Quoteing the Gamfaq poster that is full of truth (which OP linked to btw) Death battle is trash so this is all invalid as they get things wrong so often.
Also Cloud is a one trick pony
D.B is still alot more accurate than 90% of the junk on forums and blogs. They arent the answer, they are the helpers to get closer to the truth. Which so far 90% of the forums said:
- Cloud can just blitz link dead in a second
- Cloud can out muscle link
- Cloud is vastly more powerful
- Cloud has better magic
- Cloud is more skilled and the superior fighter
- Cloud tanks planet busters
- Cloud is a planet buster
All 100% false. Link dominates him in the strength department, top grade strength, links giants mask through twinmold, via 20,000 tons minimum. Link can tear off every limb of clouds with the strength he has with enhancers or at base...has enough enhancements to speed blitz cloud, is the only one of the two who has a source to actually planet bust or reality warp via tri-force.
This is all hype because of clouds appearance in AC making like he was the OP in the FF verse, which dissidia disproved, tactics still holds more weight to showing cloud is a joke...and Hyrule warriors showed link is beyond any FF verse canon or not. Its not about finding which excells in one specialty and ignoring everything else, its about compiling all their feats, arsenal and see who wins more than vice versa. At best cloud is an embodiment of hulk in terms of his ferocity, link is the embodiment of superman in terms of his diveristy, we all know superman wrecks hulk,,,and links full potential makes full potential cloud look pathetic.
Its inventory even on this very site, links golden gauntlets strength from its source says...
Golden Gauntlets
The Golden Gauntlets can give a man the
strength to move mountains. Link used the Golden Gauntlets during his first quest to thwart Ganon's evil plan to take over Hyrule.
Ocarina of Time
You can keep running around the truth and says the animated series is non-canon, but these exact same items are parallel to the games, same item name, same function, same idea concept from miyamotos same idea by miyamotos, just because it never happened in a timeline (which at the time was never intended to have from the beginning), you cant dismiss the basic fundamentals of it, non-canon now days are thrown all over when something superceeds or shows the thing you backed was inferior...
Cloud is less than a 1 toner in physical strength...hardly places even 1,000th place in power house realm.
More like a one trick warhorse
Or a one trick donkey