Finals\

GDT Finals
No one was ruled OOT. Fight proceeds as normal.
R1
PoB

Jarlaxle vs Batman
* Batman cannot use stealth
* Jarlaxle has CC, fireballs, lightning, darkness and teleport
* Jarlaxle will combo the above in character
* Displacement cloak
* Jarlaxle spams knives

Ace vs Azrael
* Azrael's durability sucks
* Ace's offense slaps
* Dodging doesn't help Azrael anyways
* Ace's teleportation can't be dealt with
* Ace can BFR and Azrael has no recourse when that happens

Hexis vs Shang Chi
* Hexis can pierce shang-chi
* Hexis can BFR SC
* Hexis blunt good
* Shang Chi's offense < Hexis' defense
* Reactions don't help on their own

Ame
Batman vs Jarlaxle
* Batman can one-tap.
* Batman's defense > Jarlaxle's Offense
* Batman's speed > Jarlaxle's speed
* Batman can use stealth
* Batman too stealthy even for X-ray
* Wand sucks
* Fireball might be a one time thing.
* Lightning is actively detrimental
* Batman has great anti-blinding mechanics
* Batman can get around blindness
* Batman can escape the Wall of Force
* Batman doesn't just use sight to determine where to hit versus displacement cloak
* Batman has multiple ways to render the knives useless

Azrael vs Ace
* Azrael's Offense > Ace's defense
* Azrael can take a few hits
* Azrael's speed > Ace's speed
* Azrael won't play the idiot ball, he's moving around. Catching is a last resort
* Baton doesn't work as PoB claims
* Edgeguarding doesn't work


Shang Chi vs Hexis
* Shang Chi has ways to get around Hexis' defenses
* Shang Chi won't get hit
* Shang fast, Hexis slow
* Shan Chi's reactions too good
* Why would Shang Chi stand around?
* Shang Chi speed good.
* Shang chi is more skilled

Judge's Notes: Ame makes a few good points when it comes to attacking PoB's initial statements. He is good in pointing out Jarlaxle's squishiness and his plethora of knowledge on Batman really shines when he digs up enough instances to serve as defense against Jarlaxle's bag of tools. That said... I think there are absolutely some bad with Ame's rebuttals. Equating reactions purely to one's ability to dodge is inaccurate, and a good deal of the scans presented (i.e sword through metal) sound better on paper, but when you see the actual scan being part of a jeep's windshield, it just falls short. PoB on the other hand begins pretty strong, and I think so far in the game, PoB has a lead.

R2
PoB
Jarlaxle vs Batman
* Wall of force should stop gas
* Batarangs have no listed speed
* Batman's defensive feats are only shown hitting places where he isn't exposed
* Jarlaxe's knives are extra sharp
* Jarlaxle gives no fucks about dark
* Jarlaxle gives no fucks about smokescreens
* Jarlaxle gives no fucks about flashbangs
* Batman's stealth might outright hurt him
* Jarlaxle would use the web which is effective
* Batman's light resistance seems to be activated
* Jarlaxle is silent in the darkness
* Jarlaxle abuses his wall to CC Batman to shit
* Knives fast
* Knives plenty

Ace vs Azrael
* Azrael's defensive feats shown sucks
* Azrael isn't long for this world if he's hit by ace
* Azrael defaults to blocking over dodging
* Teleport combo works

Hexis vs Shang Chi
* Nerve strikes Shang Chi uses aren't real nor are they used on people as durable as Hexis
* Shang Chi can't one tap, meaning Hexis will have way better methods at dodging them
* Shang Chi's defense is not as strong as presented
* Jeep scaling sucks
* Shang Chi's speed is super tenuous
* Hexis can negate Shang chi's redirection
* Hexis' knife is effectively homing and Shang Chi can't outrun it
* Shang Chi DOES stand around in character
* Shang Chi has no quantified speed to attack rate ratio

Ame
Batman v. Jarlaxle
* The Wall of Force argument that its NOT all encompassing and it can block the gas is contradictory
* Batrangs hit hard and can be spammed
* Batman has no exposed areas
* Sword won't do anything
* Stealth still works
* Batman can escape sticky situations
* Batman has great heat resistance
* Batman has light resistance that doesn't need an on/off button
* Batman has multiple ways to "see"
* Batman has meme senses
* Knives are only done to someone way slower than Batman

Azrael vs Ace
* Piercing good
* Azrael durable
* Azrael cuts good
* Azrael doesn't stand still if his opponents are coming from far away like this situation
* Azrael will be super aware of Ace's shennigans

Shang vs Hexis
* Nerve strikes good
* NW is familiar with these nerve strikes
* Shang fast, Hexis slow
* Jeep shit
* Shang fast
* Shang skilled

Final Thoughts: I am going to preface by saying the winner: PoB.

Ultimately when it comes down to Batman versus Jarlaxle, I think both contestants showcased strongly. Ame's knowledge of Batman really comes into play and that tangible when he is capable of finding feats from basically... everywhere. Ultimately however, I think PoB just edges him out. There is no one big thing which swings me toward PoB's side here but PoB nicely balanced the usefulness of Jarlaxle's rather vast kit, even though I think certain points were suspect like containing gas via a Wall of Force that explicitly had openings in the gap.

Ame I think cripples himself a bit more in the other matchups. Admitting a squishniess thing to Azrael was a bad move, and a consistent thing which I think Ame did rather wrong was equating reactions to meaning ability to dodge. An extreme example I will present to you all that someone with 1 nanosecond reaction speeds will NEVER dodge a peak human, only have an excellent view of a fist coming into their face. To actually explain dodge capability, you must be able to demonstrate the marriage of speed AND reactions. Ultimately a fight between two people of human speeds movement wise with 1 ms reactions and 0.5 ms reactions functionally have no advantages over one another. Overall, Azrael just didn't have advantages where it mattered, PoB dissected the offense, pointed out ways for Azrael to immediately lose and left Azrael without a good win condition.

Shang Chi I think is another clear cut loss for Ame. One of the biggest issues PoB was on is how the nerve strikes that exist in DC may or may not exist in Metaverse to begin with, which is probably huge to point out. Again, Ame wrecks himself by insisting that reaction speeds = ability to dodge, and this is where ironically, PoB having better movement speeds is what grants him the win. It boded ill for the speed argument on Ame's part when he had to resort to statements like "blur" and "catch a jaguar"  which if PoB had one more response, could have been utterly WRECKED as only travel speed feats.