Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 327 ft Samwise, Scarlet Witch, Red Skull

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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 326:

Kevin McCallister (Home Alone) is Low Fodder
Glover (Glover) is Low Fodder
Boromir (Lord Of The Rings) is Low Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Samwise Gamgee (Lord Of The Rings)
Scarlet Witch/Wanda Maximoff (Marvel)
Red Skull (Marvel)

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Nominating Vahn(Legend of Legaia)

Samwise is one of the better-liked LOTR characters from what I've seen - being the earnest companion of Frodo who saves his ass a dozen times over. I think he's High Fodder despite lacking the "cool" factor of characters like Aragorn or Legolas.

Low Fodder for Scarlet Witch. The MCU version of her does not resemble her classic comic incarnation, and I'm pretty sure her match pic will feature her classic design. She might have TJF in her favor but I don't see Gfaqs caring enough.

Low Fodder for Red Skull. He leads others to a match win he cannot possess. . .

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Mid fodder for Sam, low for the others.

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Nominate:
apu
leatherface
mike Wazowski

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Agree with Axem. Also nominate Mike Wazowski.

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Day 328 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78661419

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