Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 514 ft Vulpix, Crobat, Tseng

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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 513:

Traveler (Genshin Impact) is Low Fodder
Nala (The Lion King) is Low Fodder
King (Tekken) is Low Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Vulpix (Pokemon)
Crobat (Pokemon)
Tseng (Final Fantasy VII)

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Vulpix (Pokemon) - cute as heck and from RBY, so maybe mid-fodder
Crobat (Pokemon) - not from RBY, and not really super notable in GSC, so low fodder
Tseng (Final Fantasy VII) - low fodder,.... he's the least popular Turk.

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Agreed with Haste.

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Yeah, agreed I guess. Growlithe has cute doggo appeal to propel it, and Vulpix's cute fox appeal isn't quite the same, plus it was effectively exclusive to Blue version out of the original trio.

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I will say High Fodder for Vulpix. It is insanely cute and pretty much just the fox version of Growlithe. It has a fan favorite evolution in Ninetales and has a good amount of season 1 anime exposure due to Brock having one.

I'll say Low Fodder for Crobat even though a large part of me wants to go mid. I view it as a bit of a fan favorite Pokemon, but I might be a bit biased since always had a Crobat on my team when I played Gen 2 games. Other people may not have been willing to pick up a hated Zubat in order to eventually get the speedy Crobat.

I will agree with Low Fodder for Tseng. He doesn't make a huge number of appearances in the OG FF7 or in the remake - and when he does appear he's usually trying to kidnap Aerith. He does a lot more in Crisis Core and other spin-off titles but I don't think that'll count for much in 2020, and more importantly he's just boring when compared to Reno or Rude.

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Day 515 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/79103650

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