Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 621 ft Harman Smith, Dialga, Clefable

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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 620:

Pat Sajak (Wheel of Fortune) is Low Fodder
Steven Stone (Pokemon) is Low Fodder
O-Block (Tetris) is Low Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Harman Smith (Killer7)
Dialga (Pokemon)
Clefable (Pokemon)

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Nominate:
Maria (Final Fantasy II)
Guy (Final Fantasy II)
Leon (Final Fantasy II)
Arc (Final Fantasy III)
Ingus ( Final Fantasy III)
Refia (Final Fantasy III)
Golduck (Pokemon)
Horsea (Pokemon)
Sandshrew (Pokemon)
Seel (Pokemon)

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Harman Smith (Killer7) - LAW fodder
Really cult game. The character is probably weaker than Caim.

Dialga (Pokemon) - Low fodder
The gen 3 box legendaries are the latest ones that I have any faith in and even they're kind of sketchy. A case for Dialga and Palkia being possibly mid fodder to me would have to be based on hype for their games' upcoming remakes, and I'm not sure there's all that much excitement in evidence, especially after other recent-ish Pokemon disappointments.

Clefable (Pokemon) - Mid fodder
You know and like Clefairy, you probably like Clefable too? They don't strike me as wildly different. I guess Clefairy might slightly more exposure outside the core games.

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second axem's nominations and agree with his votes. Killer7 seems to be way too obscure on this site to do much, and I can't imagine the gen 4 remakes look promising for Dialga's potential.

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Agree with Axem, and third Biggs, Wedge, and Golduck.

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Day 622 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/79338687

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