the one character I need for the end game

[@amaad88]

Aerith is only strong when she is within 3 party members

[@MsJose809]

Go bk to check point. Sell every item… make sure all your characters have a PARTY HEAL TECHNIQUE… and at the end make sure you use your mega potions…. AND SAVE ULTRA for when seth does the final spin….. btw i promise you they become expectable lol just take a break and go bk

[@Robwappieoverijsel]

who can help me with this boss on ps5

[@shannontalley2118]

Ive tried this fight like 8 times already. Ive finally got the hang of how to get him down to the last 20 percent but my problem is when he starts to do the End is Nigh his pressure guage is all the way at the bottom. So im not able to stagger him in time before he does Octoslash again. Ughhhh. I really want to give up

[@shannontalley2118]

Update. I've been on this single fight for 3 hours. I just turned of my PS5 in rage. I'll revisit in a week lol

[@keplerscat28]

I'm at the exact same point right now, it's 3:00 am and I just turned off my PS5 in defeat and rage. Did you beat him yet? 😂🥲

[@figarofugazi5462]

I have just joined the rage quit club, and this is what I was playing to take a break from Elden Ring.

[@maJastoL]

I put this on easy mode, used Ascension twice, with bravery, still only got the stagger gauge to half 🤨

[@coreypierce7757]

He traps me with that damn cross beam and unlesshes on me when I’m trapped. 3x in a row I lost!!!

[@Guile1117]

I did it, all I did was wait to use my limits and synchro moves for his last bit of health attack, once you know how to stagger him and avoid his moves its not that hard at all, but still hard 😅

[@aldosalas2722]

The best hint is to SAVE the LIMIT for the last!

[@genefactor007]

I beat this guy after an hour or so. I'd say he beat me easily a dozen times; not an easy fight. I always hated the mechanics of of Remake and Rebirth is no better. There are too many little odd things the game does that drives me insane. For example I got Sephiroth down to that last notch of HP just before he begins 'The End Is Nigh'. Alexander, the summon I had in play, did his final attack and... nothing. Sephiroth's HP didn't move. The fight is created in a way to make The End is Nigh unavoidable. It's maddening.

[@ErgoYourProxy]

After 5 trys i finished him 🎉

[@manzoman96]

Appreciate the video my guy, I kept getting stuck at the insta kill but your advice helped me figure out how to avoid the purple haze and get enough hits in.

[@DirectGamingYT]

🫡

[@lifson22]

I absolutely hate this fight. Every time he goes into the end is nigh, he's just coming out of a stagger so his pressure bar is nearly empty. I've tried slowing down pressuring so he gets to end is nigh before another stagger but it's so hard to get this right. So f'ing tired of watching the phase cutscene. F these devz

[@kenlee117]

Yeah I've done that 20 times and he doesn't die he just ends with octa slash

[@SieSo]

I was able to beat him on my first try but when I replayed C14 it took me four attempts. Some of his moves are absolute BS

[@__Nero__]

0:25 did he just say no wings and literally show the part where Sephiroth has the wing 😁😁

[@DirectGamingYT]

He said “No WINGS”. There’s allowed to be one… 😂

[@Aon_Duine]

Funny how people get so frustrates about dying. Like you people don't wanna be challenged. If you don't want that then play the game on easy mode, that's why it has difficulty levels. And for the ending just save your last limits and synergy abilities and there you go. That's all you need to do

[@feris2137]

Not gonna lie. that's propably the shitties final boss I've seen in any game. Making boss immune for 90% is not a mechanic

[@GamingwTallenV]

What boss battle were you playing? You can damage the guy the whole battle. The trick is to not get caught in his combos.

[@feris2137]

@@GamingwTallenV winged phase for example. Plus yeah, "combos" aka unavoidable 99.99% HP dmg and not even boss rush because you'll just die without limit break on the last phase

[@GamingwTallenV]

@@feris2137 you target the sword (which they mention in the guide) then boom. Easy

[@feris2137]

@@GamingwTallenV targetting the sword is not a problem, the only "challenge" (or rather chore, calling this shit challenge is an insult to anything requiring actual skill) is the hearthless angel timing. I honestly have no idea how I managed to do that

[@ghostofwar5430]

​@@feris2137 you just talk shit. Lack of skill. Maybe try cod

[@user-gm5tt6ck1d]

What's really fucking aggravating is his heartless angel attack it's the reason why i probably won't play the 3rd game this developer in particular is known for making games with impossible odds of winning and is merely based on dumb luck lol

[@maquinaghost389]

As a causal gamer I found this fight way too difficult... had to put it on easy after about 10 attempts. That mf was out of control. He can just spam his moves whenever he wants

[@rachelhenderson491]

I get him down to nothing and pulls some nasty move that kills both of them. Nothing I can do about it.

[@PoppaMarts18]

Took me 5-6 hrs to repeat and finish this final chapter smh

[@jakejimenez7973]

Almost had him killed and died just turn on my ps5 and walked away

[@slothsarecool]

such a lame boss fight, the mechanics in this game aren’t skill based at all, just some boring grind and then unavoidable attacks that instantly kill you

[@ghostofwar5430]

Lack of skill? There are plenty of videos of people no damage bosses so yes its skill based

[@kashewwwwww9472]

I reload it wrongly now I have to refight from the start😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@GattoriSancho]

Nevermind I beat him he is easy Hurt his wing with magic attacks and hurt his masamune with magic attacks I killed him in the end with infinitys end it was cool.

[@ziggyjuarez2573]

Kind of ruins the game

[@MarcXisme]

The remake do that,

[@GoldChocobo77]

I keep trying and dying 😢 Im not underleveled either. WTF

[@kevinmcdaniel871]

This is how you ruin a Final Game experience by doing too much. Nobody asked Square for FF Souls. The final battle is wayyyy too long and the Phase w the wings was unnecessary. FF is about customization not having your characters locked and forced to use spells that isn’t equipped w/o warning (wing phase) because Aireth Dead is Dumb absolutely pissed me off because i had to reset to checkpoint to customize characters. I hope in FF 3 remake they stop locking player to mission also

[@VarrenXarcrath]

Him being unbeatable without using you limit break is the biggest bullshit. knocked down the game a few points

[@DirectGamingYT]

You don’t need the limit break but it’s very helpful. You should get your limit break pretty early in the battle.

[@adihsarstilinskih8237]

I agree with you. Part of the fun in a game is discussing the different ways each person beat an enemy - especially a boss. Like it shouldn't be that you NEED this particular move or something like it in order to beat the boss. Like one person could say they finished him off with Aerith's soul drain and another could say they Bravered him at the end. It is absolutely draining to have to do the exact same thing over and over again. For me, it starts to get to the point where I now know WHAT to do, but I mess it up in trying to execute it because I'm TIRED. This fight boils my blood that we can ALL get him down to a fraction of health but then ALL must use a giant power move - or set of power moves- to take him out. Doesn't anyone else find that to be boring as hell? Point A MUST line up with point B, otherwise you're dead. Didn't save your LB? Dead. Cloud didn't point his toes correctly north while swinging to the west? Dead. It's ridiculous. I remember John Wolfe playing Elden Ring and fighting Margit the Fell. He had his jellyfish summon that spits poison with him and he actually got killed during the end of the fight when the boss was at a fraction of health --and his jellyfish spat poison one last time before the game over screen hit and killed the the boss. And it counted! You know that was a story he told that was crazy and cool and rewarding. There is none of that here in this boss fight. It just mentally drains you and sucks all the fun out of the game. I love a challenge. What I don't love is a challenge that is lazily done and can only be beat by correctly lining up several chance things in order to finally come out on top. I enjoyed the boss fights in Remake. Here, not so much.

[@PT-sv9vf]

Took me almost 6 tries lol finally got

[@Mattboulton88]

Well done for beating him i just cant fucking do it lol. i think im on easy as well!?!?!?!

[@DirectGamingYT]

What level are you? Try blocking his basic sword attacks. Slow the battle down to your pace.

[@Mattboulton88]

@@DirectGamingYT 47-48 i think now, yeah nearly there its the whisper cannon that obliterates you at the end. i'm sure i'll beat it tonight. will save all limits etc for this part

[@mikeymacaque]

The absolute worst part about the entire boss fight is how the game cancels your damage for a cutscene. Dope, I just burned ATB because you want me to watch a movie. This, Rufus, and the Odin fight were ridiculous but for the love of all things holy this thing might beat Uncharted 2 for the cheesiest slogfest of a final boss.

[@tubby_1278]

When you get him below 25% health you can't damage him cuz he automatically unleashes "The end is nigh" fkn bs. Your only chance of winning is to stagger him during this move otherwise he'll hit you with Octoslash Prime and it's RIP ☠️ I luckily managed to do it by just tryna cast thundaga over and over plus healing occasionally

[@brendonharrington4298]

Lol Im actually so surpirsed to see youre all struggling here... this is a fairly easy fight. Give Cloud Haste All, people seem to forget that Time magic trumps all. Cloud can block alot of Sephiroths attacks and counter in punisher mode and sets up pressuring. Having haste casted allows Aerith to build her ATB quickly, when you need a heal use Prayer when blocking with Cloud. A Healing Caranet and Magic + materia will get you to 9999 healing with Prayer on Aerith. Save you limits for the end and when his HP is around about 40% cast your strongest summon. Your summon will help carry you to the final ohase where you can bust out 2 limit breaks with Cloud. Given Aeith has her final limit break in the game.

[@DirectGamingYT]

Looking back at all of our guides and the comments, many found the first boss a challenge so I’m not surprised people found this fight hard -Tallen

[@emillinder5377]

took 4 tries nun major… but fr this fight got my blood boiling