Cloud

Full Name Cloud Strife

Job Mercenary (ex-member of SOLDIER)

Weapon Sword

Age 21

Birthday August 19

Birthplace Nibelheim

Blood Type AB

Height 5"7'

Starting Items Buster Sword (Ice Materia, Lightning Materia), Bronze Bangle

Cloud is the protagonist of Final Fantasy VII, and will spend most of the game in your party. You can't even remove him except in special circumstances, so he's worth keeping in tip-top shape.

Compare Cloud to other Characters

Weapons: Used by Cloud – 16 shown

Rare weapons can only be found at specific points during the game; ultimate weapons have special properties that can multiply their damage to extreme levels; starting weapons cannot be re-obtained if sold or lost Name	Attack	Attack%	Magic	The growth of materia slots is categorized by color: ⦿×1, ⦿×2, ⦿×3, and ⦾×0. Materia Slots	AP Growth	Range	Effects	Price	Value
Buster Sword	18	96%	2	⦿─⦿	×1	Normal	-	-	-
Mythril Saber	23	98%	4	⦿ ⦿─⦿	×1	Normal	-	1,000 gil	500 gil
Hardedge	32	98%	6	⦿ ⦿ ⦿─⦿	×1	Normal	-	1,500 gil	750 gil
Butterfly Edge	39	100%	8	⦿─⦿ ⦿─⦿	×1	Normal	-	2,800 gil	1,400 gil
Enhance Sword	43	107%	16	⦿─⦿ ⦿─⦿ ⦿─⦿ ⦿─⦿	×1	Normal	-	12,000 gil	6,000 gil
Organics	62	103%	15	⦿ ⦿ ⦿─⦿ ⦿─⦿	×1	Normal	-	12,000 gil	6,000 gil
Crystal Sword	76	105%	19	⦿─⦿ ⦿─⦿ ⦿─⦿	×1	Normal	-	18,000 gil	9,000 gil
Force Stealer	36	100%	7	⦿ ⦿ ⦿	×2	Normal	-	2,200 gil	1,100 gil
Rune Blade	40	108%	9	⦿ ⦿ ⦿ ⦿	×2	Normal	-	3,800 gil	1,900 gil
Murasame	51	100%	12	⦿ ⦿─⦿ ⦿─⦿	×1	Normal	-	6,500 gil	3,250 gil
Nail Bat	70	100%	-	-	-	Normal	Critical Hit +4%	2,800 gil	1,400 gil
Yoshiyuki	56	100%	9	⦿ ⦿	×1	Normal	+100% damage for each Dead Character	-	2,100 gil
Apocalypse	88	110%	43	⦿ ⦿ ⦿	×3	Normal	Spirit +16	-	1 gil
Heaven's Cloud	93	100%	31	⦿ ⦿ ⦿ ⦿ ⦿ ⦿	×1	Normal	-	-	1 gil
Ragnarok	97	105%	43	⦿─⦿ ⦿─⦿ ⦿─⦿	×1	Normal	Spirit +35	-	1 gil
Ultima Weapon	100	110%	51	⦾─⦾ ⦾─⦾ ⦾─⦾ ⦾─⦾	-	Normal	Spirit +24, Damage is multiplied by 3× Cloud's current HP%	-	1 gil

Limit Breaks: Used by Cloud – 8 shown

Level 2, level 3, and level 4 limit breaks are generally more powerful but take longer to unlock; limit break abilities are not directly used, but rather are used as part of another limit break Name	The level of this limit break; some levels have two limit breaks, the second of which cannot be learned until the first has already been unlocked Level	The requirements to use this limit break; all characters begin with their level 1–1 limit break available; a character must personally defeat the listed number of monsters to unlock each new limit level Requirements	Description	The damage calculation of the limit break; multiple hits are indicated first; P or M represent the user's physical or magic base damage, which is based on their Attack/Magic atk and Level; damage based on P or M is reduced by 1/3 when used against multiple targets; HP or MP are those of the target of the limit break; limit breaks marked with an asterisk (*) use special damage formulas; a dagger (†) indicates the limit break ignores Defense/Magic def; healing, HP draining, and MP damaging limit breaks are indicated by their text color Base Damage	Attack%	Target	Type	Element	Status	Special
Braver	1–1	-	Attacks one opponent	300%×P	Always Hits	One enemy	Physical	-	-	-
Cross-slash	1–2	Use level 1–1 limit break 8 times	Attacks and paralyzes one opponent	325%×P	Always Hits	One enemy	Physical	-	Add: Paralyzed	-
Blade Beam	2–1	Defeat 120 monsters	Diffuses after hitting one opponent	350%×P	Always Hits	One enemy	Physical	-	-	Hits all targets in one row
Climhazzard	2–2	Use level 2–1 limit break 7 times	Attacks one opponent	437.5%×P	Always Hits	One enemy	Physical	-	-	-
Meteorain	3–1	Defeat 320 monsters	Attacks all opponents	6× 162.5%×P	Always Hits	Random enemies	Physical	-	-	-
Finishing Touch	3–2	Use level 3–1 limit break 6 times	Blows away all opponents	-	Always Hits	All enemies	Physical	-	Add: Death	First of two hits
Finishing Touch	3–1	Use Finishing Touch	Second hit of Finishing Touch	312.5%×P	Always Hits	All enemies	Physical	-	-	Second of two hits
Omnislash	4–1	Unlock all other limit breaks, use Omnislash	Slices up all opponents	15× 75%×P	Always Hits	Random enemies	Physical	-	-	Always critical hits

Party Changes: Cloud – 5 shown

The type of party change; a character can be named (usually when you first meet them), or join or leave the party; a lead change indicates which character must be in the party at any given time Type	Area	Screen	Details
Lead	Midgar No. 1 Reactor	Platform	At game start (temporarily named Ex-SOLDIER)
Name	Midgar No. 1 Reactor	Sector 1 Station	Approach the AVALANCHE team
Leave	Crater	Whirlwind Maze (Third Crossing)	After moving to the next area
Join	Highwind	Highwind (Operation Room)	After the first battle with Ultimate Weapon in Mideel
Lead	Highwind	Highwind (Operation Room)	After the first battle with Ultimate Weapon in Mideel

Armor: Used by Cloud – 31 shown

Uncommon armor cannot be purchased in shops at the end of the game, but can be found or won multiple times in other ways; rare armor can only be found at specific points during the game; starting armor cannot be re-obtained if sold or lost Name	Defense	Defense%	Magic def is listed in gray to indicate that, due to a bug, this value is not used; a character's Spirit and bonuses from materia determine their Magic def Magic def	Magic def%	The growth of materia slots is categorized by color: ⦿×1, ⦿×2, ⦿×3, and ⦾×0. Materia Slots	AP Growth	Effects	Characters	Price	Value
Bronze Bangle	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	All Characters	-	50 gil
Iron Bangle	10	-	2	-	⦿	×1	-	All Characters	160 gil	80 gil
Titan Bangle	14	2%	4	-	⦿ ⦿	×1	-	All Characters	280 gil	140 gil
Mythril Armlet	18	3%	8	-	⦿─⦿	×1	-	All Characters	350 gil	175 gil
Carbon Bangle	27	3%	14	-	⦿ ⦿─⦿	×1	-	All Characters	800 gil	400 gil
Silver Armlet	34	4%	22	-	⦿ ⦿ ⦿─⦿	×1	-	All Characters	1,300 gil	650 gil
Gold Armlet	46	4%	28	-	⦿─⦿ ⦿─⦿	×1	-	All Characters	2,000 gil	1,000 gil
Diamond Bangle	57	6%	37	-	⦿ ⦿─⦿ ⦿─⦿	×1	-	All Characters	3,200 gil	1,600 gil
Crystal Bangle	70	8%	45	1%	⦿─⦿ ⦿─⦿ ⦿─⦿	×1	-	All Characters	4,800 gil	2,400 gil
Platinum Bangle	20	-	12	-	⦿ ⦿	×2	-	All Characters	1,800 gil	900 gil
Rune Armlet	43	5%	24	-	⦿ ⦿ ⦿ ⦿	×2	-	All Characters	3,700 gil	1,850 gil
Edincoat	50	-	33	-	⦿ ⦿ ⦿ ⦿ ⦿ ⦿ ⦿	×1	Magic +5	All Characters	8,000 gil	4,000 gil
Wizard Bracelet	6	3%	85	3%	⦿─⦿ ⦿─⦿ ⦿─⦿ ⦿─⦿	×1	Magic +20	All Characters	12,000 gil	6,000 gil
Adaman Bangle	93	-	23	-	⦿─⦿	×1	-	All Characters	-	300 gil
Gigas Armlet	59	-	-	-	⦾ ⦾─⦾ ⦾─⦾	-	Strength +30	All Characters	-	400 gil
Imperial Guard	82	-	74	-	⦿─⦿ ⦿─⦿ ⦿─⦿	×1	-	All Characters	-	1 gil
Aegis Armlet	55	15%	86	50%	⦿─⦿ ⦿─⦿	×1	-	All Characters	-	1 gil
Fourth Bracelet	74	3%	100	3%	⦿ ⦿─⦿ ⦿─⦿	×1	Magic +20	All Characters	-	1 gil
Warrior Bangle	96	-	21	-	⦾─⦾ ⦾─⦾	-	Strength +20	All Characters	-	500 gil
Shinra Beta	30	-	-	-	⦿ ⦿ ⦿─⦿	×1	-	All Characters	-	475 gil
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Battle Square Battles: Cloud Can Participate In – 4 shown

The special battle must be unlocked by fulfilling certain requirements Name	Type	When this battle is available; only one regular battle is available at any given time Available	The starting encounters that indicate that you will be competing against group 1 during a regular battle Encounter Group 1	The starting encounters that indicate that you will be competing against group 2 during a regular battle Encounter Group 2	Which characters can participate in this battle, subject to both timing and special rules Characters	The potential rewards for competing in the battle square; these don't include items that can be purchased with earned battle points Rewards	Area	Screen
First Regular Battle	Regular Battle	Before gaining use of the Tiny Bronco	2 Mono Drives 2 Grunts 3 Grunts Guard Hound	2 Guard Hounds Grashtrike 2 Chuse Tanks 3 Grashtrikes	Cloud, Barret, Tifa, Aeris, Red XIII, Yuffie, Cait Sith, Vincent	Tissue Battle Points	Gold Saucer	Arena Lobby
Second Regular Battle	Regular Battle	Before going to the Forgotten Capital	2 Spencers 4 Flapbeats Bullmotor 2 Bullmotors	2 Jokers Flapbeat 2 Flapbeats 3 Spencers, Flapbeat	Cloud, Barret, Tifa, Aeris, Red XIII, Cid, Yuffie, Cait Sith, Vincent	Tissue Battle Points	Gold Saucer	Arena Lobby
Third Regular Battle	Regular Battle	After Cloud rejoins the party in Mideel	3 Razor Weeds 2 Jayjujaymes, Bizarre Bug 2 Foulanders 3 Foulanders	2 Dual Horns 2 Garudas 2 Jayjujaymes, Garuda 3 Garudas	Cloud, Barret, Tifa, Red XIII, Cid, Yuffie, Cait Sith, Vincent	Tissue Battle Points	Gold Saucer	Arena Lobby
Special Battle	Special Battle	After learning Omnislash and obtaining the Ultima Weapon and W-Summon Materia	Sea Worm	-	Cloud	Final Attack Materia Autograph Combat Diary Gambler Ribbon Battle Points	Gold Saucer	Arena Lobby

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