Season 20, Week 1
Blanca
(Shadow Hearts: Covenant )
 
The white wolf of Domremy has a tough task ahead of him. His opponent hits hard and fast, and her earth magic is a considerable hazard to the wind-innate wolf's health. Fortunately, his has above-average magic defense to offset his elemental weakness, and that's not the only thing in his favor: the Colorful Comb boosts his speed to max whenever he hits critical HP, so he can count on an instant dose of full-healing whenever Taya unleashes one of her fearful summons. With the magess taking hits about as well as soggy cardboard, it won't take much effort for Blanca to shut her down - all he has to do is survive that first blow...

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Atlas: the strongest attack in the world of Shining Force 2. Its power singlehandedly got Taya to the Middle semifinals many seasons ago, and the sorceress has every intention of eclipsing her previous run this season. She couldn't ask for a better first victim, either: Blanca is weak to the Earth element, which is a recipe for being reduced to a stain on the arena floor against Taya. Even in the highly unlikely scenario that Blanca survives the first shot of Atlas, the speedy Taya can simply lead with her physical and force the wolf to heal or die. Make no mistake: the sorceress is going to show the wolf that this is one bout he cannot win.


SageAcrin
It was a dog-eat-dog battle, really.

Taya was finding it a hairy match, certainly. Summoning is ruff when you have a dog attacking you, and she was getting hot under the collar about it. Unleashing her power wasn't doing enough, and really, stick beats weren't going to fetch Blanca around.

Blanca was raising a howl, of course, but he was made of tougher bark than the silly girl. He'd lick his wounds, heal, and come back with a snarl. Soon, he had made Taya flea, and proven he was top dog.

Really, though, this was predictable. After all, Blanca's been beaten with worse than a cane, nein?

Blanca: 30
Taya: 19

thed
There Taya was with sf and the Fiend of Chaos, when Blanca came to contend, but to this point when one examines realism, one is faced with a choice: either reject cultural dematerialism or conclude that the collective is part of the defining characteristic of truth, but only if consciousness is interchangeable with narrativity; otherwise, we can assume that the raison d'etre of the battle is significant form. Though Jeff Campbell suggests the use of realism to attack sexism forwarding the cause of Blanca, I still see Taya emerging victorious.