Board Thread:News and Events/@comment-933831-20160118200918/@comment-27356798-20160119020310

I must agree with Jester on this one. Much more interesting than the last one, and much closer as well.

I could see Hibiscus having a disadvantage here. Mountains historically have been a pain in the butt for heavily armored soldiers, and Rome's Legions in particular. Despite that, his Metal lightening semblance lessens or negates this, and so...Gonna have to go with Hib and Perry for a few reasons.

1. More experience overall.

2. Muteness could cause a problem, especially considering that these OCs don't know each other. The few extra seconds of confusion can prove costly, a cost that this team can't afford to pay.

3. Grip semblance does allow extra mobility, but Perry's jumping ability rivals that advantage, and brings up some devastating combos.

4. Improvised combat style could be unpredictable...or not. Speaking from experience here, Learning as you fight is not a substitute for practice in the martial arts, unless you fight like EVERY day. (I know a guy who's a black belt in Karate. I've been in quite a few fights myself, and I would NOT give myself even odds of taking him out. The best chance I'd have would be to get in close and get him to the ground, but I KNOW what martial art he's experienced in). Learning to fight as you fight, you pick up an odd assortment of moves...BUT most of those moves are simple and easily predicted by a seasoned martial artist.

5. Not many of these characters can take hits. Due to Hibscus's tankiness, I'd give him a slight advantage here,

6. Gravmetal tag team. Since Hib can use his semblance to influence ANY metal within 10 meters, a team attack would be to combine that with Perry's gravity based semblance.

I'd wager that they'd 1 shot one of these two with a combined semblance attack. Considering that Akiba would WANT to get hit to activate his semblance...Well if he does get hit by that, he's gone. He can't take much hits as is, and that would be like getting hit by a meteor.

Overall, I'd give this round to Hib and Perry