Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 264 ft Sonya Blade, Charmander, Ares

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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 263:

Vile (Mega Man X) is Mid Fodder
Raziel (Legacy of Kain) is Low Fodder
WarGreymon (Digimon) is Low Fodder

Re-Ranking Result:

Mudkip (Pokemon) is now High Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Sonya Blade (Mortal Kombat)
Charmander (Pokemon)
Ares (God of War)

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Sonya - mid-fodder
Charmander - low mid-carder
Ares - low fodder


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Haste_2 posted...

Sonya - mid-fodder
Charmander - low mid-carder
Ares - low fodder

You made that easy.

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I will say Mid Fodder but it is very close for me. Sonya is one of the original MK kombatants and is pretty hot in most of her appearances, and Sonya Blade is a memorable name compared to something like Kitana. However her potential match pic is iffy. Both MKX and MK11 went with a very no-nonsense military design for Sonya, without a hint of inappropriate skin or TJF. So if they use one of those pics she might suffer for it.

Agree with Low Midcarder for Charmander. I think it is the weakest of the 3 original starters (you might have Brock to thank for that). Also Charizard is the undisputed king of its evo line, pushing its pre-evolutions to the side.

Agree with Low Fodder for Ares. I believe he only appeared in the first GoW game, back in 2005.

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Votes mid on Sonya and Charmander

I think Charmander can reach Midcarder status, since it was (and still is as far as I can tell) easily the most popular Kanto starter, and I don't see why Charizard being a force would harm the Pokmon that turns into it.

I'll concur with Mid Fodder for Sonya and Low Fodder for Ares.

I'll also nominate Baba (Baba is You).

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I'll change my Charmander vote to Midcarder. While I think individually it is weaker than Bulbasaur, the Charmander evo line as a whole is more popular which needs to be taken into account too.

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Sonya Blade (Mortal Kombat) - mid Fodder
Charmander (Pokemon) - midcarder
Ares (God of War) - low fodder

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Nominate baba

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Day 265 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78441071

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