As the Final Fantasy games showed, he appears to have a losing game against Cloud
Sephiroth was certainly a surprise choice for almost everyone as the third DLC character in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate’s Fighters Pass Vol. 2, but that certainly hasn’t stopped him from being a popular and apparently very powerful choice now that he’s on the battlefield.
It may seem like yesterday, but the Final Fantasy 7 villain has been available to play on Smash for exactly one month, which gives us the perfect opportunity to see how players are rating the fighter at the top of the level lists.
A closer look at the levels of the EventHubs community for Smash Ultimate shows that Sephiroth has already started well in numbers, although it will probably take some more time to grow beyond where he is at 34th.
Although this may not seem very impressive at the moment, the evil icon’s clashes have won him over most where he is listed as being at least slightly ahead of some strong characters like Wario, Rosalina and Ness.
Ironically, Cloud is currently touted as one of Sephiroth’s worst combinations, which I can certainly see considering that he can make the villain try to chase him. Otherwise, if he tries to stay behind, Cloud can simply load Limit without worrying about his superior mobility.
Unfortunately for the handsome boy with a long sword, however, he is also listed as fighting most of the game’s strongest characters, especially Pikachu, Zero Suit Samus and Snake. The same also applies to fast fighters who can take you down like Sonic, Fox, Joker and Inkling.
The character that is rising most recently is Min Min, who is proving to be a problem among the Japanese scene, which means that it may end up rising more in the course of the year.
Steve, from Minecraft, cannot say the same thing, however, as he has quickly fallen into the ranks where he has gone from around 50 in November to 64 now.
Pikachu has extended her leadership as number one on the list of levels above Joker and Peach, while Zero Suit Samus looks like she may break the top five in the near future.
You can check the current rankings in the Smash level list and compare them to what they were after Steve’s release of Minecraft, along with the best and worst Sephiroth combinations.
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