Board 8 > King of Fighters 2020 (NOT MERCS) R2D26: Gambit vs Missingno. (Broken)

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Welcome to the King of Fighters 2020 (NOT MERCS) Simulated Character Battle Tournament!

The game is simple. The two* listed characters are placed in an (imaginary) location with a variety of (imaginary) environments, kind of like a picture in a child's schoolbook that describes different types of geological features. Within a ten mile radius, there is an (imaginary) urban downtown, exurbs, plains, snow-clad mountains at the edge, dry plains, etc. Fighters start wherever is most appropriate for them, but feel increasingly compelled to seek out their opponent and fight. Strong-willed fighters can try to hold out in their chosen environment for longer... eventually, all will succumb and actively search for the other to battle.

To participate, just vote in bold for whichever character you believe will win. Giving reasoning is optional, but please be polite and read what others have said and carefully make your decision. I'll ping the nominators (they can opt out) to give arguments if they wish.

Results/Discussion: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78797189

TODAY'S PARTICIPANTS:
Gambit (X-Men)

With the ability to convert potential to kinetic energy, Gambit exists in the X-Men Universe which does not understand physics at all. Also is the horseman Death

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Missingno. (Pokemon)



@hylianknight3 @5tarscream

FIGHT

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With the ability to convert potential to kinetic energy

what does that mean

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NFUN posted...

Also is the horseman Death

Three Deaths in the contest now!

Shonen_Bat posted...

what does that mean

Who knows? It's X-men! He can make playing cards explode like grenades, a staff can destroy a house, and I don't know how it scales beyond that. It has zero correlation with anything real, so the sky's the limit!

i'll just post the whole article on him because it's a doozy

Gambit is a mutant with the ability to convert the potential energy stored in an inanimate object into pure light kinetic energy, thus "charging" that item with highly explosive results. He prefers to charge smaller objects, such as his ever-present playing cards, as the time required to charge them is greatly reduced and they are much easier for him to throw. The only real limitation to this ability is the time required to charge the object: the larger it is the more time it takes to charge. Most charging takes place through direct skin contact. The power of his explosions is dependent on the mass of the object he is charging: for example, a charged playing card explodes with the force of a grenade. Gambit can also use his mutant abilities to accelerate an object's kinetic energy instead of converting its potential energy; for example, he can charge his Bo staff with enough kinetic energy and power to level a house.
Gambit's ability to tap into kinetic energy also grants him incredible superhuman physical attributes (strength, speed, reflexes and reactions, agility, flexibility, dexterity, coordination, balance, and endurance), as his body constantly generates bio-kinetic energy and so is perfectly constructed for constant motion. This gives him an added edge that he has used to his advantage by developing a unique acrobatic fighting style.
The charged potential energy always in his body grants him the ability to build up charges of static electricity, and shields his mind from detection and intrusion by even the strongest and most powerful telepaths such as Emma Frost, Jean Grey, and even Charles Xavier. The shield has the added effect of destabilizing touch-based abilities.
Gambit also possesses an unusually strong and irresistible hypnotic charm that allows him to exert a subtle influence over sentient beings, leading them to believe what he says and agree with his suggestions. This charm is so strong and powerful that if given a chance, Gambit could even charm the Shadow King himself.[94] The hypnotic charm does not work on those who know about it.[95]
During combat, Gambit customarily wears a suit of highly articulated light body armor and uses an extendable metal staff. He is extensively trained in martial arts, particularly Savate[96] and the staff style art Bjutsu. He is an excellent hand-to-hand combatant, applying street-fighting techniques and acrobatics. Gambit is a skilled card-thrower, so he throws his charged playing cards at opponents with great accuracy. He also excels in all aspects of thievery, as he was adopted by the patriarch of a Thieves Guild.[97]
Gambit was temporarily given the full strength and potential of his mutant abilities to battle his counterpart New Son.[98] At his full strength and power, Gambit can control all aspects of kinetic energy down even to the molecular level, allowing him to manipulate the potency of his bio-kinetic energy to burn, cause molecular discomfort, incinerate, create timed detonations (and manipulate the potency of the energy release), fire energy blasts, defy gravity, heal wounds, charge objects within his line of sight without contact, manipulate the flow of time & space and effectively exist as an energy being. Under such conditions, he holds sufficient power to cause another being to be unable to moveor unable to stop if in motion. He has been able to cause or simulate various energies by manipulating the kinetic energy present, such as infrared and microwaves, by increasing molecular agitation, or cold by reducing it. He was also able to use his powers to travel through space-time, cross dimensions, and remake realities outside of space-time by transforming himself into living energy which joined with the kinetic flow.[99] Finally, Gambit was able to heal himself by stimulating his cellular activity.[100] These enhanced powers were burnt out after fighting New Son,[101] and Gambit has since returned to his original, somewhat lower power levels.[101]
However, after Sage jump started his powers again, he was able to heal his blinded eyes.[102] thus implying he is again able to heal himselfand is also able again to charge living things with energy,[103] as when he teamed up with Sebastian Shaw to destroy Mr. Sinister's machines.[104] He was also given another boost when he was killed in an altercation with a drug lord and Faiza Hussain managed to restore him before it set in, enabling him to charge a bullet with twice as much explosive force than usual.[105] He has later proven able to delay his explosions again, although this is difficult for him to accomplish.[106]
After Apocalypse used the Celestial Technology to transform Gambit into the Horseman Death, Gambit demonstrates the ability to convert inert materials into toxic substances (such as transforming breathable air into poisonous gases) and has the potential to ingest diseases and plagues.[107] It is apparent that the Celestial Technology never left his system, as seen during a telepathic attack against him that temporarily brought out the Death persona, which eventually killed the attacker. He also showcased new abilities he had not used before in this form such as his Death Charge, which fueled his projectiles with dark energies that have the effect of either disintegrating or entrapping beings within his cards. His new transformation also affords him the ability to control the trajectory in which the thrown cards fly in, giving him more control over their vector path while in motion.[108] He could also convert people to his mindset like he did with Northstar, Dazzler and several demons while in limbo.[109] Gambit's body did subsequently return to normal, suggesting that Gambit now has the ability to switch between his own and Death appearances.[110]

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does missingno count as inanimate, it's a static sprite

assuming he doesn't get glitched out of existence or something by looking at it I guess he could overload it or whatever his powers are supposed to do

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Some thoughts on Missingno:

Missingno would automatically duplicate the sixth of Gambit's items, however that would even be calculated, to 128.

Gambit would become "corrupted" when facing Missingno, but this might count as a form of mental manipulation, which he's immune to. Then again, that big text dump also says Gambit's Death persona was brought out after a telepathic attack, so who knows.

I think other than that Missingno has basic Pokemon attacks, so Gambit is probably the favorite here?

Gambit

missingno can be koed just like any other pokemon

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I'm gonna assume this is the normal version of Missingno from Red/Blue in the match; the fossil/ghost sprite variants don't have properties stable enough for meaningful arguments, while normal Yellow Missingno generally just crashes the game (which I wouldn't count as a win). Notably, this form doesn't have any glitch effects that will hinder Gambit, so if Missingno wins it'll be due to its strength as a Pokemon.

So how strong is Missingno as a Pokemon, ignoring glitches? As it has no Pokedex entry, there are no canon feats to use as solid examples of its power. Let's look at its stats instead. Missingno's Attack stat is higher than any legitimate Gen 1 Pokemon, so we can interpret this as fairly good physical offensive potential. Unfortunately, it's other stats are all terrible. Its Speed stat is lower than Slowbro's, while it's defensive stats suggest that it's worse at taking hits than any non-glitch Pokemon. I have to conclude that Gambit wins this fairly easily as long as he doesn't completely lose his mind at seeing some pixels floating around.
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wow, you guys are no fun

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6th post favors Gambit, thus making his argument 128 times more powerful and reasonable. I cannot make 128 arguments in favor of Missingno., because I'm lazy. Also because I killed him with my Tentacruel.

I think Gambit might be able to beat my Tentacruel. Not sure, though, would have to test it.

Gambit

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I feel like Gambit could use his powers of "whatever his writer wants him to do" to keep himself together somehow if Missingno starts corrupting him, and he's probably not going to have much trouble destroying it since it can't take a hit.

Gambit

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Since this is Broken tier, I'm assuming this is full dumb Gambit who could control all potential energy (read: he could make it so you couldn't move and then explode you)

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Gambit

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Missingno duplicates gambits 6th item giving him 128 more explosive items to throw at it.

Gambit

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If this was M' instead of MISSINGNo., I'd give it to M'.

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well, hard to argue with Kamek's reasoning

Gambit
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Gambit