Smash Ultimate: How to Sephiroth

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One winged Sephiroth
Damage dealt: x1.3
Walk accel: x1.15
Walk speed: x1.15
Dash speed: x1.2
Run accel: x1.2
Run speed: x1.25
Air accel mul: x1.15
Air accel add: x1.1
Air speed: x1.2
Air friction: x1.05
Gravity: x1.03
Fall speed: x1.0

[@thereaIitsybitsyspider]

Some may call Sephiroth a sword character, but I see him as more of a snap character.

[@kaliberkam0681]

Sephiroth is the thanos of smash

[@planetary-rendez-vous]

Sephiroth Challenge : Play a match only snapping your opponent.

[@shuunobotenzo1992]

@@planetary-rendez-vous I will call Little Z

[@DeathsSON213]

Wayne: finally a worthy opponent

[@theoverseer393]

Sephiros is almost a zoner lmao

[@mo_musashi_284]

This is like the official strategy guide version of Smash characters.

[@StriderZessei]

Only this is good. Remember when the Brawl guide said Meta Knight was a 6/10?

[@deanclarke1001]

Basically Mo

[@sebas041296]

Almost all of them, the Steve guide is just a long Steve rant

[@Sidney_TSG]

Its actually very well done, just found this channel. I watch smash 'guides' from time to time for characters I rarely play but most people have less of a clue than myself lol. This one is great though, especially cause its only week 2 of this character.

[@pubertdefrog]

@@sebas041296 ikr, like if you don't have anything good to say about the character then don't bitch about how "bad" you think they are

[@FalcoVille]

Sephiroth was the only DLC character that I actually wanted since Banjo and Kazooie. And we all know how Banjo and Kazooie turned out.

[@raincastmusic]

I wanted Byleth actually

[@DjSoSmooveMINTY124]

Yea banjo is my favorite in this DLC

[@aidanflynn2037]

Man they really fucked Banjo up. My favorite to play as is Hero (casually) and Joker (when I try to win).

[@emblemblade9245]

Sometimes it’s no good to be too literal

[@FoxMccloud1]

Yes, Banjo turned out to be one of the most fun DLC to play. I like playing him. You don't need to play like a zoner with him ;) .

[@TetraTheThief]

Sephiroth is literally Nintendo being thirsty. Not 1 but *2* shirtless skins

[@tomato_42]

make it double!

[@felezeros4556]

They say he can be shirtless in the second sentence of his dlc in the Nintendo e-shop. So yeah they know what they are doing

[@skimbeeble8115]

Banjo had 8 shirtless alts if you think about it

[@KishinAubrey]

@@skimbeeble8115 other characters who have shirtless alts: bowser (8) bowser jr (8) donkey kong (8) duck hunt (8) greninja (8) incineroar (8) jigglypuff (8) k rool (8) kirby (8) little mac (1) lucario (8) mega man? (8?) (i do not know anything about megaman so idk if that is a suit or his design) meta knight (8) mewtwo (8) mii brawler(7) (counting the costumes as the original characters' bodies rather than a costume, but not smash originals such as monkey) mii swordfighter (possibly 1, again i do not know about megaman) mii gunner (8, again megaman stuff) mr game and watch (8) pacman (8) pichu (8) pikachu (7) piranha plant (8) pokemon trainer (24) ridley (8) rob (8) shulk (1) sonic (8) enderman yoshi (8) zss (2)

[@kyurei4478]

@@KishinAubrey Meta Knight...really? He doesn't even have a torso! Beside that, since the name Pokemon Trainer indicates that we don't care about the 3 little monsters he has, we could say it can't really be considered has *his* shortless skins. So you could say he has 0.

[@smash-oni6893]

You forgot he’s a pro at bullying Cloud

[@jeevee5852]

I swear every Izaw guide I see makes me want to main the character that is being presented. Great job again!

[@emberpowertcg7692]

Ikr

[@tomc.5704]

Every single time

[@Creepo_J]

He literally went over everything even the small things

[@Chase_Adams]

Never pressed a YT notification faster. I beat and loved FF7 as a child, Ultimate is my first real Smash game that I’ve put energy into getting good at (I played N64 version as a kid) and my main has been bottom-tier Ganondorf since launch. Sephiroth feels like he was built for my exact playstyle and this guide just became my bible for the next few weeks. Thanks so much for putting this together! Committing to Sephiroth as my new main has revitalized my interest in the game 🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@reviewbythelort33]

Did you get better?

[@GodSlayer330]

Next smash game, you will be able to naturally know how to counter act most characters.

[@christopherdarapper5487]

FINNALY A REAL GUIDE. everyone is just doing a move and then saying OHohOHOoooHhh SEPTH OP!?!?

[@viagotanega9898]

Just can’t seem to catch my groove with him. But I’m gonna keep trying. Sephiroth haunted me as a kid. So I’m gonna master him.

[@andymcclurg9916]

Same here. His fall speed is throwing me off but he looks so goddamn cool that I'll keep playing him.

[@mranxiety9995]

Hows the journy so far

[@brianreynoso6269]

@@mranxiety9995 I can't speak for Viago but this is like the hardest character I've tried to learn. Especially online.

[@JeanTheDweller]

We need a follow-up!

[@Marcus-uz1mr]

@@brianreynoso6269 definitely the hardest char ive played

[@nkirmath9573]

On Christmas eve izaw gives us a guide on giving despair.

[@TheEmperorHyperion]

*dis pear

[@nkirmath9573]

@@TheEmperorHyperion haven't gotten any pears my dude

[@Vinnelt]

@@nkirmath9573 lol

[@Batcena]

He taught me how to make cultured barbecue

[@JavenarchX]

That giga-flare is the most satisfying thing in the game...

[@SamuelJohnsonYT]

His Supernova is the most satisfying thing in my opinion

[@infinitepasta]

Sephiroth plays like: *tough guy finger snapping*

[@kvnbee]

17:59 That was filthy.

[@forhundredsofyearsilaydorm9301]

I've also noticed in a few random matches against AI that if Sephiroth uses a fully-charged Shadow Flare against someone who can reflect, he gets his with *five* flares instead of three.

[@DiverseStyle]

Me after watching other day one guides: yeahhhh still not quite getting the hang of this character yet , better wait for Izaw

[@vn6nt]

i love how u cover every single possible situation in a match and how to counter it. great video bro.

[@nkirmath9573]

This was one of two characters who I always wanted to see in smash but never thought it would happen. Also I found this guide incredibly helpful so thanks.

[@theblackbasketball]

Who’s the other?

[@nkirmath9573]

@@theblackbasketball joker

[@Serralas]

@@nkirmath9573 What's,"Always" mean to you? Because Joker excited for like 2 years before he was put into Smash. Lol

[@nkirmath9573]

@@Serralas Ok smartass you know what I mean

[@IzAw]

Want a session? Go here: metafy.gg/@izaw/schedule with the code Pokemon15 to get 10% off Join my discord and DM discord.gg/wrQbmMf

[@midnight7825]

Merry Christmas IzAw, have a great one. Clicked as soon as I saw. 🎄

[@plant3bananas297]

Merry Christmas!

[@gonesol_aero5215]

You too man!

[@khaleel795]

The percents his wing appear are exact. Training mode isn't reliable.

[@reallygoodsnusnu]

The counter seems to act like a projectile, I blocked it with young link’s shield

[@Wizard_Pikachu]

12:48 *Sees GameCube controller buttons* *Sweats heavily due to using a pro controller*

[@gelofgc]

nah don't worry, both are great

[@GeorgeFloydinski]

Or Joy Con... The Pro controller is soo expensive!

[@GeorgeFloydinski]

@@gelofgc Btw bongiornio Narancia

[@martinmoro3847]

I'm so happy your Sephiroth guide is finally here! You're legendary as always! :)

[@elitegamer2272]

Sephiroth: Guardian of the ledge

[@robbyiss]

Always looking forward to your guides. The cleanest guides around instead of random thoughts all over the place. Thank you!

[@phdbot4483]

Nice guide as always! I already enjoy playing him as a neutral/footsies character, so I'll be sure to keep everything here in mind to supplement his gameplan! Thanks! ^^

[@skulltula1352]

I've watched a lot of tutorials on smash characters lately...yours is by far the best one thx bro.

[@OrangePolkaDotBear]

This is your best guide IMO. A ton of content covered going over all of the basics through to the intricacies of gameplay. 10/10

[@TheBlitzish]

Great vid, thanks so much for making it! One small note on Sephiroth's Shadow Flares, only the last orb hit will always send your opponent away. The earlier orb hits work different. They send the opponent in the opposite direction of where they were facing when hit with the original application of the move. At low percents it doesn't matter because they don't have much knockback, but at high percents it can make the difference between a kill or not. Niche info but could come in handy at high percents.

[@stevenlle8154]

Let’s go early Christmas gift. Thank you so much Izaw

[@ExileTwilight]

This tells me I REALLY need to practice my Nair game..

[@MrOrichalcos]

This helps out a ton, as I've been playing a lot of Sephiroth since his arrival. Thanks, Izaw!

[@FunnyMav]

This was so good and informative that it makes me realize how behind in practice I am.

[@TheEffectOfMass]

I've always played Smash casually. Competitively I'm more into your standard 2D fighters. So Smash always seemed alien to me. This video was a big help in getting me to see and understand how to apply fighting game terms into smash. These videos are appreciated! Thank you!

[@evergreen8600]

Yes finally! The only guide I truly wanted

[@Marinthees]

Izaw's new character guides are always so worth the wait. Quality takes time dawg

[@karsram2522]

I think it is very appropiate that the guy that loves to torture Cloud's mind is all about mind games in this game.

[@Creepo_J]

I figured out early on octoslash was op and that if you b-reverse it while recovering, you send them to the other side You can do edgeguards the same way too since it just covers so much space

[@blackjackcwc]

I've been waiting for this!! Thanks!!!!

[@SeanRainey]

Awesome guide, thank you! One thing I wish I saw covered more was how to use the down air, particularly on the ledge. I know it goes below platforms and the stage.

[@raikiri321]

Quality stuff Izaw nicely done!

[@SpartanScionYT]

Super useful and added a lot to what I already knew! Thanks for the Vid.

[@Pensive_Impact]

Was waiting for your guide dude, thanks!

[@christopherdarapper5487]

The best guide ever on this charecter. Other channels dont even upload guides its just hype

[@andrebaxter4023]

Best Sephiroth guide thus far. Not surprised given the previous training materials from this man.

[@gianfralago174]

Merry Christmas IzawSmash

[@Christian-wr4ge]

YES I was waiting for this.

[@silviofei2942]

Thank you for this huge amount of work you put in your videos. I really appreciate it!

[@kratosnl]

Great stuff as always, man!

[@zen2498]

Great stuff, Can't wait for Art of Sephiroth

[@sakuyaizayoi2441]

Thanks to your help and my knowledge I will be able to use it perfectly. Thanks Izaw

[@JosephHk743]

A Christmas miracle tutorial on a badass like Sephiroth! Thanks Izaw!

[@Sephirothed0116]

As soon as I saw the trailer I knew I had to look forward to your vid!

[@dandreperry2608]

Been waiting for this

[@ConejoZing]

An "angelic being" who uses an oversized sword from somewhere to be a god of destruction.

[@maxuuell]

This is an amazing breakdown. This is the first I've seen of these. Really helps understand the different ways of playing a character.

[@mikemurphy4890]

i dont even play smash really but i still watch your videos. unlike most smash yters, you actually put care into your videos

[@CursedMoistMan690]

Sepiroth: *"i will never be a memory"* Cloud: *"Just wait two weeks and come back to me"*

[@NotThatUser]

Ah yes, my favorite character: Meta Cloud. Or, Cloud Knight if you prefer.

[@superaman4405]

Such a good guide keep the good work i also sub. Sepiroth was hard for me to use because of his sword and other players knock me easily because of the sword but ur video helpes me thank you.

[@juxil8835]

Holy shit this guide is amazing, GREAT JOB IZAW

[@wallymeatson4430]

"I have been waitng for this moment"

[@miguelangelmendez7767]

Nice video as always. Looking towards a Samus/Dark Samus video one day.

[@geniusbutlazy4545]

The true thanos in smash

[@MrMasterBoop]

Amazing work again izaw

[@SoItalian]

Thanks, this was very helpful.

[@ChadShotgunApe]

After playing him for like several days, I wanted to see this just to make sure I was correct in my playstyle, Almost got the homie to elite smash, lets go bois. I also wanted to see the aerial combos because i have only used fair as a spacer and not a combo tool

[@ProdDusk]

I FREAKING LOVE THIS VIDEO!!! Am going in now on Smash as Sephiroth lol GOOD LUCK YA!

[@ProdDusk]

Game changer!

[@smashpow]

Amazing breakdown

[@TheMisz007]

great as always

[@jfarmer808]

Wow that was an amazing guide

[@MTP2DDRDuelonman]

As a FF7 Fans player like myself I'm learning all in this Sephiroth video... great video teach..

[@alienhominid5737]

I love sephiroth

[@SilvyPeach]

Thank you SO much for this video! 🙏 It is SO appreciated. I was instantly drawn to Sephiroth's playstyle in Smash, and he just stuck with me. I have been maining Sephiroth in Smash for about a year now. Recently, I made it into my high school's Smash Bros. team. So, I've been starting to get really serious about it. There's a lot of pressure on me for being the only female on my team, and my scores have been fluctuating a lot. These tips are really going to up my gameplay, but I still need to train and study more. No matter what kind of score I end up with, I'll just be glad I made it that far with Sephiroth. 🙌🖤 I am going to use a LOT more of my neutrals now since seeing this video. 😆 Can't rely on those specials TOO much. Glory to God I found this video when I did. Again, this video is appreciated... Thank you. ⚔🤺 I wish you all the best for your channel.

[@ItsCrucible]

Me before this video: hehe long sword Me after this video: I GIVE DISPEAR TO ALL!

[@Creepo_J]

in a seph ditto, you can just use side-b to easily get rid of flare (neutral-B) Like in mu's with characters that have projectiles, shadow flare can get rid of those pesky projectiles It can even clang with normal attacks so it may save you

[@GenesisYasu]

Fantastic video Izaw... btw first time watchin ur vids...

[@mikemitbut]

I wa sso hoping you'd make this dude, awesome!!

[@kickgum5701]

He wasn't kidding when he said "I'll shall give smash despair"

[@Marcos-jv2me]

Thanks for sending the link for this video on your discord.

[@jayjaysheroah2485]

That fair to fire ball was so smooth

[@captainwoolbeard2447]

Sephiroth isn’t just an anime swordfighter, he’s THE Anime Swordfighter

[@sunnyzett]

The way you say "throw" is like a gift

[@Hibernial]

Footstool to dair is a great idea. I guess there’s buffered OoS z-airdodge into wavedash for distance, and something like fair or dtilt.

[@adamdastar]

great video!!!

[@curse5697]

this video is perfect, i hope i can get this good with seph

[@andrebaxter4023]

Train well my friend.

[@adamshehadeh1782]

Nice video very informative

[@GregInTechnicolor]

I picture Izaw's videos like the character videos in Fantasy Strike.

[@Club6469]

Now this is a Christmas miracle

[@Shaqwukong]

this video made my head hurt @_@ lol great tutorial

[@andrebaxter4023]

Lots of good info indeed. 😊

[@johnhelmes8261]

Thankyou!!

[@Case2_0]

My church group plays smash a lot and it’s usually like 4-5 players, so his fully charged nuke is almost guaranteed to kill someone.

[@pogothepurple3826]

I haven't said this in years, possibly ever... but Nice Intro, man!!

[@WhitenevinBay]

PLEASE do Art of Ken! He's especially complicated, and your particularly succinct and expert way of explaining a character would be especially helpful for him.

[@seb1232]

Hello Izaw, I love your guides. Could you make one for my main, Diddy Kong? You made one for him in sm4sh, but diddy is quite a different character in Ult. I liked your infinite guide on him, while it lasted. Keep up the good videos.

[@vvatchout1]

i still cant believe he is in smash. he is my fav character out of any video game

[@davinvictor815]

I see Sephiroth as a math character

[@runo4155]

I've used giga flare a lot as a smoke bomb of sorts because it's flashy and distracting

[@brendan8672]

best smash youtuber

[@JonCom3dy]

Wow Sephiroth is dope

[@loregasmic]

I wish they'd make a setting for short hop and full hop to have different buttons.

[@lunarkomet]

If you press two buttons that are mapped to jump at the same time you'll perform a shorthop

[@lugesei]

If you press attack at the same time as the jump you'll perform a short hop too

[@pocky_y]

I set ZL to jump so i don't have to slide my fingers, it's really useful

[@sorenandreas2k]

awesome guide! do you plan on covering rob at some point?

[@eliteteutonicknight1]

Has anyone ever told you that you give Prima guides a run for their money?

[@MrVibe-tx4rn]

18:00 that combo was just cinematic.