Sephiroth/Gameplay

Sephiroth appears as three different bosses in the same succession and an AI controlled party member in Final Fantasy VII, and as a boss and a Digital Mind Wave option in Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII-.

Boss
Sephiroth is fought three times in Final Fantasy VII, all as parts of the final battle. He is first encountered in a "pupa" form as Bizarro∙Sephiroth. He is then fought in his "god" form as Safer∙Sephiroth. A final cinematic confrontation is fought against Sephiroth in the Lifestream. He fights a one-on-one duel with Cloud, but it is impossible to lose the battle.

Party member
Sephiroth is an AI controlled temporary party member in Cloud's flashback. He cannot take damage, acts of his own accord in battle, and his equipment cannot be removed. He has no Limit Break and his Limit meter will not charge since he cannot take damage—if hacks are used to increase the meter, he does not have a Limit command. His Materia are mastered; Revive, Restore, Earth paired with All, Fire, Ice paired with All, Lightning paired with All. His weapon has perfect accuracy and his attacks always critical. His equipment and Materia are as follows:

Sephiroth doesn't use the Restore and Fire spells in battle, and if there is at least one Sonic Speed ​​in the enemy team, he will not use Quake3. Twin Brain's Stare Down always misses against him.

Stats
Although the player cannot level Sephiroth in a normal game, he still has stats and stat growth. The below stats listed at LV50 are his stats in-game. He starts with 320438 Exp, which on his curve would put him at LV51, but if he were to be used normally this would correct itself.

He shares his Exp growth with Cloud, and his other stat growth with Vincent. Because he only appears in the flashback and his stats start out much higher than average, there is no need for normal stat growth and many of his stats would remain the same were he to level up.

Boss
Sephiroth is fought as a boss twice in the Nibel Reactor, and can be challenged again in missions. Experiment No. 124 is a facsimile of Sephiroth that serves as the final opponent in the "Hojo's Laboratory" series of missions.

Digital Mind Wave
Sephiroth is part of Zack's Digital Mind Wave since start of the game, allowing Zack to use Sephiroth's Limit Break, Octaslash, if his picture comes up in the slot reels mechanism during modulating phase. Octaslash deals eight physical attacks against one enemy.