Paula (EB) vs
Jade Curtiss (TotA) - Jade 2HKOs Paula WITH HIS PHYSICAL COMBO (barely, but he does). And OHKOs her with magic. Paula might as well use her opening turn to put on a blindfold and light up a cigarette, it's less of a waste of time. IN FACT, this is a recurring theme for most of this pool.
Paula vs
Squall Leonhart (FF8) - If he doesn't OHKO, he comes staggeringly close. And he goes first. EDIT: He OHKOs.
Man, Paula, Paula.
Paula vs
Guntz (SF1) - 2HKOs, gets
3HKOed at best back.
Paula vs
Boyd (FE9) - Paula generally doesn't win against physical fighters who 2HKO her. This is ALMOST ALL OF THEM. EDIT: And let's not talk about fighters who OHKO her, which is Boyd's case.
Paula vs
Lise (SD3) - I kneejerk Marduke as faster than Paula, which is all kinds of awful. Even if not, a two-rounding is certainly within reach. And utterly unnecessary.
Paula vs
Tio (G2) -
. Paula has an uncanny knack for giving low-end sluggers 2HKO damage.
Paula vs
Kongol (LoD) - EDIT: my kneejerk is to trust Dhyer on LoD mechanics crazy. Have some more
.
Paula vs
Sacred Slayer (XF) - This depends entirely on how you interpret status odds. Sacred Slayer damage is horrendously bad - as in, 7HKOs Paula before Fragile bad, and this gives her enough time to land Freeze (HOW OFTEN IS THAT STATUS EVEN RELEVANT!?). Since I force magical status to check against RES and SS has tons of it, tough luck. EDIT: FREEZE SUCKS. GOOD LORD, PAULA.
Paula vs
Baigan (FF4) - He just wins the way most people win against Paula: by 2HKOing her first.
Paula vs
Karn (BoF1) - See above. Good lord, Paula, stop giving Lights 2HKO damage.
Paula vs
Saradin (OB) - EDIT: Sexy mage physicals to the rescue.
applies.
Paula vs Cotton (Saga) - Okay, Freeze sucking means Paula's racing against the clock here, since she only has nine shots of Freeze Omega and fifteen shots of Freeze Gamma. She needs to freeze either before or during a double to win, but Cotton can screw this up just by spamming his healing over and over and over again, meaning -he- is the one who gets the doubles, slowly overwhelming Paula. On the other hand, he's 55% average speed when not spamming healing, and a Freeze Gamma+two Freeze Omegas 3HKO Cotton. I suppose she -just- manages to get the timing right, since a Freeze also screws up Cotton's pseudo-speed game. Dear -lord-, Paula, you struggle to beat COTTON. GRANTED, SHE DOES SPOIL MIA :garcia:
1-10.
Paula is so bad, guys. So, so bad. Magic immunity that takes up a turn is borderline -useless- when you can't slugfest your way out of a plastic bag (0.54x durability across the board? Nine shots of 4HKO elemental damage as your money offense?). COTTON has a very sensible argument to beat her, and when you're having competitive fights against low-end SaGa monsters, you know you're really in the dregs.
For Miriel, I take her as a Sage.
Miriel vs Jade Curtiss (TotA) - If Jade Meteor Swarms, he gets doubled by Miriel to me, and he doesn't 2HKO with his physical combo either - which gets him countered. Feels pretty straight-forward, since she 3HKOs him pretty flat.
Miriel vs
Squall Leonhart (FF8) - Ow, OHKO.
Miriel vs Guntz (SF1) - Wins the initiative tiebreak, avoids the OHKO and counters. Once again, straight-forward.
Miriel vs
Boyd (FE9) - Scrapes the OHKO - or, if not, Hand Axe+whatever do it.
Miriel vs
Lise (SD3) - Marduke.
Miriel vs
Tio (G2) - 2HKOs first, doesn't get 2HKOed herself.
Miriel vs Kongol (LoD) - Sweet jesus, Miriel doubles and strikes weakness with Rexcalibur. This is -ugly-.
Miriel vs Sacred Slayer (XF) - Miriel 4HKOs Sacred Slayer, but counters her appalling damage right and left, forcing her to heal every time she attacks, and the crap accuracy doesn't speak in SS's favor. Since her healing isn't even full, it's entirely possible Sacred Slayer gets outpaced. For now, will stick with Miriel.
Miriel vs
Baigan (FF4) - 2HKOs, isn't 2HKOed and Reflect utterly screws Miriel over.
Miriel vs
Karn (BoF1) - Don't think he quite doubles, but he 2HKOs and isn't 2HKOed back. It's enough.
Miriel vs
Saradin (OB) - I s'pose. Physical-elemental spells mean he 2HKOs.
Miriel vs Cotton (Saga) - Miriel doubles and 2HKOs. The end.
5-8. Way over her head in Middle, but clearly a capable Light. In spite of the almost Paulatastic pdur, she fares much better due to having actual 3HKO damage and counters.
