Winged Form: Upon reaching a high enough percentage or having less stocks than his opponents in Stock Matches or low health in Stamina Matches, his wing will unfurl & gains increased damage & speed alongside super armor on his Smash attacks & a second double jump
Moveset[]
Ground Attacks[]
Input
Name
Description
Reference
Strength
Weakness
Damage
Jab
N/A
Does a mid-level roundhouse kick, followed by a mid-level side kick, followed by a forward thrust with the Masamune's pommel.
The second and third hits of his Jenova Linkage DEATH & his Hilt Attack from Ehrgeiz.
Dash Attack
Edge Attack
Front Floor Attack
Back Floor Attack
Trip Floor Attack
Tilt Attacks[]
Input
Name
Description
Reference
Strength
Weakness
Damage
Side Tilt
N/A
Does an outward slash.
His Cruel Strike from Ehrgeiz.
Up Tilt
N/A
Does an upward thrust.
A rapid series of upward thrusts he performs against an airborne Cloud in Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete.
Down Tilt
N/A
Does a baseball slide.
His Slide Charge from Ehrgeiz.
Smash Attacks[]
Input
Name
Description
Reference
Strength
Weakness
Damage
Side Smash
N/A
Spins to perform an inward, horizontal slash.
Sudden Cruelty from both Ehrgeiz and the Dissidia Final Fantasy franchise.
Up Smash
N/A
Does a spinning, overhead arcing slash.
The second hit of his Heaven's Light from the Dissidia Final Fantasy franchise.
Down Smash
N/A
Does a downward thrust.
The last hit of his Hell Quake Slash from Ehrgeiz & the cutscene in Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII in which he stabs a downed Cloud.
Aerial Attacks[]
Input
Name
Description
Reference
Strength
Weakness
Damage
Neutral Aerial
Forward Aerial
N/A
Does a forward thrust.
His Sudden Strike from Ehrgeiz.
Back Aerial
N/A
Turns around to perform an outward slash behind himself.
His Flying Air Strike from Ehrgeiz.
Up Aerial
N/A
Does a backflipping overhead slash.
N/A
Down Aerial
Hell's Gate
Does a downward thrust.
His infamous murder of Aerith in Final Fantasy VII & the massive fissures of energy that it emits upon hitting the ground in the Dissidia Final Fantasy franchise & Final Fantasy VII Remake.
Grabs & Throws[]
Input
Name
Description
Reference
Strength
Weakness
Damage
Grab
Pummel
Forward Throw
Back Throw
N/A
Teleports the opponent behind himself, then pumps his fist to hit them with a burst of energy.
His ability to teleport himself and others in Mobius Final Fantasy and Final Fantasy VII Remake.
Up Throw
Down Throw
N/A
Telekinetically slams the opponent onto the ground.
The cinematic in Final Fantasy VII Remake at the beginning of phase 3 of his boss fight, in which he uses his Boundless Void to pin down Cloud and Tifa/Aerith.
Special Moves[]
Input
Name
Description
Reference
Strength
Weakness
Damage
Neutral Special
Flare
Says either "Go." or "Burn to nothing." & launches a ball of explosive fire forward, which explodes upon impact, dealing fire damage.
Flare from the Final Fantasy franchise.
Side Special
Shadow Flare
Says either "Annoying.", "Pathetic.", "Burn.", "Kneel.", "Perish.", "Take this." or simply chuckles, snaps his fingers & shoots a thin beam of light forward, spawning up to 5 balls of darkness that homes in on opponents, dealing darkness damage.
Shadow Flare
Up Special
Blade Dash/Octaslash
Says "Disappear.", "Foolish." or "I carve terror." & either does a single dashing strike if tapped or 8 slashes in any direction if held, which can be angled.
Blade Dash/Octaslash from Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII & Final Fantasy Dissidia franchise.
Down Special
Scintilla
Says either "Annoying.", "Pathetic.", "Come.", "Disappear.", "Foolish.", "I like the look on your face.", "I will crush you.", "Kneel." or simply chuckles & creates a barrier of cyan hexagons in a "honeycomb" pattern in front of himself, which bursts into a cloud of damaging sparkles a second later, which negates any attack in front of himself.
Scintilla from Final Fantasy Dissidia franchise.
Final Smash[]
Input
Name
Description
Reference
Strength
Weakness
Damage
Final Smash
Supernova
Supernova from the Final Fantasy VII compilation and the Final Fantasy: Dissidia games.
Poses, Animations & Others[]
On-screen appearance[]
Pose
Reference
Slowly descends onto the stage while emitting a blackish purple aura and losing a few feathers