Let’s face it..this match had to happen sooner or later! Cloud and Sephiroth are some of the greatest swordsmen of all time! They both have extremely high levels of speed. Their swordsmanship would also rank with the best of them. This is one battle that will go down to the wire, and now we’ll see who wins!

Well, I’d say that Sephiroth may…MAY have the slight edge in speed. It’s extremely close of course, but I think he may have it. Sadly for him, it’s by a pretty small margin so it doesn’t really matter much. Still, in a match like this any advantage helps at least a bit.
Of course, I would take Sephiroth in swordsmanship. His sword skills are second to none, and he always seems to be toying with Cloud. No matter how drastic the situation, you can’t help but feel like he’s not even trying. We’ll most likely never see him at his full power.

Cloud has a variety of swords that he can use and his shockwaves can be pretty deadly. He can even use the aura himself, but it may not be enough in this round. Sephiroth has his legendary Supernova which is incredibly powerful. Not even Cloud could probably make it out of too many of those.
Sephiroth can teleport and fly. Both of those abilities are incredibly useful. They both have other abilitiees to use as well, but I think you get the picture. I think that Sephiroth takes the edge in this round and wins it. This is a very close match, and if either character were to get a power up, the gap would widen or even be completely overturned. Sephiroth wins.