Sephiroth Reborn

Sephiroth Reborn is a multi-stage boss in Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, fought by Cloud, Barret, Tifa, Aerith, Red XIII, Yuffie, Cait Sith, and Zack at the end of Chapter 14, "End of the World". It is the game's penultimate boss, bookended by two fights against Sephiroth. 
==Stats==
==Attacks ==
Sephiroth's attacks depend on the battle phase. 
*Phase 1: Cloud alone
*Phase 2: Tifa, Red, and Cait Sith
*Phase 3: Zack
*Phase 4: Red XIII, Barret, and Yuffie
: = Physical damage
: = Magical damage
Attack 	Image	Phase	Description
Fate's Scream 	 	1 	Summons a horde of Whispers from his Core.
Whisper Vortex 	 	1 	Summons several tornadoes made of Whispers before knocking Cloud back a long distance away.
Maelstrom 	 	1 	Blasts the player out of range of Sephiroth's Body.
Errant Whisper 	 	1 	Summons Whispers from the ground to deal damage.
Apocalyptic Fire 	 	1 & 3	Summons a wave of fire surrounding his body.
Interred Horror 	 	1 & 3	Spawns pools of darkness, which deal damage when touched.
Swarm 	 	1 & 3	Fires balls of dark energy from his hands
Hell's Gate 	 	1 & 3	Summons a blade of dark energy and throws it into the air. A ring of dark energy indicates where it will strike.
Zanshin 	 	1 & 3	Sephiroth slashes twice, sending out waves of energy at a target.
Blessing of Calamity	 	2 	Summons Bahamut Arisen Whisper and revives it if previously defeated.
Spirit of Calamity 	 	2 	Heals Bahamut Arisen Whisper.
Atonement 	 	2 & 4	Slams his right wing on the ground.
Unholy Gate 	 	3 	Summons a blade of dark energy and throws it into the air. Explodes in a wide radius after initial strike.
Zanshin Profaned 	 	3 	Sephiroth slashes thrice, sending out waves of energy at a target.
Remake 	 	3 	Restores the Chest if it has been defeated.
Lacryma Deus 	 	3 	Summons a crackling red energy beam from his Chest, which he sweeps across the ground. Inflicts Slow and Silence.
Wail 	 	3 	Summons a dark ball of energy, which binds Zack if touched and leads to a follow-up attack.
Retribution 	 	3 	If bound by Wail, Sephiroth impales Zack and launches him away.
Profane 	 	4 	Emits a noxious cloud from the Core. Inflicts Poison.
Great Tribulation 	 	4 	Summons giant chunks of ice, dealing damage.
Infernal Flare 	 	4 	Deals damage.
Keraunos 	 	4 	Creates trails of bolts along the ground which deal damage.
Rapture 	 	4 	Summons massive tornadoes, dealing damage to a target.
Heartless Angel 	 	4 	Summons a large explosion that reduces those affected to 1 HP.
Octaslash 	 	4 	Deals 8 blows.
==Battle==
The first phase of the fight begins with Cloud facing Sephiroth Reborn solo. Sephiroth Reborn floats, and while Cloud is at a distance, Sephiroth Reborn switches between Whisper Vortex and Fate's Scream to keep Cloud from the Body. When Cloud gets close enough to attack, Sephiroth Reborn uses Interred Horror and Errant Whisper once each, then uses Maelstrom to blow Cloud back out of range. This pattern continues until Cloud cripples the Body.
Once Cloud has crippled the Body, a swarm of white Whispers restrains Sephiroth's wings, pulling him down to the ground so Cloud can climb his massive form. While climbing, black Whispers attack Cloud, but while they can reduce his HP to 1, they cannot kill him. Upon reaching the Head, Cloud slashes at Sephiroth's face and begins the second half of the first phase. When Cloud is within melee distance, Sephiroth Reborn will use Apocalyptic Fire to push Cloud back. Otherwise, he cycles between Zanshin, Swarm, Hell's Gate, and Interred Horror until Cloud defeats him.
Cloud slashes across the Head's chest, and black Whispers pour out and through a crack in spacetime. In another world, Sephiroth Reborn descends before Tifa, Barret, and Cait Sith, beginning the second phase of the fight. Sephiroth Reborn summons Bahamut Arisen Whisper, and uses Spirit of Calamity and Blessing of Calamity to keep the Whisper alive until both its wings are crippled. 
In a third world, Zack faces Sephiroth Reborn solo. He uses similar attacks to the first phase against Cloud, with more powerful versions of his Hell's Gate and Zanshin attacks—Unholy Gate and Zanshin Profaned, respectively. The Chest has an additional attack, Wail, which summons a floating dark ball of energy. If Zack is bound by Wail, Sephiroth draws him airborne before the Head, which uses Retribution to impale Zack and launch him away. If Wail hits the protective barrier of lilies, it turns white, and Zack can launch it at the Chest to cripple it. After a period of time, Sephiroth Reborn will use Remake to restore the Chest until both the Head and Chest are defeated. 
In the second world, the party members notice that Sephiroth Reborn appears increasingly wounded. Since it exists in all three realities simultaneously, Cloud and Zack have helped weaken Sephiroth before Barret, Yuffie, and Red XIII begin the fourth and final phase. Sephiroth Reborn protects the Core with a barrier, then alternates between elemental attacks: Great Tribulation for ice, Infernal Flare for fire, Rapture for wind, and Keraunos for lightning. The Core will occasionally use Profane to poison the party. Once both wings are crippled, the barrier around the Core disintegrates.
Once the Core is destroyed, Sephiroth Reborn uses his most powerful attacks, Unholy Gate, Apocalyptic Fire, Heartless Angel, and Octaslash until he is defeated. He crashes to the ground before Cloud in the first world, beginning the final phase of the final boss fight.
===Strategy===
Sephiroth Reborn has many more magic attacks than physical attacks, and so Manaward, Shell, and equipment that protects against magic damage may be useful. Barret, Red XIII, and Yuffie benefit from elemental protection but Sephiroth's other phases do not use elemental attacks, nor is he weak to any element; therefore, the player can reserve any Elemental Materia for these three's armor. The player cannot equip Zack, and Cloud will have yet another battle to come after Sephiroth Reborn
==Musical themes==
Sephiroth Reborn has five tracks on the Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Original Soundtrack—one for each phase, with "Sephiroth Reborn - Transfiguration" as a 30-second transition piece between the two halves of the first phase.
*"Sephiroth Reborn - Advent" plays during the first phase.
*"Sephiroth Reborn - For Aerith" plays during the second phase.
*"Sephiroth Reborn - Embrace Your Dreams" plays during the third phase.
*"Sephiroth Reborn - Second Advent" plays during the fourth phase.
All are original pieces composed by Masashi Hamauzu; "Sephiroth Reborn - For Aerith" includes a motif from "Those Chosen by the Planet", "Sephiroth Reborn - Embrace Your Dreams" includes motifs from "Birth of a God", and "Sephiroth Reborn - Second Advent" includes lyrics from "One Winged Angel". "Sephiroth Reborn - Second Advent" is also an expanded variation of "The Three SOLDIERs", the boss theme for the first battle with Sephiroth.
== Behind the scenes ==
In the Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Ultimania, Tetsuya Nomura explained that Sephiroth's existence transcends worlds and he exists simultaneously in multiple worlds. When Zack comes to help Cloud fight Sephiroth, they both exist in a moment where the two worlds join. Further, when Zack, Cloud, and the other party members all fight Sephiroth Reborn, though they are presumably existing in separate worlds, they are still fighting the same entity.
==Gallery==
Unholy Gate FFVII Rebirth.jpg|Hell's Gate
Fate's Scream FFVII Rebirth.jpg|Fate's Scream
File:Whisper Vortex FFVII Rebirth.jpg|Whisper Vortex
Apocalyptic Fire FFVII Rebirth.jpg|Apocalyptic Fire
Swarm FFVII Rebirth.jpg|Swarm
Interred Horror FFVII Rebirth.jpg|Interred Horror
Blessing of Calamity FFVII Rebirth.jpg|Blessing of Calamity
Atonement FFVII Rebirth.jpg|Atonement
Lacryma Deus FFVII Rebirth.jpg|Lacryma Deus
Zanshin Profaned FFVII Rebirth.jpg|Zanshin Profaned
File:Wail FFVII Rebirth.jpg|Wail
File:Retribution FFVII Rebirth.jpg|Retribution
File:Sephiroth Reborn Remake FFVII Rebirth.jpg|Remake
Profane FFVII Rebirth.jpg|Profane
Heartless Angel Sephiroth Reborn FFVII Rebirth.jpg|Heartless Angel
Great Tribulation FFVII Rebirth.jpg|Great Tribulation
Rapture FFVII Rebirth.jpg|Rapture
Octaslash Sephiroth Reborn.jpg|Octaslash
== Etymology==
Sephiroth Reborn has the same name in Japanese in both Final Fantasy VII and Rebirth, though it was localized as "Bizarro∙Sephiroth" in English. His abilities have eclectic names with a theme of disrespect toward things balanced and holy, and terms associated with end-times. For example, Zanshin Profaned: Zanshin is a state of awareness in Japanese martial arts. "Interred" is often used to describe something buried or forgotten, and Lacryma Deus translates to "god of tears" or "god of weeping". Rapture is an end-time event in some Christian belief systems. 
Category:Bosses in Final Fantasy VII Rebirth