Archerous' R1M27 Delib

Quality

Are those ‘real’ dragon bones?! This place has everything! Including our latest brawl: Jyotsna Mathur, high-ranking gangster from the Dead City Haunts vs. Mrs. Mayura, local librarian of the Gallery of Wayward Reverie. Though the latter seemingly has home field advantage, the criminal mastermind still poses a serious threat. So, how do our combatants do?

Starting with Jyotsna, she first cloaks herself in fog, fit with a cover over her head for extra protection, her varman. Using the fog body defensively is a smart play, especially given that her opponent is capable of attacking at almost any angle. Best to limit those angles as best you can. From there, she moves into resource denial by smashing the exhibits to pieces, keeping Mayura from utilizing them to their fullest. For the same reasons as above, this is also a solid move.

Once Jyotsna has finished tearing the museum asunder, she readies herself to face her opponent in combat, using some fun tactics to deal with this deadly foe. She does this by taking advantage of Mayura’s powerful Stand. It’s going to hit her, so why not use that opportunity to strike at its vitals and chip away at its weak points. It’s a bold tactic, but given her ability to mitigate serious damage, either through the durability of the fog or by shifting her vitals around, its one that she can definitely pull off.

Overall, I’m going to give this strategy a 8 out of 10. I found it to be a deceptively simple plan of attack, but one that accomplishes a lot in a short amount of time. It offers many opportunities to deny her opponent resources at minimal cost to her safety. However, even then she isn’t completely safe, given how much she has to go through to beat the Stand itself. In a way, she evened the playing field as best she could, before having to sacrifice herself to beat such a scary opponent. Well done!

Moving onto Mrs. Mayura, she starts off aggressively by forming her scales into a knife, and immediately rebounding it towards Jyotsna’s face. If this hits, it will disable her supernatural senses for a time. Using this moment of distraction, she’ll use a Rebound Jump to rocket her towards the exhibits, while throwing another dagger at the chandelier above Jyotsna, forcing her to dodge or take the full brunt of the heavy object. This opening move sets the tone for the rest of the strategy, focusing on quick, overwhelming attacks to keep her attention where Mayura wants it. This is a particularly solid strategy when fighting someone made of smoke, as if left unchecked, she could overwhelm Mrs. Mayura just as easily.

Once in the museum proper, she makes use of the tighter space to more effectively ricochet and rebound her scale weapons, making sure to rebound herself to dodge any attacks. She also makes a point to create reflective surfaces around the map, setting up for further rebounds. With all this salt being spilled, Mayura hopes to overwhelm not only Jyotsna, but her supernatural senses as well, as her salt is considered a part of her Stand, thus will stand out to Jyotsna. These distractions will help her to either trap her floating head in a net, or to get more devastating attacks off on the gangster.

Finally, once she has Jyotsna where she wants her, Mayura uses all the reflective points and bouncy walls to throw a flurry of scale attacks at her, waiting for a single slip in her defenses, pelting her with projectiles while For Whom the Bell Tolls goes in for the final blow.

Ultimately, I’m going to give this strategy a 7 out of 10. I think the focus on rushing her opponent with projectiles, while using the museum’s cramped nature to limit her movement is a solid move against a dangerous, slippery opponent like Jyotsna.

Jojolity
As for Jojolities, I have little to say. Both parties took inspiration from the paranormal in their own ways. Mayura recounted the history and legends behind the artifacts in the museum, continuing her tour from the beginning. Jyotsna, however, embodied a version of the goddess Kali, leaving destruction in her wake. I believe they each served their narrative purposes, thus both teams get a 7 out of 10.