Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 143 ft Spider-Gwen, Aragorn, Daruk

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This is a topic to rate the contest strength of potential newcomers in the current contest environment.

I will pick the characters to rate and discuss for each day from user nominations - whoever the 3 most nominated characters are at that time. If there are more than 3 I will pick randomly. You can nominate any number of characters at any time, but you cannot nominate the same character twice.

All characters who were present in the 2018 Character Battle will NOT be eligible. Otherwise you can nominate any character that has appeared in video games; even comic book characters. This will exclude real-life athletes who have only appeared in long running sports series, however I will accept those who have their own games such as Shaq. I will accept nominations for iconic gaming duos too, if there is a compelling reason for both characters to be linked (either co-starring in a game ala Banjo & Kazooie, or always appearing together like Callie & Marie from Splatoon).

Each day will have a separate topic, and nominations will carry over. As far as actually rating the character's contest strength; I ask that users rank a characters potential strength with one of the following qualifiers - LAW Fodder, Low Fodder, Mid Fodder, High Fodder, Fodder Line, Low Midcarder, Midcarder, High Midcarder, Near Elite, Elite, LAW Tier (capable of beating Link). I will average all the ratings given to a character to come up with their final ranking. I have included a highlighted entrant from Character Battle X on each tier of the strength rankings below, to provide a baseline for each.

Note that LAW Fodder is meant to be a tier reserved for the weakest possible characters to put into a contest. A character will only be placed there if at least 3/4ths of the voters for that day agree on the LAW Fodder rating, and no ratings above Low Fodder are given. If either of those conditions are not met, the character will not be eligible for the LAW Fodder tier.

Current Character Strength Rankings: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1P1AIhHywBiLd6VAMZMNEGX-HW2td8u1D0Iw_tzHsORw/edit?usp=sharing

Nomination List: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-KnSBDzppzPK5Ug1zmx8_x0bG4tqFDMPPH2k8J3s8sk/edit?usp=sharing

Results from Day 142:

Gray Fox/Cyborg Ninja (Metal Gear Solid) is Mid Fodder
The Riddler (DC Comics) is Mid Fodder
HK-47 (Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic) is High Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Spider-Gwen/Gwen Stacy (Marvel)
Daruk (Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild)
Aragorn (Lord of the Rings)
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I feel like Gwen can reach Mid Fodder due to the popularity of her Spider-Gwen persona, and just being an attractive girl in general. She's also notable for dying in the comics and getting cloned a dozen times, because that's how comics work.

High Fodder for Daruk. I'm thinking he might be the weakest Champion, and I have a hard time seeing him being as strong as Darunia.

High Fodder for Aragorn. He's well-known and people like him, but I think some people view him as a bland male hero archetype, which will keep him from getting to the fodder line.
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Spider-Gwen/Gwen Stacy (Marvel) - Low Fodder

Almost nothing that happens in comics matters outside of comics fandom. If you don't have notable appearances in something that a good portion of the site is likely to have seen, you're going to be awful. Gwen barely had a cameo in the 90's Spider-man series, she wasn't in the Raimi trilogy, she's not in the MCU. She's not in Marvel vs. Capcom or Insomniac Spider-Man. She's apparently in Into the Spider-verse (haven't seen) and Sony's 2010 Spider-man movies but I don't see her getting many votes for the latter, or for being one of Spider-man's girlfriends in general.

Daruk (Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild) - High fodder
Aragorn (Lord of the Rings) - High fodder

People like him in general but he's just not as distinctive as Gandalf so I don't think he's going to be particularly close.

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Technically Gwen was in Spider-Man 3, but the less said about that the better I suppose.

Also she's one of the main characters of Into the Spider-verse.
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...Huh. Okay, yeah, my bad there.

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bump
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I'll agree with Axem. I can't see Gwen being as strong as Venom, and I doubt GameFAQs cares enough about Spider-Verse to vote for her on the basis of that movie.
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Day 144 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78104541
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