Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 51 ft Ice Climbers, Lucario, Mei Ling

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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 both members of said duo are named in the title of a game (Banjo-Kazooie, Sam & Max Hit the Road, etc).

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 - 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.

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 50:

Serge (Chrono Cross) is High Fodder
Gabrielle Espinoza (Contender 2) is Low Fodder or The Ertyu Zone
Spongebob Squarepants (Spongebob games) is Fodder Line

Here is today's trio to rank:

Ice Climbers (Ice Climber)
Lucario (Pokemon)
Mei Ling (Metal Gear Solid)
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Ice Climbers - High fodder. Smash popularity only.

Lucario - fodder line. Went toe to toe with Isaac in 2008, when Lucario should have been at his absolute peak.

Mei Ling - mid fodder. Weaker than Otacon.
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Ice Climbers: Mid Fodder because I don't think Smash alone does that much for a character. If this were Popo or Nana alone, I would probably say Low Fodder.

Lucario: High Fodder. Isaac has always been right around the Fodder Line, except in 2010 when people were hyped for Dark Dawn, so peak Lucario barely being able to beat him isn't a good sign. I'm just not confident in the strength of any Pokmon after Gen. 2, even though Lucario is likely one of the strongest of that batch.

Mei Ling: agree with darkx.

Nominations:
Epona
Greninja (Pokmon)
Jigglypuff (Pokmon)
Kairi (Kingdom Hearts)
Lilith (Borderlands)
Neo (Enter the Matrix, etc.)
Specimen 6 (Aliens vs. Predator)
The Devil (Cuphead)
The Terminator [T-800] (The Terminator)
Wander (Shadow of the Colossus)
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Agree with High Fodder for Ice Climbers and High Fodder for Lucario for previously stated reasons.
Lucario was never really a popular character in Smash and really needs the DP remakes to come out to regain some relevance.

Agree with Mid Fodder for Mei Ling.
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I am seriously considering the creation of a strength tier below Low Fodder. Should I call it Turbo Fodder or does anyone have a better name suggestion? I kind of want to call it Tannerland but I'm honestly not sure if Tanner is weak enough to even be in that tier.

If I do create this I will allow for voting on the characters currently in the Low Fodder tier, to find out whether or not I should move them down.

I think this will provide for some more interesting discussion and ratings for weaker characters.

nominations:

Neo (The Matrix)
Lilith (Borderlands)
Kairi (Kingdom Hearts)
The Terminator/T-800 (The Terminator)
Greninja (Pokmon)
Minsc (Baldurs Gate)
Kuja (Final Fantasy IX)
Nakoruru (Samurai Shodown)
Rashid (Street Fighter V)
Kid (Chrono Cross)
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I say no. It would get overused.
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I have no strong opinion about whether or not you should create a tier. If you do, though, I have a personal preference for the LAW (Low Ass Weak Fodder) Tier as its name. Also, if so, I think someone like Estelle or Monokuma rather than Cayde-6 should be the Low Fodder example, while Draven should be the LAW example.
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I personally thought that Cayde-6 was the best example for Low Fodder. His weakness was a bit more apparent than Estelle or Monokuma.

Day 52 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/77871209
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