Terra (FF VI) vs Cloud

Who wins?

Cloud, no contest.. no reasons. No idea of Terra.

Well, she's half Esper, and the Espers threatened to destroy the Earth and were coveted for their power..

Although I just like her as a character. Her story in FFVI was more immersive and moving using only sprites than a lot of modern 3d games can manage.

It's crucial to ask which Cloud this is.

There's Before-Crisis Cloud, Meteor/Sephiroth Crisis Cloud, Post-Crisis Cloud and Deepground Crisis Cloud.

So which one?

I'd say Terra. She could do a lot more than Cloud Strife could do (eg. fly unaided, destroy 50 of the best magitek soldiers). However, due to his compelation Cloud Strife gained a lot of what I like to call "Gary Stu powers." So I'd say Terra beats Cloud from the original Final Fantasy VII, but I'm not sure about Compelation Cloud.

Meteor Crisis Cloud would still be in the mach 40-90(due to Zack reacting to Before Crisis Sephiroth, whom flew the world at around that speed) range, and has arguably reacted to lightning.

Not to mention he has a ridiculous durability feat in the end of disc 2.