Archerous' R3M11 Delib

Quality

We have a monstrous battle ahead, with two combatants going head-to-head in a fairly straightforward brawl. Lucil Caravan from the Gallery of Wayward Reverie vs Steric Lou Faerin of PINDROP. With either opponent being an arm’s length away from taking the victory, it’s definitely a hard call to say who came out on top. Luckily, that’s not what we’re here to determine. How did they do?

Starting with Steric, he begins by observing his opponent diligently. He employs a more defensive, cautious strategy, taking advantage of the fact that Lucil will most likely need some set up before she begins her assault. Steric takes precautionary measures to limit her effectiveness in combat by destroying objects that he comes near, all the while keeping tabs on her whereabouts. It's a simple play, but a smart one all the same.

Once she does start her assault, Steric is prepared. He brightens his cloak to impair Lucil’s vision when she attacks from close quarters. He also makes an effort to use ‘hook spots’, like horns and protrusions to hook his khopesh onto, giving him the means to yank and pull her around during fights, further disorienting her. He also takes advantage of her tendency to avoid her left hand by targeting that weak spot, leading to an eventual amputation of that arm.

Overall, I’m going to give this strategy an 8! I think it offers a solid approach to an opponent who will be much quicker and harder to hit than you. It's a battle of attrition, and Steric has all the means to see it to the end. Well done!

Onto Lucil, she gets started straight away, crushing a rock into pebbles, swallowing said pebbles, and proceeding to crush any rock she sees into a pile of pebbles all throughout the beach. This move is not only pretty metal, but gives her the most amount of resources in the shortest window of time. Once she’s discarded everything that could slow her down, she proceeds to move towards her opponent, and doesn’t slow down once.

Lucil proceeds to use her prior setup to keep the pressure onto Steric at all times. Using a combination of dashes and full-body grappling, Lucil limits Sterics options for attack, while attacking with bites and slashes of her own to whittle down his defenses. When he does get a word in, she teleports to dodge, before teleporting once more to continue the assault. If he attempts to blind her, Lucil pushes that object away from them, limiting his own resources. Eventually, her attacks allow her to open a few wounds in the hunter, giving her an opportunity to slide a pebble into one of those wounds. This allows her unimpeded access to Steric, ending, funnily enough, in an amputation.

Overall, I’m going to give this strategy an 8! I think that it takes great advantage of Lucil’s disoriented state to just keep rushing her opponent, using instinct alone to take him on. It’s very efficient in what it sets out to do, and she executes it fantastically. Well done!

Jojolity

As for Jojolities, I’ll be brief. Both parties absolutely nailed their monstrous performances, each in their own, disturbing way. Lucil embodies her monstrous new form immediately, taking the role of the beast with uncanny ease. Eating rocks and using feral methods of attacks against her opponent really sold it! Steric’s is more of a slow build, but that makes it all the more fascinating to watch. A man slowly driven mad by his own desires is a classic trope for a reason, and by the time he stops seeing Lucil as human, (did he ever see her that way?), he reveals the sadistic, cold monster within. For Steric’s part, I’m giving his Jojolity an 8! Given Lucil’s unending dedication to the bit from start to finish, I’m going to give her Jojolity a 9! Well done, you two!