Yeah, Cloud's recovery is like Ike's but worse unless he has a Limit Break to use. And even then, he's not hard to immediately knock back offstage before he gets it again. I don't like using Mario against swords, but his ease of killing swordies makes me smile.
I used to main DK, but recently I've been finding it more fun to use my main man Bowser. I don't like him as much as in Melee, but I still like him, and his recent buffs are quite nice indeed.