Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 15 ft Inkling, Leonardo, Dracula

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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 both members of said duo are named in the title of a game (Banjo-Kazooie, Sam & Max Hit the Road, etc).

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 - 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.

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

Results from Day 14:

Yuffie Kisaragi (Final Fantasy VII) is a Low Midcarder
Fulgore (Killer Instinct) is Mid Fodder
Naruto (Naruto games) is High Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Inkling (Splatoon)
Leonardo (TMNT)
Dracula (Castlevania)
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Inkling would be fodder line, I think it would suffer from not being "your" Inkling and not a "real" character per say. Just being in Smash isn't enough anymore it seems.

Leonardo would be a low midcarder. I think a big weakness of the Turtles is that everyone seems fiercely loyal to their favorite one so you cut down each ones' power by a good chunk based on people just thinking "Raph is BETTER!!!!" Also I just don't think TMNT is the hottest property right now

Dracula would be a midcarder. Netflix boost, name recognition, cool art, nostalgia, etc. I could be wrong about this one and I'm biased because I love Dracula but I feel like he could do damage in the right bracket placement.
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Inkling: Fodder Line
Leonardo: High Fodder
Dracula: Low Midcarder
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Inkling: Fodder Line
Leonardo: High Fodder
Dracula: Midcarder
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ZenOfThunder posted...

Inkling would be fodder line, I think it would suffer from not being "your" Inkling and not a "real" character per say. Just being in Smash isn't enough anymore it seems.

Leonardo would be a low midcarder. I think a big weakness of the Turtles is that everyone seems fiercely loyal to their favorite one so you cut down each ones' power by a good chunk based on people just thinking "Raph is BETTER!!!!" Also I just don't think TMNT is the hottest property right now

Dracula would be a midcarder. Netflix boost, name recognition, cool art, nostalgia, etc. I could be wrong about this one and I'm biased because I love Dracula but I feel like he could do damage in the right bracket placement.

Alucard did really well so I don't think it would be odd for his old man to be strong too. I agree with these rankings and reasoning but I think Inkling is High Fodder. I think the fact that she isn't -really- a character will hurt her in a lot of matches, despite being a Nintendo rep in smash.
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Shonen_Bat posted...

Inkling: Fodder Line
Leonardo: High Fodder
Dracula: Midcarder

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Dracula's not a newcomer. He was in CBIX and made it to Round 2.
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TsunamiXXVIII posted...

Dracula's not a newcomer. He was in CBIX and made it to Round 2.

The only characters who aren't eligible are those who appeared in CBX.

Inkling: Mid Fodder - Splatoon looked awful in 2015, and I'm not convinced that the sequel and a playable Smash appearance have made GameFAQs care at all about the series. Overwatch is the more widely-played team shooter, even on GameFAQs, and D.Va still looked piss-weak.

Leonardo: Fodder Line - I think I rated Donatello as a Low Midcarder, and he should pretty comfortably be the strongest of the turtles.

Dracula: Midcarder - Great days for Castlevania; just as Alucard jumped a bunch from 2013, so too has Dracula gained.

Nominations:
Banjo & Kazooie (Banjo-Kazooie)
Balthier Bunansa (Final Fantasy XII)
Bowser Jr. (Super Mario Sunshine)
Dragonlord (Dragon Quest)
Jak (Jak & Daxter)
Mario & Luigi (Mario & Luigi series)
Nemesis (Resident Evil 3)
Raiden (Metal Gear)
Skull Kid (The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask)
Sonic & Knuckles (Sonic & Knuckles)
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i second Skull Kid and Balthier
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MetalmindStats posted...

Mario & Luigi (Mario & Luigi series)
Sonic & Knuckles (Sonic & Knuckles)

@MetalmindStats On the basis that all of these characters appeared in CBX solo, I am going to reject these nominations. Those are a bit of a loophole in my rules for this and I will update the topic OP to close that. If not for that I would probably put in Mario & Luigi.

nominations:
Nemesis (Resident Evil 3)
Jessica Albert (Dragon Quest)
Iron Man (Marvel)
Proto Man (Mega Man)
Big the Cat (Sonic series)
Wheatley (Portal 2)
Teddie (Persona 4)
Athena Asamiya (King of Fighters)
Pyra (Xenoblade Chronicles 2)
Nate Adams (Yo-Kai Watch)
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i second big the cat
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half_silver28 posted...

@MetalmindStats On the basis that all of these characters appeared in CBX solo, I am going to reject these nominations. Those are a bit of a loophole in my rules for this and I will update the topic OP to close that. If not for that I would probably put in Mario & Luigi.

That's fair. I honestly disagree with duos being allowed in the first place, because they would never be allowed in a conventional character battle. Since they are, though, I finally decided to nominate some.

Instead, I'll second Athena Asamiya and Pyra.
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Nominating:

Serge(Chrono Cross)
Paddle(Pong)

Day 16 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/77782309
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