Originally posted by Csdabest
1. I have advent Children. Cloud was not damaged at all did sephiroth stabbed him in the shoulder.2. Talking while fighting doesnt mean you are barely trying.
3. Sephiroth wanted to make Cloud suffer and your not gonna make someone suffer by doing nothing.
4. It was still an intense fight. NO ONE KNOWS HOW OR WHY sephiroth is the strongest in VII.
5. The reason I stated that your estimation is bad is because since you dont know sephiroths full potential nor does anyone you cant give an estimation like that when you havent seen him on full. Its like giving an estimation on a jar of jelly beans when you havent seen the jar or the beans yet.
Estimations are bad when you have no base to place that estimation on. Just like opinion can be wrong if a person is misinformed on the subject or is challenging or contractdicting fact with an opinion. Which is why 10% is a bad Estimation. Or any estimation you or anyone else can really come up with.
Do you know what FF7:ACC is? Guess not, thats why i posted the video for you to see.
Talking while fighting shows that he is not taking the fight too seriously, it was even stated in the ultimania guide that Sephiroth did not exert himself a bit during that fight
He was obviously provoking him, he couldve killed him, but chose not to, he wanted to mamke him suffer, instead he just kept saying things like "How about i give you a present? How about despair?" or "What do you charish most? Ill be glad to take it away from you" Just to rub it in Clouds face that hes going to take away everything he charishes and let him know that
Sephiroth is stated by the creatorts to be the most powerful character, nothing is above him, he took control over a good portion of the planets power, with a gesture he was able to cover all of midgar with the negative lifestream, created a plague, created beings that are very powerful on their own, in FF7(a weaker sephiroth) he was able to hold back Holy(powerful enough to destroy the planet) throughout the game, he was shown to go intangable, at the end of AC he even said that he was going to turn the planet into his own vessel with the negative lifestream and soar the cosmos.
Sephiroth didnt even use any powers against Cloud, all he did was straight up melee battle him, and even in sword to sword fight he still didnt exert himself, and yet that was enough to kill Cloud, he couldve fatally stabbed him but he chose just to stab him and lift him up in the air to taunt him some more. If Sephiroth fought with an intent to kill using all of his powers, it should be more then enough to kill 10+ more Clouds.