The Best Sword-Wielding Hero

[Waflmao]

Cloud, Ryu Hyabusa, and Raiden

 

[TheEvilDuck]

Link. >_>

 

[Lord Abaddon]

Nero

or

Darth Revan.

 

[avouleance]

wander or ico

 

[ThatJoelGuy]

Sephiroth. It's that easy

 

[Valiance]

I don't know if I should be happy they used the search button, or sad that they ressurected a 10 month old thread.
Option 1 it is. ^^;

I'm really surprised Link is so popular. Let alone here.

That said, my mind is surprisingly blank aside from non-steel swords, or non-sword swords (Kratos) or non-main-character's swords (like in fighting games or Dynasty Warriors), and...Ugh.

I think I'm going to say Nobunaga Oda.

 

[Boaal]

Nightmare from the soul calibur series. Who doesn't like swinging a giant slab of meat with a blade on the side of it around?

 

[irishdelinquent]

Link wins this one easily.

Sephiroth doesn't wield a sword, he wields a blade of concentrated fanboi tears and failure.

 

[RetiarySword]

Link, from Zelda. He clearly wins.

 

[Nemesais]

Ichigo Kurosaki! (Bleach)

 

[Edulus]

Garret of the thief series, he uses a sword for the first two games but he's so self-controled and sneaky he doesn't have to use it.

 

[Sarukin]

Ryu Hayabusa!

I would say Kasumi but do Tantos count?

 

[Lord Kofun]

I saw one who said Grey Fox from MGS. Good as that may be, I can't help it.. why on earth has no one mentioned anyone from Samurai Champloo, or Samurai Jack? (Really, he ascended to BAMF [don't hate me, I just don't want to get knocked by the moderators] status in the last few episodes.)
I know I'm a loser for even saying either of those, but I still love them both.
Oh, and I guess I better throw in Altair from Assassin's Creed.

 

[deuce0222]

Been a fan of FF VII forever, so I gotta go with my boy Cloud...

 

[Jetbaby]

Gotta agree with the Cloud contingent here, only because that sword (not to mention that hairdo!) has become iconic to the Final Fantasy franchise and - dare I say? - to the JRPG genre as a whole.

 

[MistaSmegheneghan]

Alundra. Th'guy can enter dreams, his main weapon's a sword. That's gotta count for something right?

 

[deewank]

AFRO SAMURAI hands down

 

[Tech Team FTW!]

Darth Revan, when he/she feels like being tailored to use them.