Cloud is a very powerful swordsman and he’s been winning quite a few battles lately. Marth won’t go down easily and his reaction times are certainly impressive, but Cloud still has the edge in raw speed as well as attack options. Cloud’s materia based summons and elemental magics really give him a combat boost here since he can afford to space Marth out and attack from afar. Marth doesn’t have the speed to make up for that. Cloud wins.