Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 313 ft Eliwood, Setzer, Dorothy Gale

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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 312:

The Traveler (Journey) is Low Fodder
Blade (Marvel) is Low Fodder
Vaan (Final Fantasy XII) is Low Fodder

Re-Ranking Result:

Claptrap (Borderlands) is now Low Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Eliwood (Fire Emblem)
Setzer Gabbiani (Final Fantasy VI)
Dorothy Gale (The Wizard of Oz)

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Eliwood I say is Mid Fodder. He was a main lord in Blazing Blade and also Roy's dad (he looks like it too), so I think he'll be worth something.

Setzer I guess can be Mid Fodder? He seems to be liked well enough and has Kingdom Hearts appearances (something everyone else from FFVI lacks). More importantly, KH prevents him from getting stuck with Amano art for his match pic.

Low Fodder for Dorothy. I don't think there are too many people on Gfaqs who will care for her, but the iconic movie she stars in will keep her from dropping to law range.

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I nominated the Wizard of Oz and Back to the Future characters alongside a slew of other characters from what are often considered to be among the worst games ever made. I think I nominated Captain Novolin and Lester the Unlikely alongside them.

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Eliwood - low fodder

hes decent but a bit bland in the story, nobody likes him in the gameplay, hes
not In Smash, and his game is just no longer that important to the series overall.

Setzer - low fodder

hes from a very strong game but ffvi has 14 long term playable characters and hes...probably 8th or 9th strongest. (Setzer vs cyan is probably debatable) And not particularly important to the game overall or having a lot of screen time. His kingdom hearts cameo is pretty irrelevant now too. Im gonna potentially err on the side of low but mid isnt impossible.

Dorothy - low fodder

appeal is mainstream rather than skewing nerd, and she probably does abysmal outside America

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Agree with Axem.

Nominate Lilith for re-ranking.

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Day 314 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78610995

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