Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 429 ft Lenna Tycoon, Jolteon, Fighter

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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 428:

Plague Knight (Shovel Knight) is Mid Fodder
Wartortle (Pokemon) is Fodder Line
Hsien-Ko (Darkstalkers) is Low Fodder

Re-Ranking Result:

Ifrit (Final Fantasy series) is now Mid Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Lenna Charlotte Tycoon (Final Fantasy V)
Jolteon (Pokemon)
Fighter (Final Fantasy)

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Lenna - low fodder

Probably the most boring FF character to ever receive this much dialogue and screen time. I see it as being possible that weve underestimated FFV and that just maybe Galuf or Faris could be mid fodder (wouldnt re-rank, but do think its possible.) but Lenna? Nope. I can only assume she was Ryukishi07s waifu when he first played the game almost 30 years ago and thats why he named himself after her.

Jolteon - High fodder

probably peoples favorite of the first three Eeveelutions but Im reluctant to say its really strong. Zapdos/jolteon, who ya got?

Fighter - mid fodder

Fighter is not a very evocative name, the design doesnt really stand out like the Mages do, and Im not sure people are gonna care much about the I like swords guy after so many years.

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Nominate:
Chaos (Final Fantasy I)
Krile (Final Fantasy V)
Vaporeon (Pokemon)
Flareon (Pokemon)

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Nominate:
Angelo (Dragon Quest VIII)

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I think Fodder Line fits better for Jolteon, as I doubt the fan-favorite Eeveelution is far behind Eevee itself, and I'm also not quite convinced we've overranked Eevee. I would indeed fairly confidently take Jolteon over Zapdos.

I'll agree with Axem's other two votes, though, and I'll also second Angelo and Flareon.

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agree with Metalmind. Eevee and its evolutions are popular and Jolteon is the favorite out of the original 3. Plus being the best in battle.

also second all of axem's nominations

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Day 430 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78918344

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