Harpy & Mr. Trilobite vs Nemo & Riptide

[Steve]

Harpy and Mr. Trilobite vs Nemo and Riptide

Battlefield: Rebuilt Tokyo

[zillachary]

Hmm, Harpy and Mr. T(XD) have some good armor, Nemo is a friggen cocoon(a tough one, albeit), and Rip's got some badass weaponry(As well as Harpy).

Frankly, I'm stumped.

[tyrantisterror]

Hmm, guh, another toughie. The combined strength of Mr. Trillobite and Harpy could manage to defeat Riptide - Ripper's not good with piercing blows, and Harpy's got great big knives that he can use with brutal efficiency. Mr. T. would help by providing extra attacks and just being a distraction in general. Nemo's spacey, non-aggressive nature could very well make her a non-factor in this part of the fight: she's just as likely to "attack" Riptide (perhaps moreso, considering his abundant energy weapons), and might not attack at all, preferring to observe instead. Then the two kaiju could gang up on Nemo, though whether they win that match is up in the air - Nemo doesn't have many good attacks, but she's so resilient that she could just outlast her foes.

Riptide could also just take to the sky and try to take out Mr. T and Harpy from long range - neither are particularly good ranged fighters. Then again, Harpy could just as easily close the gap and continue his assault.

Tough call, but currently I'm in favor of Harpy and Mr. Trillobite (but just by a nose).

[avpvjp]

Not sure. Harpy seems to be the top guy in terms of melee combat, and Riptide holding the same position in ranged. Mr. T's armor'll probably hold up fine against most of Nemo and Riptide's attacks. Leaning towards Harpy and Mr. T due to durability and melee prowess.

[Phelan]

First, a sidenote: I'm glad y'all got the Mr. T reference I threw in with the Trilobite.

Now, back to the regularly scheduled monster fight.

Honestly, I'm not sure how to call this fight even though I made two of the monsters in it. Nemo's speciality is battlefield control, not offense but Riptide and Nemo remove Mr. Trilobite's primary weapon which is that organic acid.

Ironically, Mr. Trilobite is well equipped to lever throw Riptide's defenses; the spines he can launch could, concievable, pierce the outer armor and the caustic venom could eat through the inner plating but the fact Riptide flies puts Mr. Trilobite at a disadvantage given that he's so low slung and has trouble targeting tall things.

I'm none too sure how a match up between Harpy and Riptide could turn out -- I can see it going either way, really. And Nemo against anyone is a recipe for chaos.

What I imagine this'll come down to is Riptide vs each of the opponents individually since Nemo would probably keep one of them tied up and Riptide could take on the other.

But, really, I'm undecided on this.

[GREGOLE]

Well, Riptide is the major threat here. Nemo's apparently more support than anything.

Contrary to what the last FFKT would have you believe, I firmly believe the Harpy has a good shot against Riptide. Flight or not, Harpy can jump incredible heights and has an entire futuristic city to hide in.

Riptide will need to close in in order to be able to even find his opponents, which places him well into range. The Harpy will no doubt attack Riptide, leaving Mr. Trilobite to deal with Nemo, being that Riptide is the more obvious, more aggressive threat.

If the Harpy manages to grapple onto Riptide, the first thing he'll try to do is disable his flight-mechanisms and bring the battle down to his level. And those huge, pivoting blades are exactly what he needs to do it.

On the ground, Harpy has more of an advantage, being better designed for terrestrial combat.

I'm not really sure how well Harpy or Mr. T would fair against Nemo. Mr.T's spine-launchers are his best bet, it seems. They would have to really work together to be able to reach her.

It requires more discussion.

[GREGOLE]

Well, I voted Harpy and Mr. Trilobite, mainly because no one seems really willing to debate this and when good does nothing, evil triumphs..... or something like that. Well, when my opponents do nothing, my ego triumphs. I'll put it that way.

[avpvjp]

Goin' with Harpy and Mr.T here. Harpy's got good melee skills and Mr. T seems very durable from an aireal assault from Riptide.

[zillachary]

I vote Harpy and Mr. T.

[tyrantisterror]

Harpy and Mr. T - while I'm sure Nemo could theoretically provide a good fight, I don't see it having the motivation until too late, letting Mr. T and Harpy take the battle to Riptide pretty much unhassled until it's too late.

[Steve]

I guess I'll hop on the bandwagon and vote for Harpy and Mr. Trilobite as well.

[piebot]

Yeah, I can’t really think of anything to add to this discussion. I vote Harpy & Mr. Trilobite