Season 13, Week 1
Rikku
(Final Fantasy X)
 
Rikku's BACK! Not the least deterred by her unsuccessful Middle debut, Rikku approaches her match with a fellow Light champion with confidence. Although they're similar in terms of DL success, though, that’s where the similarities end. While Cecile is a general one-dimensional fighter exceptional only in defense, Rikku has speed, healing, and potential status weapons to dispatch her opponents as well as items to mix once she gets her limit. With Cecile's lack of healing or any other tricks, Rikku should easily win a long match by careful management of healing and status.

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She's worked her way back up to Middle, and Cecile is practically ecstatic to return to the ring with a Light Championship belt wrapped around her waist. The whole of Lakeside Castle will be in the stands to cheer their favorite castle guard as she goes head to head with Rikku, one of the few girls who can match her in spunk. However, Rikku lacks the massive defense and devastating spear strikes that carried Cecile through Light - and through another healer, it should be said. That severe deficiency all but assures Cecile an easy victory and a chance to prove her strength to everyone - especially Thomas.


Starphoenix das Helpoemer
Being a Tank PC is great and all.

Being a Cute Little Girl Tank PC is even better.

But when your opponent can toss about any credible status at you AND defense piercing/lowering Overdrives at you... that just isn't peachy.

With that said, Rikku overcomes an armored tank of a little girl and trudges forth to the next round.

Rikku: 32
Cecile: 23

Kanos
Rikku is an incredibly fast, incredibly puny physical fighter with support magic and the dangerous but virtually one-use Mix. Cecile is a competent physical fighter with enough defense to shrug off virtually any physical attack in Suikoden 3. As far as I'm concerned, Rikku could get three turns to every one of Cecile's and Cecile would still stomp her into the floor by simple virtue of not getting hurt.