Season 25, Week 3
Max
(Shining Force)
 
Commander, warrior, and all around shiny person Max has cruised his way to the second round on the power of Supernova, the Chaos Breaker, and his exemplary physical stats. Here, we'll see another round of the classic Sword vs. Gun battle as he faces off against the heraldic sharpshooter Maria Traydor. They're both capable of dishing out high-end damage, but Max is in the top percentile of his cast for almost every kind of pain, and he can take it as well as he deals it out. He's a legendary hero for a reason, and he's ready to prove it once again.

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After and earth-shaking battle with Graham Cray, Maria is ready to begin the downward slope to the Middle championship. With her toughest battle out of the way after last week, Maria can now focus on a far less dangerous foe. Max doesn't hold any of Cray's advantages, and will crumble before Maria's assault. There's not much Max can do to stop a paralyzing Energy Burst from decimating him, paving the way for Maria to finish him off with a roundhouse kick to the face. It's off to the semi-finals for Quark's leader, her destiny drawing closer.


OblivionKnight
Maria and Max - it was to be the stuff of legends. The ancient hero Max, wielder of the Chaos Breaker and juggernaut of light, against Maria, the beautiful goddess of gunnery. It was to be the greatest show the worlds had ever seen.

But it never happened. Max, upon hearing about Sephiroth's slaughtering of a bar full of Shining Force warriors, and his subsequent alliance with Loki and Rashidi in the "Great Scrub Purge", was furious. He never arrived to the match, which irritated Maria: the nerve of him to stand her up!

However, after Maria found and confronted Max about the issue, the two of them decided to join forces to get revenge on the cocky Godlikes...

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As Loki and Rashidi sat by Sephiroth's pool, drinking margaritas served by scantily-clad cabana boys (Wise Men sure have their oddities), a dark shadow overwhelmed the formerly bright and blue sky.

"What's this, momma's boy?" Loki snidely remarked to Sephiroth. "You promised us a perfect day in the sun!"

"It wasn't supposed to rain until next week..." the One-Winged Angel trailed off.

From high above the villa, the large shadow began to glow a bright green colour. About ten seconds later, a huge burst of energy erupted from the shadow, aimed right at the villa.

"My brittle old man hips..." Rashidi moaned, right before the beam struck the ground.

Max and Maria's great "Godlike Smack-Down" became the newest thing of legends.

Max: 29
Maria Traydor: 37