Lurker > Mistaya

Having had a lot of fun thoughts and discussions in discord I'm ready to declare Team Sylvando... and friends!

I do think Pikachu can scout for Red (and survive the scouting, too. Pikachu's fast,) so I don't buy Heavy getting an ambush. But he also doesn't need one. Sustained fire is all he's gotta do to win here and he's great at it.

Basically, the pokemon squad really needs to be able to land their debuffs and status effects to win this and as long as the power of smiles is on the other side, they won't stick. I have considered if/when Scorpion or Lara could get to Sylvando and it just doesn't seem likely with Marina running point and throwing Lara's arrows back at her, and Heavy laying down fire from a defensive position (while laughing).

Considering this still, but my initial thought is to back up the Unite playerbase and say Snorlax is actually Red's best bullet sponge and can be a really good shield from Heavy's minigun if Red needs to keep him busy while the others do work. Marina would give him a bad time but only if he wants to run in on her, forcing her to come out and fight in the open instead takes her out of her comfortable defensive position and leaves her a lot more vulnerable to Lara and Scorpion.

I don't think Red can afford to use Pikachu or Espeon here, he's too vulnerable without one of his bulky pokemon to hide behind.

Eh, late but I'll put my 2 cents in. Cao Cao has to duel Ryu which is... mostly even for a while but the buffs on Ryu are going to eventually overpower Cao's AMBITION. Bomberman feels a bit too squishy to survive what Lucas and Glory throw at him and is probably the first to actually die, though Glory may follow him out via pre-planted bombs, or serv-bots carting bombs around. Honestly Cao's masterful tactitioning getting Bomberman to lace the field ahead of time in a useful way is what's going to get that done. Lucas vs. Tron... I think I would give to Tron? A little unsure. But if Ryu manages to take Cao Cao, I think the house of cards folds from there.

So Ryu, eventually, singed and shirtless, emerges victorious here.