Board 8 > ~*~Ranking the CBX Characters by Contest Strength: Day 5 - Lower Midcarders~*~

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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 Lower Midcarders, comprised of the following characters:

Captain Falcon, Cecil Harvey, Ike, Jill Valentine, Lara Croft, Miles Tails Prower, Ness, Pac-Man, Phoenix Wright, Ridley, Rosalina, Ryu Hayabusa, Scorpion, Shadow the Hedgehog, Simon Belmont, Spyro the Dragon, Waluigi, Wario, Zidane Tribal

Before we get going, heres the Rules, as always:

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. Stick to one ranking per tier (or one ranking each of indirect and direct strength if you choose to separate them) - dont try to sway the standings with multiple accounts.
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.

Our spreadsheet, where you can find all of this project's raw data: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1s6rNxUlXY3kpo9Ru-Pyw9CjtGBIRasJKiUv6a7cEgEw/edit?usp=sharing

And our Board 8 Wiki page, where you can find the list of tiers, among other things: http://board8.wikia.com/wiki/Ranking_the_CBX_Characters_by_Contest_Strength

Heres the Lower Midcarders listed in an easy copy-paste format:

Captain Falcon
Cecil
Ike
Jill
Lara
Ness
Pac-Man
Phoenix
Ridley
Rosalina
Ryu Hayabusa
Scorpion
Shadow
Simon
Spyro
Tails
Waluigi
Wario
Zidane

As for yesterday's results, here's our current ranking of the Midcarders:

1. Amaterasu
2. Vincent
3. Fox
4. 2B
5. Sub-Zero
6. Geralt
7. Frog
8. Kefka
9. Chun-Li
10. Bayonetta
11. Kratos
12. Terra
13. Magus
14. Knuckles
15. Peach
16. Yuna
17. Leon
18. Tidus
19. Crash

As I expected, there was an absolute minimum modicum of consensus among the Midcarders' rankings. Frog and Peach were separated by a mere two points in terms of mean ranking, while even Amaterasu's mean ranking was a low 4.36. Also notable: "Teedus" fails even at failing, losing out on last by a mean of just seven hundredths of a ranking (or one rank in total).

Finally, Day 6, which will be the Fodder Line tier, will be going up in the evening of December 23rd (PT).
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1. Phoenix
2. Zidane
3. Captain Falcon
4. Ridley
5. Wario
6. Rosalina
7. Waluigi
8. Jill
9. Simon
10. Ike
11. Ryu Hayabusa
12. Ness
13. Scorpion
14. Lara
15. Cecil
16. Shadow
17. Tails
18. Spyro
19. Pac-Man
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1. Scorpion
2. Ness
3. Shadow
4. Tails
5. Simon
6. Zidane
7. Wario
8. Rosalina
9. Ryu Hayabusa
10. Phoenix
11. Jill
12. Ike
13. Ridley
Captain Falcon
14. Waluigi
15. Cecil
16. Pac-Man
17. Spyro
18. Lara
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1. Captain Falcon
2. Jill
3. Lara
4. Ness
5. Ridley
6. Waluigi
7. Wario
8. Zidane
9. Cecil
10. Scorpion
11. Simon
12. Pac-Man
13. Ryu Hayabusa
14. Phoenix
15. Ike
16. Spyro
17. Shadow
18. Tails
19. Rosalina

@Anagram, you need to fix your Captain Falcon ranking.
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Haste_2 posted...

@Anagram, you need to fix your Captain Falcon ranking.

Sorry, don't know how I did that.
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MetalmindStats posted...

Finally, Day 6, which will be the Fodder Line tier, will be going up in the evening of December 23rd (PT).

Aw yeah, Isaac's day is coming soon!
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Hmm...

1. Ness
2. Scorpion
3. Captain Falcon
4. Rosalina
5. Waluigi
6. Wario
7. Ridley
8. Simon
9. Pac-Man
10. Spyro
11. Tails
12. Jill
13. Zidane
14. Phoenix
15. Ike
16. Shadow
17. Lara
18. Ryu Hayabusa
19. Cecil
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Eh how is Vincent 11 positions ahead of Magus

Is that based on previous contests while ignoring 2018?
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ZeldaTPLink posted...

Eh how is Vincent 11 positions ahead of Magus

Is that based on previous contests while ignoring 2018?

The gap between them isn't as big in terms of mean ranking, at 5.71 versus 10.64; it just happens that the Midcarder rankings we have so far are a big jumble. Also, while I don't buy it myself, there's something to be said about the theory that Vincent is a great opponent for Magus to overperform against, and that he'd fare worse against someone like Peach.
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I have no clue on this group
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1. Captain Falcon
2. Wario
3. Phoenix
4. Waluigi
5. Scorpion
6. Rosalina
7. Tails
8. Ness
9. Pac-Man
10. Ike
11. Shadow
12. Lara
13. Jill
14. Spyro
15. Simon
16. Zidane
17. Ridley
18. Ryu Hayabusa
19. Cecil
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My ranking:

1. Jill
2. Ness
3. Scorpion
4. Waluigi
5. Simon
6. Wario
7. Tails
8. Captain Falcon
9. Lara
10. Ryu Hayabusa
11. Pac-Man
12. Phoenix
13. Ike
14. Ridley
15. Spyro
16. Shadow
17. Cecil
18. Rosalina
19. Zidane
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1 Simon
2 Ryu Hayabusa
3 Pac-Man
4 Jill
5 Rosalina
6 Waluigi
7 Ridley
8 Scorpion
9 Cecil
10 Wario
11 Ness
12 Shadow
13 Zidane
14 Captain Falcon
15 Lara
16 Tails
17 Phoenix
18 Spyro
19 Ike
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1. Jill
2. Captain Falcon
3. Ness
4. Ridley
5. Lara
6. Simon Belmont
7. Ryu Hayabusa
8. Scorpion
9. Pac-Man
10. Shadow
11. Phoenix
12. Ike
13. Tails
14.Wario
15. Waluigi
16. Cecil
17. Zidane
18. Spyro
19. Rosalina
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1. Captain Falcon
2. Simon
3. Phoenix (I don't know if he should rank this high, but Phoenix won't drop close matches as long as he's Board 8's guy)
4. Pac-Man
5. Ridley
6. Ryu Hayabusa
7. Rosalina
8. Ness
9. Jill
10. Shadow
11. Ike
12. Scorpion
13. Tails
14. Waluigi
15. Zidane
16. Spyro
17. Wario
18. Lara
19. Cecil
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Man this is probably the toughest batch yet.

1. Jill
2. Captain Falcon
3. Phoenix
4. Ness
5. Ike
6. Hayabusa
7. Shadow
8. Lara
9. Pac-Man
10. Rosalina
11. Cecil
12. Wario
13. Zidane
14. Scorpion
15. Simon
16. Waluigi
17. Tails
18. Ridley
19. Spyro

I think Simon got a very, very temporary boost this year. I don't think he would repeat this performance by a long shot in 3-5 years unless he has insane tourney representation.
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Bump.
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1. Captain Falcon
2. Jill
3. Scorpion
4. Zidane
5. Ness
6. Phoenix
7. Wario
8. Ryu Hayabusa
9. Ike
10. Tails
11. Ridley
12. Cecil
13. Simon
14. Waluigi
15. Lara
16. Rosalina
17. Shadow
18. Pac-Man
19. Spyro
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