How to Play Sephiroth - Pro Smash Ultimate Tutorial

This is a competitive tutorial for Sephiroth released in Patch 10.0.0. Teaching everything from his combos to how to play neutral.
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Outro Music:
Gangplank Galleon Remix - Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
#Sephiroth #SmashBrosUltimate #SuperSmashBros

[@facepwnagewtf]

I love when a character has meteor effect on their down Aerith.

[@ishaankhurana8956]

UNDERBARETTED

[@Knownodin875]

Too soon

[@jameshosking4985]

@@Knownodin875 ?????

[@Knownodin875]

@@jameshosking4985 It's a FF7 reference

[@casualcaucasianheterosexua2920]

Ouch

[@voicecrackattack5222]

His sword is longer than the wait between min-min and Steve

[@Cyrovolt]

I think you mean the wait between controversial character and haha funny arm go brrrrrrr

[@soggydinnerolls1821]

Wait voice crack attack it’s spelled “weight”

[@slug9378]

@@soggydinnerolls1821it works

[@AlphaC0re]

More like the wait between byleth and min min

[@0TTERBRO]

@@AlphaC0re Sakurai blessed us with 6 more characters so I didn't even bother with the wait for the b 0 n u s pack. Hyped to see the last 3

[@cold_doggo2884]

Poppt1 is so underated it’s kinda messed up

[@thebigfletch1885]

how doesn't he have 500k subs

[@philp3786]

My favourite underdog for sure. He’s incredibly funny without making it seem like he’s trying hard to be funny. I like all the underdogs and I find they’re all funny and seem like great guys, but poppt’s humour is so natural and effortless, and I love his chill demeanour when playing games. Even when looking at Mario kart he’s got such a funny chill vibe

[@oliveryoung2260]

100% agreed, the only smash KZbinr I consistently watch

[@hahathatsgreat2]

I just want to chime in and say he's also underrated as a player of this game regardless of how many subs or how funny his videos are. My impression of his play from this channel is he is the most wholesome Underdog, and also the most dangerous to run into in bracket or online.

[@thebigfletch1885]

@@hahathatsgreat2 Even though he is the best smash player in Western Australia he doesn't brag about it and acts like he's just a regular human being

[@KorporalKReephdmkiytrecv69]

All you need to do is use the shirtless alt and you are immediately amazing.

[@donkeydorfyt9168]

I’ve been expecting you

[@ori_zabatani]

Man... I thought I was the only one who figured it out!

[@dangymking7273]

I see u every where

[@jacori4892]

Yes god tier

[@flywoody4128]

*He's not wrong.* 👀

[@jojocatt07]

Ah yes my favorite reflecting move *Min-Min F-Smash*

[@slug9378]

Haven’t you heard?

[@titaniumsolid546]

I mean it’s essentially a do it all move 😂 Min Min is SLEPT on

[@chromaticblue3976]

Yeah, her Fup Smash. Because it will F you up.

[@bthonk]

update: they removed sephiroths sword

[@jeremythemaxwell]

what the frick.

[@nenessweatyknife]

imagine Sephiroth with no sword. they just stretch his limbs to reach where his sword would have

[@SpookySquid14]

Dio that is a cursed image

[@wachinga]

@@nenessweatyknife No

[@Tehnameless1]

"He can't do anything" Sure you can! Sure you can! Sure you can!

[@joshuabannister8904]

SHORYUKEN

[@Mike_KOOLChannel2]

His sword is longer than the wait for Nintendo directs

[@coco8409]

Another great thing about f tilt: it is -11( or -8 winged form) on shield with the sweet spot, no grab in the game can reach far enough and the same with most fast OoS options. So they have to drop shield which takes 11 frames. This means sephiroth’s f tilt is actually +0(or +3 winged form) on shield which means you can act at the same time as your opponent. So its unpunishable out of shield.

[@apoeclipse]

Or they can jump or do an oos or any option which doesn't take 11 frames oos

[@coco8409]

@@apoeclipse most of the time this option doesn’t reach far enough

[@coco8409]

@@apoeclipse i think only dk back air at frame 10 OoS can hit it, might be wrong tho. But that still can’t hit one winged version.

[@jeremythemaxwell]

@@coco8409 y'all crazy

[@oneofthekindscarf8612]

Wait winged mode actually shortens endlag on moves?

[@nickrouse8426]

The neutral B can be neutralized by some swords! Sephiroth backairing another Sephiroth's fully charged neutral B will make it explode far away from him, leaving him safe.

[@guyroach]

If there's one thing Sefiroth loves, its a sky full of Clouds

[@Ioannisjulestz]

STOP IT, GET SOME HELP

[@angiesworld8038]

@@Ioannisjulestz 😂

[@Ioannisjulestz]

@@angiesworld8038 shh, its a secret

[@SaveTheContent]

Sephiroth: *shoots fully charged flare* Characters that can deflect/throwback projectiles: *NO U*

[@clairekennedy7719]

Side notes: Sephiroth one winged form gives you access to more combos with the damage and air speed increases Nair loops become true, allowing for 40-50% combos being possible; Back throw back air at the edge of the stage kills at 45%. This can net you ridiculously early kills just by standing at the edge of the stage while your opponents on ledge, bait a neutral get up/get up attack, then shield to back throw back air. This can kill even heavyweights at 55%. With one winged mode, combos may start to look like landing nair, rising nair, jump forward air. That would become a true 40% combo. The one winged mode just expands his combo game and damage output massively.

[@randomloser5271]

thank god sakurai had the insight to not make his neutral air a sword slash

[@kobotics227]

poppt1: "Sephiroth isn't much of a combo character" Me, a sephiroth main: well that sentence aged like milk...

[@crooker23]

his turnaround animation feels a lot like falcons to me, like he sticks his ass out for a number of frames before he actually starts moving away. randy observation algorithm©

[@e77gma]

I watched a lot of guides for him but this is the best one I've seen so far. Props man.

[@emogirlshateyou]

“My sword extends 13 Miles at 500 times the speed of sound”

[@andy21555]

Is this a bleach reference?

[@justhaku9240]

I've seen a lot of sephiroth guides by now but this is definitely the most informative some people were literally only talking about "his forward tilt is a slash, it has good range" so on and so on with every move.

[@dominiquesnijders2655]

Thanks Poppt, this will come in handy for me as i'm trying to improve and main him

[@trashkhan9710]

More of this format with other characters as well Poppt! Keep it up, love ya vids

[@StrongerVegeta]

Who else mains the shirtless alt

[@slug9378]

Not “who else,” but “who doesn’t”

[@adrielalonso1026]

@@slug9378 Me. I love black clothes to much lmao

[@mactheavenger1495]

@@adrielalonso1026 Shirtless is where it's at lol

[@slug9378]

@@adrielalonso1026 I’m disgusted

[@AmazingZelgius]

95% of the sephiroth players do, ya'll are basic

[@titaniumsolid546]

I’ve actually found that if you Gigaflare on Ledge and have it blow up behind the opponent and force them to shield, you can down smash while they try and shield the Gigaflare and just break their shield. I LOVE this Character btw

[@alexosow]

Ohhh that's a good idea, I'm really close to elite with him :/ I wanna learn some more combos if you'd wanna play online so I could learn more about him since tbh I'm just throwing out whatever works and it works sometimes lol

[@titaniumsolid546]

@@alexosow uhhh maybe so! I don’t wanna sound like a shill Master, but I do stream on Twitch Monday/Thursday/Friday, mainly being open arenas. Maybe we could play Sephiroth there! Although, I think this option and many other options for Sephiroth are a lot better offline.

[@alexosow]

@@titaniumsolid546 Is there a specific time you stream on Twitch? Also what's your username?

[@titaniumsolid546]

@@alexosow it’s TitaniuMSolid on Twitch as well! Usually like 6PM EST

[@zanderchezcake]

As someone who didnt get him this video was helpful for versing him

[@MB-nw8wu]

Best sepiroth guide I’ve seen so far

[@benboy9728]

Me: dying of boredom Poppit: I got u

[@nextos]

cheers, looking forward to more Seph content

[@rafaelnunezdiaz3889]

I learn a lot of things with your videos thank you so much :)

[@perryflanagan]

Thanks for making this poppt1

[@nottestellata5201]

Thank u Jordan i love this video!

[@hecoand9155]

Forward throw is also alright to force a tech chase with how quickly it makes someone drop to the group. Of course, especially at low %.

[@zachseshadri632]

i was trying to figure out pretty easy strats on sephiroth thx man

[@R00M_SEXY]

This taught me a ton! Thanks.

[@Skybomber603]

Thanks this helped me out a lot

[@FinalPhaseGaming]

hey man. I'm subbed to your channel. I totally just learned so much from you in about 10 seconds. Using the Up B to cover the side of the stage. BRILLIANT! I have been taking the risk to back air someone into the side of the stage. This is far less risky! Also, nice styles on Ken lmao!

[@FinalPhaseGaming]

Dude I had to comment again. 12:45 section. That's so damn cheeky. FAR OUT! NICE I am so glad I watched this video!!

[@Boltizar49]

That tip about Side B launching them away from Sephiroth sounds spicy, looking forward to making my friends salty with *that*.

[@midtierjesus]

I swear the blue doesn't go slower? Or is it just me

[@justsplat]

It moves a little faster. Just less range. Think thats what Jordan meant.

[@dxrkness4802]

he meant "shorter"

[@harmless9336]

Also it comes out almost as fast as red

[@frogturtle]

wing makes him 200x better at edge guarding, stalling and landing. also forward air can be nice off stage because back air requires precise timing, whereas forward air has a lingering hitbox that you can clip people with if you fast fall. also, against short characters (which are harder MUs for sephiroth in general,) hitting them with short hop aerials on seph can be hard. once again the lingering hitbox on forward air becomes useful, as you can fast fall it into the ground and the falling hitbox will hit shorter characters in neutral.

[@supersam6656]

thank you so much! keep doing more tutorials please!!!!!!

[@BCCPC]

Are we not going to point out that he said Min Min's forward smash

[@bigsword7983]

Back throw to back air my favorite throw combo in the game

[@KimiTarii]

5:43 Oh cool I didn't know Min Mins F-smash can reflect. Its definitly not Up Smash ;)

[@isidoreaerys8745]

This is amazing information Smash attack during gigaflare on shield break. Side B can spike off stage if you get on opposite side. 2 framing with down air Back airs kill at 80

[@isidoreaerys8745]

Back throw into back air

[@Power-UpToons]

Thnx poppt learned some new stuff

[@Snaiem13]

I can't wait to learn Sephiroth!

[@ethanmagdaleno5332]

I honestly can't wait to hit the lab with him and just practice the basic moves and combos. He looks so rewarding if you play him right

[@alejandrotorres8994]

5:42 welp, I didin’t knew that Min Min’s F Smash could reflect projectiles

[@DekoMice]

Nice video popt

[@harmless9336]

A tip for casual play is his final smash hits areas above the sword swing, you can be right near his face above him and his final smash will still hit anyway

[@donkeydorfyt9168]

The up tilt is underrated you can pressure the top platform so if they miss a tech up there you can get a kill at like 80% and it can cover the jump off the ledge to and if helps if your opponent lands with aireials

[@poyodestroyerofworlds1169]

Min min forward smash doesn't reflect, her up smash does tho Thought I'd say that

[@stevenmcburney8167]

I’ve never played FF. I’m not a FF fan but I like sephiroths moveset and playstyle and I’m trying to main him. I knew about the down throw fair combo but I didn’t know if backthrow bair and some of the other combos. Thanks for the tutorial:)

[@sidneyayersyoung8655]

YESSS I NEED THIS

[@eaa1338]

Btw you can time your neutral getup to not get hit by that gigaflare ledgetrap and then do anything else after that. I have done this multiple times and I never got hit by it (this probably also works with roll getup but I haven’t tried it once).

[@sansanabanana]

Another thing for us Ken mains to be worried about, epic.

[@Kold_Koala]

Absolute God

[@hollowednight5290]

I like to play sepheroth because he’s the embodiment of a final boss. The up-B is really dynamic and his moves are super hard hitting while also keeping the distance between you and your opponent. Overall I think this character is definitely going to see at least some competitive success and I hope to be apart of that movement.

[@madness07]

Thank you! I kept losing and trying to get him in to elite smash like my Steve but I suck but thanks for the help! I needed it

[@crooker23]

he's quite hard to play imo, his shorthop height, slow movement and laggy moves make him feel way different from characters I normally play. good luck getting elite tho!

[@DrizzyEddie]

I got everyone in elite, you will get it

[@dogemon5393]

Sephiroths back air and forward air are fun to land

[@linktheherooflegend2299]

OMG thx so much

[@kevinaquino7648]

Nice

[@electrafying]

5:25 so, wait... Lucas tried to hit you with the bat, but it got countered by your down B, but the actual attacking part of the counter got hit back at you by Lucas’s bat because it’s a projectile. 🤯

[@Ragness10]

I can't wait for clips of Sephiroth players charging in to counter that move

[@surreal4972]

How to Sephiroth: 1. Get opponent far off stage 2. Walk to about a sword’s length away from the ledge 3. Fully charge your neutral b 4. Profit

[@massimo828]

Thanks

[@vent9526]

Poppit1 I think it wud be cool if you did a vlog

[@tailsk2157]

Lol i was waiting for this

[@maydayredd6137]

Thankyou

[@valkoln8436]

Something I noticed, is that if you are against krool recovering, you can downair him and if you space it right, the down air will trade with the helicopter. I’m sure this is nothing new because other characters have stall and falls, and there are just better labbers than me Anyway, that’s what I noticed

[@MichaelVideoMaker1028]

Thanks yo

[@sillysailorofgreenhills5592]

thnx poppt

[@Doberbull]

The uncharged up B is sort of similar to Fox’s side b

[@littensub]

Poppt1 is a pro Sephiroth has barely been out but he teaches how to play him

[@slick_rickgaming1102]

Technically he's not even out yet, we're still in the free access week

[@colinmuhlberg975]

Backthrow-backair at the lege kills at 35 %

[@chordalharmony]

Only on DI in

[@jimmymoth2521]

If you downair offstage you can make it back with one wing mode

[@Redpoppy80]

You can't depend on the wing staying after taking a stock. If it stays then yes you can make it back though.

[@andrewa.aliceamori3949]

Hey, how about making a video on how to defeat that half stage covered up air guy??!!!

[@gamerconsole2347]

back throw to back actually can be a true combo? i think? If you have wing, all your moves are powered up so if you back throw bair at ledge at varying percents for different weights (around 45) it will kill.

[@pflegend3694]

5:38 wow min mins Forward Smash is a Reflektor poppt1^^ i was thinking the Up Smash was the Reflektor

[@justicetaylor3050]

For some reason i cannot perform a bair rush with him. I wash i could cram bair inputs into one button, like left bumper. Though i guess it suits my basic Samus better if my enemies can't input hack a bair either.

[@Pslamist]

Dude... What's the music you started with? I can tell it's a Legend of Zelda song, but it's a different version than the one in Ultimate. I've always thought it's hype. Anyone know?

[@vitalsmash956]

Can we get a poppt1 world of light mode but with some challenges because your actually good at smash

[@AlexDaDuck]

5:36 Min min's forward smash reflects now? This characters busted

[@NolanSD]

i wonder if his fair can stop him from being stage spiked. Like you could Fair instead of hitting the tech when being stage spiked

[@neverseemstoAsh]

well you can't attack while being launched so no

[@DandaMan2022]

The blue fireball goes faster not slower?

[@zwop]

i like your cut g

[@lostreaver3]

Sephiroth was a character that I really think opened peoples eyes about up b as a attack you can also do this with fox, falco, lucario and maybe a few others

[@sephiroth6407]

Cpt Falcon's up b can be a get out of jail card sometime

[@tomasribbeck]

Hey poppt, at the side, around 50% back throw into Bair kills 😶

[@tomasribbeck]

@@jabrilanderson0 normal jump cab be true, on rob it was true

[@Special_SSB]

Just put out a new tech video on how to get his fsmash a bit more range!

[@brandonlee8123]

Lucas doesnt reflect the counter to hit sephiroth, he simply reflects the purple stuff allowing him to hit past the shield with f smash. Its easier to tell if you use other reflectors.

[@MADB0SS]

you can punish laggy charged upB with falcon punch

[@doodlexd8661]

Pro-ppt1

[@angiesworld8038]

I can do the octalash with ease now because I've practicing the shadow flare move just comes along because I do the octalash move a lot.

[@fawful9069]

Is it possible to up throw into n-air into fair?

[@elfpi55-bigB0O85]

The fully charged neutral B into fsmash is really difficult to pull off, why does it seem like I cant fsmash before they fly away?

[@chordalharmony]

Space a bit further back.

[@Johnny_hit]

Poptt1 what changes have you done at your controls? Because when I try to do a forward tilt it gives me a dash attack or a forward smash ( I am not good with a tilt stick )

[@crooker23]

if youre trying to do running f-tilt you almost need tilt stick. if you love smash stick you can press down on the left stick to cancel your run then do the tilt. poppt uses tilt stick and has tap jump off btw, and likely has jump bound to one of the triggers

[@Johnny_hit]

@@crooker23 thanks 😃👍

[@arnavkulkarni67]

I learned to do neutral b to f-smash with cloud

[@oofles5514]

11:54 RIP Peach Final Smash probably

[@99wins31]

I feel like Sephiroth has the potential to be this game’s Bayonetta

[@TheDreadNecromancer]

Just pleasing the algorithm don’t mind me

[@tylerbrown9631]

What stages does the character like? And why?

[@Lagslayer29]

Who's better Steve or Sephiroth. (opinion). Also question does both of Sephiroth's up B give stage control too?.