Board 8 > ~*~Ranking the CBX Characters by Contest Strength: Day 1 - Elites~*~

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Hello everyone, and welcome to the project where we rank all the CBX characters by contest strength! This time, well be ranking the Elites, comprised of Cloud, Mario, Samus, Snake, and Zelda. Before we get going, heres the Rules:

1. If at all possible, please number your rankings (ex. 1 for the strongest character, etc.) - it makes your ranks much clearer, allowing me to tabulate them much easier.
2. Rankings of indirect strength are preferred, but direct rankings will be allowed, especially in tandem with indirect rankings.
3. If you wish to rank characters by something other than contest strength, youre welcome to do so, but please clarify, and also make sure to post a contest strength ranking.
4. Youre always welcome to submit retroactive rankings if you missed one or more days, as well as change your existing rankings if so inclined, up until this project ends.
5. And most importantly, be nice to each other, even people you dont like! Discussion is welcomed and encouraged, but this isnt ultimately meant to be an overly serious project, so I dont want to see any knock-down, drag-out arguments developing in here about how someones not ranking by the stats or whatever else - use your discretion about this.

Heres the spreadsheet that Ill be using to record data for this project (which doesnt look pretty, sorry!): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1s6rNxUlXY3kpo9Ru-Pyw9CjtGBIRasJKiUv6a7cEgEw/edit?usp=sharing

Tomorrow night, we'll be moving on to the Near-Elites, but for today, heres the Elites listed in an easy copy-paste format:

Cloud Strife
Mario
Samus Aran
Solid Snake
Zelda
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1. Cloud
2. Mario
3. Samus
4. Zelda
5. Snake
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I think Zelda will deboost by next contest, but for now...

1. Cloud Strife
2. Zelda
3. Mario
4. Samus Aran
5. Solid Snake

I don't think Snake is even on the others' level anymore.
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My ranking:

1. Samus Aran
2. Mario
3. Cloud Strife
4. Solid Snake
5. Zelda

And tomorrow we'll be moving on to the Near-Elites, something I should have mentioned initially.
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1. Samus
2. Cloud
3. Zelda
4. Mario
5. Snake
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1. Mario
2. Samus
3. Cloud
4. Snake
5. Zelda
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1. Cloud Strife
2. Samus Aran
3. Mario
4. Zelda
5. Solid Snake
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1. Cloud Strife
2. Zelda
3. Samus Aran
4. Mario
5. Solid Snake
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1. Samus Aran
2. Cloud Strife
3. Mario
4. Zelda
5. Solid Snake
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Underleveled posted...

1. Cloud
2. Mario
3. Samus
4. Zelda
5. Snake

This sounds about right to me right now, but could easily change before another contest.
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1. Cloud
2. Mario
3. Zelda
4. Samus
5. Snake

Zelda used rallies to push ahead of Mario but Samus couldn't quite do it against Mario under the same circumstances (I'd even say people were pushing even more for her than Zelda in the rematch) so I cannot justify her being above Zelda or Mario.
I will chalk up the Snake match as lol non-transitive x-stats.

1. Samus Aran
2. Mario
3. Cloud Strife
4. Solid Snake
5. Zelda

Cloud would have lost to Mario without the rallies in his favor. Zelda beating Mario was a combination of rallies and some rSFF thrown in. Zelda also had rallies against Snake and the final result was close enough that I think the rallies affected the winner there.
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1. Samus
2. Cloud
3. Mario
4. Zelda
5. Snake
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1. Samus
2. Cloud
3. Mario
4. Zelda
5. Snake
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Bump for the morning crowd.
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1. Samus Aran
2. Cloud Strife
3. Zelda
4. Mario
5. Solid Snake

That's how I'd rank them currently anyway. Give it a year or even a few months and I'd drop Zelda down below Snake.
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1. Cloud
2. Zelda
3. Mario
4. Samus
5. Snake

Samus Aran
Mario
Cloud Strife
Zelda
Solid Snake
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Here's the Day 2 topic, for ranking the Near-Elites: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/77312457

If you missed Day 1, use the Day 2 topic to rank the Elites.
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