Tournament 1 - Round 2 - Match 3 - Dracule Mihawk vs Dante10

[Vagrant Tom]

The Rules

1. Vote clearly on the victor. You must state a reason why you feel that team would win. Your vote is voided if: You don't have a reason stated, you have less than 100 posts (unless it is decided differently), and if you don't put I vote for: (Participant Name here) at the end of your post.

2. Only 1 vote allowed. If later you are persuaded by someone and choose to vote for the other person, then only that vote will count.

3. No filler abilities, none period.

4. No character hype, yes Zoro is fucking awesome, but please try and be serious and just go off their skills

5. Experience of fighting WITH or AGAINST character's are in play. (eg Baroque Works pairs, such as Mr 4 and Miss Merry Christmas will work well together) EXPERIENCE IS ONLY IN AFFECT FROM CHAPTER 500 AND BEFORE.

6. There is no prep time. But your characters have unlimited time before a match where they can discuss strategy and share knowledge etc. But no actions may be taken before a match.

7. The Incharacter Rule
Characters will do their best to follow a strategy. They will happily attack the enemy (even Sanji will kick a girl if she is the enemy). Characters have no fear (Ussop will not run away). When left with nothing to do and no guidelines, characters will behave incharacter as they would do in the manga.

8. If caught bribing for votes or cheating (making aliases), you will be disqualified from the tournament.

9. Logias are not intangible, they can be hurt by all normal attacks (eg, you don't need water to hurt Crocodile). Zombies character are also the same, they can be hurt with normall attacks, not just salt and fire.

10. A strategy cannot plan for things the characters have no knowledge of. For example, a team cannot plan for Don Kriegs poison if no one on that players team has knowledge of it.




Location: Banaro Island (http://www.onemanga.com/One_Piece/440/11/) - 300 metresTeams start at opposite ends of this high street (http://www.onemanga.com/One_Piece/441/04/), 300 metres appart. Teams may not leave the town.







Dante10
Team manslayer
Crocodile (http://forums.narutofan.com/showpost.php?p=16135092&postcount=3) - 30
Wiper (http://forums.narutofan.com/showpost.php?p=16135306&postcount=13)- 20
Captain Kuro (http://forums.narutofan.com/showpost.php?p=16152559&postcount=63)- 10
Alrong (http://forums.narutofan.com/showpost.php?p=16193519&postcount=81)- 10




Dracule Mihawk
Team Mihawk
Post El Zoro (http://forums.narutofan.com/showpost.php?p=16199145&postcount=85) - 40
Current Ussop (http://forums.narutofan.com/showpost.php?p=16264732&postcount=105) - 15
Foxy (http://forums.narutofan.com/showpost.php?p=16136675&postcount=38)- 15




Please wait for both strategies to go up before voting. Good luck both teams!

[Captain Apoo]

Distance is huge, which pretty much negates Noro but is Usopp's territory. However, Zoro isn't a threat from that far away at all and if Crocodile gets some sand japery going he will find it tough to be a threat at all.

[Dante10]

ok lets do this
Strategy
First thing i want to do is use Wiper as my sniper, he will jump to the roof of the nearest building and commence firing on mihawk's team with his Burn Bazooka. Crocodile will then use Desert Spada. if the other team tries to close the distance Crocodile will use sandstorm for cover and then use Desert Encierro to suck them dry. Wiper's reject dial also will come in handy in this situation. i dont see ussop's ranged attacks hurting Wiper or Crocodile. Arlong/Kuro are fodder in this battle there only puropse is to stop zoro from getting close to Wiper/Crocodile.

[Vagrant Tom]

Short, sweet and solid although perhaps a bit predictable.

[Dante10]

lol as always im predictable my team i dont have any melee fighters that can hang with any top tiers like zoro or luffy long range is my best bet

[Dracule Mihawk]

Knowledge- My team has complete knowledge of the other team except of Kuro who isn't really a threat in this fight. Their team has some knowledge of Zoro, barely any knowledge of Ussop (all he did was once try to distract Arlong, he didn't fight in the presence of any of the others). They also have no knowledge about Foxy at all.

Strategy-

One Question- Can Foxy's Noro Noro freeze the sand from Croc?



Ussop goes up and snipes. Ussop has the largest range on the field so he can use a SogeKing smoke star to blind Crocodile and Wiper from attacking. If they split up from Kuro and Arlong then those two will easily be sniped. Current Ussop is quite strong and firebird star and long distance sniping will take out both Kuro and Arlong right at the start. Zoro is too fast to be hit by Wiper so he will charge. If Croc attacks with his sand attacks Zoro should be able to dodge. After decreasing the distance, he will use a 108 pound cannon to knock out Croc first. Post EL Zoro is on a different speed level then all of my opponents. As the distance decreases Foxy will start firing his Noro Noro Beam which will distract my opponents. Since there is no reason to target Foxy first, Foxy will follow Zoro firing Noro Noro beams towards my opponents. There is no reason to dodge it and one connection will win me the match. Zoro will then keep attacking with 108 pound cannon's and without intangibility the 108 pound cannon will break through sand and Croc. Wiper will then be attacked last and Zoro will easily take him out 1-1.



Counter- Without intagibility Ussop can effect and distract Croc easily. Arlong and Kuro will be taken out of the match easily by Ussop from the start. The range of Ussop is higher than the range of Wiper. Will Desert Spada work on this island?

[Vagrant Tom]

This is the 24 hour warning so get your votes in.

[Kuya]

i wanna vote, but i gotta wait for Rebuttals

[Dracule Mihawk]

His strategy has no use for Arlong and Kuro so they are just fodder for Post EL Zoro or current Ussop. So it comes down to Croc and Wiper vs Zoro, Ussop and Foxy. They have no idea about Foxy's powers and they would have no idea what hit them when he fires a Noro Noro beam. It slows the opponent down for 15 seconds which is more than enough for Zoro to get close and cut them down. If a Noro Noro doesn't work, Zoro can easily use a 108 pound cannon to break through Croc's sand and his body. Current Ussop isn't that weak and he can easily distract Wiper for most of the fight with his superior range and accuracy.

[Shoddragon]

actually the noro noro beam freezes for 30 second if I remember correctly.

[StrawHat4Life]

Yes the Noro Noro beam freezes things for 30 seconds.:zaru

I vote for Dracule Mihawk.
Dante's strat is very limited in its scope. Kuro and Arlong will get demolished easily by Zoro. Noro Noro can freeze Wipers ranged attacks as well. Dante doesn't even account for Foxy in his strat. Zoro can beat a Croc with no intangibility.

[Doc. Q]

Mihawks range, power, and strat give him a huge advantage in my books.

I vote for him.

[Vagrant Tom]

Dante used too much fodder and thus is having a hard time against someone like Zoro. Similarly, his team don't know of the noro noro beam, which means they'll probably be caught, even if it is just once. That should be enough. Crocodile is good at a range and Wipers burn bazooka is good too. But I feel that there still isn't enough artilery here. Dante should have probably invested his 20 points that he spent on Arlong and Kuro somewhere else to get a better ranged team if that is the way he wanted to focus.

Vote Dracule Mihawk.

[Cyphon]

I am casting my vote for Dracule Mihawk.

Basically for the same reasons as everyone else. No knowledge of Foxy and a tough time handling Zoro will cost Dante this match.

[Cyphon]

Current Vote Count 5-0 In favor of Dracule Mihawk

Dracule Mihawk
Vagrant Tom
Doc Q
Cyphon25
Strawhat4Life
Mr. Chubz

Dante10

[MrChubz]

Vote Dracule Mihawk

Basiccly Besides Usopp, Mihawk's team Noro Noro's their way over then Zoro blasts the crap out of Croc wit a 108lb cannon. Then Wiper loses 3v1.

[Kuya]

The thing is tho, is Ussop and Wiper jump up on the roof at the same time. And I think after a little while Wiper would kill Ussop since Wiper doesn't fuck around when he fights.

So on the ground you've got Croc Kuro and Arlong vs. Zoro and Foxy.

How much time is left for voting? Cuz I dunno who to vote for yet...

[Cyphon]

THIS MATCH IS CLOSED

DRACULE MIHAWK WINS BY A COUNT OF 5-0

[Dracule Mihawk]

The thing is tho, is Ussop and Wiper jump up on the roof at the same time. And I think after a little while Wiper would kill Ussop since Wiper doesn't fuck around when he fights.

So on the ground you've got Croc Kuro and Arlong vs. Zoro and Foxy.

How much time is left for voting? Cuz I dunno who to vote for yet...

Well, the distance is 300 meters which is quite large so it would be hard for Wiper to be that accurate. In the meantime Ussop will have quickly knocked out Kuro and Arlong. He can easily distract Wiper and make life harder for him.

The other team also has no knowledge of Noro Noro, and a 108 pound cannon from Zoro at a distance would rip through anything and is to large for anyone except maybe Croc to dodge. Then Croc would be open for a Noro Noro and the match would be over.