Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 428 ft Plague Knight, Wartortle, Hsien-Ko

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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 427:

Toejam & Earl (Toejam & Earl) is Low Fodder
Quina Quen (Final Fantasy IX) is Mid Fodder
Billy Lee (Double Dragon) is Low Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Plague Knight (Shovel Knight)
Wartortle (Pokemon)
Hsien-Ko (Darkstalkers)

Today's Re-Ranking is:

Ifrit (Final Fantasy series)

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I will say Mid Fodder for Plague Knight. He seems to be the favorite out of all the non-Shovel Knight playables in his series and stands out due to his design.

I will put Wartortle at Fodder Line; I don't expect any Gen 1 starter evolutions to fall under that, and Wartortle does seem to be better-liked than Charmeleon on a base level. It is also the only stage 2 form that stands out in terms of design.

Low Fodder for Hsien-Ko. She's an interesting character from an unfortunately dead franchise, and isn't really a Gfaqs type of character so I don't expect she'll get many waifu votes. She also hasn't appeared in anything for many years.

I think I said Mid Fodder for Ifrit last time around and I will say that again now. While not a hugely popular summon, he has a striking design and a lot of series appearances to his name. Plus he gets some "cool" attacks due to being the primary fire attribute summon.

nominate Shield Knight (Shovel Knight)

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Think you missed metalminds thirding of the nominations last topic.

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Agreed with halfsilver, although Plague Knight is probably not far from Low.

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I'd hardly say Wartortle's better-liked than Charmeleon on a base level - if anything, I've always gotten the sense it's the odd one out among Gen. 1 middle starter evolutions. Regardless, I guess I'll agree with halfsilver's votes, and I'll also second the Shield Knight nomination.

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nominate White Mage (Final Fantasy), Fighter (Final Fantasy), Monk (Final Fantasy)

Day 429 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78915661

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