| abstract | - Octaslash is a Digital Mind Wave usable by Zack when Sephiroth's portrait lines up. It is known at the start of the game and consists of eight sword attacks against a single target, the power of each sword slash depending on the level as follows: The Octaslash Independent Materia boosts the chance of Sephiroth appearing on DMW when equipped. It begins at 5x, and increases by 1x each level up to 9x. It is a level 8 materia bought from Research Dept. QMC+. A different version of the skill is used as an enemy ability. Octaslash is used by Sephiroth when fought as a boss in the Mt. Nibel reactor. The animation is different from the DMW attack: Sephiroth charges Zack, uses the Masamune to fling him into the air, then leaps up, attacks several times and dives back down to the ground to strike again, Zack falling to the ground after he lands. Unlike Zack's version of the attack which deals eight separate hits, Sephiroth's Octaslash only hits five times, four of which Zack blocks, and the damage is dealt as a lump sum.
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