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Gilgamesh (Final Fantasy V) |
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Ka-SHING! The king of status and multi-armed wonder of war has returned to the battlefield! Whether it's leaving his opponent a frail figure, charm, Toad, sleep, blind, mini, aging, gravity damage or pure level halving, Gilgamesh has the tools and the talent to inflict anything he chooses. And with his stellar durability, excellent speed and passable damage, even slugfests are hardly concerning to this noble warrior. Indeed, his multiple blades shall carve a swathe through any field he enters... and woe betide the fool who dares stand against the bearer of Excalipoor! |
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Ryu the Third is a man with a mission. He’s been chased down by thugs, almost killed by a Guardian seeking revenge for his people, was put to sleep for years, fought against a goddess, travelled across a continent, and fell in love. Not bad for a dragon kid, huh? He maintains control of the Kaiser Dragon of legend: all powerful, with the one hitch that it takes a round to morph into- his above average speed helps with that. His transformations also cost AP, but with skills like Bonebreak, in a duel it is fairly rare that it will come into play. He just has so many other various dragon options as well, far more than his dragon-boy predecessors do. He is one of the most feared PC fighters in the DL, and you can bet he’ll tear up another Godlike field if he is given the opportunity, too!
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T.G. Nevareh Ryu III vs. Gilgamesh? Wow. Just... wow. Gilgamesh, the famed multi-boss of Final Fantasy V, the magical reappearing reference, well-known in his own original game for showing up more often than the main villain and never accomplishing much, is facing off against Ryu III, slayer of a goddess and one of the most single-handedly powerful creatures in the DL. Gil can brag all he wants, but staying power has never been his forte. In one of the fights against him, he's beaten by a lone member of the almost-exclusively four-character team. He and despite the numerous times you face him (including a joke battle or two), he's never particularly difficult. Ryu, in the meantime, can pretty much single-handedly take down the final boss of his game. The people who happen to be with him are probably doing maybe a full quarter of the work. So, we have a boss who has previously lost to an individual member of an otherwise painfully inter-reliant usually-inseparable group of four (that individual member, more likely than not, lacking the balance of skills to be a credible threat) facing one of the most hilariously powerful player characters in a party-based RPG, who can take on even the toughest bosses in his own game single-handedly. ... Did I remember to mention the joke battle? There's a joke battle against Gilgamesh. Gilgamesh: 8 |
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