Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 291 ft The Knight, Android 21, Dunban

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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 290:

Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes) is Low Fodder
Isaac (The Binding of Isaac) is Mid Fodder
Baba (Baba is You) is Low Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

The Knight (Hollow Knight)
Android 21 (Dragon Ball FighterZ)
Dunban (Xenoblade Chronicles)

Before I forget to do this, nominate Hollow Knight for Re-ranking. At least for me, I was under the impression the Hollow Knight WAS the protagonist of the game when we ranked him. It is actually The Knight who is the protagonist. The Hollow Knight is a boss, and I'm not sure if name recognition will be enough to make him mid fodder.

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Mid Fodder for The Knight since his game looked pretty good I was a fool to take Berseria

Mid Fodder for Android 21 for the recognizable name and Majin design, plus TJF.

Low Fodder for Dunban because he looked awful in 2013.

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The Knight - mid fodder

For the most part I dont think indie game characters are going to be nearly as good as their games and the actual strength of hollow knight the game is still pretty up in the air so Im not going too high. Would take Velvet > The Knight even after seeing how their games match went.

Android 21 - low fodder

i dont think Buu and Android 18 would be that good either (could possibly escape low fodder just out of people liking DBZ and both having relevant screen time though) so Im not seeing other female Android Majin buu looking thing from a video game being any good.

Duncan - low fodder

looked real bad in 2013. Might have some chance of escaping the tier later with definitive edition but thats not out yet.

borderlands 2 seemed to do enough here to not outright disgrace itself that I want to see more out of it before judging claptrap again.

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The Knight: High Fodder because I have lots of respect for their game's strength after that initial match, and The Knight themselves is instantly recognizable and dare I say beloved among HK players.

Agree with Axem's votes otherwise.

Also second reranking the Hollow Knight.

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If we could do Android 21, would we also be able to do Android 16?

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Yeah Android 16 is eligible for nomination.

nominate Magilou (Tales of Berseria)

Day 292 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78520902

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