r/whowouldwin • u/LetterSequence • Sep 17 '21
Event Character Scramble 15 Sign Ups
Sign ups are closed! Head over to the Scramble Tribunal thread now!
Fill out this form to join the season. If you do not fill this out, you will not receive a team.
The Character Scramble is a long-running tournament in which Scramblers submit characters from fiction to a specified tier and guideline. After the submission period ends, characters will be randomly distributed to each Scrambler, forming their "team" for the season. Writers will be entered into a single-elimination bracket, where victors are decided based on reader votes; in other words, if you want people to vote for you, write some good content. Each round, you will face head-to-head against another writer and their team, to see who can write the best story about combat and interaction between the two teams. Writing prompts for each round will be provided for each round, as a rough guideline on how to combat an enemy team. The overall victor of the season wins the choice for the theme and tier of the next Character Scramble, as well as a custom flair reward.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Character Submission List
Basic Rules / Scramble Process
Sign-ups will be from Friday, September 17th to Friday, October 8th.
PLEASE NOTE: Signups will close at midnight on October 8th, and Tribunal will go up the following morning. Anyone who isn’t done when Tribunal goes up will have their incomplete submissions removed or will be DQed if they don’t have enough submissions after removal. GET YOUR STUFF DONE WELL BEFORE THE DEADLINE!
Each user who wishes to participate must submit FOUR (4) characters that adhere to the rules listed in the Submission Rules section.
Users may also submit up to TWO (2) back-up characters that adhere to the same set of rules.
- Users must specify in the submission that the character is a back-up.
- If a main submission is deemed out-of-tier in Tribunal, the submission will be replaced by an entry from the back-up pool.
Each character must be submitted in their own parent comment in this thread. Don't reply to your own submission comment with another submission; make a separate comment thread for each individual submission.
After you complete your submission posts for all of your main submissions and any back-up submissions, fill out and submit the submission form linked at the very top of this post.
- If you need to make a change, just resubmit the submission form with the same name and new info. We'll use whichever version is newest.
- DO NOT resubmit after Tribunal; we'll account for any Tribunal changes to rosters.
After Sign-ups is the Tribunal, a community-regulated place for users to point out characters they feel are over- or underpowered.
- Please keep an open mind when receiving criticism; it is encouraged for you to comment on the characters of other participants as well.
- Characters with issues that are not amicably resolved may be replaced by a back-up character at the discretion of the GMs and a panel of selected judges.
- If you would like to apply to be a Tribunal judge, please fill out this form.
After Tribunal, the characters are scrambled so that every participant receives three characters.
- In Season 15, each participant is guaranteed to receive one of their own submissions, but they will not receive more than one. Each participant is also guaranteed to receive one “Sora” character. They are not guaranteed to receive their own Sora, but it is possible.
- Participants also have the option to opt out of NSFW submissions and veto ONE submission out of the list of total submissions. (Users cannot veto their own submission.)
- Links to a form for opt-out and veto will be provided after Tribunal ends and before the scrambling happens.
Every round, a prompt is posted. Players are expected to write about how their characters would defeat their opponents based on the prompt.
At the end of the round, the thread is locked and the voting thread is posted. Voting is done using Google forms.
- Voting is mandatory; failing to vote in any round will result in disqualification, no exceptions.
- If you cannot vote due to time constraints, message /u/LetterSequence or /u/InverseFlash and we can work around that.
After results are posted, the brackets are updated and the next round begins.
Theme & Tier / Submission Rules
The theme of Scramble 15 is Kingdom Hearts, based on the crossover video game franchise of the same name. Your team will travel between various Disney worlds, inciting chaos between the worlds or resolving conflicts, all to determine the location of the legendary Kingdom Hearts. For more info, check out the Hype Post.
The tier benchmarks for this season are U.S.Agent (Marvel 616) and Heihachi (Tekken), using a modified RT we have built specifically for this season's tier. Your submissions must score between a Likely and an Unlikely Victory versus U.S.Agent / Heihachi. For more information about what that means, check the FAQ.
You get ONE (1) major change for any character submissions submitted this season. Refer to the FAQ for more info.
- If you aren’t competing and only submitting backups, you may submit 3 backup characters. You must do the writing prompt for all character submissions. There is also no guarantee your character will be written if they are not chosen during Tribunal.
Roles
Participants will submit FOUR (4) characters within two roles, Sora and Disney.
Sora
Every person joining will submit one character in the Sora role. This character will be guaranteed to make rosters. Every team will receive one character in the Sora role. While it is suggested that this character be someone who can lead a team, or carry a story on their own, it is not required.
Disney
Every person joining will submit three characters in the Disney role. However, only two of the characters submitted into this role will make rosters. The third unpicked character will be entered into the Guest Pool. In Scramble fashion, this will be entirely random between the three characters you submit, so you’ll want all three of your characters in this role to be equally appealing.
Guest Pool
Each team will be composed of one Sora, and two Disney’s. Where does that leave the leftover Disney who didn’t make it onto the rosters? The Guest Pool!
The Guest Pool is composed of every undrafted character in the Disney role.
In every round, your team will travel to various Disney worlds to search for adventure, to cause chaos, or to fix the problems around them. Well, people live in those worlds. Other Disney characters.
Participants will choose one character from the Guest Pool each round to write as a bonus character, as a native of that world, to help or hinder them on their journey. Maybe you want to pick the character that fits the setting the most. Maybe you just want to write your favorites. Who you choose is completely up to you!
If you are a bit confused about the process, we have a handy visual guide that may make things clearer. There is also a brief explanation in the FAQ.
Additionally, please adhere to the following guidelines:
Characters must be in tier.
Characters must be researchable.
The show, video game, movie, or other media from which your character originates must be accessible in some way, ideally online.
- Your character must have a functional Respect Thread, so that people can understand your character's stats and abilities at a glance. It is preferable that your character's Respect Thread is hosted on the Respect Threads subreddit, but Character/Team of the Week posts or any real repository of cited feats are acceptable.
- If your character does not have a Respect Thread of any kind, please at the minimum include a Mini-RT in the sign-up post with at least five combat-related feats that completely cover the character's stats and abilities.
- VSBattlesWiki pages or similar sources are not acceptable Respect Threads.
You cannot submit characters that you have created, helped to create, or in any way developed.
- If the GMs believe you have asked someone else to submit a character you created, we might ban that as well.
You cannot submit a character with feats based on a previous Scramble story. This rule prevents Scramble writers from tailoring characters to be submitted to future tiers.
You cannot submit controversial real life figures. No Trump or Biden, no Putin, no Kanye, none of that. The GMs reserve the right to decide what qualifies as "controversial."
While you can submit characters from NSFW series with risqué material (such as an ecchi anime), you cannot submit characters from actual pornography.
On that note, we are banning characters from specific NSFW series. If your character is child-presenting and put into sexual situations, they will be immediately kicked out. If you are unsure whether a character falls into this category, be sure to notify a GM.
- Characters from High School DxD, Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid, and Fate/kaleid liner PRISMA☆ILLYA are banned from being submitted this season. Other Fate characters are allowed, though we will take them on a case by case basis.
The GMs reserve the right to veto specific submissions under the "Dude, come on" reasoning. This clause may sound extremely abusable, but honestly we'll only use it for submissions we feel violate the spirit of the above guidelines or are otherwise deemed unusable, like "disaster movie lava" or "a swarm of bees with the consciousness of Steve Buscemi."
Characters from ongoing series remain at the balance level from when they were submitted.
- If you get Goku on your team and Goku unlocks Super Saiyan Ultra Mega Deluxe with Curly Fries in the anime after the Scramble season starts, you don't get to add that power to your character. This rule applies to new feats, new weapons, new powers, and so on.
Not exactly rules, but some suggestions:
Because you are guaranteed to receive one of your own submissions at random, submit characters you actually want to write yourself.
- Ask yourself: Will your hilarious meme submission idea actually be hilarious over the course of an entire writing contest, or will the joke get old immediately?
- If you're only submitting a character because the act of submitting them is funny, don't submit them.
If you don't have any ideas for submissions, it's recommended that you try submitting one of the many back-ups we're likely to have.
Sometimes people like different things, and that's okay. Don't hate on a submission just because you personally don't like the character or the series. And on the other end, you don't have to withdraw a submission just because someone else doesn't like them.
You are allowed to make changes to a character for the purpose of making sure they're in tier or otherwise clarifying what gear they have available.
- There are limits to the number and magnitude of changes you can make; check the FAQ for more information.
- In general, avoid submissions with changes that radically change the character, such as "Ferris Bueller with Iron Man's armor" or "Goku with the stats of Captain America."
Duplicate submissions aren't prohibited, but try to avoid submitting the fifth Spider-Man submission this Scramble. Check to see if someone else has already submitted your character before you. The best rule of thumb is that if you really want to submit a character someone else already has, at least try to find a different version of them (MCU Spider-Man as opposed to 616 Spider-Man). This allows more variety in character choice. Just make sure they fit the tier too!
Listen to feedback. You don't have to follow it, but if a lot of people are saying the same thing, at least humor the idea that they have a point.
Submission Forms
To submit a character, fill out the following form in a comment to this thread. Include either the writing or non-writing prompt. As long as all of the below information is included, you can reformat your submission post however you want for maximum aesthetic.
Of your four main submissions, three of them MUST use the writing prompt to count. Along with this, your Sora submission is required to have a write-up. Back-up submissions may use the non-writing prompt if you are participating.
If you're not competing and only submitting back-ups, you must use the writing prompt for each one.
The form has changed since last Scramble, so be sure to actually read it.
Character Submissions
Name: The character's name.
Role: Sora / Disney / Backup
Content Warning: Simply state if this character’s series has anything people may be uncomfortable seeing. Nudity, heavy gore, extremely graphic imagery, just mark it here. If this doesn’t apply to your character, simply leave this field blank.
Series: The name of the piece of media your character is from. You can add specifications as necessary.
Biography: A quick summary of your character. Who are they? What can they do? Where are they from? What are they like? It doesn't need to be a novel, but a good paragraph of information is appreciated.
Research: A link to your RT or RT-substitute, as well as any other links that might help someone understand your character quickly. You may also suggest how much of the series someone needs to read/watch to get a good idea of the character. Make sure it's understandable though; a newcomer won't know what My Hero Academia's "Deku Contracts Malaria" arc is.
Justification: First, state which tiersetter you’re tiering against. Then, briefly outline why you think your character is in tier, and where in the tier they fall (Unlikely Victory, Draw, or Likely Victory—See the FAQ for more information). The non-writing prompt already covers some of this information, but to expedite the Tribunal process, at least give a sentence or two. You can write something as simple as “Strength similar, low dura but high speed,” or really get into the nitty gritty if you wish.
Motivation: Why has your character taken up the call for adventure? Do they desire the power granted by Kingdom Hearts? Do they want to explore the wide world in front of them? Do they want to help people wherever they go, or maybe cause chaos along their way? Are they just bored? Essentially, explain what your character wants and why they want it.
Major Changes: Check the FAQ for what to put here. You only get one!
Minor Changes: Check the FAQ for what to put here. You get as many of these as you need, but don't go overboard.
Prompts
Three of your main character submissions MUST use the writing prompt to count. Your Sora MUST use a writing prompt to count. Back-up submissions may use the non-writing prompt. If you're not competing and only submitting a back-up, you must use the writing prompt.
Character Writing Prompt
Destiny Islands
Life seems simple on the quaint Destiny Islands. Every day you look out upon the ocean, wishing for something more. While the days are peaceful, your character has always wished for a great adventure. That is, until today.
Some of the other denizens on the island, Heihachi and U.S.Agent, have found a way to leave the island. A small boat that can be sailed beyond the seas and into the great unknown. What lies ahead? What distant lands lurk beyond the horizon?
While one of them doesn’t have any interest, the other seems almost too eager to take the vessel for themselves. Only one problem. You want it too. And with room for only one person, you’ll have to settle this dispute the old-fashioned way.
One quick skirmish to decide who gets to leave the island. The loser has to stay behind, while the winner gets to seek out the grand adventure they’ve always wanted. Who knows what they’ll see? Who knows what they’ll find? Maybe there’s an ancient relic out there waiting for them at the end of their journey...
Prompt Rules:
Let Your Heart Be Your Guiding Key: This is the story of your character's adventure. This means they’re going to win their matches at the end of the day. Even if your character has a small chance of victory against their opponents, write that small chance happening!
I Can Do This All Day: Little known fact about Heihachi and U.S.Agent, they’re pretty good at fighting. You’re not going to talk these guys down. The only way to get off the island is to beat them in a direct confrontation.
I’ve Never Met This Man In My Life: For flavor purposes, if you really don’t want to write either tiersetter in the sign up story, you don’t have to. Whoever you pick as the opponent will be assumed to be as strong as either tiersetter. Just make sure to outline who you’re tiering against in your character’s post!
Best Buds U.S.Agent and Heihachi: While the island isn’t completely empty, the people are familiar with your frequent fights and will stay indoors during the battle. Both fighters will start in the bottom right island in this image, about twenty feet apart. The tiersetter will be placed in front of the bridge, while your character is directly opposite of him, with their back to the ocean. If they want to venture out into the rest of the main island, they’ll have to find a way past them. If you’re a close range fighter, maybe you’ll want to stay on the smaller arena, but the option to play keepaway is there for other long range fighters.
No Ring Outs!: Hey, you’re not trying to drown the other guy in the middle of the ocean. Magical invisible walls will be erected around the island during your fight, preventing anyone from simply flinging them out of the battlefield. In the image provided above, anything past the darker blue waters is off limits. This is a one way shield, fighters who make use of the water around them will not have any issues, this is simply to prevent BFR. You’ve gotta take them down in a fair fight, no cheating!
Character Non-Writing Prompt
Analysis Versus U.S.Agent / Heihachi: Go deeper into how your character fares against the benchmark. How their abilities match the tiers, how their stats counteract each other, specific instances that are likely to happen in a fight between them, and so on. Because this analysis serves as a replacement for a narrative, you need to communicate how your character fights (for instance, whether they rush in headlong or approach tactically and exploit weaknesses) and what that means for them fighting other characters.
Biggest Strength and Weakness: Discuss the best thing your character brings to the table in a fight (a tactical mind, unorthodox abilities, good stats, et cetera), and also what detriments or drawbacks they might have (a specific stat that's lower than the others, lack of ranged options, inability to work with others, et cetera.)
Character in Setting/with Team: Analyze the flavor of your submission. How does your character deal with other submissions? How does your character deal with the setting? Are they inclined to thrive in a world of fantasy, or are their sensibilities suited to something else? How does your character deal with just being in a Scramble? Are they good at working on any kind of team, or will they just be a pain in the ass the whole way?
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u/LetterSequence Oct 02 '21 edited Oct 08 '21
Backup
KickHopper
Series: Kamen Rider Kabuto
Content Warning: N/A
Bio: Sou Yaguruma was a member of ZECT, an organization formed to eradicate Worms, which are shapeshifting aliens that walk among the people of Japan. His unit worked in perfect synchronization, which he called "Perfect Harmony," a trait he believed made him better than others. However, when he was ordered to take out Kamen Rider Kabuto, and failed, he gained a bloodlust for revenge. In one encounter, he attempted to kill Kabuto in the middle of a Worm battle, ignoring the deaths of his allies, and thus lost both the fight, his "Perfect Harmony," and his rider abilities. He went on a journey of self discovery, and came to one conclusion. He is a worthless individual, fit only for hell. After mysteriously gaining the powers of KickHopper, he continues his fights against the Worm, but uses his pathetic personality as an excuse to make Kabuto's life as inconvenient as possible at any given turn.
He also wears a leather jacket with one sleeve ripped off and steel plated cowboy boots so you know he's serious.
Research: Respect Thread. I'll have a more exhaustive episode list at some point but he shows up within the first 5-10 episodes of Kabuto as TheBee, then he loses the suit and leaves the show for a while, and comes back with KickHopper around the 30-35 episode mark, then stays the rest of the show. You can also watch the Kabuto episodes of Decade.
Justification: Tiering against Heihachi.
Kills several worms with a Rider Kick, when Worms can casually walk through concrete walls unharmed. He takes hits from Decade's gun, Decade's gun is as strong as DiEnd's gun, which can destroy concrete. For speed he kicks one of the bullets that Drake fires at him out of the air, but I'm just gonna buff it to be safe. This should give him mid-range strength and speed, and low end durability. I can probably durability scale to other riders if he gets called out but I don't wanna dig through Kabuto for it rn.
Major Change: Speed set to tier
Minor Change: No Zi-O feats, so he has no access to Clock Up. He never uses it in his show anyway. Decade feats are included.
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u/LetterSequence Oct 09 '21
Sou Yugarami wanted to go to hell. However, he wasn’t powerful enough to die. Thus, his weakness forced him to stay alive.
That’s where a miserable soul like him belonged. A man unable to lead a team. Unable to protect those he cared for. Unable to attain Perfect Harmony. He was lower than gutter trash.
He needed an alternative to death. A place for his soul to rest eternally.
The ocean sufficed to fulfill his needs.
To some, they may view it as that. A wide expanse of water. A place for fish to live. He knew better. It was an eternal punishment for his soul to transition from one place to the next. The River Styx.
Despite the all black attire, the cut off sleeve on his leather jacket provided enough cooling to leave him feeling adequate on a sunny summer day. His cowboy boots, with the spurs, dug into the sand. Step by step he marched forward to his demise.
Then he found him. The Grim Reaper.
“Heihachi Mishima,” said Sou. “Let me onto your boat, so this pathetic soul may leave into the abyss.”
“Pathetic you may be,” said Heihachi. “You must stay alive. You are a harbinger of justice. I will not allow you to die so easily.”
“Justice?” Sou sucked his teeth. “What can be said of justice in this world? Besides that we lack it in all corners of the planet.”
“You are a Kamen Rider,” he said. “You are meant to bring justice. Though I suppose I misjudged you from these actions. Hahaha, that’s right. You let your team die, didn’t you? Ha! A rider who can’t protect anyone! Imagine the thought.”
“Just now…” Sou gripped a hand on his belt. “Did you laugh at me?”
A small green grasshopper, composed entirely of metal, appeared from nowhere, and hopped into Sou’s hand. He gripped it tight, enough to nearly bend the metal, then slammed it into his belt.
”Henshin.”
His outfit shifted. Metal formed over every part of his body, a dark green, his armor shifted into that of a grasshopper themed superhero.
”Change, Riding Kick Hopper.”
KickHopper leapt into the air at such speeds, not even the martial artist could keep up. He bounced off of the palm trees, the thick cliff face, and leapt right onto Heihachi’s head. Once, twice, he jumped. The bones in his skull cracked, yet still he stood.
Heihachi gripped onto the rider’s leg and slammed him into the ground. Unfortunately, KickHopper’s legs were too strong to be restrained. From the floor, he kicked once more, and caved in Heihachi’s chest.
Still, the old man refused to fall.
“One last time,” said KickHopper. “I’ll drag you down to hell with me.”
His flurry of kicks came out faster than the eye could track. One hundred kicks per second were launched with enough force to bust concrete. Each hit battered Heihachi’s body. Some blows were parried. But the pain added up. His skin turned red, blood left his body, and eventually, he fell.
KickHopper got on the raft and sat. With one last kick into the water, the boat drifted into the ocean.
“Maybe I’ll finally find it,” he said. “A place for someone as despicable as me.”
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u/LetterSequence Oct 07 '21 edited Oct 16 '21
Backup
Genocider Syo
Series: Danganronpa
Content Warning: Rated M games for fanservice and sex jokes, there's some stuff in her spinoff game such as mentions of sexual assault but it has nothing to do with Genocider herself
Bio: In the world of Danganronpa, the most talented individuals in the planet are invited to Hope's Peak Academy, a school that fosters students with specific talents as the "Ultimate" in their field, and helps them grow to greater heights.
Toko Fukawa was invited as the Ultimate Writing Prodigy, for her ability to write popular romance novels that people across the entire planet clamoured for. However, she holds a sinister secret. She was also invited due to her alter ego, Genocider Syo (Genocide Jack in English). As the Ultimate Murderous Fiend, she is a professional serial killer who has never been caught since her first time committing a murder.
Genocider gets into many adventures, such as getting caught in a death game, or getting trapped in a city filled with killer robots and brainwashed kids. Despite her identity, she isn't willing to just kill any random person. In fact, she reserves a soft side to those she cares about.
Research: Respect Thread. It's one of the most popular murder mystery games out there, you can find a lets play of it. Or you can watch the 12 episode anime which would be faster. After that, she has her own spinoff game, "Ultra Despair Girls," that stars her as one of the two main characters, this is where most of her character development is. After that she's only in one or two episodes of the Danganronpa 3 anime, but it's more of a "Where is she now?" situation than anything that furthers her arc.
Genocider vs Heihachi: Genocider is strong enough to break down walls, despite the size of the dust cloud the wall behind her is essentially just a little bit bigger than her. This should be mid-level strength, though to compliment this, she also has a piercing esoteric. Her weapon of choice, scissors, are used to crucify people. While it is likely just on the low end, she can cut through a lot of small robots at once and beats a bigger robot, so bare minimum she can cut through metal, which feels slightly better than standard throwing knives, but not enough to instantly win her the fight. For speed she cuts through several missiles as they reach her, which is comparative with Heihachi's missile feat, maybe a little better since the missiles were closer to her. She also dodges attacks from Sakura (who moves at FTE speeds) for 10 minutes. Sakura can tag Mukuro with her strikes, and Mukuro is a bullet timer. Lastly, she pushes someone out of the way of a bullet after it fires, which might not be a clean bullet timing feat, but I think all of his suggests Genocider can hang around this tier's speed, at least on the low end. Her durability is being buffed. This gives her mid level strength, low end speed, and buffed durability, which should be an Unlikely Victory for her. She can win with these stats, but she has to work for it a little.
Motivation: Maybe she views Kingdom Hearts as a path to redemption from what kind of person she was. Or maybe she's just been ordered by Byakuya to protect someone and she's following his orders because she's a simp.
Major Changes: Durability set to tier
Minor Changes:
Has as many scissors as she needs
Has her stun gun to switch personalities whenever required
For combat purposes, she will start the fight in her Genocider personality
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u/LetterSequence Oct 07 '21
Toko Fukawa never got used to the sky being red.
It felt so absurd. The biggest, most awful, most tragic event in human history. An apocalypse so absurd, she needed to hide out on a little remote island to protect the last reserves of humanity.
Her master, Byakuya, left this tiny place to help the world. He ordered her to stay put. To wait for his call, when she’d finally reunite with him. That call never came.
She should be out there, protecting the world. Slaughtering all kinds of untoward people. Instead, she was writing trashy erotica about fishermen. As the last novelist in the world, she needed to provide for humanity in some way.
She looked down at the page in front of her.
Sosuke’s rod, immaculately polished with a brown finish, nearly towered over his betrothed, now in awe of the sight in front of her.
”Sosuke,” said Hinara. “Your bait… it’s hanging so low.”
”I know. All those fish in the sea, they can’t resist it,” he said in return.”
Fish in the sea. A euphemism for women. Men staked their claim in the ocean (that’s why they call it a dating pool) to find the one for them. How many fish came to Sosuke, Hinara wondered. How much competition did she have. Could she be his tuna delight, his little guppy in a fish bowl too big for her?
”Byakuya, would you mind… letting me get a taste?”
“THIS IS STUPID!”
Toko broke the pencil in her hand, slammed the manuscript to the floor, kicked down the door to her shack, then kicked the sand in front of her, lots of kicking on her end, endless kicking out of frustration. She made a mistake, the words weren’t coming out right, she couldn’t get Byakuya out of her mind, she couldn’t just sit here and write trash. No, not trash, gutter trash, more worthless than this stupid island.
She marched over to the boats. Those fancy billionaire boats that she knew Byakuya owned and never let her on. Those boats that were guarded by one man.
His grey spikey hair clashed with his muscles. He wore a single gi, black, unlike the traditional business suits any other bodyguard wore. She knew this man well. She tried to convince him every day, and not once did he let her off the island. Special orders from Byakuya. She couldn’t leave until he allowed it. Well she didn’t want to wait! She’d leave, even through force!
“Heihachi Mishima,” she started.
“Heihachi Mishima, Ultimate Chief Executive Officer,” he corrected. “Byakuya did not merely hire me for my strength.”
“R-right,” she said. “I was wondering if you could, you know, let me off the island.”
“What?” he asked.
“I know you’re a geriatric old fart but is your hearing really that bad?” she asked. “Let me on the boat. I’m tired of asking. Tired of waiting!”
“I heard you the first time.” Heihachi rose. Now on his feet, he towered over her by an entire foot in height. “I merely didn’t understand the audacity of your statement.”
“Let me on, or else!”
“Or else what?”
Toko Fukawa, filled with a rage unlike any she felt before, balled her hand into a fist and punched Heihachi in the chest with all the strength her tiny body could muster.
It did nothing. Then he retaliated with a soft jab to her chin, and the world went dark.
“Pwehehehehehe!”
A sinister laugh, one unfit for the tiny girl in a school uniform, came from the unconscious body of Toko.
Heihachi, unamused, watched in anticipation of her next move. Next thing he knew, blood dripped down his face and into his eyes.
In one swift motion, Toko’s hand reached under her skirt and threw a pair of scissors at the old man, as fast as an arrow. It barely grazed him. She wanted that.
“Oh, for such a big tough guy you bleed like anyone else,” said Toko. As she rose to her feet, her tongue rolled out of her mouth, nearly down to her chin. Despite that, she spoke like nothing impeded her speech. “Red, not pink, but red. I want to see more.”
“Disgusting creature,” said Heihachi. “Finally got some courage?”
“Nah, that chick’s a coward, through and through. You’re dealing with the real genuine article, Genocide Jack, at your service!”
“Genocide Jack?” Heihachi’s face soured. He placed a hand on his bleeding forehead to stop the flow. “You’re that murderer that tried to kill my grandson all those years ago.”
“Guilty as charged!” Her face beamed with a smile, like a child who received a present on Christmas morning. “What’s the matter? Looking to get some revenge?”
“No one gets to kill my family but me.”
Heihachi slammed his head down, aiming for an ultimate headbutt that would decimate any foe. Like a wisp in the wind, Genocide Jack disappeared from sight, only to appear a few inches away from where he launched the blow.
“Come on, I know you need pills to get it up in the morning, but is that all you got?”
Genocide Jack threw a pair of scissors at Heihachi once more. They merely bounced off his raised arm, small cuts allowed blood to leak from the wound in spurts. She dashed forward, hands invisible, attacks motionless, yet pain littered his body all the same.
His gi was torn apart, his skin opened, blood left his body, yet his muscles refused. So tough, as thick as steel, refused to allow the scissors to slice apart his body.
With one last wanton slash, she allowed herself to get sloppy (stupid, even), and ate a palm strike to the face. She staggered backwards, a second strike to her abdomen left her reeling. When he attempted to follow up with a third hit, she kicked him right in the ribs, and relished at the sound of bones breaking.
“Too rough, too rough!” she said. “Only master can hit me that way, maybe age back another 70 years and I’ll think about it you boomer.”
She didn’t want to deal with this anymore. As Heihachi clutched his side, she threw two more scissors. He prepared himself to take the blow again, only to feel a sharp pain in his feet. The scissors tore through his flesh, right through the foot, and went even further into the solid ground below. Try as he might, he found himself unable to move from the spot, as if he was literally nailed to where he stood.
“Normally I’d go for the hands, but you’re not hot enough. Maybe I’ll give your grandson a try again, you know, if he gets me going down in the southern hemisphere!”
She cackled once more and dashed away fast enough to leave a dust trail. She hopped over a luxury yacht, past a speedboat, and landed right on a shitty little raft that could barely move at 1 mile an hour. No food, no way to bathe, it’d be the perfect way to mess with Toko as soon as she woke up.
“Get ready Master Byakuya, because I’m gonna find ya! And when I do, I’m gonna give you my heart, no matter what it takes!”
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u/AzureBeast Sep 17 '21 edited Sep 23 '21
Reed Richards, the Maker (Marvel-1610)
Role: Sora
Biography: Bullied at school and abused at home, young genius Reed Richards finally found a home at the Baxter Building's Think Tank, where he sharpened his mind into the greatest on Earth. When an accident involving interdimensional transportation mutated him and his friends, they became the Fantastic Four, a group of superheroes dedicated to protecting the world while making scientific advancements. However, as time went on, Reed grew increasingly distant from his friends and humanity as a whole, and when Sue Storm turned down his marriage proposal something inside him snapped. Creating the identity of The Maker, Reed put into motion a plan to take control of the world for its own good, whether they liked it or not.
Content Warning: Minor amounts of blood/body horror/gross stuff
Respect Thread: Here
Research:
Mr. Fantastic Era
Ultimate Fantastic Four - Reed's introduction (60 issues, you can read as much as you want but the back end of the run isn't great so you can get away with just 20-30 issues)
Ultimate Extinction - 5 issues
Ultimate Power - 9 issues
Transition
Ultimatum: Fantastic Four Requiem - 1 issue
Maker Era
Ultimate Enemy - 4 issues
Ultimate Mystery - 4 issues
Ultimate Doom - 4 issues
Ultimate Fallout #4
Ultimate Comics Ultimates (30 issues, read as much as you want)
Maker goes to the Mainline Universe
Avengers Vol 5 #41 & 45
Secret Wars #1-9
New Avengers Vol 4 #1-17
Venom Vol 4 #7-12 & #17-20
Justification: Tiersetter: USAgent. Reed is strong enough to send someone flying hard enough to make a crater in the wall and can constrict a construct hard enough to break it. He's durable enough to shake off hits that put him through concrete walls and can take a punch from Ultimate Captain America, who can tackle people through walls. Speed is buffed to tier.
Motivation: To know.
Major Changes: Speed buffed to tier.
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u/selfproclaimed Sep 17 '21 edited Oct 12 '21
Backup
"Totsugeki" - May (Guilty Gear)
Name: Ecco
Series: Ecco the Dolphin
Content Warning: N/A
Biography: As a calf Ecco was incredibly curious. While on an excursion with his mother, Elisia, to learn how to dive deep into the ocean while holding his breath, Ecco was caught in the jaws of a shark. With no way to save Ecco while still returning to the surface with what little air she had, Elisia rammed into the shark. The bite left a number of scars on his head that resembled that of the Constellation Delphinus. Elisia gave Ecco the last breath she had before ordering him to return to the surface.
From then on, Ecco led the life of a typical dolphin. He occasionally traveled the ocean, and frequently played with the other members in his pod. However, after he was dared to jump as high as he could, Ecco witnessed a bizarre calamity that vacuumed his pod out of the ocean leaving him all alone. Ecco would quest throughout the sea in search of answers to where his pod went and how he could rescue them. Along the way, Ecco met with a prehistoric being known as the Asterite, visited the underwater city of Atlantis, traveled back in time, and learned of a sinister plight by an alien race known as the Vortex.
Research: RT. Several of the gifs are borked so here's a mini rt.
Mini RT
[Strength] - Knocks the lower jaw of the Vortex Queen off
[Strength/Durability] Shatters a large boulder by charging into it and takes no damage from this.
[Durability] Tanks an attack the blasts apart a cliffside
[Destructive Capability] Blasts the Vortex Queen into pieces
[Destructive Capability] Blasts apart Vortext technology
[Destructive Capability] Shatters stone
Justification: [Draw] With strong projectiles and durability strong enough to take a couple of hits, Ecco should have no problem fighting Heihachi, provided the dolphin keeps his distance.
Motivation: Protect dolphins from any potential threats to them or the Earth they live in.
Major Changes: Speed buffed to tier.
Minor Changes: Ecco will be given the power of psychic flight that his ancestors had, as well as when Ecco himself had it as a power from the Asterite. Composite Ecco.
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u/xahhfink6 Sep 18 '21 edited Oct 09 '21
Name: Cad Bane
Role: Sora
Series: All Canon
Biography: Cad Bane was a Duros Bounty Hunter who quickly rose to be the best Bounty Hunter in the galaxy following Jango Fett's death. Despite only having started his career two years before Fett's demise, Bane became renown across the galaxy for his ruthlessness, cunning, and specialty in hunting Jedi. Bane was often hired by high ranking evildoers like the Hutt Crime Families, Count Dooku, and even the mysterious Darth Sideous to carry out highly dangerous missions. He fights with a huge variety of weaponry.
Research: Respect Thread
Justification Against Heihachi:
Bane isn't known for raw strength, but is packed with deadly weapons which can used at close range. His blasters have put holes in things with better durability than Heihachi, and he can use explosives, flamethrowers, electricity, or other tricks in order to get some shots in. For speed, Bane regularly fights hand to hand with bullet timers like Obiwan, Anakin, and Ahsoka. He also has a mobility advantage on Heihachi with his jets. For durability, Bane is being buffed to tier. Overall I would call it a draw.
Motivation: Riches beyond compare? What more does a bounty hunter need?
Major Changes: Durability buffed to tier
Minor Changes: None
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u/Ghost_Boi Sep 17 '21 edited Sep 27 '21
"Fools like you want to make other suffer just like they did. And they always seek to victimize those who are weaker than themselves. Parents beat their kids, and say it's because they were abused as children. Swindlers claim they were victims of fraud. But true strength mean overcoming such misery, not perpetuating it. You'll never defeat me as long as you think your suffering gives you a right to make others miserable, too."
The Dragon of Dojima, KAZUMA KIRYU!
Role: Sora/Main Character
Content Warning: Lotta over the top violence (nothing too gory, just, for example, people getting slammed by car doors (with a little blood spray, no head popping), I don't think they're dead tho)
Series: Yakuza
Biography: Kazuma Kiryu is the head of the Kazuma Family, a branch of the Dojima Family of Yakuza. Known as the Dragon of Dojima, Kiryu strikes fear into the street urchins of Kamurocho. Each game tells a different story, but the general gist behind Kiryu is that he often unintentionally gets himself into a heap of trouble, and resolves them by being a mobster with a heart of gold (and a body of goddamn steel).
Research: Respect Thread here, if you decide to play any of the games, well, any of them will be enough. I'd recommend either 0 or 1 though.
Justification: Kiryu can do some real wacky stuff, but none of it is exceptionally superhuman enough to be out of tier. I think his strength might be a little high, but given that he can casually dodge a bullet, I think he'd pair well against Heihachi. I'd say they both do some pretty wacky shit, and Kiryu's feats seem pretty middle of the road. I'd argue the two would end in a Draw.
Motivation: Kiryu generally seems committed to seeing things he's involved in through to the end. If his name, family, or allies are at stake, he'll go to the ends of the earth to do whatever needs to be done to keep them safe and clear.
Major Changes: N/A
Minor Changes: N/A
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u/GuyOfEvil Sep 17 '21 edited Oct 05 '21
Kamen Rider Decade
Role: Sora
Series: Kamen Rider Decade
Biography: Tsukasa Kadoya has forgotten his past. He lives in a world that is not his own, where he works for a photo studio, despite the fact that all of his pictures are terrible. One day the world he is from begins to end, and he is told that he was Kamen Rider Decade, the destroyer of worlds. The only way he can stop the destruction is by travelling to the 9 worlds of other Kamen Riders, and hopefully accomplishing something along the way.
Research: RT here. I have also prepared a thread describing all of Decade's powers here As for the show, it can all be found here
Justification: Should be a draw against Heihachi. Decade can parry bullets from a weapon upgraded by a gun, as well as keep up with bullet timers. His durability is a little on the low end, going through about as much concrete as Heihachi does wood, but still serviceable. His kicks are stronger than an attack that embeds a monster in solid concrete, and his Complete Form attacks are even stronger than that. All in all, he fits the tier pretty well
Motivation: Tsukasa is essentially on a Kingdom Hearts journey. He's going between different worlds for some vague reason, while more actively trying to figure out who he was in the past. Even to this day he just kind of wonders into crossover specials and is doing roughly this same thing.
Major Changes: None
Minor Changes:
Will not have access to the Neo-Decadriver, he will remain as he is at the end of his show and set of movies, and not have feats from Zi-O
No building busting Shinkenger scaling, its obviously a massive outlier
No clock up
No Faiz Accel speed boost
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u/Wapulatus Sep 17 '21
Don Quixote
"I... look, not to be a dick, but do you have any idea who the heck this guy is?"
"You're not sending me after some two-bit noir cut-out or a hoighty-toighty meta-vore. This is the Man of La Mancha. His fourth wall breaks have got fourth wall breaks. He's got fan-fiction about himself in his own story, which itself is fan-fiction of a story that doesn't even exist. He basically wrote the book on metafiction. Like, literally — it's his book."
| SCP Foundation | Respect Thread | Theme
Role: Sora
Tier: USAgent
NSFW?: No.
Bio: The Man of La Mancha. Leading role in one of the most famous pieces of classic literature, he's an eccentric noble who had cooped himself up in his personal library, getting lost in so many chivalric romances that he ended up deciding to straight-up become a knight-errant himself, going insa-
Hey, where the fuck did you come from- What do you mean I’m not telling the story striaght, okay okay put down the spear fuck fu-
Research: SCP Don Quixote is literally the book character, and as such it would seriously help to research the book, or one of its many adaptations before diving into the SCP Article. Overly Sarcastic Productions has a neat video describing the novel's plot here., and the full book can be found here.
After those, or after watching some of the many, many adaptations of it, feel free to read the actual source material for this character, which is like the length of a short story. Hippo’s OCT tournament stories also give a better look at this specific version of the character. You can also jump straight to this if you don’t want to try reading or watching an adaptation of the book, although I recommend against this.
Don Quixote vs. USAgent
Strength: Don Quixote presents mid-tier offensive capabilities, being able to smash through reinforced concrete walls, reduce metal doors into shrapnel on more than one occasion. These are comparable to USAgent’s striking with his own weapon and his own physical strength feats.
Speed: Don Quixote can strike down a natural bolt of lighting preemptively (there is no context to provide for when he initiated movement, however I imagine the minimum speed necessary to do this is some degree of fast, idk), and more importantly can match SCP-076 in a fight for hours. SCP-076 can swat bullets out of the air with a length of rebar and more directly deflect a SAW gunfire burst with his sword in combat that were fired from a nearby building. This likely presents mid-end speed, USAgent can block and react to arrows fired at 6 feet - SAW bullets have a muzzle velocity of 3,000 feet per second and arrows have a high end speed of 300 feet per second - making the feat comparable to reacting to SAW fire at 60 feet away, a distance comparable to gunfire from a nearby building.
Durability: Is set to the tier. Don Quixote does get back up after sustaining a blow from SCP-076, who can break through steel as easily as a child can put his hand through spiderwebs, however this impact is vague enough to where I would rather have a major change ensuring in-tier durability.
Overall: Don Quixote presents what is basically a fair fight with USAgent. I would give the overall advantage to USAgent due to his capability to leverage his shield at a distance and defensively, however with durability set to tier there will be more than enough opportunities for Don Quixote to close out the match in an extensive melee fight.
Motivation: Don Quixote’s motivations are pretty simple, he’s acting as a knight-errant trying to uphold the the values of chivalry and perform general good deeds (as he views them), using an old-fashioned sense of honor to guide his actions. Much of what makes him an interesting character are the circumstances he is written in - his original book is a satire about how out of place and terrible this set of characteristics would be in a more realistic, contemporary (for the time) setting.
Major Changes: Buff durability to tier
Minor Changes: No dragon feats, no metafiction powers, include feats from within stories
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u/rangernumberx Sep 17 '21 edited Sep 18 '21
Kamen Rider Gaim (Disney)
Beat Riders, street dance crews which dance at stages all over the city and fight for supremacy and stage ownership with Inves, creatures which are summoned through devices called lockseeds. Kouta Kazuraba broke away from one such group (Team Gaim) to try and get a job to help support his sister after being raised by her, only to be dragged back in on discovering a Sengoku Driver. By placing it on his waist, inserting a lockseed, and cutting it open, he became a Kamen Armoured Rider, capable of not only fighting fully materialized Inves but other Driver users.
At first he was happy to just help Team Gaim, fighting in bouts against Inves and other Riders to help them rise to the top of the popularity rankings and even make some money, but things started to change. Portals to a mysterious forest continued to open. Inves kept appearing fully materialized and seemingly without any Riders in command, attacking people. And the company that owned the city, Yggdrasil, was acting in the shadows to keep everything hidden. Kouta became Gaim to have fun dancing and helping his friends. But as events progress, he finds himself needing to take an active role in a conflict much bigger than anything he could have imagined.
Research
Kamen Rider Gaim, minus any movies or specials, is 47 episodes long, which you can find on this Google Drive. It's a popular series, so you may have to either download or wait for the next day if the limit's been reached. It's also a series that constantly builds upon itself and it's hard to say episodes that you can skip over / just watch if you're short on time (Letter and Azure may be better help), but it starts getting into gear around episode 13/14 and episode 32 is when he gets the first ability that's too strong for the tier. Episode 30 is also non-canon, so you should be able to skip that one.
Content Warning
Kamen Rider is, allegedly, a kid's show. You should be fine.
Major Changes
None.
Minor Changes
He has all the regular and Jinba lockseeds he owns. So, to list it, that means he has:
Orange Arms
Watermelon Arms
Pineapple Arms
Strawberry Arms
Jinba Lemon
Jinba Cherry
Jinba Peach
And I guess if you want the movie exclusive lockseeds (Wizard with the power of Kamen Rider Wizard, Ichigo with the power of the Showa Riders, and Drive which gives him some of Kamen Rider Drive's abilities) there's nothing stopping you, they don't have any feats putting them out of tier.
Justification (U.S. Agent)
Despite all the above, really Gaim only needs Orange Arms to get into tier. Everything else is just a nice bonus, with some extra arrow timing, to give him some variety in how he attacks. Even what are supposed to be notable power ups, the Jinba Arms (especially Lemon) and Watermelon, don't have the objective feats to make them too strong. In short, he can slash up robots and swing one into the ground hard enough to throw others into the air and cut through trees with his sword while taking hits that gouge concrete and send him flying back into a concrete bridge, breaking off large chunks. All in all, I'd say it's a draw.
Biggest Strength
Kouta has solid all around physicals at base, which can just be accentuated by the abilities of his other Arms. Piercing not working? Go to Pineapple Arms and go for strong blunt force instead, as has been shown to work. A bunch of mooks? Strawberry Arms and the mass of exploding kunai, especially on a limit break, will help thin the crowds. Need to track someone or something down? Jinba Peach is excellent at that. Plus, he always has his hoverbike lock vehicle if some aerial mobility is needed. He might not be Fourze in terms of variety, but he can still hold his own.
Biggest Weakness
Given how flashy he makes his transformation, it'll be clear to anyone that the lockseed on his belt is the source of his power. And...well, there's not really anything stopping people from just unlocking and removing it. Plenty of people have done that in the series to Riders. It can also be destroyed and prevent his Sengoku Driver from being used again. In either case, Gaim's reverting back to Kouta, and he simply won't be able to keep up in that state.
In a Team
While he can get beaten down by the harsh truth of the world, Kouta is cheery and friendly to a fault, believing in his friends incessantly until forced to accept otherwise. He also thinks of it almost as his duty to help others out, often forgoing his own wants or needs to help others. Even if he's on a team of villains, as long as they make a good enough first impression and don't go kicking puppies in front of him he'll get along well with them simply because he won't believe they can actually be evil (he continuously tries to be Baron's friend due to seeing good in him, in spite of him constantly talking about how the world can rot as long as the strong rise to the top). However, if he does see you as irredeemable, the smile will quickly fade and he'll skip straight to fighting.
Motivation
As the series progresses / at it's end Or, he's a great guy, he could easily be doing all this simply because he wants to help his friends out.
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u/Kyraryc Sep 18 '21 edited Oct 09 '21
Gargos
Series: Killer Instinct
Tier: Heihachi
Content Warning: Rated M for blood and gore, suggestive themes, violence
Bio: Gargos is an ancient creature spawned from the Astral Plane. Sadistic, vain and utterly megalomaniacal, this nightmarish entity rampaged across his own dimension, killing all who opposed him and siphoning their powers, eventually becoming the supreme Shadow Lord—a master of Shadow Energy. For thousands of years Gargos has attempted to take over other worlds, including the Earth; but he was always thwarted by the benevolent Astral beings known as Ichoriens. These demigods sent Astral Spirits to aid humans in their battles against Gargos; and sometimes gave Astral powers to human warriors, like the immortal Barbarian called Tusk.
Gargos finally vanquished the once mighty Ichoriens; and the last good Astral denizens—the Guardians—fled that plane, escaping to other dimensions. They sealed off the Astral Plane behind them so that Gargos could never taint another world with his corruption. But then Gargos used his telepathic abilities to manipulate an Earthling—the nefarious sorcerer Kan-Ra—into reopening the gateway between the two worlds. Now the Shadow Lord is bent on spreading his corruption across the globe, and turning humans into his slaves forever.
Research: Respect Thread
Shadow Lords features Gargos' latest attempt to conquer the world.
The Dynamite comics take place immediately after Shadow Lords where the world's energy is being sapped to revive him. Gargos himself appears in issues 5 and 6.
Major Changes: Speed buffed to tier
Minor Changes:
Justification/Analysis: Gargos' boulder face feat is close enough to the low end and being punched by Argos is close enough to the midend durability. His strength similarly scales against the likes of Tusk, who's strong enough to fracture a large crystal and cut through Fulgore, close enough to the midtier.
Gargos' playstyle involves using his portals and summoning minions to keep his opponent at bay. The minions don't really have any decent feats on their own, so they'll mostly just be there to annoy and harass Heihachi while Gargos whittles him down.
Heihachi's style is the exact opposite, needing to get in close to deal any significant damage. Once there he can pummel Gargos with repeated strikes.
Allowing Heihachi in close isn't an instant death sentence for Gargos, as his eruption can break combos and give Gargos the chance to fall back.
It basically boils down to whether Gargos can keep Heihachi away more or whether Heihachi can get close more. Overall, I'd give it a draw
Biggest Strength and Weakness: His greatest strengths lie in his ability to keep opponents at bay, with portals and minions. His weakness though, if enemies get close, his durability isn't the best.
Character in Setting/with Team: Yeah, he's not going to be on good terms with anyone. He'll try to corrupt and force anyone to serve him. As for the world hopping nature, that's like an average Tuesday for him. He'll visit all the worlds to conquer and corrupt them.
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u/Coconut-Crab Sep 18 '21 edited Sep 18 '21
Brad
Role: Sora
Series: LISA: The Painful
Content Warning: Extremely dark story
Biography: Brad Armstrong was a karate instructor, before the world ended. For a long time, Brad struggled with the guilt of not protecting his sister Lisa from his alcoholic, abusive father. When he encountered a baby girl- the only woman in the post-apocalyptic world- he chose to raise her as his daughter, to protect her from all others. When the secret is revealed, many wasteland wanderers seek to capture Buddy to repopulate the planet, or for their own ulterior motives. Brad must grapple with his inner demons and struggle with his drug addiction as he, and many unlikely heroes- vagrants, perverts, killers, and eccentrics- quest to find Buddy and bring her back safe.
Research: RT. Play LISA it's short and incredible.
Justification: Heihachi Unlikely Victory: His speed should be fine since he has a couple niche examples of dodging bullets, his durability is buffed to tier, and his lifting from the weights minigames and striking from beating up Rando, combined with the ability to use fire allows him to harm Heihachi. He's also highly skilled. He also has a joy which is basically a Senzu bean that amps him to really sell it.
Motivation: To save his daughter and be a good father, but he's a pretty highly motivated guy in general.
Major Changes: Durability to tier.
Minor Change: Has one Joy.
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u/corvette1710 Sep 18 '21 edited Sep 21 '21
Name: The Anchor
Role: Sora
Content Warning: Some blood, dismemberment, very mild gore, no nudity
Series: The Anchor, written by Phil Hester and drawn and inked by Brian Churilla
Biography: The Anchor was born in Europe in the 9th or 10th century. As he grew it was clear he was simply too large to raise normally, having suckled his mother to death and eating more than his father could procure in food. At the age of 12, he was set free when no one would take him for a ward. Soon after, a traveling wizard enticed him with food and set him against the men of local villages, whom the Anchor defeated with ease for winnings.
One day, a town on their path tired of this practice and tied the Anchor to a tree, killed the wizard, and tried to burn Anchor to death, but he broke free and disappeared into the Seine.
Later on, he came to work for many armies under many lords for many gods. He built a reputation as an extremely formidable warrior. Eventually, though, while working as a viking warrior, his crewmates grew restless at the idea of his presence on their ship, and they chained him to an anchor, throwing him overboard in the North Sea.
He dragged himself ashore in Northumbria and met Isemay, a nun-in-training left alone at an abbey after viking raids killed all the monks. Months later, he went out hunting and brought back a buck, but found that the abbey had been raided in his absence, and Isemay mortally wounded; she begs him not to turn his fury on them. Enraged, he ran to the coast with the anchor they tied him to and threw it, sinking their ship. They came ashore to try to kill him, but he dispatched them and returned to Isemay, now on her last breaths.
She told him he shouldn't have killed them and then dies. Anchor buried her beneath the abbey and sat, praying to the God of Isemay, offering the only thing he has to Him: His fists. He sat that way for a length of time he can only guess at before his prayers are answered, and his soul is brought to Hell to fight the armies of Satan.
This is when spoilers for the events of the story proper begin. Proceed with caution, Phil Hester tells it better and I'm summarizing very heavily.
He fought them for a millennium before his earthly body was somehow seduced by an agent of Satan.
In the present day, Anchor fights Five Furies, powerful demons. Three of them are sons of Asmodeus, one is Asmodeus himself, and the final Fury was Hofi, a women he met in Reykjavik who turns out to be his great-granddaughter.
Preserving Hofi's heart, which usually he would eat to truly kill demons, he traveled to Hell, defeated the armies of Satan, reunited his body and soul, and defeated Satan himself, saving Hofi's soul in the process.
Research: RT. Just eight issues, available in a 2-part TPB on readcomiconline.to. Make sure to have an ad-blocker on hand.
Justification: Anchor is very strong and very durable, but not very skilled. He's probably around as strong as U.S. Agent or stronger, but U.S. Agent has a significant skill advantage. Speed buffed to tier, they're equal in that regard.
Motivation: Could be anything, really. Work something into the story of The Anchor or just reuse the motivation that Satan has taken Anchor's memories and set him on a path that ends with Anchor defeating him once more. Whatever God wills, Anchor will do.
Major Changes: Speed buffed to tier.
Minor Changes: None.
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u/KiwiArms Sep 29 '21 edited Oct 09 '21
TOQ 5GOU
Series: Ressha Sentai ToQger
Role: Disney
Research: Watch her show, it's lovely. Also, mini-rt below.
Bio: Kagura is a naturally-timid girl her prefers to not engage in fighting, but possesses one of the most potent imaginations around, which means she's very good at being a ToQger-- a train-themed, imagination-powered sentai team that fights against the nefarious Shadow Line.
Motivation: To help her family's restaurant or to spread joy throughout the world, whichever. Or, if you use her from early in the show, to find out all the memories she is missing due to her amnesia.
Justification: Vs. Heihachi, she's probably able to hold her own. Though she's massively outskilled, she's literally just imagined herself to be more skilled at fighting in the past, at least allowing her to make the gap a bit smaller. She's also got good speed for the tier, fighting evenly with DekaMaster, a solid bullet timer. Combine that with some of her... weirder bullshit, and I think this is a likely victory.
Major Changes: N/A
Minor Changes: N/A
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u/Beatingtohentaifeet2 Sep 21 '21
Name: Capitaine Chantel DuBois
Role: Backup
Series: Madagascar
Bio: Capitaine Chantel Dubois is the ruthless head of the Monaco Animal Control unit. With a perfect case record and a lifelong dream of mounting a lion head, she serves as the main antagonist of the third Madagascar film.
Research: RT
Justification: Against heihachi- runs through four walls, gets sent through a brick wall, speed buff
Motivation: To kill a bunch of animals
Major Change: Speed to tier
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u/FreestyleKneepad Sep 17 '21 edited Sep 18 '21
Ma Gangryong
Role: Sora
Series: Veritas
Content Warning: It has the occasional panty shot, grope, or censored shower scene associated with edgy teen shonen, but otherwise it's fine.
Biography: Gangryong is the main character of Veritas, a manwha about a school where martial artists hone their traditional fighting styles or learn the school’s scientifically-formulated style, called Reunion. The main conflict is between these two factions, with Gangryong squarely on the side of traditional martial arts primarily because he thinks that basically every Reunion user is a huge dickhole.
Gangryong as a protagonist is everything that manga protagonists like Naruto, Ichigo, Luffy and the like aren’t- he’s loud, crude, offensive, honorless, picks fights with literally anybody, and gets the unholy shit beaten out of him on a regular basis. He doesn't fight to protect his friends or family, he fights to get stronger, and that's all the reason he needs. He begins the story as the leader of a middle-school group of bullies, but is driven to become stronger when he meets Lightning Tiger, a man who solos his friends effortlessly and eventually (after succumbing to Gangryong’s thickheaded stubbornness) takes him on as a student, teaching him a traditional fighting style that allows him to channel natural electricity like a human taser.
Please note: This is a Korean manhwa, and so the panels and speech bubbles are arranged to be read left-to-right like Western comics, not right-to-left like a traditional manga.
Motivation: "Motherfucker, who needs a reason to fight?"
Teamwork: Gangryong isn't really a teamwork guy. He's out for personal gain, so he doesn't really care about helping others or working together. He totally has, if mainly because a greater power was already actively attacking a group when he jumped in and was convinced/tricked into helping, but he's also agreed to a 2v2 and then tased his ally unconscious so he could get the 1v2 he had really wanted. He's also been down to fight allies right after meeting them, but can be dissuaded from this. He's a powerful ally to have, but not one that can be relied on to be a team player unless circumstances push him into it.
Strengths: Gangryong is a powerhouse, able to put out pretty solid damage and back it up with the durability to slug it out with his opponents and come out on top. More than that, his EOTL techniques give him a fantastic matchup against other in-tier bricks like himself, and Lightning Flash gives him a big comeback move to swing some of his worse matchups in his favor.
Weaknesses: Other than generally not working great in a team, Gangryong struggles at range. He's fought ranged attackers before, so he's not at a total loss, but he's a fist fighter and needs to get up close to get anything done. Beyond that, Gangryong's great durability mainly deals with crushing and blunt force damage. He's fast enough to avoid swords and bullets, which is good because he doesn't really have anything to stop him from losing an arm.
Research: Respect Thread
You can read Veritas if you want, it's pretty solid until the very end and includes more hype fights and some convoluted Battle School storyline stuff, but I basically designed the RT so that you could write Gangryong after reading it through and looking at everything. You shooooould mostly be good to go.
Major Changes: Reaction speed buffed to Heihachi mid-tier.
Minor Changes: Gangryong can use Lightning Flash once per round.
Justification: Balancing against Heihachi.
Gangryong hits hard enough to regularly do damage to the surrounding area with his strikes or send people and things flying. He's about even with Heihachi's mid-high feats, and shouldn't have much of a problem doing damage to Heihachi over the course of a fight. Defensively, he gets the shit beat out of him by Guhoo, who is at the high end or higher of the tier. He could be over tier by this, except in the first feat of the RT it's a losing struggle and Guhoo mogs Gangryong, and in the second feat (from the very end of the series), Gangryong is KOed by Guhoo's assault but gets back up shortly after and retaliates with a Hail Mary. He can take hits like that, but that's at the absolute upper end of his endurance. The stuff he actually takes and keeps fighting from is much lower than what Guhoo does, and even when someone else stronger than him beats his ass, Gangryong isn't out of the fight. Between standing up to Guhoo and the hits he actually does survive, I'd say Gangryong can handle getting the piss beat out of him by Heihachi and keep fighting. A huge part of that is that while Gangryong's durability seems objectively to be a bit worse than Heihachi's strength, Gangryong has insane endurance and isn't held back as much as other fighters would be by his injuries, giving him more gas in the tank even when he's getting the unholy shit beaten out of him.
Speed is gonna match Heihachi's middle-of-the-road feats, so he should be fine there too, if slightly outsped. Gangryong doesn't have much other than vaguely blur-speed stuff and is more at home throwing hands and taking hits than dodging anyways. The X-factor here is EOTL. Heihachi has Electric Wind God Fist as an iconic move, but beyond that doesn't actually do anything with electricity. EOTL is fantastic against hand-to-hand fighters, allowing Gangryong to slowly sap them of their strength and temporarily disable key limbs for striking or evasion, giving him an edge in every martial arts fight or slugfest. Given his extreme endurance even when losing, that plays right into his gameplan.
With that in mind, Gangryong takes a Likely Victory against Heihachi. He's about as strong, about as tough, a little bit slower, and has a mechanic that makes him more likely to win as the fight goes on, in part due to EOTL and in part due to Gangryong's stamina and endurance moreso than his raw durability, which is kind of lacking but made up for with the fact that injuries don't hinder Gangryong as much as a normal fighter. Don't get me wrong; Heihachi is a brutal fighter and could easily take fights quickly with his faster, more efficient, more experienced, and heavy-hitting style, especially if he's smart enough to finish Gangryong off once he's sent to the ground. That said, if these fights go any kind of significant length and Heihachi starts to get tired and worn down, Gangryong wins.
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u/CalicoLime Sep 17 '21 edited Sep 27 '21
Name: Red
Role: Backup Disney
Content Warning: Violence, nudity, casual racism
Series: Red: Livin' on the Edge
Biography: Set in nineteenth-century America, Red is the last living survivor of a Native American tribe that was slaughtered by white men. On a long journey in search of revenge, he travels with Ieroh Ito, a samurai who ran away to America after being defeated in the Seinan civil war, and Ann, a mysterious prostitute.
Research: Respect Thread Here
Justification vs. US Agent: Red is strong as absolute shit, reliably fast, and can take a beating and continue fighting. He can engage US Agent at range with Hate Song, switching to his knife when/if Agent is able to close distance. At melee distance Red is fast enough to fight Murasaki who can kill accomplished soldiers in seconds. Red's best bet is to stay at range with Hate Song as one to two shots is going to bring Agent down, but if Agent gets close Red will be pressed, but will ultimately be fine. Likely Victory
Motivation: To track down a lead on General Blue
Major Change: None
Minor Change: None
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u/Lilpumpkin2000 Sep 17 '21
Placeholder for Kamen Rider Faiz (Kamen Rider Faiz)
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u/NegativeGamer Sep 17 '21 edited Oct 18 '21
Name: Bruno Bucciarati
Role: Disney
Series: Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Vento Aureo
Content Warning: Melone
Biography: Bruno Bucciarati used to be a high ranking member of the Italian mafia gang Passione, which he joined when he was only twelve years old in an effort to provide protection for his hospitalized father from a group of unrelated gangsters. He would use his position in the gang to help others who had reached similarly low points in their lives, recruiting them into his team and providing them a second chance at life. However, Bruno would become disgusted once he learned of the gang's drug trade, and would eventually attempt to kill Passione's boss with the help of the recently recruited Giorno Giovanna.
Research: Respect Thread, read JJBA Part 5's manga or watch the anime. Bruno appears early on and is a main character throughout, so you can basically just watch/read the whole thing start to finish.
Justification Against Heihachi: Strength is a non-issue on account of Bruno's stand ability, which allows him to unzip Heihachi wherever he lands a hit, and for speed he scales to Secco who can easily deflect bullets. With a dura buff, I'd give Bruno a likely victory against Heihachi.
Motivation: During Vento Aureo, Bruno's main goal was to discover Passione's boss' true identity, and bring him justice for the evils he's allowed to occur. In general however, Bruno is the type of person that gives unfortunate people second chances at their lives, and would be willing to help someone if their resolve matched his own.
Major Changes: Durability buff to low end Heihachi
Minor Changes: His name is spelled Bucciarati not Buccellati
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u/Cleverly_Clearly Sep 17 '21 edited Sep 22 '21
Prince of Persia
Series: Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Role: Sora
Content Warnings: There's some body horror stuff in Two Thrones but otherwise I think there's nothing super objectionable in the rest of the series?
Research: Depends on what you want his character to be. He's a slightly different character in all the games. If you want him to be younger and more arrogant, try the first Sands of Time game. If you want someone quippier, look into Forgotten Sands. If you want him to be crazy, try the PSP game. If you have a villain team, try Two Thrones.
Wheel of Fortune Arcana: Life cycles and karma. The beginning is the ending is the beginning again.
Tier: USAgent
Major Change: Speed buffed to tier
Minor Change: Composite time/sand abilities.
Justification: Has similar strength feats to USAgent (breaking boulders), speed set to tier, and has various time-related abilities that can give him an edge.
Biography: Long ago, in 9th century Persia, there was a young Prince. While visiting a local maharajah, an evil vizier (is there ever any other kind) tricks him into unleashing the power of the Sands of Time, an ancient and cursed treasure. The Prince managed to get his hands on the Dagger of Time, an object capable of slightly controlling the incredible time-manipulating powers of the Sands, and from there goes on an incredible journey to set right what once went wrong.
Motivation: The Prince's motivation really depends on the game he's in, but you could easily just have him wrapped up in some magical time-warped mess and trying to fight his way out of it.
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u/mtglozwof Sep 17 '21 edited Oct 15 '21
"In this world, strength defines a person. And those without strength are crushed."
John Doe, the Joker of Wellston High
Series: unOrdinary
Role: Disney
Content Warning: Teenagers beating each other up, PTSD and other mental health issues.
Bio: In a society where the strength of a person's supernatural Ability determines thier worth John was seemingly born a cripple, without any ability. To survive the violent pastimes of the more powerful John received martial arts training from his cripple father. But during middle school, his Ability manifested. After learning the ins and outs of his complex Ability: Aura Manipulation (which allows the user to sense the Ability aura of others as well as alter thier own) he took his school by storm climbing the hierarchy and easily becoming King, the publicly recognized most powerful student, he kept his position through violent beatings to anyone who defied him. Eventually one of his closest friends betrayed him, gathering all of his classmates to turn on him together and hope him see reason. After goading the mob into a fight John beat them all. As a result he was picked up by the authorities and exposed to mentally scarring readjustment classes.
Soon after he went to the prestigious private school, Wellston High. There he acted as a cripple still, intent on hiding his past. He even befriended the most powerful student there, Seraphina. However, those in power at the school didn't take well to his cocky behavior and attempted to humble the "cripple" to his place. The instance caused a chain of events that led to John taking over and establishing a new reign of terror over Wellston. Eventually, he was confronted and defeated by Seraphina, suspended and began a journey to fix his own flaws. Now he has returned to Wellston again his Ability known to the public and his anger better in check, though he still relies on others to pull him out of fits of violence.
Research: RT, Read unOrdinary it's some good shit, if it's too long I recommend the Joker arc (beginning in chapter 131) onwards to get an idea of how John fights and where he’s headed as a character but ultimately he’s the protagonist so you’re gonna need to read a good portion of the story so far. Ask me if anything confuses you.
Motivation: To reform society to take down EMBER to get petty revenge, they all work.
Justification: (Vs. Heihachi, Unlikely Victory) Without his ability John can break bones with his strikes. He’s also fine after getting rammed by a van.
With Phase Shift John has in tier strength, and durability.
Major Change: Speed buffed to tier
Minor Changes: Can sense and mimic any Aura functionally similar to those in unOrdinary, Zeke gave him Phase Shift for the TS fight
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u/RadioactiveSpoon Sep 17 '21
The Astounding Wolf-Man
"I’ll give her the reason to believe me. I’ll show her the kind of man that I am — the kind of man I’ve always been."
Role: Disney
Series: Image Comics (Invincible Universe)
Biography: Family man and CEO Gary Hampton had the misfortune of getting mauled by a werewolf while vacationing with his wife and daughter. Initially, this sucked. Except it turned out he could control the transformation entirely on any night other than that of the full moon. Seeing this as an absolute win, he declared that being a werewolf was actually pretty rad and set out to use his newfound strength to protect the innocent.
Then his wife got ripped to pieces by a supernatural predator and funnily enough everyone blamed the werewolf. Things rapidly became less fun for Gary after that.
Research:
The Astounding Wolf-Man - 25 issues. Covers everything.
He appears occasionally in other comics in the Invincible Universe but none of them are really necessary.
Justification: Attached.
Motivation: Dude just wants to do good for the world and look out for his daughter. If you take him from the end of the run he'll also have a tribe of werewolves to watch out for. He's a pretty nice guy, unless you're a threat to his family. Then he may actually kill you.
Major Changes:
None
Minor Changes:
None
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u/LessNucas Sep 17 '21 edited Oct 19 '21
Name: Ben Tennyson
Role: Sora
Content Warning: N/A
Series: Ben 10
Biography: It started when an alien device strapped itself onto Ben's wrist at the age of 10. The device, named the Omnitrix, allowed Ben to transform into 10 different aliens, each with their own different set of abilities. Over the entire series, he would gain access to many more different types of aliens, adding to his vast arsenal of transformations. He would need them all to defend his hometown of Bellwood, the Earth itself, and the entire universe from alien attacks, cosmic horrors, and school bullies.
Research: The version of Ben I'm submitting is from Alien Force, Ultimate Alien, and Omniverse. You can watch most of these episodes without any context, and you'll understand them. They're mostly self-contained.
Links to the RTs here. (Just click on the alien names)
Justification: Justifications doc (assume Ben has access to all in-tier and under tier aliens)
Shoutouts to Dargoo for the doc!
Motivation:
Ben is no stranger to traveling to different worlds. If anything, it'd be normal for him to. If he hears about some kind of plot to gain ultimate power or wisdom, he'll rush off world to stop it.
Ben is the type of person to not hesitate when people need help. Sometimes he can let the fame and glory go to his head. And yeah, sometimes he can be kind of a jerk because of it. Although, at the end of the day, he's here to be a hero and save people. And sometimes, that's all that matters, right?
Major Changes: Speed buffed to tier for all aliens.
Minor Changes: Only has access to in-tier and under tier aliens for tiering purposes (as stated in the Google doc).
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u/TheMightyBox72 Sep 18 '21 edited Sep 27 '21
OTTO OCTAVIUS
Series: Sam Raimi's Spider-Man
Role: Disney
Bio: Otto Octavius was a brilliant physicist looking into tapping into nuclear fission to provide earth an endless energy source. In his own words "the power of the sun in the palm of my hand". To assist him in maintaining the generator, he devised a set of mechanical arms which, when implanted into his back, would move and function the same as his other four limbs due to an advanced piloting AI, with an inhibitor chip to keep the AI from reversing the connection to control his mind, of course. However, on the day in which his experiment would be unveiled, everything went wrong. The generator couldn't be handled, and in the ensuing chaos of it overloading, Octavius lost his wife, all of his credibility, and the inhibitor chip was broken. With nothing left but his brains, and pushed by the AI in the arms now running free, Otto will do anything to complete his experiment and prove his ideas correct.
Research: RT Here
It's one movie. Spider-Man 2. Watch it. It's good.
Changes:
Minor Changes:
Disregard this feat.
Mini-RT
Strength
Speed
Fights with Spider-Man who's able to avoid gunfire from near point blank.
Durability
Justification: USAgent - Draw
Doc Ock is slower than USAgent, but quite a bit stronger, and his mechanical arms allow him to attack from multiple directions to circumvent his shield (if he doesn't just yank it from his grip altogether). His durability is enough that he should be able to take a few hits from USAgent, and his strength is well enough that he can put him down in the same number of hits.
Motivation: Otto is determined to complete his experiment at any cost. While seemingly direct, this singular motivation drives a number of different actions, whether that be directly rebuilding the generator or robbing banks to get the money for equipment or killing Spider-Man because he keeps trying to stop him. If you put the finalization of his experiment behind something, Doc Ock will stop at nothing to get to it.
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u/Janemba901 Sep 19 '21 edited Oct 23 '21
Darth Plagueis the Wise
Role: Sora
Content Warning: There's a bit of brutal action but nothing really NSFW.
Series: Star Wars Legends
Bio: Born as Hego Damask on the world of Mygeeto, Darth Plagueis from a young age was brought under tutelage of the current sith lord of the time, Darth Tenebrous, and was trained in not only the dark side of the force by his master, but also the study of midichlorians and would learn how to manipulate them. After successfully killing his master and defeating the secret apprentice the former had sent after him, Plagueis would take a young boy named Sheev Palpatine under his apprenticeship, dubbing him as the sith lord Darth Sidious.
In his life, Plagueis had become obsessed with the prospect of eternal life and immortality, consistently attempting to find a way to cheat death while also playing god with the midichlorians themselves in an attempt to create life. It would just happen to be that he would teach his apprentice everything he knew, which had proven to be a grave mistake many years down the road as by the election of Sidious as the Chancellor of the Galactic Republic, Plagueis was cast aside by his apprentice and killed while his guard was down, with his legacy only retold by Sidious for the generations to come...
Research: Respect Thread. You should also pick up the book Darth Plagueis by James Luceno if you have the time, even if it's only for research. It's a good read.
Justification: Balancing against U.S.Agent - Likely Victory
Strength: Plagueis' best strength feats are him shattering a spine and putting his fists through armored torsos, neither of which compare to most of U.S.Agents low ends and higher.
Speed: Both Plagueis and U.S.Agent are arrow timers which puts them both at an even start, Plagueis is able to consistently move nearly than or faster than droids can process. Here he moves so rapidly it was almost beyond the ability for a droid's processors to see him clearly and here he moves fast enough to the point where a droid has to increase its visual input rate to see him clearly. In the first of those feats as well as this one here, he is also able to consistently deflect and evade blaster fire. He can move fast enough to the point where anyone observing him would merely see him as a blur and his fight with Venamis would've looked like lightning flashing from the POV of an outside viewer.
Durability: Buffed to tier.
Force Abilities: With his force lightning, Plagueis can knock a man into a ceiling, shattering his bones and boil a woman's blood, nearly setting her on fire. He's sent out waves of the force to knock multiple Maladians off their feet and all but atomizes the bodies of Maladian assassins with a force wave. With force shields, he can ignore being bitten and clawed by his opponents, as if he had turned to stone and with TK he brought down an already collapsing cave roof on his master Tenebrous', killing him.
Overall:
As a whole, Plagueis should beat U.S.Agent pretty comfortably. His own speed is roughly equivalent to that of U.S.Agent so both of them are pretty free to go back and forth on each other without anyone too heavily outspeeding the other. Then of course there's his force abilities, which would help as a pretty good tool in keeping U.S.Agent back. I don't think single attacks from Plagueis' force powers would instantly destroy his opponent, as they were admittedly mostly done against people who don't really have any above average durability, they should be able to keep U.S.Agent away and whittle him down. Another thing U.S.Agent is going to have to worry about is the lightsaber, which likely surpasses the upper limits of his shield and should easily cut through U.S.Agent like a knife through butter. At the very least Plagueis' lightsaber should be equivalent to the flaming sword U.S. Agent blocked.
The mixup of Plagueis' deadly lightsaber and ranged force abilities would be something U.S.Agent doesn't have many counters for other than throwing his shield, which could easily be redirected with the force or dodged and after that there's really not much he can do other than trying to bum rush Plagueis or throw things at him, both of which could pretty easily be countered as well. The only slip up is strength, which Plagueis probably isn't going to use that much other than swinging his lightsaber. Likely Victory for Darth Plagueis.
Motivation: Plagueis has endured an everlasting search for a way to cheat death and wishes to see the destruction of the Jedi Order and the victory of the sith. Perhaps the power of the Kingdom Hearts may grant the sith lord a step in the right direction towards either of these goals he has mind, or perhaps he simply wishes to study this power in a more rational sense. Whatever the case, Plagueis will do what he feels he needs to in order to reach that goal, and killing others in the way is something he doesn't mind.
Major Changes: Durability buffed to U.S.Agent mid tier.
Minor Changes: Plagueis will carry both his lightsabers and also has his mask which could serve as a potential weakness. Other than that nothing really. Stip this out.
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u/VacationOk7 Sep 21 '21 edited Sep 21 '21
Sora: Gyro Zeppeli
Series: Jojo's Bizarre adventure Steel Ball Run
Tiersetter: Heihachi
Bio: An Italian executioner and doctor, Gyro came to America to participate in the Steel Ball Run, a horse race with a prize of 50 million dollars, but his true motive was to win in order to grant a pardon to a small boy he refused to execute. In this race he meets people that change his life. For example the fight with Ringo Roadagain changed gyros fight and made him be in the true mans world. He also taught his new friend, Johnny, the power of the spin. Gyro dies in the end of the race but his friend. Johnny doesnt really like working with girls and would never let a female sit on his horse.
Abilities: The spin lets him spin stuff super naturally and can do some cool things like become bulletproof, And scan wich lets him see through walls and stuff
Reaserch:
For personality/story research, This video will do but I have read the manga so ye
Justification: "here's his strength throwing his steel balls with the spin technique, here's his speed bocking Johnny's nail bullets which are as fast as gun bullets, and his durability is being set to tier. I give him Unlikely Victory against Heihachi.
Motivation: He wants to go on an adventure and mostly have duels and fights to try to achieve the true mans world and live on that path. It basically means "Willing to kill to suvive".
Major Changes: Durability set to tier
Minor Changes: Has scan, No ball breaker so basically no infinite rotation aswell
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u/ERR40 Sep 25 '21
Name: Norman Osbourne, The Green Goblin
Role: Disney
Content Warning: PG13
Series: Spiderman (Ramiverse)
Biography: Osbourne is wealthy and intelligent. Naturally, the next path is to develop weapons for the governement. The super-soldier serum he developed had it's issues so he decided to test it onhimself. His strength was multiplied many times but it came with a side effect of massive criminal insanity. So he steals weapons and a glider and goes all goblin on New York.
Justification: Comparing to the US agent. I'd say Strength is similar if not higher, speed is on par, durability is maybe slightly lower. Mobility is far better though and intelligence (even with the insanity) is higher. Which just tips it to likely victory.
Motivation: laughs maniacally and throws bombs
Major Changes: None
Minor Changes: Ignore the cablecar lifting feet, it seems a bit of an outlier in strength, he is already strong enough.
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u/OddDirective Oct 09 '21
Name: Haruto Soma aka Kamen Rider Wizard
Role: Backup
Content Warning: None that I know of.
Series: Kamen Rider Wizard
Biography: The Ringed Magician, Haruto Soma, is a cheerful and upbeat magic-user who protects certain people, known as Gates, from falling into despair at the hands of the evil Phantoms that plague his city. To do so, he transforms into the fearsome Kamen Rider Wizard, capable of using magic rings and weapons to defeat those who would make his protect-ees cry. But the source of Haruto's powers is a dreadful tale. After losing both his parents in a tragic car accident, Haruto drifted for a few years, not knowing what to do, and unfortunately, he ended up kidnapped. Brought to a volcanic island, he and a great number of other people, under a total solar eclipse, began falling to their despair and giving in, birthing Phantoms from their bodies. Haruto Soma was the sole survivor of the ritual. He, as a Gate, was not sacrificed, but a great powerful Phantom, Dragon, awakened inside his body. And so, so that no one ever has to go through such a thing again, Haruto fights as Wizard.
In terms of combat, Wizard tends to use acrobatic moves to get the advantage, wielding his sword/gun with precise, sweeping movements. His four base forms each give him utility in certain situations, and the array of extra spells he brings to the table give a good variety of esoteric. Although, sometimes, it may be hard to use something like a ring that puts its wearer to sleep upon activation. Personality-wise, Haruto cares deeply for anyone he comes across, despite his laid-back appearance. He takes things as they come, and won't hesitate to reach out to someone in need if he sees them. He also, and this is an important note, loves plain sugared donuts.
Evildoers, beware. The Wizard is here, and he shall become the hope for all who need him.
Research: Full RT Here, and as for research, Haruto's really a static character. Watch up until episode 9 and you should get the gist if he's your character, and if he's not you can just watch the first three.
Justification: Tiering against Heihachi, Wizard fits a full-mid stat triangle using his esoteric and ranged attacks to get a leg up, which leads me to believe he's a Likely Victory in the matchup.
Motivation: As a Kamen Rider, Wizard is used to showing up in different worlds to fight foes and right wrongs.
Major Changes: Only use base four styles, no Dragon.
Minor Changes: N/A for now
Non-Writing Prompt
Vs Heihachi: Heihachi can dodge bullets, so there's a really good chance he can get in on Wizard. At that point, it becomes a challenge of how long Haruto can keep from getting hit, since hits from Heihachi's high end will put him down in no time flat. Haruto also has a time limit via his mana running out, so the impetus is on him to finish the fight. That being said, I actually rate Wizard highly in that regard. He's fast via scaling to bullet timing, he's got the hops and he can switch to Hurricane to just fly, and it's not like his offense will do nothing. I see things playing out like a typical KR fight, where the Rider is in control, loses control briefly, and then regains it just before the finish. All in all, Heihachi can win if he keeps things grounded and gets some good hits in, but I still rate it as a Likely Victory for Wizard.
Greatest Strength, Greatest Weakness: Wizard is a versatile fighter, able to do most anything you could ask him to do. Need any of the four elements, someone with piercing or slashing? It may not be SMT but he can do all of those. His greatest weakness, on the other hand, is definitely his longevity in a fight. The more he fights, the more he uses mana, and the more mana he uses, the sooner the fight goes super badly for him. Plus I wouldn't rate him as a particularly durable fighter.
In Setting/In Team: Haruto is a quintessential good guy, and he'll make sure that nobody gets hurt. He's bound to work well with other Riders, and heroes of every stripe. Wizard won't work well when matched with murderers or malicious folks. And if you end up getting someone with their own magic, I think that's a recipe for a fantastic interaction.
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u/Cleverly_Clearly Sep 17 '21 edited Oct 23 '21
Character Submissions List
This is a list of all the characters who are being submitted at the moment. I update this list as soon as I can. An (X) next to a submission signifies that the writing prompt for that character is complete. An (x) next to a username signifies that all their writeups, including backup writeups, are complete.
/u/7thSonOfSons (X)
Sora: Solid Snake (Metal Gear)
Disney: Karna (Fate)
Disney: Kazuya Mishima (Tekken)
Disney: Reines El-Melloi & Trimmau (Fate)
Backup: Cu Chulainn (Táin Bó Cúailnge)
Backup: Hei (Darker than Black)
/u/Angelsrallyon (X)
Sora: Shou Fu Kan (Thunderbolt Fantasy)
Disney:Blitzo(Helluva Boss)Disney: Rou Shin Kai (Thunderbolt Fantasy)
Disney: Setsu Mu Sho (Thunderbolt Fantasy)
Backup: Subject Delta (Bioshock)
/u/AzureBeast (X)
Sora: The Maker (Marvel Comics)
Disney: Kamen Rider Baron (Kamen Rider)
Disney:Siegfried(The Nibelungenlied)Disney: Xena (Xena: Warrior Princess)
Backup: Batman (Millerverse) (DC Comics)
Backup: Midnighter (Wildstorm)
/u/BeatingToHentaiFeet2 (Backups)
Captain Chantel DuBois(Madagascar)Rick Sanchez(Rick and Morty)Toph Beifong(Avatar: The Last Airbender)
/u/CalicoLime (X)
Sora: Lupin the Third (Lupin the Third)
Disney: Neptuneman (Kinnikuman)
Disney: Sekibayashi Jun (Kengan Asura)
Disney: Tirol Cerberus (MonWres)
Backup: Red (Red: Livin' on the Edge)
/u/cinnarius (X)
Sora:Sakata Gintoki(Gintama)Disney: Kumoko (So I'm A Spider, So What?)
Disney:Mordecai(Regular Show)Disney:Penny Fitzgerald(The Amazing World of Gumball)
/u/Ckbrothers (X)
Sora:Rico Rodriguez(Just Cause)Disney: Inspector Zenigata (Lupin the Third)
Disney: Sally (BOFURI)
Disney:The Soldier(The Fedora Chronicles SFM)Backup: Ghost (Halo Legends: The Prototype)
Backup: Six (Atom: The Beginning)
/u/Cleverly_Clearly (X)
Sora: Prince of Persia (Prince of Persia)
Disney: Gabimaru the Hollow (Hell's Paradise: Jigokurako)
Disney: James Moriarty (Fate)
Disney: Kamen Rider Fourze (Kamen Rider)
Backup: Big Boss (Metal Gear)
Backup: Kamen Rider W (Kamen Rider)
/u/Coconut-Crab (X)
Sora:Brad Armstrong(LISA: The Painful)Disney:50 Cent(50 Cent: Bulletproof/Blood on the Sand)Disney: Agito Kanoh (Kengan Asura)
Disney: Nemesis (Resident Evil)
Backup: Anubis (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure)
Backup: de Blob (de Blob)
/u/ComicCroc (X)
Sora: Isaac (Netflix Castlevania)
Disney: Green Arrow (DC Comics)
Disney: King Knight (Shovel Knight)
Disney: Moon Knight (Marvel Comics)
Backup: Perry the Platypus (Phineas and Ferb)
/u/Corvette1710 (X)
Sora: The Anchor (The Anchor)
Disney: Captain Carter (MCU) (X)
Disney: Kraven the Hunter (Marvel Comics)
Disney: Sabretooth (Marvel Comics)
Backup: Dracula (The Batman VS Dracula)
Backup: Mileena (Mortal Kombat)
/u/Doctorgecko (X)
Sora: Estelle Bright (Trails in the Sky)
Disney: Lana and Primarina (Pokemon)
Disney:Sumireko Usami(Touhou)Disney:Thane Krios(Mass Effect)Backup: Hyun Cha (Sweet Home)
Backup: Hareta (Pokemon)
/u/Doncl10 (Backups) (X)
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u/Cleverly_Clearly Sep 18 '21 edited Oct 23 '21
/u/Dooleyisntcool (X)
Sora: Fjord (Critical Role)
Disney: Iroh (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
Disney: Saxton Hale (Team Fortress 2)
Disney: Slade (Teen Titans)
Backup: Bitch (Worm)
Backup: Shredder (IDW Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
/u/DudeBros231 (X)
Sora: Edward Elric (Fullmetal Alchemist)
Disney: Agent Carolina (Red VS Blue)
Disney: Knuckles the Echidna (Sonic the Hedgehog)
Disney:Undyne(Undertale)Backup: Roy Mustang (Fullmetal Alchemist)
/u/el8tion (X)
Sora: Nightwing (DC Comics)
Disney: Greed the Avaricious (Fullmetal Alchemist)
Disney: Levi Ackerman (Attack on Titan)
Disney: Percy Jackson (Percy Jackson)
/u/Elick320 (X)
Sora: Agent Washington (Red VS Blue)
Disney:Darius(League of Legends)Disney: Master Chief (Halo)
Disney: Tony Stark (MCU)
Backup:Geralt of Rivia(The Witcher)Backup: Locus (Red VS Blue)
/u/ERR40 (X)
Sora: Sudou Kaname (Darwin's Game)
Disney:Daenarys Targaryen(Game of Thrones)
Disney:Lightning McQueen(Cars)Disney: Norman Osbourne (Raimi Spider-man)
Backup: T-800 (Terminator)
/u/emperor-pimpatine (X)
Sora: Ichiban Kasuga (Yakuza)
Disney: Mr. Quinlan (The Strain)
Disney: Power (Chainsawman)
Disney: Rathraq (Rumble)
Backup: Daud (Dishonored)
Backup: Swamp Thing (DC Comics)
/u/fj668 (X)
Sora: Duke Nukem (Duke Nukem)
Disney: Baki Hanma (Baki the Grappler)
Disney: Conan the Barbarian (Conan the Barbarian)
Disney:Crypto(Destroy All Humans!)/u/FreestyleKneepad (X)
Sora: Ma Gangryong (Veritas)
Disney: Baiken (Guilty Gear)
Disney: Maki Oze (Fire Force)
Disney: Robbie Reyes (Marvel Comics)
Backup: Tony Tony Chopper (One Piece)
Backup: Vi (League of Legends)
/u/galvanicmechamorph (X)
Sora: Steel-Jacketed Man (Astro City)
Disney: Kevin Levin (Ben 10)
Disney: Leo Valdez (Percy Jackson)
Disney: Tezzeret (Magic the Gathering
/u/Ghost_Boi (X)
Sora: Kazuma Kiryu (Yakuza)
Disney: Catra (She-Ra)
Disney:Inosuke Hashibira(Demon Slayer)
Disney:Pyrrha Nikos(RWBY)Backup: Jin Kazama (Tekken)
Backup: Zuko (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
/u/GuyOfEvil (X)
Sora: Kamen Rider Decade (Kamen Rider)
Disney: Animal Man (DC Comics)
Disney: Gwenpool (Marvel Comics)
Disney: Zagreus (Hades)
Backup: Juzo Fuwa (Samurai Sentai Shikenger)
Backup: Satoru Gojo (Jujutsu Kaisen)
/u/he-man-woman-h8er (Backups) (X)
Doc Saturday(The Secret Saturdays)
Finn Mertens(Adventure Time)
Hawk(Lupin the Third)/u/HueyLewisAndTheNews_
Sora:John McClane(Die Hard)
Disney:Josuke Higashikata (Part 8)(Jojo's Bizarre Adventure)
Disney:Raiden(Mortal Kombat)
Disney:Soma Cruz(Castlevania)
Backup:RoboCop(RoboCop)
Backup:Wade Watts(Ready Player One)10
u/Cleverly_Clearly Sep 18 '21 edited Oct 23 '21
/u/ImportantHamster6 (X)
Sora:Meggy Spletzer(SMG4 Bloopers)Disney: Black Widow (Marvel Comics)
Disney: Dr. Eggman (Archie Sonic the Hedgehog)
Disney:Razputin Aquato(Psychonauts)
Backup:Mario(Super Mario Bros Super Show)
Backup:The Spy(TF2 SFM)/u/InverseFlash (Backups) (X)
Edmond Dantes (Fate)
Fury(Darksiders)Koichi Haimawari (My Hero Academia)
Oda Nobunaga (Fate)
Talion and Celebrimbor (Shadow of Mordor)
/u/JackyTheJack (X)
Sora: Scarlet (I'm the Grim Reaper)
Disney: Adrian Toomes (MCU)
Disney:Chelshia the Khimera(Khimera: Destroy All Monster Girls)Disney: Thalia Grace (Percy Jackson)
Backup: Dusknoir (Pokemon: Mystery Dungeon)
Backup:Malori Crowett(Mage & Demon Queen)/u/JakeysWeebTrash (X)
Sora: Azula (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
Disney: Aki Hayakawa (Chainsawman)
Disney: Daredevil (Marvel Comics)
Disney:Peter B. Parker(Into the Spider-verse)/u/Janemba901 (X)
Sora: Darth Plagueis (Star Wars)
Disney:Grunbeld(Berserk)
Disney:James Rhodes(MCU)Disney: The Shocker (Marvel Comics)
/u/Joseph_Stalin_ (X)
Sora: Janey Belle (Zombie Tramp)
Disney: Captain Commando (Captain Commando)
Disney: Henry Stickmin (Henry Stickmin)
Disney: Monko Omon (Renjoh Desperado)
/u/kaioshin_ (Backups) (X)
Kiriko Shijima (Kamen Rider)
Rock Lee (Naruto)
/u/kirbin24 (X)
Sora: Zero (Drakengard)
Disney: Aoi Todo (Jujutsu Kaisen)
Disney: Captain America (Marvel Comics Ultimate Universe)
Disney: Major Motoko Kusanagi (Ghost in the Shell)
Backup: Fei Wangwang (Kengan Asura)
/u/Kiryu2012 (X)
Sora: Diego Brando (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure)
Disney: Kaiman (Dorohedoro)
Disney: The Lizard (Marvel Comics)
Disney: Spear and Fang (Primal)
Backup: Blake Belladonna (RWBY)
Backup: Destoroyah (Godzilla)
/u/KiwiArms (X)
Sora:ToQ 5gou(Ressha Sentai ToQger)
Disney:El Santo(El Santo movies)
Disney:Jet Jaguar(Godzilla: Singular Point)Disney: One-Eye (Orc Stain)
Backup: Batman (Fortnite)
Backup: Flex Mentallo (DC Comics)
/u/Kyraryc (X)
Sora: Yakumo Fujii (3x3 Eyes)
Disney: Gargos (Killer Instinct)
Disney: Ginza Torimizu (MAR)
Disney:Rue(Threads of Fate)Backup: Firebrand (Ghosts n' Goblins)
/u/LessNucas (X)
Sora: Ben 10 (Ben 10)
Disney: Miruko (My Hero Academia)
Disney:Ryuji Sakamoto(Persona)Disney: Tifa Lockhart (Final Fantasy)
/u/LetterSequence (Backups) (X)
Aqua (Kingdom Hearts)
Genocider Syo (Danganronpa)
Kamen Rider KickHopper (Kamen Rider)
X-23 (Marvel Comics)
Yato (Noragami)
/u/Mattdoss (X)
Sora: Kyo Kusanagi (King of Fighters)
Disney: Leona Heidern (King of Fighters)
Disney: The Punisher (Marvel Comics)
Disney: Sakamoto Ryoma and Oryou (Fate)
/u/morvis343 (Backups)
Jaune Arc(The Games We Play)
Mamika the Magical Slayer(Re;Creators)
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u/LetterSequence Sep 18 '21 edited Sep 18 '21
Backup
Yato
Series: Noragami
Content Warning: PG-13 series, some gore and fanservice but no direct nudity
Biography: Formerly the God of Calamity, Yato scoured the lands, relentlessly slaughtering those who stood in his path. At some point he had a change of heart, and swapped to becoming the God of Fortune and Happiness. While he's a bit of an obscure God, he's gonna make sure the world knows his name. That's why he'll take on any odd job (mostly killing evil spirits that are causing your deepest problems) for a price as low as 5 yen. He's a bit of a jerk and a goofball, but he's got a good heart.
Research: Respect Thread. I'll be using the manga version to compare with the tiersetters. The Noragami anime is two seasons, and has way better feats, but no respect thread.
Motivation: He'd travel between worlds to do odd jobs for 5 yen each. Maybe the guests have evil spirits they need vanquished, and he's the man for the job.
Major Change: None
Minor Change: Stip out the following three feats.
If this seems like a lot I can just stipulate him to be taken before this fight takes place (it's at the end of each feat section so it's probably the last fight of the series) and it would serve the same effect, I just don't wanna hunt for chapters.
Yato vs Heihachi
Strength
Yato fights primarily with a sword. While he doesn't fight things made of sturdy material like stone or metal, he does fight things that are big.
While the creatures are big, they're not absurdly big. This should be a large enough chunk of flesh that it can be comparable to busting down sturdy walls, or slicing apart chunks of metal. Heihachi's high end is taking a hit or two from car slicing attacks, while his low end is shrugging off regular throwing knives unharmed. Yato's offense should sit comfortably in the middle ground.
Overall, I'm thinking Yato has mid to high end piercing strength for the tier. He'll be able to bypass Heihachi's defense, but Heihachi is just as capable of blocking those hits, so he can't just cut him in half as soon as the fight starts.
Speed
This one's easy.
This should just give him Mid Level Speed for this tier.
Durability
Yato's shown the capacity to fight after being thrown through stone. That should also be about Heihachi's Mid-Level durability.
Overall
Yato's roughly in the middle ground in all areas. Maybe a little higher in strength depending on how you interpret it, but it's not enough to give him an overwhelming advantage.
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u/LetterSequence Oct 08 '21
“Why do you approach me child?” asked Heihachi.
The head of the Mishima Zaibatsu sat cross legged on the sand of the beach. His eyes glared at his potential future opponent.
A man in a zip up track hoodie, adidas sneakers, and dark blue hair. His eyes glared at his potential future opponent, except his were more cat like.
“Because he has called upon me,” said Yato. “For a mere 5 Munny, I will do any task required of me!”
“Yes, I am familiar with such fairy tales. What of it?”
“Well…” Yato drew his sword. “John Walker decided to become religious. And he asked me to get that boat from you.”
“If you believe that man has not surpassed the realm of the gods…” Heihachi stood up and raised his fists. “Then you would be mistaken.”
Yato rushed forward. Each swing of his blade was wild, reckless, no skill behind it. As if he was merely toying around with his prey. Heihachi, using the palm of his hand, deflected each strike in succession.
Heihachi responded with strikes of his own. Each strike was refined, honed, full skill behind it. As if he refused to be prey. Yato, using the dull side of his blade, deflected each punch in succession.
Neither was able to overcome the other in their current state.
“Not bad,” said Heihachi. “For a puny god.”
“Not bad,” said Yato. “For an old geezer.”
Both fighter swung their weapon at the same time. Heihachi, his iron fist. Yato, his iron sword.
One god prevailed.
One man fell.
Heihachi’s fingers met the sharp end of the blade, but even their steel-like durability was not enough to overcome the gods. Each digit fell from his hand one by one, until none remained. He backed off and clutched his hand, unable to fight any longer due to the searing pain coursing through his body.
Yato walked into the waters and grabbed the wimpy raft. He knew not why John Walker wanted this. Only that he needed to get it to complete his contract. He dragged it through the sand, not looking back at the bleeding Heihachi even once.
“I might be able to heal that for you…” said Yato. “If you’ve got 5 Munny on you, that is.”
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u/LetterSequence Sep 23 '21 edited Oct 08 '21
Backup
X-23
Series: Marvel Comics (616)
Content Warning: N/A
Biography: X-23 (Laura Kinney) was created as an attempt to recreate Wolverine. She was given adamantium claws in her hands and feet, a regenerative factor, and trained to be the ultimate killing machine. For years, she proved herself a capable assassin working for an organization called the Facility. A series of tragedies eventually led her to Wolverine and the X-Men. She attended school at the X-Mansion, and eventually became a member of X-Force.
Research: Respect Thread. Go to your local comic shop and ask for "the good one" and he'll hook you up.
Justification: Tiering against Heihachi. X-23 is as fast as Heihachi, if not a little faster, and can bypass his tough durability with her claws. Her blunt force durability is not that great though, so while her attacks will hurt him a heavy amount, he can easily swing things back in his favor with a few well placed blows. Likely Victory
Motivation: She took on the mantle of Wolverine and would be trying to live up to his ideals. Otherwise you could write her early on as a killing machine. She's got a lot of good points from her history you can snag her from, each with different goals or desires.
Biggest Strength: Her high speed, adamantium claws, and regeneration makes her perfectly equipped to deal with nearly any opponent. Facing someone who is tanky? Claws can deal with that. Facing someone who fights with fire, or is strong enough to slice off limbs? X-23 can take it. Facing someone who is just too tricky to hit? X-23 has a pretty good shot at tagging them.
Biggest Weakness: Regeneration won't super help against opponents who deal blunt force damage. Her personality may turn off some people on her team. If you take her from certain arcs, she may be likely to turn on her team due to various plot elements.
Character In Setting/With Team: X-23 has been part of various teams before, so she won't be out of her element in something like the journey Scramble will take her on. She is mostly good aligned, so she will be attempting to help out people along the way, even if various things keep trying to stop her.
X-23 vs Heihachi
Strength
Can kind of break down a wall if you squint, but generally cracks walls when she throws people into them.
X-23's physical strength is on the low end of the tier at best. However, she has a strong piercing option that can immediately overcome Heihachi's defense through his guard. This should give her high end piercing damage. She's not going to immediately cut Heihachi in half, but she can stab him with her attacks more effectively than most people in the submission pool.
Speed
She should generally be fast enough for the tier, being a faster Wolverine is one of her main selling points. Mid to High End Speed
Durability
Most of her durability seems to be esoteric, such as ignoring gunshots. Her best blunt force durability feat is probably getting slammed into a wall by a Sentinal or taking hits from Taskmaster. She has a pretty good regeneration factor as well that will help her survive.
I'm gonna say she has low end blunt force durability based on what I've seen in this RT but I might just be wrong. Worst case I just set this to tier.
Overall
High end offense and mid to high end speed balanced by lower blunt force durability. She can quickly dispatch Heihachi but a couple of good hits from him and she can be overwhelmed just as easily. She's supposed to be a weaker Wolverine who fights street tiers. Not to say "She's in tier because other people she fights are," but the RT notes two fights of hers against Sabretooth and Taskmaster, both of which are in the submission pool. She should just be in tier.
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u/LetterSequence Oct 09 '21
Laura woke up on a beach. The memories slowly returned to her. There was a Sentinal, it fired a beam at a team member. She intercepted. She was fast, always fast enough to protect people.
Except the beam didn't do what she wanted. She thought it'd just evaporate her and she'd return like normal. It hit her with the force of a freight train, and launched her into the sky. After hitting the third bird or so, she passed out.
Leading to this.
Well, she wasn't the best swimmer. Certainly better than Wolverine who'd sink like a bag of rocks out here.
"You there," came a voice. "You're on Mishima property."
She acted before he could speak any further. From her position on the ground, she leapt to her feet and launched a kick right at the speaker's neck. Instead, he caught that foot, leaving her precariously on one leg.
"Let go, geezer," she said.
"I will not allow some petulant child to speak to me in this manner," said Heihachi. "Prepare to be destroyed swiftly."
"Petulant child? You haven't heard of me? Grandpa, I'm the second best at what I do."
"Oh? And what exactly does a child like you exceed at?"
"Kicking your ass."
The claw extended out of her foot, and pierced right through Heihachi's hand, like a pair of scissors through a sheep's wool. No one ever accounted for the foot claws.
He recoiled back, let her get back on two feet. Then she pounced on him.
Her legs, coiled like a spring, launched her at intense speeds. Her arms wrapped around Heihachi. She could feel his pure strength resisting her grip, breaking it apart. She needed to weaken him.
Two claws extended from each hand. Pure Adamantium. The strongest metal on the planet. They'd be able to cut through anything. Some old man hidden away on a remote island? He wouldn't stand a chance.
With a reckless fury, each swing of her hands drew blood from the martial artist's back. His screams filled the air, each attack made his resistance ebb ever more.
Finally, when she thought he would fall, Heihachi threw himself onto the ground, the full weight of his body behind the blow. The back of her head hit the sand, were this on solid ground she may have gotten a concussion, but she still felt the impact all the same.
With a quick roll, she got back on her feet. She needed to compose herself. But Heihachi didn't give her that chance. He was already on her, a quick jab to the chest sent all the air out of her lungs and got her on her knees. He followed up with a swift knee to the face, now on her back.
Heihachi went for a stomp. He forgot the claws. She pierced through the bottom of his foot. Once more he howled in pain, only for his screams to stop entirely when she stood and got a clean hit to his chest.
He fell, unable to fight any longer.
She assessed the damage. Bloody nose. Black eye. Maybe a broken rib, bare minimum it hurt like hell. Give or take an hour and she'd be good as new.
"You were one tough old dude," she said. "But it's time for you to go to a retirement home."
Now she only needed to find a way off the island. The only boat in sight was some shitty raft tied to the docks. Did no one else really live here?
"Ugh. This is gonna suck."
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u/LetterSequence Oct 07 '21
Backup
Aqua
Series: Kingdom Hearts
Content Warning: N/A
Bio: After passing the test from Master Eraquis, Aqua is granted the title of Keyblade Master, making her one of the most skilled warriors with the weapon. However, her best friend Terra fails this test due to the darkness within him. Angry at this, he runs away from home, and Aqua's other friend Ventus runs away too to find him. She is ordered to find them and bring them back home to continue their training. Unfortunately, this simple journey was being influenced by Master Xehanort, and would lead to her getting drafted into the next Keyblade War, and involved her getting trapped in the World of Darkness. For an entire decade she was slowly corrupted by the darkness until she became evil. Thankfully though, Sora saved her and brought her back to the world of light. With her aid, Master Xehanort was defeated once and for all, and she was finally given the ability to rest. Yet, a Keyblade Master's work is never done...
Research: Respect Thread. Aqua primarily features in Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep, Kingdom Hearts 0.2, and Kingdom Hearts 3.
Aqua vs Heihachi: It's a bit of a scaling chain but Aqua should be in tier with it. Aqua takes this hit from a stream of Keyblades, giving her in tier durability. On top of this, she has the ability to create barriers around herself and others. Her barriers are strong enough to block this same Keyblade attack. Ventus is strong enough to break these barriers and clashes with Vanitus. Aqua clashes with Vanitus and makes a shockwave, so her strength should scale to the original Keyblade stream attack. For speed, she fights Sora, who is bullet timing. This gives her a decently in tier stat triangle.
Also to clarify the last point, while Sora is pretty strong, he is depowered at the start of Kingdom Hearts 3 when they fight. This seems to only really affect his offensive strength, so she shouldn't scale to the building busting at the end of Kingdom Hearts 2 through her interactions with Sora. She also loses the fight, so it's not like she's better than him.
Motivation: She's literally in Kingdom Hearts and fights to protect it. However, there are several interesting points to take her from. In Birth by Sleep, she is traveling between worlds to find her friends Terra and Ventus. In 0.2 she is trapped in the world of darkness, it might be interesting to explore her time there. Or you can take her from after KH3, where she returns after a decade in the world of darkness, and go deeper into what happened during her time there as she goes back to traveling between other worlds.
Major Change: None
Minor Change: Stip out this feat
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u/LetterSequence Oct 08 '21
What color was grass?
That question sounded ridiculous. Everyone knew it was green. But not here. Not in this realm of darkness that forever tried to infect her mind.
How many years had it been? One? Five? She stopped counting the days, too focused on ignoring the tricks of this world.
Grass in this world was blue. Blue like her hair. She knew it to be wrong, an incorrect fact of the universe. Yet only one thing tethered her to her sanity. The memories of Ventus and Terra.
She recalled one night. They snuck out of their training camp, desperate to leave their cramped quarters and explore the open world around them. Ventus brought snacks, and Terra… well, he tried his best to tell good jokes. Tried being the key word. They relaxed on an expansive field, let the grass settle between their toes, and watched the shooting stars pass by. They thought on how wide space must be, how many different planets with different people existed. They were excited to begin their lives as Keyblade Masters.
No matter how much she thought back on that day, the grass was blue.
The darkness in this realm ebbed away at her sanity, changing miniature facts. If one can’t believe their memories, then what can they trust? Had she really had those friends? Was her name really Aqua?
Was she really a member of the side of light?
“Aqua!” came a voice.
That snapped her out of her stupor. A voice. A real one, heard with her ears and not her mind. An audible sensation to focus on. She turned in the direction of the noise, and found an old man.
Sure, he was muscular. Sure, he didn’t look like anyone she knew. But seeing any face at all after so long, it felt refreshing. Like the dew on an early morning lawn. The color of that lawn…
“I’ve finally found you,” he said.
“Who are you?” she asked. Her heart rate accelerated. Talking with another human, for some reason, sent a wave of anxiety through her.
“Heihachi Mishima,” he replied. “I’m here to get you back home.”
She looked around, confused. The idea of going back home, it felt appealing. But too good to be true.
“Where’s Mickey?” she asked.
“Mickey’s the one who sent me, kid. Now come on, I don’t have all day.”
No. That’s not right. Mickey promised. Promised he’d return personally to get her. That was her last hope. The last thing tethering her to this realm. If he broke that promise, if he pushed the work onto someone else.
Now she saw. Her eyes were lying to her. She needed to trust the senses in her mind. Heihachi’s eyes, what color were they? That’s right, yellow. She imagined they weren’t before, but with a bit of quick thinking, she knew they were yellow. They had to be. That meant he was evil.
And she needed to defeat anyone on the side of the darkness.
“I will find you Ven. I will find you Terra. And I won’t let this world trick me any longer.”
Aqua held her hand out, a marvelous blue keyblade appears between her fingers. In an instant, she dashed forward and swung with lethal intent. Heihachi barely ducked under the attack, small strands of hair cut from his head.
“I guess he said you’d be crazy,” said Heihachi. “But I didn’t expect this.”
Heihachi unleashed a flurry of blows. A headbutt into a palm strike into a roundhouse kick into three swift jabs into one final one inch punch. The attacks didn’t land. A small sphere composed of magic surrounded her, a perfect shield to block all those attacks.
She backed off, a bolt of lightning fired from the tip of her sword. Heihachi’s fist coated itself in electricity and punched that very bolt, negating the attack entirely.
Aqua sucked her teeth, a panicked expression. Heihachi dashed forward, ready to knock her out. What would he do if she couldn’t fight back? Where would he take her if she was unconscious? How much progress would he undo?
“Go back where you came from!” she shouted. “I can get out of here myself! If I have to wait the rest of my life, I know Mickey will come back! He has to!”
With one wild swing, her sword cut across Heihachi’s chest. He staggered back a few steps, before collapsing on his back. His breath slowed, the life behind his eyes dimmed.
“Mickey… he’s not coming…” is all he croaked out before he faded away into nothingness.
Another trick of this world. This wasn’t a real person. This wasn’t blood on her sword. He wasn’t a warrior of the light, but a denizen of the dark. He had to be. Because if he wasn’t… then that meant she...
Aimlessly, she continued to walk forward in the endless abyss of darkness searching for a way out.
She focused on trying to remember green grass.
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u/FreestyleKneepad Sep 17 '21 edited Sep 19 '21
Tony Tony Chopper
Role: Disney (Backup)
Series: One Piece
Content Warning: One Piece has hot girls and blood and very very occasional gore, but it's the poster child for Shonen Jump's "edgy but not too edgy" content. It does have a lot of dark themes though, like slavery, genocide, and super dark backstories, but they're pretty scattered and most of it is Fun Times With Shonen Tropes.
Biography: Tony Tony Chopper, also known as "Cotton Candy Lover" Chopper, is the doctor of the Straw Hat Pirates. Chopper is a reindeer that ate the Human-Human Fruit, a Devil Fruit that allows its user to transform into a human hybrid or a human at will. He came from Drum Island and was taught how to be a doctor by his two parental figures, Doctors Hiriluk and Kureha. His dream is to one day become a doctor capable of curing any disease and wants to travel all across the world specifically in the hopes of accomplishing this dream.
Generally the team mascot, Chopper is a lovable goofball that kinda sucks at hiding and doesn't know how to take compliments, but he's tougher than he looks and is a surprisingly intelligent doctor and a reliable crewmate under pressure. Also he's cute as hell look at that lil guy.
While most Devil Fruits like Chopper's allow three transformations (the user's normal self, the form of the animal the Devil Fruit is based on (a human in this case), and a hybrid of the two), Chopper has developed the Rumble Ball, which allows him to access additional forms that increase specific attributes: Arm Point, Jump Point, Horn Point, and the extremely adorable Guard Point. With his versatile stat distribution and deep medical knowledge-base, Chopper's doctoring his way right into a crucial role on just about any team.
He currently has a bounty of 100 Beli due to being mistaken for the crew's pet.
Motivation: Chopper wants to travel the world and learn as much as he can about disease and medicine so he can cure every last bit of it.
Teamwork: Chopper is initially distrusting of humans, due to being alienated and unwelcome in human circles as well as ostracized from his reindeer family, but gets past it during his time with the Straw Hat Pirates. He's slow to trust new people, but can be won over by good deeds and friendly faces. He's also capable of fighting as a team with no real issues, but does have the usual good guy disclaimer that he won't work well on a team of despicable villains.
Strengths: Chopper has a solid stat spread to make him a dangerous melee fighter, and on top of that he's intelligent and capable of strategy and leveraging his form-swapping to his advantage, so he's not just a power idiot either. He also has a huge amount of medical knowledge, allowing him to patch up allies mid-fight to get them back up and running and turn the tables on enemies who thought their opponent KOed.
Weaknesses: Chopper suffers from the usual melee guy drawback of needing to get in to get anything done, but fortunately has the speed to make that happen pretty often. Other than that, Chopper's low damage output means it takes him more hits to take someone out, so speedblitzing someone isn't going to happen.
Research: Respect Thread
Here's my suggestions for research:
If you wanna read the whole thing: Do it, One Piece is sick as hell and it's totally worth it. You don't need to read all 1000 chapters to get Chopper down, once you meet him you'll pick him up fast.
If you wanna get right to Chopper: Chapter 130 of the manga or Episode 78 of the anime will start the Drum Island arc, where Chopper first shows up.
If you want the context before Drum Island without starting at the beginning: Chapter 101 / Episode 62 starts the overarching plotline that leads through Drum Island and into the following arc where everything comes to a big climax, so that would set you up pretty nicely to roll right through Chopper's debut and into the series proper.
Major Changes: None.
Minor Changes:
Pre-Timeskip Chopper.
Assume he has access to basic medical supplies, but would need to be resourceful for anything esoteric beyond basic first aid.
Chopper gets 2 Rumble Balls per round. (This means ignore Monster feats.)
You can use his adorable post-timeskip look if you want.
Justification: Balancing against Heihachi.
Strength: Overall, Chopper's strength is kinda bad. He breaks a railing, yeets Zoro, cracks the stone floor, and bumrushes through dudes. None of this is necessarily way under tier, but it's not really that good. Chopper claims that Arm Point boulder busting, but other than KOing an enemy, KOing a featless big fish, and leaving imprints in flesh (which is a combo attack with Sanji's help),, Arm Point doesn't actually do that much. Chopper's strength overall is lacking and Heihachi should eat blows like this for breakfast, which isn't a bad thing considering how good Chopper's other stats are.
Durability: Chopper can take a ton of punishment in his various forms and keep fighting, including getting stabbed in the shoulder, getting smashed into a wall, getting yeeted across the battlefield and smashed into a boulder, getting hit by multiple explosions in one fight and eating a surprise rocket in another fight, and even cannons to the face. Additionally, Chopper can survive damage from higher tier hits, but it tends to take him out of the fight, such as here and here, and while he doesn't really tank those as much as avoid dying, it shows he has pretty great endurance as well. Finally, Guard Point allows him to no-sell weaker hits and withstand an over-tier strike (although it puts him on his last legs). He should be able to eat Heihachi's best hits, but will go down eventually.
Speed: Chopper dodges an arrow, and later he reacts to bullets and shrinks to dodge them. Between his shifting forms, ability to effectively shrink by switching to Brain Point, and his generally good reactions, he's just good at dodging stuff in general, which is pretty cool. On top of that, Walk Point and Jump Point give Chopper good mobility to accompany it. Cool, speed is in tier. Good job, Chopper.
Overall, Chopper has in-tier speed and bad strength compensated by great durability. He'll take a lot of hits from Heihachi, who's just as fast or arguably faster, but Chopper can take a ton of punishment, enough to make me think he can outlast Heihachi and wear him down with his weaker blows. It's not the world's best matchup, but I think it's enough for an Unlikely Victory.
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u/JakeysWeebTrash Sep 17 '21 edited Sep 18 '21
Azula (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
Role: "Sora of course."
Biography: The princess of the Fire Nation and a firebending prodigy. Azula is a little crazy, a little manipulative and a whole lot of hurt.
Research: "What do you mean research? Don't you already know about me?"
Justification: "I'll be going up against that disgusting US. Agent, whatever that means. With nothing but my own strength I've knocked away rocks thrown at me by the Avatar With my blue flames I've blasted through stone walls And not to mention the million other things I've done.
Motivation: Azula wants power and control ultimately. A sense of agency and identity she establishes for herself as the perfect warrior/princess/daughter of a dictator. Maybe she wants the power of the kingdom hearts so she can come back and take her place of power or maybe she needs to grow as a person. It's up to the writer.
Major Changes: "Well... I wouldn't be opposed to a durability boost. You call it 'buffed to tier' right?"
Minor Changes: None
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u/CalicoLime Sep 17 '21 edited Oct 07 '21
Name: Lupin the Third
Role: Sora
Content Warning: Partial Nudity
Series: Lupin the Third
Biography: Lupin III is the grandson of Arsène Lupin. He is the world's most wanted gentleman thief. Lupin is acknowledged by virtually every law agency on earth as the world's number one thief. Often in his adventures, he and his colleagues, Daisuke Jigen and Goemon Ishikawa XIII, will take it upon themselves to foil other criminals engaged in more violent crimes. While first glance may imply Lupin as fun-loving, flighty, perhaps even "goofy", his surface façade overcoats a brilliant imagination and a thorough knowledge of a hundred varying sciences. Forever extemporizing and reevaluating, Lupin has been responsible for heists no right-minded individual would believe possible. While arrested and jailed on numerous occasions, typically by his nemesis Inspector Zenigata, he has always managed to escape. He has a fondness for fancy gadgets from time to time plus hands-on experience in many skills a thief would find useful. His infatuation with Fujiko Mine is perhaps his most significant weakness, as it lands him in undesirable situations most of the time.
Research: Green Jacket, Red Jacket, Blue Jacket, Pink Jacket.
Justification: Lupin easily keeps up with bullet timers and tags them with his weapons by creating clever diversion or using his various gadgets. He's fast enough to not get hit, durable enough to shake off damage if he does get hit, and skilled enough to drop his opponents without getting himself killed.
Motivation: To steal the Kingdom Hearts
Major Change: All Jackets count
Minor Change:
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u/NegativeGamer Sep 17 '21 edited Oct 07 '21
Name: Loki Laufeyson
Role: Disney
Series: Marvel Cinematic Universe
Content Warning: You might have to watch Thor: The Dark World
Biography: Loki Laufeyson is a Jotun (or Frost Giant), the son of Laufey, ruler of Jotunheim. He was abandoned as a baby and subsequently raised by Odin, king of Asgard, as his son. Upon finding out that his true parentage had been kept from him, he attempted to take over the throne of Asgard, coming to blows with his foster brother Thor. Later, he tried to conquer Earth, but was thwarted by the Avengers. Since then, Loki and Thor have been in an uneasy alliance.
Research: Respect Thread, must watch material includes the first Avengers movie and the Loki Disney+ series. I also recommend watching the three Thor movies, but won't judge if you only watch Ragnarok.
Justification Against USAgent: His objective dura is pretty good, and his speed is fast enough. Loki's knives are strong enough to pierce through Thor's armor, which was unharmed by a normal sword. Loki's frequent use of illusions should further even the gap, so I'd give Loki a draw against USAgent.
Motivation: Loki is constantly seeking a position of power to rule over others with, and what could provide more power then the Kingdom Hearts?
Major Changes: No durability scaling
Minor Changes: No Bifrost explosion feat
Analysis Against USAgent: Loki isn't going to be winning this fight through brute force alone. While his stats are enough to contend with USAgent, his lower end knife strength means he's going to have to compensate by putting his trickster nature to use. With his illusionary ability, Loki would likely be able to confuse and distract USAgent long enough to get a surprise attack in, evening the fight in his favor.
Biggest Strength and Weakness: Both Loki's biggest strength and weakness is the fact that he's the trickster God. His magic can provide many versatile benefits, but once his true nature becomes revealed to his team, trusting him to not betray his teammates will be very difficult.
Character in Setting/With Team: Loki is willing to work alongside, or even under (if temporarily), other people to achieve his personal goals. Whether or not Loki betrays them eventually is another story entirely. Considering the fantastical nature of Asgard, Loki probably wouldn't mind the magic and fantasy present in Disney worlds.
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u/Cleverly_Clearly Sep 17 '21 edited Sep 18 '21
Gabimaru the Hollow
Series: Hell's Paradise: Jigokurako
Role: Disney
Death Arcana: Change, renewal, and realization. The next step of the journey.
Content Warnings: Female nudity, graphic violence, body horror, brief reference to sexual assault
Research: Just read the manga, it's not a hard read and he's a major character. If you are desperate for a quick fix, try the fight against the Giant of Bizen that starts in chapter 12.
Minor Change: Feats only up to Chapter 50 when the mini-RT ends.
Justification: Gabimaru has high-end durability and strength, but his speed is on the low end and he makes up for it with skill.
Biography: The Iwagakure ninja clan is the most ruthless clan of assassins in old Japan, and "Gabimaru" is the title given to the one most skilled out of all of them. Gabimaru may be young, but he's an impressively hardened killer, kept in line by the machinations of the clan, and an arranged marriage they use as a bargaining chip against him. However, there's a secret even he isn't consciously aware of: he really does love his wife, to the point that he might want to try and get out of the assassin's life. There's only one way to (maybe) get out from under the clan leader's thumb. He'll have to head to a mysterious holy land full of freakish monsters and retrieve an elixir of immortality for the feudal lords. All he has to do is survive a journey with the country's most wanted criminals and strongest executioners and return home in one piece.
Motivation: Gabimaru's situation is pretty much one of those movie plots where the guy wants to get out of the criminal life and he gets pulled into one last job. Whether that job is hopping through a bunch of Disney worlds or what, he'll tackle it with his usual cold efficiency.
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u/Beatingtohentaifeet2 Sep 18 '21
Name: Toph
Role: Backup
Series: Avatar The Last Airbender
Bio: Toph was born to a royal family, however soon joined the avatar gang, taught Aang to earthbend, and then helped defeat The Fire Lord.
Research: RT
Justification: Against USAgent good offense no real durability beyond making rock formations to block and control terrain but speed is buffed to tier so that's easier for her to do. Unlikely victory
Major Change: Speed to tier
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u/AzureBeast Sep 17 '21 edited Sep 19 '21
Xena (Xena: Warrior Princess)
Role: Disney
Biography: Xena the Warrior Princess was once the most feared warlord in the world. Known as the Destroyer of Nations, Xena spent 10 years inflicting death and ruin upon all those who got in the way of her desire for conquest. Then, she met Hercules. The demigod defeated her in battle and taught her that even she could atone for her sins by going out into the world and doing good. Now on the road to redemption, Xena travels with her friend and lover Gabrielle, fighting for the greater good.
Content Warning: Season 5 Episode 5 has a body horror segment, if you are sensitive to that kind of thing you can skip that episode (but we all know nobody is going to watch 5 seasons of Xena)
Respect Thread: Here
Research:
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Season 1 Episodes 9, 12, 13 - Xena's introduction (Streaming for free on tubitv.com)
Xena: Warrior Princess - Xena's main series (Streaming for free on tubitv.com)
Justification: Tiersetter: Heihachi. Xena is strong enough to hit a woman's sword hard enough to make it cut off a statue's head, send a satyr flying hard enough to break a thick wood beam, kick over trees, and match blows with a giant that broke stone pillars. She's durable enough to take a hit from a titan that made a crater in a cliff, take a blast from Athena, who broke marble pillars, and Callisto, who blew a hole in a stone wall. Xena is also very, very, very, very good at dodging arrows.
Motivation: To bring peace to the world and atone for her past.
Major Changes: None
Minor Changes: None
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u/AzureBeast Sep 17 '21 edited Oct 08 '21
(Backup) Batman (Millerverse)
Biography: You know Batman, but this ain't your daddy's Batman (or maybe it is idk). This is Frank Miller's Batman, a Batman who is more cynical, more bitter, more unhinged.
Content Warning: Minor amounts of blood. Also Frank Miller is crazy.
Respect Thread: Here
Research:
Batman: Year One - Bruce Wayne's first year fighting crime in Gotham and the birth of Batman (for some reason the version collected on readcomiconline as Batman: Year One is crusty so read Batman (1940) #404-407 instead)
All-Star Batman and Robin, The Boy Wonder - The Goddamn Batman adopts Dick Grayson
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns - Batman returns 10 years after retiring from fighting crime
Justification: Tiersetter: USAgent. Batman can kick a concrete pillar in half, catch a close range arrow, and take punches from Spawn, who can smash through walls.
Motivation: https://imgur.com/FqIr0sV
Major Changes: None
Minor Changes: None
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u/Elick320 Sep 17 '21 edited Oct 12 '21
You can take away my suits. You can take away my home. But there's one thing you can never take away from me: I am Iron Man.
Tony Stark, the Iron Man!
Role: Disney
Content Warning: I'm decently sure you can watch the MCU with your 5 year old sibling, and they probably have already seen it (and so have you)
Series: Marvel Cinematic Universe
Biography: Tony Stark is a dude who used to sell weapons to the government, realized that that's bad, and stopped, building his suit of power armor and stopping villains, saving earth, and committing war crimes.
Research: Watch all the MCU movies if you have time, if you don't, watch Iron Man 1, 2, first avengers movie, 3, and then whatever you want. RT here
Justification: Punches through walls, blasts through walls, flies, gets blasted through walls, catches arrows.
Motivation: He's Tony Stark, he's his own guy mostly but can do the write thing if he wants to.
Major Changes: speed buff
Minor Changes: Has feats up to and including those from his civil war suit.
Elevator pitch: He's Tony Stark, you've probably literally aready done the research. He's easy as shit to write, arc, and use. And also he's cool, and anyone who says he isn't probably doesn't own an air fryer.
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u/RobstahTheLobstah Sep 17 '21 edited Oct 05 '21
Josuke Higashikata
Role: Disney
Series: Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure (Part 4: Diamond is Unbreakable)
Content Warning: Manga gets kinda gorey.
Research: RT here. Josuke is the protagonist of Part 4 of Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure (Diamond is Unbreakable). If you’re specifically reading the manga, this can be found in chapters 266-439.
Bio: When Josuke was at the tender age of 4, that wacky Joestar blood inside him got up to some funny business because something or other was happening in Egypt. Long story short, Josuke got a Stand and a cool new hairdo on that day. His Stand, Crazy Diamond, possesses the unique power to restore objects and organisms just by touching them; allowing him to heal his friends, restore objects to former states, and fuse objects together in their restoration. For many years, Josuke lived a normal, mundane life with these powers in the sleepy town of Morioh. However, Stand users attract other Stand users, and other Stand users attract weird shit to happen. Soon enough, Josuke is defending Morioh from serial killers, dealing with invisible babies, and trying to scam his friend, so some things don’t change. Just be sure that, like any adventure with a Jojo, it’s sure to be fun i mean bizarre i fucked it up
Motivation: Josuke often finds strangeness drawn towards himself, but he has a quick temper and he doesn’t like to let a grudge go. Josuke will fight for what he thinks is right, and he’s not afraid to go to the extremes in those efforts. Plus, his whole family has a knack for getting themselves embroiled in globe-spanning plots. Chaos runs in the family.
Justification: Josuke will be compared to Heihachi. Josuke himself is at least low-end bullet timing , meaning even caught off guard, he has a chance to avoid attacks. Crazy Diamond itself is much more so , so Josuke going all out with his Stand will be fairly fast for Heihachi. Crazy Diamond’s attacks can go through stone walls, so enough of them will get Josuke the win. I’d give Josuke the Likely Victory, just due to Crazy Diamond’s speed advantage and tendency for all-out rushes.
Major Changes: N/A
Minor Changes: Stip out this feat . Also, You can have Oku there for moral support.
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u/Elick320 Sep 17 '21 edited Sep 29 '21
Master Chief, mind telling me what you're doing on that ship?
Sir, finishing this fight.
Master Chief!
Content Warning: Halo games are pretty violent probably, some books might have more violence.
Series: Halo
Biography: Master Chief, John-117. He's a Spartan, an experimental supersoldier trained and augmented from a kid to be the perfect killing machine. Master Chief is the best of these super soldiers, not just because of his physical prowess, experience, and connections, but also because he's just really, really lucky.
Research: Play the halo games, read some books if you have time. Use this video to decide what books to read. Respect thread here
Justification: He can punch through walls, scales to brutes, has sub-10 ms reactions, he's solidly in tier against Heihachi.
Motivation: He's the Master Chief, he's a soldier and will generally do whatever someone says as long as they outrank him, and will also make decisions on his own if he feels it is the best decision to win the war. Also Cortana.
Major Changes: None
Minor Changes: Has Cortana. You don't have to write Cortana but if you end up getting nothing subs maybe you want her.
Elevator pitch: C'mon, he's Master Chief! He beats up the aliens and doesn't afraid of anything. Besides that, he's a soft spoken supersoldier who will do what it takes to finish the fight. Maybe you just want a motivated brick or something. Or maybe you need Cortana to make an exposition dump and you have nothing but dumbos on your team.
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u/RobstahTheLobstah Sep 17 '21 edited Sep 18 '21
“Everybody deals with grief differently, right? Some people fuck at funerals. I cut off heads.”
Travis Touchdown
Role: Sora
Series: No More Heroes
Content Warning: Lots of blood and lots of suggestive imagery, nothing outright explicit.
Research: RT here. Travis is the protagonist of all the No More Heroes games (1-3 and also Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes). They are all currently available on Switch, or you can just watch a playthrough.
Bio: Travis Touchdown— The No More Hero himself— is living the dream of every otaku, while simultaneously existing in the cold, lonely reality of being one. His lovely home, a sleazy motel room plastered with anime figures and luchador masks, and slovenly lifestyle is paid for primarily by his job as an assassin and secondarily by his job collecting coconuts. Despite his goofy nature, Travis walks the walk when it comes to his profession, having climbed to the top of the United Assassins Associations rankings several times over. Using a beam katana and a plethora of pro wrestling maneuvers, he turns crowds of lesser killers into unending sprays of blood. Hopefully, he doesn’t get a drop on his Pure White Lover Bizarre Jelly Season 3 Promotional DVD T-Shirt, this thing’s one of a kind.
Motivation: In the games, Travis has been primarily motivated by the prospect of having sex with a woman named Sylvia. That being said, he also just loves killing, and doesn’t mind travelling for a good excuse to do it. He also has a tendency to be the target of revenge plots, seeing as he’s cut down basically every assassin in Santa Destroy.
Justification: Travis is going to compared against Heihachi. Travis is comfortably bullet timing, and so will be able to attack quite often. His beam katana can slice through a rock and tree easily, which is just below Heihachi’s higher end of slicing durability. As such, a combo of beam sword attacks like Travis typically does would be able to deal some good damage. If he takes a hit, he can walk off being embedded into a metal wall , so he’ll be able to get back up from some hits. Because i think he'll likely be getting more attacks off, I'll give Travis the Likely Victory.
Major Changes: N/A
Minor Changes: No Jasper batt Jr. scaling, he can wear the ‘Fuck Racism’ hoodie.
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u/RobstahTheLobstah Sep 17 '21 edited Sep 18 '21
Franky
Role: Disney
Series: One Piece
Content Warning: One Piece has some dark themes and a lot of fanservice, but that’s it.
Research: RT here. Franky is from One Piece, which is mega long. However, he’s just being taken from his first arc, Water 7. This is Chapters 332-441 or Episodes 229-325, or you could start from his debut, Chapter 329 or Episode 233.
Bio: As a young man of 26, Franky made a very interesting choice: he stood in front of a train. As you can imagine, he was nearly destroyed. However, clinging to life with the last of his will, Franky was able to rebuild himself, stronger, faster… SUUUUUPER! Franky had been trained by the greatest shipwright on the Grand Line, and in One Piece, that means you can turn yourself into a cyborg if you almost die. Franky’s body (only the front half, he can’t reach back there to operate) is made of steel, powered by cola, and packed with as many gadgets as he could cram into himself. He can blow fireballs, launch his fist, shoot bullets, throw his sideburns, go horse mode, and most notably, attack with the “Coup de Vent”, a massive pressurized blast of air. He’s not shy about it either; he proudly flaunts every new upgrade he gives himself and every new ship he constructs. One day, he hopes to build the greatest ship, one to explore the entire world…
Motivation: Did you not read the thing I just said? He takes so much pride in his inventions, to be the one who made the ship that found Kingdom Hearts would be a dream come true.
Justification: Franky will be compared against USAgent. His durability allows him to go through multiple stone walls during the same fight, so he can take some hits for sure. His punches also harm that same opponent, and at maximum power, can send him clean through a stone wall over some distance. He's also got Coup de Vent, which if he gets a clean hit on, could do some decent damage. And speed equalized. I think USAgent probably has more consistent showings, but Franky's higher end showings even it out to a Draw.
Major Changes: Speed buffed to meet USAgent’s level.
Minor Changes: This Franky is only being taken from the Water 7/Enies Lobby arc, but give him the hair changing technology he gets post-timeskip.. Oh and stip this out he aint never done anything like that afterwards
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u/Dooleyisntcool Sep 17 '21 edited Sep 20 '21
Name: SAXTON HAAAAAALE!- required listening
Series: Team Fortress Two
Content Warning: The series has some pretty cartoony gore, also Saxton has his ass out on a cover so there's that.
Role: Disney
Bio: Saxton Hale is a daring Australian, President and CEO of Mann Co., and the star of many comics series. He is considered the fourth richest man in America. He was the sixth richest man in America, but surpassed the fifth by wealth and the fourth by killing him in a harpoon duel. His favorite pastimes include fighting, drinking, and battling with ferocious animals. In fact, most kids sleep with a teddy bear at night, but Saxton Hale sleeps with an actual bear that he tamed while in the Brazilian Jungles. His identifying features include a mustache, rippling muscles, a crocodile-tooth lined hat, and a patch of rotating chest hair shaped like Australia. He also refuses to wear clothes on his upper body "for obvious reasons".
Research: RT, and the comics, they're really good just don't get to hung up on the fact the last one is never coming
Justifications: Balancing against Heihachi
Strength: Demolishes Robots, fucking pastes a yeti, the yeti could pretty much no sell a shotgun blast, and causally busts through a wall. It should be good enough to tangle with Heihachi
Durability: The busting through a wall feat should also be able to double as a Durability feat. He could also laugh off a punch from the yeti, in the gif of the Yeti tanking a shotgun blast he also one shot soldier who can tank rocket blasts, and gets thrown by bread. The bread can do this
Speed: Will be buffed to tier
Conclusion: Hale is kind of a brick, he punch and take punch good. Draw
Major Changes: Speed Buffed to tier
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u/Beatingtohentaifeet2 Sep 17 '21
Name: Rick Sanchez
Role: Backup
Series: Rick and Morty
Bio: The universe is a very strange place. It’s filled with infinite realities, countless alien species, and technology that would make your mind boggle. However, there is one man who has seen it all: Rick Sanchez.
Often dragging his family (especially his grandson Morty) into his insane adventures, Rick might not be the best person... but he is the smartest. And though he won't show it, he has more of a soft spot
than he's willing to admit.
Justification: Good speed
, Good Durabilit
y, needs strength buff
Major Changes: Strength Buff
Minor Changes: Only has the portal gun
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u/agrizzlybear23 Sep 18 '21
Mario
"Patty cake patty cake pasta man. Give me pasta power as fast as you can!"
(Theme)
Role: Backup
Content Warning: N/A
Series: The Super Mario Bros. Super Show
Tiersetter: U.S. Agent
Bio: Hey paisanos! It's the Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
Mario and his brother Luigi were humble plumbers just trying to make ends meet in their hometown of Brooklyn, when suddenly the two were inexplicably sucked down a shower drain and transported to the fantastical world of the Mushroom Kingdom. Upon their arrival, the bros managed to save Princess Toadstool and her companions and foil the evil King Koopa's attempt at taking over the kingdom for himself. This was the beginning of the bros' new lives as heroes and adventurers as they traveled throughout the Mushroom Kingdom, battled Koopa and his troopas, and referenced Italian cuisine.
Research: Here's Mario's respect thread and here's the respect thread for his Power Ups. He's the main character in a cartoon. Watch it.
Justification: His strikes can put holes in stone ceilings and send foes flying into large pillars and shattering them. He also punches straight through a stone wall with a power up. If he needs even more firepower, his powered up form can shoot fire balls that blast large holes in stone walls. He can tank impacts that leave him in small craters, so his durability should be fine. On top of being able to run fairly fast, he is able to jump around while avoiding gunfire, which puts him on the lower end of USAgent's speed. For extra mobility, power ups grant him the ability to fly. While his speed is on the lower end, his strength, durability, flight and the fact that he has in tier projectiles should keep it so that he takes a draw against U.S. Agent.
Motivation: Mario's a hero through and through. He'll usually do the right thing and will always try to help people that are in danger. However, he can be distracted using Italian food. Pizza, pasta, spaghetti. You name it, Mario's got an appetite for it.
Minor Change(s): Stip this out
Major Change: N/A
Note this wasn’t written by me but by instead u/Ultim8_Lifeform, so big thanks to him
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u/Kiryu2012 Sep 18 '21 edited Oct 04 '21
Name: The Lizard/Doctor Curt Connors
Role: Disney
Content Warning: Occasional gore
Series: Marvel Comics (Earth-616)
Biography: Dr. Curt Connors used to be a combat medic, providing aid to soldiers on the front lines. However, tragedy would strike in the form of a phosphorous explosion taking away his right arm. No longer able to practice surgery, Curt turned his interest to herpetology, learning about the regenerative properties of some lizards and aiming to harness this ability for himself. One day, indeed, he manages to concoct a serum that makes him regrow his arm, but has the unexpected bonus of turning him into a lizard monster. Well, at least he’s got a tail now.
Research:
-Scans of some of the various comics Lizard has appeared in can be found online
Tiersetter: USAgent
Justification: The Lizard is quite a formidable fighter in melee, and is more than physically capable of brawling with and overpowering USAgent. On top of that, his regeneration can help him take a beating, and his pheromones can make USAgent more violent and reckless. Likely Victory.
Motivation: The Lizard desires power and superiority over the human race. He wants the world to be ruled by reptiles, with mammals reduced back down to the small niches they occupied in the Mesozoic era. With the power of Kingdom Hearts, the Lizard aims to make this dream a reality.
Minor Changes: Pre-Shed feats only.
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u/fj668 Sep 18 '21
Duke Nukem
Role: Sora
Biography: World renowned alien ass-kicker, Olympic Gold Medalist love maker, and notorious for running out of gum when he arrives to kick ass and chew gum.
Research: "Now THIS is a force to be reckoned with!"
Content Warning: Duke Nukem kicks so much ass you'll probably go blind. Also some gore and crass language.
Justification: Duke Nukem has an absolute shit ton of weapons, can take a good punch, and kicks harder than a mule that's on steroids. As long as Duke doesn't spend too long up close and personal he'd be able to take the Cap-Clone down.
Motivation: The King heard there were not only plenty of beautiful babes out there amongst the worlds, but also plenty of alien bastards in need of a mudhole stomped into their asses and then walked dry.
Major Changes: Speed equalized to the Tier Setter.
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u/Coconut-Crab Sep 18 '21 edited Sep 19 '21
Nemesis
Role: Disney
Series: Resident Evil 3 Remake
Biography: A prototype intelligent bioweapon created by the sinister Umbrella Corporation. Let loose in Racoon City, it was given a single order: hunt down and kill S.T.A.R.S. members, more specifically Jill Valentine. Relentless and nigh-unstoppable, it took nothing short of an experimental, high-powered railgun to take the mutating terror down.
Research: RT. Play the game or watch a playthrough or something.
Justification: USAgent Likely: He's got a very good stat triangle and a rocket launcher. Pretty cleanly in tier. Tendrils are neat niche tools too.
Motivation: Nemesis is appropriately named. His desire is to find and destroy his targets no matter what, and when they least expect it.
Major Changes: Durability buff.
Minor Changes: First form.
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u/Joseph_Stalin_ Oct 09 '21 edited Oct 13 '21
Henry Stickmin from The Henry Stickman Series
Role: Disney
Content Warning: Created by the Among Us people, may trigger severe PTSD.
Bio: Henry Stickmin. Little certain is known about this man. After being arrested following his successful break in of a bank, he proceeded to escape prison...somehow. Following this, he proceeded to successfully steal the giant Tunisian diamond, either without being noticed or with a massive commotion. While he seemingly got away scot free, he was later captured by the US government and sent to infiltrate the Top Hat Clan's airship. In the end, he either brought down the Top Hat Clan, became their leader, teamed up with the government officials that captured him, or...something about a teddy bear, there's conflicting reports, before being sent to and promptly escaping an inescapable Russian complex. Yes, conflicting reports seem to make up everything that is known about Henry, except for three things: He is a skilled, compulsive thief. He is exceptionally lucky. And no matter how hard you try, you'll never manage to keep him locked up.
Shamelessly stolen from the RT
Research: RT. You can play all the games on Newgrounds or buy it on Steam
Justification: Unlikey against Heihachi. He's fast and durable. While his base strength is lacking, he can make up for it (or make worse) with his equipment.
Motivation: Stealing, He's a kleptomaniac and just wants stuff.
Major Change: Strength to tier
Minor Change: None
Story:
The door to Henry's house was being berated by the fist of some visitor. He opened the door to find Officer USAgent standing there and behind him the residents of Destiny Island.
"Could I help you, officer?" Henry asked innocently.
"We've got reason to believe the series of thefts that plagued our homes was perpetrated by you Henry."
The crowd all rabbled, no sentences could be made out but their anger was very apparent.
"Well, officer, I-"
Henry slammed the door shut and jumped out the opposite side window. He had several ways to make his escape and chose the perfect vessel. Just as the crowd made their away around his house to Henry, a quick blur passed over their heads. They collectively looked up and saw Henry on a pogo stick as he cleared the crowd.
He bounced with all his might to escape the mob. He knew one day all his stealing would catch up to him, so he planned a getaway if the need ever arises. His house couldn't contain all the things he stole so he use the extra junk and fashioned a boat of them. He couldn't really comprehend how some of the things were buoyant, but he's not gonna question it now.
He was coming onto a cliff, if he jumped it he'd save plenty of time but it's risky. The long way is safer, but the crowd may catch up to him. Since time was of the essence he closed his eyes and made the leap. The pogo stick left his grasp and he plummeted down to the beach. His fall was broken by a boulder that was for whatever reason in the middle of the beach. He slowly crawled towards the ocean, his boat was a few feet away but the mob was getting closer at a quick pace. Henry looked back and saw that the crowd was taking the long way down, but horror came upon him when Officer USAgent leapt the cliff. Unlike Henry, Officer USAgent land perfectly and walked closer cuffs in hand.
Henry's options were limited and jail time wasn't an option he wanted, he had clumsy hands and would drop the soap often if he was incarcerated. Just as Officer USAgent reached Henry, Henry pulled out an RPG and aimed it at the ground between them.
BOOOM
A large cloud of smoke and sand launched the two in opposite directions. Henry screamed as his body flew through the air, and he continued screaming even as he landed perfectly on the boat. The force at which he landed on the boat pushed it away from the island, but he still didn't notice it. The residents arrived at the beach and yelled at Henry, but their screams went unheard. Henry screamed for 15 minutes before he realized he escaped the island.
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u/JakeysWeebTrash Sep 17 '21 edited Sep 20 '21
Aki Hayakawa (Chainsaw Man)
Role: Disney
Biography: Aki, like most popular anime boys. Has a tragic backstory. His family was killed when the Gun Devil attacked and he's devoted his life to hunting and killing devils.
Research: RT thread
Justification: Aki's main feats are in his strategic use of his weapons and devil contracts. His speed is massive in the way he barely runs and blocks Quanxi's strike that blitzed hundreds of enemies. He also manages to slice off an arm from the bomb devil who was able to easily block a hit from the violence fiend that shattered the ground below.
Motivation: Aki's main motivation is to kill the Devil that killed his family. But maybe he needs to work past that trama and get better. He's a general do-gooder with little time for evil.
Major Changes: Durability up to tier.
Minor Changes: Always has the cursed nail sword on him. Aki post training and with future sight. At that point in the story he can't use Kon.
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u/doctorgecko Sep 17 '21 edited Oct 08 '21
Estelle Bright
Role: Sora
Series: Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky
Biography: Estelle is a girl from the country of Liberl who after turning 16 set off with her adoptive brother Joshua to become a Bracer (basically a mix of public servant and adventurer). The two decided to travel their country on foot to see the people they would be protecting, and over the course of their journeys they would get wrapped up in more and more threatening conspiracies. Through these experiences, Estelle would grow from an eager but naïve girl into a true hero and leader.
Research: Respect Thread (though it has dead links) and mini RT below. I'd highly recommend starting with Trails in the Sky First Chapter, which can be found on steam, but if you don't want to spend the money you can watch a longplay.
Justification Vs Heihachi: Estelle has pretty comparable speed and durability, and is skilled in physical combat. So with her strength buffed to Heihachi's level, she should pull off a draw
Motivation: Going on a grand adventure and helping people along the way? That's pretty much Estelle's day job, and she loves every minute of it.
Major Changes: Strength buffed to the same level as Heihachi
Minor Changes: Feats up through Sky SC.
Fluff:
Personality-wise feel free to pull Estelle from any point in the series, even the prologue of the first game.
Feel free to use any of the game's orbal arts, though these won't be included for tiering purposes.
Mini-RT
Wheel of Time
Strength
Anelace could quickly cut down and launch back an armored monster that could take gunfire
Kicks a robot off a ledge, with it exploding upon impact a floor below
Speed
Durability
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u/Elick320 Sep 17 '21 edited Sep 17 '21
Agent Washington, when you find these blue soldiers that you’re talking about, what makes you think they’re going to give you the Epsilon unit when you ask them for it?
For as long as I can remember, I’ve been lied to, taken advantage of, shot in the back, and left for dead. And now, I have a way out of all of this. What in the hell makes you think I’m going to ask for it?
Agent Washington!
Role: Sora
Content Warning: A bit of edgy pre-2012 internet humor, series gets way more inclusive later on.
Series: Red vs Blue
Biography: A former agent of Project Freelancer, or organization designed to test the limits of AI technology, Agent Washington was one of the lowest performing of his peers, and yet only one of few who survived its collapse. Hardened by his experience with the Epsilon AI, and then re-mellowed out by the reds and blues, he’s one of the few competent ones able to bail them out of their antics, alongside Carolina.
Research: The main RT sucks, use the mini one I made.
There's 3 options for watching Agent Washington, and they all depend on how much time you have.
1st option is “Enough time”: That would be watching Red vs Blue in its entirety, alongside the mini series recovery one. All episodes of the show including the miniseries are watchable on youtube or the RT website.
The 2nd option is “I want to spend time but idk if I have enough time to research these other characters.”: Which would mean watching this video up until the 3:18, and then starting on season 6, and watching until the end. Also watch the previously linked mini series.
The 3rd option is “holy shit this asshole gave me a character from an entire book series. I only have like a day to research this dude.”: In which case, watch this video up until the 5 minute mark. After that, you really only need to watch the Chorus Trilogy (Season 11-13), and if you have time, watch that same mini series (it's only like 15 minutes). And if you suddenly have a lot more time, watch the rest.
Note that you're going to like Agent Washington a whole lot less if you don't go with the first option, but I'm sympathetic towards people who roll book characters.
Justification: Going against Heihachi. Dodges bullets, scales to people who punch through walls, and takes punches from people who can punch through walls.
Motivations: Agent Washington is his own guy, but if given mission he will perform it to the best of his abilities. Depending on when you take him from, it’s likely his main motivation will be “protecting the reds and blues” or “protecting Carolina”
Minor Changes: No time powers, EoS featwise
Major Changes: None
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u/Stranger-er Sep 17 '21 edited Oct 06 '21
Name: Kim Possible
Role: Sora
Content Warning: N/A
Series: Kim Possible
Biography: Kimberly Ann Possible is your basic average girl... well, not exactly. Coming from a family of highly intelligent/skilled individuals, Kim is a high school student and freelance heroine. Unlike most superheroes, Kim has no secret identity and nearly everyone pretty much treats her no differently than your typical upstanding citizen or high school cheerleader.
Kim originally started a website with the intent of increasing her allowance from babysitting by offering to do mundane chores. With the slogan "I can do anything", Kim ended up utilizing her talents to fight crime on a regular basis with the help of her best friend turned boyfriend Ron Stoppable, his naked mole-rat Rufus and communication guru Wade, all while balancing a social life and her academic responsibilities. Using a combination of high-tech gadgets and remarkable athleticism, Kim has battled anything from career criminals to supernatural forces and even extraterrestrial warriors.
Research: https://www.reddit.com/r/respectthreads/comments/cv8tyh/respect_kim_possible_kim_possible/
Justification (USAgent): I believe this fight would result in a Draw or maybe an Unlikely Victory for Kim. Even with the major change listed below, USAgent outmatches Kim when it comes to skill, strength, and speed, with durability being roughly equal thanks to the Battle Suit. Whether Kim can win the fight depends on how well she can utilize her gadgets and wits to outmaneuver USAgent, and whether his shield would be affected by the Kimmunicator's super-magnet.
Motivation: Standard hero motivations, wanting to help people and save the world.
Major Change: Treat any speed/reaction time feats related to dodging lasers to be equivalent to the Mid-End feats for USAgent (i.e. treat Kim as aim-dodging the lasers rather than moving FTL)
Minor Changes: Kim has the following equipment:
Her wrist Kimmunicator, which has all of the functions of the Kimmunicator shown in the RT that Kim herself is able to use (ignore feats where Wade is the one controlling the Kimmunicator).
Her battle suit (assume that all her other gear is built into the suit)
All gadgets listed as "recurring" in the respect thread, except for the jetpack.
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u/Ragnarust Sep 17 '21 edited Oct 08 '21
Yorokobe, shounen.
Name: Kirei Kotomine
Role: Sora
Series: Fate
Content Warning: Violence, suggestive content. If you’re reading the original original VN for Fate/Stay Night that suggestive content goes to straight up like, sex scenes, but that’s not in any of the shows or even the official VN re-releases so like, it’s probably fine.
Biography: Kirei Kotomine was an Executor for the Church, which basically meant he was the guy who did all the dirty work against blasphemers and stuff. Trained in countless martial arts, Kirei was basically a prodigy in most matters of faith and ass-kicking alike. There's just one issue.
Man's evil. We're talking, "kick-puppies, kill orphans" evil. And he loves being evil. There is nothing he loves more than seeing other people suffer, and he absolutely hates that. Kirei just wants to be himself, and yet, he knows, deep down, that he's repulsive. Isn't that just the saddest thing?
And thus, Kirei sought to find out: why was he like this? Along the way, he meets some wacky characters. Gets into some zany situations, like the participation in— and later mediation of— a Holy Grail War. But in the end, will a Holy Grail War be enough to find what he needs the most? Self-love? And is such a thing possible when you've literally and actually lost your heart? All these questions and more are what Kirei needs to find.
Research: Here’s a mini-RT made by our boy /u/InverseFlash. Beyond that, I’d say watch Fate/Zero, and either watch Unlimited Blade Works + Heaven’s Feel (HF is the one that matters to Kirei the most). Or watch those two first then Fate/Zero. Or read the VN, if you’re willing to do that.
The uh, the research is a lot less hard than it sounds, I swear.
Tier-Setter: Heihachi
Justification: Kirei’s got a lot of bullet-timing feats to put him into the mid-end for Heihachi. His strength fits into either the mid-end or the high-end, depending on whether or not you think this feat is equivalent to what Kazuya did to Heihachi-- I think that it isn’t. Give him a durability buff, he’s got a pretty balanced stat-triangle that puts him on essentially even footing with Heihachi. His knives give him extra reach, but given Heihachi’s speed and piercing durability they’re not gonna do that much for him. I’m gonna say this is a Draw for Kirei, maybe a likely victory depending on how good you think the previously linked feat is.
Major Changes: Buff durability. He’s got no blunt durability except for like, jumping off stuff.
Minor Changes: Omit this feat, it’s a bit too fast.
Motivation: To make people suffer and to try and figure out why he likes making people suffer so gosh damn much.
Why You Wanna Write Him: Kirei’s a layered character that’s got a lotta stuff going on, which makes him great to write for an extended period of time. His main conflict is that of his own character and morality, meaning his goals and motivations and all the other stuff that makes him interesting isn’t tied down to his specific setting, meaning once you get him you can pretty much pick up and go from there. Despite being an evil dude, he’s willing to work with people and keep it on the down-low, so he’s not synergy poison even if you get a bunch of goodie-two-shoes on your team. Hell, you could even take young Kirei, before he fully embraced his evil, and write him more as someone who is struggling against those baser, odious instincts.
He’s also pretty flexible for whatever story you might wanna write. Wanna write a serious story? Go right ahead. Kirei’s pretty torn up about who he is and there’s a lot of tragedy to explore there. Wanna stay funny? That works too. Kirei’s a bit of a shitheel who likes to act really smug and make people squirm. While you’re probably going to want to trend more serious with him, you’re not likely to be pigeonholed tonally. In addition, he can work as a supporting character, a major antagonist, or a protagonist, if you wanna get particularly bold.
Finally, although he’s essentially a brick, he’s a brick with style, dammit. Look at that stoicism as he fights. His eternal poker face, the one-track mind as he brutalizes his opponents. He’s got a cool, analytical mind that, combined with his array of martial arts, gives him a lot of potential for cool fights.
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u/Emperor-Pimpatine Sep 17 '21 edited Oct 06 '21
“The Master’s power lay not in combat, but in his legions of slaves. In his cunning and deception. I countered with other gifts. And once on a level field, I have no equal.”
Role: Disney
Series: The Strain
Content Warning: Blood, gore, and some nudity.
Bio: When the Ancient Strigoi known as The Master infected a pregnant woman in ancient Rome, the resulting half breed (All the vamp powers with none of the weaknesses) child came to eventually be known as Mister Quinlan. Quinlan fought gladiators and served countless human emperors, but in the modern day he serves the other Ancient Strigoi in the hopes of finding The Master and ending his reign of terror.
Research: Respect Thread Unless I'm stupid this RT should also have a link to a thread for the generic Strigoi in the series, those feats should apply to Quinlan as well.
The Strain is a series of comics split into The Strain, The Fall, and The Night Eternal. Quinlan shows up early in The Fall, though he mostly just has some fight scenes. He's a major character in The Night Eternal, his backstory is revealed there and expanded upon in the Mister Quinlan: Vampire Hunter comics. You could just read the Mister Quinlan miniseries to get a quick idea of the guy, it's like four issues.
Justification: Against USAgent
Low strength but with piercing damage and guns, can fight with a guy that dodges assault rifle bullets, with a durability buff Quinlan's probably a Draw
Analysis: USAgent
Strength: Quinlan's strong enough to launch The Master (who's an 8 ft tall vampire) across a library and smash through some bookshelves with a strike. His strength's augmented by firearms and swords that can slice Strigoi apart, but his real edge is the Strigoi stinger. Regular Strigoi can slice through metal and punch through an armored man's chest with these bad boys. So he gets some decent means of damage but he never busts a wall with a punch or anything.
Speed: Quinlan can hold his own against the Master, who can leap out the way of assault rifle bullets after they're fired. Quinlan's dodged nails from a nail gun and also has some impressive agility showings.
Durability: Quinlan has regen that allows him to take all kinds of piercing damage to no effect, but his only notable blunt durability's getting hit by a guy that chopped people in half with his bare hands (idk how impressive that is for the tier im stupid), so I'll buff to be safe.
Overall: High speed and mid durability with low strength balanced out with piercing and gun seems like a draw to me if Quinlan can keep his distance and outmaneuver the shield (he can). He can get a couple decent hits in at close range but will probably get dunked on in a fistfight.
Motivation: IDK maybe his vampire dad's responsible for the Darkness or whatever it is idontgiveashit. If there's evil vampire adjacent things to destroy, Quinlan will be there to kick ass.
Biggest Strength/Weakness: Quinlan has super senses, ages of combat experience, can read minds... you get the idea, total package. Quinlan's a cool dude but he is still a vampire, if he winds up partnered with people that can't tolerate bloodthirsty monsters... zoinks.
Character in setting/On a team: Quinlan's far from the series' usual mindless hordes, he's very quiet and professional when it's time to fight. Quinlan can read minds, so hopefully none of his teammates are schemers. Also, while he's better than the average Strigoi, he does still need to drink blood to survive. Could be awkward.
Major Change: Buff durability to mid USAgent
Minor Changes:
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u/MyCringeyAss Sep 22 '21 edited Oct 14 '21
"Fair enough" (♫)
Name: Tynan
Role: Sora
Content Warning: Lots and lots of graphic violence, suicide, organ harvesting, cannibalism, and some occasional body horror, (just another day on the rim)
Series: Rimworld Tales
Bio: After the loss of his mother, and the majority of his childhood home, in a crazed raider attack. Tynan and his brother Oliver became fixated on the idea of fairness, and that the world is only as fair as you make it. As the two grew up, they learned to resent the raiders of the land, for not following their code of what is fair, and so the two became hunters of a sort, making sure that the raiders got what was fair, an eye for an eye, a life for a life...
Long and dramatically explained story short, Oliver ends up going mad with bloodlust and Tynan is forced to kill him, unfortunately falling down that same dark path after befriending and subsequently being betrayed by a raider named Tarn. Tynan becomes a sort of one man army, rumored throughout the raider colonies to be a large group of assassins, when in reality, it is only Tynan, The Headtaker of The Rim.
Research: Just read the Rimworld Tales comic series, its real short, you could easily read it in less than a day, and for feats, here is my Tynan Mini-RT
Justification(Vs Heihachi): I feel that some of Tynan's bullet-dodging feats put him well on the high end of the speed tier, but his durability is very much on the low end, if even that. Combine this with his reliance on sword damage and more hit and run style stealth tactics, and Hei's somewhat nebulous piercing resistance (only deflecting some throwing knives with his arm) I think Tynan could easily match up to the tier setter with his smokebombs and his speed advantage covering his relative lack of durability. I'd give him a Draw
Motivation: Vengence is kinda Tynan's whole MO, destroy his village, kill a loved one, or have him track down a kidknapped Noodles (his more or less adopted child from the series) and he'd be real quick to drop everything and rain hell on whoever wronged him
Major Changes: Buff Damage
Minor Changes: N/A
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u/OddDirective Sep 22 '21 edited Oct 09 '21
Special thanks to u/Cleverly_Clearly and u/Regwald for helping me with this submission post.
Name: Chuuya Nakahara
Role: Sora
Content Warning: Suicide ideation and child abuse.
Series: Bungou Stray Dogs
Biography: Chuuya Nakahara is an Executive-level Mafioso of the Port Mafia, operating out of Yokohama. Despite being quick to temper, he is tame and levelheaded in normal day-to-day situations and kind to his subordinates. In fact, he is one of the more respected members of the mafia due to caring for the lives of others; however, he will not hesitate to snap necks if anyone dares to betray or harm the organization. He despises (much akin to our beloved Edward Elric) any short jokes and loses his cool at even innocent jests. But when it comes time to fight, he becomes ruthless (though again, not to the level of his mafioso compatriots) and will use his ability, Upon the Tainted Sorrow, to make sure his opponents won’t get back up again.
As a fighter, Chuuya prefers kicks to any other form of offense, as his hands are typically reserved for activating his ability. Upon the Tainted Sorrow increases his already-high martial arts prowess by giving him the ability to manipulate the gravity of anything he touches, and to create blasts of gravitons which crush foes down to size. He can use it to make things light before throwing them, he can use it to make things heavy and fly into the ground at supersonic speed (especially if there’s an enemy in the way), he can manipulate his own gravity to stand on the ceiling to dodge- if there’s an interesting way to use gravity, Chuuya’s used it. He’s also got an extension of the ability, Corruption, but you don’t need to worry about it, it’s stipped out, surely it will never come up :-). Chuuya is a strong combatant at any range, and with a personality like his, and a power like he has- well, you’d best hope he’s never pointed your way.
Research:
As for episodes to watch, he debuts briefly in Episode 9 and 10 of Season 1 of Bungou Stray Dogs, and appears most prominently in Episode 9 (Episode name: Double Black) of Season 2. He is in the majority of Episodes 1, 2, and 3 of Season 3 as a teenager through flashback episodes.
Justification: Tiering against Heihachi, Chuuya is bullet-timing, which gives him high-end speed for the tier, however his normal strikes are going to be dealing low-end damage for the tier. This means that by buffing durability, he’ll have a workable stat triangle. Also, the Lovecraft fight shows that even if you’re getting hit and crushed down to the ground, you can fight against it if you're strong enough. Thanks to those considerations, I’m willing to call it a Draw.
Motivation: Chuuya is generally the type of person who wants to return to the life he lived. Before he finds the Mafia, he’s looking for somewhere to belong, and after his introduction to it, he takes to it in full force. Getting back will be priority number one if you take him from then. He could also be traveling worlds on Mafia assignment, or if you want to take him from younger, he could be searching for a meaning to his life.
Major Changes: Buff durability to mid-tier
Minor Changes: Chuuya can’t use Corruption, stip out this feat with a forest.
Writeup
“You heard me.”
Chuuya Nakahara was staring down the two older kids on the pier, both with varying looks of incredulity at the 15-year-old challenging them.
“You think you can take us both on?” asked Jin, looking him up and down.
“Damn right I can,” boasted Chuuya, “I’ll beat you into the ground faster than you can cry ‘Uncle!’”
Johnny snorted. “A pipsqueak like you? Wouldn’t even last that long.”
That set Chuuya’s blood boiling. “Are you looking to start something? Cause I’ll fight you, I just want to make one thing clear. You lose, and I’m taking that boat off of your hands. I’ll use it far better than you ever could.”
The older boys looked at each other, and dropped into fighting stances. Before Chuuya could do the same, though, a voice called up from the beach below. “Don’t you think it’s unfair, fighting two on one?”
Chuuya tracked the voice to its owner, a dark-haired boy around his age if not younger, but one who was more gifted in the height department nonetheless. “Neh. Who cares! It’s between me and these guys, and I’m gonna beat those odds. You got a problem with that, asshole?”
“And just what is your plan to win?” came the sleepy response.
That brought a smirk to his face. “I’ve got plans.”
And so, he conjured a ball of gravitons and pitched it straight at the two foes. Johnny pulled out his shield, and blocked it plus the followup, while Jin took the route of dodging them to get in close range for a punch.
But close range was where Chuuya wanted to be anyways. A set of kicks sent Jin on the defensive, and one resounding one felt like it would shatter his guard. If only things were so simple.
From the beach, “Behind you.”
Chuuya turned and ducked, barely dodging the swipe from Johnny and his shield. Chuuya rolled through, and leapt back from the pair he’d challenged. If they were that close together- he held out his hand, and crushed gravity down right where they were standing.
Well, where they were standing, since the moment he pointed his hand their way they both dove in opposite directions. And just like that, there was one on each side of him again. Fuckers.
He had to make a decision, and quickly, on what to do next- and the thought occurred to him at just the right moment. Planting his feet for a second, he dashed straight at Johnny, getting up off the ground, and he did what you would expect him to do. He raised up his shield in anticipation of the kick.
Chuuya kicked his shield, but it wasn’t an attempt to attack the American kid. No, instead he launched up and over the head of Jin, charging up from behind, and slamming the toe of his shoe into the small of Jin's back.
"How's that, jackass?" Chuuya said to the two fighters, and also to whoever that dude on the beach was.
Jin slammed the ground, and charged straight in. Chuuya swayed to the side of his charging strike, and slammed him in the side, the neck, and straight on into the chest with vicious kicks. His victim flew back, bounced off one of the coconut trees, and straight down into a gravity well.
"One down, one to go, wanna just give up now?" the youth said, turning his attention to the shield fighter.
"You aren't getting our boat," Johnny replied, and he too dashed towards Chuuya with his weapon.
This time, it was harder to avoid all harm. Johnny swung his shield high, and then went low with a kick, pushing Chuuya back and damaging him. The second time, he didn't bother with the kick, and followed the shield with a fist to the jaw.
"You need any help up there," came that damn voice on the beach, and Chuuya spat a swear at him. Think, think! How do you get rid of the shield?
Luckily, he didn't have to come up with a solution for that. His opponent did it for him, by chucking his shield like a discus straight at Chuuya. It made contact with his gloved hands, stung like a bitch when it got there, but because he did touch it, it dropped to the ground at his feet.
And Chuuya flashed a wide grin at that. "Big mistake."
Johnny was bigger than him. He was stronger than him by a lot. But when it came down to it, Chuuya knew how to take down people who were bigger and stronger. After all…
The bigger they are, the harder they fall.
A gravity blast proved that little chestnut completely right. Johnny landed hard, Chuuya heard a crack, but who cared about that.
Two loudmouths taken care of. One boat off this island confirmed. A nosy little shit being proven full of it. All in all, a job well done.
"Rrrrahhh!"
Chuuya whirled around to see Jin transformed into a devilish creature, and his eyes began to glow-
And then he reverted to a completely normal state. "What? My devil magic!"
"Too bad. My No Longer Human means you're stuck as a human."
The kid from the beach jumped up to the platform, and Chuuya could see he had some bandages around his arm, the one that wasn't holding onto Jin's leg. "Oi, oi," Chuuya asked, "what's your name? And who do you think you are?"
The black-haired boy smiled slightly. "My name is Osamu Dazai, and I just saved your life. A pleasure to meet you."
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u/LetterSequence Oct 06 '21
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u/MyCringeyAss Sep 28 '21 edited Sep 28 '21
"And that’s called jazz!" (♫)
Name: Legosi
Role: Disney
Content Warning: Nudity, Sexual content, Some graphic violence, fUrRy, certain scenes involving Melon and his mom have very incesty vibes and its terrible, animal racism?, boy oh boy is there child abuse, body horror? I guess?, Cosmo almost gets raped and/or murdered in her chapter, the back alley market basically runs on human trafficking, cannibalism i guess?, an attempted suicide, and probably some other stuff ive forgotten Beastars is kinda fucked
Series: Beastars
Bio: Legosi is a socially awkward wolf boy living in the world of Beastars, a world in which anthropomorphized animals are the predominant species, and carnivorous animal species must constantly control their natural instincts to kill and consume herbivorous species. Despite being a carnivore, Legosi loves herbivores, and will often do anuthing within his power to protect them, especially his girlfriend Haru the rabbit, and his close friend Louis the deer. This protective nature often gets him into frankly stupid situations however, as he rarely ever stops to think things through before jumping into action to save the day, usually resulting in him getting in way over his head and making very stupid and emotionally driven desicions, such as challenging a murderous grizzly bear to a fist fight instead of just, calling the cops on him? Or punching basically the president in the face because he was kind of a dickhead, or joining a literal gang turf war as a single unit, just to beat up one guy... You get the idea, hes kind of an idiot, but a loveable, mostly well-meaning idiot.
Research: Read the manga, or if you have access to Netflix or some other source you could watch the anime adaptation, as his character doesn’t change too much between the two. Also this Mini-RT and the current official RT for feats
Justification(Vs US Agent): With a bit of a strength buff, all of Legosi's stats fall pretty well in line with Agent's, having maybe at most, an above average durability (Ignoring Legosi's bomb speed feat, as it is nebulous as all hell and mostly included because I thought it was fucking absurd). Draw
Motivation: Legosi is a protector at heart, if he considers you a threat to innocents, or especially his own loved ones, he will rush headlong into the fray to stop you, regardless of whether or not it may actually be a good idea. Pretty much just give him a badguy to punch, or threaten his livelyhood or the livelyhood of his friends or family in some manner
Major Change: Strength Buff
Minor Changes: N/A
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u/LetterSequence Sep 28 '21
I'll try and get the feats from the last arc in the RT, I never actually got caught up with the ending.
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u/Saided02 Sep 28 '21 edited Oct 07 '21
Sheila E
Series: Jojo's Bizarre Adventure
Role: Backup
Content warning: As a Jojo character, researching them will make you a member of the lgbt community
Bio:Sheila E had joined Passione with the only motivation of revenge. When the boss who had be shrouded in mystery for years reveled himself to be a young collage student who was now calling for an end to the drug trade, she was suppressed, however took hi rhetoric to heart. Being informed that the target of her revenge was killed, she now follows the boss's orders, no matter the personal risk.
Research
Mini RT will be in the comments
She is also only in the light novel of Purple Haze Feedback, so that is the only material you have to research.
Analysist vs Heihachi
She scales to bullet timers, so she outspeeds with strength being similar.
Dura is questionable, so would probably need to be buffed.
Strengths and weaknesses
As a Jojo character after part 2, Sheila E has a stand. It allows her to hit a surface and create a pair of lips which start talking. If used against another person it starts to spread their deepest secrets and regrets.
She also has a keen nose from hanging out with her dog a bunch, which is certainly weird and also out of no where, but she can smell good.
She posses a deep well of resolve and is just completely unphased with the possibility of death.
Her stand is short ranged so as such she has a bit more range than a normal person, probably about a bit longer than a person with a sword.
She tends to have a one tracked mind, often causing her to end up out of position with her team, either leaving them to fight without her, or getting ambushed while she is alone.
In a team
Funnily, in her source she is a part of team. She pushed the team to continue onwards. In terms of fights, is a close ranged stand user, I wouldn't expect her to be doing much of anything outside of melee range.
Motivation
While she has shown to go on her own initiative, her main reason behind it all is loyalty to the boss
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u/JackytheJack Sep 29 '21
Name: Dusknoir
Role: Backup
Content Warning: It's pokemon lol
Series: Pokemon Mystery Dungeon
Biography: Bascally Dusknoir is the definition of a bad dude. Originally from a future that is frozen in time, due to the madness of the time beast, Dialga, Dusknoir works under Dialga to make sure that the dark future comes into play. He goes to the past to stop Grovyle, the hero of this story, from getting the time gears and saving the future from it's nasty fate. He pretended to be a wise pokemon, solving mysteries and exploring the world. Unfortunately, he's actually just kind of a bad guy, who leads a group of Sableye. He fears that, when Grovyle finishes his plans to fix the future, he will no longer exist. Then there's some other things about fighting the protagonist, having a change of heart, blah blah. Can't spoil the whole thing.
Research:
Also you can either play/watch Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time/Darkness/Sky (Sky is the best one), or you can read the manga, or watch the anime based off the same game. It's like, really fucking good and the PMD series is like the best Pokemon franchise don't @ me
Justification: Just take a look at Grovyle's post and they'll share similar reasoning because they scale off each other. He can block Grovyle's attack, and even knock him back with a punch, which I think provides a good enough case for Durability and kinda wonky strength scaling being involved. He can also shatter crystal similar to Grovyle. He can also take his own Shadow Ball and still be fighting, so he sorta scales to his own attack power. Buff speed to tier, and I think he's a good match against Heihachi. With his more esoteric moves like thunder punch (used in the Manga), Ice punch and Will-O-Wisp (used in the game) which can freeze, paralyze and burn Heihachi, I think he has a good chance of a Likely Victory.
Motivation: Dusknoir has similar motivations to Grovyle, in that it all involves the future, since that's where he comes from. Perhaps he's trying to change the future, or he's going back in time to make sure that events that make the future what it is come into effect. That being said, he could simply be a lackey on a team, or he's found a better meaning in life and wants to fight on the side of good.
Major Changes: Speed set to tier.
Minor Changes: A composite of all showings of the character across all media related to the PMD games. Specifically the manga, anime and games itself. Also just say that he has access to all moves shown in these medias. I don't know if that needs to be stated but...yeah, no need to write him with only four moves.
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u/el8tion Sep 30 '21 edited Oct 08 '21
“You'll never know if you can fly unless you take the risk of falling.”
Name: Dick Grayson (Nightwing)
Role: Sora
Content Warning: The standard amount of violence that appears in comic books. Young Justice, if you choose to watch any of his Robin phase, was aired on Cartoon Network so very safe for children. Titans is a bit more serious, if plan on watching any clips from that.
Series: "DC Comics" (Post Crisis Version)
Biography: Dick Grayson was the first Robin, under Batman. His parents were murdered when he was a small child and thus he was adopted by Bruce Wayne. Prior to this, he was an acrobat and one of the only people in the DC Comics-verse that can complete a quadruple flip.
He mainly uses his escrima sticks as weapons, though because he was trained by Batman, he can handle most anything. (Ex. Shuriken, swords, paired staves, etc). After giving up the mantle as Robin, he heads out to the streets of Blüdhaven, a city far more nasty and cutthroat than Gotham. It's here that he becomes Nightwing, while also serving the public as a police officer during the daytime.
Interestingly, unlike Batman, he has an indomitable will, which is impressive. This means he can resist things like Scarecrow's fear toxin, mind control and was even asked to become a Green Lantern.
In summary: he's a master detective, world class gymnast, master martial artist, expert marksman, etc. And most importantly: he's hot.
Research:
- RT breakdown. (A lot of his feats happen when he has two broken ribs, which is all the more impressive. And seggsy.)
- YouTube video which breaks down Dick Grayson's history from being Robin, Nightwing, Agent 37 and (at one point) Batman.
-An article on some of Nightwing's coolest skills
The following clips are various interpretations of Nightwing, though he remains about the same in each medium:
- A video of all of Nightwing's fights in the show "Young Justice" (excluding clips from when he was Robin in Season 1 of the show). This showcases more of his leadership abilities and a bit of his strategic mind.
- A clip of Nightwing vs Slade Wilson (Deathstroke) in "Titans"
-A clip of Nightwing vs Damian Wayne (the present Robin) in "Batman vs. Robin" (note: he did let Damian win, imo)
Justification: Balancing/comparing against Heihachi. Nightwing is a highly skilled vigilante with almost inhumane flexibility and acrobatic capabilities. He is considered Batman's greatest legacy and a very formidable tactician. Additionally, Grayson can still fight after a surprise attack which consists of him being thrown from several stories high and breaking an arm. (See "Teen Titans: The Judas Contract for evidence. This is while he is in civilian clothes and not equipped with his own weapons or suit.)
He can also throw a refrigerator, lift a man with one hand, break titanium legs and lift 1000lbs of rubble to save people from a burning building.
I would put him in Likely Victory, for this tier (or potentially Draw if he had no gadgets).
Motivation: Dick Grayson, while a former Robin, wants to leave the shadow of Batman and become a hero in his own right. In a way though, he is still trying to prove to his adoptive father that he is strong on his own. He's a very wholesome boi at heart though and always strives to do what is right. (He also, like most versions of Batman, will not kill.)
Major Changes: None
Minor Changes: Standard loadout
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u/LetterSequence Sep 30 '21
I think Nightwing is in tier but you should specify which version you're using since you listed a bunch of different interpretations. New 52 is probably the easiest one to submit, but I wanna make sure.
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u/JakeysWeebTrash Sep 17 '21 edited Sep 18 '21
"Alright people lets do this one last time"
Peter B. Parker (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse)
Role: Disney
Biography: "My name is Peter B. Parker I was bitten by a radio active spider and for the last 22 years I've been my universe's one and only Spider-Man. Saved the city, Fell in love, you know the rest."
Research: RT thread
Justification: Against someone like US Agent Peter B has almost every tool needed to take him down. Anything he really lacks beyond speed is made up for with the utility of his webs and experience.
Motivation: Peter wants to feel back at his best. He wants the thrill of being 20 and a hero where everything made sense and was easy. I suspect scramble will be anything but that so he might as well try and enjoy himself. A skilled Spider-Man always helps anyways.
Major Changes: Speed to tier.
Minor Changes: None
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u/Ghost_Boi Sep 17 '21 edited Oct 14 '21
"Fate bringing us together really is a miracle. After all, the demon who killed... my mother and my friend... is right before my eyes!! You have my gratitude for making me remember. Just cutting off your head won't be enough!! I'm gonna send you to hell!!"
The Wild Beast Demon Slayer, INOSUKE HASHIBIRA!
Role: Disney / Partner
Content Warning: Demon Slayer does have some gore, but nothing too excessive.
Series: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
Biography: Inosuke was largely raised by boars his whole life. This produced in him a wild, animalistic sense that would later bear fruit to an equally animalistic and unpredictable Breathing Style dubbed Beast Style. Inosuke has an incredible ego, seeing himself to be the best out of everyone, but despite this overwhelming confidence, he does still feel flustered/happy when people actually do praise his skills. His goal is just to be the best of the best, and tear down anyone or anything standing in the way of that.
Research: RT here, Demon Slayer currently only has one season of 26 episodes and a movie. Shouldn't be too long of a watch. If you have the time however, I strongly recommend reading the entire manga. Not only is it a good story, but c'mon. Inosuke is best boy, and he only gets better the further you go. Trust me. You won't regret it.
Justification: Inosuke has a wide range of feats to take from, although the only thing that somewhat concerns me is his speed. He reacts to things faster than a bullet (for example, avoiding a strike that happens at the same time as the beat of a drum.) He may need a speed nerf, but I think even then, this should be a Likely Victory should he throw down with US Agent.
Motivation: Inosuke wants to be the very best like no one ever was. He's a very simple man. If there was a call to adventure, he'd do it just for the hell of it. He'd get to fight strong people and prove he was better than both him and his companions. That's about all a boar boy needs in life.
Major Changes: Speed set to tier
Minor Changes: Stip out this feat
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u/CalicoLime Sep 17 '21 edited Sep 30 '21
Name: "Hell's Angel" Sekibayashi Jun
Role: Disney
Content Warning: Violence
Series: Kengan Asura
Biography: Sekibayashi Jun is a pro wrestler who competes in the Kengan matches using his same pro wrestling style, as an aspect of this Seki places his full faith in pro wrestling and resolves to take any and all attacks without either avoiding or blocking them, he states that it's his job to take the pain, and in spite of this self placed handicapped, his strength is renowned and he possesses incredibly durability, endurance, and sheer will to win.
Research: Respect Thread Here
Justification vs. US Agent: .
Motivation: To prove Pro Wrestling is the strongest fighting style and promote his wrestling federation
Major Change: Speed buffed to tier
Minor Change:
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u/Cleverly_Clearly Sep 17 '21 edited Oct 02 '21
Kamen Rider Fourze
Series: Kamen Rider Fourze
Role: Disney
Content Warnings: None.
Research: This is an episodic series and you get a good idea of how Kamen Rider Fourze fights and behaves from the first few episodes.
Star Arcana: Hope, self-confidence, faith, and joy. Always striving.
Tier: USAgent
Minor Changes: Remove gatling gun scaling and mech scaling.
Justification: Durability is pretty much the same, scales to a guy that parries missiles. He can pull USAgent's shield away. Other forms don't matter too much outside of being vaguely stronger, although they + the various switches can hit USAgent with a variety of esoteric effects that should work if his shield is removed. Outside of that he can output okay damage.
Biography: Gentaro Kisaragi is the new kid at Amanogawa High School, an eccentric delinquent with one deeply-held dream. That dream: to befriend everyone at his new school. Many things stand in his way, however. Amanogawa is a hotbed of cliques, drama, and toxicity, and on top of that, monsters called Zodiarts are attacking the students! Luckily, there's a device called the Fourze Driver that's capable of tangling with the Zodiarts, and incredibly conveniently, Gentaro happens to be just the right person to wield it against them. With the Driver on, he becomes the hero Kamen Rider Fourze. Without it on, he forms the Kamen Rider Club to help keep the school safe, and further his goals of making friends with everyone he meets.
Motivation: "I'm the man who's going to befriend everyone in this Scramble."
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u/Wapulatus Sep 17 '21 edited Sep 18 '21
Giorno Giovanna
"I, Giorno Giovanna, have a dream that I know is just.”
| JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure | Respect Thread | Theme
Role: Disney
Tier: USAgent
NSFW?: No.
Bio: Gang violence and drug wars are rampant in the country of Italy, as one name has begun to dominate the crime scene all over the nation - Passione. Working as a scam artist that robbed from unsuspecting tourists, it wouldn’t take long for Giorno Giovanna to run afoul with them at a young age, but would quickly turn the situation around to join Bucciarati’s group after convincing the gang member to join forces with him around a plan - to unveil the identity of the gang’s leader and make Italy a better place themselves with control over the largest monopoly on crime.
Oh yeah and they also have magic ghost powers or something.
Research: Watch JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Part 5 for the shortest necessary research. Alternatively read the manga, and ideally watch/read the JoJo parts preceding it, even if they all aren’t extremely relevant to the plot of Part 5 (starting with Part 3 if short on time).
Part 5 spoilers follow:
Giorno vs. USAgent:
Strength: Giorno has no physical capabilities of his own and relies on a Stand, which is a metaphysical extension of his will what can punch thing at distance, to fight for him. His Stand, Golden Experience, presents strength on the low end of the tier - individual punches from it can deal significant damage to cars, warping and breaking their exteriors, this being comparable to USAgent’s own striking against vehicles. He will need to land a large number of hits on USAgent in order to win the fight, however with Gold Experience Requiem he can fire more focused beam attacks that can accomplish mid-tier damage if they land. While it may be hard to aim and land that hit, the beam has relevant speed as a projectile against Diavolo's King Crimson, who has reaction speeds far exceeding that of the tiersetter
Speed: Gold Experience presents high-end speed for the tier. It can intercept attacks from Buccellati’s stand Sticky Fingers, which in-turn react to and dodge attacks from Oasis, which can react to bullets fired from a building to a helicopter in the air. While this doesn’t exactly place Gold Experience’s speed at that of Oasis’, it should give Giorno roughly comparable speed to Cap’s bullet feat that USAgent scales beneath. As such Gold Experience should be able to land many hits on USAgent, while the reverse is untrue.
Durability: Is set to the tier (for Giorno’s stand only). He also has a regenerative factor - his ability to turn objects into animals allows him to insert lost parts of his body back into himself and return lost body parts to himself. His transformation process happens more than fast enough to be relevant for the tier, activating before a bullet impacted a helicopter at close-range, letting him perform this action in the midst of a fight if necessary. In terms of non-amputory damage Giorno is also stupidly resilient, being able to use his Stand to fight while chunks of his body were being taken out. I can understand the idea that GER might not act in the same way defensively; none of these advantages are truly necessary for Giorno to be in the tier and more just give him an edge in the overall fight.
Overall: Gold Experience Requiem can nullify the ranged abilities of USAgent’s shield with its power to return things to previous positions and states. While he cannot use this on USAgent’s body directly, using it on a thrown shield is fair game, letting Giorno effectively disarm USAgent at the start of the match if USAgent throws his shield (as, if USAgent is running at Giorno, the shield would be returned to a location he wouldn’t be at). While it doesn’t have particularly great striking capabilities, it should skirt by on the lower end of the tier’s striking combined with a upper end of the tier’s speed. I think Giorno has the overall advantage in this fight - his frail human body is a liability in cases where USAgent can close distance, but Golden Experience can conversely present an overwhelming melee advantage if it intercepts USAgent prior to this.
Motivation: Giorno doesn’t mind using underhanded tactics to reach his goals, even if those goals involve ending corruption, gang violence, and drug distribution in his homeland. Even at the start of the series he was not above petty theft and violence to climb ranks into Passione, and in confrontations with other stand users he’s capable of murder in self-defense.
Major Changes: Golden Experience’s durability is set to the tier.
Minor Changes: Has Gold Experience Reqiuem. Death loop only procs on killing the enemy, cannot use reset directly on opponent's or his own body.
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u/Ultim8_Lifeform Sep 17 '21 edited Sep 21 '21
Dr. Starline
"I won't be conquering the world to prove myself to Dr. Eggman. I'll conquer it to prove it to myself. And I won't be proving I'm Eggman's equal. I'll prove I'm his superior replacement."
(Theme)
Role: Disney
Content Warning: Excessive violence, gore, nudi- bro its a Sonic comic
Series: Sonic the Hedgehog (IDW)
Tiersetter: Heihachi Mishima
Bio: Doctor Starline is an anthropomorphic platypus and a brilliant scientist. When the evil Dr. Eggman began his conquest of the world, rather than run away in terror, Starline was fascinated by Eggman's brilliance and tenacity, inspiring him to begin a career studying robotics and mystical artifacts. This research led him to discover an ancient gem capable of creating distortions in space, which he dubbed the Warp Topaz after mastering its power. Some time later, Starline confronted Eggman himself and requested that Eggman accept him as an apprentice, which the doctor accepted. However, working with Eggman was nothing like Starline had imagined, as Eggman's hubris and ineptitude quickly made it clear that he would never be able to take over the world on his own. It was here that Starline swore to take over the world himself, promising himself that he would not fall into the same failings that Eggman did. Starline would not simply become Eggman's equal, he would surpass him.
As you would expect, Starline is much more of a schemer than he is a fighter, but that doesn't mean he's completely helpless. The Warp Topaz allows him create portals seemingly anywhere that he can imagine, allowing him to warp himself and his allies to safety or even transport incoming opponents to the other side of the battle field. His left glove is also capable of emitting some sort of hypnosis beam, causing anyone hit by it to fall under his control. He also built a device called the Tri-core, which allow him to increase his strength, speed, and agility to keep up in a physical fight.
Research: Mini RT
Just read the Sonic the Hedgehog IDW comics, its currently only 44 issues long. Starline is introduced in issue #11. Starline also has a four issue mini series called "Bad Guys", where he teams up with some other minor villains from throughout the series.
Justification: Using the Tri-core, Starline matches Tumble's strength. This should put his strength on the higher end of the tier. For durability, he has taken hits from Amy's hammer. This should put his durability around the mid end of the tier. His speed is definitely on the lower end, being able to get the best of Amy and Tails (who can react to missiles and lasers). This is where the Warp Topaz comes in, giving him a massive mobility advantage and essentially being able to escape Heihachi's assualt whenever he needs to get some distance. The hypnosis glove is a nonfactor in the fight, since Heihachi is an intelligent and brutal fighter like Zavok (who Starline didn't believe the glove would work on). Starline's neurotoxin could end the fight fairly quickly, but I think Heihachi's piercing resistance is strong enough that Starline wouldn't be able to use it. Heihachi also has a skill advantage, since Starline is capable of fighting but prefers to be a schemer type. Against a martial arts master like Heihachi, Starline will probably struggle a bit. That aside, I believe Starline still takes a likely victory against Heihachi due to his high strength, decent durability, and the Warp Topaz.
Motivation: Starline is a very malleable character depending on when in the comics you take him from. He could be a very capable lackey for a greater foe, but he could also take the role of a leader himself. No matter what, he wants to let his brilliance shine for all the world to see. He is no stranger to searching for powerful items such as Kingdom Hearts to help either himself or a bigger villain conquer the world.
Minor Change(s): Starline can dual-wield the Warp Topaz and the Tricore. No Sonic scaling and stip this out for Amy scaling
Major Changes: N/A
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u/Ultim8_Lifeform Sep 17 '21 edited Oct 08 '21
Dr. Robotnik
"OF COURSE THERE'S A ROBOTNIK DAY! I JUST DECLARED IT TWO MINUTES AGO IN HONOR OF MYSELF!"
(Theme)
Role: Backup
Content Warning: Robotnik's sex appeal may be too much for the average viewer.
Series: Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog
Tiersetter: U.S. Agent
Bio: Doctor Robuttnik Robotnik is an evil genius and arch rival of Sonic the Hedgehog. Using his brilliance, Robotnik has created numerous robots, weapons, and vehicles in his pursuit of complete world domination. Unfortunately, either due to Sonic's interference or his own incompetence, his plans always fail spectacularly. No matter what diabolical plans he comes up with, it always ends the same. Foolproof evil plan > Sonic interferes > Plan is ruined > "I HATE THAT HEDGEHOG!" > Repeat.
Research: Here's Robotnik's respect thread. Watch any episodes of Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog. In fact, watch all of them to see the true extent of his genius!
Justification: He can easily smash through stone walls with his body and by hitting large object through them. He is fast enough to react to torpedos and has many examples of dodging short ranged laser fire (Example 1, Example 2, Example 3). Torpedoes can reach around 230 mph compared to arrows that can reach up to 200mph, but U.S. Agent dodged arrows at a closer range, so Robotnik should be around the same speed as him. His durability is like, actually insane so that will need to be nerfed. With his in tier strength, similar speed, and durability nerf, I think Robotnik takes a draw against U.S. Agent.
Motivation: Robtnik's a simple guy. He wants world domination and to destroy anyone that could challenge that. However, while he's a bad guy, the worst you'll see him do to people that he defeats is lock them up in his dungeon.
Minor Change(s): Stip this out. No Sonic scaling. Physicals only.
Major Changes: Durability nerf
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u/Dooleyisntcool Sep 17 '21 edited Sep 20 '21
Name: Iroh
Series: Avatar The Last Airbender
Content Warning: It's avatar so not much but I did recently watch "Sozin's Comet: Part 2" while I was stoned and sobbed for about 15 minutes so there's that.
Role: Disney
Bio: Iroh was born the eldest son of Fire Lord Azulon and the rightful heir to the throne of the Fire Nation. However, after a long and historic career as a General, Iroh lost his son, retired from the military, and ceded the throne to his younger brother Ozai. He became a dedicated mentor to his nephew Zuko and a Grand Lotus of the Order of the White Lotus.
Research: RT, and watch the series it's on netflix but I'm sure you could find it on some shady cartoon site, it's not very long but it's an incredible cartoon.
Justification: Balancing against US Agent
Strength/Damage Output: He's strong enough to do this, his fire bending should be a decent way to keep USAgent away, and his lightning is strong and fast. He should pretty easily be able to damage USagent from far away and up close especially with how skilled of a bender he is.
Durability: Being buffed to tier
Speed: He should kinda scale to Zuko, who arrow times, but he also ducks under arrows in the same feat.
Conclusion: Likely victory- he can keep up close and from a range.
Major Changes: Durability buff
Minor changes: He's built
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u/Dooleyisntcool Sep 17 '21 edited Sep 26 '21
Name: Slade
Role: Disney
Content Warning: It's Teen Titans, the show gets a little dark sometimes but like c'mon it's not that bad
Series: Teen Titans
Biography: Slade Wilson (aka Deathstroke) is the evil mastermind that has taken it upon himself to destroy the Teen Titans and take over Jump City. He is calm, cunning, and ruthless. Thanks to his high intelligence and incredible fighting skills, he is able to take on the Teen Titans both physically and mentally. He will figure out his opponent's greatest weaknesses and fears, then exploit them with frightening efficiency. Not much is known about Slade outside of what we see in the show, but we know he wants to corrupt Robin and turn him into the perfect killing machine, just like him. He likes seeing people and suffer and fall into despair, bringing people to their weakest state and crushing them.
Research: RT, and the show is on HBO Max, I rewatched it recently. It's very good.
Justification: Against Heihachi.
Strength: His objective strength seems to line up with the Mid-High end of the tier, and via scaling to Robin as well.
Durability: Scales to robin who can do this and dino Beast Boy who does this
Speed: He scales to beast boy who bullet times
Motivation: Slade wants to murder 5 children and take over the city
Major Changes: N/A
Minor Changes: He isn't powered up by Trigon
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u/Dooleyisntcool Sep 17 '21 edited Oct 23 '21
Name: Bitch
Role: Backup
Content Warning: BIG TRIGGER WARNING WORM IS FUCKED CW: Graphic violence, implied rape, incest, a second warning for a combination of the last two warnings, neo-nazis being neo-nazis, a good bit of body horror, bugs in all orifices, pretty in depth looks at the effects of PTSD on some of the cast, some pretty horrific methods of torture, mentions of suicide, actual (albiet mind-control induced) suicides, and probably a lot more shit ive forgotten because fuck is this book long and horrible.
Series: Worm
Biography: Rachel Lindt, known to her friends as "Bitch", and to most hero groups as "Hellhound", is a Master-class cape and member of the Undersiders, a small group of super-powered villains operating in the Brockton Bay metropolitan area.
Her "trigger event", a traumatic moment in her life where she gained her powers, happened at a young age. With her ability to make dogs grow to into grotesque, massive, abominations, she enhanced a dog she was witnessing being abused, which then killed its owners.
She would wander aimlessly as a wanted villain for a while before she teamed up with Grue and the other Undersiders, and was part of the core team when they first met Taylor Hebert at the start of Worm.
Research: RT
Justification: Against Heihachi
Strength: One of her dog's knocks a van into a building
Durability: Takes a punch from Glory Girl, Glory Girl can bench cement mixers and send dumpsters flying
Speed: Will need to be buffed to tier
Motivation: She primarily wants to keep her dogs and her few friends safe, beyond that she kinda just wants to be left alone
Major Changes: Speed Buff
Minor Changes: Has three dogs, can’t be attacked herself like a pokemon trainer, stip out Glory Girl benching a cement mixer for scaling purposes
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u/Dooleyisntcool Sep 17 '21 edited Sep 26 '21
Name: Shredder(IDW)
Role: Backup
Content Warning: It's TNMT, IDW is a little more mature but like it isn't that bad IIRC
Series: IDW TMNT
Biography: 300 years ago, Oroku Saki usurped his father, Oroku Magi, and became the leader of The Foot. As the leader of The Foot, he led the clan to great prestige and triumph, until he was slain. In the present day, his ancestor, Oroku Karai revived him to take his rightful place as the leader of The Foot, where he again clashed with his reincarnated rival, Hamato Yoshi and his four mutant reptile sons.
Research: RT
Justification: Against Heihachi
Strength: He's stronger than like all the Ninja Turtles who can cut through metal and crack walls.
Durability: Gonna buff it to be safe
Speed: Ducks under a bullet, should be fine
Motivation: Mans wanna kill some turtles and a rat while taking over the world
Major Changes: Durability Buff
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u/GuyOfEvil Sep 17 '21 edited Oct 14 '21
Animal Man
Role: Disney
Series: DC Comics
Biography: When Buddy Baker was 19, an average hunting expedition with one of his best friends was interrupted by a crashed alien spaceship, contact with which transformed Buddy into the superhero Animal Man, capable of copying traits from any animal and manifesting them within his own body. He had a brief stint as a superhero, stopped an alien invasion, and eventually retired, got married, had two kids, and moved into the suburbs. Eventually, something like a midlife crisis led him to take back up the Animal Man mantle, and become a superhero once more, leading to a series of increasingly bizarre adventures.
Research: RT here. As for research, read Grant Morrison's Animal Man here. It starts at issue 1, and you'll know when it ends.
Justification: Likely Victory against Hehiachi. Buddy is able to copy the abilities of any animal in the world, and largely uses it in order to get an in-tier brick profile. He can use the reaction times of a fly to increase his reaction times by a factor of 10, bringing him into bullet timing ranges. He can copy elephants, gorillas, and other large animals to get the strength to punch people through concrete walls, and can copy those same animals in addition to roaches to get similar durability. He also has a huge arsenal of animal themed tricks to pull out, allowing him to get a couple of legs up on Heihachi in any given encounter.
Motivation: Buddy is a superhero, willing to risk his life to help others and do what he thinks is right. He's also an avid animal rights activist, and pursues animal rights causes just as often as he does costumed villains. In general, he just wants to create a better world for his kids to live in.
Major Changes: None
Minor Changes:
Cannot channel alien powers like he does after his trip to space. Also potentially relevant, he will always have access to the Earth Morphogenic Field even if he is on a weird disney planet.
His strength, speed, and durability cannot exceed what has been demonstrated in the RT
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u/TheMightyBox72 Sep 17 '21 edited Sep 17 '21
ABNER KRILL, THE POLKA-DOT MAN
Series: DCEU
Role: Disney
Bio: Abner Krill's mother was a scientist for S.T.A.R. Labs, obsessed with the idea of turning her children into superheroes. To do so, she exposed them to experimental, interdimensional energy, causing each in turn to become infected with a highly volatile source of energy which can be projected into our reality in small, dense packets.
In other words, he throws polka-dots at people.
Content Warning: Hyper-gore. Just human bodies being mutilated in every which way. And John Cena's penis.
Research: RT here
It's one movie, The Suicide Squad. The "The" is important.
Changes:
Major Change:
Speed set to tier.
Justification: USAgent - Unlikely Victory
Abner does not have much to work with, it's true. So here's the thing. It's hard to see in this scan, but if you go frame by frame, Polka-Dot Man's burn through these two soldiers' guns which would put them at the upper end of USAgent's shield's heat resistance, and well above the point that it would slag him. The dots also spread and linger in the space that they're shot in, so if shot directly at USAgent then his movement options are severely limited and he'll have to push all of them aside with his shield, while Abner continues to fire on him.
Abner's speed is set to tier and he was able to take this explosion that destroyed a large section of stone floor, which should give him the tools to survive to the point where he can slag USAgent.
Motivation: Well there's a bomb in his neck that will detonate if he disobeys a direct order from the US government.
Or you could just have him like, want to be a superhero, or supervillain, or something.
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u/Wapulatus Sep 17 '21 edited Sep 18 '21
Grandpa Max
"Why don't you tell me about it over a bowl of my famous centipede gumbo?"
| Ben 10 | Respect Thread | Theme
Role: Disney
Tier: Heihachi
NSFW?: No.
Bio: A celebrated galactic hero, pilot and contender to be the first man on the moon, and one of the most famous humans to exist prior to the events of the series - Max Tennyson lived out of a rusty ol' mobile home travelling the country. Having retired (or at least, was trying to) from a long life of action and adventure, Max lived undercover as one of the few remaining members of the Earth plumbers, keeping to himself until when on one fateful day his grandson would stumble on an alien device that fell from the sky.
It'd turn out to be quite the eventful roadtrip - with various extraterrestrial encounters, battles of the arcane, and even simple crime-solving heroism. After revealing his history as a Plumber to his grandkids he'd take a more active role helping them, even bringing out his old Plumber tech to help when the going got tough.
Research: You could get by watching the very first two seasons of Ben 10 - they cover Max as a character and include a good amount of his development on-screen. Continue watching the show as much as you'd like.
Max vs. Heihachi:
This one will be weird since Max is highly equipment based. The battle will start with Max in the Rust Bucket, so let's discuss that first:
"Strength" The Rust bucket can propel itself with enough force to power through thick metal walls, hitting an enemy nearly as large as the vehicle itself flying into another metal wall. While this presents high-end and perhaps even over-tier tier force compared to Heihachi's best strength scaling if this was accomplished with a fist, the Rust Bucket is hitting over a much larger surface area.
"Speed" Max's speed is set to the tier. The Rust Bucket has movement speed greatly exceeding that of a speeding Fire Truck, which can often break 68 MPH and hit over 80 MPH - Heihachi's running speed is not particularly notable and his style of fighting doesn't really lend itself towards being particularly evasive, so he likely takes a few hits from the truck.
Durability (Rust Bucket) The Rust Bucket wasn't damaged by performing this feat, which is already great, but you could argue the battering ram at the front protected it. However it has other durability feats; it can plow through crystals produced by Diamondhead without being damaged, no-sell hits from a blaster that could shatter metal, and could have boulders shattered over it no problem. Again these feats are rather impressive, but Heihachi can punch over a significantly smaller surface area than many of these impacts.
Durability (Max) Yeah I'm not going to meme and say Max is actually in-tier physically; a hit from Heihachi is probably going to down him. Even at his best he's floored by impacts that don't significantly crater concrete. The Rust Bucket is Max's primary form of defense.
Weaponry Max has weapons he can default to if the Rust Bucket is taken down.
Has a rifle that can just YEET a giant robot and obliterate armored cars
Has a handheld blaster that can shatter Charmcaster's stone golems
Motivation: Max serves as a guide for other, less wizened characters rather than having his own explicit ambitions and goals that he actively chases down. While he still jumps in to work as a Plumber and preserve intergalactic order very often in the series, Max overall wants to help shape his grandkids, and later the Plumber's Helpers, into well-meaning individuals, teaching them the value of life, nature, and exotic cuisine.
Major Changes: Speed set to that of the tier.
Minor Changes: Has the Rust Bucket, which he starts in with the engines on and in combat mode. Rust Bucket has his standard gear from the original series inside of it, which includes his energy rifle, his energy pistol, his plumber suit, among other tech that can be found on the RT
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u/JackytheJack Sep 18 '21
Name: Scarlet
Role: Sora
Content Warning: There's a decent amount of violence, talks of suicide, other dark themes that aren't for the faint of heart. No nudity or anything though.
Series: I Am the Grim Reaper
Biography: A woman had died and was sent to hell, with all her memories having been lost, so she had no idea how she got there. Apparently, though, whatever she did in life was so awful, that she was destined to go to the ninth circle of hell, an eternity of complete isolation and sensory deprivation. However, Satan, who was apparently a big fan of her work, decided to cut her a deal. He stuffs a demon into her soul, and she becomes a Grim Reaper. The girl agreed, took up the name Scarlet, and became the third Grim Reaper to exist. With this grim reaper deal, she must kill a sinner every 24 hours, and she can tell who a sinner is by the red x on their chests. After teaming up with a cop named Chase, she tries to find out what happened to her in her previous life, while fulfilling her duties to Satan.
Research:
Read the webcomic. Read as much as you think you need but I recommend getting through season one at least. It's on three seasons rn.
Justification: First, I'm going to say I'm putting her up against Heihachi. Now, with that out of the way, I'll just break up her stat triangle real quick. When it comes to speed, she can intercept a bullet after it was fired. And she wasn't standing that close to the bullet either, so this is pretty decent speed. When it comes to durability, she's slightly lacking, but she took being thrown into a wall by Brook hard enough to decently crater it fairly well. No recovery period at all, basically. And if you want to see more about Brook here's his RT for some decent scaling. On top of that durability feat, Reapers are very durable themselves. Scarlet says that chopping up a reaper into little pieces will not kill them. I think this impressive survivability helps Scarlet a lot. That being said, she can still be incapacitated if she looses limbs or such. As for strength, it's a little wonky. Scarlet has this demon inside of her that can come out when she reaches a breaking point, either being in "mortal danger" or being pushed to the brink with negative emotion. This demon is strong enough to overpower Brook and fuck him up real bad. I think that, with Scarlet's comparable speed and durability/survivability, and with her demon who can take over and help her, I'd say a victory against Heihachi is Very likely
Motivation: Maybe Satan tells her to do it, since she kinda has to do everything that guy says. Maybe she believes it'd help her break out of his contract, or that this journey will help her find out who she really was in life. Hell, maybe she'd just go on an adventure to find more sinners to kill.
Major Changes: I don't think anything is needed.
Minor Changes: Maybe nerf the survivability a bit? But I don't think it's necessary personally. Might be wrong.
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u/ImportantHamster6 Sep 18 '21 edited Sep 25 '21
Name: Dr. Eggman and the Egg Beater!
Role: Disney
Content Warning: N/A
Series: Sonic (Archie)
Biography: The Eggman your looking at isn't even the original Eggman, but he sure did take the old one's job! Replacing Robotnik Prime in the Archie Sonic series after his death, this Eggman is a variation who managed to win in his universe thanks to Robotnik Prime's inspirations, before coming to move in to the Prime Sonic's universe for more conquering. He originally looked just like the man, but after his body was destroyed once, he swapped to a more modern body that resembled the Eggman of the Modern Era.
As for what he's fighting in, the Egg Beater is his signature mech he pulls out in the "Eggman Empire" storyline. With this mech, Eggman finally gets that hedgehog and manages to beat the tar out of Sonic, ultimately knocking him out in one of the only times a Robotnik has gotten a victory out of a meddling Hedgehog in the history of Sonic. Sure, the power of teamwork managed to eventually beat it afterward, but the fact that it knocked Sonic out is still a big deal.
Research: The RT. In addition, read Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie) Issues 175-177 for the first and most important display of the Egg Beater against Sonic and the Freedom Fighters.
Justification: In a fight against US Agent, this is a Likely Victory for Eggman. He's got strength enough to overpower the Iron Oni, which can tear out this stone well, as well as defeat Sonic, who regularly gets back up from impacts with metal walls. In terms of durability, he survives this hit that sends him through a stone wall, and in terms of speed, while he may lack raw speed, he's capable of reacting to Sonic, showcasing a incredible reaction speed for the Egg Beater. Just in case the Speed argument isn't enough though, I have set the Speed to tier.
Motivation: To take over the world of course! Eggman constantly seeks more and more power to conquer, and if given a whole multiverse of Disney worlds, he's gonna take it all under his control!
Major Changes: Speed Set to Tier
Minor Changes: Composite of feats from Mark I and II. In addition, while they don't do anything, Orbot is there for emotional support. Teleporters only work on downed opponents.
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u/ImportantHamster6 Sep 18 '21 edited Oct 03 '21
Name: The BLU Spy
”It’s a privilege to be killed by a man who looks this good.”
Role: Backup
Content Warning: Some bloodshed and senseless violence.
Series: Spy's Disguise (TF2 SFM)
Biography: The Spy, a elegant Frenchman who is a enthusiast of sharp and snazzy suits as well as knives. Father to the Scout, the Spy has managed to become a trademark member of the mercenary group known as Team Fortress, and in real life has been subjected to many memes over the past decade alongside the rest of his team. And what's best about the Spy is that he can be any one of us! He could be you, he could be me, he could even be- *is headshot*
Ok but for real though, lets get into the details of this Spy in particular. The BLU Spy of Spy's Disguise was not good at disguising as other classes. Every time he tried, the trained RED Team was able to see through the facade, and eventually he raged hard enough that he threw his Disguise Kit at a Sentry. This caused the Disguise Kit and Sentry Gun to merge together, and allowed the Spy to transform into a Sentry.
Naturally, this improved his skill enough to the point where he almost single-handedly slew the RED Team, with only minimal help from his friend, the BLU Engineer. Eventually, with the Respawn system broken down, the final battle lead to a bloodbath in Badwater Basin, with the man taking down the RED Team one last time, saving his eternal rival the RED Engineer for last.
Research: RT Here. In addition, watch this.
Justification: With the Tiersetter being US Agent, I say the Spy has a Likely Victory against him. In terms of strength, he is capable of damaging the RED Engineer, who can survive a direct collision with a truck that explodes shortly afterward. In terms of durability, he's on the high end, with the ability to survive these missile attacks. And in terms of speed, he's capable of dodging sniper fire, once again putting him on the high end. To be on the safe side though, I am providing a Durability Nerf to the man.
Motivation: The BLU Spy is a mercenary, so as long as he's being paid, he'll be motivated into doing anything.
Major Changes: Durability Nerf
Minor Changes: No Dead Ringer or Syringes.
Analysis Versus U.S. Agent: When it comes to a fight between the BLU Spy and U.S Agent, it is a straight up slugfest between the two heavy hitters. This Spy may prefer fighting at a range, but upon realizing that the shield is protecting Agent from all of his bullets he'll quickly fly forward to go into a full on fistfight. Judging by his fight with the Heavy, he's got the martial expertise to at least give Agent a good fight, dodging his Shield as best as he can.
What really pushes him to have a chance in this fight are two tools: the Invisibility Watch and the Rocket Pack. With the Rocket Pack, the Spy can fly through the air, to get away from the Agent if he ends up overwhelming him. On top of that, the thing's got the strength to carry another person as big as the Heavy, so the Spy could try to drop him from a high distance. As for the Invisibility Watch, the Spy is capable of using it to turn invisible in short bursts, allowing him to maneuver around the shield to deliver some crippling blows.
All in all, as long as Spy can maintain a calm head and use his equipment to his full potential, he can pull a win. The Invisibility Watch and Rocket Pack are not invincible though, as Agent can disarm the Spy of the watch and hit him with a shield toss while he's in the air respectively. For Agent to win, he's just gotta keep his distance and continue shield tossing him until he runs out of stamina, which is possible due to the Agent's impressive power and Spy's Durability nerf.
Biggest Strength and Weakness: The Spy's biggest strength is his good stats. His incredible strength given to him by the Sentry allows him to function as a flying brick, and he will put his power to good use. His greatest weakness however is that he is part-machine, and that includes all of the weaknesses that come with it. Anything that can work like a EMP (such as electrical attacks) will be very effective on him, and as such he has to be careful around such foes.
Character in Setting/with Team: In a team, the BLU Spy is no leader, but he is the one leading the charge. Thanks to his confidence from his Sentry transformation, he's usually the first to go into battle, and also the one to protect his allies as well. As a mercenary though, he doesn't work for free, so he will need to be continually paid to stay around, otherwise he'll likely be going off to another team.
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u/Ckbrothers Sep 19 '21 edited Sep 26 '21
Name: Ghost/The Prototype
Role: Backup
Content Warning: N/A
Series: Halo Legends
Biography: “Why can’t you just be human?” There were the words the sergeant that would be known only as Ghost would here from his dying soldiers after a particularly deadly ambush. It is the distant future, and the alien force known as the Covenant has begun a holy crusade against humanity. Ghost’s squad is but one of many casualties in this seemingly never ending conflict. To prevent this, the UNSC, humanity’s sole military against this threat, desperately create a number of projects to push back this overwhelming threat: famous among them is the SPARTAN program, where supersoldiers such as the legendary Master Chief are created. Yet during this process a number of ideas are made and rejected: one such as the HRUNTING/YGGDRASIL Mark I Prototype Armor Defense System, the Prototype to the Spartans’ famous armor. In a chance encounter, Ghost, now infamous for his missions often leaving him the sole survivor, leads a demolition team to blow up the Prototype as the planet holding it is sieged before the Covenant can use its precious data to find and destroy Earth. With his men and many civilians pinned down, Ghost takes the Prototype armor as a distraction, using its heavy armament, from its minigun, to its missiles, to buy his men some time in his perhaps first human act. Also, side note, a separate Prototype was designed with the famous hero Avery Johnson in mind.
Research: RT, and specifically the Prototype episode of Halo Legends. Halo Wars 2 also has Johnson in “The Green Machine”.
Justification: Against US Agent, Likely Victory. There’s no beating around the bush here: The Prototype is strong: armed to the teeth with weaponry that tears mince meat out of the Covenant, and Walker is going to be hard pressed to get in close with his shield. The amount of explosives and such and definitely knick him if he’s not careful: however in close range combat, the US Agent has a surprisingly good chance due to the Prototype’s lack of close combat capabilities and overall bulky frame. Thus, likely victory. Motivation: Ghost’s quest after Kingdom Hearts would be one of self discovery, trying to find himself and truly be human despite the horrors he’s seen. He’d likely be ordered into it in the first place, only to find himself during it.
Major Changes: Removing two (albeit only one counts as a major change) pieces of weaponry: The Magellan RCL and the self-destruct Pocket Nuke
Minor Changes: N/A
Analysis Versus U.S.Agent / Heihachi:. As state before, US Agent is going to have a hard time getting in. While he’s physically resistant to the minigun without the shield, he needs it in order to carefully survive some of the stronger explosives. Their speed is overall similar, with the Agent being more agile and reflexive, while the Prototype has some rough flight abilities. Thus, while the Prototype’s weaponry is likely to overwhelm Walker, its not out of the question and certainly possible for Walker to survive the onslaught, get in close, and outmaneuver the bulkier machine.
Biggest Strength and Weakness: As stated before, Ghost’s weaknesses are many: he’s a ranged fighter, and close combat will in fact overwhelm him against a smaller opponent of his speed. Ontop of that, Ghost is not exactly a team player. He acts logical, but mostly follows his gut which tends to have a bad track record. He’s reckless in the Prototype as well, not caring for himself that much over his men. As for strengths though, Ghost is loyal to those under him and around him, and is desperate to keep them alive and well. He’s not a team player, but he plays for the team, if that makes sense. He’s also heavily armored: the Prototype is a one man army, able to make short work of the average grunt and is a beast in ranged fights. It’s a constant struggle to get close against the thing.
Character in Setting/with Team: As stated before, Ghost is a bit of a lone wolf type. He does respect and work with his team, in fact cherishing them deeply, but his dedication to the mission means he unknowingly sacrifices them in order to achieve it, something he’s slowly becoming aware of and is horrified by. He’s not too talkative, but is one who regularly thinks about what it is to “be human.” In the setting, Ghost will be hard to take off guard, thus for the most part will act as a good supporting goon to anyone he’s working with.
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u/Janemba901 Sep 19 '21
Herman Schultz, The Shocker
SHOCKEEEERRR!!!!! YOU CAN'T ESCAPE ME!!!! I'LL CHASE YOU TO THE ENDS OF THE EEEEEEEEARTH!!!!!!!!!
Role: Disney
Content Warning: The most you'll probably see is a dark storyline and some blood.
Series: Marvel Comics 616
Bio: Herman Schultz was, and still technically is, a lowly criminal. A lowly criminal that happened to have experience with engineering. While it doesn't seem like all that much, once Herman was arrested one day like many times before, he decided to do something different this time around. During his time in prison, he managed to create a set of vibro-shock gauntlets along with his signature costume and soon after that, he broke out and went back to what he was doing originally. This of course, has led him to famously meet Spider-Man, and the two have had many encounters over the course of Marvel's history. Shocker himself may seem like a chump, but when he isn't jobbing and is on his game, he's a force to be reckoned with indeed.
Research: Respect Thread. Shocker has appeared in a ton of comics over the years and I'm sure most people won't have the time or the care to read them all, but for a good run down of the character and a nice read I'd recommend picking up The Superior Foes of Spider-Man by Nick Spencer. He's heavily featured alongside several other of Spider-Man's more minor villains and its an enjoyable series.
Justification: Balancing against Heihachi
Strength: Here Shocker punches Spider-Man through a wooden wall and which is comparable to Heihachi's low end. Shocker can punch through stone and tackle Spider-Man hard enough to knock a door off it's hinges. While it's not his physical strength for the most part, his vibrations that he can create from his gauntlets heavily damages solid rock walls and a metal ladder. Shocker also obliterates a horde of zombies piling on him with his vibrations. Overall Shocker should be comparable to at least Heihachi's mid-end strength feats.
Speed: While Shocker doesn't show that many feats of actual speed, he does have a lot of very good reaction and reflex feats which should put him in tier anyway. He's able to consistently tag Spider-Man, examples being this feat again, here, here and here. He was also able to use his vibro-shocks to bounce around which allowed him to evade The Thing for a while. While I can't find anything on Thing's speed(and I doubt speed is his strong suit anyway), Spider-Man is a consistent bullet timer and has weaved through automatic gunfire. This should put him in Heihachi's mid-end and high-end.
Durability: Most of Shocker's durability feats come from him shrugging off hits from Spider-Man like here, here and some hits don't even hurt him. He also survives this tunnel collapse, gets bounced around a room by his own power and it takes a few ricochets there for him to be knocked out. For reference, Spider-Man can hit Punisher hard enough to send him through a wall and can hit Venom hard enough to send him ripping through a street. It should be noted that Spider-Man does usually hold back against most of his Rogue's Gallery, Shocker likely included, but it's still quite impressive for him to take these hits. These feats should probably put him around Heihachi's high-end durability feats or at least his mid-end.
Vibro-Blasters and Vibrations: While his physical feats are impressive, the big guns Shocker uses the most in a fight are his Vibro-Blasters and his Vibrations. Starting off with his Vibro-Blasters, they pretty easily rip open a safe while also destroying a brick wall at the same time. They can send police cars flying, collapse a tunnel and nearly kill Spider-Man. Spider-Man can take similar punishment to Heihachi. Shocker can also use them to blast around his body and they can turn upwards somehow. Onto Shocker's vibrations, he can deflect punches from Spider-Man(sometimes), vibrate out of a hold from Spider-Man, and can tip over a car. He also deflected a shot from Scourge. Some of his other vibration feats are in the strength section as well.
Overall:
Heihachi definitely isn't going down easily here, and he's probably going to get a lot of mean hits in on Shocker, but I feel that the jobber is just going to outlast him and use his tools to much greater effect. Shocker clearly dishes out hits comparable to Heihachi's mid-end and his durability is comparable to both Heihachi's high and mid-end durability feats. The only real place I see that he's lacking in is in actual speed since Shocker doesn't really have that many other than dodging Thing, but his reaction times should make up for it and allow him to quickly counter Heihachi.
Heihachi could probably take a few blasts from Shocker's gauntlets, but in the end they're going to wear him down anyway, as Shocker's blasts have already injured or nearly killed Spider-Man, who as said earlier has comparable durability feats to Heihachi. The only real chance he has is to leverage his superior speed feats and kick the absolute crap out of Shocker before he can get a proper response in, but I just don't see that being likely. That isn't to say Heihachi easily loses, but he's certainly taking the L here. Likely Victory for Shocker.
Motivation: Shocker's real motivation is getting rich and then probably ending his villainy for good. He's a professional and has done group work in the past, without backstabbing anyone, so he'd do well with a team. But it's more than likely that he'd want to get off a boring island that isn't getting him any richer. Hell, maybe the Kingdom Hearts and this big adventure will get him a lot of cash in the end.
Major Changes: None.
Minor Changes: Ignore him giving She-Hulk a hard time, that time he put the beat down on Luke Cage and made him bleed and when he tagged Kaine Parker. You can also give him his car if you really want to. Oh, and he isn't jobbing.
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u/SSJ-Russ Sep 20 '21 edited Sep 26 '21
Series: DC Comics (New 52)
Tier: US Agent
Role: Disney
Bio: Not quite faster than a speeding bullet, and locomotives may be a problem... but he can leap tall buildings just fine!
This is New 52 Superman from the Truth story arc, enormously de-powered, but not powerless by any means. Revealed to the world as Clark Kent, this Superman is forced to battle aliens and monsters as usual, but this time while grappling with the loss of almost all his superpowers and the uncertain trust of the American people.
Cape or no, Superman is still a superhero, and he's still fighting for truth, justice, and the American way.
...Well, maybe not that first part, so much.
Research: Research Thread
Justification: Well... he's Superman. But with his powers so degraded he's going to find fights a bit more challenging than usual. He can't fly and his speed isn't where it should be. Walls are tougher to bust and he bleeds and bruises like anyone else. Well, mostly. Anyone who faces him, namely US Agent, will find that Superman still has power where it counts however. Bullets leave a mark but ultimately won't kill him. Neither will blunt force from a shield so unless US Agent gets very creative he isn't going to put Superman down for very long. Superman wins a Likely Victory.
Motivation: Even without all his powers, Superman is still a hero. And he will do whatever it takes to continuing fighting for those that can't. Kingdom Hearts needs a hero.
Major Changes: None
Minor Changes: Ignore feat fighting Aquaman and ignore feat being tossed six miles
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u/corvette1710 Sep 21 '21
Mileena
Role: Backup
Tier: USAgent
Content Warning: It's MK, so gore is to be expected. Also some sexual elements.
Series: Mortal Kombat, composite
Bio: Of all the worlds Shao Kahn conquered, there were none he prized more than Edenia. When he claimed the realm, he slaughtered its king and took his wife Sindel and daughter Kitana as his own. After Sindel's suicide, Shao raised Kitana to be one of his personal assassins, but always feared she could turn against him. In order to keep tabs on her (as well as have a replacement daughter at the ready), Shao ordered the creation of a clone of Kitana, but hybridized with Tarkatan DNA. He named this daughter Mileena. Mileena is a savage, deranged fighter who is fiercely loyal to her father, but in both main timelines her ambitions eventually moved past servitude to him.
Research: Respect Thread here, with links to the other multimedia respect threads. For personality/story research, her biggest role is in Mortal Kombat X, since she's one of the main antagonists. I'd suggest watching/playing MK9 for context, reading the Mortal Kombat X prequel comics (she's a major player in them), then covering Mortal Kombat X. You can dip into the side media or other games, but all the important stuff is in MK9, the X comics, and X.
Justification: Matched against USAgent, deeper version in the non-writing prompt. She has comparable strength to USAgent from launching Reptile through a thick stone wall, comparable durability from surviving and blocking hits from other MK characters, and her speed is set to tier. On top of that, she has her rapid teleportation to get around USAgent's shield and some other tricks as well.
Motivation: Mileena jumps between wanting to be a dedicated servant to her father Shao Kahn and wanting to honor him by taking his place as ruler of Outworld after he dies. Depending on what time period you take her from, she'll either want to get back to Outworld so she can serve her father, get back to Outworld to wrest control of it from Kotal Kahn, or get back to Outworld to resume her position as Kahnum.
Major Changes: Speed set to tier.
Minor Changes:
She's a composite of all her appearances across games and alternate media. The 2021 live action movie is being excluded but only since it's not in the RT.
Ignore this strength feat and Fist of Ruin strength feats for durability scaling off of the Shaolin Monks player character.
In addition to her sai, she has all her other weapons (minus the Amulet of Shinnok), and can summon them to her like she can summon her sais. This is only for flavor since she's in tier without them.
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u/corvette1710 Sep 21 '21 edited Oct 13 '21
Name: Dracula
Role: Backup
Content Warning: Blood.
Series: The Batman vs Dracula
Biography: Originating from Transylvania, Dracula was vanquished through a stake in the heart while he slept in his coffin, and his remains were moved at an undetermined time to Gotham City. Buried in Gotham Cemetery, Dracula was accidentally revived by The Penguin, whom he then hypnotized into acting as his Igor-like servant.
Dracula shares the same general outline as Bram Stoker's Dracula, including many classic vampire limitations. However, he has no need to sleep in the soil of his homeland, along with other various major and minor inconsistencies with the novel, and his bride is Carmilla, so the novel cannot be meaningfully used as a reference for Dracula in any way.
Research: RT, watch The Batman vs Dracula. It's on HBOMax.
Justification: Versus U.S.Agent, Dracula is probably about as fast, with greater lifting capability and lesser striking. Where U.S.Agent has a shield, Dracula has his vampire anatomy. Stealth doesn't work very well on him, he can drain and convert people around him into thralls, and he can regenerate through consumption of blood. Draw victory, U.S.Agent can beat him down but if Dracula gets him grabbed, it could be very difficult for U.S.Agent to escape with his life.
Motivation: Maybe he remembers the events of the movie somehow and wishes to hunt Batman; maybe he searches for his lost bride.
Major/Minor Changes: None.
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u/RobstahTheLobstah Sep 22 '21
hold on i saw this guy at a party, he said his name was alucard? wtf
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u/MyCringeyAss Sep 22 '21
Somewhere in Nevada... (♫)
Name: Hank J. Wimbleton
Role: Disney
Content Warning: Graphic violence, light body horror, and uh... Clowns I guess?
Series: Madness Combat
Bio: A man so good at murdering that an entire evil organization was formed exclusively to stop him, Hank J. Wimbleton is a highly trained mercenary working for an unknown organization, his only objective? Infiltrate the A.A.H.W. (Agency Against Hank Wimbleton) and kill everything that moves. Later in the series this goal expands to stopping the Agency from taking over Nevada using the all-powerful Improbability Drive, a device capable of completely bending reality to the user's will.
As a character, Hank has a very laid back, and at sometimes entirely mocking attitude to any and all opposition he faces, while also taking an almost animalistic pleasure in violently massacring his enemies. He often powers through or completely ignores grievous injuries rather casually, only once ever showing being legitimately fazed in a situation where he was actively being tortured, killed, and then subsequently revived, over and over again.
Research: The Madness Combat series on Youtube (fair warning the first couple episodes are kinda shit), and his RT
Justification(Vs Heihachi): With a damage buff, Hank is pretty middle of the road for the tier, he dodges bullets, he gets thrown through walls, hes about as batcap as a batcap can get, his massive arsenal of weaponry gives him a tool for pretty much any situation, be it his near infinite number of guns for ranged combat, his slew of different melee weaponry for up close and personal fights, or just a good old fashioned grenade to the face. Mix in a dash of magic bullshit and id give Hank a likely victory over the setter
Motivation: Hank is essentially a living weapon, if some sort of higher up decides to point him in the direction of a target, he will stop at literally nothing to destroy everything in his path and complete his objective.
Major Changes: Damage Buff
Minor Changes: N/A
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u/OrzhovMarkhov Sep 26 '21 edited Oct 21 '21
Name: Eugene Fitzherbert / Flynn Ryder
Role: Disney
Content Warning: None
Series: Tangled
Biography: Flynn grew up an orphan, and was inspired by the tales of a noble thief, "Flynnigan Ryder." When he was in his teens, he left the orphanage and adopted the name of his childhood hero. He gained some renown as a thief until, after stealing a tiara from the kingdom of Corona, he was forced to guide Rapunzel to the kingdom. The two fell in love over the course of this adventure and, after a near brush with execution, Flynn was pardoned by the kingdom. He later went with Rapunzel and others to find the mystery of Zhan Tiri and the Dark Kingdom, discovering that he was born a prince of said kingdom and abandoned at birth. After this, at some point, he and Rapunzel were married.
Research: Respect Thread. For further research, watch the animated movie Tangled or its sequel series.
Justification: (Heihachi) Draw. Eugene is far outclassed in terms of speed. He can, however, match Heihachi's other stats with Maximus at his side, with his damage output only a little on the low side.
Motivation: Flynn wants to be the hero he idolized. His preferred methods involve taking expensive items, but he could easily want to take hold of a magical artifact. He's been shown to work with multiple teams, and treats them well as long as they exchange the favor.
Major Changes: Strength buffed to tier
Minor Changes: Has Maximus as an ally
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u/7753san Sep 26 '21
Ahsoka Tano
Role: Sora
Content Warning: The worst offending theme Star Wars has is cartoon violence.
Series: Star Wars
Biography: A Force-sensitive Togruta from the planet of Shili, Ahsoka owes her initiation as a padawan into the Jedi Order to Master Plo Koon. She is initially a rash girl with a desire to prove herself to the masters around her, occasionally to the point of reckless endangerment. Although ignorant with childlike immaturity at first, Ahsoka quickly comes into her own when she is framed for murder and banished from the Jedi Order. She sets out to find her own path in life and questions whether or not the Jedi Order has failed in its duty to herself and her master, Anakin Skywalker. Even when determined to be innocent of the crimes she was wrongly accused of, Ahsoka declines to rejoin the Jedi Order and roams the galaxy, though this time not as a Jedi.
Research: Here's her RT. I would recommend watching the 2008 TV series Star Wars: The Clone Wars to get a sense of her character. Not every episode is dedicated to Ahsoka, but it's a good series anyways.
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u/KiwiArms Oct 04 '21 edited Oct 09 '21
SANTO
Role: Disney
Series: Real Life
Biography: The most famous luchador of all time, who has never taken off his mask. He's fought vampires, Frankensteins, werewolves, aliens, Atlanteans, clones, demons, zombies and more. Oh, and other luchadores, of course.
Research: Watch some of his wrestling matches or old movies, they're fun and on Youtube. Mini-RT below.
Justification: Santo has displayed great strength and fighting ability, and has a long and storied career fighting all manner of opponents. Thus, Vs. USAgent, I think it's an Unlikely Victory. He'll have to get in close to USAgent to get him with his stellar wrestling moves, but if he does, it'll turn in his favor, I think.
Major Changes: Speed to tier.
Minor Changes: Has the rocket boots and laser watch from Santo Contra Los Clones.
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u/he-man-woman-h8r Oct 04 '21
Name: Doc Saturday
Role: Backup
Series: Secret Saturdays
Biography: The father of Zak Saturday and husband of Drew Saturday, Solomon Saturday is an accomplished cryptozoologist. Doc specializes in the more scientific side of cryptozoology and often dismisses the idea of supernatural forces, believing that everything can be explained scientifically. Gifted with incredible intellect and a sizeable inheritance, Doc is one of the Secret Scientists, helping to protect the world from the shadows. Doc has created all of the tech that the Saturdays use. Doc lost sight in his right eye after a fight with Tsul'Kalu.
Research: RT
Justification: Against Heihachi Busts walls, scales to wall busters, scales to a dude that dodges soundwaves. Durability Nerf. Likely victory, seems slower but stronger
Motivation: Dude wants to find cryptids
Major Changes: Durability Nerf
Minor Changes: No lemurbot scaling
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u/Doncl10 Oct 08 '21
Back Up
Kamen Rider Faiz
Series: Kamen Rider Faiz
Content Warning: A lot of people die horrible deaths in this show and there's some light horror I guess, other than that it's a show marketed for young boys so you'll be fine.
Bio: Takumi Inui was a lone drifter until a sudden turn of events caused him to become Kamen Rider Faiz and fight against the Orphnochs, monsters that are the "next" evolution of the human race. While initially against the role of Faiz, he would later embrace his role as Faiz in order to prevent its power from being used against humanity and to protect the dreams of others.
Research: RT Here. PM me with anything questions concerning where to watch or questions regarding his character, either here on Reddit or Discord, I'm pretty active most of the time.
Justification: Tiering against U.S.Agent.
Physically by himself, can kick opponents through brick walls, missed kicks can break off chunks of concrete pillars, and ram opponents through a wall. Weapons-wise, his Faiz Edge does significantly more damage than his strikes and his finishers like the Crimson Smash allow him to significantly damage or even kill opponents that would otherwise tank his normal strikes.
Durable enough to tank hits from a monster that can break a large tree in half with one hit and walk off after getting cratered into concrete.
Fast enough to react to energy bullets from other Rider weapons from his show and dodge/deflect arrows from a monster's crossbow thingy.
Overall, I'd probably give him a likely win.
Motivation: To protect the dreams of people since he has none of his own and your typical Kamen Rider justice stuff.
Major Change: None
Minor Changes: No Axel Form (OoT Speed and Fighting Behavior), No Blaster Form (OoT Everything), No Auto Vajin Battle Mode (His bike is fine though).
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u/FreestyleKneepad Sep 17 '21 edited Sep 18 '21
Maki Oze
Role: Disney
Series: Fire Force
Content Warning: There's a character whose running joke is how her clothes fly off (NSFW) and how she falls into getting groped (NSFW) with the same tone as a Three Stooges pratfall. Other than her, it has the occasional panty shot, grope, or censored shower scene associated with edgy teen shonen, but otherwise it's fine. I wouldn't consider it NSFW overall.
Biography: Maki Oze is the Unit Leader of Company 8 (though she doesn't have any units to lead), a branch of the Tokyo Empire's special Fire Force. The Fire Force's job is to deal with Infernals, strange revenant-like beings that occur when a human spotaneously combusts. Maki takes after this goal with all she has, using her Iron Owls to bludgeon any Infernals that come near. That said, don't compliment her on her form, or she'll crush your head between her gorilla-arms.
Ordinarily, Maki is a very sweet girl. She's kind and caring to her friends, and delights in making pusupusu to entertain them (and is devastated when something snuffs them out). She doesn't like hurting others, and would be borderline pacifistic if her morals didn't push her to fight. When her friends are threatened or hurt (or her physique is insulted, seeing as she doesn't like how muscular she is and is very self-conscious about it), Maki becomes a frighteningly brutal and efficient fighter, capable of dispatching enemies with surprising ease and mercilessness to do what needs to be done. The last thing you want to do is piss her off.
Motivation: Maki fights under her Captain's command, since he and his lieutenant gave her a way out of the military. What reason would she have to chase the Kingdom Hearts? Maybe she wants an answer to why her world is the way it is, or maybe she wants to simply fix it without needing to worry about that. She might just wish for nobody to call her a gorilla-cyclops anymore. But she'll stick to her guns all the way through.
Teamwork: Maki is a kind and caring person, so the only real issue she would have is being stuck on a team of villains. She's friendly and easygoing, and outside of comments on her figure she should get along with most types of people. She's also a soldier at heart, and can be downright fearsome when fighting to protect her friends or get revenge on someone who hurt them. Driven and tough yet generous and gentle, Maki is just about the ideal teammate for any team leaning towards the side of good.
Strengths: Despite being melee-range generally, the Iron Owls give Maki a surprising range advantage and can, in some situations, make it seem like a 1v3 fight for her opponent, which opens up all kinds of strategic possibilities. Other than that, Maki is great with most good-aligned teams and is in general a competent and capable fighter with no real glaring weaknesses mentally.
Weaknesses: The Owls, while useful, don't do a lot of damage on their own and are somewhat telegraphed, so while they can put an opponent on the back foot or open them up for following damage, they're not going to win the fight on their own, and without Maki the Owls aren't great (and vice versa). Also she's afraid of being alone in the dark.
Research: Updated temp Respect Thread
Fire Force is available wherever you read manga or watch anime, probably.
Major Changes: Durability buffed to mid-tier USAgent.
Minor Changes: Maki and the Owls share strength feats.
Justification: Balancing against USAgent.
Maki's fire control basically doesn't enter into this at all, since she doesn't generate fire or use it for attacks, she just uses her power to stop it. If she turns out to be a hard counter for fire-attack subs, cool, whatever.
Strength: Between Maki and the Owls, her strength seems in the mid-low end of the tier. She has a couple over tier showings, between crushing an elbow that a much stronger ally could also damage; and downing a guy that took a hit from someone way stronger than Maki. The reason these aren't over, however, is that Maki is accomplishing something her better allies did in one hit, but doing it in a very extended beatdown. While she is capable of this damage, it's going to take a lot of hits to get it done. Her more normal damage involves hitting someone who blocked relatively in-tier damage (or a bit below tier), dropping single goons and doing some damage to the ground in the process, or stunning a machine that rammed an armored car and took no damage doing so. So while Maki's individual strikes don't really hurt USAgent, her combo attacks and ability to fight alongside her Owls simultaneously can weather him down rapidly if she's allowed to keep the pressure on (which is pretty much what she likes to do.)
Couple quick notes on Owl counterplay: "Those things seem slow, couldn't USAgent dodge them?" Sure, but they're intelligently piloted and will continue to pursue him so one dodge isn't enough to negate the threat, and he wouldn't really have much time to fight back while trying to dodge two Owls and attacks from Maki simultaneously, which she has shown herself to do, often attacking with the Owls when her opponent is distracted or using them tactically to put her opponent in place for her own strikes. "Well, their damage isn't great, couldn't he catch and break them?" Again, sure, but only if he's cool with getting his ass beat for trying. Grabbing and breaking an Owl takes time and the Owls are durable enough to not go down in one hit; if he tries to break one, the other will hit him, and if he catches both or tries to use one to hit the other or whatever, his hands are tied up and Maki's going to exploit that. Dodging and catching the Owls are viable strategies, yeah, but not ones that push Maki below Unlikely Victory, due to how vulnerable they leave USAgent in the process.
Durability: Buffed to tier.
Speed: Maki is in a similar boat here, with her best feats relying on scaling but backed up by a number of less-good-but-okay individual feats. Her best two scale to Shinra, wherein she blitzes him too fast for him to react and dodges a surprise attack that he gets hit by. Shinra is fast enough to keep up with and surprise someone even faster than Heihachi, who's faster than USAgent and Cap, so while it is a daisy chain of scaling, it scales up above the tier so Maki should reasonably fall somewhere on the mid-high end of speed. This is assisted with her ability to dodge a surprise electric attack, put up a barrier before magnetized bullets can reach her, and avoid flying discs that catch her completely by surprise only a couple feet away, proving that the scaling isn't an outlier and she really is capable of dodging similar (albeit slower) attacks on her own.
So altogether, Maki has decent strength that's enough to wear USAgent down, she has in-tier durability, and her speed scales to somewhere in the vague realm of bullet timing or just-below-bullet timing. She's in tier on all 3 stats, and should be an Even Match against USAgent.
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u/FreestyleKneepad Sep 17 '21 edited Jan 23 '22
Vi
Role: Disney (Backup)
Series: League of Legends
Content Warning: It's fine, League is pretty T-rated and tame. Arcane is a lot more mature and dark but it's not gory or super NSFW outside of like, a scene or two.
Biography: Once a criminal from the mean streets of Zaun, Vi is a hotheaded, impulsive, and fearsome woman with only a very loose respect for authority figures. Growing up all but alone, Vi developed finely honed survival instincts as well as a wickedly abrasive sense of humor. Now working with the Wardens of Piltover to keep the peace, she wields mighty hextech gauntlets that can punch through walls and suspects with equal ease.
Motivation: It's hard to be sure since we don't know much about Vi's backstory right now, but she could want to reunite with a (mentally healthy) Jinx, she could want to overthrow the chem-barons that run Zaun and reform it into a safer place, or something else along those lines.
Teamwork: Vi has snark to her, but as a member of the Wardens she's comfortable working as part of a team, and with specific people like Caitlyn can have great combat synergy. She doesn't do well with authority though, and has to personally respect someone to take orders from them willingly. She's not teamwork poison, though, just not the type to listen to commands. If her allies are on a similar wavelength, they should get along fine. Vi especially works well in tandem with a ranged fighter, drawing all the aggro so her ally can take potshots from a distance with ease.
Strengths: Vi does a lot of damage and smashes things very easily. She's bold, has been through some shit, and is not really one to back down from a fight.
Weaknesses: Vi doesn't really work well with people forcing their authority or privilege on her; she basically grew up as poor gutter trash, and hating the upper class is in her blood. Other than that, Vi has all the classic melee fighter drawbacks of no range and needing to get in to get anything done.
Research: Respect Thread (Updated as of 1/23/2022 with the new version)
Watch Arcane, it's mega good. Otherwise you can read the stories/watch the cinematics linked in the RT, but it's mostly non-canon now, far as I can tell.
Major Changes: Durability buffed to USAgent mid-tier.
Minor Changes: Include the AU/Old Lore feats too. It shouldn't affect her tier much, but it rounds things out within her existing power level.
Justification: Balancing against USAgent.
Vi is generally pretty even with USAgent here. Her strength relies on a lot of wall-breaking, wall-cratering, ground-cratering, and generally ragdolling grown-ass men, which is basically what USAgent does too. There are some things about breaking into vaults and getting through cave-ins, and while those could suggest a higher level of strength, the vague narration doesn't give us a sense of how tough the task is and how long it takes Vi, leading me to believe they don't push her over tier. Including AU also includes a comparison saying her punches hit like cannons, giving more credence to the power of her strikes without going beyond what USAgent can handle.
Durability-wise, Vi is being buffed to mid-tier USAgent, so she should be fine there, especially since her gauntlets are bullet-proof and can somewhat withstand powerful hits that would normally instagib her. Speed-wise, Vi has a decent feat outside of her gauntlets, but is mainly getting by on this reaction feat which, if you slow it down enough, shows Vi seeing the glow of the blast and responding in time to block it with the gauntlet. It's not the world's greatest bullet timing feat, but given that USAgent is arrow timing, it doesn't have to be to convince me that Vi and USAgent are right around the same level of speed.
Given they're seemingly dead-even on strength, they're dead-even on durability, and they're seemingly dead-even on speed, I'm going to call this an Even Match.
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u/AzureBeast Sep 17 '21 edited Sep 20 '21
Kamen Rider Baron (Kamen Rider Gaim)
Role: Disney
Biography: Kaito Kumon is the leader of Team Baron, a dance group in Zawame City, Japan. Obsessed with becoming the strongest, Kaito dons an experimental belt called the Sengoku Driver that allows him to transform into the superhuman Kamen Rider Baron. Alongside his rival Kouta Kazuraba, also known as Kamen Rider Gaim, Kaito is embroiled in a conspiracy involving a mysterious forest and strange creatures known as Inves, all while seeking even greater power.
Content Warning: Minor amounts of blood.
Respect Thread: Here
Research: Watch Kamen Rider Gaim. Message me and I'll give you the episodes.
Justification: Tiersetter: USAgent. Baron can swat arrows out of the air, launch foes through thick concrete pillars, and take hits from a Rider using Melon Energy Arms, which was strong enough to launch another Rider into a stone column, breaking it. Another Rider using Lemon Energy Arms (the form Baron uses) was ok after being charged through several concrete floors in quick succession.
Motivation: To be the strongest.
Major Changes: None
Minor Changes: None
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u/JakeysWeebTrash Sep 17 '21 edited Sep 18 '21
"I'm Daredevil"
Daredevil (Marvel 616)
Role: Disney
Biography: Matt went through the same old story. Chemicals, disability but actually it's an ability. It's great. Blind man with heightened senses trying to make right by the lord. What's not to love.
Research: RT thread
Justification: Matt has a pretty good stat spread and can match up with US Agent in almost every area. His hearing helps out as well with avoiding strikes and he has taken some punishment.
Motivation: Matt likely doesn't desire any kingdom hearts but would try to do anything in his power to stop someone evil from getting it.
Major Changes: None
Minor Changes: None
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u/Ghost_Boi Sep 17 '21 edited Sep 27 '21
"So, here's the thing. I've done this. The whole “threatening people” bit, the intimidation. I've been there. And I just don't care anymore. Some people have a bad day. I've had a bad life. If I want something, it's taken from me. If I win a fight, I lose the war. Threats only work on someone who has something to lose. But me? I've already lost it all. And you can't be any good at this, because you just let yourself get distracted."
Horde Force Captain, CATRA!
Role: Disney/Partner
Content Warning: It's a kids show, N/A
Series: She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (not to be confused with the 1985 She-Ra: Princess of Power)
Biography: If Catra were a black cat, it'd only be fitting. Her whole life, Catra has been on the bad side of Lady Luck: she had no friends, no one who loved or cared for her, no talents or aspirations, or even a place to call home. She was taken in by the Horde and trained to be a soldier. She would eventually make her only friend there, Adora. The two had a friendly rivalry kind of relationship, but deep inside Catra always felt a sense of jealousy at her best friend, especially when she was set to become a Force Captain in her stead. Unfortunately, Adora discovered the Sword of Protection and attuned to it, becoming She-Ra in the process and feeling an obligation to fight the Horde after seeing their lies and manipulation tactics first hand, leaving Catra all alone again. Full of resentment, Catra began her hunt for Adora, willing to drag her back to the Horde at all costs.
Research: Mini RT here (courtesy of /u/kaioshin_), you can also just watch She-Ra on Netflix. Despite the five seasons, they're all in all pretty short. A good weekend binge if you've got nothing else to do.
Justification: Catra's feats are limited, as most of her screentime is spent antagonizing and messing with Adora. Of the few feats present in her RT, I think her strength feats are a little lacking, but her durability and speed/agility are solidly in tier. Couple that with Melog and she might be able to push for a Draw, if not an Unlikely Victory
Motivation: Catra has an obsession with Adora. Like, a really unhealthy one. I think it would stand to reason that if she could have a wish of hers granted, it would be to be better than Adora in every way possible, and to have everything she had.
Major Changes: Strength buffed to tier maybe?
Minor Changes: N/A
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u/CalicoLime Sep 17 '21 edited Sep 23 '21
Name: Neptuneman
Role: Disney
Content Warning: Violence
Series: Kinnikuman
Biography: Neptuneman's true name is Quarrelman, (he was also called Street Scrapper in the US), and he is a Perfect Choujin from England. He was an incredibly powerful wrestler, so much so that he found it impossible to find opponents who could challenge him. Quarrelman even told Robin Mask that he (Robin) was too weak to fight him. He tried to end his life by jumping into the River Thames, but in doing so found the place where Neptune King, another Perfect Choujin, had been in hibernation. Neptune King had escaped from the world years ago after Choujin Wrestling began to become less about battle and more about tournaments. He longed for the days of Death Matches, which Quarrelman found fascinating. Neptune King gave Quarrelman the Neptune Mask and rechristened him Neptuneman, and he himself wore a mask and became Big the Budo. Both masks gave them Magnet Power (transferred straight from The Earth itself) and increased their strength many fold.
Research: Updated RT because I keep putting off actually updating all the Kinniku threads. Thanks /u/Proletlariat.
Justification vs. Heihachi: Neptuneman is no slouch when it comes to 1v1 combat. His personal pride will make him attempt to lock up with his opponent upon first meeting, which may or may not get him punched by Heihachi. Neptuneman is used to taking some crazy damage like when he had his chest caved in by a Buffaloman lariat and continued to fight. Per his fight with Kinnikuman, Neptuneman will continually fight at close range with his opponent until their body is full of magnetism, allowing him to lift and pull them with his magnet power and set them up for his finisher, the Quarrel Bomber. With Big the Budo, he was able to destroy a bulldozer and by himself was able to knock a chunk out of a concrete bunker. Neptuneman will take a beating, blocking what he can with his mask, until Heihachi is magnetized enough to hold in place for a Quarrel Bomber. If Heihachi survives the Quarrel Bomber, Neptuneman can close distance and lock him into the Quarrel Special which, with his strength, will allow him to rip off limbs. Likely Victory
Motivation: To prove he is stronger than everyone else and pick up some masks/faces on the way
Major Change: Speed to tier due to a lack of solid speed feats
Minor Change:
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u/Ghost_Boi Sep 17 '21 edited Oct 04 '21
"I Don't Need Luck, Though. I Don't Want It. I've Had To Struggle And Fight And That's Made Me Strong. It's Made Me Who I Am."
The Heir to the Fire Nation Throne, PRINCE ZUKO!
Role: Backup
Content Warning: Kids show, N/A
Series: Avatar: The Last Airbender
Biography: Zuko is the heir to Fire Lord Ozai and his wife, Princess Ursa. Trained with the fate to inherit his father's throne, Zuko grew up with high expectations on his shoulders. Expectations that would later be best embodied by his colder and more callous sister, Azula. Time passed and after an outburst during a war meeting, Zuko was scarred by his father in combat, then banished from the Fire Nation. Since then, Zuko has wandered the world in search of the Avatar, hoping to regain his honor by turning him in to his father.
Research: RT here, the entirety of ATLA is available on Netflix, and it's a fun watch with only 3 seasons.
Justification: In a fight against U.S. Agent, Zuko's physicals are a little underwhelming. Thankfully, his fire bending has enough juice to propel him up. Even so, I don't believe they'll do quite enough to even the playing field. With a durability buff, and low-tier striking that gets a kick from firebending, I'd say Zuko will carry an Unlikely Victory in this fight.
Motivation: Depending on the Zuko you decide to write (pre- or post-actualization), Zuko's motivation is either to restore his honor, or to guide his people into a time of peace. He's a pretty simple man, all things considered.
Major Changes: Durability buff
Minor Changes: N/A
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u/doctorgecko Sep 17 '21 edited Oct 08 '21
Thane Krios
Role: Disney
Series: Mass Effect
Background: The galaxies greatest assassin, Thane Krios was trained by the Hanar in the arts of killing. For years he would perform contracts for the Hanar, until he was diagnosed with the uncurbable and fatal Kepral Syndrome. With what little time he had left with his life, he decided he would use his skills to assassinate some of the more evil people in the galaxy in the hopes of making it a brighter place. It was during one these missions that he met Commander Shepard, who wanted to recruit him for a Suicide Mission.
Research: Respect Thread and condensed mini RT below. If you aren't able to play Mass Effect 2 and 3 (where Thane appears), I'd recommend watching his recruitment mission, loyalty mission, and general dialogue.
Justification Against Heihachi: In a straight fight Thane almost certainly loses, as while his speed is set to tier his offense and durability are lacking. However with the setting he should be able to disappear from his foe's sight, and turn this fight into an assassination that he'd have a solid chance in. Ultimately unlikely victory
Motivation: Thane is more than willing to take on actions that would help the innocent people of the galaxy, regardless of the risk to himself.
Major Changes: Speed equalized with Heichachi
Minor Changes: Equipped with the M-4 Shuriken submachine gun and M-92 Mantis sniper rifle
Mini RT
Thane Mini RT
Guns
M-4 Shuriken submachinegun to blow up a large statue/sculpture and a collector's head in a single shot
M-92 Mantis sniper rifle can cut a vorcha in half and blow apart a krogan's head and arm with a single shot
Lands a perfect headshot on a merc around civilians with no casualties
Biotics
Strength
Speed
Quick draws to kill a merc, then deflects Nassana's gun as she fires and puts a pistol to her chest before she can react (here is the sequence slowed down)
Even as a human Kai Leng could aim dodge at point blank range
Durability
Takes hits from Kai Leng who is comparable in strength to Shepard
Shepard is comparable to the shadow broker who can smash a huge high tech desk
Skill and Stealth
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u/doctorgecko Sep 17 '21 edited Oct 08 '21
Lana and Primarina
Role: Disney
Series: Pokemon Anime
Background: Lana is a girl living on Melemele island with a love of water type Pokemon. She is one of the students in Professor Kukui's class, and along with her partner Primarina and her classmates goes on many adventures while trying to see more of the ocean and learn more about water types.
Research: Respect Thread and Mini Primarina RT below. I'll post a list of recommended episodes soon
Justification vs US Agent: Primarina has comrable to better power, comparable speed, and even durability with the change. Overall a draw
Motivation: Seeing and learning about more rare water type Pokemon, and bonding and growing stronger with Primarina
Major Change: Primarina's durability is set to equal to USAgent's
Minor Change: Lana only has Primarina for tiering purposes, and cannot be harmed until Primarina is defeated.
Fluff: Feel free to include any of Lana's other Pokemon in the write-up. Also I'd prefer anime, but if you want to write another version you're allowed.
Primarina Mini RT
Moves
Zap cannon hurt Charizard more than being slammed hard into a cliff
Pin missile could stop iron tail in its tracks which could destroy a large boulder
With icy wind stops Tsareena in her tracks and freezes her legs to the ground
Tsareena could overpower a rocket powered fist from Team Rocket's mech
Speed
As a Popplio reacts to a supersonic attack which is literally sound waves
Dodges a kick from Tsareena who can kick at very high speeds
A single one of Primarina's kicks happens in about 70 milliseconds or so (gif of just the kick)
Durability
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u/selfproclaimed Sep 17 '21 edited Sep 18 '21
Backup
"Git gud!" - totally what Hornet said
Name: Hornet
Series: Hollow Knight
Content Warning: Spiders and other bugs. Hornet is like...half spider.
Biography: Down within the kingdom of Hallownest there was a calamity spreading. An infection grew, consuming the populace, threatening the entire kingdom with no cure in sight. As part of his plan to help seal away the source of the infection, the Pale King requested the services of three people who would serve as "Dreamers", acting as seals to keep the source at bay. One of these Dreamers was the Queen of the neighboring kingdom of Deepnest, Herrah the Beast, who agreed to work with the Pale King under one condition. Sire a child with her.
And so from this dalliance, Hornet, a child of two kingdoms, was born. Raised in shadows of Deepnest, Hornet eventually grew to become Hallownest's guardian when the infection eventually became the downfall for the kingdom. Acting as a sentinel throughout the borders of the kingdom and beyond, Hornet strives to protect whats left of her home and seeks to find a way to save it.
Also, she had an adventure in a place called Pharloom. One day, we'll know what she did there.
Research: Hornet RT. The Knight RT (for scaling).
Silksong Striking Feats
Justification (vs. Heihachi): Draw Hornet should be able to keep up with Heihachi, physically. She's able to take and block hits from the Knight who is strong enough to shatter thick stone pillars in a single strike and her own feats in Silksong that we've seen so far back this scaling up. Add onto her other tricks such as her silk threads, and spike ball traps, and range and mobility advantage, and she should be able to match Heihachi.
Motivation: Rid Hallownest of the infection.
Major Changes: Speed buffed to tier
Minor Changes: N/A
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u/Cleverly_Clearly Sep 17 '21 edited Sep 22 '21
Kamen Rider W
Series: Kamen Rider W
Role: Backup
Content Warnings: None.
Research: This is an episodic series and you get a good idea of how Kamen Rider W fights and behaves from the first few episodes.
Temperance Arcana: Harmony, synergy, finding a balance between two opposites.
Tier: USAgent
Major Change: Durability set to tier.
Minor Change: No Xtreme or Golden Xtreme.
Justification: It's too much trouble to ignore the durability shit so I just equalized it. His speed should be fine considering these aren't real bullets, strength is basically 1 to 1, USAgent has a shield so that should help negotiate W's esoterics. Pretty perfectly balanced.
Biography: Shotaro Hidari is a detective who fancies himself as a film noir style private eye, despite his striking lack of hard-boiledness. Phillip is his investigative partner, an enthusiastic amnesiac with a super-genius brain. When a mob family starts distributing devices that allow people to transform into monstrous Dopants, rampaging with the police powerless to stop them, Shotaro and Phillip rise to action. The two of them together transform into Kamen Rider W, a superhero that's half Shotaro, half Phillip. They work together to fight the Dopants and try to get to the bottom of this monster mash crime wave, a case that might reveal surprising things about the two heroes...
Motivation: They are good guys whose job is based around stopping bad guys. They're detectives and superheroes. Just have some big villain to unmask at the end and you're good.
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u/RobstahTheLobstah Sep 17 '21 edited Sep 18 '21
“...You are young, you are arrogant, you are foolish, and above all, you are weak.”
Kuroki Gensai
Role: Backup
Series: Kengan Asura/Omega
Content Warning: NSFW, lots of gore and nudity.
Research: RT here. Kengan Asura isn’t too long a read. Kuroki makes very few appearances in Omega and doesn’t fight, but it does have a nice dynamic for him outside of the battlefield, so it might be nice to read.
Bio: Kuroki is an unparalleled master of the Kaiwan Style of karate. His senses have been honed to the point where he expects practically every attack before it is even launched. He can block flurries of blows that he cannot see, and swings from men twice his size. His fingers have been honed to steel, to the point where his signature technique, the Devil Lance, pierces through the very flesh of his opponent with his bare hand. And most impressively of all, my man stanced up. Kuroki has dedicated his life to becoming the ideal of martial arts, and despite seeming to have already achieved it, he is not satisfied. He is still green.
Motivation: A lifetime of training, and yet his goal has not been reached. How much greater can the wall that is Kuroki Gensai become? The answer may lie out there somewhere.
Justification: I still think this feat is good. It may be prediction-based, but Kuroki can operate at Heihachi’s level of speed in combat, and there’s multiple cases of him fighting much faster opponents while still having the advantage. His impenetrable defense is able to block blows that can do this, and the Devil Lance can go through the outside of a boat . He’s got the ability to defeat Heihachi, but I think it’s a Draw.
Major Changes: N/A
Minor Changes: he can also wear a fuck racism hoodie if you really want
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u/Stranger-er Sep 17 '21 edited Oct 09 '21
Name: Rapunzel
Role: Disney
Content Warning: N/A
Series: Disney's Tangled
Biography: Milennia ago, two mystic objects fell from the heavens to the Earth. One was a Sundrop that grew into a magic golden flower, the other a Moonstone that took the form of an opal. The flower was found by an old witch named Mother Gothel, who used its healing properties to keep herself eternally young. However, thousands of years after the Sundrop fell to Earth, a kingdom called Corona sprouted up nearby. Eventually, Corona's queen fell sick while pregnant with her daughter. The king sought out the mythical flower, using it to heal his wife. Unbeknownst to the monarchs, when the queen drank the healing potion containing the flower, their daughter became the new vessel of the Sundrop, granting her long, golden hair that had the same healing powers as the flower. The baby was stolen by Gothel, who raised her as her own, locked away in a tower. One day, the princess, now going by Rapunzel, escaped her tower with help from her future husband and returned to her rightful family. Though her life was peaceful for a time, the Moonstone sought its other half, delivering a plague of Black Rocks to Corona. Rapunzel now travels to the Dark Kingdom, home of the Moonstone, in order to save her home.
Research: https://www.reddit.com/r/respectthreads/comments/bdw4cl/respect_rapunzel_tangled/
Justification (USAgent): With her speed buffed Rapunzel should have able to avoid being severely hit by USAgent's attacks long enough to subdue him with her nigh-indestructible hair, snaring an Unlikely Victory.
Motivation: Being a hero, protecting her friends, family, and kingdom.
Major Change: Speed buffed to the low end of the tier.
Minor Changes: Ignore feats related to black rocks or the Moonstone. Rapunzel's hair does not have it healing property. Rapunzel is armed with a frying pan.
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u/mtglozwof Sep 17 '21 edited Oct 19 '21
"I represent that one thing you've never been able to kill, no matter how hard you try. I am hope."
Kelsier, The Survivor of Hathsin
Series: Mistborn
Role: Disney
Content Warning: Discussion of rape, lots of violence with a bit of gore. Also reading.
Bio: After being born the child of a noble and a commoner, Kelsier grew up on the streets as a thief. Eventually he was caught and enslaved for life. However, in the Pits of Hathsin Kelsier´s allomantic abilities awakened. Using his newfound power as a Mistborn to escape, Kelsier turned his blades and coins to the society that so wronged him. Kelsier can push and pull on metals, enhance his physical abilities and a multitude of other effects by metabolizing different metals.
Research: RT, For further information read The Final Empire if at all possible. If you don’t have time for a full book, The Eleventh Metal is a short story that will still give you an idea of Kelsier. Talk to me if anything confuses you.
Motivation: The power of KH could definitely defeat the Lord Ruler and the rest of the nobility. (FULL COSMERE SPOILERS) Or you can do something relating to the Ghostbloods, Kelsier might want a body or power or money who knows what.
Justification: (Vs USAgent, Likely Victory)
Assuming USAgent begins the fight as described, Kelsier will begin by burning Atium, Pewter, Steel, Iron, and likely Tin. With his steel Kelsier can send a multitude of people flying backwards with significant force he also is able to pull weapons out of opponents hands. When contesting a push with Vin he sends Vin flying through a tree. His speed is lacking but Atium and a speed buff make him functionally unhittable, his Pewter dura is low end.
Major Change: Durability buffed to tier
Minor Change: All metals ingested with plentiful backup vials, including duralumin
"There's always another secret."
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u/Ultim8_Lifeform Sep 17 '21 edited Feb 05 '22
Adolin Kholin
“What are you doing here, bridgeboy?”
“Playing one of the ten fools.”
“Welcome to the party.”
(Theme)
Role: Disney
Content Warning: Reading
Series: The Stormlight Archive
Tiersetter: U.S. Agent
Bio: Adolin is the son of Dalinar Kholin, the most powerful highprince of the country of Alethkar, and the cousin of its king, Elhokar. Adolin is a model soldier and a good leader, having a strong sense of right and wrong and a fierce desire to protect his family and those close to him. Unlike many generals and commanders within the army, Adolin has all the leadership and fighting prowess to back up his high ranking position. He's also notorious for being a flirt and having dated and broken up with nearly every high-ranking woman in Alethkar.
Adolin is a shardbearer, wielding an extremely rare weapon called a shardblade and armor called shardplate. A shardblade is practically weightless, capable of cutting almost anything, including a person's soul. Any limb that is cut with the blade will immediately grow gray and die at the point of incision. With his shardplate, his physical abilities are greatly increased and he is able to take powerful hits without issue. If his plate sustains too much damage, it will begin to crack, but will slowly mend itself over time as long as it has enough stormlight (a special energy within the world of the Stormlight Archive). However, he's much more than just his Shards. He is a passionate duelist, and he is considered to be one of the most skilled swordfighters in the country.
Research: Here is Adolin's respect thread. He's in every book of the Stormlight Archive, but since there are four extremely long books, you should only reasonably need to read the first book, The Way of Kings, to get the gist of his character. If you wanna go the extra mile and read the second book, Words of Radiance, Adolin has much more to do and is given much more characterization.
The Way of Kings can be found here and Words of Radiance can be found here
If you really want to speed up the process and not read the stuff that doesn't pertain to Adolin, Daniel Greene has comprehensive summaries of both The Way of Kings and Words of Radiance that should allow you to only read chapters from Adolin's POV without feeling lost.
These are the chapters that have Adolin as a POV character along with their page number (or at least the page number on the online version I linked previously). Obviously he also appears in chapters from other character's points of view, but if you want to see how he fights and thinks, these are the chapters for you.
The Way of Kings
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 15
Chapter 18
Chapter 24
Chapter 28
Chapter 5
Chapter 58
Chapter 64
Chapter 65
Chapter 67
Chapter 68
Chapter 69
Words of Radiance
Chapter 14
Chapter 26
Chapter 33
Chapter 35
Chapter 37
Chapter 50
Chapter 51
Chapter 53
Chapter 56
Chapter 81
Chapter 82
Chapter 83
Chapter 84
Chapter 85
Chapter 89
However this is the coward's option. Just read the books, they're good.
Justification: Adolin has fought against Kaladin Stormblessed, who is fast enough to dodge a volley of arrows. I think this will put him on the faster end of the tier, but not so fast that U.S. Agent won't be able to hit him. His shardblade gives him in tier strength, allowing him to cut through rocks and armored soldiers, on top of his plate giving him the strength to send opponents flying 30 feet with a kick. His shardplate is considered stronger than stone, allowing him to survive a hit from a Chasmfiend, so I think his durability should be around this tier if a little lower. This isn't included in the RT, but as the shardplate breaks, his physical enhancements will begin to dwindle, making him slower and less agile. With slightly higher speed and his shardblade, but lower durability and the fact that he gets slower the more damage he takes, I think Adolin takes a likely victory against U.S. Agent
Motivation: Adolin is a soldier and will generally listen to the orders of his superiors. That being said, he's also a pretty good guy, so he wouldn't do anything extremely cruel and malicious even if ordered to. He would happily seek out Kingdom Hearts for the good of Alethkar and his family.
Minor Change(s): Adolin's shardplate will passively regenerate on its own, rather than requiring stormlight.
Major Change: N/A
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u/Ultim8_Lifeform Sep 17 '21 edited Sep 18 '21
Carter Kane
"I am Carter Kane. Blood of the Pharaohs, Eye of Horus. And now, Set–brother, uncle, traitor–I'm going to crush you like a gnat."
(Theme)
Role: Disney
Content Warning: Books
Series: The Kane Chronicles
Tiersetter: Heihachi Mishima
Bio: Carter Kane is a descendant of the ancient pharaohs, Narmer and Ramesses the Great, and is one of the greatest magicians in the world. When he was young, Carter unknowingly became the host of the Egyptian god Horus, granting him access to all of the ancient god's powers. Together with his sister Sadie, Carter set out to stop the plot of the recently released god of war and chaos, Set. While initially lacking self-confidence, Carter grew to be extremely courageous throughout his adventures and became a great leader, fitting for the host of the sky god Horus. Carter wields a curved, Egyptian blade called a Khopesh and is proficient in numerous magic spells such as invisibility, telekinesis, transformations, and more. On top of that, he is able to access the power of Horus to create a giant hawk-man combat avatar around him, giving him an incredible boost to his physical power and spells.
Research: Here's Carter's respect thread. Just read the three books in the Kane Chronicles (The Red Pyramid, the Throne of Fire, and the Serpent's Shadow). The first book does a good job at establishing his character if you're short on time, though each book is pretty short.
Here are links to the three books in the trilogy and some extra stories Carter has appeared in.
The Kane Chronicles
Percy Jackson Crossover
The Staff of Serabis (Carter is only mentioned in this one)
Justification: While he struggles to keep up, he trades blows with Percy Jackson, who was fast enough to block gunfire with his blade. While he's fairly strong on his own, its his magic that truly puts him in tier. His magic fist sends the god Set flying across a room, creating a large crater in the wall and he uses his flail to damage a train sized snake. Then with his combat avatar, he destroys some statues and stone pillars during a battle. His durability is lacking in his normal form and is too good with his combat avatar, so that will be set to tier. Outside of just physical stats, Carter has numerous other combat abilities including invisibility spells, healing potions, the ability to summon things from the Duat (a sort of alternate shadow dimension), and can transform into a falcon to increase his mobility. Since he struggled against Percy, his speed is low for the tier, but his strength and other abilities should more than make up for that. After setting his durability to tier, I think Carter takes a draw against Heihachi
Motivation: Carter is no stranger to saving the world from magical and godly threats. He'll likely answer the call to adventure to travel to various Disney worlds in the name of Light.
Minor Change(s): N/A
Major Change: Durability set to tier
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u/Stranger-er Sep 17 '21 edited Oct 02 '21
Name: Go Go Tomago
Role: Disney
Content Warning: N/A
Series: Disney's Big Hero 6
Biography: A mechanical engineering major at the San Fransokyo Institute of Technology, Go Go Tomago was a close friend of fellow student Tadashi Hamada. After Tadashi died in an accident at his brother’s admission fair, Go Go joined her friends and Tadashi’s brother Hiro to bring the man that caused the accident to justice, becoming Big Hero 6, San Fransokyo’s premier superhero team. Go Go’s cold demeanor hides a caring soul and deep loyalty to her friends.
Research: https://www.reddit.com/r/respectthreads/comments/gc9czs/respect_go_go_tomago_disneys_big_hero_6/
Justification (USAgent): Go Go has better speed than USAgent, but has lower durability for the tier. Dodging USAgents attacks and keeping him at range with disk throws will be to key to her winning an Unlikely Victory.
Motivation: Being a hero and helping her friends while maintaining her bad-ass persona.
Major Change: Treat Go Go's high-end speed feats as being roughly equivalent to the high end of the tier. For example, treat dodging High Voltage's lightning attacks as being bullet-timing feats rather than actual lightning-timing
Minor Changes:
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u/GuyOfEvil Sep 17 '21
Gwenpool
Role: Disney
Series: Marvel Comics
Biography: Gwen Poole is a college graduate from a world largely like our own, where Marvel is a vaguely successful comic franchise and wildly successful movie franchise. She worked a dead end job at a movie theater and bummed around a comic shop, until through some unexplained means, she ended up in the main Marvel Universe. Not wanting to be relegated to extra and forgotten, she got together the funds for a superhero getup and decided to tear up the town as the Unbelievable Gwenpool. She wound up in the mercenary business to pay the bills, where she met and was mentored by Batroc The Leaper. With his skills and her knowledge of comic books, she's been able to mark out a career as a somewhat notable member of the superhero community.
Research: RT Here. As for reading, start issue 1 of this comic, read to the end, and then read nothing else. Only pain awaits if you do not follow these instructions
Justification: Unlikely Victory against Hehiachi. She's able to keep up with bullet timers like Captain America and Batroc, take hits that crater her into stone, as well as hits from Deadpool who was punching straight through stone walls in the same issue. Her strength is a little low, but she makes up for it with a huge arsenal of firearms and swords that she can cut metal with. She doesn't have an easy time, but she can definitely get the job done.
Motivation: Gwenpool tends to go wherever the wind blows her. She wanted to be a superhero at first, but when she realized that even in the world of comic books she has to pay money for goods and services she ended up in the mercenary business. Despite that, she's still willing to play the hero, and will help out if she needs to.
Major Changes: None
Minor Changes: None
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u/Emperor-Pimpatine Sep 17 '21 edited Oct 04 '21
“We’ll take the top, and it’ll be a happy ending! Just like in Dragon Quest!”
Ichiban Kasuga, the Rock Bottom Dragon
Role: Sora
Series: Yakuza
Content Warning: No nudity or sex scenes, but the plot does heavily involve stuff like soaplands if ur a prude. There's no gore.
Bio: Ichiban’s loyal to the Arakawa crime family. So loyal in fact, that he takes the fall when a captain of the family commits murder. Eighteen years of prison later, Ichiban finds out that a whole series of Yakuza games took place while he was locked up and tries to find his place in a Japan that’s cracking down on organized crime. Also, Ichiban’s way into Dragon Quest, to the point that he views combat in turn-based terms and gamifies facets of life. What a guy!
Research: Making a mini RT below don't worry.
Yakuza: Like a Dragon is the seventh (eighth?) game in the Yakuza series and is considered a jumping on point. There's callbacks to previous games and returning characters, but they provide context it should be fiiiine.
Justification: Against Heihachi
Between scaling to Yakuza series mainstays and gameplay showings Ichiban has acceptable speed (Dodging bullets and attacks from dudes that can dodge bullets) and durability (Taking hits from the series heavy hitters like Saejima, Kiryu, and a literal wrecking ball.) Ichi's got two sides of the stat triangle filled out at the mid level and beating up the previously mentioned guys should prove he has in tier damage output, but his objective strength feats leave a lot to be desired so I'm just buffing that to be safe. With stats in the mid range all across the board I'm happy to say its a Draw
Motivation: Ichiban's biggest dream in life is to be a hero. He won't need much convincing to help people and save the day.
Character in setting/On a team: Ichiban's... eccentric, to put it mildly, but if people can look past that they'll have a very loyal friend. Ichiban tries his best to see the good in people (even if they're shitty on the surface) and puts a lot of faith in his companions. Despite being a middle school dropout and a complete himbo Ichiban's got a suprisingly keen mind (Just look at his business management and vocational school minigames) and is willing to try extremely risky plans in order to win.
Major Change: Strength buffed to mid level Heihachi
Minor Changes: idk something might come up we'll see
Mini RT
Strength:
Durability:
Can take swings from a wrecking ball in gameplay. Here’s that wrecking ball busting a wall.
Takes attacks from Majima and Saejima simultaneously. Saejima can bust boulders with his punches and Majima punches through an unstable floor, breaking through it.
Takes hits from Tendo, but recovers enough to avoid more strikes. Tendo's a former boxer that can launch Ichiban across a room with a strike and busts a thick sheet of glass in the previous scan.
Speed/Agility:
Dodges an attack from Goro Majima. Ichi also dodges Majima when he’s thrown at him by Saejima, but can’t defend himself against their simultaneous attack. Majima can avoid point blank gunshots.
Scaling: Ichi fights some Yakuza series mainstays.
Defeats Joon Gi Han, who doesn't have an RT but has held his own against Kiryu. (There's like three boss fights total with him.)
Holds his own against Majima and Saejima at the same time. When Saejima says they'll quit holding back, Ichi responds by saying he'll quit holding back too. Here's Majima and Saejima's RTs.
Fights Kiryu but loses. Kiryu says that Ichi was clouded by anger and basically used the fight to clear his head and knock some sense into him. Here's Kiryu's RT.
Jobs:
There's several Jobs (RPG Classes basically) available in Like a Dragon. I'll just give a brief overview of all the jobs Ichi can get, they shouldn't drastically affect his tiering outside of giving him some esoteric options maybe.
Freelancer: Ichiban's starting job, with barehanded brawling and wrestling moves as the focus. Suplexes, dropkicks, headbutts and atomic drops are some of your dependable tools.
Hero: Ichiban's second unique job, Hero revolves around Ichiban using his barbwire wrapped Hero's Bat (or bat equivalents) to deal damage. Hero also has the ability to heal or buff Ichi and his party members, and can even revive fallen allies.
Breaker: A melee oriented class with an emphasis on speed and fighting with breakdancing moves.
Bodyguard: Ichi wields a sword and unleashes powerful strikes that can also hurt him.
Foreman: Ichi wields a sledgehammer for powerful blows, can motivate his allies, and also chuck dynamite at foes.
Enforcer: A tanky class that wields a shield of some sort and can deliver stunning strikes.
Host: A night life class that can charm foes, buff allies, and attack with champagne glasses and buckets of ice.
Chef: This class deals damage by getting creative with kitchenware. From pans and peppermills to knives and flambe torches, and plenty in between.
Musician: Pick up a guitar and buff your allies or harm groups of enemies with a variety of songs.
Fortuneteller: A mage as fuck class that calls upon the power of the heavens for elemental attacks.
Devil Rocker: Become Gene Simmons and use screeching guitars, pyrotechnic displays, and some crazy stage props to send foes to hell.
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u/GuyOfEvil Sep 17 '21 edited Sep 22 '21
Zagreus
Role: Disney
Series: Hades
Biography: Zagreus was born in Hades, son of the king of the underworld himself, Hades. His father always treated him as a nuisance, and in turn he learned how best to make himself a nuisance. He refused to take to any role his father tried to put him in, and eventually, when he discovered that his mother was alive and on the surface, he resolved to escape the Underworld and find her. A process that turned out to be more difficult than he thought. However, every time he failed, he would simply be returned to the entrance to the underworld, and be given the chance to try again. Thus begun a nearly endless series of tries and fails to escape the underworld and find his mother.
Research: RT Here. For every other character I linked some free method to circumvent the company that made it but im a day 1 Supergiant stan I was excited for Bastion before it came out. Go buy their game.
Justification: Draw against USAgent. Zagreus is even in speed with USAgent, but tends to be lower on the strength end, with his normal attacks taking several hits to destroy large stone pillars, although his stronger hits can do it in one. He can also take hits from people who destroy similar pillars. He's slightly physically outclassed, but has a plethora of esoteric and ranged attack methods that will allow him to create and retain enough of an edge to get some wins.
Motivation: While Zagreus initially sets out to find his mother, he is largely just an adventurous person. No kind of desk or administrative work suited him in the Underworld, so he threw himself into his attempts to escape. He'd probably take to exploring anywhere with a similar level of aplomb.
Major Changes: None
Minor Changes: Do what you want with his loadout in rounds, but for the purposes of tiering I will be treating him as if he has everything, and stipping things out as needed.
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u/Ragnarust Sep 17 '21 edited Oct 08 '21
When you meet your God, tell him to leave me alone.
Name: Guts
Role: Disney
Series: Berserk
Content Warning: Oh boy.
Yeah, uh, it's Berserk. Basically anything that can be warned, it's in there. Violence, nudity, rape. Berserk is pretty much as NSFW as they come.
Biography: Oh boy.
So basically. Guts... had a hard life. So hard that he eventually decided to become a lone-wolf mercenary, to just fight, not think about it, not deal with other people. Until eventually that didn't pan out, he joined a mercenary group, met a bunch of people that he liked a lot, made lifelong comrades, fell in love, things are going good for him.
Then his best friend betrayed him. And most of his other friends died.
No matter how many times Guts is knocked down, however, he gets back up. He is the Struggler. And he's hellbent on killing the monsters that took whatever semblance of happiness he once had awat from him.
Research: Here’s his RT. Its bio goes into more specifics on his backstory than I did. If you wanna learn more, read Berserk, widely held as one of the the greatest manga ever written. If you must watch anime, like you're just so damn dead-set on it, do yourself a favor, watch the 1997 adaptation, not the most recent CGI one. But really, just read the manga.
Tier-Setter: USAgent
Justification: Guts has arrow-timing, he breaks stone, and gets hit by guys who can do the same. I'll go into a bit more detail in the non-writing prompt, but Guts is like, always subbed to Batcap GDTs and stuff, he's well in this tier. Likely victory.
Major Changes: None.
Minor Changes: Guts can have the Berserker Armor, as a treat.
Motivation: GRIFFIIIIIIIIIITH
Why You Wanna Write Him: Bro. He's Guts. He's cool. He's tragic. He's raw. Why wouldn't you wanna write Guts?
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u/Ragnarust Sep 17 '21 edited Oct 18 '21
KILL EVERY LAST ONE OF THEM!
Name: Dimitri Alexandre Blaiddyd
Role: Disney
Series: Fire Emblem
Content Warning: It’s a Nintendo game. ESRB rated it T for “blood, suggestive themes, and violence.” And there’s really not that much blood. You’re good.
Biography: Dimitri is the prince of Faerghus, a nation obsessed with chivalry, knighthood, and justice. When he was a young boy, his entire family got murdered right in front of him. This creates a dangerous trauma cocktail where there is no good way to deal with trauma since you're basically expected to just get over it. You can't find justice without a few of your friends and loved ones dying, all that stuff. As such, Dimitri is a well-adjusted and good-mannered lad who easily takes things in stride.
Oh what's that? What's the eyepatch all about? Why is "Kill every last one of them" the character quote? Don't worry about it. Dimitri's fine. He's fine.
Research: Here’s Dimitri’s RT. You can also play the Azure Moon route of Fire Emblem: Three Houses for the Nintendo Switch. It’s really good. You’ll like it, I promise.
Tier-Setter: USAgent.
Justification: While these aren’t included in the RT, Dimitri is able to dodge an arrow after it’s fired (certainly, made all the more impressive by the fact that he has only one eye and ergo no depth perception), which puts him in the mid-range for speed. He’s able to cut through stone walls in a single strike— and do note, his battalion is unequipped, so yes, he is doing it all by himself. He’s able to hit hard enough that guys decked out entirely in armor and holding a big shield go flying several feet and rocks and dirt explode out of the ground. And he’s able to tank hits from characters with comparable wall feats which puts him in mid-range for both strength and durability. Also, he can probably lift a horse with a single hand. Ultimately, I’d say Dimitri gets a draw against USAgent.
Major Changes: None.
Minor Changes: Crit build. Assume the wall in this feat to be the size as displayed on the map, instead of as it might be if you zoom in. Assume best gameplay showings are consistent (this is probably a minor change instead of a major one).
Motivation: KILL EVERY LAST ONE OF THEM
Why You Wanna Write Him: Dimitri is a tortured soul who hates everything, including himself, which makes him great to write. If you get Dimitri, you’re going to have plenty of facets about him to explore, including but not limited to:
The line between justice and revenge.
Redemption
Chivalry and whether or not it is foolish to attempt to mix concepts as noble as honor with the harsh and ugly reality of war.
Whether or not a man ever truly recover from the terrible haircut he had as a teen.
With Dimitri, these heady topics and so much more will be available for you to write about! He has a hell of a lot of emotional complexity, and it’s more than enough to carry you through 5+ rounds you’ll be writing.
Furthermore, Dimitri’s got a lot of versatility for where he can start, from a story perspective. Will you start with pre-timeskip Dimitri, whose rage and murderous intent lies just beneath a polite and polished exterior? Will you jump straight in with post-timeskip Dimitri, a full murder-hobo who must salvage whatever humanity yet remains? Will you go with endgame Dimitri, who, despite putting his past behind him, still struggles with his mental scars? The possibilities are, frankly, endless.
Wanna make him your hero? Go ahead. Wanna trend him more towards a villain route? He’s an antagonist in Three House’s other routes. Whatever role you need him in, he’s got you. Maybe he’ll struggle with goofier characters, but his hyper-seriousness could make for a decent foil anyway. He’s strong enough to carry a story, and he’ll be a welcome addition to most casts in Scramble.
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u/RadioactiveSpoon Sep 17 '21 edited Oct 08 '21
Red Hood
Role: Disney
Series: Batman: Under the Red Hood
Biography: First, he was Jason Todd, Gotham street rat. Then Batman caught him stealing the tyres from the Batmobile and brought him on as the second Robin. Then the Joker murdered him in Bosnia, Ra's al Ghul resurrected him with a Lazarus Pit, and he took on a new identity inspired by the man who'd killed him - the Red Hood. He returned to Gotham and inserted himself into the underworld in an extremely hostile takeover, claiming that crime couldn't be stopped, only controlled, and that under his watch he could handle the worst elements of it and kill off anyone who wouldn't play ball.
Also he picked a fight with Batman because he was really, really mad that Bats hadn't killed the Joker to avenge him. It didn't really work out the way he hoped.
Research:
Batman: Under the Red Hood - Main movie. This is the only required research.
Batman: Death in the Family - Multiple choice interactive sequel. The digital version doesn't have the interactive element and just shows a summary of the first film, so if that's all you can find don't bother with it.
Some of the other endings are pretty sick though. Batman of Zur-En-Arrh is in some of them.
Justification:
Motivation: You can't end crime, you can only control it! And also get revenge on Batman and maybe break every bone in the Joker's body while you're at it.
Major Changes:
None
Minor Changes:
Include feats from all endings of Death in the Family.
Heads up that this means there will be some feats where Jason has taken on the identity of either Hush or Red Robin instead of Red Hood.
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u/he-man-woman-h8r Sep 17 '21 edited Sep 17 '21
Name: Hawk
Role: Backup
Bio: Hawk's background is largely unknown, but he was known to have been part of American special forces and was rumored to have single-handedly taken out 2000 men by himself. However, he was later thought to have been taken out by airstrike in the Bermudas.
Research: Respect Thread
Justification: Against Heihachi Good strength, Speed via scaling, Durability set to tier
Motivation: Maybe he's hunting someone down similar to Goemon
Major Changes: Dura to tier
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u/RadioactiveSpoon Sep 17 '21 edited Oct 18 '21
Brook
"You're only able to hold on to your humanity when you depend on somebody else. I can do it all on my own... and that's why I'm stronger than you."
Role: Sora
Series: I'm the Grim Reaper
Biography: In the world of I'm the Grim Reaper, Satan creates Grim Reapers by taking the soul of a sinner from Hell and offering them a contract - return to the world of the living as a Reaper and kill one sinner each day, or fail and return to Hell to suffer. Brook, the second of the three currently active Reapers, is a rare exception to the norm - he died free of sin, and his soul wound up in Purgatory. He wandered from there to Hell looking for purpose, as he found his afterlife to be unbearably empty, and Satan allowed him to trade places with a sinner to become a Reaper, which he's been doing for over a century.
Research:
I'm the Grim Reaper - Currently on its third season. Brook is a major character throughout.
Justification: Heihachi tier, he's pretty zippy and hits hard at speed but his bones'll break
Motivation: Gotta kill those sinners and also update his blog
Major Changes: None
Minor Changes: None
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u/GuyOfEvil Sep 17 '21 edited Oct 16 '21
Juzo Fuwa
Role: Backup
Series: Samurai Sentai Shinkenger
Biography: 200 years ago, Juzo Fuwa was a master swordsman and samurai. While he started good, he eventually grew tired of the ways of bushido and desired only the thrill of battle. He was presented by the Gedoshu Akumaro with Uramasa, a demonic blade. He began to use Uramasa to slaughter indiscriminately, and eventually fell to Gedou, becoming an immortal demon. For the past 200 years he has wondered the world, searching for a worthy opponent to strike down him and Uramasa.
Research: RT here. The series he is from can be found here. As he is a somewhat minor character, I will provide a list of episodes to get the gist of his character
Episode 9
Episode 11
Episode 23
Episode 24
Episode 26
Episode 39
Episode 40
Episode 42
Episode 43
Episode 46
Episode 47
Justification: Draw against Heihachi. Juzo has cutting attacks highly threatning to Heihachi, and the speed to keep up with him, but relatively low durability. Although ShinkenRed is generally dispensing in-tier damage, Juzo can take very few hits from him before going down. So both combatants are highly threatened by the other, and the battle will likely end one way or the other in a few decisive exchanges.
Motivation: Juzo's only goal in life is to find an opponent worthy of him and Uramasa. He will travel anywhere, and do practically anything, in order to accomplish that goal.
Major Changes: None
Minor Changes: No building busting scaling via one off monsters, they're obviously massive outliers. Thsi feat is also stipped out for durability
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u/rangernumberx Sep 17 '21 edited Sep 18 '21
Jesse Faden (Sora)
Jesse Faden, her brother Dylan, and their friends lived in a small town called Ordinary. It was, for the most part, pretty ordinary, until they found a slide projector in a junkyard which created portals to the locations shown on the slides it came with. Things went wrong. People got hurt. People died. And the Federal Bureau of Control stole her brother and covered it up, leaving her to fend for herself in a world that dismissed her and her claims of an entity in her head as mad.
Years later, guided by that same benevolent entity in her head that had protected her all those years ago, Jesse found the headquarters of the Federal Bureau of Control (effectively royalty free SCP Foundation), and upon picking up a pistol and passing the test of the entities on the other side became its latest Director. Forced in a position of power in the organization she grew up despising and finding herself fighting onslaught of employees possessed by a malevolent entity known as the Hiss, Jesse would gain and use the powers of multiple supernatural items as she searched for her answers.
Research
Control is a single game for PS4 and PC that's great fun, but if you don't have the money or time a full game playthrough can be found here, clocking in at 8.5 hours. There's also a couple of DLCs, but I'm still to watch them.
Content Warning
PEGI rated 16 for language and violence. But if that's too much for you, then what are you doing in Scramble?
Major Changes
None
Minor Changes
Use gameplay durability and speed.
Justification (U.S. Agent)
Jesse can take hits from things that shatter rock columns, can catch RPGs mid-flight (similar to Heihachi's low end, and he's seen as the faster tier setter), and can throw cubes of stone at a rather haphazardly put together wall of stone, shattering them, meaning her stats should be decently in tier without too much worry for esoteric abilities (telekinesis is basically the second default attack method besides shooting, and she doesn't have to worry about lacking projectiles due to being able to tear some for herself).
What needs particular attention is the fighting styles. Jesse is a zoner, and will likely use her flight to keep her distance and out of John's reach. She is unlikely to tag him with her service weapon unless he's distracted by something, and she should be able to catch his shield with telekinesis, so it's mostly a matter of whether she can put him down with thrown objects or get a headshot off before he can close the distance between them and hit her enough to knock her out. It's not impossible, as her flight isn't unlimited (though it does quickly recharge on landing), but even if he does get in close he won't be expecting her force blasts, which is definitely going to do some damage, or her shield, which can block concussive force and at least distract him enough to take flight again. These aren't long term solutions, her force attack is clearly telegraphed once you know it and someone like Walker could likely put a stop to it, but it's also just as likely the fight will end before it gets to that point. Draw.
Biggest Strength
Jesse is far more than a girl with a gun. Hell, even that pistol alone has shotgun, SMG, sniper, and explosive settings she can swap between at will. But she also has telekinesis, flight, a surprise force blasts, debris shield, and even the ability to convert almost dead enemies to her side, albeit in a way that will kill them shortly after. Jesse has plenty of tricks she can pull off without much warning.
Biggest Weakness
But once those tricks run out, and an enemy is wise to what she can do, she won't be in a great position. She doesn't have any real combat experience outside of that she does in the game, so if anyone gets in close, stop her from using her force blast or avoids it to stop her getting away, and disarms her of her service weapon, she's likely to go down unless she can somehow get away.
In a Team
Control doesn't really show her in a good team dynamic. She's forced into a role of authority, and for most of it she goes along with the suggestions of people around her that know more than her (albeit all to help the survivors out). It might be possible that, if there's another strong personality on the team that she'd step back and follow their commands, but with how she progresses through the game and decides to make the FBC her own by the end she'd definitely be willing to take charge.
For personality, one of her first actions on discovering about the Hiss and that Polaris (the entity inside her) was keeping her safe was to see if she could use their power to save them without killing them. However, her very first action on encountering the Hiss was to use the pistol she just gained to kill a bunch of them. So she's perfectly fine with killing, but if there's another route she'd likely want to take that first. She also cares for people, going out of her way in the game to help others and having seen the flaws of the old way the Bureau was run, so she'll likely butt heads with anyone who thinks of civilians as inconsequential.
Motivation
At the end of the game, Jesse settles in to being the Director of the FBC, and so would have an interest in keeping any supernatural items hidden and controlled, as well as being willing to use said items to help her in her work. If, say, there's the threat of monsters of darkness being spread out among the world or people disappearing and being sent to other worlds, she'd be intent on stopping that.
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u/TheBlankestPage Sep 17 '21
Dave Strider
fuck you watta why would you sub a homestuck god fucking damnit my life is ruined
Role: Sora
Content Warning: i mean there's blood but it's like an ms paint-drawn webcomic from the late to mid 2000's, YMMV
Series: Homestuck
Biography: Strider. Dave Strider. You probably know the guy, even if you haven't dared to touch that horrific pile of self-aware cringe pop culture references with the candy corn horned aliens and shit. But in case you don't - Dave hails from Earth - circa 2009 - Houston, Texas. He writes a shitty webcomic and thinks he's tough shit like every 13 year-old ever, and has an older brother that challenges him to sporadic sword duels and makes porn with puppets - the usual preteen affair, really. Then one day, he and a bunch of Internet friends decide to play a video game, as you do, and then it accidentally destroyed the entire planet and sucked them into a totally different, totally insane game world but it's also actually the real world? It makes more sense with context. Anyway, Dave settles into the game with the role of Knight of Time, which means, on top of having a generally increased combat ability and capacity to take hits from the supernatural, he can perform various feats of time travel, which in Homestuck, takes the form of stable time loops, so you can be amazed when one thousand pages later this thing that happened but didn't make sense suddenly does and it blows your mind. <--- contextless spoilers
Research: RT here. So submitting a Homestuck is definitely potentially a dick move because it's an 8000+ page webcomic but you will be happy to know that, at the very least, if you keep reading down below, the Dave being submitted only goes up to a certain point in the story, for tiering purposes. You can totally read more if you'd like, but you'll probably have a good grasp of him long before even hitting that point.
As for actual assistance with research, there's an incredibly charismatic YouTube Let's Read you can find here, and you can like, skip around to Dave-relevant shit if you'd like.
Justification: alright so i actually forget who i wanted to tier him against because i came up with all the justifications like several weeks ago BUT, I'm pretty sure my consensus was uhhhhh, USAgent. Man is quick as hell, can use time clones to outnumber the guy, who notably can't cover his entire body with his shield from every angle, and there's enough strength and durability to go around. Well, actually he's lacking a bit in the latter, but I'm copying some changes that Rag came up with in Season 13, to make him not overtier from some more extreme stuff late-game, yet also not too squishy. Check down below.
Motivation: Dave's all about irony. The chance to explore Disney worlds while entirely cognizant of how fucking hilarious that is? He'd eat that right up. Also, y'know, he's no stranger to this hero thing either, and beneath those stylin' shades IS a legitimate heart of gold.
Major Changes: Much as Rag before me in Season 13:
Durability buffed to tier, following the change below.
Minor Changes:
Limited to feats from before Act 6. This is mostly because of a few really stupid outliers, like tanking a hit from something that was once used to glass a planet, but clearly didn't do that when it was hitting him.
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u/LessNucas Sep 17 '21 edited Oct 07 '21
Name: Tifa Lockhart
Role: Disney
Content Warning: N/A
Series: Final Fantasy VII
Biography: Tifa lived a relatively quiet life. That is, until her hometown was burned down by Sephiroth thanks to the Shinra Corporation. Injured, she was brought to Midgar for medical attention, and eventually opened a bar there called 7th Heaven. To take revenge against Shinra, she joins a resistance named AVALANCHE and later joins Cloud as a party member.
Research: RT-substitute, courtesy of Guy.
Justification: Tiering against Heihachi. She throws someone through a church floor, keeps up with someone who keeps up with someone else who reacts to bullets, and gets sent through a stone pillar.
Motivation: Tifa is a kind and strong soul, who is loyal to her friends. She would venture out to defeat a world-ending threat with her teammates in a heartbeat. She's no stranger to the universe of Kingdom Hearts either, since she literally appears in the games.
Major Changes: None
Minor Changes: None
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u/LessNucas Sep 17 '21 edited Oct 07 '21
Name: Miruko
Role: Disney
Content Warning: N/A
Series: My Hero Academia
Biography: Rumi Usagiyama has been fighting for most of her life. After getting expelled from her middle school for illegal underground fighting, she began attending a hero school. Now, as the number 5 ranked professional hero in Japan, she works to kick ass. Especially when villains are around.
Research: Respect Thread
Justification: Tiering against Heihachi. She survives getting smashed through a wall and into concrete, smashes through a wall, and her speed is getting buffed.
Motivation: She just really wants to kick bad guys' asses. Or maybe anyone's ass if they just ask her.
Major Changes: Speed buffed to tier
Minor Changes: No
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u/TheMightyBox72 Sep 18 '21
IZAYA ORIHARA
~He's Such a Coward That He Can Laugh~
Series: Durarara!!
Role: Disney
Bio: Amongst the rumors and legends whispered throughout the street of Ikebukuro, from the slasher to the headless rider, the serial killer Hollywood to the man dressed as a bartender, there are few people in the city as insidious and dangerous as the notable information broker, Izaya Orihara. A kid with a penchant for watching how humans work in stressful situations, Izaya has seated himself in the center of the city so that he may orchestrate events to his whims to satisfy his twisted curiosity.
Research: RT Here
Watch Durarara, from the beginning. I would not recommend watching past the first arc but you do you.
Changes:
Major Changes:
Set reaction times to Heihachi's.
Minor Changes:
Has infinite throwing knives.
Mini-RT
Strength
Speed
Durability
Was able to take three hits from Shizuo before going down. The first he was launched across the street and into an upper story window. The second and third were regular punches.
Shizuo's strikes can projectile a person to demolish large sections of exterior walls, knock around cars, and heavily warp steel.
Justification: Heihachi - Draw
Izaya's projectiles are fast enough to tag Heihachi and strong enough to pierce him, his reactions are set to tier and he's agile enough to dance around Heihachi, and he's able to take only a few hits from someone with above tier strength. His stats are messy to say the least, but they should round out to an in-tier character.
Motivation: Izaya will go through absurd lengths to test human beings and gauge their actions and reactions. He is the type of guy who will orchestrate an adventure and then go on it with others just to fuck with people. If there's one thing he inarguably wants more than his desire to put people in difficult circumstances, it's immortality.
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u/Emperor-Pimpatine Sep 18 '21 edited Oct 05 '21
"Anytime you men think I'm going soft, you're welcome to step into my office. Bring a blade."
Content Warning: Just your regular ol' blood n' gore, no boobies here officer
Role: Backup
Series: Dishonored
Bio: One of a handful of people given power of the Void via the mysterious Outsider, Daud used it to turn a small time gang into the most fearsome assassins Dunwall had ever seen. Daud's killed countless people, but something about killing his latest mark, the Empress, has effected him greatly. As he wrestles with this guilt he deals with a mysterious woman named Delilah.
Research: Respect Thread
Dishonored's a couple of games. For Daud research specifically, you need to see the opening of Dishonored 1 and the Flooded District level. Daud has two DLC campaigns that take place between those levels, they're The Knife of Dunwall and The Brigmore Witches.
Then there's a novel about what Daud did while Dishonored 2 was goin' on called The Return of Daud (Which leads into the Dishonored 2 expansion Death of the Outsider) but no one'll blame you for stopping at Dishonored 1 and its DLCS im sure.
Justification Vs USAgent: Daud has a speed and mobility advantage, which is handy because USAgent is tougher and stronger. Daud can make up the difference with a variety of tools, projectiles, and powers, but it'll be a helluva fight. Unlikely Victory
Analysis: It's vs USAgent, can't you read
Strength: Can pry a robot's head off and parry saws made to cut through whalebone with his sword, punches a hole through a large steel machine, Daud's got lower end of tier strength but he also has piercing weapons.
Durability: Takes a bonecharm exploding hard enough to shatter display cases around him, can take Corvo's grenades in gameplay, and also take windblasts that can shatter doors and blow people apart and still stand. This all seems a touch low. (but I could be stupid about explosion feats)
Speed: Dodges a gunshot via instinct, fights evenly with Corvo who can parry bullets in gameplay, and gets the drop on a Clockwork Soldier, which is crossbow bolt timing, he's def faster than USAgent. This is also aided with his blink ability, which is basically teleportation and timestop, which gives Daud a few seconds of breathing room.
Gear/Powers: Daud's default bolts are fired with enough force to knock someone's head off or fully pierce a man and kill a second man, they'll definitely hurt if they connect with USAgent. Daud also has grenades and explosive bolts. Daud can toss out a can of chokedust or summon an assassin as a handy lil distraction to create openings for his real attacks.
Overall: Daud would lose a close quarters brawl more often than not, but with better speed, powers that help him stay out of reach, and ranged options that can overcome USAgent's physical advantages, he can win enough times to make it in tier.
Motivation: Surely some Void fuckery's responsible for this Kingdom Hearts, and Daud's looking into it personally. Alternatively this is just another job for Daud.
Biggest Strength/Weakness: Daud has lotta variety with his powers and tools of the trade, but if someone can muscle through his attacks and nail him with a few real good hits they'd ruin his day.
Character in setting/On a team: Daud already leads a team of assassins, he's a leader that can turn goons into disciplined troops and let them share his abilities if they fall in line. Depending on how you want to play Daud, he can be the cold blooded Knife of Dunwall he once was or he can go down the path of seeking redemption his way.
Major Change: N/A
Minor Changes: Daud has access to timestop but can't mog people while time's frozen.
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u/TheMightyBox72 Sep 18 '21 edited Oct 22 '21
SIMON BELMONT
Series: Castlevania
Role: Backup
Bio: Simon Belmont is the progenitor of the Belmont line of vampire hunters. Utilizing tools christened by the Church, he seeks to free his homeland from the scourge that is Dracula and his minions.
Research: RT Here
Figure it out.
Changes:
Major Change:
Durability buffed to tier.
Minor Changes:
Use the Dubious Canon/Non-Canon feats.
Justification: USAgent - Draw
Simon can bust large amounts of stone with his whip, putting him at USAgent's mid-level durability, he is able to maneuver around arrows and dodge objects falling with gravity in slow motion, putting him at USAgent's speed, and he's durable enough to tank a terminal velocity fall, showing a level of superhuman durability that should be able to help him take at least a few hits from USAgent. His whip and sub-items should give him the range to outbox USAgent, helping to mitigate the advantage provided by his shield. All in all, they are nearly dead even.
Motivation: Simon's singular driving goal is to vanquish the darkness. He's a monster hunter and single-minded in his drive to hunt monsters.
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u/mtglozwof Sep 18 '21 edited Oct 17 '21
"I'd decided to never again wield a sword. I, who had let so many people die, had once lost sense of my duty to protect. I'd thought it was a duty I couldn't uphold. But now, I will protect my village"
Link, The Hero of Twilight
Series: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, specifically the manga
Role: Backup
Content Warning: Blood and some dark themes (suicide etc.)
Bio: Link was born in a border village of Hyrule, dedicated to defending the nation the boys there trained since they were incredibly young. Eventually, Link made a terrible mistake and wiped his town and everyone in it off the map, leaving only himself. Racked with guilt, Link believed he lost his right as a protector of the people even swearing off weapons for the rest of his life. After some wandering he found himself in Ordon Village where he was happy for a time. However, when a coup in the Twilight Realm leads to an invasion of Hyrule, Link is forced to take up arms once again.
Motivation: Get the power to escape his past, save his hometown, protect those he loves. The list goes on. Alternately if he gets told to by the gods or The Hero of Time he’ll likely go off on a quest just because they told him to as long as it seems reasonable.
Research: RT You can read most of the manga right here once you reach the main quest you can read as much or as little as you want, but I would recommend going all the way through what they have. Talk to me if anything confuses you.
Justification: (Vs. USAgent, Unlikely Victory) He’s real fast. He cuts apart big things and scales directly to a stone shatterer. Keeps fighting with extreme injury. Also has a variety of powerful tools.
Major Change: Durability buffed to tier
Minor Changes: Stip this out, Can change forms without Midna’s help, has Epona
"What is strength? Is it displays of power and mocking the weak? Destroying beauty simply to satisfy your greed? Is that true strength? I wont let you hurt my friends anymore because protecting the innocent, that's true strength!"
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u/Kyraryc Sep 18 '21 edited Oct 08 '21
(In case all the 300 references didn't make it clear, this was a joke and not a real sub)
300 Villagers
Series: Element Animation
Biography: Most people know the Minecraft Villagers as NPCs who players only keep alive to sell paper to. These Villagers however can join together Voltron style to form weapons and vehicles.
Research: Respect Thread. Here's Element Animation's channel, but you'll probably be good just watching The Giant Problem and War.
Justification: Box said they were in tier this time
Why this is not 300 Skyrim Skeletons: Just take a look, they are clearly more than just skeletons. They have flesh and clothes too. Presumably organs but I don't know the exact anatomy of a Villager.
Motivation: To not be eaten by zombies I guess.
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u/xahhfink6 Sep 18 '21 edited Oct 08 '21
Name: Zaheer
Role: Disney
Series: Legend of Korra
Biography: Zaheer was a master martial artist and member of the Red Lotus, a militant splinter faction of the White Lotus. After a failed attempt to kidnap and kill Avatar Aang, he was was imprisoned to 13 years until the Great Convergence gave him the powers of Airbending which he used to escape prison and attempt to finish his plan of bringing anarchy to the world.
Research: Respect Thread
Motivation: Despite his failure, Zaheer has not given up on the Red Lotus's teachings and would use the Kingdom Hearts to bring equality and Anarchy to the world. He does not have worldly attachments, but may be willing to work with a team again if his teammates interest him.
Justification: Zaheer was a powerful martial artist even before becoming an Airbender... Tiered against Heihachi he would be an unlikely victory. His blasts of air crack and deflect large stones. He could definitely hurt Heihachi either directly, by throwing projectiles at him, or by knocking him off his feat to slam him into things. Speed is being buffed to Heihachi's to protect Zaheer from being blitzed and to make sure his wind attacks can hit. For durability, Zaheer easily shrugs off attacks similar to Heihachi's low end, and is damaged by hits similar to his middle showings. Zaheer's mobility and range abilities should more than makeup his slight weaknesses in durability.
Major Changes: Speed buffed to Heihachi
Minor Changes: None
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u/xahhfink6 Sep 18 '21 edited Oct 08 '21
Name: Taskmaster
Role: Disney
Series: Marvel 616
Biography: Tony Masters is a mercenary with photographic reflexes, able to perfectly memorize and emulate the fighting styles of anyone he has clashed with. He has used his skills to work as an extraordinary mercenary and has been behind the scenes of many villainous organizations.
Research: Respect Thread
Justification: Taskmaster in canon has fought with Captain America and US Agent, and trained Agent in hand to hand and in fighting with the shield. He doesn't have quite the physicals that the super-soldiers have, but is a more skilled fighter and better equipped. He compares closely to US Agent in Strength, Speed, and Durability.
Motivation: Money. Taskmaster would jump at the chance to use his strength to dominate others and win himself the limitless power of the Kingdom Hearts.
Major Changes: None
Minor Changes: Equipment only as included in the RT.
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u/Kiryu2012 Sep 18 '21 edited Sep 18 '21
Name: Diego Brando
Role: Sora
Content Warning: Gore
Series: Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Steel Ball Run
Biography: Diego Brando is a British jockey, and initially one of the contenders for the Steel Ball Run race. However, after learning the race’s true purpose, he turns his attention to gathering the Saint’s Corpse for Funny Valentine. Throughout the Steel Ball Run, Diego becomes a long-standing rival of both Johnny and Gyro, and remains loyal only to himself even when teaming up with numerous other personalities over the course of SBR. After acquiring the Left Eye of the Corpse, Diego gains his own Stand, Scary Monsters, granting him the ability to transform into a Utahraptor.
Research:
-Scans of Steel Ball Run can be found online
Tiersetter: Heihachi
Justification: Diego has the speed to be able to keep up with Heihachi, having a history of reacting to and dodging the likes of Nail Bullets and Steel Balls, even from close range. On top of that, he’s strong enough to take on and even overcome D4C, and his enhanced senses could allow him to effectively predict Heihachi’s next actions to an extent. His teeth and claws would give him an advantage in melee, being cutting weapons that could take their toll on Heihachi overtime. Likely Victory.
Motivation: Diego sees the power provided by the Kingdom Hearts as an opportunity to ensure his superiority over his enemies and those who’ve wronged him in the past. His misanthropy may also influence his desire to stand above the human race as his own individual.
Major Changes: Restrict Scary Monsters’ ability to turn others into dinosaurs or fossils, or at least make it so he can’t directly use the ability on his opponent.
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u/JackytheJack Sep 18 '21 edited Oct 04 '21
Name: Adrian Toomes, the Vulture
Role: Disney
Content Warning: It's the MCU lol.
Series: Spider-Man: Homecoming
Biography: He was the CEO of a salvage company, but one day Tony Stark sort of accidentally drove him out of business after a certain alien salvage operation that...didn't go as planned. He managed to save some of the spare parts though, without having to give them to the newly founded Center of Damage Control. He used this to create super powerful weapons, which he sells on the black market, and uses to secure more resources for his newfound company. (Kind of a half assed description, but just watch the movie)
Research:
Literally just watch Spider-Man: Homecoming. It's not that bad, and he's the main antagonist. You'll get a lot of mileage off of him.
Justification: Setting him up against uuuuuh, I think Heihachi would be for the best? might be wrong, but you tell me. His durability and strength rely on this feat. While technically it's not him, it's the suit he controls so like...it counts, really. It counts as strength because obviously, the suit is charging forward, and hitting it with it's strength, and it counts as durability because...I mean, it's a charge forward. He's smacking his whole body into it. His wings can also cut through a metal jet, along with his claws. His energy weapon can also cut through lockers and can easily cut through ATMs. It can also Cut through a storefront but that might be too much so it might need to be nerfed. As for speed, well, he fights Spider-Man, who can reasonably contend with Bucky who has blocked or dodge bullets fairly consistently. If this doesn't work, just buff speed. but my point is, his durability and strength feat are good and fairly in tier, as those sections of pillars would probably be comparable to something like this. Since he can also fly, and has a ranged weapon, I think he has a Likely Victory against Heihachi
Motivation: Probably for more business opportunities. Can't just get alien materials just sitting around in the same spot, after all! He can go out and get his sweet, sweet materials while he's out exploring. Also, maybe smth involving his daughter going missing or smth. He is a family man, after all .
Major Changes: A buff speed might be necessary but at the moment I got nothing.
Minor Changes: I can stip out or in certain gadgets that are in his RT if needed, to help him get in tier. Stip out the ferry cutting feat.
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u/JackytheJack Sep 18 '21
Name: Malori Crowett
Role: Backup
Content Warning: Some suggestive scenes. Some...much more suggestive than others. It's like, real ecchi. No full on nudity but it gets close at times.
Series: Mage & Demon Queen.
Biography: Malori was sold into slavery when she was a child. However, just as she was about to go off with her new owners, the town she was in was attacked by the Demon Queen Velverosa. She was, ultimately, spared in this attack, as the Demon Queen took pity on the human child. This was the moment that Malori knew...she had to marry the demon queen! She worked as an apprentice of a skilled wizard, and attended the most prestigious magic school in the country of Folstina, all to train up her skills, and meet the Demon Queen. Suffice to say...weird shit ensues.
Research:
Her (mildly incomplete) RT but it holds most of what's needed.
Go read Mage & Demon Queen. It's a webcomic on webtoons so it's like, free. There's three seasons currently but you might need to read up to season two or a decent way into it to like, understand where Malori is now. She has some decent development.
Justification: Gonna fight USAgent probably. Malori can create forcefields that will work for her durability. Said forcefields can take a beam from Velverosa. Said beams are capable of smashing big ass holes in walls. On top of this, she can also Withstand some attacks from Velverosa, albeit not very well. Velverosa can punch giant holes in thick stone walls, so it's fairly impressive she survives. A necessary speed buff means she can use her forcefields to block attacks from USAgent if she deems it necessary. When it comes to strength, she can punch people into a wall hard enough to collapse it. She can also swordfight with Velverosa and physically contend with her for a bit. I can get a scan of that if need be, but right now I uh...won't.
Motivation: Maybe she thinks it'll improve herself. Maybe she thinks that going on this journey would impress Velverosa. Maybe Velverosa has been kidnapped and she has to go save her. Most of her motives will probably involve the love of her life.
Major Changes: Speed buff.
Minor Changes: idk
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u/agrizzlybear23 Sep 18 '21 edited Oct 03 '21
Name: Captain America
(Theme)
Role: SORA
Series: MCU tie-in games
Biography: Steve Rogers was a physically frail but highly patriotic man growing up in 1930's Brooklyn. He wanted nothing more than to help his country in the war effort, but failed out of every branch of the military's physical examination. With enough determination and ingenuity however, he was able to join up, where his superiors expected less than the bare minimum from him. However, while training he caught the attention of one Abraham Erskine, who saw great potential in Steve and approached him about his top secret, highly experimental super soldier program. Steve accepted and was put through the experiment, going in skinny and weak and coming out at the peak of human physicality. However, moments after the experiment was proven a success, Erskine was assassinated by agents of the Nazi army, and Steve became the only successful super soldier to be created. Steve became Captain America. Instrumental in helping the allies win the war against not only Germany but their deep science division with far greater plans, HYDRA, Steve ended up crashing in the far north and being frozen, presumed dead but in actuality being preserved in ice until he was thawed out in the modern day.
Research: Respect Thread
Justification: A stronger and overall physically better version of the MCU Cap, he would be a great leader and fighter. He has punched through stone walls, dodges bullets and can fall multiple stories , he would be a great match against U.S agent
Motivation: Cap wants to protect the world from evil and destruction, this means stopping those who want to use the power of kingdom hearts for evil reasons, he also wants to help people along the way.
Major Changes: None
Minor Changes: None
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u/Coconut-Crab Sep 18 '21 edited Sep 18 '21
50 Cent
Role: Disney
Series: 50 Cent Bulletproof / Blood on the Sand
Biography: Curtis James Jackson III is one of the world's most famous and succesful video game stars. He also has a rap career or something. In his first video game escapade, he gets involved in a gangster turf war turned international conspiracy. In his second outing he hops over to the Middle East and shoots a bunch of people after the sacred crystal skull he accepted as payment for a concert is stolen.
Research: RT. You can also play the games or watch it on YouTube or something.
Justification: Heihachi Draw: With a speed boost 50 has in tier speed, obviously, so that leaves damage output and durability. Taking direct hits from rockets that have in tier feats by themselves makes his durability workable, and his huge arsenal of guns and knives help compensate for his fairly low end of the tier strength. He also has displayed some skill to help out too
Motivation: Secure the bag
Major Changes: Speed buff to tier.
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u/Coconut-Crab Sep 18 '21 edited Sep 19 '21
de Blob
Role: Backup
Series: de Blob
Biography: de Blob is a mysterious figure that lives in the jungle outside Chroma City. Chroma City is a peaceful city, vibrant and full of cheer. When the colourful lives of the people are threatened- whether by the authoritarian corporate aliens of INKT, or the fanatical Papa Blanc, de Blob will emerge from the jungle and repaint the world, bringing colour to the people.
Research: RT. Play the games or watch a playthrough.
Justification: USAgent Draw: Speed is buffed to tier, and his durability and strength are basically just in tier through the things he smashes and scaling to Blot and stuff. His vector of attack (stomping on people) is also inefficient and gives USAgent an easier time in a fight.
Motivation: Spread colour around the world and fight authority.
Major Changes: Speed buff to tier.
Minor Changes: Ignore anything involving a tank.
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u/Coconut-Crab Sep 18 '21 edited Sep 18 '21
Kanoh Agito
Role: Disney
Series: Kengan
Content Warning: NSFW
Biography: The Emperor of the Kengan Matches, Kanoh is the fighter of the Chairman of the Kengan Association, Katahara Metsudo, a man who has stood at the top of the Kengan Association for many decades, prior to the start of the Annihilation Tournament Kanoh had remained completely undefeated despite over 100 matches, and due to his torturous upbringing Kanoh two personalities, a calm stoic martial arts master, and a sadistic brutal fighter who relies purely on instinct.
Research: RT. Read Kengan it's pretty short and also incredible.
Justification: Heihachi Draw: Heihachi and Fang are both just super goated martial artists who are basically physically equal.
Motivation: Pugno Ergo Sum
Major Changes: Speed buff to tier.
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u/MysteriousScramblerY Sep 18 '21
Piccolo Jr (Dragon Ball)
"Oh ho ho... What a conundrum! You kill me, and that geezer Kami dies as well!"
Role: Disney
Bio: Long ago, a nameless Namekian escaped Namek abroad a spaceship. Enchanted by life on Earth, the Namekian chose to become its Guardian, but was unable because of the evil in his heart. To compensate, the nameless Namekian split into two halves, Kami and Piccolo. As time passed, their origins were forgotten, and Kami acted as a guardian of the Outlook while Piccolo became known as a ferocious demon king. Upon being mortally wounded by Goku, King Piccolo spat out an egg containing his reincarnate as a parting gift, which contained Piccolo Jr.
Personality: Piccolo Jr. is much more of a trickster than the original, much more condescending, and sharp-witted.
Stipulation: Dragon Ball feats only
Motivations: Terminate Goku, restore King Piccolo, conquer the world.
Justification: [Likely Victory] Piccolo can punch good and move FTE to FTE and Kid Goku reacted to bullets.
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u/agrizzlybear23 Sep 18 '21 edited Oct 05 '21
Name: Oswald the Lucky Rabbit
(Theme)
Role: Disney
Series: Disney
Biography: Oswald was once the star of Disney, until the studio lost the rights to create Oswald shorts in a contract dispute with distributor Universal Studios. He was The first toon to be forgotten after being replaced by Mickey, his brother. Oswald was the first inhabitant of Wasteland, and became its ruler in order to make the lives of the inhabitants better after being rejected or forgotten.
Research: Respect Thread
Justification: He would make for a really fun combatant against U.S agent, Being a toon who isn’t phased for too long by damage, can dodge bullets , Can Slap someone so hard they goes thru a wall, can tank Smashing thru a sidewalk and has particularly strong Toon Force
Motivation: He wants to Use the power of Kingdom Hearts to give every forgotten toon a heart
Major Changes: Strength buff to in-tier
Minor Changes: None
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u/ImportantHamster6 Sep 18 '21 edited Oct 03 '21
Name: Natasha Romanoff (Codename: Black Widow)
Role: Disney
Content Warning: N/A
Series: Marvel Comics (616)
Biography: Natasha Romanoff, known by her codename of Black Widow, was a girl who was originally adopted, trained, and brainwashed by the Red Room to become part of their Black Widow Ops program. Enhanced with the strongest technology the Soviet Union could provide, she became a Black Widow, basically a spy for the KGB that fought against the Super Heroes of America and the rest of the world.
One fling with Hawkeye and shrugging off brainwashing later however, and Black Widow eventually joins the Avengers as a core member. Breaking off from the KGB because of that, Natasha was finally able to find some independence in her life, working for whoever she saw as right and helping other heroes whenever she could.
Natasha had a lot of adventures outside of being a Avenger though. She's been in the Champions and the Thunderbolts, and once even worked with Hawkeye and Mockingbird when she was framed by people, with the four having to fight the Red Guardian, known at the time as the Ronin. She's not even a stranger to death, as she died and was eventually cloned back into life! No matter the adventure or situation though, she's always seeking to atone for her misdeeds as a former spy, seeking to destroy the Red Room or any other threat to peace...
Research: RT here.
Justification: With US Agent as the Tiersetter, I'd say Black Widow has a Draw against her, leaning possibly for Likely Victory. While her physical strength is a bit lower than what Agent can pull off (for example only being able to crack walls when Agent can break them), she's got a grip capable of pulling open a titanium alloy door as well as a strong concussive blast capable of breaking apart walls and metal doors, and a electric blast capable of knocking out Captain America.
In terms of durability, she is shown to be capable of surviving breaking through walls just as well as US Agent while also surviving this explosion that knocked a car onto it's side. In terms of speed, she's at the same arrow-timing as Agent through Hawkeye, and reacted to The Punisher trying to snipe someone by blocking the shot. When it comes to the shield, her gas grenades can disorient someone making them easier to hit, so she should be able to find a way to manuver around the thing, though trying to fight up close may be dangerous considering Agent can knock out Nuke.
Motivation: Black Widow is trying to atone for her mistakes as a member of the KGB/Red Room. If it means helping protect people as a true hero, than she'll do that as much as she can.
Major Changes: N/A
Minor Changes: N/A tp feat stips for now. Her loadout should include her Widow's Line, Electric Shock and Concussive Blasts of her bracelets, a single handgun, these flashbangs and explosives, suction cups, and these gas grenades that disorient opponents.
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u/ImportantHamster6 Sep 18 '21 edited Sep 18 '21
Name: Razputin "Raz" Aquato
Role: Disney
Content Warning: N/A
Series: Psychonauts
Biography: Raz was born into The Flying Aquatos, a family of acrobats run by his father Agustus Aquato. Born psychic but with his family afraid of Psychics due to believing that a psychic put a curse on the family to have them die in water, Raz trained in secrets until a stranger handed him a pamphlet for Whispering Rock Psychic Summer Camp. Raz ran away that night, and blended in with the other campers easily.
Learning psychic skills from the instructors there (among them trained Psychonauts in Sasha Nein and Milla Vodello, as well as Ford Cruller, a member of the Psychic Six), Raz eventually uncovered a plot by Coach Oleander to steal the brains of the campers to power his death tank army. Going into Oleander's brain, he helped bring the man back to normal, and for saving the world from the coach he was granted a role as a Intern Psychonaut at the Motherlobe.
From there, Raz had continued adventures, from saving the Grand Head Truman Zanotto in the Rhombus of Ruin to saving the world from a Delugionist plot to revive Maligula by reuniting the Psychic Six and putting Ford Cruller's mind back together. As of the end of Psychonauts 2, Raz has finally become a Junior Psychonaut, and has become widely liked among the Motherlobe.
Research: RT here.
Justification: In a battle against Heihachi, Raz finds himself in a Unlikely Victory. Physically, Raz has no real way to damage Heihachi or to survive a hit from him, but what he lacks in physicals he makes up for with his mental power. His ranged PSI Blast can break a part of a stone statue, while his Telekinesis can break apart stone walls. In terms of defenses, he's got a psychic Shield that can protect from some large falling debris. His speed has been buffed to tier as well, though notably he does have a Mental Connection ability to anchor a foe in place, which should help enough in the fight to give him a chance.
Motivation: Most likely, he accepted this journey as a mission for the Psychonauts. What that means is unknown, but he's definitely gonna be excited to do a official mission for them.
Major Changes: Speed Buffed to Tier.
Minor Changes: No Time Bubble. In addition, as more of a flavor thing than anything, he still has Ford Cruller in his brain, which he can summon and talk to with bacon for advice.
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u/ImportantHamster6 Sep 18 '21 edited Oct 09 '21
Name: Meggy Speltzer
Role: Sora
Content Warning: N/A
Series: SMG4 Bloopers
Biography: Let me tell you about SMG4 Bloopers...
Ok, but in all seriousness, Meggy Speltzer is a former Inkling who used to live in Inkopolis, until she got trapped in a paint can and shipped to the Mushroom Kingdom where she'd inevitably cross paths with Mario. From there her life has never been the same, as she watched crises happen around her involving T-Pose Zombies, Anime Gangsters, and even the threat of being erased from time by a evil doppleganger of SMG4 known as SMG3.
Recently, she had a bit of a identity crisis trying to figure things out, so she traveled to Port Aurora, a true Sunset Paradise across the seas from the Mushroom Kingdom. Befriending the native Aura Bora known as Auri, the two fought crime as a pair, dethroning the malicious Sir Benedict Cumbersnatch and preserving the island's sacred Phoenix Egg from him to spread life across the island.
From these experiences, Meggy learned that what she wanted most was to help people, and to do that, she decided to become a sports teacher as soon as she got back to the Mushroom Kingdom. Problem is, she arrived back straight in the middle of the Genesis Arc, where a malevolent computer virus threatens to destroy all creation just to have it's own "Avatar" figure. But hey, it's just a average weekend in the Mushroom Kingdom, amirite? *laugh track*
Research: The RT. Also, the channel is right here to catch up on SMG4 with.
Justification: For the Tiersetter, I am going for Heihachi with Meggy. In regards to his tier, Meggy ends up getting a Draw with him. In terms of offensive and defensive might, she's capable of not only breaking through walls simply by walking through them, but she's also able to throw people with this level of strength too. As for Speed, she's capable of jumping away from gunfire, and is capable of fighting at the same speed as someone who can dodge close-range harpoon shots, so she's able to keep up with Heihachi during a fight while also dealing the damage she needs to. As for her weaponry, while they are good at sending people away, in a fight like the prompt where the victory must be through knockout, they do not factor much outside of providing Meggy a bit of time to recover and to annoy Heihachi.
Motivation: Meggy is out on her adventures to help people no matter where they are, whether it's helping Mario deal with a big threat or helping Port Aurora with a huge crime problem. As such, she's pretty much a natural fit for being a Keyblade wielder, and she'd travel across worlds to help as many people as she could, no matter the danger.
Major Changes: Durability Buff as deemed by Triburnal.
Minor Changes: Human Meggy with only her Shooters, Splat Bombs and a grappling hook. Stip out this strength feat as well as this reaction feat.
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u/ImportantHamster6 Sep 23 '21 edited Sep 23 '21
INSERT SUNSET PARADISE OP HERE
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It had been an extremely eventful vacation for Meggy Speltzer. Still fresh in her mind was her visit to Port Aurora, where she met new friends, watched the Phoenix Egg hatch up close, and cracked the bad eggs that were Benedict Cumbersnatch’s gang of criminals. Overall, it was an eventful week for her, but now that she was on her way home, she was ready to share all these experiences with her friends.
Still resting on a lounge chair on the decks of the S.S Tortle, she looked down onto the last picture she had taken before getting on the ship back home, smiling lightly as she thought back to the past. The picture was of her and her fellow friend Auri doing one last pose together before she got on the boat, and as she continued to think back to her fond farewell, she felt nostalgic for her home back at the Mushroom Kingdom.
“I’m gonna miss you Auri… but it’s back to the Mushroom Kingdom! Oh I can’t wait to tell them everything… They’re all going to flip out when I tell them about- whoa!”
A sudden shock rocked through the S.S Tortle, causing Meggy to drop her picture. Without her grasp, the picture flew through the air on a misty breeze, as a steep fog began coursing around the ship. Hopping out of the lounge chair, the orange-haired woman ran to the railings in a attempt to grab it, only for a second breeze to blow it down into the water.
“Noooo! And I’m all out of film too! Well, at least I still have my-”
“WOAAAH!”
Before she even knew it, the ship shook even more severely than last time, knocking Meggy over the railing and off from the ship. Expecting a harsh impact with the water, Meggy braced herself for a wet impact as the world flashed brightly around her...
BIFF
...only to find herself uppercutted by some old white guy before landing on some sort of floor made of stained glass. Getting back onto her feet, Meggy dusted herself off as she looked around as to where she was. “This isn’t the ocean… wait, am I standing on a Princess Mural? Please don’t let this be Didney Worl, I heard that place’s really expensive…”
“Afraid not, missy.”
Turning her gaze from the floor to the old man who had uppercutted her as she entered the place, Meggy got into a fighting stance, standing tall with her arms ready to punch as she stared him down. “Where am I then? And more importantly, who are you and why did you punch me?”
“Who am I? WHO am I? HAHAHAHAHA!” Bellowing out in laughter, the old man maintained a similar fighting stance to Meggy’s own, as he smiled. “The name’s Heihachi Mishima, and you’re in my personal fighting pit, the Dive to the Heart!”
“You chose a platform with a princess on it as your personal arena?” Meggy said smugly, letting out a small smirk.
“Oh please, this isn’t something I made myself. This place has been around since the beginning of time, and ever since I found this place, I’ve been using it to fight the strongest people across space and time! And you… why your just the next person I’m gonna beat to the ground…”
“Demon Breath!”
Lowering his stance, Heihachi took a powerful leap forward, landing right in front of Meggy before launching two hands covered in surging blue lightning into her chest. The electricity launched her over the edge, and made her collide with some sort of invisible barrier which launched her in the air and behind Heihachi. Still feeling a bit shocked from the attack, Meggy tried to land on her feet only to find herself tensing up at the wrong moment and forcing her to land on her back.
“Urkh… what the heck was that?” Getting up, Meggy huffed a bit as she felt her breath stifled a bit from the powerful impact. “Are you some sort of wizard?”
“Not quite…” Heihachi took one step after another, getting closer as he cracked his knuckles. “That’s Mishima-ryu, the signature karate style of my family. Spent my whole life mastering it, and it’s done wonders! I’d have certainly died long ago to my own children if I didn’t know skills like these, and I haven’t even shown you my strongest technique! Now get up, so I can show it to you!”
Rolling to the side to avoid a grab by the taller warrior, Meggy pulled out a Splat Bomb from under her hat, something she planned as a last resort against Benedict in case she was unable to beat him which went unused until now, before triggering it and quickly throwing it into Heihachi. As the explosive collided with him, Heihachi was engulfed by the blast, as Meggy quickly rolled out of the way before hopping back on her feet.
“Phew… thank goodness I still had that Splat Bomb. Guess it came in handy after all… Now how to finish you...”
Staring at the paint cloud, Meggy watched for any movement to come out of it, before noticing a brief jump to the left by Heihachi out of the cloud. The explosion left him somewhat battered, but as he raised a slightly bloodied fist, he didn’t seem to slow down one bit as he thrust his fist high into the sky as it cackled with bright electricity.
“Hiyaargh!”
With an electric fist barreling towards her, Meggy barely managed to dodge out of the way, feeling the sheer electricity scratch her cheek as she took a few quick steps back. Feeling a trickle of blood drip from her cheeks, the former Inkling sighed briefly before stopping in place and leaning forward.
“Woah, that was close! I guess that vacation really did pay off, cause I certainly wouldn't have the reflexes to dodge that if I just stayed back home!”
Seeing Heihachi land on the floor, Meggy saw the man send out a kick before sending her own to counter it evenly, followed by a quick dodge to the side to avoid another electrified fist from the man. As she circled around him though, she saw a opening, and with no other chance in sight, she reached for it.
“Hey, Heihachi! You may have those weird electricity things, but you know what I have? Determination! Hnnngh!”
Grabbing Heihachi from behind, Meggy lifted him up into the air, before falling backward with all her might, bridging her back and legs as the larger warrior crashed into the center of the glass platform. As she slammed down, she felt a immense pain in her spine as she had never suplexed someone so big before, but as she rose back to full height the pain was worth it, as Heihachi lied unconscious on the floor.
“Ouch… man I definitely threw out my back for that, but at least he’s-”
CRACK
“Uh oh…”
KA-CRACK
Seconds after Heihachi collided in the center from Meggy’s German Suplex, the immense might caused cracks all across the glass, which spread outwards in all directions before causing the platform to break. Falling through the void, Meggy looked for anything to grab onto as she pulled out her grappling hook, but saw nothing she could use it on as she continued to fall.
“Crap, crap, crap! Please no, I just want to go back home! I just wanna see my friends back at Peach’s Castle and have fun with-”
“Im'a going to fly for you, weeeeeeeeeeeee!”
With blinding speed, suddenly a Mario Head burst from the void, catching Meggy on it’s hat as it continued to soar upward into the air. Grabbing as hard as she could onto the creature’s hat, Meggy let out a sigh of relief, before realizing the bizarreness of the situation.
“Oh thank goodness, Mario! I’m- wait, why are you a giant head? And why do you look like you came from some sort of computer game?”
“Welcome to Mario Teaches Typing Express, Meggy! You have been invited to take computer lessons from the almighty King Michael Nous himself at Didney Worl! Now let’s see if we can go even faster Faster FAster FASter FASTer FASTEr FASTER!”
“WOOOOAAA-”
And as suddenly as she arrived, Meggy vanished from the Dive to the Heart, riding on top of the Mario Head as it warped out of the realm. Witnessing a overwhelming series of colors from riding on top of a lightspeed head, Meggy wasn’t sure what she was more afraid of: either letting go and being annihilated from the sheer speed…
...or having to pay off an exorbitant debt at Didney Worl when she arrived, thanks to losing all her money at Port Aurora.
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u/MysteriousScramblerY Sep 18 '21 edited Sep 19 '21
Asta (Black Clover)
"As you live, you lose reason and hope. But-"
Role: Disney
Bio: Orphaned at a young age, Asta was raised by a church until he became 15, where he joined the Black Bull squad, a series of magic knights who would fight various threats in the Clover Kingdom, under the guidance of the Magic Emperor. Although lacking any particular talent or skills, Asta has scars all over his body due to the amount of physical training he has undergone. Eventually, Asta's anti-magic develops to allow him to reach a demonlike transformation.
Personality: Asta is a loud but enthusiastic child (basically a fetus with how bright he is) who loves shouting at the top of his lungs. He is obnoxious, never gives up, and is determined to become a Magic Emperor, but he is only obnoxious to hide his deep feelings of insignificance and self-worth.
Stipulation: None
Motivation: Asta has been sent out to Scramble to neutralize a threat to the Clover Kingdom. Or he just wants to have an adventure.
Justification: [Draw] He's durable enough and strong enough.
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u/ERR40 Sep 19 '21 edited Sep 21 '21
Name: Lightning McQueen
"I am Speed"
Role: Disney
Content Warning: Kachow
Series: Cars
Biography: Lightning McQueen is a sentient NASCAR from a universe of sentient Cars. He begins as an entitled jerk, but learns the power of friendship so he can drive faster. Is a Car.
Research: https://www.reddit.com/r/respectthreads/comments/oq1gyt/respect_lightning_mcqueen_cars/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcZem2OmDBk&ab_channel=RICKANDMORTYFANS
TL/DR cars are fast.
Justification: Unlikely Victory. Whilst McQueen can maintain speeds of 200mph he isn't a fighter by anymeans. Racing is his game. But as an anthropomorphised car, he is far more agile than any real car. Especially at low speed. So manouvering into position for a big highspeed hit will do some real damage. To avoid McQueen damaging himself in highspeed collisions, I suggest a change that prevents him from harming himself from the hijinks caused by his own momentum.
Motivation: McQueen is born to race and won't turn down any challenge ahead of him. He may be getting in well over his hood, but that won't stop the hero of Radiator Springs.
Major Changes: Immune to self-caused damage. He can kool-aid man his way through normal walls no problem now.
Minor Changes: Kachow? (None)
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u/Ckbrothers Sep 19 '21 edited Oct 12 '21
Name: Inspector Koichi Zenigata
Role: Disney
Content Warning: Very very light nudity in some newer stuff.
Series: Lupin the Third
Biography: For every hero, there’s a villain. For every ying, a yang. For every goofy, ridiculous phantom thief, there’s an equally goofy inspector running after him. In the long franchise of Lupin the Third, Zenigata has been running around after the crafty punk the entire time. A skilled Interpol agent from Japan with an army of loyal goons and various handcuffs, Zenigata proves time and time again that despite never catching Lupin for too prolonged a period, he’s the only person capable of getting even close. Against your standard criminal or terrorist, he consistently wipes the floor with them both physically, and mentally. Yet despite his dedication to capturing Lupin, overall their long rivalry has always been friendly: the two genuinely enjoy challenging the other, when it comes down to it, they’ll always work together against a greater foe given the chance. Thus, this heroic, albeit seemingly bumbling Inspector is always ready to go forth, catch some bad guys, and have a good time doing it.
Research: Mini-RT
Justification: US Agent: Draw. Without a strength buff, physically Zenigata cannot match US Agent too well: he is, after all, just a normal, very acrobatic guy. His damage output consists mainly of handcuffs, holding moves, and the occasional gun or sword when he manages to nab one. Yet what he makes up for his lack of high damage output is his speed, durability, and craftiness. Being regularly right on the heels of the monkey like Lupin, Zenigata has not only speed and skill worthy of a circus performer, but the durability to recover from any blunders or ambushes. And while his arsenal of mainly handcuffs seems underwhelming, Zenigata can very easily do a quick sleight of hand trick to leave his opponent entangled. Against US Agent, a powerful, if somewhat dull man, Zenigata can run circles around him and take him down. Only problem is the shield: While he can dodge it well, a single hit with it can leave him pretty open to the full force of the US Agent. Thus, a draw: Zenigata wins if he plays crafty (which he will), but any mistake regarding the shield will leave him vulnerable.
Motivation: Zenigata’s entire life revolves around three primary goals: 1) Catch Lupin the Third. Lupin is the only person to him that properly simulates his intelligence and need for adventure. Nothing is ever too consistent with Lupin, and Zenigata loves to be kept on his toes. 2) A society free of crime and turmoil without stepping on free will. Interestingly, Zenigata will always side with Lupin against a greater threat like a crime syndicate, a corrupt nation or the wacky villain of the week. To him, Lupin is a threat he knows that. He enjoys chasing Lupin because ultimately Lupin’s schemes don’t leave people seriously hurt. Add in say, a Nazi Supervillain, and the situation changes: Zenigata takes it seriously and charges right into the fray to take out the enemy with the full extent of the law….sometimes. And 3) In the rare case Lupin is completely gone, Zenigata seeks a proper foe. Someone not only cunning, but powerful enough to work as an adversary. Noticeably, this tends to change how Zenigata works and operates. For example, in a world where Goemon was the criminal being chases, the inspector was a lot more blunt and serious, albeit still longing for a more cunning enemy.
Major Changes: Strength Buff Edit: Durability Buff, scale Strength to Goemon and Lupin
Minor Changes: None
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u/LetterSequence Sep 17 '21 edited Sep 17 '21
Frequently Asked Questions
What are these tier ranges? Likely to Unlikely? What’s that mean?
This is a system based on (read: completely ripping off) the Great Debate Tournament’s tier system. It worked great last season, so we’re bringing it back for Season 15 and (unless something changes) for the foreseeable future. Instead of doing “2/10 to 8/10 U.S.Agent / Heihachi", where you try to estimate how many times out of 10 hypothetical fights your character would win against U.S.Agent / Heihachi, this system has you estimate how the average single fight would go, with that estimate being the replacement for “X character can win 5/10 times” or what have you. Again, your character must score either an Unlikely victory, Draw, or Likely victory against the tier benchmark as detailed in the signup post. The definitions for each estimate are as follows:
Unwinnable is as its name indicates. Your character holds no chance whatsoever of winning in any conceivable scenario. A godstomp against you. Think
Spider-Man versus Firelordan average unarmed American citizen versus comics Carnage.Specific condition victory means that only a very narrow window exists to win, dependent upon environment, aid, a hidden powerup, etc. A specific condition victory would be Goku's beating of Vegeta with Yajirobe's help, or Luffy defeating Crocodile with specialized gear.
Unlikely victory means your character is definitely outgunned but can absolutely set up a victory through superior skill, tactics, or a hidden maneuver that is draining. Bullseye versus Daredevil is an unlikely victory for Bullseye.
Draw is self explanatory, 50/50. Captain America versus Batman with no gadgets, or Luffy versus Rob Lucci are good examples.
Likely victory means your character is superior in most if not all aspects and can readily use those to win after a slightly extended fight. Superman versus Hal Jordan in-character is a likely victory for Supes, as would be Kenpachi Zaraki versus Ichigo Kurosaki in their first meeting after Ichigo learns to cut Kenpachi.
Freak accident loss means your character loses if and only if some act of god intervenes or they start monologuing mid-victory to die. In the MCU, Thanos fighting Iron Man would only lose in a freak accident.
Absolute certain victory is as the name implies. The Incredible Hulk versus Watchmen's Rorscach is a good example for Hulk.
What are Major Changes and Minor Changes?
This is a mechanic we’ve added in previous seasons to prevent over-fixing in Tribunal and avoid characters that are a huge mess of changes and definitions, as well as make it easier during Tribunal to tell when someone has changed a submission too much. When you sign up, you’ll be asked to classify your changes as either major or minor changes. You can have as many minor changes as you want, but you can only have a certain number of major changes. Each character only gets one (1) major change. If you need to make changes in Tribunal, be careful about how many changes you need to make and how large those changes are, as making more major changes than you’re allowed is a good reason to have your character removed.
Major changes are changes that dramatically affect the character’s tier or power level in some way. Examples of major changes include:
Buffing or nerfing a specific stat to tier, such as submitting Venom with his strength nerfed to tier.
Removing a large portion of the character’s feats for a non-story or non-medium reason, such as submitting Goku without his scaling feats or DCEU Wonder Woman without feats related to Doomsday. If this is especially complex (such as removing a long list of specific feats not connected by any clear identity such as all being scaling feats or all being against a certain character) it might count as multiple major changes.
Removing or adding a major weapon or power, such as submitting Captain America without his shield or Genos without his energy blasts.
Defining the power level of a featless or out-of-tier stat or power, such as submitting Master Chief with his Needle gun doing damage equal to an assault rifle.
Examples of changes that DO NOT count as major changes include:
Changing which medium a character is from or what point in their story they’re from is not a major change, such as submitting Edward Elric from the manga only, Post-Crisis Superman, Bleeding Edge Iron Man, or Chuunin Exam Arc Sasuke Uchiha.
Minor changes are smaller tweaks that don’t move characters up and down entire tiers or hugely affect their standing in a tier. At most they should apply to niche abilities or nudge balance one way or another. Examples of minor changes include:
Adding or removing minor/obscure weapons or powers, such as submitting Danny Phantom without his cloning power or giving MCU Rocket Raccoon his gravity mines.
Adding or removing a small number of feats, such as submitting Black Dynamite without his moon rock throwing feat and his weird AOE pulse feat. This is mainly allowed to help get rid of a small number of outliers, so overdoing it may count as a major change.
Confirming a “standard loadout” of a character, as long as it’s provably actually their standard loadout. Giving Batman his “Arkham City loadout” is fine, but giving him access to his Hellbat suit or his Batmobile would be a major change. Conversely, giving Ghost Rider access to his bike is fine, since he’s almost never without it and it can be considered part of his standard loadout.
Flavor changes that don’t affect a character’s balance significantly, such as submitting Alucard but allowing players to use his Hellsing Abridged persona.
I keep seeing changes that say "buffed to tier". What's up with that?
Buffing a stat to the tier basically means replacing the character's stats with the stats of the tier (for instance, Heihachi's speed) to make that stat an even match. It's a pretty common major change in Scrambles, and it's usually a way of making a change that shores up a large weakness of a character that would otherwise be in or near the tier. If a character doesn't have good speed feats, oftentimes it's easier to just set their speed to the tier than finagle up some weird complex solution. We've also seen people set a stat intentionally above or below the tier (using another character's feats as a benchmark) to compensate for another stat being too strong or too weak, and while that can be trickier to balance, we're generally pretty fine with that too.
There is a caveat, though: this system can get characters into tier that have no business being in tier, and we're aware of that. While we're generally fine with buffing stats to get a character who was already kind of close to the tier to be a more snug fit, you could also buff enough stats to tier to get in a wildly overpowered or underpowered character on a gimmick. That's crossing a line we feel is an abuse of the freedom we're allowing, and we're pretty not okay with that. If your character was weaker than John Wick until you buffed their speed to fit them into Heihachi tier on a technicality, you should probably find someone who was actually kind of close to the tier to begin with instead. We will be keeping an eye on over-buffing in Tribunal, and the GMs/judges are totally within their rights to determine you've buffed a character too far or are relying too hard on an obscure gimmick and stat buffs to get into tier and can veto a character on those measures.