Godlike
Dr. Psyche (Mega Man X: Command Mission) vs Kuja (Final Fantasy IX) - It's Kuja.
Giratina (Pokémon) vs Luther Lansfeld (Star Ocean: Till the End of Time) - kneejerk
Heavy
Parry (Son) (Dragon Quest V) vs Auron (Final Fantasy X) - Yeah, Magic Break
Caeda (Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon) vs Ultros (Final Fantasy VI) - Unless Ultros has ITE attacks, I think FE3 Sheeda, at least, takes this. Haven't played FEDS yet, so if we're limited to that form only, discount this vote.
Middle
Ilia Silvestri (Star Ocean: First Departure) vs Chester Barklight (Tales of Phantasia) - I give ARPG Archers initiative for being ranged. After the first round, this might reverse, though. I can't remember if Ilia was particularly speedy, or if Chester was really slow at close range... Still, I'm thinking their damage is comparable, both 3HKO and Chester goes first is my kneejerk.
Slime (Dragon Quest V) vs Lich (Final Fantasy)
Light
Millie Chliette (Star Ocean: First Departure) vs Aeris Gainsborough (Final Fantasy VII)
Sanaki (Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn) vs Tink (Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories)
Labyrinthia Wordsworth (Wild ARMs XF) vs Lucied (Wild ARMs Series)
Vitali (Soul Nomad & The World Eaters) vs Olan Durai (Final Fantasy Tactics) - Galaxy Stop's 'Don't Move' status really screws over Vitali's chances of rushing for his Limit, which is just healing+buffing anyway. What basically occurs here is a buffing war of epic proportions. Olan's busy buffing his PA by 1, while Vitali is using his limited shots of insane DEF/RES stackable N1 buffs. Vitali's damage is only slightly better than Olan's, but Olan will be tinking against even one of Vitali's buffs. Without movement, Vitali gets his heal/buff limit on turn... 5? I think. His buffs only last 3 turns, so Olan can get a decent hit on turn 4 before the insane buffing starts again... I think I can break this down. Vitali has a 5HKO against average. Olan has a 5.5HKO against average. Olan obviously goes first.
Olan - Galaxy Stop (whiffs)
Vitali - Full move + Corpus Grace (50% DEF buff)
Olan - Galaxy Stop (success!)
Vitali - Can't move, so can't burn through any Stamina.
Olan - He can attack, but it would just trigger a counter and probably do practically no damage against the DEF buff. Uses Accumulate.
Vitali - Still nothing.
Olan - Accumulate.
Vitali - Yep.
Olan - Accumulate. (Guessing he has a 4HKO by here)
Vitali - Stat buff wears off. Vitali casts the RES buff to waste Stamina.
Olan - Accumulate. He could actually attack here, but Vitali's going to want to use his healing either way here, so it's better for Olan to buff.
Vitali - Casts his shot of Restore Life (FullHealing) to waste Stamina.
Olan - Physical Attack finally!
Vitali (75%) - Can finally use his Limit. Physical attack + Fullhealing/70% stackable DEF buffs
Olan (80%) - Can't deal damage against Vitali's DEF, uses Accumulate!
Vitali (100%) - Physical staffwhack
Olan (60%) - Accumulate again. Can probably deal damage against Vitali's buffs here!
Vitali - Physical Staffwhack
Olan (40%) - Physical!
Vitali (60%) - (Buffs wear off) Physical + Blockade (Fullheal + 70% DEF/RES)
Olan (20%) - Physical anyway!
Vitali (60%) - Physical attack.
Olan dies.
If Galaxy Stop hits on the first casting, then Vitali might be in more trouble.
Olan - Galaxy Stop
Olan - 3 turns of Physical damage.
Vitali (46%) - Corpus Grace
Olan - Physical
Vitali - Fullheal.
Actually, the counters might have killed Olan at this point.
Argh. No one cares anyway. I'm done with this. Vitali wins.
-Djinn
