Cloud Has, Just About, the Worst Recovery in the Game...

[Xandercosm]

It's completely vertical, has pitiful distance, leaves him in helpless falling, and the downward strike doesn't connect to the ledge unless you're so high up it that it doesn't matter. In fact, the only recovery I can think of that's worse than this is Little Mac's. EVEN Doc, at least, has options. What a godawful recovery. And, I guess they are done doing balance patches. So... Sorry, ol' Cloud...

 

[ぱみゅ]

http://smashboards.com/threads/those-who-fight-further-the-cloud-meta-game-discussion-community-guide.424351/
or this one:
http://smashboards.com/threads/avalanche-cloud-combo-moveset-and-tech-sharing-thread.423292/