Season 45, Week 1
Red
(SaGa Frontier)
 
Alkaiser's alter ego has it all. The powers of justice? Yep. The ability to smash supervillain crime syndicates? Ooooh yes. Awesome hair? You know it. The Ultimate Superhero burns for success in the arena, having barely been stopped stopped twice before by fellow heroes. A lowly villain like this Chief Inqusitor guy has no chance of stopping Red. Re-Al-Phoenix will burn Margulis's impure soul to ash before he can so much as attempt to get cute with his sword skills or any of his other slimy little tricks. Toughness? HA. Alkaiser is more than a match for even the terrible toughness that the Ormus trained fighter possesses, thanks to his true power and fists. All the style in the world won't save Margulis from the slag heap and horrible defeat, nor will all the bloated speeches- if nothing else, a fist to the face will end those in a hurry!

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Now this is more like it! After a season spent destroying quivering fools and pathetic lackeys in Middle, Margulis finally goes face to face with a proper opponent - some sort of superhero, apparently. Perfect. Margulis's quick strikes will build Boost while Red wastes a turn transforming, and his Re-al Phoenix is partially fire and aura elemental... two elements Margulis resists. And sure, Red can kill his shadow clones one at a time, but Margulis will just re-summon them and let Red waste MP. Most deadly of all is the secret art... Medica. Okay, it's not actually deadly (or secret), but Margulis's shadow friends can toss the occasional shot of healing his way, making Red's uphill climb against Margulis's impeccable frame even more impossible! This meddling hero will make it close, but U-TIC's Chief Inquisitor shall prevail in the end!


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For all of Margulis's power and pompus speeches, he has one.. tiny.. microscopic even.. flaw in combat. He has to take damage to unlock his good moves. His battle with Red was back and forth. A Rakta knocked Red to his knees, near death. The Ormus inquistor hadn't lost more than half his life and was ready to end his fight with Red. He was right in a way. His battle with Red -was- over. A flash of light and a quick spin was Alkaiser's entrance, a Re-Al-Phoenix that knocked Margulis off his feet introduced his powers.


Not that Margulis was in much shape to appreciate them or the rain of blows that quickly pummeled him into submission.

Red: 35
Margulis: 12