Genos vs Cherish (Tiersetter Tourney R1M5)

[Agnaa]

Point 4:

Cherish can do more than just make him suicidal. She can make him apathetic and doubtful to the point where he does nothing. She can give him extreme fear so he cowers in a corner until it's considered an incap. She can make him like her and want to be her friend/give up on fighting her entirely.

There could be issues for whether that sort of thing is a likely move for her to make in-character.

Anyway, I'll assume this is a vote for Cherish, and add it.

 

[Apeironaxim]

There could be issues for whether that sort of thing is a likely move for her to make in-character.

i covered that in a previous post:

I would also like to say that Cherish's entire plan with joining the Slaughterhouse Nine was to slowly condition them to adore and be addicted to her. Doing so slowly because her power doesn't have lasting effects by itself without her actively exerting it, so she has to condition people the pavlov/traditional way for permanent effects, and very sudden spikes of love toward her would just make the more immune members like Siberian rip her apart. She is also seen making a bunch of guys love and adore her to be her personal servants for fun. This means Cherish's wincon isn't only inducing suicide, but also essentially incapping Genos by just making him not attack her/be her guard dog/plaything for the required time limit for it to count as a win. It's just the suicide thing is what most focus on. Whether she would go for this i do not know, but considering she wanted to try it, albeit in a slower way with people like complete powerhouse monsters with the S9 (though again her playing the long game was due to other context), i think it's an equally likely avenue for her, as she likes having people at her beck and call

Her main goal with even risking joining the band of psychopaths that is the S9 is because she was confident she could brainwash them to adore her. So it's definitely not far-fetched to say she would go that route as well. She also did do the doubt inducement thing to stop someone from attacking her

“No, stop,” she said. Too unspecific. ****. Still need to work on that. She hit him with as much doubt and indecision as she could manage to keep him from shooting her. Then she stalled all of the ‘music’ that flowed to and from that one point in the very front of his brain. She knew the music was her way of understanding and interpreting the biological processes that drove people’s emotions. By listening for it, she knew what they felt, knew what the emotions were tied to, vaguely.

So honestly, incap via love/adoration inducement is equally as valid as the suicide thing. And the doubt inducement would just likely happen anyway because she'd want to stop herself from being attacked first

 

[DMUA]

Point 3:

While it is true that Genos has longer range on his blasts, they're starting farther apart than either of them can effectively reach. Speed is also equalized, so they are both moving at peak human speeds. As such, it would take a while before either of them can reach the other.
Cherish has no reason to engage in a direct confrontation, and she can track Genos's position at all times. She can just hide somewhere and wait for him to enter her range.

The main thing is that he can still fly, giving him a bird's eye view and ability to get a good enough shot without crossing into her range. He also has enhanced senses... Though when I check it's just him saying that a person can't escape as they fly away, which is a bit weird when he also has flight and can clearly see where she's going, but eh

Point 4:

Cherish can do more than just make him suicidal. She can make him apathetic and doubtful to the point where he does nothing. She can give him extreme fear so he cowers in a corner until it's considered an incap. She can make him like her and want to be her friend/give up on fighting her entirely.

Her default move is having them die and... Granted, I am realizing there is somewhat of a delay between Genos triggering his Self Destruct and it properly going off, since Saitama slapping Mosquito Girl got him to just turn it off in disbelief, so she could see the glow and decide a different approach

Maybe I will change my mind to Cherish then though I really don't like the prospect of having yet another matchup like this

 

[Kachon123]

Genos should have Willpower listed on his profile for being a cyborg over 60% modification and surviving, which gives him resistance to empathic manipulation. I guess someone overlooked it.

 

[Agnaa]

Genos should have Willpower listed on his profile for being a cyborg over 60% modification and surviving, which gives him resistance to empathic manipulation. I guess someone overlooked it.

I'm not opposed to you whipping up a CRT for that now.

 

[Kachon123]

I'm not opposed to you whipping up a CRT for that now.

Done.