The RPG Duelling League


Season 38, Week 1
Brahms (Valkyrie Profile Series)			Ness (Earthbound)
The Lord of the Undead rises again, ready to terrorize the damned souls that dare challenge his deadly fury. The dark lord has had abysmal luck in Godlike, but now, things are about to change. His foe is the innocent child Ness - and, despite his best efforts, the little boy will soon become one of Brahms' willing slaves. While resilient and armed with a plethora of useful psionic skills, Ness lacks the punch to take down Brahms before the immortal beast's Bloody Curse has a chance to wreck him. Indeed, Ness also lacks the agility to quickdraw the Undead Lord. All the healing powers, defensive shields and Magicant powers will do little to stop the steamroller that is Brahms, the Bloody Lord of the Undead. The fist - nay, the Sword of the Oppressed shall rise forth and decimate the few living denizens that dare defy his name.	V	S	Swinging his way back into the scene for another season of baseball bat beatings and dazzling psychic slugfests, it's everyone's favorite nonsensical silent teenage savior, Ness! And what a complete dud of a fight does the wonderkid from Onette have in front of him for his first fight? A vampire lord, of course! Brahms is big and bad, make no mistake, and Bloody Curse hits like a meteor, but even that isn't enough to take down the amazingly tankish teen, especially not with his near bottomless reserves of healing and the power of Shield Beta to not only weather the impact of Brahms' fists, but reflect a chunk of that damage right back at the vampire lord! And, after Brahms' attack has failed, it'll be Ness' turn to bat, and Psi Rockin' Omega is just what he needs to knock this undead brawler out of the park for a homerun!

Mathias Psychics and vampires have always warred with each other, add to that the brain versus brawn routine and you've a serious bout on your hands. But, when it's the lord of undead and an alien-bashing hero, it's tough to say who will put this war to rest for good. Since Brahms and bashed gods and lived, my vote's on him. Brahms: 42 Ness: 25 Silverlocke980 Poor Brahms. Valkyrie Profile characters have to rely on their damage- which, admittedly, is damn awesome- in the Arena, since they can't heal/defend/do anything else other than assbeat. Fortunately for Brahms, he's really good at assbeating. Unfortunately for Brahms, Ness is not somebody who's particularly vulnerable to assbeating, a la Kefka. No, Ness has a ton of HP. How much HP? Enough to make Ghaleon go " Hey, that's a lot of HP there, buddy!" Anyone who claims that personal epiphanies don't do anything for you should see what Ness becomes after his journey through Magicant. He becomes so powerful health-wise that even the final boss has issues trying to kill him, and Earthbound's final boss is nothing to sneeze at. Hell, Ness can hit the HP cap in his game near level fifty, something I don't think any other character in any other game has ever managed to do. In short? This is a contest, not between Ness and Brahms, but between Brahms' assbeat ability and Ness' monstrous HP. Now, I'd still give it to Brahms against anyone else that was like Ness, since Ness' offense is nothing spectacular, but... Ness has a full heal. That's pretty cheap, especially if all he does is Bash (which is probably his best move at the end of the game, PSI Rockin doesn't keep up all that well). All he has to do is Bash, then PSI his HP back to full from Brahms attack, then Bash, then Life Up Omega... Man, Brahms is so screwed. Lezard Valeth Brahms begin with an impressive attack that unfortunately knocks him unconscious. Lesson learned don't try to attack if you're opponent's shield can reflect it back. Or you could give up and save yourself the trouble.

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