With the blessing of Agent I will now start with a rumble dedicated to Final Fantasy VI (in US-version Final Fantasy III, heh).
Due to the fact the topic music is already in a few rumbles ongoing, I thought I would start out with something little easier to overview, and chose as first topic Espers, the summons of FFVI.
My first attempt of rumbling will include 24 competitors out of the 27 Espers.
I removed Bahamut and Unicorn completely, seeing as Bahamut is fanboyed at and Unicorn is only a bit different to Kirin and Seraphim. The third removal is fusing Odin and Raiden into one entry, seeing as their attacks are pretty much the same and Raiden replaces Odin.
I will let the Espers fight in 3 brackets, and in the final round the three bracket winners will fight in a "free for all" round to find out whom of the three is the winner.
After this rumble we can think of another one. ^^

Oh, a few important informations:
1.) The encounters in the first rounds are determined randomly.
2.) Please set your vote in bold, so I can see it.
3.) I will update every 3-4 days.

Winners of Past Rumbles:
Espers
1. Maduin
2. Phoenix
3. Alexander

Locations
1. Opera House
2. Phantom Train

Bosses
1. Kefka
2. Ultros

Music
1. Terra's Theme
2. Cyan's Theme

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Alright, enough rambling... let's get this started with the first round!

Bracket 1 - Fight 1

Kirin, the Chinese "unicorn". He casts Regen on all party members and teaches a few good spells, such as Cure 2 and Scan. In China, Kirins are said to bring luck. Maybe that luck will help him to win this round!

vs.

Tritoch, one of the strongest Espers you recieve in this game. He attacks with the Tri-Dazer, an attack of all three elements, and teaches the user the strongest elemental spells in the game: Fire 3, Ice 3 and Bolt 3.

My vote goes to Tritoch, simply because he looks beautiful and his power is way stronger than Kirin ever could dream of.

I was going to do this, but I did Phoenix Wright, instead~

Kirin. Shout out to my white mages!

Tritoch


Also, nice work on starting this. :)

Thanks to Kneg for letting me know about this!

I'm going to have to go with Tritoch as well. I remember how excited I was when I first got him and saw the spells I could learn. :)

Glad we got this going. I'm going Kirin. I think it was one of the few summons from this game I actually used sometimes, plus I liked the spells that it taught.

I always try to use Regen the most in FF games, so Kirin


Good luck with the rumble Skunk!

Tritoch I was so happy to get the lvl 3 black magics

Kirin

Oh, I'm glad this seems to be working so fine. ^-^
Thanks to Kneg for advertising a bit, as well. =D
And already the first battle seems to be a close one... Oh well, we'll see soon, how it turns out~ <3

Tritoch ftw!~

Tritoch. It's a PITA to take on, but you can't dismiss the strength of Thundaga/Lit3

Well, let's put this to an end!

Kirin - 4

Tritoch - 7

After the head to head race Tritoch reserved the victory for this round and therefore proceeds! So, let's take a look at the first bracket 2 fight. =)

Bracket 2 - Fight 1

Ramuh, one of the regulars in the pantheon of summons in Final Fantasy. This old wise man is the king of thunder, summoning the attack Bolt Fist. He also teaches the lower two Bolt-spells and Poison (however he got to that).

vs.

Seraphim, the beautiful angel. She casts Reviver, an HP recovery for all party members, and teaches useful White Magic, such as Life, Remedy and Cure 2.

FIGHT!!

My vote goes to Seraphim, because her healing spells saved me a lot, and her summon skill is far more useful than Ramuh's thunder attack.

No problem, Ndi ^_^

Thank you for running this, Skunk!

Seraphim. See above stated reason.

Even though I like Ramuh a lot more than Seraphim, I am going to have to go with Seraphim because the healing magic she taught saved my ass more times than I can count.

Seraphim

Yeah, Seraphim. Ramuh is cool, but this game's Ramuh didn't stand out for me.

Seraphim

Seraphim. I agree with Agent that Ramuh's been better in other games.

Seraphim.

A FF VI rumble !_! grand!

Ramuh. I don't recall using Seraphim a lot, probably 'cause I got better curing magic by the time I got her.

Ramuh

Classic.

Oh well... I think we can put this to an end.

Ramuh - 3
Seraphim - 8

Clear victory for our angel, so she will move on to the next round! Allow me to use sprites for the Espers now, making it maybe a bit easier to pick.

Bracket 3 - Fight 1

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Siren, the beautiful singer. In FF6, Siren casts Sleep on all enemies and hands several status changing spells such as Sleep (who would've guessed!), Mute and Slow, as well as Fire 1 (whyever she as a water creature has this...).

vs.

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Alexander, who made his debut as summon in this game. He casts Justice on the enemies, which does heavy Holy damage, and teaches very useful spells such as Safe, Shell and Dispel, but also he's the only one to be able to give you the Black Magic called "Pearl", the only Black Magic which does Holy damage - and has a beautiful animation, too!

My vote in this round goes to Alexander, because his spells simply are way better than Siren's - even though he doesn't give any Level Up bonus.

Alexander not only because of the spells but also Alexander has a bigger badass factor

Alexander

Alexander

...wasn't Siren naked before???

Neither, but Alexander, I suppose.

Alexander

Alexander

Siren

Siren

Alexander

Alexander

...wasn't Siren naked before???

Same vote, and she is naked in the Japanese version of the game, but has an interesting blue bathing suit bottom on in the American version.

Alexander

Although I rarely summon espers in FFVI tho.

Although I rarely summon espers in FFVI tho.

I think you're not the only one. ^^
And I think we can start a new round... Let's see
Alexander - 10
Siren - 2

That's a pretty clear result. The machine of holy doom goes on and our poor Siren drowns in her own ocean. On to the next round!

Bracket 1, Fight 2

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Maduin, the father of the main character of FF6, Terra. He teaches Fire 2, Ice 2 and Bolt 2, and his attack Chaos Wing is one of the little summon attacks that do damage with no elemental alignment. He also adds to Magic Power as Level Bonus.

vs.

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Crusaders, the prototype to the Knights of the Round in FF7. They teach the powerful spells Meteor and Merton and add +50% MP as Level Bonus. Their Summon attack Purifier is a massive Fire attack and one of the most powerful attacks in the game with the whopping cost of 96 MP.

My vote goes to Maduin. Althoug he is not as powerful, he is important for the story and one of the couple of Espers which you actually get to know personality-wise... and I think he is a very lovable guy.

Maduin, by all the miles from here to Andromeda.

He is actually part of the story and not some pointless over-powered summon you get right at the end.

Maduin, cuz SPOILER.

Oh, you've already said it :o

Bad draw for Crusaders. Another vote for Maduin.

Maduin

Story is way more important than an overpowered summon any day

Maduin
horny bastard, LOLz

Maduin

Maduin Branford~

Maduin Branford~

May the name live on. My vote goes to Maduin also, as Terra is clearly the greatest playable character in the game.

Maduin may be less powerful, but Crusaders' summon hurts the party.
I vote Maduin.

I'll go with the flow and vote Maduin.

Maduin

Heh, that sure is a interesting outcome...
Maduin - lots (13)
Crusaders - 0

That leads Maduin to the next round and the crusade has ended.

Bracket 2, Fight 2

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Phantom, the spooky green ectoplasma mummy. He teaches Demi, Berserk and Vanish, adds +10% MP as Level Bonus. His summon skill "Fader" casts Vanish on all party members.

vs.

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Starlet, the beautiful goddess (?) of stars. She teaches all 3 Cures, Regen and Remedy, adds Stamina as Level Bonus and her summon skill with the very stylish name "Group Hug" cures all party members' HP.

To me, the choice is extremely hard. Starlet has more style, but without Phantom I wouldn't have made it through the Magi Tower... I'll pass this round.

Starlet. White Mage Gloty.

Phantom -- Vanish was one of the more useful status effects.

Starlet. White Mage Gloty.

Starlet The White magic given is too important

Phantom

Starlet

Phantom

Starlet. White Mage Gloty.

Phantom, for sure. Vanish is one part of one of the most potent attack strategy of them all (the other part being Doom).

Starlet, the White Magic given is more powerful, and I'd prefer healing over some status effect that causes magic to be used anytime.

Starlet

Starlet.

Phantom

Starlet

I finally decided myself and now revamp my vote to Phantom. Now...

Time to end this round already!
Phantom - 6
Starlet - 10

Even with adding my vote, it doesn't change the fact Phantom loses this round. He probably can expect. a comforting hug from Starlet, who will proceed to the next round!

Bracket 3, Battle 2!

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Bismark, the lord of the sea in Final Fantasy 6, who was named after the German battleship. This gigantic whale was the only magic way to deal water damage to an enemy with his attack "Sea Song". He adds Strength as Level Bonus, teaches Fire, Bolt and Ice in insanely speed, and also Life.

vs.

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Shoat, the ... swine. He joins along with his opponent and casts with his "Demon Eye" Break on all enemies. He teaches this spell, along with Bio and Doom, and adds +10% HP as a Level Bonus.

Well... I don't like both of them, but Bismark simply looks cooler. Duh. :<

Bismark

Bismark

like Skunk, I will go for Bismark purely for aesthetic reasons~

like Skunk, I will go for Bismark purely for aesthetic reasons~

Ahaha... Love that line. <3

Bismark

Bismark, I guess.

I do not remember either of these but one of them is a giant whale thing so Bismark

Neither were really great but I agree with everyone else that Bismark is the better of the 2.

Bismark. 8)

Bismark

Although it's rather soon to end this fight, I doubt Shoat will get any chance to survive this battle and therefore he drowns in Bismark's wave, who swims at high speed into the next round. Here the results:
Bismark - 12
Shoat - 0

Bracket 1, Battle 3

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Shiva, one of the oldest classics in the series. She is the queen of ice and her attack "Gem Dust" does ice damage to all enemies. She teaches Ice, Ice 2, Osmose, Rasp and Cure, but gives no Level Bonus.

vs.

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Golem, the artificial Esper, who can be purchased at the auction in Jidoor. His summon skill "Earth Wall" casts Safe on all party members. He teaches Safe, Stop and Cure 2, and adds Stamina as Level Bonus.

I'll go with Shiva, because this is one of her coolest incarnations in the series and she was way more useful to me than Golem.

If you will excuse the pun but I have always found Shiva to be cool

Shiva

Shiva

Shiva

Shiva

Shiva

Shiva

Shiva

Shiva because Golem just really did nothing for me in the trouser arousal department.

I think we can put this to an end.

Shiva - 11
Golem - 0

This means a freezing... eh... stunning flawless victory for our beloved ice goddess with the name of a male Hinduistic god. =>
Slowly the opponents of the next round crystallize themselves out, but we still have five battles to go until we have the next round.

So, here is
Bracket 2, Fight 3

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Phoenix, the burning bird raising from the ashes. His summon skill "Rebirth" casts Life on all party members. He teaches all 3 Life spells, Cure 3 and Fire 3, but gives no Level Bonus.

vs.

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Stray, the homeless cat. His "Cat Rain" casts Muddle on all enemies. This and the spells Imp and Float are the magic you can obtain from using him as Esper. He also add Magic Power as Level Bonus.

I personally will postpone my vote, if I should take one.

Phoenix

Phoenix

Phoenix

Phoenix

Phoenix

Phoenix

I fear there is another drubbing in the offing!

Phoenix

Phoenix hands down

I fear there is another drubbing in the offing!

It is indeed rather obvious. However, I've decided and chose Stray, because he's eeee so cute!

Phoenix is too useful not to vote for ; ;

Phoenix

Hmm, well... I guess this was quite a one-sided round now. However, I'm very very curious about the next round! It will be an interesting battle. But right now, let's have the results of this round:

Phoenix - 10
Stray - 1

This means the poor Stray is burned down by Phoenix who proceeds into the next round. Funny how only White Magic-Espers go through Bracket 2. ^^

Bracket 3, Battle 3


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Palidor, the rainbow coloured bird. His summon skill "Sonic Dive" picks up all party members to let them Jump attack like dragoons do in other Final Fantasy games. He has no Level Bonus, however teaches very powerful status magic, specifically said: Haste, Haste 2, Slow, Slow 2 and Float.

vs.

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Terrato, the snake of earth. It's summon skill "Earth Aura" does Earth based damage on all enemies. While giving +30% HP as Level Bonus, he teaches the only Earth and Wind spells in the game, Quake and Whirlwind, as well as the all loved Quarter, which leaves only 25% (in other words: a Quarter) of the targetted enemy's HP.

Once again I will postpone my vote, as both are highly useful Espers with highly useful spells. =>

Palidor

Terrato

Palidor

Palidor

Palidor

I'll gonna go with the underdog-vote this time, and take Terrato. Simply because I like element variety over �ber-spells on the status side. =>

Edit: Also, where are my other regular voters? =o

???
I thought i voted this round???
sorry about that.... I choose Terrato

Terrato

Palidor

Palidor for the pretty~

Palidor

End of this round!

Palidor - 7
Terrato - 4

Looks like Palidor casted Slow on Terrato. Too bad for my favourite snakey. ;-;

Bracket 1, Round 4

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Ifrit, the Lord of Fire. With his "Inferno" he does Fire damage to all enemies and teaches the spells Fire, Fire 2 and Drain. He also adds to Strength as Level Bonus.

vs.

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Fenrir, the Norse wolf. He uses as special skill "Moon Song", which casts a spell onto the whole party to boost up their evade percentages. He adds +30% MP as Level Bonus while giving you the spells X-Zone, Warp and Stop.

My vote goes definitely to Fenrir, cause useful and FFVI-Ifrit is crappy. =<

Are you kidding me ;_;; These two had to be up against each other :sad:

I adore them both, I can't choose :(

Abstain

Well, I know which one I prefer: Fenrir.

Are you kidding me ;_;; These two had to be up against each other :sad:

Sorry, but the dices decided it... ;-;

Ifrit

Ifrit

Ifrit and you know thiss... man!

Well, I can see that I am catching this one a bit late, but Fenrir because Phantom's 'Inviz' combines with 'X-zone' the best and has saved my rear on many occasion. ;p

Fenrir

I like Ifrit in general, but Fenrir is great in VI. Sad that one has to go out so soon, though!

Ifrit

Ifrit

Ifrit

Ifrit

Hmm, seems like Fenrir is not liked that much... =(

Ifrit - 7
Fenrir - 5

Ifrit wins this round... poor puppy. Next round has probably two of the biggest oddball summons in FFVI.

Bracket 2, Fight 4

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Ragnarok, the, uhm... sword. It's kind of a secret summon, and its skill "Metamorphosis" attempts to turn an enemy into an item. It adds no level bonus, and the only spell it teaches is Ultima.

vs.

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Zoneseek, the, uhm... I can't even define what it is! It's gotten in Jidoor's auction just like Golem and its summon skill "Wall" casts a stronger version of "Shell" on all party members. It adds to Magic Power as level bonus and teaches Shell, Osmose and Rasp.

This is probably one of the strangest rounds... However, I'll go with Zoneseek, simply because Osmose was more useful to me than Ultima (MagiTower anyone?).

Ragnarok--the only Ultima worthy of the name, imo~

Ragnarok

Ragnarok

I'm jumping on this wagon early and going with Ragnarok.

Same, Ragnarok

Ragnarok

Zoneseek

Zoneseek

I'd like to vote for neither as I don't care for them both, but Ragnarok I guess. At least you could learn Ultima.

Ragnarok

Seems like Ragnarok is going to proceed to the next round, which leaves us only one battle to go in this round.

Ragnarok - 8
Zoneseek - 3

Bracket 3, Fight 4

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Odin and Raiden, the two legendary knights. As said in the intro of this thread, I put them together because Raiden takes Odin's place after obtaining him and their attacks, Odin's "Atom Edge" and Raiden's "Turf Edge" both do the same: attempt to destroy all enemies. Odin however teaches Meteor and adds to Agility as Level Bonus, while his replacement Raiden adds to Strength and teaches the spell Quick.

vs.

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Carbuncle, the small little fuzzie with the gem in its head. It's a regular and its summon skill "Ruby Power" casts Reflect on all party members. Although no Level Bonus, it teaches an immense list of spells: Reflect, Haste, Shell, Safe and Warp.

I myself do the sympathy vote, so it goes to Carbuncle

Indifferent to both, but Odin and Raiden

Carbuncle

Carbuncle

Odin/Raiden --- no love for Carbuncle whatsoever here.

Carbuncle, cuz Odin lulz.

Carbuncle I never found Quick all that useful and I felt having to lose another spell to get it was lame.

Odin and Raiden

Never liked Carbunkle.

Odin and Raiden

Carbuncle for the cute ^^

Carbuncle

Lessee how this round ends.

Odin & Raiden - 5
Carbuncle - 7

Close victory for the cute green fluffy. He beats the team of the two uberknights and proceeds to the next round. This means ROUND 1 is OVER!
This means that the quarter-finals already start.

And with that, let's start it already.

Round 2 START!

Bracket 1, Fight 5

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Tritoch, one of the strongest Espers you recieve in this game. He attacks with the Tri-Dazer, an attack of all three elements, and teaches the user the strongest elemental spells in the game: Fire 3, Ice 3 and Bolt 3. Also he adds to Magic Power as Level Bonus!

vs.

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b169/YenoHyena/ff6/maduin.gif
Maduin, the father of the main character of FF6, Terra. He teaches Fire 2, Ice 2 and Bolt 2, and his attack Chaos Wing is one of the little summon attacks that do damage with no elemental alignment. He also adds to Magic Power as Level Bonus.

I'm gonna stick with Maduin for the sexy. <3

Maduin

Tritoch, but I was conflicted

Maduin

Maduin

votin' for Mr. Branford, of course!

Maduin

Tritoch

Maduin

Maduin

Maduin

Maduin, for obvious reasons once again.

I think I can end this battle by now. Let's see the scoreboard.

Tritoch - 2
Maduin - 11

Despite Tritoch got some love (unlike Crusader in Round 1), Maduin takes the victory of this round and proceeds. The next round will be very interesting!

Round 2, Fight 5

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Seraphim, the beautiful angel. She casts "Reviver", an HP recovery for all party members, and teaches useful White Magic, such as Life, Remedy and Cure 2, and has no Level Bonus.

vs.

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b169/YenoHyena/ff6/starlet.gif
Starlet, the beautiful goddess (?) of stars. She teaches all 3 Cures, Regen and Remedy, adds Stamina as Level Bonus and her summon skill with the very stylish name "Group Hug" cures all party members' HP.

For me, I will postpone my vote.

Starlet

Starlet, I suppose.

Seraphim

Starlet

Seraphim

Seraphim

Hmm, given that I have no particular dog in the fight, I'm gonna have to vote based on pure merit, and Starlet seems to just be way more powerful and awesome.

Group Hug makes me think of Care Bears -.-

Starlet then.

Makes me wonder why the 4 in my party just can't stare that phantom that attacked the picture into oblivion in the Owzer's house subquest.

Seraphim

Starlet FTW!

Starlet

As I will do no vote, the outcome is like this:
Seraphim - 5
Starlet - 7

Meaning poor angel is being dumped and Starlet moves on!

Bracket 3, Fight 5

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Alexander, who made his debut as summon in this game. He casts "Justice" on the enemies, which does heavy Holy damage, and teaches very useful spells such as Safe, Shell and Dispel, but also he's the only one to be able to give you the Black Magic called "Pearl", the only Black Magic which does Holy damage - and it has a beautiful animation, too!

vs.

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Bismark, the lord of the sea in Final Fantasy 6, who was named after the German battleship. This gigantic whale was the only magic way to deal water damage to an enemy with his attack "Sea Song". He adds Strength as Level Bonus, teaches Fire, Bolt and Ice in insanely speed, and also Life.

Alexander

Alexander

Funny, I thought Pearl was white magic. I don't recall magic being classed into "Black" and "White" categories specifically in this game, though. I'm going for Alexander also, though it's actually a close call. I almost voted for Bismark.

Alexander

Bismark

Funny, I thought Pearl was white magic. I don't recall magic being classed into "Black" and "White" categories specifically in this game, though. I'm going for Alexander also, though it's actually a close call. I almost voted for Bismark.

Well, they had those cute little balls in white, black and grey (for the status changing magic), and Pearl has a black ball, so I can only assume it to be Black Magic.

It's very wierd. In the GBA version, Pearl has been renamed Holy. I can't remember the ball color tho- need to check. It'd be a hoot if Holy is black magic tho. I'd just vote Bismarck, as it is very useful early on in the game.

Bismark, to spite Alexander

Bismark, to spite Alexander

Alexander!

Alexander
Holy magic FTW!

Alexander

Counting my own Anti-Alexander-vote for Bismark, despite it won't help him much, the results are:
Alexander - 8
Bismark - 5

At least the big whale got some love.

Oohhh... the next round is... interesting. Heheh. I'll be curious about the outcome.

Bracket 1, Fight 6

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Shiva, one of the oldest classics in the series. She is the queen of ice and her attack "Gem Dust" does ice damage to all enemies. She teaches Ice, Ice 2, Osmose, Rasp and Cure, but gives no Level Bonus.

vs.

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b169/YenoHyena/ff6/ifrit.gif
Ifrit, the Lord of Fire. With his "Inferno" he does Fire damage to all enemies and teaches the spells Fire, Fire 2 and Drain. He also adds to Strength as Level Bonus.

Also, postponing my vote if I'll do.

Now this is a round!

Ifrit, I Choose You!

Shiva, to keep things exciting~

Crap this is going to be an extremely tough choice. After some careful thinking I am going to have to go with Ifrit

Shiva because I appreciate the partial nudity.:naughty:

Shiva because I appreciate the partial nudity.:naughty:

If I recall correctly, isnt Ifrit partially nude as well?

Shiva

Shiva

Shiva

Ifrit -- some weak partial nudity isn't enough to get me to care about Shiva over the otherwise generally much more interesting Ifrit.

Ouch.

Shiva, by way of coin flip.

Shiva. because.... I don't know why, I just like Shiva better.

Counting my vote, which goes to Ifrit, the result looks like this:
Shiva - 7
Ifrit - 5

Once again a close call... seems like more people like to see a bit of blue pixelly skin more than demonic infernos. Too bad. Shiva proceeds to the semi-finals, and Bracket 1 is complete - now for...

Bracket 2, Fight 6

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Phoenix, the burning bird raising from the ashes. His summon skill "Rebirth" casts Life on all party members. He teaches all 3 Life spells, Cure 3 and Fire 3, but gives no Level Bonus.

vs.

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b169/YenoHyena/ff6/ragnarok.gif
Ragnarok, the, uhm... sword. It's kind of a secret summon, and its skill "Metamorphosis" attempts to turn an enemy into an item. It adds no level bonus, and the only spell it teaches is Ultima.

As awesome Ragnarok sounds, I'm going with Phoenix.

Phoenix

Phoenix

Phoenix

Phoenix -- I just as often as not took the sword instead of getting the esper Ragnarok.

Phoenix

Phoenix!

Hahaha... looks like it's going to be a rather one-sided round... you want me to end it early?

Phoenix

Phoenix

Phoenix

Okay, seems like this round officially is over now.

Phoenix - all
Ragnarok - none

Phoenix proceeds to the next round. Despite Ragnarok's triumphant victory over Zoneseek... Oh well!
The last battle for this round arrives now.

Bracket 3, Fight 6

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b169/YenoHyena/ff6/palidor.gif
Palidor, the rainbow coloured bird. His summon skill "Sonic Dive" picks up all party members to let them Jump attack like dragoons do in other Final Fantasy games. He has no Level Bonus, however teaches very powerful status magic, specifically said: Haste, Haste 2, Slow, Slow 2 and Float.

vs.

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b169/YenoHyena/ff6/carbunkl.gif
Carbuncle, the small little fuzzie with the gem in its head. It's a regular and its summon skill "Ruby Power" casts Reflect on all party members. Although no Level Bonus, it teaches an immense list of spells: Reflect, Haste, Shell, Safe and Warp.

I'll vote for Carbuncle, again.

Carbuncle

Palidor

Palidor

Carbuncle deserves nothing, just as before. And Jump is cool. Palidor

Palidor

Palidor

Palidor

Oh dear. ;-;

Palidor - 7
Carbuncle - 2

With that Palidor is the last participant to proceed into the semi-finals! Hooray.
Let's start away with them and look who's the first finalist of this rumble! The battle couldn't be more interesting...

Semi-Final, Bracket 1

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Maduin, the father of Terra. He made it to the semi-finals with his importance to the story, and killed off the overpowered summons Tritoch and Crusaders.

vs.

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Shiva, the ice goddess.In the first round she had the rather weak opponent Golem, but in the second round only the fact she is female (*rolls her eyes*) brought her to victory against the fire demon Ifrit.

Shiva

This was a though one

Maduin

I forgot my own vote, which is for Maduin.

Also Szczepan, your signature is awesome. <3

Maduin

Maduin

Maduin, easily. Shiva is a pretty face, nothing more.

Maduin

Maduin, easily~

Shiva

Maduin

Maduin, jesus this doesnt even bear thinking about.

Maduin - 10
Shiva - 2

Huge victory for Maduin who proceeds into the finals. Congratulations!

Semi-Finals, Bracket 2

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Starlet, the star goddess. She managed beat Phantom and her close relative Seraphim with her "Group Hug", will she manage to continue her flawless record?

vs.

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Phoenix, beating the rather weak Stray and Ragnarok,he made it to the Semi-Finals. Now it's his time to show that he's worthy of being here.

Phoenix

Phoenix.

Starlet

Starlet

I think Phoenix has the edge here for me.

Wow, up to now it's really exciting and even. I wonder who'll win... <3

Phoenix

Starlet

To "mix" it up a bit. :D

Pheonix.
Has story relevance and has life 3. How could it die?

Well, let's see here...
Starlet - 4
Phoenix - 5

Wow. That sure was close. I didn't cast my vote, as I want to keep it as tie joker.
That means Phoenix proceeds to the finals.

And now, the last battle before the finals!

Semi-Final, Bracket 3

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Alexander, the holy machine of doom. He beat two water-based espers, Siren and Bismark, rather easily. Will he make it to the finals now that he is up against something else?

vs.

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Palidor, the big bird of wind. He surprisingly made it to the semi-finals, defeating in Terrato and Carbuncle in the last 2 rounds. Will he be able to fly away from Alexander?

Alexander

Alexander