Cloud Strife - Stats
Occupation (at start of game): Mercenary
(ex-member of SOLDIER... or is he?)
Age: 21
Weapon: Sword (but what a sword!)
Height: 5'7"
Birthdate: August 19
Birthplace: Nibelheim
Blood type: AB (why do we need to know such things, anyway?)
Likes: Hair gel, slicing up monsters
Hates: Flashbacks, Sigmund Freud
Ultimate Weapon: Ultima Weapon
Limit style: Offensive
Story
Cloud has certainly got the right name - not only is his past
clouded in obscurity, but he's had his fair share of strife over
the years as well. He may not be your typical whiter-than-white
RPG hero, but then this is not your typical dungeons-and-dragons,
they-all-lived-happily-ever-after RPG. At the start of the
adventure he's portrayed as a cold and unfeeling character who
doesn't care about anything, not even the destruction of the
planet, but it soon becomes clear that this isn't the case. Tifa
soon manages to talk him into staying with AVALANCHE (though we
think it's more her body language than her vocal cords that's
doing the talking!) and lending his not-insubstantial fighting
skills and five-foot sword to the cause. But is Cloud all that he
seems? What really happened five years ago in Nibelheim? That
would be telling...
Fighting style
Cloud is the main character in FFVII, so you'd expect him to be above-average when it comes to scrapping, and sure enough, he's without a doubt the most powerful fighter in the game. His huge sword does loads of damage, even early on, and his Materia skills aren't bad either, plus his high HP levels mean that you can load him up with a decent amount of crystals without seriously affecting his defence. As you would expect, Cloud should always be a front-row fighter, due to his exceptional close-range combat skills, though a bit of summoning - especially since his max MP skyrockets with every level he gains - isn't out of the question.
Cloud's Limit Breaks
Level 1: Braver - Cloud splits an enemy in two! This is Cloud's
only Limit Break for a while, and it proves useful early on.
Level 1: Cross-slash - The more powerful of Cloud's Level 1
Breaks, it causes more damage than Braver and may also paralyze
an enemy.
Level 2: Blade Beam - Great for taking out a powerful enemy and
his minions, the initial attack causes serious damage to a single
enemy while the waves that follow injure the remainder of the
group.
Level 2: Climhazzard - This painful-looking stab-'n'-slash attack
is powerful, but only affects one enemy. If there is only one
creature in the group then always use this instead of Blade Beam.
Level 3: Meteorain - Similar to the Comet spell, this can be used
to punish a single enemy or a group, but causes more damage if
used against just one monster.
Level 3: Finishing Touch - Cloud blows his enemies away! This
often completely removes all normal creatures from the battle for
a quick win, but some enemies (like bosses) will crash back down
to the ground, sustaining damage. If you're fighting a boss, then
use Meteorain instead; but in a normal fight, Finishing Touch
will often be more effective.
Level 4: Omnislash - This is Cloud's best Limit Break... but then
you already knew that. It causes massive damage to anything and
everything in its path! Because this Limit consists of several sword slashes instead of a single attack, it can cause - if Cloud is wielding his Ultimate Weapon - around 70,000 points of damage if used against a single enemy! That's almost as much as the Knights Of The Round Summon!!!
