Cloud vs. Toon Link Super Smash Bros. Ultimate tiers, match-up votes and discussion

Cloud wins this MU even with his nerfs from Smash 4.

Cloud has longer range than Toon Link overall and Cloud has faster mobility, Cloud can punish most of Toon Link's moves on shield with climhazzard like dash attack,even moves like down tilt, nair bair are outranged by Cloud's other moves while down tilt is slower than climhazzard. Due to Toon Link's weight and fall speed dash attack can kill Toon Link especially with poor DI and rage. Toon Link's fair has long range and is powerful but fair is slow and limit cross slash can help against it. Toon Link can't edgeguard Cloud well due to dair off stage SD, bair launch angle and fair's slow speed nair should be used to gimp Cloud. Cloud's up smash can beat Toon Link's dair. Cloud's forward smash can even outrange Toon Link's grab. Cloud's limit blade beam also goes through Hylian_Shield, however Toon Link has projectiles so Cloud has to approach in the air,zair to pressure like Young Link and nair is much smaller so Cloud can't space with that well anymore like in Smash 4 and Cloud's uair is smaller and worse at killing, limit last for 15 seconds and dair is less effective at challenging Toon's uair due to its shorter duration making disadvantage worse for Cloud than in Smash 4. Spin attack also punishes Cloud's dair on shield. However Cloud's dash attack's higher knockback kills Toon Link much earlier than in Smash 4 further compounded by Toon Link's lighter weight than in Smash 4 and Toon Link's airdodge has far more ending lag than in Smash 4 so Cloud can edge guard Toon Link more easily with bair, dair and Limit Cross Slash.

Cloud wins against Toon Link like in Smash 4 even with his nerfs.

My vote Cloud 6 / Toon Link 4