Some important tips: 1. you can use synergy abilities to interrupt shadowy chains, but you can't use them to stop octaslash, if you use a synergy ability both party memebers will eat the full damage. 2. It appears you have to parry the orb version of shadowy chains earlier than you do the dash version, which is also trickier because the orb travels fast even during the slowdown and is usually hard to see. Use synergy abilities to stop the orbs if you can. 3. try to space your party members in three different angles, this way you can clearly tell which character sephiroth is targetting with shadowy chains, this is important because he does NOT usually target the character you are controlling unlike most enemies. 4. try to have two different people with barrier-magnify and healing-magnify, that way you can still save the game if one of them gets caught. 5. increase your atb gauges however way you can. Attack him 3 to 4 times after you perfect block his shadowy chains and then back off. 6. if you are short on mp, link magic efficiency materia with revival and MP absorption materias with elemental magic materias. Everyone says the second phase is easy but that is not true. As you can see in this fight Sephiroth transitioned from fire affinity to ice affinity in almost no time, and then immediately used octaslash and octaslash prime, and transitioned to lightening after a single use of blizzaga and then transitioned to air. End the fight as quickly as you can, try to keep everyone alive and healthy so they can use their limit breaks. This is not the time to relax.
Some important tips:
1. you can use synergy abilities to interrupt shadowy chains, but you can't use them to stop octaslash, if you use a synergy ability both party memebers will eat the full damage.
2. It appears you have to parry the orb version of shadowy chains earlier than you do the dash version, which is also trickier because the orb travels fast even during the slowdown and is usually hard to see. Use synergy abilities to stop the orbs if you can.
3. try to space your party members in three different angles, this way you can clearly tell which character sephiroth is targetting with shadowy chains, this is important because he does NOT usually target the character you are controlling unlike most enemies.
4. try to have two different people with barrier-magnify and healing-magnify, that way you can still save the game if one of them gets caught.
5. increase your atb gauges however way you can. Attack him 3 to 4 times after you perfect block his shadowy chains and then back off.
6. if you are short on mp, link magic efficiency materia with revival and MP absorption materias with elemental magic materias.
Everyone says the second phase is easy but that is not true. As you can see in this fight Sephiroth transitioned from fire affinity to ice affinity in almost no time, and then immediately used octaslash and octaslash prime, and transitioned to lightening after a single use of blizzaga and then transitioned to air. End the fight as quickly as you can, try to keep everyone alive and healthy so they can use their limit breaks. This is not the time to relax.
Hellooo.. can you show your build for team?