At least Beowulf can use his abilities with the top-notch gear like the Excalibur. Poor Cloud can't even use a Rune Blade to enhance his Limit ability unless he's under Two Swords.

And for the unenlightened, his Limit attacks tend to rely on Magic Attack power. I was moving towards Cloud when I read the Cross-Slash description, but was extremely disappointed when I found it only delivers one strike.