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Now before you bring it up again, Accelerator VS Kurumi works in spite of the weak connections, as the animation potential is at least good. This on the other hand, the animation potential is garbage, nothing in their arsenals work with each other at all remotely well. Harley's acrobatics and Mileena's more ninja like movement just don't mesh well with each other in the slightest. And that's before you factor in one key detail, Harley shitstomps Mileena into paste, again I'm not saying "stomp = bad" but when every other aspect of the matchup fails so badly, I can't just ignore it and pretend that it wouldn't be fun, because it wouldn't. And since this is relevant, why would you do this over Mileena VS Juri, because "We'Ve HaD tOo MaNy StReEt FiGtHeR Vs MoRtAl KoMbAt EpIsOdEs!" I said this back at Akuma VS Garou, and I'll say it again, we've only had '''FOUR''' SF VS MK episodes, what's a little harm in doing some more. Characters like Noob are exempt from this since he doesn't have an Street Fighter counterpart, which in term is why he's requested to fight Reaper so much, Mileena on the other hand, has no one that works as well as Juri does. So why not do it?
 
Now before you bring it up again, Accelerator VS Kurumi works in spite of the weak connections, as the animation potential is at least good. This on the other hand, the animation potential is garbage, nothing in their arsenals work with each other at all remotely well. Harley's acrobatics and Mileena's more ninja like movement just don't mesh well with each other in the slightest. And that's before you factor in one key detail, Harley shitstomps Mileena into paste, again I'm not saying "stomp = bad" but when every other aspect of the matchup fails so badly, I can't just ignore it and pretend that it wouldn't be fun, because it wouldn't. And since this is relevant, why would you do this over Mileena VS Juri, because "We'Ve HaD tOo MaNy StReEt FiGtHeR Vs MoRtAl KoMbAt EpIsOdEs!" I said this back at Akuma VS Garou, and I'll say it again, we've only had '''FOUR''' SF VS MK episodes, what's a little harm in doing some more. Characters like Noob are exempt from this since he doesn't have an Street Fighter counterpart, which in term is why he's requested to fight Reaper so much, Mileena on the other hand, has no one that works as well as Juri does. So why not do it?
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And as for alternatives, Mileena already has the perfect opponent, and that's Juri Han, connections are great, there's actually good animation potential, the banter would be glorious, and while Juri shit stomps Mileena, it'd still be a more entertaining fight then whatever Harley brings to the table. As for Harley, there's Juliet Starling from Lollipop Chainsaw, connections are amazing, animation potential is wonderful, the banter would be golden, music potential is through the roof, since Lollipop Chainsaw has such a good soundtrack, and it's the closest out of Harley's matchups, why not do it?
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All in all, a matchup that seems passible on paper, but fails miserably in execution, and is better off as a DBX. Okay, now that I've had fun tearing this garbage a new one, I wonder what's ne- ''sees what's next'' Two same series matchups back to back featuring a comic book character huh? Hoo boy.
   
 
== Number 16 ==
 
== Number 16 ==

Revision as of 13:10, 12 April 2021

Now, I know what you may be thinking, "Throw, why are you doing this?" Well, two reasons, one, I've been wanting to redo this for a while, and two, like with Splat, I wanted to end my talk about matchups on a more positive note, and three, I really need to get this out before I burst with anger and get blocked. So, gonna be following the same rules as Pit's blog for this:

1). This blog will use TNs made by other users. Credit will be given when applicable.

2). Like with the last two blogs, this will only be going over why I dislike them because talking about the connections, and my preferences for animation potential, music, and all that jazz for something I don't even want in the first place makes about as much sense as picking my favourite flavour of poison.

3). Do not- I repeat- DO NOT mix "least wanted" up with "worst". Yes, I dislike most of the entries on here with a burning passion but this is a list of matchups I personally do not want to see, not the absolute worst ones in existence. Some of these are on here for reasons beyond their quality and frankly, listing "the worst" matchups is... well, impossible. It's too easy to just name the most random idea possible and slap it on this list without any thought or care despite it having no fanfare or hype. While they may vary, these are all ideas I've seen tossed around at one point or another.

4). I don't plan on pulling any punches when writing this. Some of these entries I will likely have some very choice words for. If you like any of the matchups on here then this will be the one and only time I say... great! You can find enjoyment in something I can't and I can't take that away from you. We'll never all have opinions that completely line up one-to-one and I would like to hear exactly why it is that you like these matchups while I don't. Keep that in mind because while my points are all exactly how I feel, for sake of both emphasis and entertainment, I will more than likely get rather... hyperbolic about some of these.

5). No rematches, remasters or remakes... consider yourself lucky Ben vs Hal 2.

With that out of the way, we can get onto these, and looking at what I have planned, I'm dreading this, so, without further ado, let's get this over with.

Number 25: Piccolo VS Martian Manhunter (Dragon Ball VS DC)

Piccolo vs Martian Manhunter-Alien Defenders ver2

TN by Crago Rising

This is gonna be fun.

Much like with Greek's least wanted, the bottom 2 are one's I can't say I hate per say, but have more or less a neutral dislike towards them, starting off with... this. Hoo boy.

So, brief history lesson for those unaware, back when I first joined the wiki, I was, an ass to say the least, and one of the reasons I became well known as such an ass on here, is because of this matchup, now, to say it does have it's positives would be underselling it, as for one thing, the connections are pretty solid in all honesty, being green aliens from another planet that ran from their home, after said planet was soon destroyed before running to earth. Meeting another alien who came down to earth as well (Superman & Goku) Fighting against them as enemies before eventually becoming one of their greatest allies and friends. Playing an important role in their respective teams (Team Goku and the Justice League) And are known for their psychic abilities and mind reading. Furthermore, after becoming allies they have also fought alongside said friends against invaders of other planets (Raditz and other saiyans and the Imperium respectively).

So yeah, solid connections, and the potential for a DB X DC track would be nothing short of nut worthy, but that being said however, Piccolo VS Martian Manhunter, just never really did anything for me personally. And that's down to one key factor, the animation potential. It's not bad or anything, but it's kinda odd, while their powers would work well with each other, if the OMM is anything to go off of, and I'm sure it can be good, however, it kinda falls flat for me in some areas, mainly due to their fighting styles, and that, they don't really mesh all that well, while they don't mesh so poorly, like the other matchups on this list, that it just destroys the animation potential, but it just doesn't do anything for me personally. And then there's the reason I didn't want this at all back then, it was a huge stomp. Now, granted, this was back when I didn't know Vision VS Martian Manhunter was also a huge stomp, but it still matters since I can't bring myself to enjoy this, due to one reason, Piccolo has no way of winning... against the comic version, he yeets the DCAU MM but the comic one just sorta t-poses on him, again, not saying stomp = bad, but it just doesn't do anything special for me.

And now we get to alternatives, and... outside of Silver Surfer, who I find better, connections may be weaker, but I don't care, and the okay Sailor Mars, and the fine but nothing special, better off as a DBX Vision, Manhunter legit has no one, same for Piccolo, I guess the closest you could say is Super Skrull from Marvel, but then again, why would you that of Super Skrull VS Deoxys from Pokemon? Piccolo has it worse in this regard as his matchup spread just kinda... exists, Soma Cruz works thematically, and is kinda what I prefer, but Soma has better, cough Rozalin from Disgaea cough and Knuckles, who, if you know me, prefer to fight Tifa or Proto Man, I feel like they should either do this or not do Piccolo at all, since he lacks any good matchups.

All in all, while it's an objectively good matchup, I can't say I'd be too keen on it. And it's only gonna get worse from here.

Number 24: Loki VS Kefka (Marvel VS Final Fantasy)

Loki vs Kefka-Gods of Mischief ver3

TN by Cargo Rising

Now this is gonna get me shot for sure.

Now, like with Piccolo VS Martian Manhunter, I can't really say I hate this one, because on paper, it's really good, the connections are really solid (Mischievous and manipulative gods who act as a consistent thorn in the hero's side throughout their journeys), with how insane these two and they're powers are, could make for an extremely fun and chaotic animation, and given how flamboyant these two are, could make for some really fun banter between them, mainly on Kefka's side, so why is it on here you may ask? One word: Marx. Just Marx.

In case you didn't get the memo or didn't read my 200 most wanted blog, I vastly prefer Marx over Loki if Kefka ever came to DB, because while connections are weaker than Loki's, Marx makes up for it with an animation that's just a little less chaotic but just as chaotic, and if they gave Marx the ability to properly communicate with Kefka, then they could also have some really fun banter. But while I'll concede that this is good, it just, never did anything for me personally, while the animation would be good, I just feel like Marx would work better for Kefka, if not him, then why not Pidemon from Digimon? It's got all the makings of a good episode, and then some. Now, before you say "Throw, what about Marx VS Skull Kid?" Well, to be honest, I kinda prefer Skull Kid VS Nightmare, connections aren't as strong as Marx, but like before, it's got just as much animation potential and then some, plus Nightmare could use a return after how... poorly his fight with Guts has aged, and the same can be said about Guts, but that's off topic. Now I'm kinda left stumped on the animation potential, while it would be good, I feel like Marx would work just a bit better in my opinion, because it feels just a lot simpler, since comics are confusing. And then Loki stomps Kefka so hard it's not even funny, but that's not why it's on here, I'm not that petty, it's just a case of me having preferreds.

As for those preferreds, Marx and Ocean Master, sure, it may not have the strongest connections, Marx in particular, but they all have good qualities that make them stand out, mainly in the music department since a Kirby X Final Fantasy track would be nut-worthy.

All in all, while it's an objectively good matchup, it just falls flat for me due to finding their alternatives more interesting. And with that out of the way, we get onto the big stinkers.

Number 23: Naoto Shirogane VS Guido Mista (Persona VS JoJo's Bizarre Adventure)

Naoto Shirogane vs Guido Mista-Solving Pistol

TN by Cargo Rising

I'm sorry Greek, but you're welcome Cargo.

Now starting off the real stinkers on this list, we have a rivalry fight not even I'm willing to push for. Now granted, to it's credit, connections aren't half bad, that being blue-coloured gun wielders, that use a spirit-like being when engaging in combat, so yeah, not shit connections, and the music is good by no means since JoJo X Persona music is great, just listen to TGM's three JoJoSona tracks and you'll get what I mean, and the banter would be amazing, and the irony of Mista fighting a Persona 4 character and the Chibi Naoto joke would be expected yet still funny. However, compared to Joker VS Giorno, Josuke VS Yu, Kira VS Adachi, and Okuyasu VS Kanji/Ryuji, this is one JoJoSona fight I... don't wanna see, which is a shame since I do like JoJoSona.

And that problem lies in the animation potential, it's not the worst, as you'll be seeing matchups with worse animation potential than this, but again, while it isn't bad, I just don't see Yamato Sumeragi and Sex Pistols working all that well with each other, Naoto mostly relies on Dark and Light spells when it comes to how much she uses her Persona, while Mista, just shoots a bullet and Sex Pistols does the work for him, not saying it's bad, but the thing about most JoJoSona matchups, is that you need to make sure the Persona and Stand can work off each other well, The Hand at least works well with Take-Michazuki and Captain Kidd well enough to where it isn't an issue, but still. And also, Mista is on the weaker side of the Part 5 cast, and by weaker I mean, people who aren't Giorno with GER, so Naoto just, blitzes and oneshots him, again, not saying stomp=bad, but my point still stands.

And for the alternatives, for Naoto, there's Sion Eltnam Alisia from Melty Blood, connections are better, animation potential works because Naoto's Persona does work with Eltnum's claws, and while Naoto stomps there as well, at least we could get a fun and crazy animation out of it, and quick side note, I love how well it's been circulating, it may still be very unlikely right now, but maybe that new Melty Blood could help things by a lot, and for Mista, my personal preference is Chelsea from Akame Ga Kill!, connections are tight, animation potential is good, since Sex Pistols would work well with Geah Foundation, it's actually close, and outside of DIO VS Esdeath, you don't see a JoJo VS AGK fight in VS all that much, if not her, then why not Jigen from Lupin The III or Revolver Ocelot from Metal Gear, they both basically have the same positives as Mista VS Chelsea in my opinion.

Now, is it objectively the worst JoJoSona matchup? No, that's Morgana VS Iggy by a f**king landslide, but Greek and Pit tore into that one already so I didn't have anything else to add, but out of all JoJoSona matchups, I find both to be equally bad, but I find Naoto VS Mista slightly worse, which is a shame since I actually really do like both.

All in all, sometimes it's better to leave certain rivalry fights alone like this one. And it only gets worse from here.

Number 22: King Ghidorah VS Deathwing (Godzilla VS World Of Warcraft)

King Ghidorah vs Deathwing-Kings of Cataclysm

TN by Cargo Rising

*snores* I'm sorry, what was that? Oh yeah, number 22.

Starting off we have a matchup that I can only describe in one word, boring, and the usual, "I don't care" boring, more like the "This is so boring!" kind of boring. Starting off with the positives, the connections aren't actually terrible, no, their actually quite solid, same goes for the music potential, it's actually good, and it's pretty debatable, which is always a big plus, so why is it on here you may ask? Three words, it's so uninteresting.

Starting off, we have the animation potential, and it's safe to say, like with Naoto VS Mista, it's not terrible, but it just doesn't work, let's take a look at their abilities, Ghidorah has Gravity Beams, Durability, Supersonic, Flight, Hurricane Winds, Thunder Spark, Energy Shield, Light Barrier, Wing Lightning, Dome, and Meteorite, now let's look at Deathwing's abilities Pyrokinesis, Geokinesis, Invulnerability, Enormous strength, Enormous stamina, Enormous speed, Enormous endurance, Shapeshifting, Flight, and Intelligence, wow, these are two completely different power sets, again, not saying it's bad, but good lord their powers just wouldn't work off of each other well at all they just differ far too much from each other to even seem like it could work. And my whole question is, why would you do this over Deathwing VS Alduin, which just works so much better.

As for alternatives, as previously mentioned, I vastly prefer Alduin over Ghidorah because not only does it have better animation potential, not only is it just as close as this, but it actually works, and before you say "Throw, Alduin is too small! Deathwing stomps him!" You have that statement backwards my good sir, Alduin destroys Deathwing, because Elder Scrolls lore go brrr and as for Ghidorah, c'mon guys, Eternatus is right over there, great connections, god like animation and music potential, and depending on how you view Pokémon scaling, could be considered close or not. And besides, it's not like Ghidorah has anyone outside of him and Zetton, so why do this over them?

All in all, while it has it's positives, it's not enough to save it from being on here when Alduin just works better.

Also Gundam if you pull the "Alduin is too small" card I swear to god

Number 21: Gon VS Lucas (Hunter X Hunter VS Nintendo)

Lucas VS Gon (Universe)

TN by UniverseAwesome777

I made a TN for this and I didn't even need to make one. Good night.

Gon, oh poor sweet innocent Gon Freecss, you have to have one of the worst matchup spreads out of any character I've seen, worse than Goku even. Outside of Deku and the, passible but better off as a DBX material Yusuke, what other opponents do you have? Lucas shows up. Let me rephrase that, what other GOOD matchups do you have? To its credit, the connections are fine and the music potential is good. But that's it, because boy, if you thought the last four stunk, then we're getting into the real shit now.

Starting off, we have the animation potential, and right out the gate it's godawful, simply put, Gon's punches and Nen abilities would not work well at all with Lucas and his PSI powers, at all, it'd really just be Gon punching and throwing Ja-Jan-Ken's at Lucas while he swats them off with his telekinesis until Gon inevitably dies. And that's not all, no, there's another reason as to why this is on here, and that's one thing, people deadass think this is fair. I first heard about this through everyone's favorite BS machine, Grandbull, in case you don't know, he's a VS YouTuber who makes trailers, and while his trailers are actually really good, his research takes on the other hand. groans Where do I even start? He's said things like "Beerus beats Arceus because Arceus is low-multi" all without that meteor BS, "Rosalina and Waluigi don't scale to Mario and Luigi" ignoring the fact Mario has a very loose canon and they've shown to be on par with them, especially Waluigi, "Billy Butcher beats Stain because of Compound V" ignoring the fact that Stain's quirk could paralyze Butcher allowing him to still win, and this little gem he said on one of his livestreams "You can make an argument for Gon beating Lucas" he's also said that you can argue Madara beating Sephiroth on another one, which is a whole load of bs but that's not what I'm here to talk about.

Now, to whoever thinks this, how hard were you dropped on your head as a child? No seriously, how dumb are you? Lucas, is borderline universal to even multiversal, Gon, highballed, is mountain, and that's ignoring the highballs, Gon normally is city, meaning it's an even worse stomp, now before you say I'm contradicting myself by saying stomp = bad, this is one of the few exceptions where that's actually okay to say. And before you bring up adult Gon, he freaking dies one he uses it, and there's also the fact that Lucas has a passive hax that Gon has no counter too, so in short, Gon has absolutely ZERO ways of winning whatsoever. Meaning Lucas blitzes, oneshots, and can't be put down, so way to go Gon, you've sealed you're fate.

As for alternatives, I'm sorry, I want to see Gon on Death Battle as much as the next guy does, but outside of Deku and Yusuke, he has no one that works like they do, Deku as a DB and Yusuke as a DBX, meaning, and I really hate to say this, until further notice, Gon shouldn't be in Death Battle, until someone finds an opponent for him that isn't Deku, Yusuke, or this pile of garbage. And for Lucas, Sunny from OMORI is right over there, he has great connections, actually good animation potential, great music potential, and all that jazz, plus it saves Gon from getting godstomped.

All in all, a matchup that seems fine on paper, but fails horribly in execution in more ways than one. Oh and quick side note, these first five were just a warmup, tomorrow, we're getting into real bad matchup territory.

Number 20: Cyclops VS Black Manta (Marvel VS DC)

Nowwithlasers

TN by 1mavstone

This was gonna be lower, but I decided against it, but this is still pretty bad.

Okay, now we're getting into actual bad matchup territory, and while I like Marvel VS DC, there are times where I'm willing to branch out and try other franchises for two reasons, one, the Marvel character doesn't have a DC counterpart (Like with Kaine) and vice versa (Like with Cyborg), however, this is clearly scraping the bottom of the barrel when it comes to Marvel VS DC fights. And it shows. Now to it's credit, it's at least debatable compared to their other matchups (I love Cyclops VS Amon and Manta VS Killmonger as much as the next guy but jesus christ are they stomps) and the track would slap, but that's really all that this matchup has going in it's favor, everything else? Dogshit.

Let's start off with the one thing about a matchup that can make or break it, the connections, simply put, the connections are shit, it's just "Characters with laser vision from rivaling comic book companies" that's it. Amon at least has the whole peaceful protest turned violent revolutionist theme and same with Manta VS Killmonger, at least it has the "whole revenge on the man who killed my father thing" granted, it could be said about a lot of fictional character with a dead dad, but Manta and Killmonger at least try and overthrow the kingdoms their archenemies come from and almost succeed in doing so. Hell, they don't even have the same backstory, Cyclops was born as the son of an Air Force pilot with the X-Gene who was pushed out and later wanted to give mutants equality, Black Manta was a bloke who tried to call out for help to Aquaman but he got ignored before having to shank someone, they come from entirely different backgrounds, and that's not even getting into the worst part about this matchup, it's the animation potential.

Now before you all go and say that I like Accelerator VS Kurumi despite it having weak connections, the animation potential is awesome and more than makes up for the lackluster connections, and believe me, this isn't the last time I'm gonna bring up Accelerator VS Kurumi, because I'll be repeating this quite often. Now then, holy balls is the animation potential bad, it'd literally just be the two shooting lasers at each other and the environment, maybe some hand to hand vs weapon combat here and there, and then one of them dies, more than likely Cyclops, it just doesn't work, and before you bring it up, again, Accelerator VS Kurumi at least works with how awesome it can be, this just fails, and no amount of debatability can save it from everything else that just fails.

And now for the alternatives, yeah, Amon and Killmonger just work better, not only do they actually have good connections, and yes, they're stomps, they actually have good animation potential, and if you don't pick Amon, then why not Danzo from Naruto, connections are just as good, animation potential is nice, and the whole thing is very interesting.

All in all, while there are Marvel VS DC fights I still want, like with Naoto VS Mista, this is one rivalry fight that I'm not willing to push for. Now what's on the- sees what's next goddamnit.

Number 19: Akuma VS Garou (Street Fighter VS One Punch Man)

Akuma vs Garou-Rage of a Monster ver2

TN by Cargo Rising

I already wasn't in a good mood today since SMG4 got three of his video's copyrighted so he can't upload for two weeks, so keep that in mind.

You know, Akuma is a character I can agree is long overdue for a return, and if you think that, then you're in one of three camps, the one that's wants him to fight Shao Kahn, the one that wants him to fight Raoh, and the one that wants him to fight Garou. I've made it clear in my top 200 list that I greatly prefer Kahn, Raoh is fine, but I feel Ganon or Wammu would work better for him. Can't say the same about Garou though, before, the connections are fine and the music potential is nut worthy, since Street Fighter X One Punch Man music would be god like, however, I think Greek summed it up better "Because while it works connections-wise, as well as animation wise, it barely does work".

Yeah, the animation potential really doesn't work. While it's not as bad as Cyclops VS Black Manta, it's still not good, it barely works, at all. Let's look at their fighting styles, Akuma uses a more violent version of Ansatsuken and several Chi based attacks and Garou uses Water Stream, Rock Smashing Fist, Military Martial Arts, Whirlwind, Iron Cutting Fist, so it works right? Not really, Garou's quick, precise movement just doesn't mesh well with how much power Akuma puts into his punches, it just doesn't work, and that's before you factor in Garou's other forms, such as his awakened form, Akuma doesn't really work with it all that well, not saying it can't work, but what I'm saying is it just barely works, and that's before you factor in Garou's W, dude took hits from Saitama, that should give you a clear indication as to who wins, not saying Saitama solo's Street Fighter or anything, I'm not that dumb, but what I'm saying is when you can take hits from Saitama and live, that should be a clear indication as to who wins.

And for alternatives, there's the aforementioned Shao Kahn and Raoh, I prefer the former but I wouldn't mind the latter, there's also Deker from Power Rangers Samurai, where it has the same connections, but it also just works a lot better since it has good animation potential, and for Garou, there's Kenpachi from Bleach, connections may be weaker, but it has good animation potential, and while Garou still yeets, it's at the very least closer than Akuma. But my question is, why would you do this over Kahn? There's nothing inherently wrong with doing a rivalry fight, and this is from the guy who likes Hakumen VS Baiken, despite Archer Emiya and Dunban being objectively better for them, mind you, there's nothing wrong with doing them, Akuma VS Kahn would be the ultimate way to cap off the SF VS Mk rivalry with such style, after they do Juri VS Mileena and Jax VS Guile first, and this won't be the last time you hear this outta me, much like Accelerator VS Kurumi, I still feel like this is a point I need to make when people say SF VS MK has been overdone despite there only being four episodes of the aforementioned rivalry, I needed to get that out of my system.

All in all, while connections wise it works, animation potential wise is barely works, and it cucks what could be a great send off to a decades long rivalry. Okay, now that I've taken care of that I wonder what's- looks at what's next I am so going to get shot for what's next.

Number 18: Deathstroke VS Taskmaster (DC VS Marvel)

Deathstroke VS Taskmaster Unknown V2

TN by UnknownUser55

I was dreading putting this on the list, but I still don't really like this.

Welcome to Throw Gets Shot: Episode 2 Electric Boogaloo. Hoo boy. Now to it's credit, it's objectively good, it's got great connections, great animation potential, it's decently close, what's not to love? Well... there's just one glaring issue that keeps it from being one of my most wanted, the whole "Nay *insert matchup here* or bust!" mentality, and this matchup has one of the worst cases of this, ever.

No matter where you look, you'll always see people praising the absolute hell out of this matchup, and to me, I'll never understand why, it's got good aspects sure, and when I say that, you may be asking, "Throw, if you think it's good, then why is Slade VS Tasky on here?" It's boring. Now, this isn't like Cyclops VS Black Manta, where it's legit scraping the bottom of the barrel for Marvel VS DC, this has an actual reason to exist, though being better than Cyclops VS Black Manta isn't that impressive of a feat, it's just... so uninteresting to me, maybe if I didn't find Cap and Seth to be more intriguing ideas then maybe I would like this more, but then there's the whole "Nay *insert matchup here* or bust!" mentality, and much like with Pit, Splat, and KJ, I f**king hate with every fiber of my corporeal being. People basically force you to like a matchup, now, the people on here who like aren't like this, you guys are fine, but I'm talking about suggestions in the YouTube comments specifically, and there was someone who sorta sparked my hatred for this type of mentality, Rodrigo Legia, he had so many dumb matchup ideas like, Cinder VS Pain/Akainu/Chrollo/Sailor Mars/Satsuki/Shego/another I forgot, Zatanna VS Zeref (even said it was fair), and relating to this topic, Captain America VS Guile, that matchups is already bad as is, but when I heard of this matchup and then I heard of Cap VS Deathstroke, which quickly became one of my most wanted, I sorta get a bad feeling everytime I look at this matchup, because if this happens, Cap is gonna fight Guile, and I don't want that! Would I be fine if this happened after Slade fought Cap? Sure, but Cap and Tasky are neck in neck in terms of Slade's most popular returning matchups.

As for alternatives, I already went over Slade, so let's move onto Tasky, my preferred options is Seth from Street Fighter, connections are weaker sure, but animation potentials great, music potential is great, and the banter would golden. If Seth, then why not Snake Eyes from G.I Joe? It's got the same connections and it frees Kabal up for Speed O' Sound Sonic.

All in all, while it's objectively a good matchup, it's one I can't help but find boring over my preferreds. Now that that's out of the way, I wonder what's next on the sees what's next Hehe, this is gonna be fun.

Number 17: Harley Quinn VS Mileena (DC VS Mortal Kombat)

Crazywithlove

TN by 1mavstone

On this episode of "There's nothing wrong with rivalry fights" we have a pathetic alternative of two perfectly good matchups.

Hoo boy, I've been waiting for this, as you can tell, I'm gonna have a little fun with this one. Harley is a character most can agree is overdue for Death Battle, myself included, and like with Akuma, your in one of three camps when it comes to her matchups, the one that wants her to fight Juliet Starling from Lollipop Chainsaw, the one that wants her to fight another comic book character like Domino and Gwenpool, or the one that wants her to fight someone else entirely, and as you already know, I'm firmly in the first camp, since A. Domino is boring and Gwenpool has Cassie Cage and B. Most of Harley's alternatives suck. Like holy shit they suck, there's the godawful Toga and Yuno, there's the god no Neo, and then there's this, in case you couldn't tell, I find this to be the worst out of Harley's matchups, yes, even worse than Gwenpool, now, are there any positives to this matchup? Well, the banter would be hilarious, since any matchup involving Harley having golden banter is bound to be hilarious, and the music would be good, but that's it, there's quite a few negatives to this matchup.

Starting off, we have the connections, and hoo boy do these connections suck, it's just psychotic fan favorites among their respective franchises and are the right hand to the main antagonist of their franchise (Joker and Shao Kahn, respectively). I can't argue the "psychotic" part for Mileena since that's a big aspect to her character, but Harley? I mean, yeah she has her psychotic tendencies, but she's never shown aspects of a full blown psychopath, she's mainly suffering from an abusive relationship with Joker, seriously guys, watch one episode of BTAS where they're on the same screen and you'll see how he treats her, it's bad. On top of that, they just fail, and the words "Joker" and "main antagonist" don't really go in the same sentence, sure he's Batman's archenemy, but in the grand scheme of DC comics itself, that's Darkseid, and that's not even the worst part about this, oh ho, no, that would be the animation potential. Simply put, it's shit.

Now before you bring it up again, Accelerator VS Kurumi works in spite of the weak connections, as the animation potential is at least good. This on the other hand, the animation potential is garbage, nothing in their arsenals work with each other at all remotely well. Harley's acrobatics and Mileena's more ninja like movement just don't mesh well with each other in the slightest. And that's before you factor in one key detail, Harley shitstomps Mileena into paste, again I'm not saying "stomp = bad" but when every other aspect of the matchup fails so badly, I can't just ignore it and pretend that it wouldn't be fun, because it wouldn't. And since this is relevant, why would you do this over Mileena VS Juri, because "We'Ve HaD tOo MaNy StReEt FiGtHeR Vs MoRtAl KoMbAt EpIsOdEs!" I said this back at Akuma VS Garou, and I'll say it again, we've only had FOUR SF VS MK episodes, what's a little harm in doing some more. Characters like Noob are exempt from this since he doesn't have an Street Fighter counterpart, which in term is why he's requested to fight Reaper so much, Mileena on the other hand, has no one that works as well as Juri does. So why not do it?

And as for alternatives, Mileena already has the perfect opponent, and that's Juri Han, connections are great, there's actually good animation potential, the banter would be glorious, and while Juri shit stomps Mileena, it'd still be a more entertaining fight then whatever Harley brings to the table. As for Harley, there's Juliet Starling from Lollipop Chainsaw, connections are amazing, animation potential is wonderful, the banter would be golden, music potential is through the roof, since Lollipop Chainsaw has such a good soundtrack, and it's the closest out of Harley's matchups, why not do it?

All in all, a matchup that seems passible on paper, but fails miserably in execution, and is better off as a DBX. Okay, now that I've had fun tearing this garbage a new one, I wonder what's ne- sees what's next Two same series matchups back to back featuring a comic book character huh? Hoo boy.

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