Proving Grounds: Godlike Quarters 1

[Dhyerwolf]

Results
Ben 69% (40-18 (14-16, 26-2))
Legretta 64.9% (48-26 (14-23, 34-3))
Kharg 62.7% (42-25 (13-18, 29-7))
Sync 57.3% (43-32 (11-28, 29-8))
Clarissa 54.5% (12-10 (4-7, 8-3))
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Lassic 51.2% (42-40 (11-29, 31-11))
Voyager 45.9% (28-33 (7-22, 19-10))

Close overall! But status won out for number 1, and Lassic and Voyager were eliminated despite putting up decent performances. Finally, we get to move onto the next round, as our Godlikes once again start to run the gauntlet.

This Week
1. Riou- Currently seed number 1, he has a lot to prove.  Holy smasher #1 of the week!
5. Elvis- He prays for few elemental fighters, because his speed and damage makes him fearsome otherwise.
8. Legretta- Holy smasher #2, of the Limit variety!
14. Galcian- PCs are his strongpoint, but powerful Lightning damage means he's solid in a slugfest too.
15. Artea- Holy smasher #3, hopes for slow slugs that he can wear down over ages!

The Matches
Riou   vs   Miguel (CC)
Riou   vs   Seymour (FF X)
Riou   vs   Loki (VP
Riou   vs   Killer (SH 3)
Riou   vs   Yuna (FF X)
Riou   vs   Albedo (XS)
Riou   vs   Adel (FF 8)
Riou   vs   Garnet (FF 9)
Riou   vs   Meliadoul (FF T)
Riou   vs   Lede (FF T)
Riou   vs   Claude (SO 2)
Riou   vs   Vigoro (SoA)
      
Elvis (WA 5)   vs   Miguel (CC)
Elvis (WA 5)   vs   Seymour (FF X)
Elvis (WA 5)   vs   Loki (VP
Elvis (WA 5)   vs   Killer (SH 3)
Elvis (WA 5)   vs   Yuna (FF X)
Elvis (WA 5)   vs   Albedo (XS)
Elvis (WA 5)   vs   Adel (FF 8)
Elvis (WA 5)   vs   Garnet (FF 9)
Elvis (WA 5)   vs   Meliadoul (FF T)
Elvis (WA 5)   vs   Lede (FF T)
Elvis (WA 5)   vs   Claude (SO 2)
Elvis (WA 5)   vs   Vigoro (SoA)
      
Legretta   vs   Miguel (CC)
Legretta   vs   Seymour (FF X)
Legretta   vs   Loki (VP
Legretta   vs   Killer (SH 3)
Legretta   vs   Yuna (FF X)
Legretta   vs   Albedo (XS)
Legretta   vs   Adel (FF 8)
Legretta   vs   Garnet (FF 9)
Legretta   vs   Meliadoul (FF T)
Legretta   vs   Lede (FF T)
Legretta   vs   Claude (SO 2)
Legretta   vs   Vigoro (SoA)
      
Galcian   vs   Miguel (CC)
Galcian   vs   Seymour (FF X)
Galcian   vs   Loki (VP
Galcian   vs   Killer (SH 3)
Galcian   vs   Yuna (FF X)
Galcian   vs   Albedo (XS)
Galcian   vs   Adel (FF 8)
Galcian   vs   Garnet (FF 9)
Galcian   vs   Meliadoul (FF T)
Galcian   vs   Lede (FF T)
Galcian   vs   Claude (SO 2)
Galcian   vs   Vigoro (SoA)
      
Artea   vs   Miguel (CC)
Artea   vs   Seymour (FF X)
Artea   vs   Loki (VP
Artea   vs   Killer (SH 3)
Artea   vs   Yuna (FF X)
Artea   vs   Albedo (XS)
Artea   vs   Adel (FF 8)
Artea   vs   Garnet (FF 9)
Artea   vs   Meliadoul (FF T)
Artea   vs   Lede (FF T)
Artea   vs   Claude (SO 2)
Artea   vs   Vigoro (SoA)

[superaielman]

The Matches
Riou   vs   Miguel (CC)- Miguel's HP is decent and he resists holy.
Riou   vs   Seymour (FF X)- ITD
Riou   vs   Loki (VP- ITD
Riou   vs   Killer (SH 3)- Should swing the OHKO.
Riou   vs   Yuna (FF X)- Think she's faster.
Riou   vs   Albedo (XS)- XS1 explodes, XS2 can't handle healers.
Riou   vs   Adel (FF 8)- FS/Physical does it.
Riou   vs   Garnet (FF 9)- Nulls holy.
Riou   vs   Meliadoul (FF T)- Nulls Holy/snaps his weapon.
Riou   vs   Lede (FF T)- Think she's faster.
Riou   vs   Claude (SO 2)- Nulls holy.
Riou   vs   Vigoro (SoA)- Can't outslug Riou even with FS not OHKOing.
     
     
Legretta   vs   Miguel (CC)- Buff, smash. (Turnblack is a lifesaver here.)
Legretta   vs   Seymour (FF X)- Ultima should trump here, his defense keeps him afloat.
Legretta   vs   Loki (VP)- Doubt Carnage Anthem is enough.
Legretta   vs   Killer (SH 3)- Chip then turn of doom.
Legretta   vs   Yuna (FF X)
Legretta   vs   Albedo (XS)- Albedo's damage is too backloaded.
Legretta   vs   Adel (FF 8)- Blitzer.
Legretta   vs   Garnet (FF 9)- Stops holy, should be enough.
Legretta   vs   Meliadoul (FF T)- Stops holy/fire. She really can't handle elemental walling.
Legretta   vs   Lede (FF T)
Legretta   vs   Claude (SO 2)- Stops holy/fire.
Legretta   vs   Vigoro (SoA)
     
Galcian  vs   Miguel (CC)- Goes first.
Galcian   vs   Seymour (FF X)
Galcian   vs   Loki (VP
Galcian   vs   Killer (SH 3)- Too much HP.
Galcian   vs   Yuna (FF X)
Galcian   vs   Albedo (XS)- Usual 'Albedo sucks'.
Galcian   vs   Adel (FF 8)- Better.
Galcian   vs   Garnet (FF 9)- Eternum.
Galcian   vs   Meliadoul (FF T)- Mel can only halve Thunder.
Galcian   vs   Lede (FF T)
Galcian   vs   Claude (SO 2)- Stops ID/Thunder. Splat.
Galcian   vs   Vigoro (SoA)
     
Artea   vs   Miguel (CC)- Artea can't blitz worth a damn.
Artea  vs   Seymour (FF X)- Seymour doesn't OHKO and thus dies horribly.
Artea   vs   Loki (VP- Not OHKOed.
Artea   vs   Killer (SH 3)- Does OHKO and then some.
Artea   vs   Yuna (FF X)- Boom.
Artea   vs   Albedo (XS)- XS1 Albedo sucks really bad, XS2 can't handle the buffing. XS1 probably can't either, eats a OHKO after buffed super IP of doom.
Artea   vs   Adel (FF 8)- Not OHKOed.
Artea   vs   Garnet (FF 9)- I.. don't think Artea can do anything about Berserk, his damage is walled otherwise.
Artea   vs   Meliadoul (FF T)- Aegis shield/Cam robe fucks up his damage really badly and equip breaks screw him as well.
Artea   vs   Lede (FF T)- Not OHKOed.
Artea   vs   Claude (SO 2)- Stun with ES, murder. Blocking holy is getting Claude a lot of wins in this field.
Artea   vs   Vigoro (SoA)

[Ultradude]

Elvis (WA 5)   vs   Seymour (FF X): Fire weakness.
Elvis (WA 5)   vs   Yuna (FF X)
Elvis (WA 5)   vs   Albedo (XS): Break block neuters the offense. Offhand, is XS2 speed linear? If so, XS2 Albedo is also a lot faster.
Elvis (WA 5)   vs   Garnet (FF 9): Heal lock with Rapid Punch, eventual double. Protect's duration sucks way too much to help.
Elvis (WA 5)   vs   Vigoro (SoA): ... fire weakness totally ruins the speed advantage. Closer though.

Legretta   vs   Seymour (FF X): Too hard to kill.
Legretta   vs   Yuna (FF X)
Legretta   vs   Albedo (XS): XS1 eats Prism Ballet death, XS2... is broken/weak to fire and piercing, which is what bullets are.
Legretta   vs   Garnet (FF 9): Null holy, halve fire.
Legretta   vs   Vigoro (SoA): Pdur prevents chipping.

Galcian   vs   Seymour (FF X)
Galcian   vs   Yuna (FF X)
Galcian   vs   Albedo (XS): Lightning res should be good enough for a few Fallen Angels under half hp, given the speed.
Galcian   vs   Garnet (FF 9): Eternum.
Galcian   vs   Vigoro (SoA)

[Random Consonant]

Riou   vs   Miguel (CC) - Not Riou's kind of fight.
Riou   vs   Loki (VP - Not a whole lot of respect for Loki's HP   
Riou   vs   Garnet (FF 9) - Nulls Holy, hits with Mini
Riou   vs   Meliadoul (FF T) - Nulls Holy, breaks his weapon
Riou   vs   Lede (FF T) - Splat, Lede isn't all that fast
Riou   vs   Claude (SO 2) - Nulls Holy, heallocks

Artea   vs   Miguel (CC) - This is just ugly
Artea   vs   Loki (VP - Not really sure how I feel about Indiscriminate, so I'll just abstain here.
Artea   vs   Garnet (FF 9) - Artea can't handle Berserk at all.
Artea   vs   Meliadoul (FF T) - Just too much going on here
Artea   vs   Lede (FF T) - *sigh*
Artea   vs   Claude (SO 2) - Don't give stunlocking a whole lot of credit so Artea just runs Claude out of gas.

[Tide]

Elvis (WA 5)   vs   Miguel (CC) - Elvis is more durable; until Turnblack. Then it just gets painful.
Elvis (WA 5)   vs   Seymour (FF X) - God this is ugly
Elvis (WA 5)   vs   Loki (VP) - Also ugly.
Elvis (WA 5)   vs   Yuna (FF X) - I think Phantom Ring blocked Water? Doesn't matter since not killing in a turn = splat.
Elvis (WA 5)   vs   Albedo (XS) - XS1 Albedo. Unless I'm missing something...
Elvis (WA 5)    vs   Adel (FF 8) - Don't recall Adel being particularly damaging, so even hitting weakness, I don't see this as being close.
Elvis (WA 5)    vs   Garnet (FF 9) - Weird match. Garnet blocks water to stop Hydro Pressure and can probably chip past Variant Attack; except she's heal locked by Rapid Punch of all things >_>.
Elvis (WA 5)   vs   Meliadoul (FF T) - I...think? Depends on how good Melia's damage is
Elvis (WA 5)   vs   Lede (FF T) - Yep
     
Elvis: 4-5. Really weird. He really doesn't like elemental attackers, but Variant Attack + durability gives him the ability to kill those that can't afford to chip or can't do so. Regular physical being decent helps.


Legretta   vs   Miguel (CC) - Miguel resists most of Legretta's big damage. So does Legretta! Except Turnblack exists.
Legretta   vs   Seymour (FF X) - Defense feels way too monstrous for Legretta to do much
Legretta   vs  Loki (VP) - Pretty sure Loki also had insane defense too!
Legretta   vs   Yuna (FF X) - Ahahahaha
Legretta    vs   Albedo (XS) - Failure
Legretta    vs   Adel (FF 8) - Also fails.
Legretta   vs   Garnet (FF 9) - Walls Fire, Holy and Earth. Possibly all at the same time. Healing and summons take care of the rest.
Legretta   vs   Meliadoul (FF T) - Walls Fire and Holy. That is pretty much that
Legretta    vs   Lede (FF T) - Can't play the game she's better at.

Legretta:  3-6. Really simple. Do you block Holy/Fire? If yes, she's pretty much screwed since she'll need Rage Laser to do anything then. Inlay Nocturne exists, but also requires her to be at low HP to us and is not as damaging as her two big money moves.

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

Riou vs. Miguel (CC) - The resistance... clinches it, yeah.
Riou vs. Seymour (FFX) - Seymour against fast ITD overkill. Yeah no.
Riou vs. Loki (VP) - I don't give Loki HP -that- much credit. OHKOs.
Riou vs. Killer (SH3) - OHKOs, goes first.
Riou vs. Yuna (FFX) - Riou is faster by a -hair-. That's game.
Riou vs. Adel (FF8) - lol.
Riou vs. Garnet (FF9) - She walls Holy and... Blind should be turn two, which kills the Berserk physicals strategy dead. Wow.
Riou vs. Meliadoul (FFT) - Chameleon Robe, break Riou to death.
Riou vs. Lede (FFT) - Faster.
Riou vs. Claude (SO2) - He immunes Holy? That's game.

Artea vs. Miguel (CC) - Resists Holy, game.
Artea vs. Seymour (FFX) - Man, Artea MDef sucking takes part of the fun out of him. ._.
Artea vs. Loki (VP) - Like in here.
Artea vs. Killer (SH3) - Not here, but Killer offense is just kinda vicious.
Artea vs. Yuna (FFX) - Nor here. Yuna does her Yuna thing.
Artea vs. Adel (FF8) - Of course, we can always count on Artea to own lamers.
Artea vs. Garnet (FF9) - FF9 elemental nonsense completely screws Artea over. Statuses his ass out eventually, she isn't in a hurry.
Artea vs. Meliadoul (FFT) - Dear god.
Artea vs. Lede (FFT) - This pool is impossibly horrible for Artea.
Artea vs. Claude (SO2) - *Wince.*

[Dhyerwolf]

Riou   vs   Miguel (CC)- Miguel.
Riou   vs   Seymour (FF X)- Riou
Riou   vs   Loki (VP)- Riou
Riou   vs   Killer (SH 3)- Killer. Enough HP respect here.
Riou   vs   Yuna (FF X)- Yuna. 119% speed first turn versus 114% or some such.
Riou   vs   Albedo (XS)- Riou
Riou   vs   Adel (FF 8)- Adel. Lots of Adel respect HP/damage wise.
Riou   vs   Garnet (FF 9)- Garnet
Riou   vs   Meliadoul (FF T)- Meliadoul.
Riou   vs   Lede (FF T)- Riou. Gut says he’s faster.
Riou   vs   Claude (SO 2)- Claude
Riou   vs   Vigoro (SoA)- Riou
     
Elvis (WA 5)   vs   Miguel (CC)- Miguel. Kind of headache to me, but yeah.
Elvis (WA 5)   vs   Seymour (FF X)- Seymour
Elvis (WA 5)   vs   Loki (VP)- Loki. Extension Force is ouch.
Elvis (WA 5)   vs   Killer (SH 3)- Killer. Fire combo is ouch.
Elvis (WA 5)   vs   Yuna (FF X)- Yuna
Elvis (WA 5)   vs   Albedo (XS)- Elvis
Elvis (WA 5)   vs   Adel (FF 8)- Elvis. Speed tips this to me.
Elvis (WA 5)   vs   Garnet (FF 9)- Elvis. Garnet can’t compete with his speed and durability decent the weakness stuff.
Elvis (WA 5)   vs   Meliadoul (FF T)- Elvis
Elvis (WA 5)   vs   Lede (FF T)- Elvis
Elvis (WA 5)   vs   Claude (SO 2)- Claude.
Elvis (WA 5)   vs   Vigoro (SoA)- Vigoro.
     
Legretta   vs   Miguel (CC)- Legretta. Miguel hates decent Holy res.
Legretta   vs   Seymour (FF X)-Seymour.
Legretta   vs   Loki (VP)- Loki
Legretta   vs   Killer (SH 3)- Killer. Chips well enough, has magic.
Legretta   vs   Yuna (FF X)- Yuna
Legretta   vs   Albedo (XS)- Legretta.
Legretta   vs   Adel (FF 8)- Adel
Legretta   vs   Garnet (FF 9)- Garnet
Legretta   vs   Meliadoul (FF T)- Legretta. Horrid match, but original Meliadoul is relying on her physical versus Legretta defense. At least Legretta eventually gets normally complete shit Blessed Drops boosted 50% by Melly’s Water Weakness.
Legretta   vs   Lede (FF T)- Legretta
Legretta   vs   Claude (SO 2)- Claude
Legretta   vs   Vigoro (SoA)- Legretta. Defense and such.
     
Galcian   vs   Miguel (CC)- Miguel
Galcian   vs   Seymour (FF X)- Seymour
Galcian   vs   Loki (VP)- Loki
Galcian   vs   Killer (SH 3)- Killer
Galcian   vs   Yuna (FF X)- Yuna
Galcian   vs   Albedo (XS)- Galcian
Galcian   vs   Adel (FF 8)- Adel
Galcian   vs   Garnet (FF 9)- Galcian
Galcian   vs   Meliadoul (FF T)- Meliadoul
Galcian   vs   Lede (FF T)- Galcian
Galcian   vs   Claude (SO 2)- Claude. Thunder+ID blocking.
Galcian   vs   Vigoro (SoA)- Galcian
     
Artea   vs   Miguel (CC)- Miguel
Artea   vs   Seymour (FF X)- Artea
Artea   vs   Loki (VP)- Loki
Artea   vs   Killer (SH 3)- Killer
Artea   vs   Yuna (FF X)- Yuna
Artea   vs   Albedo (XS)- Artea. Tentative, barring Bunny Ears being stupidly expensive like the Ring is.
Artea   vs   Adel (FF 8)- Artea
Artea   vs   Garnet (FF 9)- Garnet
Artea   vs   Meliadoul (FF T)- Meliadoul
Artea   vs   Lede (FF T)- Lede
Artea   vs   Claude (SO 2)- Claude. Stun+Smash
Artea   vs   Vigoro (SoA)- Artea

Riou 5-7 (3-3, 2-4) (Horrid field for him)
Elvis 5-7 (2-4, 3-3) (He got lucky last time elemental wise. However, drawing two people this time who OHKO him in Heavy? Bad, bad luck)
Legretta 5-7 (2-4, 3-3)
Artea 4-8 (2-4, 2-4)
Galcian 4-8 (1-5, 3-3)

[Dark Holy Elf]

Riou   vs   Miguel (CC): Holy resistance is a good thing indeed to have against Riou. Doesn't help that all of Riou's spells create a white field for Mig as far as I'm concerned.
Riou   vs   Seymour (FF X): Defence ignoring.
Riou   vs   Loki (VP): Isn't OHKOed, OHKOs. May need to work out where exactly I see VP boss HP, but for now, I think.
Riou   vs   Killer (SH 3)
Riou   vs   Yuna (FF X): Faster.
Riou   vs   Albedo (XS): Get some holy resistance, Albedo.
Riou   vs   Adel (FF 8): Free win.
Riou   vs   Garnet (FF 9): Holy resistance? Oh sh-
Riou   vs   Meliadoul (FF T): Holy resistance and weapon breaking.
Riou   vs   Lede (FF T): Faster. Assassins are no faster than any other FFT bosses, i.e. like 105-110 at best.
Riou   vs   Claude (SO 2): More spoiling!
      
Elvis (WA 5)   vs   Miguel (CC): If Elvis tanks two Miguel attacks, he can kill with Variant Attack after that. He should be able to. Don't think Miguel can chip at all to avoid this being fatal, he can't afford to give Elvis another turn with his decent damage anyway. Fatigue gives him a chance, but I have a sneaking suspicion the Fatigue moves are low HP only, so... nah.
Elvis (WA 5)   vs   Seymour (FF X): Fire weakness makes Elvis sad.
Elvis (WA 5)   vs   Loki (VP): 2HKOs with Extension Force or Indiscriminate. Elvis curses Variant Attack being physical, since he gets one off.
Elvis (WA 5)   vs   Killer (SH 3): Two Hydro Pressures off Killer pretty soundly. One Red Crest->Malice Dirge isn't doing the same the other way.
Elvis (WA 5)   vs   Yuna (FF X): Well, Elvis is faster! Doesn't really help.
Elvis (WA 5)   vs   Albedo (XS)
Elvis (WA 5)   vs   Adel (FF 8)
Elvis (WA 5)   vs   Garnet (FF 9): Just too fast, I think. Garnet can't really contain him.
Elvis (WA 5)   vs   Meliadoul (FF T): Meliadoul wants Water res. Or to just not die to a badass Variant Attack, since her damage sucks.
Elvis (WA 5)   vs   Lede (FF T): 2HKOs at worst.
Elvis (WA 5)   vs   Claude (SO 2): Suspect Claude suffers the same fate Miguel does.
      
Legretta   vs   Miguel (CC): Ow, Holy resistance. Searing Sorrow will rip him apart while he tries to deal with that.
Legretta   vs   Seymour (FF X): Holy Lance is the only thing getting through, and that's not good enough.
Legretta   vs   Loki (VP): Yeah.
Legretta   vs   Killer (SH 3): In Killer's defence, he gets an instant double here after Legretta's opener. He needs to kill with that, though, and... wait, Vice Blade. Prone! 160 + 270 + 300 = 630, which... still isn't good enough to me, yay Legretta being the most durable TotA boss. Don't have enough Killer HP respect to see him survive two Legretta turns.
Legretta   vs   Yuna (FF X): Hahaha.
Legretta   vs   Albedo (XS): Close, I think? Fire res helps a lot, but the physicals below half-HP are too much.
Legretta   vs   Adel (FF 8): No.
Legretta   vs   Garnet (FF 9): Fire and Holy resist!
Legretta   vs   Meliadoul (FF T): Flame Shield and Chameleon Robe! Epic ensues. Mel still needs... wait, she only does 108 damage with that to a boss? Ick. So like ten hits. Yeah, easy enough Legretta win, pathetic.
Legretta   vs   Lede (FF T): One combo and Lede is done.
Legretta   vs   Claude (SO 2): Claude on the other hand I assume can handle this. Might have some trouble if Mithril Shield isn't legal? I can never keep up with SO2 equips.
      
Artea   vs   Miguel (CC): Feels like his match in time. Again, full white field.
Artea   vs   Seymour (FF X): Artea only having 20% magic reduction still just sounds wrong to me. Bah.
Artea   vs   Loki (VP): I mean, once I might have considered him against Loki.
Artea   vs   Killer (SH 3): Uh... apparently Artea's damage is lower than I thought, so he doesn't 2HKO. Which means Killer starts putting pressure on him and awaits his double thanks to his quick hit nonsense.
Artea   vs   Yuna (FF X): ARTEA GOES FIRST.
Artea  vs   Albedo (XS): Albedo... does still have that mHP/2 nonsense, and is a bit faster. I think that's game.
Artea   vs   Adel (FF 8): Yay!
Artea   vs   Garnet (FF 9): Some status should do it. Berserk sounds like it.
Artea   vs   Meliadoul (FF T): 2HKOs with armour + something else break probably, while Chameleon Robe does its thing.
Artea   vs   Lede (FF T): Stone.
Artea   vs   Claude (SO 2): Blocking Holy.

Elvis 8-3 (good field for him)
Legretta 6-5
Riou 5-6 (4/11 enemies with holy res? C'mon)
Artea 1-10 (;_; does not like that damage drop)

[Dhyerwolf]

Update tomorrow or Friday.

[superaielman]

Artea  vs   Albedo (XS): Albedo... does still have that mHP/2 nonsense, and is a bit faster. I think that's game.

Artea can always opt to use the tect buckler (I think that's the name) the one that boosts his speed with the IP.. though I think that kills his ability to buff his physical. Yuck. Still should be able to chip past his danger range.