Safer∙Sephiroth

Safer∙Sephiroth is the final boss in Final Fantasy VII. Being the last of Sephiroth's forms, this is his most powerful transformation. This battle is penultimate, but is considered the last challenge in the game, as it is followed by a plot-related battle that cannot be lost. The song "One-Winged Angel" plays during the battle against Safer∙Sephiroth; a reference to Sephiroth's right arm being replaced by a single dark wing.

Battle
Safer∙Sephiroth's base stats are listed in the table, but they change depending on many variables:
 * For every character at Level 99 (not counting Aeris), 30,000 maximum HP, 2 Attack, 20 Defense, 5 Magic, and 16 Magic Defense are added to Safer∙Sephiroth's stats.
 * If Knights of the Round was cast on Jenova∙SYNTHESIS, Safer∙Sephiroth receives an extra 80,000 maximum HP.
 * For every time Bizarro∙Sephiroth's head was killed during the previous fight, Safer∙Sephiroth's maximum HP is reduced by 100, up to a maximum reduction of 24,900 HP.

Considering all these, Safer∙Sephiroth's maximum stats (bracketed in the table) are:
 * 400,000 maximum HP, 246 Attack, 260 Defense, 140 Magic Power, and 308 Magic Defense.

Safer∙Sephiroth's attacks follow an eight turn cycle, allowing the player to predict his next attack and prepare accordingly. In all versions apart from the original Japanese version of Final Fantasy VII, the cycle is as follows:
 * 1) Wall or DeSpell (usually alternates per cycle, starting with Wall and using DeSpell on the party, but DeSpell is always used on himself if under Slow status).
 * 2) Deen (if DeSpell on the party was cast on his previous turn) or Shadow Flare (otherwise).
 * 3) Unnamed physical attack.
 * 4) Safer∙Sephiroth flies up into the air; becomes Long Range.
 * 5) Pale Horse
 * 6) Super Nova
 * 7) Break (if Safer∙Sephiroth's HP > 25%) or Heartless Angel (if Safer∙Sephiroth's HP < 25%)
 * 8) Safer∙Sephiroth drops back down.

Safer∙Sephiroth's opening move is Wall, setting Barrier and MBarrier on himself. This cuts the damage the party does, so DeBarrier should be cast right away. He then casts Shadow Flare, a powerful single-target attack, Pale Horse, which is a less powerful single-target attack that may inflict Sadness, Frog and Small, and a simple but powerful physical attack, which causes Paralyze and Darkness.

His other attacks he may use include Break, which is yet another single-target attack which may cause Petrify, a weak attack named Deen, DeSpell, and Super Nova, which is an attack that reduces the player's HP by 15/16 and may cause Confusion, Silence and Slow. Perhaps his most dangerous spell is Heartless Angel, which will reduce the HP of the entire party to 1, but can be blocked and Safer∙Sephiroth will not use it until his HP is low. Furthermore, since it can never defeat the party and the player is likely to have a large number of Megalixirs thanks to the W-Item Duplication Bug, they can simply use Heartless Angel as a chance to heal up from the effects of Super Nova.

Safer∙Sephiroth may rise into the air, becoming a Long Range enemy. He cannot be hit by close range physical attacks during this time, but is limited to using Pale Horse, Super Nova, Heartless Angel or Break.

In the original Japanese version of Final Fantasy VII the battle is slightly different. Sephiroth opens the battle with Slow instead of Wall and uses regular Flare instead of Shadow Flare. Pale Horse deals percentage based damage, and Super Nova doesn't deal percentage based damage, and can thus kill the party. Super Nova's attack animation is different and much shorter in the original Japanese version, as well.

Strategy
As this is the final battle, the party should go all out with their best Materia and equipment. Ribbons are strongly suggested as Safer∙Sephiroth can inflict dangerous status effects. Mastered Restore and Revive Materia are also recommended and any Elixirs and Megalixirs can come handy. Level 4 Limit Breaks make quick work of Sephiroth, but are not necessary.

The party should use Big Guard or Wall to stay protected. Safer∙Sephiroth's Super Nova charges the party's Limit Breaks quickly; this is especially useful if the party has Level 4 Limit Breaks. If the party has Knights of the Round, the summon can kill Safer∙Sephiroth in a few uses.

As all of Sephiroth's attacks, with the exception of Deen, either cannot KO the victim, or only hit one target, if the player is in great excess of Phoenix Downs, they can simply have one character attack, allow the second person to be KO'd, and the third to use a Phoenix Down on the second. This can fail if Super Nova inflicts Confusion, or if Sephiroth gets enough turns to use Deen.

AI Script
AI: Setup {
 * Turn off Death Handling for Safer*Sephiroth
 * TempVar:CharLv99 = GlobalVar:CharLv99
 * TempVar:BzHeadDeaths = GlobalVar:BzHeadDeaths
 * If (GlobalVar:JenovaKoR == 1) Then
 * TempVar:JenovaBonus = 80000
 * } Else {
 * TempVar:JenovaBonus = 0
 * }
 * TempVar:Stat = 320000
 * TempVar:Stat = TempVar:Stat - 30000 * (8 - TempVar:CharLv99)
 * Safer*Sephiroth's Max HP = TempVar:Stat + TempVar:JenovaBonus
 * Safer*Sephiroth's HP = Safer*Sephiroth's Max HP
 * - (TempVar:BzHeadDeaths * 100)
 * Safer*Sephiroth's Att = Safer*Sephiroth's Att + 2 * TempVar:CharLv99
 * Safer*Sephiroth's Def = Safer*Sephiroth's Def + 20 * TempVar:CharLv99
 * Safer*Sephiroth's MAt = Safer*Sephiroth's MAt + 5 * TempVar:CharLv99
 * Safer*Sephiroth's MDf = Safer*Sephiroth's MDf + 16 * TempVar:CharLv99
 * Choose Self
 * Use  on Target
 * Use  on Target
 * Use  on Target

} AI: Main {
 * Safer*Sephiroth's MP = Safer*Sephiroth's Max MP
 * Count = Count + 1
 * If (Count == 1) Then
 * If (Self has Slow Status) Then
 * Choose Self
 * Cast DeSpell on Target
 * } Else If (TempVar:MoveSet == 1) Then {
 * Choose All Opponents
 * Cast DeSpell on Target
 * TempVar:MoveSet = 0
 * } Else {
 * Choose Self
 * Cast Wall on Target
 * TempVar:MoveSet = 1
 * }
 * } Else If (Count == 2) Then {
 * If (TempVar:MoveSet == 0) Then {
 * Choose All Opponents
 * Use Deen on Target
 * } Else {
 * Choose Random Opponent
 * Use Shadow Flare on Target
 * }
 * } Else If (Count == 3) Then {
 * Choose Random Opponent with Highest HP
 * Use < > (Physical Attack) on Target
 * } Else If (Count == 4) Then {
 * Choose Self
 * Use <> (Fly Up) on Target
 * Stage = 1
 * Safer*Sephiroth's IdleAnim = Flying High
 * Safer*Sephiroth's HurtAnim = Flinch (Flying High)
 * Safer*Sephiroth's Range = 16
 * } Else If (Count == 5) Then {
 * Choose Random Opponent
 * Use Pale Horse on Target
 * } Else If (Count == 6) Then {
 * Choose All Opponents
 * Use Super Nova on Target
 * } Else If (Count == 7) Then {
 * If (Safer*Sephiroth's HP > 25% of Safer*Sephiroth's Max HP) Then
 * Choose Random Opponent
 * Use Break on Target
 * } Else {
 * Choose Random Opponent
 * Use Heartless Angel on Target
 * }
 * } Else {
 * Choose Self
 * Use <> (Fly Down) on Target
 * Stage = 0
 * Safer*Sephiroth's IdleAnim = Flying Low
 * Safer*Sephiroth's HurtAnim = Flinch (Flying Low)
 * Safer*Sephiroth's Range = 1
 * Count = 0
 * }
 * Safer*Sephiroth's Range = 1
 * Count = 0
 * }

} AI: Counter - Death {
 * Choose Self
 * If (Stage == 0) Then
 * Use <> on Target
 * } Else
 * Use <> on Target
 * }
 * Use <> on Target
 * }

} AI: Counter - 13 {
 * Remove Self

}

Final Fantasy All the Bravest


Safer∙Sephiroth appears in Final Fantasy All the Bravest. It is fought on the Outskirts of Midgar and uses Supernova. It gives Death Penalty as loot.

Etymology
Safer∙Sephiroth could easily be seen as a Seraph -- a celestial or heavenly being with colossal wings that literally means Burning Ones, hence the translation of One Winged Angel's lyrics mean "burning inside with violent anger" -- with a seventh wing in place of his arm. However, the origin of the name Safer∙Sephiroth is Hebrew; the boss's name as written in Japanese is "セーファ・セフィロス," or "Sēfa Sefirosu"; note that "safer" can also be transliterated as "sefer", "sapher", and "sepher". "Sepher" (סֶפֶר) is Hebrew for "book"; thus, Safer Sephiroth (Sefer Sfirot) literally translates to "Book of Numerations". However, it more likely refers to the 10 Kabbalistic Sefirot, the ten aspects of creation according to Jewish Mysticism.

Names in Other Languages

 * Spanish: Salvador Sefirot - Savior Sephiroth
 * German: Retter Sephiroth - Savior Sephiroth
 * Italian: Seraph Sephirot

Related Enemies

 * Bizarro∙Sephiroth
 * Sephiroth (Final Fantasy VII Boss)

Seraph∙Sephiroth