Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 639 ft Enrique (SoA), Poliwrath, Guy (FF2)

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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 638:

Natalia Luzu Kimlasca-Lanvaldear (Tales of the Abyss) is Low Fodder
Ingus ( Final Fantasy III) is Low Fodder
Leon (Final Fantasy II) is Low Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Enrique (Skies of Arcadia)
Poliwrath (Pokemon)
Guy (Final Fantasy II)

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Enrique - low fodder
obvious given where we put the other SoA party members. I think hed at least beat Galcian.

Poliwrarh - low fodder
As these low-relevance lategame water types go, Poliwrath isnt too bad I guess. Part fighting type helps it stand out a little and it was the fighting Gym Leaders strongest Pokemon in GSC. Just not expecting that to be quite enough to get it mid fodder but being an RBY Pokemon and almost having something notable going for it probably gets it close.

Guy - LAW fodder
Guy is a party member in a disliked and unpopular game within a very popular series. He speaks beaver briefly and I think this is just about the only thing he ever does outside of battle. FFIIs stat system being what it is ensures he has no neat distinctions in battle beyond what you make of him. Character design does him few favors either. Im skeptical even the minority that likes his game is going to care here.

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I'll say Low Fodder for all. Guy is pretty irrelevant to the plot of FF2, but he is one of the starting characters and seems to be ok design and strength-wise.

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Agree with halfsilver. Caim > any proper FF party member doesn't seem like a thing to me.

Also, nominate Estelle, Karol Capel, and Raven.

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Day 640 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/79374816

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