Season 44, Week 2 - Phantasy Star lesbian crossover slash in Heavy - wait, no.

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

Godlike

Chaos (FF1) vs. Chaz Ashley (PS4)
Velna (LoL2) vs. Kurando Inugami (SH2)
Killer (SH3) vs. Yunalesca (FFX)
Lamington (Dis) vs. Jade (BoF1)

Heavy

Justin (G1) vs. Decus (SO2)
Janus Cascade (WA3) vs. Suicune (PKMN)
Alis Landale (PS1) vs. Hahn Mahlay (PS4)
Ziggy (XS) vs. Rose (LoD)

Middle

Nelis (S5) vs. Saki (G1)
Aika (SoA) vs. Erk (FE7)
Meredy (ToE) vs. Pent (FE7)
Huxley Hobbes (VH) vs. Albert Serdio (LoD)

Light

Futch (Suikos) vs. Jean (BoF2)
Cius (S5) vs. Euram Barows (S5)
Rafa Galthana (FFT) vs. Chongara (AtLC)
Rinoa Heartilly (FF8) vs. Fargo (CC)

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

Chaos (FF1) vs. Chaz Ashley (PS4) - ID gets Chaz first, is my kneejerk.
Killer (SH3) vs. Yunalesca (FFX) - Man, the HP difference here is just -so fierce-. Even the mighty failHKO counters add up.

Heavy

Justin (G1) vs. Decus (SO2) - ohgod.
Janus Cascade (WA3) vs. Suicune (PKMN) - Distinct tier of Heavy.
Alis Landale (PS1) vs. Hahn Mahlay (PS4) - Elim. Rope hype with that duration is no.

Middle

Huxley Hobbes (VH) vs. Albert Serdio (LoD) - Uhhhh. Kneejerk is Albert 2HKOs and Huxley doesn't. His Earth offense just fails so hard.

Light

Futch (Suikos) vs. Jean (BoF2) - Futch sucks.
Rafa Galthana (FFT) vs. Chongara (AtLC) - Rafa sucks.
Rinoa Heartilly (FF8) vs. Fargo (CC) - CCers can chip. That's good enough for FF8 owning.

[Meeplelard]

Godlike

Chaos (FF1) vs. Chaz Ashley (PS4): Need to look a few things up.  Thinking Chaz has a good chance with 2 Reflect Shields to lower the ID rate (proven to hit magic defense in game), and then nailing Chaos' low HP, and goes first.
Velna (LoL2) vs. Kurando Inugami (SH2): Need to look Velna up again.
Killer (SH3) vs. Yunalesca (FFX): Yeah, durability difference works for me.
Lamington (Dis) vs. Jade (BoF1): Jade is Lamington but better at like...everything.  And even hits Lamington's lower defensive stat.

Heavy

Justin (G1) vs. Decus (SO2): This was discussed in chat a bit, I think Decus was proven to have the edge, despite Justin hitting weakness.
Janus Cascade (WA3) vs. Suicune (PKMN): Suicune is a tank with good damage and passable speed.  Janus has...uhh...3HKO damage <_<?
Alis Landale (PS1) vs. Hahn Mahlay (PS4): I'd almost buy Rope spam if Hahn didn't have high magic defense.
Ziggy (XS) vs. Rose (LoD): Is getting her 2nd turn with no hindrances, Ziggy can't stop instant deaht.

Middle

Nelis (S5) vs. Saki (G1): Blech, Suikoden 5 is the one game I'm not certain on 90% of its cast how it duels DESPITE playing the game -_-
Aika (SoA) vs. Erk (FE7): Delta Shield owns Erk. Fail.
Meredy (ToE) vs. Pent (FE7): Better.
Huxley Hobbes (VH) vs. Albert Serdio (LoD): Huxley was the priest, right? Don't think he can realistically take down Albert.

Light

Futch (Suikos) vs. Jean (BoF2): Instant Death.
Cius (S5) vs. Euram Barows (S5): Ok, see my comment about S5? Well, I know Cius is your typical Suikoscrub, so that's one thing.  But more importantly, I know for a fact that just about everyone in the DL this side of Jogurt > Euram.
Rafa Galthana (FFT) vs. Chongara (AtLC): If nothing else, fuck Chongara.
Rinoa Heartilly (FF8) vs. Fargo (CC): If there's one thing Chrono Cross is good at, its damage manipulation and avoiding Limits.  Fargo is no exception in this regard.

[Dhyerwolf]

Godlike

Chaos (FF1) vs. Chaz Ashley (PS4)- Don't know.
Velna (LoL2) vs. Kurando Inugami (SH2)- Velna, I think.
Killer (SH3) vs. Yunalesca (FFX)- Unsure here
Lamington (Dis) vs. Jade (BoF1)- Jade. Something I'm sure on.

Heavy

Justin (G1) vs. Decus (SO2)- Decus. 2HKOs, Justin's Ice damage is only average, faster
Janus Cascade (WA3) vs. Suicune (PKMN)- Suicune
Alis Landale (PS1) vs. Hahn Mahlay (PS4)- Uh...how much how Hahn's Mdef affect a 100% status in PS 4?
Ziggy (XS) vs. Rose (LoD)- Rose

Middle

Nelis (S5) vs. Saki (G1)- Nelis
Aika (SoA) vs. Erk (FE7)- Aika. For so many reasons.
Meredy (ToE) vs. Pent (FE7)- Meredy. Destiny still rips a big ass chunk of Pent's HP off. And then she can halve all his damage while he attacks (Aka...counters lose potency). Assuming you allow counters since 1. She's all LR 2. She's so LR that she can hit things off sccreen with her physical.
Huxley Hobbes (VH) vs. Albert Serdio (LoD)- Albert

Light

Futch (Suikos) vs. Jean (BoF2)- Jean
Cius (S5) vs. Euram Barows (S5)- Cius
Rafa Galthana (FFT) vs. Chongara (AtLC)- Chongara. For all that's he mocked, his strategies are actually pretty solid.
Rinoa Heartilly (FF8) vs. Fargo (CC)- Fargo

[074]

Godlike

Chaos (FF1) vs. Chaz Ashley (PS4) - Kneejerk, but I could be swayed.
Lamington (Dis) vs. Jade (BoF1) - BoltXBoltXBoltXBoltXBoltXBoltXBoltXBoltXBoltXBoltX

Light

Rafa Galthana (FFT) vs. Chongara (AtLC) - While I can't vote, I can take the time to say that this fight is EPIC ALPHONSE FAIL.

[Rozalia]

Godlike

Chaos (FF1) vs. Chaz Ashley (PS4)- I don't think Chaz can really do anything.
Velna (LoL2) vs. Kurando Inugami (SH2)
Killer (SH3) vs. Yunalesca (FFX)- Yuna can't handle bosses that well.

Heavy

Justin (G1) vs. Decus (SO2)- Hitting a weakness.

Middle

Nelis (S5) vs. Saki (G1)- Saki has good hp but sucks everywhere else from what I remember.

Light

Cius (S5) vs. Euram Barows (S5)- Cius is a random guard. Euram has more Hp then the guards that fight with him and hits harder too. That means Euram Barows > Random guard. Screw the stats.
Rafa Galthana (FFT) vs. Chongara (AtLC)- Just got to the bit with Rafa in game. Won't her skills actually be effective in this fight?
Rinoa Heartilly (FF8) vs. Fargo (CC)- I allow juctions to a certain extent. I think thats enough here.

[superaielman]

Godlike

Chaos (FF1) vs. Chaz Ashley (PS4)- Cure 4 definitely gives him enough time to pull this out.
Velna (LoL2) vs. Kurando Inugami (SH2)- Velna is too reliant on ID/her immunties to win. Kurando gets around both.
Killer (SH3) vs. Yunalesca (FFX)- I don't let Absorb work on bosses and this is a slaughter. Killer is not good at all at handling durable bosses. Worse, Yunalesca's garbage counters are going to add up here, and she's something close to triple his durability. Killer's offense really dropping off after the first few rounds also doesn't help.
Lamington (Dis) vs. Jade (BoF1)

Heavy

Justin (G1) vs. Decus (SO2)- I don't know where this Decus is durable hype is coming from. Do people not scale accessories against the wiseman? You already have every single KM at this point in the game and every skill, and all but the very last ones (Mirror Slice) should be maxed out.  I can buy a blitz (Decus should 2HKO with two explodes). I think I lean on Justin being faster, Tonfa's notes call Explode slow. It's a respectable fight.
Alis Landale (PS1) vs. Hahn Mahlay (PS4)- Does Alis even have enough MP to keep Hahn locked down? And I thought Rope was unreliable.
Ziggy (XS) vs.Rose (LoD)- I don't allow Ziggy the ID blocker. Even if I did (It's as reasonble as allowing FF9 status blocking!) it's an extremely close match- basically comes down to Fear and slightly better speed/better damage versus haste and superior durablity. Dragoon defenses don't do Rose much good, Demon's Dance only gains 100 SP at a time. But.. Fear. Fear really is not a pleasant status, and Rose does have draining.

Middle

Nelis (S5) vs. Saki (G1)
Aika (SoA) vs. Erk (FE7)- Runs Erk out of spell charges. Aika is going to the finals. How horrible.
Meredy (ToE) vs. Pent (FE7)- Don't think Destiny is enough by itself.
Huxley Hobbes (VH) vs. Albert Serdio (LoD)

Light

Futch (Suikos) vs. Jean (BoF2)- Futch is a respectable light but can't handle ID.
Cius (S5) vs. Euram Barows (S5)
Rafa Galthana (FFT) vs. Chongara (AtLC)- Usual 'isn't Chongara' vote.
Rinoa Heartilly (FF8) vs. Fargo (CC)

[Bardiche]

Uh, wow, I can only vote on three matches in Light. I'm flabbergasted.

Futch (Suikos) vs. Jean (BoF2)- Futch
Cius (S5) vs. Euram Barows (S5)- Cius
Rinoa Heartilly (FF8) vs. Fargo (CC)- Fargo

... Yeah, pretty much.

[Dark Holy Elf]

Godlike

Chaos (FF1) vs. Chaz Ashley (PS4): Chaz can do some MDef twinking to give himself a chance, yeah. Need to take a good look at how much MDef Chaz can get compared to adjusted averages, and such. PS4 MDef is pretty damn effective against status (-2% per point roughly) but Chaz's does start kinda low before twinking.
Velna (LoL2) vs. Kurando Inugami (SH2): Initial kneejerk was Kurando, but now I'm not sure. Need to make a final decision on whether I allow that V/V independent actions or not, and also if Kurando can 2HKO after all, since I overestimated his magical damage.
Killer (SH3) vs. Yunalesca (FFX): This on the other hand is very easy to me. Much more durable, see Absorb working to some effect as always.
Lamington (Dis) vs. Jade (BoF1): As is this! Hitting Lamington's MDef + more durability and damage and speed anyway.

Heavy

Justin (G1) vs. Decus (SO2): Isn't below average speed, so 2HKOs and that's that. Justin's ice damage... may not even 2HKO back? (Decus does have some defence.)
Janus Cascade (WA3) vs. Suicune (PKMN): Yep.
Ziggy (XS) vs. Rose (LoD): Death. Even if you see Ziggy getting the blocker skill (which I mock), Fear probably handles him anyway, it was SMRPG-like badass.

Middle

Nelis (S5) vs. Saki (G1): Hahaha. In fairness, Meep, you don't really need to remember Nelis for this one.
Huxley Hobbes (VH) vs. Albert Serdio (LoD): Presumably. Tanks well, overwhelms MP supply if need be with good, constant damage.

Light

Futch (Suikos) vs. Jean (BoF2): Death.
Cius (S5) vs. Euram Barows (S5): Uh, the random guards Euram fights with are better than him.
Rinoa Heartilly (FF8) vs. Fargo (CC): Damage control.

[Rozalia]

Cius (S5) vs. Euram Barows (S5): Uh, the random guards Euram fights with are better than him.

Really? I remember hitting the field with a spell and only Eurum living.

[Dark Holy Elf]

They have 1200 HP to his 800. And are better in every other stat, too.

[Rozalia]

They have 1200 HP to his 800. And are better in every other stat, too.

Odd. I must have seen things then because I one rounded the fight. I used field spells and Euram went down last. Hence why I put him over his guards.

[Dark Holy Elf]

I suppose it's not impossible that his elemental resists are higher than his grunts', but my honest guess is you're just misremembering.

Regardless, what's really relevant here is that Euram does single digit damage (with bad accuracy!), something Cius (and Euram's guards for that matter) can do much better than.

[Ultradude]

Janus Cascade (WA3) vs. Suicune (PKMN): Suicune spams Mirror Coat to ward off Proton Beam until the buffs wear off, thinking two Hydro Pumps kill since the buffed Janus dropped pretty quick after the buffs fell.

Aika (SoA) vs. Erk (FE7): Sad. Still rooting for an Aika run.

[alanna82]

Alanna's wierd options ahead

Chaos (FF1) vs. Chaz Ashley (PS4)- Chaos
Lamington (Dis) vs. Jade (BoF1)- Jade

Heavy

Justin (G1) vs. Decus (SO2)- Decus, Justins Ice damage is pretty bad
Alis Landale (PS1) vs. Hahn Mahlay (PS4)- Hahn.


Middle

Nelis (S5) vs. Saki (G1)- Nelis
Meredy (ToE) vs. Pent (FE7)- Pent, Why is Meredy in Middle again?
Huxley Hobbes (VH) vs. Albert Serdio (LoD)- Albert

Light

Futch (Suikos) vs. Jean (BoF2)- Jean, upgrade please this time
Cius (S5) vs. Euram Barows (S5)- Cius (of all people he gets the free win) and yes, I also had Euram die before his support. I laughed.
Rafa Galthana (FFT) vs. Chongara (AtLC)- Rafa. Not allowing Summons for Chongara= Puny Chongara.
Rinoa Heartilly (FF8) vs. Fargo (CC)- Fargo, avoids limit.

[Dhyerwolf]

Meredy (ToE) vs. Pent (FE7)- Pent, Why is Meredy in Middle again?

80% OPB Damage, Lots of Healing since the water Craymel goes in her cage, and the ability to quarter physicals and halve magic while still attacking with Quickie.

[Orson]

Note: Italics show a match with a game that I can conceivably vote on, but either I haven't played enough of it to vote, or I have the game, but never played it.

Heavy

Janus Cascade (WA3) vs. Suicune (PKMN): Negative Rainbow hype is a no-go.
Alis Landale (PS1) vs. Hahn Mahlay (PS4)
Ziggy (XS) vs. Rose (LoD): Ziggy doesn't 2HKO Rose. Rose gets ID off.

Middle

Aika (SoA) vs. Erk (FE7)
Meredy (ToE) vs. Pent (FE7): I...don't remember Pent.
Huxley Hobbes (VH) vs. Albert Serdio (LoD)

Light

Cius (S5) vs. Euram Barows (S5): My Euram respect is LOW. My Cius respect is in similar straits, but at least he could do damage.

[Clear Tranquil]

Godlike -

Velna (LoL2) vs. Kurando Inugami (SH2) Super's argument works.


Heavy

Justin (G1) vs. [quDecus (SO2) Fail vs fail. Dear god.
Janus Cascade (WA3) vs. Suicune (PKMN) ... ok well at least Suicune dilutes the fail >_>~
Ziggy (XS) vs. Rose (LoD) I'll allow Ziggy the ID blocker. Fear is still an evil status. Cripples Ziggy's offences and makes him take double damage. Ouch.

Middle

Nelis (S5) vs. Saki (G1) Eww

Light

Cius (S5) vs. Euram Barows (S5) Epic!
Rinoa Heartilly (FF8) vs. Fargo (CC) Awesme dog. Granted I hate Rinoa (well if I were to waste energy hating an RPG character she would be it anyway! <_<) but I still acknowledge her battle prowess. She has options!

[superaielman]

She as options when she gets a limit off. Fargo's full chain+L7 should smash past that.

[James_xeno]

Godlike

Chaos (FF1) vs. Chaz Ashley (PS4)
Velna (LoL2) vs. Kurando Inugami (SH2)
Killer (SH3) vs. Yunalesca (FFX)
Lamington (Dis) vs. Jade (BoF1)


Heavy

Justin (G1) vs. Decus (SO2) - Justin's defense and HP, both game best, and 60% fire resistance (with Devil’s Robe and Fire Charm) see him through at least two turns. SO2 is 2x elemental weakness. Ice Slash is going to be doing better than game best PC damage. He could just Invincible or healer as well. So yeah... Justin > > >
Janus Cascade (WA3) vs. Suicune (PKMN)
Alis Landale (PS1) vs. Hahn Mahlay (PS4)
Ziggy (XS) vs. Rose (LoD)


Middle

Nelis (S5) vs. Saki (G1)
Aika (SoA) vs. Erk (FE7)
Meredy (ToE) vs. Pent (FE7)
Huxley Hobbes (VH) vs. Albert Serdio (LoD)


Light

Futch (Suikos) vs. Jean (BoF2)
Cius (S5) vs. Euram Barows (S5)
Rafa Galthana (FFT) vs. Chongara (AtLC)
Rinoa Heartilly (FF8) vs. Fargo (CC)

[muakaka]

Godlike

Chaos (FF1) vs. Chaz Ashley (PS4)
Velna (LoL2) vs. Kurando Inugami (SH2)- Quite sure here, but I can't really remember Velna's tricks....
Killer (SH3) vs. Yunalesca (FFX)- Good damage and durability versus crap damage and monster durability? Meh, think she lasts longer.
Lamington (Dis) vs. Jade (BoF1)- Durh.

Heavy

Justin (G1) vs. Decus (SO2)- And... I forgot Justin had Invincible and fire resist. Methinks he uses Ice Slash twice under Invincible, survives Decus' next hit, and... kills on the next turn.
EDIT: Mixed up Invincibles. Justin burns then.
Janus Cascade (WA3) vs. Suicune (PKMN)- OUCH.
Alis Landale (PS1) vs. Hahn Mahlay (PS4)
Ziggy (XS) vs. Rose (LoD)-  OUCH 2.

Middle

Nelis (S5) vs. Saki (G1)
Aika (SoA) vs. Erk (FE7)
Meredy (ToE) vs. Pent (FE7)- Quickie physicals. They burn.
Huxley Hobbes (VH) vs. Albert Serdio (LoD)

Light

Futch (Suikos) vs. Jean (BoF2)
Cius (S5) vs. Euram Barows (S5)
Rinoa Heartilly (FF8) vs. Fargo (CC)- This match is so evil that if I tried to think on it, I fear I'd be mentally impaired after.

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

Justin (G1) vs. Decus (SO2)- And... I forgot Justin had Invincible and fire resist. Methinks he uses Ice Slash twice under Invincible, survives Decus' next hit, and... kills on the next turn.

Immortal Aura only lasts until Justin's next turn. He can't attack under it, and he certainly doesn't have the speed and resources to spam it until doubles for actual strikes. >_>