Death Battle! Chapter 56: Vergil VS Sephiroth
Harry: The sword is the deadliest weapon in history, made even more lethal thanks to its' wielder. Not only do our combatants today have legendary swords, they're also some of the deadliest swordsman in video games
Ender Defender: Vergil, the dark angel.
The Doctor: And Sephiroth, the one-winged angel.
Harry: He's The Doctor, I'm Harry and the new guy is Ender Defender.
Ender Defender: And its our job to analyze their weapons, armor and skills to find out who would win a Death Battle.
Harry: Two thousand years ago, in the world of Devil May Cry, a mighty demon named Sparda the "Legendary Demon Swordsman" awakened and singlehandedly defeated Mundus and his legions. Sealing the netherworld, while trapping himself within the realm upon sensing his latent power.
Ender Defender: This wasn't enough to hold Sparda for long, he later escaped his imprisonment and ruled the human world for sometime, but, did so calmly and quietly to hide his true identity.
The Doctor: Sparda resurfaced once more in the future, before his death and married a human woman named Eva, they would then conceive twin sons, Dante and the eldest Vergil.
Harry: Life for the complicated family was a special and great one, until Sparda died and Mundus' legions of revenge-seeking demons attacked Eva, Dante and Vergil. Eva was killed, Dante escaped and Vergil was assumed to be dead. But, thankfully he wasn't.
Ender Defender: Vergil took to traveling the world, searching for information on his father. He'd soon visit the city of Fortuna to investigate the Order of the Sword. Here he questioned why the Order worshipped Sparda as a god. Vergil then completed his visit in style by cutting down a group of Scarecrows with his blade.
The Doctor: Over time he excepted his true demonic heritage and mastered the powers that came with it. And later faced off against his long lost brother, Dante on top of a tower after taking down Arkham in order to kill Lady. The two did battle atop the tower. Vergil winning the first bought, while Dante was victorious in the last. Failing to convince Vergil to return to the human world. Dante fled the Netherworld, as Vergil was left behind to be corrupted by Mundus, transforming him into Nelo Angelo
Harry: Excited? No? Okay, Vergil as Nelo Angelo received great enhancements to his original latent powers. These powers include superhuman strength, speed, stamina, agility, reflexes, and durability. An accelerated healing factor, advanced teleportation and immortality.
Ender Defender: Even with these immense powers, Vergil like his brother, isn't satisfied and wields powerful weapons. He carries set of armored pieces called Beowulf, these flashy gauntlets and greaves provide protection and increase his physical attacks. He can summon magically generated blades with Summoned Swords. Summoned Swords share a resemblance to Force Edge, another weapon used by Vergil, and is the unawakened form of Sparda sword.
The Doctor: His greatest and most powerful weapon is his sword, Yamato, this sword was once wielded by his father Sparda, used to seal the true Hell Gate, eventually it was given to Vergil as a memento and used as his primary weapon. Yamato has the appearance of the famed Samurai Katana with an ornate bronze guard and a Tsuba or hilt. Its composed of a dark-forged element, and is extremely deadly. Imbued with tremendous magic, capable of damaging the otherwise invulnerable Devil Bringer and can cut through space itself.
Harry: Vergil is a master swordsman, capable of amazing feats and techniques. This includes the Judgement Cut, an attack so fast and powerful, it can cut through dimensions and makes it appear, that the sword never leaves its sheathe. With Dark Slayer Style he boosts his already insane strength and speed, and can teleport indefinitely.
Ender Defender: Along with his brother, Vergil can also tap into the latent power of his demonic heritage and transform into Devil Trigger, Devil Trigger greatly enhances his powers and abilities. With this form he can use his improved physical and magical attributes to take on demons and gigantic monsters with little effort.
The Doctor: Vergil possesses the blood of Sparda in his veins, which stated before makes him incredibly strong. He's defeated Dante in battle twice, has phenomenal strength and tremendous speed, overpowered demons far larger than himself with ease and can swing Yamato so fasts it creates distortions in space, and doesn't appear to ever leave its sheath.
Harry: His other feats include being theoretically a deadlier swordsman than Sparda himself, surviving deadly blows from powerful opponents and completely dominating players for the longest time in Marvel vs. Capcom 3. However, Vergil isn't without flaws.
Ender Defender: Despite his powers and abilities, he is still capable of being killed and harmed in someway, despite his healing factor and immortal uprising. His devil trigger can be overcome by all-powerful beings and stronger weapons. And, although he seemed practically unstoppable as Nelo Angelo, he was still defeated and ultimately killed.
The Doctor: Vergil may have faults, however, with a mighty demon warrior's blood flowing through his veins and latent powers rivaled only by Dante, you can say he might be too much of a challenge for any challenger. Let's see what Sephiroth has to offer.
"Foolishness, Dante. Foolishness. Might controls everything – and without strength, you cannot protect anything; let alone yourself."
Vergil:
Age: 40
Height: 6'3"
Weight: 210 lbs.
Weapons, Armor, and Abilities:
Yamato
Force Edge
Beowulf
Summoned Swords
Judgement Cut
Dark Slayer Style
Devil Trigger
Strength, Speed, Stamina, Agility, Reflexes, Durability
Accelerated Healing Factor
Master Swordsmanship
Teleportation
Immortality
Nelo Angelo
Feats:
Possesses the blood of Sparda in his veins
Defeated Dante in battle twice
Devil Trigger dramatically doubles, increases power
Phenomenal strength and tremendous speed
Can overpower demons far larger than himself with ease
Absolutely dominates any character inside Marvel vs. Capcom 3
Has survived lethal blows
One of few to rival the powers of Dante
Weaknesses:
Killable
Opponents on his same level of skills and power
Arrogance
Healing factor can be overtasked
While incredibly powerful as Nelo Angelo, he was still defeated and killed
Harry: Twenty-seven years before the events of Final Fantasy VII, a child was born to Professor Hojo and Lucrecia Crescent. Hojo and Lucrecia were assistants to Professor Gast, the top scientist of Shinra Electric Power Company, participating the Jenova Project.
Ender Defender: Hojo would soon inject cell sample of Jenova into his pregnant lover and their unborn child. Upon his birth, Sephiroth emerged with Jenova cells as he matured and developed. He was taken away by Shinra scientists before Lucrecia had the chance to hold him.
The Doctor: Shinra then sought to make Sephiroth into a super soldier, overtime he joined SOLDIER, and was instrumental in ensuring Shinra's dominance during the Wutai War. Proving such to be so powerful and skilled, he rose to the rank of SOLDIER First Class.
Harry: Near the end of the Wutai War, Sephiroth had only two friends, Angeal Hewley and Genesis Rhapsodos. He dueled Genesis in the virtual reality, 'Junon', Sephiroth was the strongest of the two, but the fight ended inconclusively, upon Angeal stopping it.
Ender Defender: Several months after this, an anti-Shinra group called AVALANCHE increased its actions with raids and ambushes on Junon. Sephiroth engages Elfe, the leader of AVALANCHE, who convinces him to "fight for a reason". Little did he know, Sephiroth's reasons for fighting, would threaten the Planet's existence.
The Doctor: Sephiroth wound up investigating a monster outbreak in Nibelheim, along with Zack and Cloud Strife. He found something that caught him off-guard, several pod-like chambers, containing various creatures and beasts. What set him off, was the label on of them, which contained a female creature, this was named JENOVA.
Harry: He flies away, and returns sometime later, destroys Nibelheim, setting the village on fire and slaying many of the its inhabitants. During this moment, he killed Tifa's father and injures Tifa herself as she attempted to kill him with his own blade. Zack then attacks Sephiroth, but is defeated, he gets stabbed in the back by Cloud, but this doesn't stop him. Sephiroth proceeds to behead Jenova and impales Cloud Strife.
Ender Defender: he flees again, and is attacked and defeated by Cloud, an plummets into the Lifestream, in his first ever "apparent" death. Swearing one day he will return, and ultimately complete his goals.
The Doctor: In order to complete these goals he needs weaponry to help along. For armor, Sephiroth bears the Gold Armlet, a golden armlet that provides 46 defense, 4 Def% and 28 magic defense, as well as two materia slots. He also has the Tough Ring, which gives him +50 vitality and spirit. However, his deadliest weapon is his famed longsword, Masamune...
Harry: Masamune is a massive blade with a lot of power behind it, averaging eight feet in length, nearly twice as long as its wielder. Said to be the strongest sword in the game, matched only by the might of the Buster Sword. This tool is beyond Sephiroth's greatest weapon. Using it, his advanced swordsmanship and magic to preform numerous attacks. These attacks are known as Limit Breaks, his trademark attacks are, Heartless Angel, a move that drains his opponent's HP to a single point, Octaslash, a series of eight sword strikes, similar to Cloud's Omnislash Version 5. Reaper attacks his foes with three precise sword slashes, Transience, a fastpaced, short-ranged attacks which strikes many times before knocking his foes backwards, Fervent Blow, similar to Transience, except with energy blades that hit enemies from a distance. Sudden Cruelty, with another combo of slashes and Oblivion, a charge attack that strikes multiple times and knocks targets to the ground. Finally, there's Scintilla, Hell's Gate and Heaven's Light, all attacks that, surprise! Include multiple strikes, sword swings and a lot of damage.
Ender Defender: Sephiroth can also use EX Mode, called Reunion, here he gains a single black wing on his back and can glide with ease and gains some booster superhuman abilities. This form is what gave him the nickname, the One-Winged Angel.
The Doctor: His deadliest ability, is how he can take on many different forms. One of them being Safer-Sephiroth, a form so large that it took a large team of AVALANCHE members and Cloud Strife to take him down. Safer-Sephiroth is nigh unstoppable and can attack with Supernova, his deadliest attack by far.
Harry: Back to the topic of weapons, Sephiroth has Black Materia, which he has taken the time to fully master and wields in many different forms of ranged-attacks, with Shadow Flare he can launch various energy orbs from his blade and with enough time and a lot of energy, he can summon entire meteors. Though this takes time and is impractical in battle.
Ender Defender: This guy is full of impressive feats, from achieving the ranking of SOLDIER First Class, participating in the AVALANCHE Insurgency and Genesis War, tanking several lethal blows and injuries like they were nothing, being matched only by Cloud Strife in a sword fight and nearly killed Cloud on several occasions.
The Doctor: He's fought Genesis to a standstill in a virtual reality, his willpower kept him safe from being consumed by the Lifestream, can summon meteors and possesses a powerful knowledge and mastery of wielding Black Materia. And is nigh unstoppable as Safer-Sephiroth.
Harry: Sephiroth is an impressive SOLDIER, and has all the abilities attributed with this, these abilities range from superhuman strength, speed, stamina, agility, reflexes, durability. Master swordsmanship, and several other powers, such as telepathy, teleportation and immortality.
Ender Defender: Sadly he isn't flawless, despite his immense powers he's been defeating one-on-one by Cloud, his physical bodies can be destroyed, implying that he can only heal and tank so much damage, and finally while incredibly powerful as Safer-Sephiroth, his attacks are rather one-directional and enough damage can overcome him in this state.
The Doctor: That's still not enough to stand in his way, hell, even in the face of death itself, he'll still make promises to come back and seek revenge. Proving one thing, you don't f**k around with a guy who has no fear of death.
"I will... Never be a memory."
Sephiroth:
Age: 27
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 160 lbs.
Weapons, Armor, and Abilities:
Masamune
Gold Armlet
Tough Ring
Black Materia
Shadow Flare
Heartless Angel
Octaslash
Supernova
One-Winged Angel
Superhuman Strength, Speed, Stamina, Agility, Reflexes, Durability
Master Swordsmanship
Telepathy
Teleportation
Immortality
Safer-Sephiroth
Feats
Achieved the ranking of SOLDIER First Class
Participated in the AVALANCHE Insurgency and Genesis War
Tanked lethal blows and injuries like they were nothing
Matched only by Cloud Strife in a sword fight
Nearly killed Cloud on several occasions
Fought Genesis to a standstill in a virtual reality
Willpower kept him safe from being consumed by the Lifestream
Can summon meteors, possessing a powerful knowledge and mastery of wielding Black Materia
Safer-Sephiroth is nigh unstoppable
Weaknesses:
Arrogant, Overconfident, and Temperamental
Constantly defeated one-on-one
His physical bodies can be destroyed
Can only heal for so long, too much damage can and will overtask his healing abilities
Attacks are extremely one-directional as Safer-Sephiroth and enough raw power/damage can "kill" him even in this state
Harry: All right the combatants are, time to settle this debate once and for all.
Ender Defender: We have Vergil, the son of Sparda and rival to Dante, And Sephiroth, the One-Winged Angel and arch-nemesis of Cloud. Who will be the deadlier swordsman?
The Doctor: There's only one way to find out, its time for a DEATH BATTLE!
The scorched remains of Nibelheim are lit up by the faint moonlight, q tall white haired man in a blue trench goat walks cautiously through its' streets. His thoughts were broken as a man with long, curly grey hair and black coat appears behind him, holding his massive sword with a one-handed inverted grip. Sephiroth twirls Masamune around his head and levels it to the front man's chest. "Who are you? What are you doing here?" the swordsman questioned.
Vergil glares over his shoulder and faces his challenger, "My name is Vergil, I'm looking for JENOVA. Care to give me a hint as to where I can it?"
Sephiroth growls in frustration and violently swings his sword down onto Vergil, the dark angel blocking it with Yamato, "No one dares mention that name in my presence, now you'll face judgement!"
Vergil pushes Sephiroth away and flips a few paces backward, unsheathing his sword and swinging it in rapid succession, as he places Yamato in its hilt an explosion blows off in front of him, Sephiroth emerging from the flames and rushing his opponent. Sephiroth swings Masamune multiple times, both swordsman altering between clockwise and counterclockwise strikes before locking blades. "You? Judge me? Hmph." Vergil replies.
Sephiroth and Vergil step away from each other. Sephiroth enters a fighting stance, "Will this be challenging…" Which his opponent answers, "You tell me." The camera pans around both combatants before zooming out.
FIGHT!
Sephiroth rushes Vergil, his sword ready to impale the half-demon. He was surprised to discover his foe had disappeared right before his eyes. Vergil reappears, teleporting behind Sephiroth and slashes him across with a quick combo of sword swings. Sephiroth stumbles around fazed, but still in the fight looks up just in time to narrowly dodge a slice aimed for his neck. Sephiroth backhanded Vergil away from him and projected a cluster of shadow orbs from Masamune's tip. Vergil laughs to himself, destroying the incoming orbs with a single swipe of Yamato. Sephiroth charged Vergil once more, the dark angel backflipping over Sephiroth's one-handed thrust while also kicking him in the jaw. Vergil charges Yamato and unsheathes the demonic katana in rapid succession, Sephiroth unable to defend himself as Vergil ceased his attack that sent Sephiroth flying across the village. Believing his enemy is beaten, Vergil calmly walks off, but he's interrupted by a sharp pain in his stomach. He arches forward, boasting a loud and proud, "SHIT!"
Vergil falls to a knee as Sephiroth retracts Masamune, bringing the massive sword over his shoulder as he prepared to deliver the final blow, "I'll give you a lasting memory!"
Sephiroth slams his sword down onto Vergil, unfortunately a dark cloud erupted from the ground at Vergil's feet. Devil Trigger Vergil laughs maniacally and punches Sephiroth in the face. Sephiroth unleashes a series of strikes on Vergil as a text box appears over the battlefield, reading, ["TRANSIENCE"] Vergil takes the full power of this attack, and manages to walk through it. Catching Sephiroth by the wrist and landing a combo of kicks and punches on the Final Fantasy swordsman, before launching him into the air and slamming him head first through a building. Sephiroth lay limp, as Vergil summoned numerous blades from the sky. The energy swords decorating the horizon and remains of the shattered building.
"I will put you torment, before kicking you into the depths of Hell!" Vergil shouted as he removed Yamato from its hilt, the dark angel swung his blade, further destroying the rumble atop Sephiroth, the swordsman leaping from beneath with a single wing sticking out of his left shoulder. "I've already seen hell." replied the one-winged angel.
Vergil teleported behind Sephiroth his attack just barely blocked, Sephiroth retaliating with a powerful upper ward swing, cutting Vergil up his chest sending Vergil in the air, his wing flapping and taking flight, Sephiroth thrusts his sword into Vergil's stomach numerous times over. Vergil spins around, swiping Yamato at his opponent, nearly taking off the one-winged angel's head. Sephiroth has his faced pummeled in by a combo of punches and kicks as Vergil uses his summoned swords, striking Sephiroth in the chest that knocked him out of the sky. Vergil lands safely on his hands and knees, turning as Sephiroth slows his decent, his wings levitating him off the ground. Sephiroth laughs at Vergil, preparing another attack.
"Get ready to face my judgement!" Vergil taunted as he charged energy in his sword, swinging it a dark cloud emerging from the earth and a bright light proceeding this, Yamato taking off Sephiroth's wing. Vergil is unable to react when Sephiroth counterattacks, yet another box text appearing over his head, this one reading, ["HEARTLESS ANGEL"]. Vergil's shaken out of devil trigger and grabs his throbbing head, stunned Sephiroth stabs Vergil in the stomach, further doubling over in pain, a demonic voice echoing from beyond his mind, "We are not dead yet, I, Mundus shall take over for you. Worthless half-demon..."
Vergil howls in immense agony, a massive dark cloud enveloping him, emerging from this was a far larger being, "I'm Nelo Angelo, face the full extent of my unrestrained power."
"I have a little secret myself." Sephiroth responded as he steps off a nearby cliffside, Nelo Angelo slamming his sword into the ground where Sephiroth was previously standing. An extremely bright beam of light radiating from the bottom of pit. Large gusts of wind lifting dirt in the air, Safer-Sephiroth heard laughing uncontrollably. Nelo Angelo attacks Safer-Sephiroth, blitzing him with a blinding series of sword swings. Sephiroth shook this off and blasted Nelo Angelo with several shadows orbs. The two beings glaring at one another with increasing intensity, Nelo Angelo disappearing in a dark cloud of reappearing behind Safer-Sephiroth, punching him in the back of the head. He summons his sword and hoists it above his head, slicing down his face. Safer-Sephiroth suffering a large laceration across his cheek.
Safer-Sephiroth flaps his wings, the gale was so strong it threw Nelo Angelo across the battlefield, the villain summoning all the energy he could muster and unleashed his ultimate attack, ["SUPERNOVA"]. Nelo Angelo is forced to retreat, jumping on top of buildings as the attack burned everything it touched. Nelo Angelo teleporting at the last second, screaming in pain as the energy wave passed him and the surrounding mountain range. Sephiroth believed he was victorious and let his guard down as a fully energized Nelo Angelo jumping into air with a two handed sword swing, dragging the blade through Safer-Sephiroth's chest, cutting the immoral swordsman in half. Nelo Angelo lands on the ground as the remains of Safer-Sephiroth fall to the earth below as grand explosion rocketing Nibelheim. "Foolishness. Sephiroth. Foolishness. Power can only provide so much, and you are weak compared to a demon like me."
"I will... Never be a memory." a voice echoed, Nelo Angelo swings his blade around him and roars, "You're pissing me off, I will rip that pretty face of yours." Nelo Angelo replied. The two swordsman charged each other, Sephiroth stopping at the last second, using one hand to block a fully powered swing of Nelo Angelo. Sephiroth pushed Nelo Angelo away from him, slicing him dozens of times, flipping him into the air, Nelo Angelo landing on his back and slowly getting to his feet. Sephiroth runs at Nelo Angelo gaining speed with every step, the corrupted demon raising the massive blade over head. Nelo Angelo swung his sword with all the strength he had left, Sephiroth effortlessly deflects the sword and proceeds to unleash a blinding series of slashes another text box appearing in the sky, ["OCTASLASH"] Nelo Angelo is sent into the air, Sephiroth spinning his sword around and swings at Nelo Angelo's throat counterclockwise, before he can hit the ground, decapitating him. Sephiroth swings Masamune on last time unleashing five shadow orbs, destroying the remains of his opponents body. He laughs to himself, telekinetically picking up Yamato and walking off in victory. "Thanks for the sword."
K.O.!
Ender Defender: Whoa, that was awesome! And holy shit, Devil May Cry fans aren't gonna be happy about that result!
Harry: Vergil and Sephiroth were evenly matched, and their alternate forms perfectly countered each other. Sephiroth completely trumped over anything Vergil could throw at him. Vergil's demonic uprising and devil trigger would definitely win the battle early on, but as it went on, Sephiroth's one-winged angel could potentially counter it and his Safer-Sephiroth was leagues above Nelo Angelo. Hell, even if Nelo Angelo managed to over power Safer-Sephiroth, like he did above, supernova could easily kill Nelo Angelo. Although Vergil's overall experience in fighting demons larger than himself and with greater power than his own. By lowballing Safer-Sephiroth, we gave Vergil more opportunity to win and that still wasn't enough. Sure Yamato and Vergil's speed are impressive, Sephiroth has survived similar attacks from Cloud Strife and more. If Masamune can block the Buster Sword, it can also defend against Yamato. Again, if Vergil managed to land a blow with Yamato, Sephiroth would heal from it and just come back after it.
The Doctor: This was like Harry said, a very close fight. We did lowball Sephiroth and his abilities, he was still leagues above Vergil. If it wasn't obvious enough Sephiroth's magic is so great he can summon entire meteors and massive supernovas that cause incredible damage, though aren't exactly the same supernovas walk away from, but they are supernova-like attack nonetheless. Things Vergil has never faced before and cannot survive. In the early stages of the fight, both had the sword skills and powers to even in all categories. However, as it went on, they would eventually try to use their alternate forms to gain any kind of advantage over the other. At the end of the day and once all their forms had been surpassed, Sephiroth's greater magic, Masamune and incredible power obliterated Vergil's half-demon heritage, sword skills and abilities.
Ender Defender: Vergil just couldn't keep his head in the game.
Harry: The winner is Sephiroth.
The Doctor: Next Time on Death Battle!
Next Time on Death Battle:
"I am vengeance! I am the night! I am Batman!"
Versus!
"Before we get started, does anyone want to get out?"
A/N: It is another fight I've been wanting to work on for the longest time, and the return of two of my favorite Death Battle losers. Batman versus Captain America. It will be uploaded this coming Wednesday and following that there will be no matches for the rest of the month. Again, state testings and ACTs. Anyway, I will see you next time. This is Harbingers of NEVEC signing off, saying don't forget to read, review and favorite. And as always Live Long & Prosper.