9-B Brackets | Round 13

The first round of the semi-finals begins! Who will book a place in the final?

Winner of the last round was Sam

Current Standings: https://challonge.com/dvuvfz7p

The contestants for this round are Alec Trevelya, submitted by TheArsenal1212 versus Assefa Berber, submitted by Litentric Teon

Speed is equalised. This is Game Alec

Alec backscales from 515 kilojoules, Assefa is 152 kilojoules

Alec Trevelya: 7 (Jacky, Arsenal, Cinnabar, Gyro, Christian, HeadlessKramerGeoff777, Mr. Bambu)

Assefa Berber: 1 (Litentric)

Incon: 0

You can't give me a picture like that and expect me not to use it

It makes me want to vote Alec just so that picture can die ovo.

Hey guys glad this is up. Ok before I knew Alec had an AP advantage I thought Assefa may take it but now I don't think so. I'd say skillwise their roughly even and an argument can be made either way for who is more skilled in this tier but even then it's slightly in ones favour over the other. At this point, the superior AP gives Alec the win. He's way too skilled, intelligent and experienced to lose a fight with this much of an advantage and with everything else being so close it's the major advantage in this fight. All he has to do is land one or two hits where as Assefa has so much more to do to chip down Alec. With the two roughly even in everything else, Alec's AP advantage should get him over the line

Gonna wait for an argument from Lit butbthats a sound argument.

Also I feel like that picture will now haunt either me or Assefa forever

Same, I'll wait for more arguments.

Me too.

Lit, thou hath been summoned

Ah, the time is here. This match has me like super excited.

So, speed is equalized, so I'm going to skip over the 'lol bullets' for the moment.

I agree with Arsenal that skill is debatable. Like, as far as humanoid opponents go, they should be around the same level of skill.

But Alec's opponent isn't human.

Even with the AP difference, Assefa's regen will continuously heal him from many of the scrapes that he an Alec will be inflicting on each other. Meaning that Assefa won't be slowing down during the course of the battle, whereas Alec will, slowly but surely.

In addition, when Assefa transforms, Assefa should actually have the skill advantage. I'm fairly certain Alec has never fought a Mngwa, and likely has limited knowledge on fighting animals. Yet Assefa isn't any ordinary animal in that he is incredibly agile, can leap several meters into the air, has slightly longer range with his claws, and can tear through Alec with his teeth regardless of the AP vs dura here, as his teeth (and claws to a slightly lesser extent) can tear through scales, tough coats, blubber, and other things latent to animals and preternaturals that provide them with more durability. In addition, if Assefa is able to actually land on Alec, which is far from impossible, Alec isn't getting up due to his inferior lifting strength when compared to Assefa's weight. Not to mention that because his shift is instant, he could take one of the moments where he'll momentarily have the advantage in CQC to simply shift and be on top of him that way as well.

Lastly, there's Sanura's necklace. His ace that essentially makes it so he really shouldn't lose at all. We could argue about how they'll eventually wear each other down, as it'll be AP vs regen and a battle of stamina. But Alec doesn't seem to have the capacity to actually just up and one shot Assefa. Meaning he'd have to manage to inflict a devastating attack instead. Something that would likely break bones. In which case, Sanura's necklace would activate, heat Assefa's skin, restore Assefa's body and stamina, and from there, Assefa can go to town because he has full energy whereas Alec doesn't.

Alec's best chance is to honestly just try to shoot Assefa. But speed is equalized, so Assefa can dodge. Plus Assefa has regen that will let him heal from it, so it's diminished even less. And because SBA has them in Central Park, Assefa could potentially escape and sneak up on Alec in Mngwa form, as Assefa has feats of sneaking up on others while in human form. Being so impressive that he followed a man from outside into his office and closed the door, and the man didn't notice a thing. Alec doesn't have enhanced senses, so there's no reason as to why he would see Assefa coming. Whereas Assefa's would help him know certain things are coming, and to just not be caught off guard in general.

The way I essentially see it is as follows.

If they start with guns, Assefa likely tries dodging most of them and finds cover in order to sneak up on Alec. The guy doesn't have infinite bullets, so Assefa could just attempt to bait the bullets out as well. And even if he's struck by a few, his regen will help him out.

If they start with CQC, they'll unlikely to use their guns at all. Their skill is about equal, so they'll both likely be taking chip damage. Only Assefa regens while Alec doesn't, so overtime, Alec's injuries will build. And it'll only be more difficult once Assefa transforms as Assefa has years upon years of experience fighting as a cat against humans or other preternaturals, whereas Alec likely has little experience fighting against a sentient cat spirit personified. And Assefa's regen is better in Mngwa form than in human form (And the feat listed on his page is while he was in human form), and Assefa will also be faster and more agile.

Lastly, Sanura's necklace is there as a failsafe. Should anything happen to Assefa that is beyond his regen or something of that sort, it'll activate. In the CQC scenario, Alec will already be making contact with Assefa, and will likely suffer worst than the Leucrota. It'll likely take his skin right off. As for the bullet scenario, at that point, Alec would likely be close to being out of bullets, and wouldn't know that Assefa's body has heated to such an extent until he tried to engage in his only option of CQC, which would end rather miserably.

Overall, Assefa should take this rather handily after a decently long battle due to his regen, his skill advantage in Mngwa form, and Sanura's necklace as a failsafe.

Smiles devilishly

I have arrived

Oh gosh this is gonna be good. Wish I could participate but I gotta go in like twenty minutes

Wait I thought he didn't transform in his 9-B key?

He can, we've just restricted it this whole time I think??

And yeah I'm absolutely onboard with what Teon just said. I had no idea he could do all that

Alec gets AWOOOOOOOO'd for Teon's reasons

Also I'd just like to comment real quick that if Alec has a machine gun he could just literally mow Assefa down with 3 times AP advantage. How long does it take to transform and can he move while doing so?

I'm literally not gonna argue with that hahaha

That's all completely solid

Regen counters that and Assefa can dodge the bullets. I did think of that but Assefa counters rhat

Not if Connie makes it to the final

His regen isn't that good to heal from three times stronger than him attacks I wouldn't think. It's onky mid-low

TheArsenal1212 said:

Not if Connie makes it to the final

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I mean if Connie makes it to the final he gets decimated. Her instinctive dodging and stuff is just gonna be a pain for him, but that's for a different tooic

Transformation was restricted due to me not knowing how Assefa works. Also dear god Lit, I've seen full pages with less words than that argument

But for this battle it's this:

Alec and Assefa start the battle, they both shoot each other multiple times with alec taking it better and Assefa clearly hurt. Assefa regens. Repeat until Alec finally gets worn out and Assefa finishes him.

The only way alec can win is if he can completely annihilate Assefa past his Regen which is possible but since Assefa can take hits due to the regen and can dodge bullets, it's more likely he wears out Alec.

Wait his regen isn't that good?

In that case Alec shoots him with his massive AP advantage and kills him permanently if he tries anything

If his regen is what jack says, it doesn't matter what happens because Alec will eventually shoot him and once he does it's more than likely gonna be a headshot. If the regen starts to happen, Alec shoots his brains out. The AP gives Alec the edge here IMO

Connie has like a 1 million time AP advantage over the bracket, lol.

And yes, Assefa can transform and still be 9-B in his Partial Mate Bond form. It was restricted last time either because Crimson was mixing up Assefa's keys, or to make it more fair.

@Crimson

I'm a bit of a writer, lol.

So yeah I'm back in Alec's court after hearing that from jack

The ability to heal wounds that would normally leave large scars, such as severe burns or deep injuries

That's what Assefa's regen, mid-low, entails. Even then it's a varying level considering I dunno an example of his regen but it's probably on his profile.

I don't think he could heal fast enough before he gets sprayed or gets his head shot

I mean

Under SBA guns sorta hurt and with a machine gun you can easily overcome regen, AP advantage helps too.

Yeah, Assefa is a bullet dodger, but a machine gun is bordering on danmaku levels of bullets if done right, Assefa isn't exactly gonna know where every single bullet is and say "yeet brothers" and matrix them all

I don't see why Alec won't just sorta shoot at him

But I guess Assefa FRA, he does have other reasoning I s'pose.

Also, iirc, Connie's instinctive dodging is pretty lackluster and seems to pale in comparison to Assefa's supernatural senses.

If Crimson makes the battle happen at night then maybe Assefa can slowly ship away while Connie blindly stumbles around

@Jacky

His regen essentially nopes all external damage and heals internal damage that isn't too severe. Sanura's necklace also gives him continuous regen on his level as well, so it's pretty difficult to actually harm him unless you one shot him, or start breaking his bones and busting organs. If you can't do that, you pretty much have to wear him out. But you have to do it twice if you don't one shot him since Sanura's necklace will heal him with its power once and heat his skin such that CQC is an absolutely horrid option.

This ^

I see both getting shots off from the beginning, in which Alec's does more and he kills him with a good AP advantage if he tries anything. Both are equal in speed so eventually they're gonna Hit each other in which Alec takes an edge

By this I meant what jack said hahaha

Also Bambu Alec has the advantage here again hahahahaha

Pretty sure Alec could just headshot him and it'd more likely kill him than it'd kill Alec. Breaking through to the skull ain't that bad, and with a three times advantage it can be done.

It's rough, it all relies on one shot from Alec, but he can likely do so.

"so it's pretty difficult to actually harm him unless you one shot him"

I mean... no? A machine gun could easily puncture pretty much all of his organs at once.

I'd also like to mention it says he regenerated from a gunshot wound in a minute. This battle...likely won't last that long

I don't think Assefa will necessarily dodge all of them. But between running, finding cover, shooting back, shifting to cat form to be faster, he can likely have Alec run out of bullets.

Also if he escapes Alec's sight by like hiding behind a building or something, he could likely sneak up on him, in which case the first thing he would do is disarm him since the gun would be his biggest concern.

@Teon

Alec is an expert Marksman. With this AP advantage if he shoots Assefa in the head, he can completely destroy with a few shots. If he sees him beginning to regen, he'll completely destroy his head. The AP sis really giving Alec and edge here

Plus I don't see it turning into a fist fight after what I said

Finding cover is fair I s'pose.

Litentric Teon said:

I don't think Assefa will necessarily dodge all of them. But between running, finding cover, shooting back, shifting to cat form to be faster, he can likely have Alec run out of bullets.

Also if he escapes Alec's sight by like hiding behind a building or something, he could likely sneak up on him, in which case the first thing he would do is disarm him since the gun would be his biggest concern.

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Alec is an expert 00 agent, it's going to be immensely difficult to sneak up on someone who also has stealth mastery. Alec will also be doing the same thing and they're both pretty evenly skilled. It seems like in the end Alec will be doing more damage and will eventually kill the catman