Author Topic: Season 57, Week 1: A royal smackdown in light (Read 3319 times)

Monkeyfinger · « **on:** January 02, 2010, 05:47:54 AM »

Godlike:

Fou-Lu (BoF4) vs Malik Benedict (WA3)
Isolde Schelling (MK) vs Zeromus (FF4)
Chaz Ashley (PS4) vs Lulu (FFX)
Souji Seta (Pers4) vs Virgil (XS1)

Heavy:

Artea (Lufia 2) vs Shu (AtLC)
Rofel Wodring (FFT) vs Ernst (S5)
Saki Inugami (SH2) vs Kyra Tierny (PS4)
Ike (FE9) vs Max (SF1)

Middle:

Grobyc (CC) vs Long Chan Chan (S2)
Neimi (FE8) vs Gaff Gafgarion (FFT)
Odin (PS1) vs Cid Highwind (FF7)
Ken Amada (Pers3) vs Guy (FE7)

Light:

Luke fon Fabre (TotA) vs Algus Sadalfas (FFT)
Mist (FE9) vs Wilder (S3)
Jogurt (SF1) vs Chidori (Pers3)
Vincent DeBoule (S2) vs Poshul (CC)

Monkeyfinger · « **Reply #1 on:** January 02, 2010, 05:57:04 AM »

Godlike:

Isolde Schelling (MK) vs Zeromus (FF4): They're similar enough in speed and durability, but Isolde can pile on somewhat more damage at both high and low health and her good moves unlock sooner.
Chaz Ashley (PS4) vs Lulu (FFX): Chaz's ID hits MDef so it misses turn 1.
Souji Seta (Pers4) vs Virgil (XS1): Perfect accuracy stop set up by an HP buffer. There isn't even stop in P4 so no way Souji can block it.

Heavy:

Saki Inugami (SH2) vs Kyra Tierny (PS4): Silence on turn 2 at worst, then beat Kyra's face in. Warla's a wash and Kyra doesn't blitz things.

Middle:

Neimi (FE8) vs Gaff Gafgarion (FFT): Depends if Neimi kills in 4 hits - 1 night sword drain, I figure. think killers do it.

Light:

Vincent DeBoule (S2) vs Poshul (CC): 2HKOs and heal locks with a basic chain.

Dhyerwolf · « **Reply #2 on:** January 02, 2010, 07:22:30 AM »

Godlike:

Fou-Lu (BoF4) vs Malik Benedict (WA3)
Isolde Schelling (MK) vs Zeromus (FF4)
Chaz Ashley (PS4) vs Lulu (FFX)
Souji Seta (Pers4) vs Virgil (XS1)- As always, big no to HP buffering

Heavy:

Artea (Lufia 2) vs Shu (AtLC)
Rofel Wodring (FFT) vs Ernst (S5)
Saki Inugami (SH2) vs Kyra Tierny (PS4)
Ike (FE9) vs Max (SF1)

Middle:

Grobyc (CC) vs Long Chan Chan (S2)- Gut reaction
Neimi (FE8) vs Gaff Gafgarion (FFT)- Or so I'd imagine
Odin (PS1) vs Cid Highwind (FF7)
Ken Amada (Pers3) vs Guy (FE7)- Yeah, magical status checking Guy's Mdef.

Light:

Luke fon Fabre (TotA) vs Algus Sadalfas (FFT)
Mist (FE9) vs Wilder (S3)
Jogurt (SF1) vs Chidori (Pers3)
Vincent DeBoule (S2) vs Poshul (CC)- Gut reaction

Pyro · « **Reply #3 on:** January 02, 2010, 08:29:59 AM »

Godlike:

Fou-Lu (BoF4) vs Malik Benedict (WA3): Well.
Isolde Schelling (MK) vs Zeromus (FF4): Is Hotter [/OK]. More damage/speed.
Chaz Ashley (PS4) vs Lulu (FFX): He goes first, so his chances of winning via the ID are much better than hers.
Souji Seta (Pers4) vs Virgil (XS1): Well that is about the worst draw he could get in the season.

Heavy:

Artea (Lufia 2) vs Shu (AtLC): Easy. 2HKO or something.
Rofel Wodring (FFT) vs Ernst (S5): Silence I guess.
Saki Inugami (SH2) vs Kyra Tierny (PS4): Seal is 100% so she gets it off and wins.
Ike (FE9) vs Max (SF1): Max's damage is awesome. So is Ike's, and he has those doubles and ranged attacks and nutty pdur and chances for Crit/Aether and so on and so forth and yeah this is a slaughter.

Middle:

Grobyc (CC) vs Long Chan Chan (S2): Like I care.
Neimi (FE8) vs Gaff Gafgarion (FFT): Not sure where I would see Gaff's speed. If he is fast he can win I guess, if slow he loses. Probably slow.
Odin (PS1) vs Cid Highwind (FF7)
Ken Amada (Pers3) vs Guy (FE7): I think? Seems right.

Light:

Luke fon Fabre (TotA) vs Algus Sadalfas (FFT): No.
Mist (FE9) vs Wilder (S3): Not even FE10 Mist can win this!!!!
Jogurt (SF1) vs Chidori (Pers3)
Vincent DeBoule (S2) vs Poshul (CC): Uh...

superaielman · « **Reply #4 on:** January 02, 2010, 01:15:00 PM »

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Ken Amada (Pers3) vs Guy (FE7)- Yeah, magical status checking Guy's Mdef.

Persona status just checks luck, doesn't it?

Godlike:

Fou-Lu (BoF4) vs Malik Benedict (WA3)
Isolde Schelling (MK) vs Zeromus (FF4)
Chaz Ashley (PS4) vs Lulu (FFX)
Souji Seta (Pers4) vs Virgil (XS1)- Sure, I'll bite on HP buffering here.

Heavy:

Artea (Lufia 2) vs Shu (AtLC)= Easy 2HKO.
Rofel Wodring (FFT) vs Ernst (S5)- Status.
Saki Inugami (SH2) vs Kyra Tierny (PS4)- Abstain. I have no idea.

Middle:

Grobyc (CC) vs Long Chan Chan (S2)- LC Chan can halve darkness and that completely fucks Grobyc's tech damage over. He has a ton of HP as well and generally good stats backing it up.
Neimi (FE8) vs Gaff Gafgarion (FFT)- Surprisingly enough, Gaf 2HKOs and his shield/HP/draining should keep him alive to that point. Neimi is just bad against physicals she can't evade.
Odin (PS1) vs Cid Highwind (FF7)

Light:

Luke fon Fabre (TotA) vs Algus Sadalfas (FFT)- Algus really needed weapon break. And to not suck in general.
Jogurt (SF1) vs Chidori (Pers3)- Jogurt clause.
Vincent DeBoule (S2) vs Poshul (CC)- CC is good at overwhelming healers in light.

OblivionKnight · « **Reply #5 on:** January 02, 2010, 04:33:48 PM »

Godlike:

Fou-Lu (BoF4) vs Malik Benedict (WA3) - Fou-Lu. Hah.
Isolde Schelling (MK) vs Zeromus (FF4) - Zeromus. Way more durability.
Chaz Ashley (PS4) vs Lulu (FFX) - I...mmm...Lulu. Decent enough either way.
Souji Seta (Pers4) vs Virgil (XS1) - Virgil. Went over it in the write-up >_>

Heavy:

Artea (Lufia 2) vs Shu (AtLC) - Shu. Guns.
Rofel Wodring (FFT) vs Ernst (S5) - ...bah. Rofel's frail, don't think Ernst kills fast enough. Fuck.
Saki Inugami (SH2) vs Kyra Tierny (PS4) - Saki.
Ike (FE9) vs Max (SF1) - Ike. Loves IkeAll for Aether spamming fun.

Middle:

Grobyc (CC) vs Long Chan Chan (S2) - Grobyc
Neimi (FE8) vs Gaff Gafgarion (FFT) - Neimi
Odin (PS1) vs Cid Highwind (FF7) - Cid. Magic, yay, I guess
Ken Amada (Pers3) vs Guy (FE7) - ...mmm...Guy has 19 LUC to a 16 average. That's decent enough...Ken might die before Hamaon hits...and his durability isn't great. Killer critical...might do it

Light:

Luke fon Fabre (TotA) vs Algus Sadalfas (FFT) - Luke.
Mist (FE9) vs Wilder (S3) - Mist.
Jogurt (SF1) vs Chidori (Pers3) - Chidori.
Vincent DeBoule (S2) vs Poshul (CC) - Vincent

Monkeyfinger · « **Reply #6 on:** January 02, 2010, 04:58:46 PM »

Super, wouldn't you just have virgil outright start in form 2? Not that in changes the result, just wondering.

superaielman · « **Reply #7 on:** January 02, 2010, 05:07:17 PM »

Same result, though I was trying to find Souji vs the world and see if I had voted that way before. Just went with a kneejerk for Virgil.

Nephrite · « **Reply #8 on:** January 02, 2010, 06:20:29 PM »

Is Stop perfect? Or can it miss?

superaielman · « **Reply #9 on:** January 02, 2010, 06:23:53 PM »

Shadow Wing is perfect accuracy. I saw the damn move enough in game to be sure on that.

Dark Holy Elf · « **Reply #10 on:** January 02, 2010, 07:52:27 PM »

Godlike:

Fou-Lu (BoF4) vs Malik Benedict (WA3): Yup.
Isolde Schelling (MK) vs Zeromus (FF4): Also obvious. Isolde vs. Fou-Lu should be interesting.
Chaz Ashley (PS4) vs Lulu (FFX): Explode hits Mental, actually; though moot since Lulu has both. Anyway, disagree with Pyro because Doublecast Death almost always hits while Explode against Lulu-level Mental isn't impressive.

Heavy:

Rofel Wodring (FFT) vs Ernst (S5): Silence Song.
Saki Inugami (SH2) vs Kyra Tierny (PS4): Opens with Warla to stop the Energy Charge OHKO, and Seal doesn't stop Kyra's Medice.
Ike (FE9) vs Max (SF1): Ike doesn't double Max, but he does counter. That probably tilts things, Max is better on raw damage but not enough.

Middle:

Grobyc (CC) vs Long Chan Chan (S2): Copying Dhyer, since I have higher S2 damage respect.
Neimi (FE8) vs Gaff Gafgarion (FFT): Gaf isn't even close to 2HKOing (no hype for temps just because they're around before Orlandu and Worker join! Gaf is just lucky I don't hold him to the boss form). So Neimi has to 6HKO Gafgarion's HP + 2 Night Sword Drains. Better than two Night Sword Drains normally because it hits Neimi's Def. Granted, Gaf has a shield. Do I see the shield stopping one hit in 6? Sure do. I guess Neimi could win with crits but meh, lowers her accuracy more which she doesn't like. Open to an argument that shows that the crits clearly help even with the risk of missing, but otherwise...

Light:

Luke fon Fabre (TotA) vs Algus Sadalfas (FFT): Think Luke's the better slugger.
Mist (FE9) vs Wilder (S3): Mist isn't very good. Counters make her less bad, though? Mm... gutting this though.
Vincent DeBoule (S2) vs Poshul (CC): Like I care.

074 · « **Reply #11 on:** January 02, 2010, 08:42:49 PM »

Godlike:

Souji Seta (Pers4) vs Virgil (XS1) - HP Buffer eats HT, Souji eats Shadow Wing. It's obvious who loses.

Heavy:

Saki Inugami (SH2) vs Kyra Tierny (PS4) - I'll have to check the stat topic.

Middle:

Neimi (FE8) vs Gaff Gafgarion (FFT) - Neimi vs. ITE.
Ken Amada (Pers3) vs Guy (FE7) - I'll check on this later, though I'm clearly hoping for the non-FEer to win.

Light:

Luke fon Fabre (TotA) vs Algus Sadalfas (FFT) - Isn't Algus.
Jogurt (SF1) vs Chidori (Pers3) - Low HP > 1 HP.

Jo'ou Ranbu · « **Reply #12 on:** January 03, 2010, 07:55:54 PM »

Fou-Lu (BoF4) vs Malik Benedict (WA3) - lol
Isolde Schelling (MK) vs Zeromus (FF4) - I raise an eyebrow to Zeromus having more durability than Isolde, even. They aren't even far apart on raw HP and she has far more notable defenses - not to mention the damage edge on both phases. Zeromus doesn't even 2HKO average at his strongest.
Chaz Ashley (PS4) vs Lulu (FFX) - See Elfboy - Explode is quite probably turn three against Lulu Magic/MDef, her ID is turn one without a hitch against Chaz.
Souji Seta (Pers4) vs Virgil (XS1) - The HP buffering works today, so Virgil gets to drop that perfect accuracy Stop and laugh.

Artea (Lufia 2) vs Shu (AtLC) - 2HKOs, Shu can't really do anything to stop that.
Rofel Wodring (FFT) vs Ernst (S5) - Ernst curses being unable to benefit from S5 equipment cheese.

Grobyc (CC) vs Long Chan Chan (S2) - Man.
Neimi (FE8) vs Gaff Gafgarion (FFT) - Eeeeh. I guess Neimi defenses save Gaff.
Odin (PS1) vs Cid Highwind (FF7) - Odin is so great at chipping.
Ken Amada (Pers3) vs Guy (FE7) - Ken's ID is inaccurate enough. Think that, even making multiple checks, Luck and MDef cancel out enough to me to make the ID turn two at best, and Ken only gets one shot.

Luke fon Fabre (TotA) vs Algus Sadalfas (FFT) - A good Light vs. a non-good Light with no spoiling power.
Jogurt (SF1) vs Chidori (Pers3) - !!!
Vincent DeBoule (S2) vs Poshul (CC) - Who gives a frick.

Ultradude · « **Reply #13 on:** January 03, 2010, 11:01:22 PM »

Godlike:

Souji Seta (Pers4) vs Virgil (XS1) - STOP.

Middle:

Neimi (FE8) vs Gaff Gafgarion (FFT)
Ken Amada (Pers3) vs Guy (FE7)

Light:

Luke fon Fabre (TotA) vs Algus Sadalfas (FFT)
Mist (FE9) vs Wilder (S3)

DjinnAndTonic · « **Reply #14 on:** January 04, 2010, 12:58:58 AM »

Man, Souji is getting Belial-like luck in the DL.

Godlike:

Fou-Lu (BoF4) vs Malik Benedict (WA3) - LoL Malik vs. someone not physically-reliant.
Isolde Schelling (MK) vs Zeromus (FF4) - Isolde.
Chaz Ashley (PS4) vs Lulu (FFX) - Chaz insta-doubles and Megids his way to victor- No, just kidding.
Souji Seta (Pers4) vs Virgil (XS1)

Heavy:

Artea (Lufia 2) vs Shu (AtLC) - Shu is awesome. Just not a good Heavy.
Rofel Wodring (FFT) vs Ernst (S5) - ROFL
Saki Inugami (SH2) vs Kyra Tierny (PS4) - Leaning Saki, but Elfboy's assessment sounds interesting.
Ike (FE9) vs Max (SF1) - Sorry Max, Welcome to Heavy?

Middle:

Grobyc (CC) vs Long Chan Chan (S2) - Don't care. Probably my two least favorite duelers from both casts!
Neimi (FE8) vs Gaff Gafgarion (FFT) - gj Neimi.
Odin (PS1) vs Cid Highwind (FF7) - Cid I think. Don't think Odin has enough damage control to avoid a limit.
Ken Amada (Pers3) vs Guy (FE7) - WTA! Ken survives a hit, gets ID off.

Light:

Luke fon Fabre (TotA) vs Algus Sadalfas (FFT) - Luke. He doesn't need it, but I allow Jewel of Lorelei for extra lolz.
Mist (FE9) vs Wilder (S3) - WTA! Wilder, I guess.
Jogurt (SF1) vs Chidori (Pers3) - Clearly Jogurt is the frue winner.
Vincent DeBoule (S2) vs Poshul (CC) - Poshul. Two CC vs. S2 matches in one week? Well, at least these two are amusing...

Dhyerwolf · « **Reply #15 on:** January 04, 2010, 03:47:06 AM »

Quote from: DjinnAndTonic on January 04, 2010, 12:58:58 AM

Saki Inugami (SH2) vs Kyra Tierny (PS4) - Leaning Saki, but Elfboy's assessment sounds interesting.

Needs you to see PS 4 skills not getting hit by Silence despite the fact that it gets both physical/magical as well as character unique/crest magic in game.

Jo'ou Ranbu · « **Reply #16 on:** January 04, 2010, 03:59:00 AM »

Given how PS4 skills aren't Silenceable in-game either, the argument can be made to the other way. That and there's no differentiation skillset-wise between SH physical skills and magical skills - and that distinction clearly exists in PS4. That can go back and forth for ages.

Dhyerwolf · « **Reply #17 on:** January 04, 2010, 04:10:48 AM »

Right, but that's the general distinction of attackers versus defenders status.

It's worth noting that you need to see the DefUp as letting Kyra survive 1.5 PC HP damage at that for the Silence argument to even be relevant.

Monkeyfinger · « **Reply #18 on:** January 04, 2010, 04:59:01 AM »

-WarlaKyra (0.41)

Good enough if you take it as division, but not if subtraction.

Dark Holy Elf · « **Reply #19 on:** January 04, 2010, 03:34:59 PM »

SH2 silence doesn't get anything that doesn't consume MP. Between that and the fact that it is an in-game advantage of Medice that it can't be hit by Seals, not to mention the immense ease with which Saki's status is blocked, I am very unlikely to entertain the idea of SH2 silence being some awesome kill-all status.

DjinnAndTonic · « **Reply #20 on:** January 04, 2010, 04:14:54 PM »

Hmm... I'm leaning towards it hitting Kyra's Esper abilities, personally. If for no other reason than because PS4 makes such a big deal about Espers being the only ones left who use 'true magic', and that the 'techniques' that the rest of galaxy uses are actually some kind of lower-level psychic energy meant to copy 'true magic'. (It annoys me that they chose to use the term ESPer for someone who isn't just using psychic abilities, but whatever.)

Also... I can't think if SH2 had any special abilities that weren't powered by MP...? >.>;;

Pyro · « **Reply #21 on:** January 04, 2010, 11:38:31 PM »

Yuri's/Kurando's transformations is it I think.

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Author Topic: Season 57, Week 1: A royal smackdown in light (Read 3319 times)