Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 229 ft Zubat, Crazy Hand, DQ5 Hero

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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 228:

Luke fon Fabre (Tales of the Abyss) is Low Fodder
Siegfried Schtauffen (Soul Calibur) is Low Fodder
Dark Pit (Kid Icarus: Uprising) is Mid Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Zubat (Pokemon)
Crazy Hand (Super Smash Bros. Melee)
Hero (Dragon Quest V)

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zubat low mid

Nominate:
Cloud of Darkness (Final Fantasy III)
Trevor Belmont (Castlevania III)
R2D2 (Star Wars)
Wart (Super Mario Bros. 2)
Whispy Woods (Kirby's Dream Land)
The King of All Cosmos (Katamari Damacy)
Smithy (Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars)
Admiral Ackbar (Star Wars)
Bruce Lee (Bruce Lee Lives, etc
Fou-Lu (Breath of Fire IV)

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Re-rank Erdrick.

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Zubat: Low Fodder - It's too iconic to be LAW, yet too hated to be any better.
Crazy Hand: Mid Fodder
Hero (V): High Fodder

I'll second re-ranking Erdrick. In retrospect, our original ranking looks like a bit of a miscalculation, now that he doesn't have fresh Smash hype, and considering how weak his game is.

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Zubat (Pokemon) - Low fodder

Almost everyone knows what this thing is but nobody likes it.

Crazy Hand (Super Smash Bros. Melee) - Mid fodder

Noctis might actually be able to beat this one!

Hero (Dragon Quest V) - Mid fodder

Cool that he beat Rinoa but with Aerith in the poll that's not impressive and he's not one of the Smash Heroes so yeah.

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agree with axem's rankings and will also nominate Erdrick for re-ranking.

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nominate Julia Chang and Tornado Man

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Day 230 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78360248

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