Sephiroth (Rave)

Sephiroth (セフィロス, Sephiroth) is the main antagonist of Final Fantasy VII and appears as a playable character in Super Smash Bros. Rave.
He is voiced by Toshiyuki Morikawa via reused voice clips from Ultimate.
==Attributes==
Sephiroth is a tall lightweight with average ground mobility and below-average air speed. He sports the longest overall range thanks to his weapon, the Masamune, giving him an advantage in spacing.
He has a fighter ability called the Winged Form. If he has taken a certain amount of damage, then he will unfurl a singular black wing from his left shoulder while saying either "身の程を知れ" (Know your place.) or "目障りだ" (Pathetic.). Once active, his damage output is increased, his mobility is improved, has a third double jump and also gains armor to his smash attacks.
==Moveset==
===Ground Attacks===
Neutral attack	Does a mid-level roundhouse kick, then a mid-level side kick, and then a forward thrust from the Masamune's pommel.
Forward tilt 	Performs an outward slash.
Up tilt 	Performs an upward thrust.
Down tilt 	Does a baseball slide.
Dash attack 	Does a lunging palm thrust, infused with energy.
Forward smash 	Spins, performing an inward and horizontal slash.
Up smash 	Performs a spinning overhead arcing slash.
Down smash 	Thrusts the Masamune downward. It can deal a massive amount of shield damage.
===Air Attacks===
Neutral aerial	Snaps his fingers, emitting a circular burst of energy around himself.
Forward aerial	Performs a forward thrust.
Back aerial 	Turns around, performing an outward slash behind himself.
Up aerial 	Does a backflip while slashing overhead.
Down aerial 	Performs a downward thrust, falling at high speed.
===Grabs & Throws===
Grab 	Reaches out with his right hand, infused with energy.
Pummel 	Emits a point-blank burst of energy.
Forward throw	Emits a point-blank burst of energy, sending the opponent forward.
Back throw 	Teleports the opponent behind himself before pumping his fist to hit them with a burst of energy.
Up throw 	Performs an upward slash.
Down throw 	Telekinetically slams the opponent onto the ground.
===Recovery Attacks===
Floor attack	Performs a legsweep around himself as he gets up.
Edge attack 	Kicks in front of himself as he climbs up.
===Special Moves===
Neutral special	Flare / Megaflare / Gigaflare: Charges Flare, an explosive fireball, in his right hand and travels slowly once fired, then it explodes. If charged for some time, then it becomes Megaflare, a blue flame that is more powerful, travels faster and has a larger explosion while he may say "行け" (Go.). If fully charged, then it becomes Gigaflare, making the background darken dramatically and the music's volume to lower, while the small, yellow spark fired travels a very short distance but creates an immense explosion with extreme knockback, while he may say "焼き尽くす" (Burn to nothing.).
Side special 	Shadow Flare: Snaps his fingers, emitting a thin, short-ranged surge of dark energy at the opponent, making a sphere orbit around them and can create more sphere by charged, while he may say either "目障りだ" (Pathetic.), "焼き付けろ" (Burn.), "跪け" (Kneel.), "滅びよ" (Perish.), "くらえ" (Take this.), or simply chuckles.
Up special 	Blade Dash / Octaslash: Performs an omnidirectional slash with brief charge time that is indicated by a pair of arrowheads, pointing towards his travel direction before beginning to move. If the special button is tapped, then he performs Blade Dash, an outward slash that deals a single hit. If the special button is held, then it becomes Octaslash, a dashing flurry of slashes that hits eight times and travels slightly more, while he may say "消え去れ" (Disappear.), "愚かな" (Foolish.), or "恐怖を刻もう" (I shall carve terror.)
Down special 	Scintilla: Says "来い" (Come.) while creating a honeycomb-shaped barrier in front of himself that hits multiple times upon counterattacking, during this he may say "目障りだ" (Pathetic.), "消え去れ" (Disappear), "愚かな" (Foolish.), "いい顔だ" (I like the look on your face.), "打ち砕く" (I will crush you.), "跪け" (Kneel.), or simply chuckles.
Final Smash 	Supernova: Says "星に帰れ" (Return to the Planet.), while performing a diagonal upward slash, and if it connects to an opponent, a cutscene plays where he transforms into Safer Sephiroth to summon Meteor and trigger a supernova that wipes out the world, also causing a random status effect to opponents who are not KO'd while he poses.
==On-Screen Appearance==
*Slowly descends onto the stage while emitting a blackish purple aura and loses a few feathers.
==Taunts==
Up taunt 	Uses his right hand to gesture the opponent to approach him while saying "来るがいい" (Come after me.)
Side taunt	Assumes the kasumi-no-kamae, a stance in kendo.
Down taunt	Shifts the side of his body forward, then he chuckles sinisterly as he emits a blackish purple aura.
==Idle Poses==
*Holds the Masamune downward with his opposite arm under it and his heel up.
*Shifts his position to the other side.
==Victory Poses==
All of his victory poses occur in a fiery area instead of the standard area. If Cloud was present in the match, then he may say "思い出にはならないさ" (I will never be a memory.). If he is not a leader in Team Battles, then he faces to the side, keeping his face away from the camera.
Left 	With his back turned, he turns his head toward the screen while chuckling, then he turns around and slowly walks deeper into the flames until disappearing.
Up 	Slowly raises his head and glares at the screen while saying "何度でも導いてやろう。" (I will usher you many times as you want.)
Right	While turning his back to the screen, he swings the Masamune and assumes his Winged Form while saying "その痛みで私を思い出せ。" (Remember me through your pain.).
Victory Theme: The ending portion of "Advent: One-Winged Angel" from Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children. Afterwards, a droning note plays and instead of the regular results theme, another droning note plays continuously.
==Alternate Costumes==
Black 	His appearance from both Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children and Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII.
Purple 	1st Class SOLDIERs
Green 	Midgar Zolom
Red 	Genesis Rhapsodos
White 	N/A
Blue 	3rd Class SOLDIERs
Coatless 	His appearance in the final boss fight of Final Fantasy VII.
Coatless Violet	N/A
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