PoB vs Ken
Match 5
Round 1

PoB
* Stat establishment as to why Team PoB is good
* Smoke is bad
* Morel is bad
* Saito's sword is bad
* Saito's speed is bad
* Kokushibo is weak
Ken
* Kokushibo's regen makes him a chungus
* Kokushibo is fast too
* Kokushibo's attacks are hard to evade
* Saito is actually fast
* Saito is also actually durable too
* Smoke is actually good
* Batman won't commit full in, and will try a sneaky cheeky route that isn't conducive to winning
* Saito will hit Batman
* Shang Chi bullet timing is fake

Judge's Conclusion: PoB dropped so whatever, Ken wins. Here's my takes however.

I AGREE that the smoke is bad. I don't think Ken ever explained WHY Saito would remain functional within the smoke, and if he can't see, he can't fight. I think it might still be good for Morel, if bad for his team overall.

I AGREE that the sword is bad, but Ken seems to have proper feats suggesting Saito is still decently fast.

I AGREE Batman's in-character interactions are not hyper-optimal, even if there are plenty of feats where he is. This leaves it murky, but not completely deconstructed in my opinion.

I AGREE Azrael sucks.

While I do think Ken does have Morel shafting various members of his own team, I think he does slightly eek out the win here. I can buy that Saito isn't as good as he describes, but not unusably so as PoB seems to be implying. While PoB has solid picks in Batman and I think Ken's argument about the bullet timing feat being fake isn't right, Azrael seems way less useful overall. Batman and Shang Chi while being able to fight in total darkness doesn't cover for the illusions Ken brings up, and even though I think Ken's team also suffers, there's still one person that is fighting optimally on Team Ken, and Team Ken is still overall slightly better than Team PoB.

Ken wins anyways, but second judge's note. One response rounds are pretty fucking stupid.