Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 591 ft Aerodactyl, Magmar, Wicked Witch

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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

If you feel that a character has been over or under-ranked, or if a new development has come up that would affect their contest strength, you may nominate them for a re-ranking. You may nominate one character per day for this, and 3 votes are needed to get them on the slate. One character with 3 votes will come up for re-ranking today.

Re-ranking Nomination List: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1V6dx-tu-FD1rCxbX69eQwEzE7x1F6nNRNFochYHu1dc/edit?usp=sharing

Results from Day 590:

Emil (Nier) is Low Fodder
Cleopatra (Civilization series) is Low Fodder
Weedle (Pokemon) is Low Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Aerodactyl (Pokemon)
Magmar (Pokemon)
The Wicked Witch of the West (The Wizard of Oz)

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Mid Fodder for Aerodactyl. It's a cool-looking Pokemon who is part of Lance's team in most Gen 1 and 2 games and had a few Gen 1 anime appearances. But the method to obtain it in Gen 1 (get the Old Amber and go to the BACK of the Pewter Museum) is kind of obscure, which makes me doubt that a lot of players actually used it.

Mid Fodder for Magmar because it has a butt for a head lmao. Also it is usually part of Blaine's team in the games, and had a memorable fight with Charizard in the Gen 1 anime.

Low Fodder for the Wicked Witch. She's an iconic villain and was able to maintain some modern relevance with Wicked, but I think The Wizard of Oz is just too old for any of its characters to better than low.

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I'll agree with that. I think the witch is iconic enough that she could break out of low fodder, but I wouldn't bank on it.

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Low Fodder for Magmar. All it really has going for it is that anime fight, and that's not enough to compensate for it being infamous as one of the least-liked Gen. 1 Pokemon. 'Butt for a head' will not bring many votes on 2021 GameFAQs.

Agreed otherwise, and third the Dogi, Feena, Ryudo, and Skullomania nominations.

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Agreed with metalmind

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Nominate Dratini and Rhydon

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Rhydon was already rated - second Dratini

Day 592 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/79280337

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