FIT Season 54, Middle Week 1

[Sir Donald 3.2]

This week, instead of a returning champ... we have someone in the Top 10 in the DL in Middle!  Too bad the DL isn't a ladder progression like Punch-Out.  Actually, since "styles make fights", Ladder is actually the worst way to do it.  But I'm rambling...


Grobyc (#7 in DL Middle)
DL Middle Record:  0-0, 0 KO (Demoted from Heavy in Season 10)
FIT 50+ Record:  2-2, 2 KO
11 Noms
DL Rating:  3.83
Game:  Chrono Cross


Nanaki, A.K.A. Red 13
DL Middle Record:  3-2, 0 KO
FIT 50+ Record:  5-2, 4 KO
7 Noms
DL Rating:  3.52
Game:  Final Fantasy 7


Nergal "The Dark Druid"
DL Middle Record:  1-2, 1 KO (Was demoted from Heavy a long time ago)
FIT 50+ Record:  1-2 (1 Tie), 0 KO
6 Noms
DL Rating:  3.60
Game:  Fire Emblem 7


Cielo
DL Middle Record:  0-1, 0 KO
FIT 50+ Record:  4-1, 4 KO
7 Noms
DL Rating:  3.32
Series:  Digital Devil Saga


Long Chan Chan
DL Middle Record:  0-1, 0 KO
Didn't appear in FITs 51 or 52
6 Noms
DL Rating:  3.12
Game:  Suikoden 2


Matches:
Grobyc vs Nanaki
Grobyc vs Nergal
Grobyc vs Cielo
Grobyc vs Long Chan Chan

Nanaki vs Nergal
Nanaki vs Cielo
Nanaki vs Long Chan Chan

Nergal vs Cielo
Nergal vs Long Chan Chan
Cielo vs Long Chan Chan

Voting ends Wednesday Night

[superaielman]

Grobyc vs Nanaki- Grobyc should have the HP to chip smash past a limit and take two Red physicals.
Grobyc vs Nergal- Doubles, not 2HKOed. What makes it worse is that one of his techs is MT, so not counter at the end of that.
Grobyc vs Cielo- Grobyc's MDef needs work.
Grobyc vs Long Chan Chan- LC Chan halves darkness.

Nanaki vs Nergal- Nergal hates fighting FF7. So much.
Nanaki vs Cielo- Think he can 2HKO before Cielo statuses out.
Nanaki vs Long Chan Chan- Limit should tip it.

Nergal vs Cielo- Mudo is a bad joke against high resistances, and Cielo isn't winning with damage.
Nergal vs Long Chan Chan- Halves darkness.
Cielo vs Long Chan Chan- STatus.


Nanaki: 3-1
Grobyc: 2-2
Cielo: 2-2
LC Chan: 2-2
Nergal: 1-3

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

Matches:

Grobyc vs Nanaki - Chipping.
Grobyc vs Nergal - Nergal.
Grobyc vs Cielo - Status.
Grobyc vs Long Chan Chan - EDIT: you know what, screw that, super minioning today.

Nanaki vs Nergal - ... right, chipping failure of the highest calibur. Neither wants to attack each other, but Nergal has to. Red risks one-rounding Nergal anyway.
Nanaki vs Cielo - Red can't cover all the status Cielo has at once.
Nanaki vs Long Chan Chan - LC Chan's chipping is kinda poor, I want to say.

Nergal vs Cielo - Actually, Cielo sorta -does- win this with damage because Nergal hates MT. Maziodyne avoids counters and doubles, Nergal doesn't OHKO, Cielo should 4HKO Nergal. That's that.
Nergal vs Long Chan Chan - Halving Darkness -definitely- is enough here. Physical+scrubby rune attack should do it. >_>
Cielo vs Long Chan Chan - More status. <_<

[Yoshiken]

Nanaki vs Cielo - Status variety.

[superaielman]

LC Chan's faster than Grobyc and has excellent durability even before darkness halving. It isn't much of a fight Snow.

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

Yeah, but only the special attacks hit the resistance, and I'm not sure if they even make the brunt of the damage. Agh CC.

[superaielman]

Doesn't matter. LC Chan likely 3-4HKOs average in the DL with his physical. He has a fire rune on his weapon and good tech/STR, so he likes to crit and double attack.

[OblivionKnight]

Grobyc vs Nanaki - Grobyc
Grobyc vs Nergal - Nergal
Grobyc vs Cielo - Cielo. 
Grobyc vs Long Chan Chan - Grobyc.  Man these are boring

Nanaki vs Nergal - Nergal
Nanaki vs Cielo - Cielo
Nanaki vs Long Chan Chan - Nanaki

Nergal vs Cielo - Nergal
Nergal vs Long Chan Chan - Nergal

Cielo vs Long Chan Chan - Cielo

[Random Consonant]

Matches:
Grobyc vs Nanaki - Chipping works
Grobyc vs Nergal - Eh, I'll bite
Grobyc vs Long Chan Chan - I'll bite here as well

Nanaki vs Nergal - "Chipping?  What is this thing you call chipping?" says Nergal
Nanaki vs Long Chan Chan - Red should see a limit here, yeah

Nergal vs Long Chan Chan - And a total lack of caring to end this thing

[Sir Donald 3.2]

Last day, Guys

[DjinnAndTonic]

Grobyc vs Nanaki- Grobyc should have the HP to chip smash past a limit and take two Red physicals.
Grobyc vs Nergal- Doubles, not 2HKOed. What makes it worse is that one of his techs is MT, so not counter at the end of that.
Grobyc vs Cielo- Grobyc's MDef needs work.
Grobyc vs Long Chan Chan- LC Chan halves darkness.

Nanaki vs Nergal- Nergal hates fighting FF7. So much.
Nanaki vs Cielo- Think he can 2HKO before Cielo statuses out.
Nanaki vs Long Chan Chan- Limit should tip it.

Nergal vs Cielo- Mudo is a bad joke against high resistances, and Cielo isn't winning with damage.
Nergal vs Long Chan Chan- Halves darkness.
Cielo vs Long Chan Chan- STatus.


Nanaki: 3-1
Grobyc: 2-2
Cielo: 2-2
LC Chan: 2-2
Nergal: 1-3

Accurate.

[ThePiggyman]

Grobyc vs Nanaki
Grobyc vs Nergal
Grobyc vs Long Chan Chan

Nanaki vs Nergal
Nanaki vs Long Chan Chan

Nergal vs Long Chan Chan

[Sir Donald 3.2]

Thanks, guys.

Time to tally the votes.