Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 453 ft Black Ranger/Zack, Azula, Espio

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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 452:

Rick Sanchez (Rick and Morty) is Low Fodder
War Machine/James Rhodes (Marvel) is Mid Fodder
Rita Repulsa (Power Rangers) is Mid Fodder

Re-Ranking Result:

Ciri (The Witcher) is now High Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Zachary Taylor/Black Ranger (Power Rangers)
Azula (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
Espio the Chameleon (Sonic)

Today's Re-Ranking is:

Goose (Untitled Goose Game)

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Nominate:
Zemus (Final Fantasy IV) - halfsilver
(Can we just do him as "Zeromus" instead though? You don't even find out Zemus exists until there are only two mandatory dungeons left, I don't think he has a single line of dialogue until Zeromus, and Zeromus is the one you actually fight.)
Treecko (Pokemon)
Torchic (Pokemon)
Majin Buu (Dragon Ball Z)
Shield Knight (Shovel Knight)
Vahn (Legend of Legaia)

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Zachary Taylor/Black Ranger (Power Rangers) - Mid fodder
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/7703-which-of-the-original-mighty-morphin-power-rangers-was-your
Could kinda see low too since he finished a good deal behind blue and pink? I figure the strength gaps will be much lower against outside competition though. (hence why Yellow isn't LAW fodder).

Azula (Avatar: The Last Airbender) - Low fodder
I think she's pretty well-liked among those that watched the show but if Aang, Zuko, and Katara didn't have what it took to get mid fodder, I don't see her as likely to be the only one that makes it.

Espio the Chameleon (Sonic) - Low fodder
not sure anybody cares but he's at least easily recognizable as a Sonic side character.

Today's Re-Ranking is:

Goose (Untitled Goose Game) - Low fodder
Just not that big a deal now that the craze has passed.

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Agree with Axem. I'll give Zack the benefit of the doubt since he didn't do absurdly bad in the Power Ranger poll like Trini. Azula won't make mid if Aang and Zuko don't and Espio is not cared about enough.

Goose game already doesn't get brought up much anymore and I think people are done with it, so Low Fodder.

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Yeah, agree with Axem I guess.

Also, nominate Solaire of Astora for reranking. His existing contest result is 30% on Yoshi in 2013, which reaches the level of High Fodder before even considering Demi-Fiend's likely impact on that match. Furthermore, as the fan-favorite Dark Souls mascot of sorts, it stands to reason that he's improved just as the Souls series in general has from its early days.

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I guess re-rank Solaire, yeah.

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Re-rank Solaire

Day 454 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78969454

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