Quote Originally Posted by The Turk View Post
I am 99% sure than you can learn limit breaks on a dead character. The kill count continues even if a character is dead. I have read a lot of low level walkthroughs that advice you to have one party member kill all bar 1 monsters before you kill them off so they don't level up.

You're right that you do 'learn' the limit on the level up screen but I am sure dead characters can still learn them. So if you keep having Cloud kill lots of enemies, but then die before the last monster is killed then this should be possible.
Wait, doesn't Cloud fight in the battle arena alone? If so, I don't think you'll be earning the points for it.