Ever since Final Fantasy VII hit the shelves over 20 years ago, it became the gold standard story, heroes, and (most of all) its badass villain. In gaming, Sephiroth has become one of the most iconic villains of all time not just because of his cool factor but of his seemingly unparalleled stren♏gth and power.
Sephiroth was the kind of villain that made gamers want to play through its story not just because they wanted revenge for the death of✃ Aerith and the destruction of the Nibelheim, but it pushed the gamer to want to get 𝔉Cloud and friends strong enough to beat an impossible adversary.
Throughout the entire Final Fantasy universe, Sephiroth is definitely Square-Enix's poster-boy villain, having appeared as the most difficult optional boss in Kingdom Hearts, and being one of the most powerful Chaos Warriors in Final Fantasy: Dissidia. He's often considered one of the greatest and most powerful characters of all time, but he's nowhere near the strongest ever seen in gaming. ♍Here are 15 massively powerful characters that could destroy Sephiroth in a fight.
15 ✃ Dante (Devil May Cry)
Sephiroth is an incredible swordsman whose skill is in a league of its own. In addition, he thinks of himself as more than just a mere mortal and likes to consider himself god-like and thinks nothing of destroying the human race and all life on his own planet. Unfortunately for Sephiroth, Dante from the Devil May Cry series can not only match him with a blade, but he’s also very experienced with god-slayi💎ng — with the gigantic Leviathan being a prime example.
If the pair were to be matched evenly on the battlefield, Dante would be smart enough to allow Sephiroth to gain the upper hand, simply so he could a🌺ctivate his Majin Devil Trigger form to tear the legendary warrior to pieces.
14 Mewtwo (Pokémo♛n) 🥃
Mewtwo is the result of a genetic experiment performed on a Mew permanently altering his DNA. The horrific gene splicing experiments continued after Mewtwo was born causin🤡g him to aggressively resent humans, eventually breaking free from his captivity, and escaping the laboratory where he was being held.
Despite being able to easily match him on a physical level, the biggest advantage 🌠Mewtwo would instantly have over Sephiroth is his mind blasting ability. Sephiroth’s mind was already altered and driven to madness by Jenova, which could make him vulnerable. Mewtwo wouldn’t just be able to controlꦕ Sephiroth without even needing to touch him, but he’s capable of completely destroying him from the inside out.
13 ಌ Malthael (Diablo 3)
Malthael is the final boss and the main antagonist of the Reaper of Souls expansion for Diablo 3. Malthael was originally the Archangel of Wisdom until the Worldstone was stolen by Inarius and his cohorts. This eventually led to Malthae𒅌l becoming resentful and taking up the mantle of the Angel of Death.
The transformation allowed Malthael to gain power over Death itself. The power allowed him to be able to control and manipulate all living things through their souls at will. He can even go as far being able to rip out and ab𝓡sorb the souls of any being to increase his own strength and abilities. As a result, not only would Malthael be able to control Sephiroth at will through his soul, but he could even absorb Sephiroth’s powers to increase his own if he fe🤡lt like it.
12 Bayonetta
Sephiroth is often referred to as the One-Winged Angel, including in one of the most famous pieces of music in the entire Final Fantasy series. With this is mind, it would be good to remember that Bayonetta has destroyed (hundreds) of angels in many different shapes and sizes. She not only possesses the superhuman strength, speed, agility, and reflexes to go toe-to-toe with Sephiroth, but she als🗹o has the intelligence to take advantage of his arrogance.
Finally, Bayonetta has so much power that she’s capable of separating the souls of god-like entities from their bodies and smashing it into the sun. Sephiroth wouldn’t even 🍸have the chance to take advantage of any of the cosmic powers he’s able to summon, because she𝓡 would be able to kick Sephiroth into the very meteor he summoned.
11 🦄 KOS-MOS (Xenosaga)
KOS- MOS is an incredibly powerful android and one of the main protagonists of the Xenosaga series. O💫n the surface seems to be devoid of any emotions. However, underneath she became the vessel for the resurrected soul of Mary Magdalene. The personality of Mary only reveals itself when the game’s main character Shion is in mortal danger, the eyes of KOS-MOS turn blue and she becomes alm𝄹ost god-like.
She has absorbed thousands of alien entities similar to Jenova known as the Gnosis with a burst of energꦕy from her abdomen and possesses the Hilbert Effect projector which has a power that is thousands of times greater than that achieved by the largest spa🍌ceships. In addition, her being an android makes her completely immune to any of Sephiroth's mind games.
10 Darth Revan (Star Wars: Knights Of The Old Republic) ♉
Darth Revan was the protagonist of Star Wars: Knights of The Old Republic, and as a result of the events of the story in the game, he’s a unique Jedi that falls somewhere between the light and dark sides of the Force. However, events in Star Wars: The Old Republic led to Revan’s hatred completely taking over, leaving his light side to exist only ﷽in Spectral form.
Darth Revan is a militaristic genius, has super speed and strength and is able to skilfully duel-wield his light sabers, More importantly, he is v♒ery strong in the ways of the Force — both light and dark. In a battle with Sephiroth, Revan wouldn’t even need to engage Sephiroth in a duel because he could vaporize him using his Force Storm abilities. Finally, his ability to see the future could allow him to anticipate Sephiroth’s every move.
9 🐟 Asura (A🎀sura's Wrath)
Asura is the main protagonist in aptly named Asura’s Wrath. He was a Guardian General that was betrayed and fraꦡmed for the emperor's murder because he refused to take part in a🍷nother war. In addition, his wife was murdered, and his child was kidnapped, forcing Asura to once again unleash his rage and anger to destroy the remaining eight guardians – some of which are so big they dwarf entire planets.
Against a character like Asura, Sephiroth would be pretty much helpless. Sephiroth tried and failed to destroy the planet. Comparatively, Asura killed Chakravartin the Creat﷽or of all things in the universe and an ultimate primordial🐽 god.
8 Ra🍬iden (Metal Gear Rising)
Raiden went from being one of the most unpopular protagonists in gaming history with his appearance in Metal Gear Solid 2: The Sons of Liberty, to one of the coolest and most powerful characters ever seen in gaming with Metal Gear Solid: Rising.
Since Raiden became a Cyborg Ninja with his 2018 upgrades, his physical capabilities have become almost limitless in terms of his strength and speed. Raiden's body can generate 300 tons of energy and is able to run faster than the speed of light over great distances. For as fast and as🔯 strong Sephiroth is, he wouldn’t be able to contend with that kind of power. In addition,🍨 Raiden is virtually indestructible with a blade that can cut through anything, so even if Sephiroth tried to counter and block Raiden's attacks, the Masamune along with Sephiroth himself would get cut to ribbons.
7 ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ Ghaleon🀅 (Lunar Silver Star Story)
If I was going to mention a fallen silver-haired hero that became an insane with aspirations of becoming a god, the first character that would come to a gamers mind would be Sephiroth. However, five years before the iconic Final Fantasy VII villain made his mark on the gaming world, Ghaleon was trying to dominate in the world Lunar Silver Star Story and Lunar: Eternal Blue as the Magic Emperor.
Ghaleon isn’t just good with a blade, but he’s an incredibly powerfulꦡ sorcerer who has beaten powerful (enchanted) swordsmen in the past. In terms of power, Sephiroth's best summon is the Super Nova, which does much less damage than Ghaleon’s Hellwave, so in terms of magic and physical skill, Ghaleon is capable of beating Sephiroth on all fronts.
6 Darkseid (Injustice 🥂2) ꦚ
Darkseid isn’t just a powerful character in Injustice 2 he’s one of the DC Universe’s most powerful characters. He’s so influential that he’s the inspiration for one of Marvel’🌃s most powerful villains in Thanos. He hasn’t made an appearance in the film adaptations yet, but it’s only a matter of time before the Lord of Apokalips makes himself known on the big screen.
Darkseid is a character so powerful he’s capable of humiliating Superman in combat, and it took the entire Justice League defeat to thwart his intentions. Unlike Sephiroth, who couldn’t conquer the planet, Dark🧔seid conquered thousands of universes, he’s confirmed to be omnipotent and has powers such as mass manipulation, telekinesis, super strength, and invulnerability. Darkseid is also capable of blasting Sephiroth into nothingness with his Omega Beams.