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22nd Place: Kai Leng- This should come as no surprise considering the abilities and history of Kai Leng. Although being professionally trained and having a long career as an assassin, Kai Leng aims way too often to attack above his pay grade or even manages to botch easier assassinations and kills by gloating or just being an idiot. I considered pushing him higher as the sewers are going to primarily result in close combat, but the vast majority of his foes that he’ll attempt to sic his sword on are going to either know he’s there, he’ll give himself away to show how much of a better fighter he is or are just way above his level. Combine that with an overreliance on help or just bad writing, Kai Leng comfortably lands himself in the bottom of the food chain by his own failings and personality. Seriously, this was a guy who lost to a terminal ill Thane who was on his death bed after an extended fight with space cancer. 21st Place: Tal Graile-Rerem- Poor guy is a victim of his lack of experience and moments of being a dipshit. His move set while large isn’t particularly special and even then, mainly used a supporting role, so being thrown into a combat situation where everyone is a potential enemy already puts him out his element. Combined with that the sewers are going to be lacking in light and his powers are just going to cause him or his ally to stick out like a sore thumb, provided he even finds one before his enemies begin to surround him in the dark. His stealth also basically hurts him since it puts him in a situation where he needs a partner and once again limits his options in how to proceed with the royale. Overall, Tal is super reliant on getting allies early on and if he can’t find any he’s doomed, he can hold his own and variety to back it, but I doubt it’ll keep enemies at bay and his life intact. 20th Place: Miu Yarai- I kind of jumped between whether or not her or Tal would end up here, but ultimately, I think she is slightly better. She has a much better history as a combatant and experience compared to Tal who is relegated to a support role. Her biggest issues being the starting area providing limited movement opportunities and the fact that she’s reliant on human blood. Which I mean it’s the sewers, not many are going to be willing to be blood bags in this area and even if she finds a subject, her moral code hinders her ability to just take it. She’s far too hindered by too many factors out of her control, there’s a man with sunlight kung fu walking around and her best advantages are limited by terrain. No allies and no pragmatism is a bad spot for a vampire and that spot is 20th place. 19th Place: Akechi Goro- Like Miu, the sewers are a bad spot for the inheritor of the Justice card to end up and leaves him vulnerable. Unlike those below him, he’s still more than capable of putting up a fight, unfortunately for him, he’s a dick and since this isn’t an anime game, its not going to fly with the group. He can manipulate the facts, spread suspicion and try to avoid others, maybe pretend he’s part of an investigation team, but being a spotlight hog and narcissist will continue to downgrade his performance here against much more skilled and direct combatants. Honestly, had he been in Zodiac, I find that would’ve been much more equal to his playing field and something that he would’ve done well in, but him being a dick bag, sketchy and going against people that can see through his lies will certainly damage his ego. The damage of a bruised ego won’t last long though, since death will await him soon enough as he overestimates himself and underestimates his enemies. 18th Place: Aoi Kamishiro- The crazy chick who loves some alien-god is the next out of this competition as her x-factors bascally make herself a detriment to herself or anyone she manages to ally with. Also, by this point I’m noticing there’s kind of an insane amount of anti-vampire warriors here, is this just normal or do the Japanese just really hate vampires? Going back to Aoi, she’ll have to be super reliant on God to increase her powers and while they’re certainly worthwhile, and remove her biggest faults, I’d argue that others could just preform at maximum capacity without having to use something like this as a clutch. She’ll likely get too emotional and run off and die or prolonged combat will eventually wear her down. Hit and run tactics are good, but I don’t see her staying sane or in control of the situation for long even with an alien-god thing. 17th Place: Azaka Kokutou- When you’re a lackluster mage and less circuits in your body than Shirou, your chances at victory or placing highly aren’t the best. Azaka makes the most out of a bad situation, but her best isn’t good enough as she’s effectively reached the ceiling that her skill set granted her. In addition to being a brocon, Azaka is pretty skilled even with a limited reach and can easily lay down punishment against vampires or regular humans, burns and fire are a nasty business. She won’t have to worry about Shiki or her brother, so her most prominent weakness beyond her lack of powers will be pushed to the side and without any glaring inefficiencies like Aoi, Kai Leng or Akechi, she does well and can hold her own against them or even a few above her in the rankings. She’s overall pretty average compared to anyone else and a lack of powers is going to come back to haunt her as the weaker ones are broken down. 16th Place: Algol- Remember how I talked about Azaka having no glaring weaknesses but losing only cause of her lack luster powers? Yeah, this is the opposite of that situation, where he has some amazing powers, but is crippled by his own arrogance. Teleportation, two extremely powerful swords and capable of manipulating his own body makes him an extreme threat to most. Problem is that he’s going to be facing off against foes and refusing to retreat even when things are going to go south for him and never learning from situations, only believing that his defeats are an anomaly or pure luck on his opponent’s part. This can make him a quick and easy victory for those who are just simply more powerful or face eventual defeat against those who can wear him down. Knowing his personality, he’ll be engaging in fights quickly and will gather the wrong kind of attention that’ll get him killed before he can even prove his worth. 15th Place: Len Ese- On a normal battlefield, Len might’ve lost to someone like Algol, but when he’s wearing himself down while she plays it smart and uses creative combat styles, she can outlast someone like him. She’s lacking in experience and stealth though which causes her by this point to lose, but she can certainly hold her own in combat. Her sword is impressive with a wide range of powers that can benefit her in combat and out of it with passive abilities that keep her in the race where others may fall. Ultimately, she’s too reliant on the sword and with a lack of proper combat experience is going to be taken down by those with their own unorthodox fighting styles or better practical experience, or both. 14th Place: Battle Pope- The Battle Pope meets his end here barely missing his chance to get at least to the middle point due to his handicap. Being a member of the RPG crew, he’s got a wide variety of powers that benefit him and deliver effects to his own attacks and weaken out his foes. He can also potentially slow his opponents down and even cause more problems for them down the line, especially with the district change mechanic. He can also work on a greater scale than most of the warriors using the actual location where this fight takes place; by influencing the city itself and working it in his favor to avoid detection or confuse his enemies. Might switch him later, but as it stands, his handicap will cause him to fare poorly as the fights continue on and his lack of ranged options make it more difficult to continue. 13th Place: Hitomi Hitoyoshi- Now we getting into the weird fighters and how despite their less than traditional fighting styles, many combatants may be skilled at sword play, but can they cook breakfast? In that matter, Mother’s Task despite being rather limited sounding benefits from an unorthodox variety of powers that can benefit a team or herself as a solo combatant. She can work effectively in a long con, wearing down the more muscle headed combatants or just straight up disarming them and holding them into submission. Her general personality is enough to garner some allies if she chooses to get that route, its ultimately her mobility that gives her a downfall. It’s not the biggest weakness, but when everyone around this point is faster or has better options at getting around, she’ll be falling by the wayside. 12th Place: Siegfried- One of my favorite mythology characters is going to just about miss hitting the middle in this match up. Being among the last of the Western characters, Siegfried makes it far, but I can’t reasonably see him winning, others having better and more magical options to take down their foes or outsmart them. The cloak being an amazing stealth tool and strength modifier that can potentially cause him to straight up outmuscle other melee fighters like Battle Pope, Kai Leng (lol), and Len. The man can take on armies and come out on top, is intelligent, can be invisible and only has one major weak point on his skin. He’s willing and able to push himself to the very limits of his powers and while this is great, he suffers from poor variety. From this point on, he’s facing more magic based, supernatural or varied foes that can prove more than a challenge for him. And with his equipment being limited too just medieval tools and one magic cloak, he’ll fall in battle, but he did his Western brothers proud in a field of weeb shit. 11th Place: Hanakamakiri- Among the first casualties in a line of trickster and misdirection-based combatants, she’s going to be able unable to keep up with the remaining warriors. Hana much like next two warriors are reliant on maintaining themselves in the game through wit and tricks by this point. That’s not to say any of them are bad warriors, hell they’re making do with limited or lackluster sets in a challenge filled with more varied warriors, its just that later opponents are going to see through these tricks, are just as smart or have better powers. In the case of many other warriors by this point, its going to a combination of two or all of those three. Even with a limited set of weapons and tricks, she excels where she can, but ultimately the other tricksters offer slightly more in power set or wit. 10th Place: Joseph Joestar- After a long and hard-fought series of battles and tricks, Joseph will reach the top ten and have to bow out from this point on. The remaining combatants just being too much for the veteran supernatural fighter due to his power set ultimately being less extraordinary or versatile against others that can just incinerate him, bisect him or find a variety of painful or quick ways to kill him. Had any other warrior had this weapon set they’d likely be ranking much lower, but Joseph got this far as he’s able to push his limited weapon set beyond that of what is expected and a master of tricks is able to avoid combat, maximize his weapons and make great use of his environment against his foes. He’s beaten foes way above his pay grade before, but even then, he would barely pull those off or manipulate events that he could win, and he could certainly continue to do that here. Still, quick wit and tricks can only get you so far and here is the road’s end for Joseph Joestar. 9th Place: Suzushiro- In a shocking twist, our yearly Princess Waltz rep ranks pretty low this year, at least in comparison to Angela and Liliana. Suzushiro is perhaps the most limited out of all the previous combatants as her method of attack is pretty simplistic and although effective, really doesn’t leave much room for creativity. Although capable of surprising others with her speed, she’s got nothing else to really offer in terms of defense, I mean her dress with certainly help, but this point in the battle, it’ll be worn out. Especially since she’s against the principles of stealth, she’ll likely be more involved in combat situations and will eventually wear her dress down. Luckily, her Gaurden manages to alleviate that pain by allowing her to face her targets on one on one, but by this point there’s no wiggle room for her and eventually she’ll slip up. For a bit I even considered that Joseph may very well outlast her, and he still might if I feel comfortable enough in adjusting my vote, but for now she’s comfortably in 9th place. 8th Place: Kaladin- In a shocking twist that continues to with this trend, the Western warriors are actually doing pretty well this year, minus like Kei Leng, but even then Kal manages to snag 8th place in a field filled with Weeb shit. Honestly, was really tempted to place him higher with extraordinary combat skill, agility and surgical knowledge he’s a real powerhouse than can fight and trade blows with the best of them. But sadly, he’ll begin burning himself out around this point, even if the occasion where Mat doesn’t straight up neuter him, he’ll be running out of Stormlight. While he’s a certainly skilled warrior without it and can potentially still hold his own, losing his biggest advantages or being in situations where they’re always at risk of running out or just being countered, Kaladin is sadly the first of the dead among our Western brothers, the competent ones at least. 7th Place: Mauzumi Yukie- Super difficult placement and I debated on this for a while, but Yukie will be defeated and still manage to recover from that tie all those years ago that made no sense. She could probably beat the two next warriors above her in a straight fight and would probably lose to the top four, but overall the other two present themselves as valuable wild cards to companions they can potentially get or can inflict insane amounts of punishment in short time windows. With a diverse skill set and great speed, she’ll make it far, but her lack of experience narrowly does her in and although she’ll certainly improve as a swordsman, she’ll basically have to learn little to nothing from the crappier warriors, meanwhile others are just as skilled or more compared to her, namely Queen, Bane, Kaladin, or Fiona. It’s a minor factor compared to her skill, but a fatal wound in the grand scheme of making it this far in the competition that will do her in. 6th Place: Matrim Cauthon- One of the most unexpected challengers to the throne is Mat himself who gets this far by both figurative and literal sheer luck. Don’t get me wrong, he’s skilled and has memories and tactics of those implanted in his mind, its his luck being interwoven into his skills that make him a potent threat. With fate actively working to his favor and potentially tripping up the more skilled combatants in the battle. He can also straight up stop several warriors in their tracks or cripple them by nullifying their magic and as a result losing their more potent abilities. Along with stealth that makes him difficult to spot in the crowd, but we’re hitting more open areas here and as a result, Mat is going to lose advantages. But what mainly does him in, is that he’s facing the remaining list of warriors who can work around his advantages or aren’t affected by them and because of that he’ll narrowly miss out being part of the top five. 5th Place: Roy Mustang- In the most insane twists and turns in this entire wiki, Roy Mustang is a new addition to this wiki, and he comes in with a bang, ranking among the top five warriors in this royale. He’s got the intelligence, the leadership, the mindset, and power that take him nearly to the very top, but he isn’t making it to the bronze. All of the remaining combatants can attack faster or just straight up disable his ability to fight leaving his open or just dead before he even knows what’s going on. Along with his abilities as a warrior, he can make an excellent ally to most combatants and will likely have little issue in making an alliance, but even then whatever group he’s part of will eventually have to face off and considering the company he’s in with these rankings, his chances aren’t great. While his power has certainly brought him far, it’ll falter here and locks himself to reaching the 1% during his debut. 4th Place: Fiona Annabel Kousaki- Just coming up short of achieving top three status is Fiona, our final visual novel character, who’s abilities and effective fighting nature have taken her nearly to the top. With some of the best mobility, skills and quick thinking, she is easily one of the most intimidating fighters in the battle, but just can’t compete with the top three and their own abilities. The fact that enemies can’t even tell they’ve been injured prevents they from making swift retreats, which don’t even matter that much considering she can outrun most of the competition. She can just engage enemies and wear them down to the brink and finish them off after several strikes begin to destroy their nerves. Its just that the top three bring in abilities and skills that can change the game and directly mess with her abilities or just keep fighting even when death tries to claim them. 3rd Place: THE HAAR- Snagging the bronze comes probably what is up there for a super surprising entry into the rankings is Haar. I say surprising because even with all his skill he’s facing off dozens of warriors in his first entry onto the wiki who have faced vampire demi-gods, Gods, weeb shit and other Lovecraftian beings yet manages to prevail nearly all of them. Haar ranks this high due to experience, personality, mobility/mount and skills that can cripple the competition when he does get engaged in combat. He can return damage, stop enemies dead in their tracks, survive fatal damage and stop counter attacks, all mixing into a pool that makes him a monster on the field. His personality and mount also mean he’ll have no issue with district changes or just finding a place to rest while the others battle it out. He can choose who and where he wants to fight, but the final two do ultimately have an answer for him off the fact that they’re more skilled or their powers can potentially down him. He’ll have fought hard and long, but in this race, he ends up just short. 2nd Place: Darth Bane- The vanguard of the Western warriors rises to highest position that can be possible his kind and avenges many of his dead brethren in this battle and the ones of the past. Through his skills and a powerset that allow him to face the most hardened of the warriors and not even break a sweat, Darth Bane is a menace that can even cheat death itself. His Essence Transfer can break the rules of the game and his abilities in the force can prevent him from being restricted or more conventional ways of dealing with him are being eliminated. What stops him from claiming victory is that his transfer can be stopped and that his opponent has a larger skill set than him, while he can certainly compete with the skill set, he can’t compete with her own tricks to stop death. In the end, the Champion of the West falls to a Japanese schoolgirl in a skirt. 1st Place: Queen- Its been a long and hard-fought road, but Queen wins the Gold and triumphs over the other twenty-one warriors who have fought. RPG characters are terrifying, and Queen is no exception as leveling often grants more and more abilities that can becoming game breaking in the long run, Queen continues this trend with abilities that directly spit in the face of the loss conditions established for the battle. Or by entering rages that put her above the skill sets of even the most powerful warriors by enhancing her already powerful set and factors like strength, giving her invincibility and even summoning Odin. Any opponent that does manage to kill her will have to survive both forms and her enhanced move set. Versatility, self-healing, mana regeneration, determination, death defying abilities, instant kill markers and her willingness to do what it takes to prevail will bring her victory.