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Proving once and for all that he is the greatest of the mighty morphin' folks, Ryu the third now stands in an unprecedented position. Back-to-back Godlike champion, the first PC to win three Godlike titles, highest ranked fighter in the DL... all these titles await him, and all he has to do is pound one last fighter into the dirt. After Terra, Chaos will be a breeze; he's slower than Ryu, and possesses nothing in his arsenal to brush off the Kaiser's armour-like flesh. After that, all that's left for Ryu to do is rip through Chaos' defences with Kaiserbreath, and claim all that is rightfully his. |
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Proving the dominance of old school villains, Chaos made his way to the godlike finals. All that stands between him and a title is the admittedly fearsome Ryu the Third. But while Ryu's dragon forms are crazy strong, they have notable AP costs. Chaos's awesome defense will allow him to survive a Bonebreak, while his attacks, backed by Fast, will deal enough damage to put a dent in Ryu's breaths. It will then be a matter of using Cure4 to wait out Ryu's AP, then butchering the hapless human. While Chaos may not have succeeded in destroying time, he will succeed in destroying Godlike. |
Sage Acrin A mighty dragon. A lord of darkness. What could go wrong in such a cliche battle? The answer is simple, though it requires a little knowledge of the arena structure. You see, Arenas are stacked one on top of another, rather like bowls stacked by someone that clearly wants them to shatter, with the final arena being open air. There are four of these stacks, placed in a 2x2 square adjacent to each other. Four Arenas to a stack. Obviously, it's about as practical to put this entire structure above ground as it would be to put it in the sky. (They were going to do that, but no one wanted to pay for it.) The bottom arena is underground. Chaos is a creature of chaos. But more importantly, he's a creature of massive cliches. To him, everything's simple. Knight? Stabs things, likes swords. Cake? Must be chocolate with vanilla frosting. Woman? Well, his opinion on women gets him slapped alot. Dragon? Must be firebreathing. So, as the battle started, Chaos cleverly unleashed his final strike. And proceeded to smash through ten feet of dirt with his Crack spell to smash a water main, flooding the arena. Of course, Ryu's about as far from a dragon of pure fire as it gets. Any number of options, such as freezing a platform of ice with his breath or flying above the water as Kaiser would have worked. However, Ryu went for something far more simple. He turned into Behemoth. Behemoth, essentially being a giant turtle, is pretty buoyant, so Ryu paddled happily as Chaos slowly drowned. However, a creature of chaos is not so easily defeated! Even if he can't swim. He judged that, if he could make more water flood the arena, then he could at least take Ryu with him. And, more importantly, the judges. So, he smashed the water main with all his might. Which leads to the final fact about the Arena construction. If you dig far enough, you hit the Plot Boss and Optional Superboss Reasearch, Testing and Containment Facility. So, basically, Chaos essentially flooded a bunch of superbosses and creatures of mass destruction who are contained largely by keeping them happily supplied with massive amounts of gourmet food, lavish surroundings, plays performed at their whims, the occasional sacrifice, and so on. (How do you think you'd contain them?) Naturally, they were a little miffed. Chaos died near instantly, from a combination of Megido Flame, Curse, Tiga slashing his face off, Giygas's unknown powers assaulting him, a flaming Mana Beast smashing into him, Dark Star, Primus, KaiserBreath, and Hammer impaling him. Unfortunately, this was all under a massive amount of water. Water under pressure and heat leads to steam. And that's how the fundamental design of the arena, at least temporarily changed, as a massive steam pillar destroyed one fourth of the arenas. This also resealed the Facility, though in a way they're less happy with. It's a good thing the finals aren't all held in the same set of arenas. Perhaps the most amazing thing is that Ryu never died, though, despite being nearly drowned and then bashed skywards through three arena floors, then falling a few hundred feet. I guess it was a match where turtling helped. Ryu: 49 Lyndis
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