User blog comment:Dargoo Faust/Dargoo Faust's Fate Tourney: The Last Vote/@comment-5795750-20180324144810

BG1's "The Final Countdown" Edges:

3rd Place: Michiel de Ruyter and Erwin van der Zwaan. It sucks having to put them in last place but there are some things about this duo that put them significantly behind the others. Firstly, even though all three belong to powerful magical families with Crests, Erwin was (as Cfp points out) self-trained in his magic as opposed to the other two who had training under more intensive and supervised conditions. Furthermore, his Magecraft is mostly (if not entirely) based on offensive maneuvers - sure he may have the Yellow Earth Dragon to create the defensive stone and brick constructs but will they really hold against the attacks that the others dish out? I don't think so. Another thing I'd like to point out is that given the circumstances, I doubt the tortoise would be of any use in the fight as well.

With regards to the Servant, I will concede that Michiel is one of the most powerful servants in the tourney... but given that Michiel is doing the heavy lifting, this imbalance in participation and subsequent dependence on Michiel's more powerful NPs leaves the duo open to being out of the running via Option B.

2nd Place: Tanis Faucheux and Cao Cao. Boy it was a tough call here to see who would be out first in my opinion and who would come out on top since both warriors here are evenly matched in most respects. However, I have to put Tanis and Cao Cao in this position because I don't see them edging out over the true victors of this war. And why do I think this? Well first of all, in spite of the prep time and high intellect that both combatants possess in assessing the danger around them (their enemies more or less) as well as Tanis's dedication to fighting in the war amounting to a greater level of training, they are both reliant on keeping their distance and having that element of surprise work in their favour - and IMO, I doubt that the duo will able to get the drop on Marshall and Odysseus meaning that almost immediately direct combat will occur and Cao Cao the Archer hasn't got the stats to go toe-to-toe with Odysseus. The Reality Marble is a powerful tool and Tanis's bloodbending abilities are not to be understated but I think that if she was caught in the direct combat between the duo and Marshall happens to be close by with his weapons ready... yeah she aint gonna be able to call that up in time

1st Place: Marshall Umber and Odysseus. Well I did think that at the beginning that Odysseus was going to be making it to the top three, and now I'm definitely convinced that in the end he and his master will pull through to victory. Yes I mentioned before that Tanis and Marshall are evenly matched but to my mind, I think that Marshall's combat capabilities edge out against Tanis's especially when you consider that his teleportation and reinforcement magic which don't require as much mana as Tanis's reality marble and bloodbending AND he has a sword which can deal more damage than a simple book; furthermore, Odysseus may have not-as-strong NPs as Cao Cao but Stat-wise he is definitely has an advantage over the Chinese assassin and he is certainly gifted in the ability to be fluid with his strategies in such a way that it puts Tanis in a corner that she cannot escape from. Also Odysseus has literally a deus ex machina (two even) that can give him a significant advantage over his opponent and basically exploit their weaknesses.

So in summary, although the two have very powerful magecraft and Servants, Marshall and Odysseus is more than capable of outfighting and outsmarting Tanis and Cao Cao.