Editing Sephiroth (SSBU)

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{{Cquote|Sephiroth Descends to Battle!|cite=Introduction Tagline}}
'''Sephiroth''' ({{ja|セフィロス|Sefirosu}}, ''Sephiroth'') is a playable character in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'', and the third third-party fighter from [[Square Enix]] after {{SSBU|Cloud}} and {{SSBU|Hero}}. He was confirmed as a playable character on December 10th, 2020 at {{s|wikipedia|The Game Awards 2020}}, and will be released in December 2020 as the third downloadable character from {{h2|Downloadable content (SSBU)|Fighters Pass Vol. 2}}. He is classified as fighter #78.

{{s|wikipedia|Toshiyuki Morikawa}} reprises his role as Sephiroth.

==Moveset==
Sephiroth's full moveset is currently unknown, but is likely to be fully showcased on his respective [[Mr. Sakurai Presents]] video presentation.

Currently, parts of his moveset have been showcased in his reveal trailer:
*Sephiroth's wields his signature weapon, Masamune, which possesses extremely long reach but a slow attack speed.
*He is able to stab Masamune against walls and jump afterwards, acting somewhat like a [[wall grapple]].
*His up smash appears to be a wide upward swing, similar to {{SSBU|Hero}}'s up tilt.
*He possesses side attacks that are sword swings with high range.
*His down aerial appears to be a downwards stab, a homage to an infamous scene in ''Final Fantasy VII'' and the video game industry where he stabs Aerith from above. Could also be based on Hell's Gate, a move used by him in ''Dissidia''. 
*His up aerial or up special is a backflipping slash above himself.
*He has a projectile that causes three dark spheres to orbit around his opponent, which explode some time after.
*He appears to possess a counter, resembling Scintilla in ''Dissidia''. 
*His [[Final Smash]] may include him transforming into Safer∙Sephiroth (his final boss form) for a cinematic attack, likely Super Nova.
*Some of his taunts and idle animations were shown:
**One involves him turning to stare menacingly at the screen.
**He has two variations of him readying Masamune in a battle pose.

*He possesses the ability to summon his wing, although it is unknown how this is accomplished. While his wing is active, it appears to alter some of his moves:
**One of his forward attacks becomes a wind-up stab forwards.
**One of his attacks becomes a wild flurry of 8 sword slashes, loosely resembling Octoslash in ''Dissidia''. Directional arrows appear during its charging phase.
**One of his special moves appears to be a chargeable attack that throws fireballs at opponents, resembling Shadow Flare in ''Dissidia''.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Sephiroth Descends to Battle.png|Sephiroth's splash art.
SSBUWebsiteSephiroth1.jpg|Sephiroth standing and holding Masamune on [[Venom]].
SSBUWebsiteSephiroth2.jpg|Attacking {{SSBU|Captain Falcon}} on [[Umbra Clock Tower]].
SSBUWebsiteSephiroth3.jpg|Facing a fireball on [[Dracula's Castle]].
SSBUWebsiteSephiroth4.jpg|In his coatless {{SSBU|alternate costume}} on the currently-unnamed ''Final Fantasy'' stage.
SSBUWebsiteSephiroth5.jpg|Sephiroth in his Safer form facing {{SSBU|Ness}}, {{SSBU|Bowser}}, and {{SSBU|Robin}}.
SSBUWebsiteSephiroth6.jpg|Fighting {{SSBU|Cloud}} in his ''Advent Children'' alternate costume on [[Midgar]].
</gallery>

==Role in [[World of Light]]==
Due to his status as downloadable content, Sephiroth does not have a legitimate role in World of Light. Instead, he is unlocked for use in the mode after freeing 10 fighters from [[Galeem]]'s control. If loading an existing save file that meets this condition prior to downloading Sephiroth, he is immediately unlocked.

However, in his reveal trailer, he makes his presence known by slicing [[Galeem]] in half, which suggests he was present to some extent.

==[[Alternate costume (SSBU)#Sephiroth|Alternate costumes]]==
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|{{Head|Sephiroth|g=SSBU|s=50px|cl=Red}}
|{{Head|Sephiroth|g=SSBU|s=50px|cl=White}}
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==Reveal trailer==
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==Trivia==
*Sephiroth is the second character to be revealed at a non-Nintendo event/presentation, the first being [[Joker]]. Coincidentally, both of them were revealed at {{s|wikipedia|The Game Awards}} (in 2018 and 2020 respectively).
*Sephiroth is the fourth enemy to be available as DLC, after Piranha Plant, Zombie and Enderman, and the first to be the primary antagonist of his game.
*Sephiroth is the first:
**DLC character from a universe that was introduced as DLC in a previous installment.
**Character from an already-represented third-party universe to not be a clone of another character.
**Third-party playable antagonist.
**''Ultimate'' DLC character to not have their full Final Smash shown in their reveal trailer.
*Sephiroth's [[List of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate character trailers#Sephiroth|reveal trailer]] is the first reveal trailer in which previously-announced ''Ultimate'' [[Downloadable content (SSBU)|DLC]] fighters appear in an animated segment, with the ''Dragon Quest III'' [[Hero]], [[Banjo]] and [[Kazooie]] all making appearances.
*Sephiroth is the second character whose trailer references the [[World of Light]], the first being [[Hero]].
**Coincidentally, both are [[Square Enix]] characters.
*Sephiroth's trailer makes several references to both the original ''Final Fantasy VII'' game, and the CGI-animated film ''Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children'', with much of his and Cloud's dialogue being adapted from it.
*Sephiroth's trailer currently features the most playable characters in the animated portion of any reveal trailer (excluding himself), with 18 characters.
*Like Cloud, ''Smash'' marks the third time Sephiroth's been playable in a fighting game/series, with the first two being ''Ehrgeiz'' and the ''Dissidia: Final Fantasy'' series.

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