even his plan which, as I recall was to have Meteor 'scar' the planet and then absorb the lifestream to become a god, in fact... Wasn't the location he wanted to do this in North Crater? I think his aim was a bit off, hitting Midgar instead no big meteors or anything, just using the power of trance and later on he manages to destroy all life, if not for Zidane and co beating Necron, Kuja would have wiped out all life on FF9 and in terms of what he does, he alters the very face of the planet, even after beating Kefka the world doesn't change back, Kefka's damage stays intact. The only improvement is not getting laser beamed at random. plus, half the so-called 'horrible acts' like Nibelheim, killing Aerith etc etc were all done by Jenova, Sephy doesn't even ENTER the picture until Cloud gives him the Black Materia. If anything, Jenova is a bigger villain than him tbqh.
Yeah you got a point.......like you said your meant to judge by actions not his personality. I'll admit plainly Kefka is no where near as strong as Sephiroth. Because Sephiroth is strong he can easily kill with his own hands something Kefka can't (Despite both of them having to call on a bigger power to destroy the planet). But looking at them both........Kefka is DEFINATELY more EVIL sephiroth. And thats what makes a good villain, not his actions but his intentions.
So in conclusion:
Sephiroth more stronger than Kefka
Kefka more evil than Sephiroth
And overall Kefka=Best Villain and Sephiroth=Strongest Villain
Agree or not I'll be happy to argue about it.
I'm not sayin they're the best, I'm just saying that Sephiroth isn't the strongest villian in the series; those mentioned above could beat him. It's opinionated to whom is the best villain; I would say either Exdeath or Kefka.
I'd have to disagree here, by FF7 standards, Sephiroth himself said he was going to 'become' a god by absorbing the lifestream when it healed the planet from meteor, meaning he never was a god.
And 'create' a negative lifestream? Unless i'm missing something here Sephiroth's will simply manipulated it, not corrupt it.
And stronger than Minerva? I'd have a hard time believing a super soldier is stronger than a god
And wasn't Geostigma Jenova's doing? Not Sephiroth's?
And being strongest in combat skills, i'd also have to argue. While yes, he does weild a unique weapon and is certainly a powerful combatant with it, I would have to argue whether he could outmatch some of the other FF villains in combat. Perhaps he could beat a fair few in a physical fight, but going all out would be another matter entirely.
The way I see it, only the Ancients have the power to manipulate the planet. While Sephiroth certainly had the knowledge, he didn't have the gift of speaking to the planet. As for Geostigma, didn't Sephiroth say himself that Jenova corrupted the lifestream, not him? Memory is fuzzy of ACC so I may be mistaken.
1) Ah, I didn't know that, i've only played FF7, CC and watched AC/ACC, not so clued up on the literature side xD
2) Yeah, I remember it being mentioned somewhere that he gained the knowledge of the ancients through laying dormant in the Lifestream, might've even been during FF7
3) I have a feeling even there he'd need Jenova's help to corrupt the Lifestream, I feel Sephiroth was unquestionably very strong, but I dunno if he was strong enough to corrupt a multi million year old stream of circulated life
4) But Sephiroth was dormant in Northern Crater, we even see him in a 'cocoon' of sorts, everything between from Cloud sending Sephiroth into the Lifestream to Cloud giving him the Black Materia was Jenova. Though saying that, I will retract saying Jenova performed the Nibelheim Incident
5) And ya, I wouldn't argue Sephiroth's physical abilities, it's his greatest merit in the FF7 universe, aside from villains like BFA and Ultimecia-Griever, I don't think many would have the physical power to match Sephiroth in a melee
