Final Fantasy VII Walkthrough

3.9: Inside the Planet

Shadow Flare

When you’re done preparing your assault team, go down the path. You will be jumping from rock to rock, encountering a few powerful enemies on the way. When you reach the bottom, the area will suffer from the arrival of your first serious opponent: the final form of Jenova.

Jenova-SYNTHESIS	Level	HP	MP	Attacks
	61	Unknown	Unknown	Absorb, Stop, Bio2, Ultima
	Absorbs	Blocks	Strong Against	Weak Against
	Steal	Morph	Win Item	Enemy Skill
	EXP	AP	Gil	Location
	60000	1500	0	Inside the Planet
	Immune to Status		Notes
	Strategy
	Jenova-SYNTHESIS can use its two tentacles to inflict heavy damage if you’re not very well equipped. What’s worse, if you kill them, the main body can resurrect them. Use multitarget spells like Ultima or summons (Knights of Round will be much useful if you have it. If not, rely on the various Bahamut summons). If you want, you can also choose to concentrate on the main body while healing from Jenova’s attacks. At some point, when you reduce its HP low enough, Jenova will begin a countdown. If you don’t kill her before she reaches the end, she will cast Ultima and then die. Depending on your HP at the moment, you could very easily be wiped out by this sacrificial attack, so pound on her with all you’ve got when you see the countdown begin.

After her death, you will be prompted into making a party to face off Sephiroth. You can also make another supplemental party. If you do so, it will be at your disposal during the next battle, and you’ll have the possibility to change between the two teams from time to time. While this may not sound too useful, it appears that changing from one party to another prevents the boss from using its powerful healing move. But don’t worry too much about it: if you want to stick to only one party, you can still defeat Bizarro-Sephiroth, and you don’t have to split your materia and equipment between two teams (plus, it should be noted that another boss awaits you after this one, and only the party that delivered the final blow to Bizarro-Sephiroth is allowed to fight him).

Bizarro-Sephiroth	Level	HP	MP	Attacks
	61	Variable; see Notes	Unknown	Bizarro Energy, Bolt3, Quake3, Demi3, Stigma
	Absorbs	Blocks	Strong Against	Weak Against
	Steal	Morph	Win Item	Enemy Skill
	EXP	AP	Gil	Location
	0	0	0	????
	Immune to Status		Notes
			There are many variables that go into generating the HP of this version of Sephiroth. To learn more, visit FF:OSG.
	Strategy
	Bizarro-Sephiroth has multiple parts, and each of them must be destroyed. The problem is that each part can be revived by the others, so you should stick to using multiple-target spells and summons (avoid using any fire-based spells, as two parts absorb this element. This means that you can use Trine or Aqualung, but not Magic Breath). You can also choose to go at various parts with single target spells, but with the risk of seeing your efforts go to waste if this body part is revived afterwards. Two of the parts of Bizarro-Sephiroth are invicible: the main body and the core. What’s worse is that the core uses the Bizarro Energy move, that heals itself for 6000 HP. However, when you managed to kill the other vulnerable parts, you’ll get a message stating that the core is weakened, meaning that it’s susceptible to attacks. Kill it, then kill the main body to finish the battle. If you have two parties, you can prevent Bizarro-Sephiroth from using the Bizarro Energy. Just switch to the other team after you killed one body part: when facing this team, Bizarro-Sephiroth will not use the Bizarro Energy. You will, however, need to change teams again to deliver the final blow to the main body.

When you’re done with this boss, it's time for the final battle. Sephiroth will come down, and you’ll hear the famous “One Winged Angel” theme playing. Get ready. At least one character should have a Ribbon equipped, because of the status ailments that Sephiroth can inflict. Having the Destruct will help you, too, if your tactic involves powerful spellcasting.

Safer-Sephiroth	Level	HP	MP	Attacks
	Unknown	Variable; see Notes	Unknown	, Shadow Flare, Super Nova, Pale Horse, Break, Heartless Angel
	Absorbs	Blocks	Strong Against	Weak Against
	Steal	Morph	Win Item	Enemy Skill
				Shadow Flare
	EXP	AP	Gil	Location
	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	????
	Immune to Status		Notes
			There are many variables that go into generating the HP of this version of Sephiroth. To learn more, visit FF:OSG.
	Strategy
	Safer Sephiroth uses a great number of attacks, each with grevious effects. He can lower your HP down to 1 using Heartless Angel, inflict great damage with various attacks, or use his most impressive spell, Super Nova (not only is it powerful, but it also inflicts status ailments. And it’s so beautiful that you’re not even mad at him for using it against you). Starting off the battle with Big Guard and Regen will greatly help you in resisting Sephiroth’s wrath. Safer-Sephiroth will also respond to each spell cast on him by casting Wall in return, so make each magic attack worth it, and use the Destruct materia to your advantage by bringing it down in between spells. Sephiroth can also cast Dispell on himself to negate any bad status you could inflict on him, so don’t bother with that. This is your last battle, so do not hesitate in terms of means: use your Megalixirs after a Heartless Angel attack, and use your most powerful Limits everytime you can. He’s not the toughest boss ever, but he can kill you if you’re not careful.

After you deliver the final blow, he will vanish. Some FMVs will occur, and you could be tempted to sit back and enjoy the game ending. But Sephiroth isn’t that kind of man: he will summon Cloud for a final confrontation.

You have no other choice here but to wait for your Limit gauge to fill up, and use Omnislash. This opportunity will be offered to you even if you didn’t get Omnislash for Cloud.

After this final showdown, you can sit back and enjoy the game ending. Congratulations on beating Final Fantasy VII.