Topaz's Stats Equal Video Game Tournament: Round 2! Goro Majima vs Myo

[Topaz404]

Round 2, best things come in twos lol
The Main Thread
Fight takes place in Tokyo, Japan's backstreets and many alleyways

The Dragon of the Yakuza: 0

Captain of the Fourth Pack Rabbits: 0

Inconclusive: 0​

 

[Shadowslash125]

Small nitpick but you got Majima's title wrong, the dragon is Kiryu. He should be the mad dog of Shimano hehe

 

[Shadowslash125]

Ok what does Myo start with?

 

[Topaz404]

Yeah this goes to show how much i know of Yakuza lol
But eh well, it is what it is

Also i can return the same question. Whats Majima gonan start with as well?

 

[Shadowslash125]

Ok, so we're talking about Yakuza 7 Majima and all his abilities and equipment. And I assume Myo will also have this as well.

Majima most often starts with CQC with his tanto, baseball bat or fists, depending on his style. Being in the alleyway means that Majima might have a slight advantage here since he's very good at fighting in close spaces. And his stealth is nutty. His main shtick will be his heat, which is accumulated by attacking/blocking/evading and through staminans, amping his stats to a very high degree to the point where he can shrug off getting shot or stabbed. It also allows him to use very powerful moves like breaking necks and other good stuff. And he can also counter attacks (minus gun).

We start with his main style in Yakuza 0, where he fights dirty and incorporates dirty-handed techniques into the mix of his street fighting and martial arts style. Agile and very Combo-ey, his chain of attacks will lock her in a stagger till she breaks out of it or gets defeated. he won't hesitate to poke Myo in the eyes or get on top of her shoulders and flip her to the ground. A few noteworthy things about this style are that he gets stronger if enemies can't see him (by being behind them or getting flipped after their eyes get poked), he can see concealed equipment the opponent has and steal them from their hands. Which conveniently leads to:

Slugger style. On his own, he'll wield a baseball bat and focus on brute strength rather than speed. Even then, it's more than enough to overwhelm enemies even before he gets hit himself. Majima will also be very tanky in this style, as he can even block any attack that doesn't belong to a gun from all directions with the bat/weapon (and this is without taking into account his heat yet). When used with other weapons, he can adjust to it and still dish out crazy stuff. ALSO HE CAN SEND BULLETS BACK.

You may think that Breaker Style will be unconventional in this battle but fret now, Majima will do the hustle to his heart's content while stunning Myo to oblivion more than the Thug Style. Oh, and he's very evasive and more acrobatic than ever here.

Some of these abilities will also be present in his signature style: The Mad Dog Of Shimano style. This style is where Majima is particularly dangerous, with his elegant yet deadly moves. This style can trade blows with the likes of Kiryu, Saejima and whatnot. Not much else to say but he can also possibly summon a whole lot of knives, lightning, shockwaves and tornadoes (which to be fair, isn't exclusive to this style but yeah). One more thing. HE CAN CREATE CLONES OF HIMSELF. They're practically indistinguishable due to their heat and are as strong as the real deal.

One thing I saw in Mio's profile is her "Savage Mode" where she fights without a gun. If that ever happens, it's going to be a game-changing advantage for Majima since he's better suited in CQC rather than against gunmen, though he is agile enough to avoid and even dodge them point-blank and also fling them right back at the gunner. Tanking it would be fine for the damage, but the coloured bullets might give him trouble, some of his equipment will help in giving resistance to them, specifically the death manipulation and the fear manipulation.

 

[Topaz404]

Alright, so theres something i wanted to point out. Myo probably has way more combat experience when it comes to fighting, whatnot with the typical combat training for R Corp. Basically, your cloned a bunch of times, and your put into a deadly battle royale with said clones, and the one to win gets all the memories back. Given how long Myo has been within R Corp (ten years, she came in at 19 and is currently 29), she wouldve been put through this process multiple times

Along with this, she's been learning from the Red Mist, a color fixer known throughout the City for her skill in combat before getting into R Corp, and even then, she was able to become a captain of whats basically elite mercenaries at 19 years old

I think that should solidify her skill level when it comes to combat.

She can also Speed Amp the more she gets hurt, so while Majima might be able to get a few swings in, but she might be able to amp her way out of any combos (and her augments would help her durability as well)

So uh
Majima is essentially fighting a augmented super-merc thats consistently been able to essentially beat herself (i dont remember how many clones are made in the clone based training)
Good luck

 

[Shadowslash125]

While Myo's skill level is impressive, Majima isn't a slouch. He has managed to duke it out with Lao Gui, Asia's best hitman, and against Jo Amon, who is repeatedly noted in the series to be a master of almost all known forms of martial arts and to be one of the best fighters on the entire planet, having trained with various masters around the world and having killed countless warriors and having absorbed all their skills. He's also able to go toe-to-toe with Kiryu himself on multiple occasions as well as Saejima, who has fought Kiryu into a stalemate two times. In his last battle with Kiryu in the latest game (granted it isn't a 1v1 anymore) the fight became a stalemate. Sure he didn't have to fight clones of himself, who he fights is still a good reminder that he's very skilled.

She can also Speed Amp the more she gets hurt, so while Majima might be able to get a few swings in, but she might be able to amp her way out of any combos (and her augments would help her durability as well)

Fair enough, but Majima will be amping every stat (even the damage of his heat actions) faster than her since late-game Majima gains about 3 bars of heat when dodging an attack. Higher heat means he will use more heavy-hitting heat actions that will make it difficult for Myo probably even with her amps. And unlike Myo in her Savage Mode, Majima now doesn't lose control when he uses Mad Dog to its highest potential.

 

[Topaz404]

I mean, Myo doesnt really lose control of herself in Savage Mode, its even mentioned in the weaknesses area is that all she loses out on is her gun....but even with her knives, those things can cause heavy bleeding, and considering Myo's gonna be attacking a rapid pace and landing a lot of hits in, thats gonna stack up eventually


ya know this is all assuming Myo just doesnt shoot Majima down with her gun lol