RPGVO 2023 Round 9, Losers Finals: Winners Don't Do Thievery.

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Godlike:

Fenrir (VP1) vs. Belial (WA4)


Heavy:

Levin Brenton (WAXF) vs. Edgar Roni Figaro (FF6)


Middle:

Tony (WA4) vs. Byleth Eisner (FE3H)


Light:

Heather (FE10) vs. Karn (BoF1)


This is a lightning round.  Voting will continue until 11:00 PM, CST, Friday, 10/13/23.  If I can stay on top of things for once in running this.

[SnowFire]

Fenrir (VP1) vs. Belial (WA4)

Heavy:

Levin Brenton (WAXF) vs. Edgar Roni Figaro (FF6)
MBlock / Evade is not Levin's friend.


Middle:

Tony (WA4) vs. Byleth Eisner (FE3H)
Tony doubles with his basic attack, but I'm inclined to respect-check him here.  Maybe he barely 4HKOs but if he ever misses or Crest of Flames ever triggers or if Byleth gets a crit on SotC counters, Tony is toast (either immediately or once Byleth gets a turn).  For that matter, since Byleth is getting doubled anyway, the goofy White Magic setup with WM Avo +20 and Nosferatu also serve the cause of just ensuring Byleth gets one turn with which to Sublime Heaven and blow Tony up with.

Light:

Heather (FE10) vs. Karn (BoF1)
Traditionally, having counterattacks is a huge swing in Light slugfests.  And I don't think I'd let Karn double, Heather is pretty blazingly fast (even if Karn is too, but in a system where this is less meaningful).

[Random Consonant]

Godlike:

Fenrir (VP1) vs. Belial (WA4)


Heavy:

Levin Brenton (WAXF) vs. Edgar Roni Figaro (FF6) - Think I agree with this as a kneejerk.


Middle:

Tony (WA4) vs. Byleth Eisner (FE3H) - So Shoot 3HKOs on average, that'd be a bit too much to me (no I am not going to board the absurd cast favoritism train and pretend Shoot isn't something that can't double)... except WM Avoid +20 exists and should let Byleth dodge two out of four attacks.  Two Nos counters + Sublime Heaven won't be enough... but those and a SotC counter will, and the weak Nos healing + Renewal means that Tony will need 3 crits to avoid this which isn't that likely, so yeah saved by that near in-game useless budding talent here.

[Cmdr_King]

Godlike:

Fenrir (VP1) vs. Belial (WA4)- Kneejerk that Belial's speed is a functional substitute for damage control here.


Heavy:

Levin Brenton (WAXF) vs. Edgar Roni Figaro (FF6)- Without heavy math, basically Levin needs both of his first two hits to connect before he gets breathing space from natural doubles and I don't... think he quite gets there.


Middle:

Tony (WA4) vs. Byleth Eisner (FE3H) I could probably math this but funny nos tank build sways me.


Light:

Heather (FE10) vs. Karn (BoF1)- I... thiiinnk.

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Godlike:

Fenrir (VP1) vs. Belial (WA4) - Kneejerk here.  We're looking at a speed spread of very slightly above average to literally 270% WA4 boss overclock bullshit.  Belial can absolutely burn empty turns moving in order to set up as close to the limit as possible and then waiting for a triple.


Heavy:

Levin Brenton (WAXF) vs. Edgar Roni Figaro (FF6) - This one is...close.

[Magic Fanatic]

Godlike:

Fenrir (VP1) vs. Belial (WA4) Fenrir can't even hurt Belial before 50% HP, and Belial can probably come close enough to killing on a Triple.


Heavy:

Levin Brenton (WAXF) vs. Edgar Roni Figaro (FF6) - One miss at a bad time for Edgar to win, though Levin does still have an argument.

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Match Results

Godlike:

Fenrir (VP1) vs. Belial (WA4) |||


Heavy:

Levin Brenton (WAXF) vs. Edgar Roni Figaro (FF6) ||||


Middle:

Tony (WA4) vs. Byleth Eisner (FE3H) |||


Light:

Heather (FE10) || vs. Karn (BoF1)

Winners move on to Grand Finals.  Losers are eliminated.