User blog comment:Friendlysociopath/My Problems with Link vs Cloud/@comment-25993979-20151008224707/@comment-3463132-20151012025831

I just find it interesting that Link was given the massive power-item purely on the premise that "It's his best defense!" while Cloud was given zero defensive materia.

And that DB decided the binary "We'll go with the biggest defense stat" in order to get to Ziedrich instead of the extremely logical, "He uses the materia that does the exact same thing, but better".

Which is a better defense? Armor that helps protect you or magic that makes the blow not hurt at all?

I ask in all seriousness, which would you believe?