Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 487 ft Shield Knight, Riou, Steven Universe

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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 486:

Gomez Addams (The Addams Family) is Low Fodder
Johnny (The Room) is LAW Fodder
Rex (Toy Story) is Low Fodder

Re-Ranking Result:

Aquaman (DC Comics) is now Mid Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Shield Knight (Shovel Knight)
Riou (Suikoden)
Steven Universe (Steven Universe)

Today's Re-Ranking is:

Marth (Fire Emblem)

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Mid Fodder for Waifu Knight. She doesn't have her own story mode yet but she is a major character in the main story of Shovel Knight.

I'll give Riou Low Fodder considering this is JrpgFAQs and he's a main protagonist, albeit a silent one.

I barely know anything about Steven Universe but I'll say Low Fodder since it doesn't seem like something that would have a big fanbase on the site.

High Fodder for Marth. He is very well-known and the face of the Fire Emblem series, but he isn't as popular as he used to be and could get anti-votes from people who are sick of seeing FE characters in Smash Bros. Marth is really in need of another game too, considering he hasn't starred in one since Shadow Dragon way back in 2004.

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Nominate Hornet (Hollow Knight)

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second Hornet

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All low fodder for the first three.

I dont see why Shield Knight would be better than around, say, the middle or so of the Order of No Quarter.

Marth - fodder line

i have doubts about the seriousness and longevity of anti-Fire Emblem because of Smash sentiment, Marths longevity in Smash should insulate him a bit regardless, and Marth never relied on the slightest on his games for his gamefaqs strength.

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Agree with Axem. Shield Knight doesn't exactly appear to have massive screentime in any of Shovel Knight's campaigns, alongside her lack of a playable appearance. Steven Universe barely gets to pass muster for Low Fodder mainly on the merits of being named the same thing as his series, as this really isn't the site for said series.

As for Marth, Fodder Line was the case I laid out with my reranking nom. I'm unsure he's gotten measurably worse than he looked to be in past contests, just that he was misranked to begin with (based on other Smash-centric characters' static showings) and sure won't have measurably improved from those past results.

Third Hornet.

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Day 488 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/79043098

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