From a game standpoint, he's pretty good. He has a good mix of useful specials, and some massive sword attacks that do high damage and launch. The trade off however, is his low weight and high windup and lag time. While I think he'll still be good, it might take a bit to learn him well. He'll probably end up high-mid/low-high tier.
But by God, at least for me there isn't another fighter that's just as fun to play. They really captured the spectacle and power of Sephiroth well here. From the Flares, which just create massive explosions, to his Thanos snap, to the way the screen darkens when he uses a powerful attack, he's an absolute blast to play. And there's nothing quite like having 8 Sephs go at it and destroying about 20 planets along the way.
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Master Chief/Doomguy in Smash when?
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I still want My Good Flibbert and Trebbilf Doog Ym from Castlevania to be in Smash. [spoiler]HAIL HYDRA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!![/spoiler]
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Title is great without context.
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Sephiroth remains best girl.
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easily top tier. he has the perfect combination of fast, weaker, combo-based attacks and strong, long range finishers/punishes. he’s like a more offensive Byleth, which is why i main him now because that’s exactly how i played Byleth lol. he’s the most satisfying character to play since Smash 4 Cloud also, Geno stans mad lmao
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I love the Fantastic villain treatment they gave him! Smash feels better with more villains
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I’ll just copy and paste my first impression from the other thread. [quote]To my surprise, I actually really enjoy Sephiroth from a gameplay standpoint. When I saw his trailer, as I said he seemed to be lacking a certain “flare” the rest of the fighters had. This is completely true. His moveset feels very “standard”, like nothing we haven’t already seen. But, it’s a very solid moveset. His specials are all very useful, and his standards feel nice to use (though a bit too slow for my tastes). And, as I’ve said before, I’ll take a solid standard character than a gimmicky one who isn’t fun any day! Still don’t care for him much from a character standpoint, though. Especially since his Kirby hat is kinda lame..[/quote]
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They made yet another sword fighter but made it really nice this time.