Link: breaks Aerith’s pots Cloud: *peace was never an option*

Cloud: *rides motorcycle* Link: "and I took that personally"

Link pausing to break all the pots has me weak in the knees it’s too funny and too accurate

The fact that Cloud cares about that garden pot more than Link makes me laugh everytime

I don't know about anyone else, but I am totally convinced that Link started this fight just because Cloud was going five miles over the speed limit.

Yo Dai here, one of the animators for this Deathbattle. Wanna thank the Deathbattle team for allowing us to animate this rematch using Blender. It was one of the hardest projects I've ever worked on, but it was worth it. Hope you guys like more what the Blender team has in store.

Can we admit that Fierce Deity Link stomping towards Cloud was terrifying.

I'd love to see this fight again now that Link has Tears of the Kingdom to draw on. Mechs aren't on par with summons but it'd still be fun to see Bahamut and ToTK mechs trading lasers, at least until the mech's batteries ran out.

Fitting that Link cares less about the fight and more about breaking pottery.

Cloud: *survives a Supernova to the face* Zack: *dies from bullets*

0:41 Intro 1:06 Link 6:06 Cloud 12:04 Fight

I already guessed that Cloud would have won. But honestly for Link being just a human vs a literal superhuman he put up a good fight.

If you don’t like the outcome, Settle it in Smash!!

I can’t get over the fact that Link stopped fighting just to smash some pots, my man

That's the single most brutal Omnislash I've ever seen. Even Sephiroth wasn't cut in half

I like how when it starts to rain you can hear link playing the ocarina. That was a nice detail that i noticed

Imagine both of them eating a meal prepared by Link Cloud: What is this delicacy ? link: EH, HIYEW, DAAAH Cloud: sounds exotic

Best part was link stopping to destroy the pottery, and Cloud catching pottery to save it.

I love that Cloud cares about property while Link is just vandalizing everything in sight lol 😅

Man Link has some serious hammer space, even compared to an FF character. Also Cloud catching the pot like a tennis ball on his sword was pretty great lol

Link stopping to break pots/vases mid-fight is such a hilarious break in his character. The look in his eyes as he dashes towards the first pot makes me lose it every time.

Is it wierd that the part where Link cannot stop himself from smashing the pots even though he is in the middle of a fight and Cloud going out of his way to save one of them is among my favorite parts of this episode?

So I just want to point out a few things that seem to have been left out of Link's armory: The Mirror Shield, capable of reflecting energy including all magic; the Pegasus boots and seeds which each significantly increase his speed; the Bunny Hood, also capable of increasing his speed; bomb arrows, not a significant threat to Cloud but still too effective for him to ignore; Cryonis pillars in the rain can even emerge out of mud and make excellent cover; Daruk's protection is an impenetrable barrier, as is Nayru's Love (I can see why those weren't included); and then there was no inclusion of the Hidden Skills like the shield attack that could've put Cloud off-balance every time he struck the shield. You know Link is good with that technique when he uses it to reflect lasers without the Mirror Shield

That was ... EPIC! Thank you so much for producing this!

Don’t worry guys, if Link dies we can always clap and bring him back to life.

Link/Cloud: *clash swords against each other* Ganondorf/Sephiroth: *starts laughing at them*

This was epic, my two favourite protagonists and I'm happy with the analysis, great video.

Cloud: Good game Link: Good game *They handshaked*

I like how Cloud sees Link on the motorcycle after him and he’s like “him again”

Cloud: "Finally...I beat the guy who beat me." Mario: "Not bad kid."

0:40 Start 0:45 Intro 1:09 Link 6:07 Cloud 12:05 Death Battle

14:48 Link releases a beam from his sword like in smash ultimate due to not taking any damage yet is an amazing detail

Either way, the moment Link took off the cape and raised his sword for lightning was DOPE

"Cloud and Zack die from bullets" Ok but Link dies to chickens...

Not a fan of how Mipha’s Grace was the only Champion ability that Link could use in this battle, Daruk’s Protection easily could’ve Link the edge of used sparingly, also Link’s Bullet Time ability was completely ignored, which is very weird considering the first time he shoots and arrow at Cloud is when he’s in the air, if Bullet Time was considered then Link could end the battle quickly

Y’all kinda forgot links armour stats, like the barbarian armour greatly increases links strength, or the thunder helm which makes him completely invulnerable to lighting, and how the champions tunic has insane durability

The track is called "Final Breath" that's a solid name

Totally inaccurate. Cloud never asked for his money.

Adore the idea of bringing a Link that just has everything every Link has ever had, would love to see him in more matches but using more he's abilities rather than skipping to Fierce diety mask which i also think it's too big here, it's just adult Link with a blade that shoots beams

The only reason why Link lost is because they didn't include his speedrunner form

We all know why link lost. He forgot to grab the mid-dungeon item that can defeat cloud.

Cloud: Cruising on his Motorcycle Link: ...And I took that personally

With tears of the kingdom now out I can’t help but imagine cloud trying his best to keep up with the raw power of JEREMY

Coming back to this after a while makes me enjoy this I remember I first saw that link lost and was pissed but now I like the fight it was cool and enjoyable

The bit with link breaking pots and cloud trying to save them is priceless

When Link dodges the laser it's a predictive roll, not a reflexive roll. Big difference.

Years late but... quote from Advent Children "I said I'd live both our lives"

thanks for doing a second one

Fun fact: Cloud has the most player-controlled appearances of any character in the Final Fantasy series, and the second most appearances altogether, behind Gilgamesh.

Plot twist: They are fighting because they argued who crossdressed better

Love the remix of Song of storms when Link reveals himself and summons the lightning.

Amazing battle

A nit-pick I have is how the fight starts. Link doesn't go around hunting people down. I think a better start would be a person in Midgar asking Cloud to stop the "Jar smashing menace."

Seeing Link die in this isn't as bad or impactful to me considering all the torture and deaths I've put him throughout the 4 years of Breath of the Wild.

to be fair with the laser dodging feat, the beamos does take a moment to start actually firing the laser, then adjusts its aim. The beam might be light speed, but the aiming eye is far from it.

This death battle is so strange. There are several times where we have Link use his powers in the least effective way possible just so the fight continues. Ie: uses ancient arrows but shoots the bike instead of Cloud, uses stasis but just stands there instead of actually doing something during the time freeze, and then he uses the invisibility cloak to do nothing? These are the kinds of things I expect to see from the death battle combatant that ends up winning, to show how many powers they have over their opponent and how many ways they could win, but he lost in the end?

Such a little but neat detail is when the song of storms was not just part of the score, but altered the weather in order for Link to draw power from lightning. Love that.

I knew link was losing once he grew. Usually whoever uses the big move first loses in death battle

That moving bike fight has got to be the most badass thing I’ve ever seen.

14:29 makes link genuinely intimidating and i love it!

"as you can see Link can dodge this laser at the moment its fired" >Link begins dodging the laser a full 12 youtube frames and nearly a full second before it begins firing

They forgot the most important rune of all: the camera rune.

Reality: Navi's constant *hey listen* causes cloud to unalive himself Link overcome with guilt does the same... The winner? Navi by annoyance

One of the main issues about Link vs Cloud/other Final Fantasy protagonists is the walls of resistances they both have.

Link lost cuz they didn't give him Z-Targeting

Pots: *exist* Link: “and I took it personally”

Lets all put aside our differences and enjoy the carnage and the absolutely beautiful animation and graphics of this fight

The fact that we can actually have party vs party fights in Legend of Zelda vs Final Fantasy now makes me happy.

Character descriptions. Link: Here are all the spells, tools, and abilities his many different incarnations have had over the years. Cloud: Here are all the reasons he needs therapy.

Link: *Becomes Fierce Deity* Cloud: WAIT A MINUTE?! •Long Sword •White Hair •Taller than me Cloud: You’ve gotta be shitting me. ??? next to Cloud’s ear: HELLO THERE!

A little disappointed that Cloud didn't take more advantage of summon materia, but otherwise one of your more epic Death Battles! Nice finish! Totally the finish that would happen!

Did they update the fight scenes? This looks too 🔥

This really hit on the fact that Link is a mischievous fairy child who just shows up, starts a fight, breaks pots, can just somehow duplicate himself. He's embodying Fae energy through this whole fight and I love it. even the transformation into Fierce Deity was like him taking the mask off and revealing his "true form" as some terrifying Fairy warrior. (despite that he puts a mask on to do this)

I feel like speed scaling in death battle often doesn't reflect how fast the characters really are, like in that world are the laser beams and lightning attacks really as fast as ours? or with Cloud if he can scale to a creature who can move across the solar system in like 10 seconds then couldn't he have instantly travelled across the continent in his search of sephiroth if he is anyway scalable to that. I don't really have a solution, but I just feel these kind of speed scaling often gives a result which makes a character seem way faster than what they are otherwise represented as being in the game.

a lot of things just happened right now that i cant comprehend

I kinda find hard to believe that Cloud can defeat the Fierce Deity, but in the other hand we don't know much besides Link becoming a Deity and being more powerful than Majora to the point that the fight becomes unfair

Real reason Link lost was because he was fighting with his right hand

Link: Rolls like normal person. DB: He is moving 1/10 light speed!

Finally the rematch we were waiting for

Question: How does Cloud destroy the tri force of courage? I Cloud could dodge it or possibly tanking the hit, but destroying the power of a goddess?

You forgot Link’s greatest move: When he’s crouching, you can make him do the Duck Walk. Cool, huh?

Jeez, people weren’t kidding about the part where Cloud falls on the rocks.

This fight really highlights the main difference between Link and Cloud as characters. Link is a mostly-regular human (Hylian) from a medieval fantasy setting, whereas Cloud is a supersoldier from a science fiction setting. They're evenly matched in a lot of ways, but Cloud just outstats him.

Ftr, remember that masks like Fierce Diety and The Giant can only be used under very specific conditions. Highly unlikely they would occur during this fight. Also remember, Majora referred to Fierce Deity as a supposed villain. He only gave Link that mask because he was lonely and wanted to play "Good Guy, Bad Guy."

Ah, the 8 year rematch. Cloud took it personally

I love how all the different Link's seemed to have unique personalities

Man link would be even more broken in this fight with his new arm having a couple new abilities like moving objects in general and fusing them together, fusing objects to his weapons including other weapons, ascend letting him go through vertical objects and appearing on top, and letting him be able to rewind objects

Wait a minute, why were Cloud and Link driving through a tunnel that just spits people off a cliff?

I just love how when Link was smashing pots, he used one as a weapon. At that point, I didn’t care who won I just loved the accuracy of that

Everyone keeps saying Link was breaking Aerith's" pots but if you take a closer look, those pots have the Gerudo symbol on them.

To those who didn’t notice. Link is a manlet, 4’10. He is a small boi that will stab you

Where can i find version of the song of storms i wanna put that on loop

14:55 people were complaining about mipha's grace, how it wasn't used, but you can see mipha's magic and her voice here, link died but mipha saved him

I kinda wish you guys would stop equating dodging lasers as feats of speed. That's more of an anticipation in most cases. Or, automatically assuming a defeated enemy that can go super fast somehow means the fighter can too.

The part where link played the song of storms was cold 🥶🥶

A year later and while I still think Cloud could beat normal Link, there is NO SHOT he beats the Fierce Deity. You can scale Fierce Deity far above Majora, the same Majora who can be scaled to Dimensional/Universal (as Termina is a separate dimension from Hyrule, think of it like a pocket dimension, similar to the one Sephiroth creates for his Supernova attack). This Majora is also able to move in-between dimensions (the "inside" of the moon) that have no time (time does not progress "inside" the moon) ergo he should also have immeasurable speed to be able to move without time, or at the very least, can't be frozen by time stop (also in the Majoras Mask manga, it is specifically described as a "world" within Majora, so no it is not actually the moon). This Majora obliterates the Hero of Time if he is not stopped, there is 0 chance for Link to survive the destruction of this dimension besides rewinding time. This is the same Link who possesses 1/3rd of the Triforce, an artifact capable of creating a Universe, so it's not too much of a stretch that Link could have the attack potency of 1/3rd universal (or multi galaxy. I'm not saying he can destroy multiple galaxies, only that he has the strength to harm those that could) and this is also a Link post OoT, so he should scale above any feats performed in that game including defeating Ganon fully powered by the well, Triforce of power which just like Courage is another third of the triforce, the object that created the universe. Even if you don't believe that scaling, the triforce of power *alone* was enough to create Hyrule/Earth and was able to save Ganon from what would've been a fatal blow. Tl;dr OoT Link alone scales above Ganon, who scales to planetary at lowball and 1/3rd universal (multi galaxy) at highest. Said Majora is able to one-shot this Link if his plan is not stopped. In the games, The Fierce Deity takes very little damage from any of Majora's full strength (in the manga, he doesn't take *any* damage, able to completely tank a direct energy blast), this is again the same Majora who is able to create and/or manipulate entire Dimensions as well as destroy said Dimension at full power. Fierce Deity *bullies* Majora. In conclusion, while I'm not saying TFD would one-shot Cloud or anything, I highly doubt Cloud could defeat TFD, especially if we go by Deathbattle rules and use a comp-link, who should have all his other items, equipment, feats etc. So, in theory, you could say give TFD the Sheikha Slate, the Goron Bracelets, Mipha's grace etc. At that point, Cloud has no shot.

Link: *slowly rolls about 5 feet in 1 second* Death Battle: HE CAN MOVE AT 1/10TH THE SPEED OF LIGHT! Cloud: *swings a sword at a dragon* Death Battle: HE'S MOVING AT 1200X THE SPEED OF LIGHT!!! I wonder how fast these guys think Epona and the Hardy-Daytona are...

Fun Fact: You can do this in Smash Ultimate.

クラウドがちゃんと壺置くのほんと好き

So what changed between this version and the 2012 version? I know Final Fantasy VII Remake was released, was it stuff from that that changed things? It looks like a lot of the stuff they were referencing for Cloud were in the older versions too. Have they just heard more convincing arguments in Cloud's favour since then. It would be great to have this change in position addressed by them directly.