16 Characters. One Winner. Indie Battle Tournament of Heroes.

[@Vegathron]

Just for fun here are a few games that got SUPER close to making it into this tourney and why they didnt quite get the spot. Celeste - amazing game but I just couldn't quite imagine her having enough combat abilities to design a interesting moveset around - her evil form maybe? Stardew Valley - a game close to my heart and it does have combat - doable but I'd want a way to include farming into at least 1 move which seemed tricky. Palworld - had an amazing idea to have the palworld trainer summon different pals to help with their moveset - however each individual sprite costs money and I'm only a smaller channel so it just did not make sense. Crowsworn - super close to doing this one but I kinda want to know more about the character and what they can do to put them in. FNAF - creepy and pretty cool of a game but how many moves would there really be to make a kit around? Skul - great game, but there were just better well known games to fill the slots. Dust an elysian tale - same as above.

[@Roid33]

@@Vegathron I can't wait for the comments where "actually, that part of you actually isn't evil, she's just trying to-

[@Vegathron]

@@Roid33 I can counter that with 1 simple trick: I haven't actually beaten the game yet! check mate commenters!

[@jeremiahbooth423]

Madeline also appears in the Switch version of Towerfall so she canonically knows archery. Even the Insta shows she at least practices.

[@Сельдерей-н7г]

Will there be part 2 with some of this characters and other (i really want to see enter the gungeon here)

[@_qwerty_3545]

If you even wanna do fnaf maybe you can do some moves from Fnaf World?

[@deadclawh3851]

There are really strong knights, skeletons, warriors in this list and there is slugcat, barely above in the foodchain of some bugs

[@Martan2010]

yea... poor guy get him out of there

[@ThyPolishCow]

Isn't survivor literally just a confused child?

[@AgentTOAST147]

@@ThyPolishCow he really is, I was kind of hoping they would give rain world some slack and introduce someone like artificer or five pebbles

[@Nex1001-1]

It could’ve been a team match, a few of the slugcats against their opponent, to help out arguably the weakest member in the cast

[@AgentTOAST147]

@@Nex1001-1 monk tho…

[@brisingr0962]

Are you kidding me my two favourites - ori and zagreus - are against each other on their first round!

[@gre.18]

Same but my favourites are sans and hollow knight

[@J1KOSU]

My 2 favs are sans and the knight, why are they together?!

[@5Psuperstructure]

Seeing Nine sols and noita in the same video brings me joy. I'm in almost all of these fandoms so picking a favorite is tough. I'm really rooting for Yi and Survivor (even though they are both unbelievably cooked). Realistically this will be a fight between steve, terrarian, Mina, and MAYBE zagreus. Can't wait to see this!

[@fatricecat]

Sans and Steve after watching a 5-year-old eat a pill the size of his entire body as the words "TEARS UP" ring through the air and 3 charge bars appear above his head:

[@LiLGatedNeighborhood]

They ain’t ready for panic button nine lives plan C assuming he let them fight at prime with any items

[@EsqueciM3unome]

​I did not understood half of this phrase​@@LiLGatedNeighborhood

[@LiLGatedNeighborhood]

@@EsqueciM3unome do you play Isaac repentance?

[@EsqueciM3unome]

@@LiLGatedNeighborhood No, lol

[@EsqueciM3unome]

@@LiLGatedNeighborhood I thought Isaac was super weak but now that I'm reading this I'm afraid that cuphead loses the first round

[@IndieLoverz14]

I’m a simple person, I see Ori and Hollow Knigth, I click.

[@spartandelta124]

Imagine if the indie community got together to make a cross over game similar to Marvel vs Capcom, or Smash Bros

[@Vegathron]

That would be sick! Closest we have to that is all the Deadcells updates.

[@ShimmeringVapidCoal]

Isn't that kind of what Fraymakers is?

[@BrandonTheOne2]

Sans is a tough opponent... Though I believe in my boy the knight!

[@nixxythesausage8408]

the knight would ddark and pogo his way out of everything sans would throw at him lmao

[@LuvsBirds]

The knight has void on its side, how could it lose?

[@gerwaltspodnovigradu5508]

​@@nixxythesausage8408exept he'd need to hit sans to get soul to ddark, and pogoing a blaster wouldn't really be possible

[@R0B0T_Hamster23]

Depends on if he got Voidheart to turn into Void given fokus

[@gerwaltspodnovigradu5508]

@R0B0T_Hamster23 voidheart only allows you to fight radiance and P5, in lore its important, but in battle it does nothing

[@josecorzo5517]

3:19 Ok. I think it is important to see that they call the character “Slugcat” and not “The Survivor”. So, it can be any of the slugcats. I’m going for either Spearmaster or Artificer.

[@joaquinratari894]

I wasnt expecting to actually call out Isaac vs Cuphead and Sans Vs Knight, cant wait

[@interguy5846]

Zero being able to canonically avoid all damage will get him far… but will it be enough? I gotta lend my support to Yi. Fell in love with Nine Sols a while back, and I wanna see how far he gets.

[@Vegathron]

Hell yeah! team Yi ftw!

[@RushWheeler]

Steve watching Yi parry a 64-stack of TNT to the face:

[@Vegathron]

@@RushWheeler 🤣

[@Lemon-kw2iq]

Nah bro Steve vs Yi is gonna be WILD 😭🙏

[@the_Acaman]

I feel like the roguelike characters could be really strong considering the builds they can have in their games

[@Br0ck3nRealities]

If the power scaling goes the right way, I think some of the most likely to move forward are The Knight, The Terrarian, and Steve, though equipment loadouts could very easily turn the tides to favor the rouguelike/light characters (especially the NOITA person).

[@Hollowbirb]

Me when i see hollow knight and rainworld in one thumbnail

[@POND_BONKER-vo2lk]

RIP slugcat :(

[@sammyboi8938]

Yep, the Terrarian will win this. I'm rooting for my boy! Edit: It depends on how you scale the Terrarian. Gameplay-wise, it's going to be close fights. But lore accurate-wise? The Terrarian would solo the entire roster it's not even funny

[@spartandelta124]

It will be interesting to see Terraria vs. Minecraft here

[@Сельдерей-н7г]

​@@spartandelta124I don't think, that steve can do anything, terrarian can't

[@EtherLight-fx2gw]

@@Сельдерей-н7г The terrarian claps steve no contest if we are taking about canonical power. However, he will probably make all the characters more closely balanced in their powerscaling to make the tournament more engaging so I am excited to see what happens

[@TerraCellularBiotic]

@@sammyboi8938 Mina is probably stronger than the terrarian in terms of hax. Maybe they're relative in terms of CANONICAL scaling, but mina's hax are just, absurd.

[@kindice6134]

@@Сельдерей-н7г Steve has commands + creative mode

[@Fulminage]

Slugcat in the thumbnail, i am going to watch this.

[@musicalicarus7322]

Oof Survivor is going to have a rough time. As much as a love that little Scug they do not have much going for them besides some survival based combat unless there’s a stockpile of singularity bombs stored in their stomach. I’d probably be more optimistic if it was almost any of the other Slugcat aside from Monk, pre-karma 10 Saint, and post 20 cycle but pre-rot hunter

[@Haha_yes_im_real]

What if he learned crazy move tech

[@tacopizzasandwich621]

@@Haha_yes_im_realhis speed stat be going crazy, but knowing rain world his first instinct would be to stun the enemy with a rock throw then flee

[@Haha_yes_im_real]

Imagine if survivor is the most pro player out here

[@KieferMcHugh-l1u]

@@tacopizzasandwich621 He could stun lock the opponent with rocks until the end of the cycle and then go hibernate.

[@AmpHaros2756]

Rain Word moment

[@Nex1001-1]

Just from the start, slugcats are doomed, they are practically at the bottom of the food chain

[@Soulless-Gaming]

The lamb from cult of the lamb is a missed oppertunity

[@Vegathron]

Very true, next one perhaps!

[@VilmosKácsor]

That trophy looks like The Radiance

[@lemonchild175]

Issac takes an unholy amount of items and just steamrolls everyone

[@aboclab6524]

Doesn't that technically apply to any of the roguelike characters tho? I mean a fight between roguelike characters as gods would be awesome

[@Hollowmax_10]

AAAAAAAA HERE ARE ALL OF MY FAVOURITE INDIES

[@aboclab6524]

The only way mïna even has a chance of losing any of these is if she dies to her own spells

[@Roid33]

Why did i not predict you having your iconic blue-ish hoodie in real life- (also rooting for a yi win, i believe they can beat the block man..)

[@Vegathron]

ahaha it worked out well - its actually a hoodie from a streamer called Ludwig - its such a nice hoodie ngl but i ordered a size slightly too big 😅

[@Roid33]

@@Vegathron oh yeah that makes sense, ludwig is pretty short so it's only natural that his sizes are a bit wonky

[@Vegathron]

@@Roid33 🤣

[@IvankaKostova-g3g]

The impatient one: bringing a big sword Slugcat:WAAAAA everything explodes

[@klopsmmm]

Interesting to think of Minecraft as an indie game - sure it was indie for the first few years but since 2014 it's been Microsoftyfied Also the poor slugcat from rain world ain't winning anything 😭🙏

[@Vegathron]

Yeah I get that - I guess it started out as one but its kinda big now - although some argue (wrongfully imo) that ori is the same! And yeah but imagine - Slugcat with the upset victory!?

[@Party_Fruit]

Depending on how many abilities from his game Ori gets, Id actually bet on him winning. I mean, of course it's my favourite game so there is some bias, but the insane amount of air movement he gets in will of the wisps as well as all the different weapons in his arsenal will be very useful. Also, doesn't he have like 20 health cells in that game? + Machine gun bow with quick shot and split shot go brrrr

[@guillermom.c.4119]

I believe in slugcat my boy

[@Vegathron]

@ In hindsight I should probably have mentioned how I create the movepools. especially for games that have high variance in build powers. Ideally I don't want to show the character at absolute best case scenario (for example, noita is a rogue-like, you can literally deal INFINITE damage and have literal INFINITE health but thats not your standard run) in a perfect world I will be able to show a powers general strength - and through mechanics give them the potential to get to those peaks if everything goes their way. but yeah Ori has some cool tools at their disposal!

[@zekeholley3119]

Slugcat is cute. Bow to it.

[@TerraCellularBiotic]

If I were to place bets, my choices priority would be in the following order: Mina Huntress Zagreus Terrarian Isaac Steve The penitent one Sans The beheaded The knight (assuming they're sized up because a real stag beetle is really tiny) Yi Drifter Cuphead Zero Ori Slugcat

[@stuffstuff3455]

The stag beetles in Hollow Knight are not anything like real life stag beetles, they are more like rhinoceros beetles. Also, the stag beetles in HK are sapient, so clearly not based off of their real life counterparts. Team Cherry themselves said they weren't too slavish to reality when making their bugs. Even without Team Cherry outright saying it, HK bugs have clear differences from real life bugs. My point is, there's nothing in game suggesting that the Hollow Knight bugs are the size of their real life counterparts. There are no humans or human-sized objects in Hollow Knight to compare the bugs' size to. Using real life bugs to determine the size of Hollow Knight bugs is folly. For all we know, Hollow Knight bugs could be bigger than humans.

[@basecatXD]

poor survivor 😭

[@iplaygames.3899]

I feel like Yi is much stronger than the knight based off his skill with parrying, he can probably get past sans

[@stuffstuff3455]

@@iplaygames.3899 Yi's talismen alone isn't gonna win him a fight against the Knight. The Knight can just move out of the way when Yi tries to put a talismen on the Knight. The Knight could just counter-parry Yi, since it also has a parry. Also, The Knight's healing is much better than Yi's since it can replenish soul by attacking enemies then healing. Yi's medicine pipe can't be replenished in combat.

[@TerraCellularBiotic]

@@stuffstuff3455 well, I never considered the possibility of a gigantic knight. That could be VERY strong. Imagine an abyssal shriek being taken to city block levels, or higher!

[@TheBreadCat-p2t]

Canon Steve would crush all of these mere mortals, or immortals. Steve is simply beyond this plane.

[@NateTheGreat2248]

Hollow Knight Vs Sans is diabloical

[@Alterra7153]

Theoretically, sans is the strongest if the target only gets one attempt.

[@stuffstuff3455]

Hold on, what about the characters that canonically respawn, like Zagreus, Yi, and the Beheaded and the penitent one, and Slugcat etc? Will you remove their immortality for the sake of these fights? Also, MAJOR SPOILERS FOR DEAD CELLS: The Beheaded isn't a hero. He's revealed to be the king who imprisoned and executed his people out of paranoia. Once The Beheaded learns of his past self, he returns to his old habits and takes the cure for the malaise for himself and kills the only one who could make the cure.

[@Vegathron]

I'll probably do a post regarding the rules and mechanics for things like this - but to state it simply - imagine they are in a physical tourney where leaving the arena is a loss - if they get slain but can resurrect at a later time, or at another place then while yes, they will still be alive they've still "lost" and are no longer present.

[@RushWheeler]

Technically Yi does die though, he'll just get reincarnated via the Root Node

[@stuffstuff3455]

@@RushWheeler That's why I said: "canonically respawn" not that they don't die at all.

[@UwUable_guy]

Witch from Noita will just kill themselves with their second atack. With everyone else who were close enough. Noited :)

[@JKJUJU-y8c]

LETS GO THE BEHEADED! I know The Drifters a really hard fight though…

[@TerraCellularBiotic]

@@JKJUJU-y8c I also love the beheaded, but mina just deletes him.

[@HeyheyGrimhere]

For twisted are the ways of the Miracle. rooting for the penitent one!

[@ZenPlaysVideoGames]

You know I just gotta support my favorite godlike beings: Steve and the Terrarian.

[@memesthememerr]

Seeing Ori being included in the same video as characters like Sans, Cuphead, Isaac and the Knight is insane. Very cool!

[@Zasha_AZ]

Im just happy Ori got mentioned XDXD ✨✨✨✨

[@basecatXD]

for the rain world character, I think you should have chosen artificer, spearmaster or gourmand, because they’re actually good at combat, unlike survivor

[@RushWheeler]

Yeah I don't see Slugcat making it past the first round against anyone here lol, much less the Penitent one

[@basecatXD]

@ yeah, the slugcat is literally a normal animal

[@deadclawh3851]

Ascended Saint in other hand though,,, could be interesting

[@basecatXD]

@ true, although that would spoil the campaign for people who haven’t played it

[@thegeniuschannelwithlandon498]

The survivor is a one shot kill. If it had abilities like the Downpour slugcats or any weapons that could turn the tide, then it chances of survival would change.

[@Theguy-l2b]

I wonder how you’ll work oris bash into the fight. Because it’s basically a perfect defence allowing ori to not get hit with any projectile or physical attack. Also I wonder if Steve will have Minecraft legends/dungeons feats or if it will just be the base game

[@DavidMassacroAlt]

KATANA ZERO PEAK MENTIONED

[@theslimerancher6006]

So is the hollow knight just a casual player that did 112%, or like f1reborn/spoonsei

[@Vegathron]

@@theslimerancher6006 love that you mentioned spoonsei he is the man! It's sort of from the characters own perspective not played by some otherworldly being that is the player haha

[@Toppat404]

Sorry, I've got a bean on da phone here. He's got a black color, his visor is rectangular, and he's wearing a... traffic cone? Oh shi-

[@CasualOry]

Haven’t played Will of the Wisps or Hades, but if Ori has some moves from Blind Forest then they’ve got a pretty strong kit

[@YourAverageMegaManFan]

Didn't expect Steve to be there, we might be cooked. Rooting for Zero though! It's kinda ironic and coincidental how I used to watch both Cuphead AND The Binding Of Isaac back then, good work and may the best fighter win!

[@zekeholley3119]

Slugcat because cute.

[@FalsePatrick]

Whether Steve dominates this entire roster or not depends on how you scale him and the leverage you give, because this beast casually interacts with things close to, or beyond infinity and breaks the laws of physics on multiple occasions

[@kindice6134]

@@FalsePatrick Dude, even if Steve will use creative mode + commands + world deletion, Mina and The Knight will still survive

[@aboclab6524]

Steve be dying to lava what he gonna do when mïna pulls up with the Ŗ̵̨̢̧̦̣̲̦͙̻͓͔͚͕͙̹̬̯͇̟͙̮̻̪̗̦̬̮͙̣̖̤̰͈̣̼̭̮̺͉̠͍̳̯̩̥̤̳̝͕̭̬̩̥͎͍̙̣͔̞͇̳̯͇̟͉̄́͑̔͜ͅͅę̴̡̨̨̨̨̘̜̹̯̜̗̥̭̜̤̟̫̹̞̙̯̰͙̝̖͉̘͖̫̭̺̮̱̬͉̤̈́̈́ͅã̶̡̨̢̧̢̧̧̡̡̨̩̩̞͖̩̜͕͖̬̫̜̙̗̫̠͇̻͔̥͓̘̖͎̱̗͖͖̝̠͕̝̣̹̣̻͉͚͓̻͉̬̮̼̮̯̺̯̥̣̹̬͙̟̙̻͉͗́̄̽̆̚͝͠ļ̶̺͓̤̹̠̙̣̙̙̳̦̩̳̟̙̤̟̠͋̅̉̆̊̈́̋̓̏̍̽̾̋i̸̧̨̨̧̧̢̛̘͎̼̺̹̬̺̜̱̬̰̱̻̦̰̟̘̠̯̙̖͓̘͚̻̣̹̭̲̦͓̰͇̳͖̦͎̩̝̦̖̲̳͚͙̪̰͇͚̜̩͎̱̬̙̲͙͎͓̦̫̭̱̯̠͉͈̖̳̞̩̳̮̙̝̱̜̜̖̤͕̥̼͙̥̯̰̓̽̒̆͂͑̑͑̎͂̅͒̈́́́̇̓̄̄̽̈́̏̈́͊͐̍͐̈́̏͂̿̂͑̈́̎̅́̌̾̊̄̏͛̚͘̚͜͜͜͜͜͜͠͝͠͝ͅͅt̴̢̡̡̛̥̭͎̺̼͙̜͙̤̤̼̮̰̼̩̹̪̼̘͖̖̖͎̤̫͕͚̺͇̰̯͚̩̟̩̬̅̈́́̒̏̍̒͂͋́̇̓͂̆̈̓͒́̄͗̇̔͂̉́̋͋̑͛̍͑̓̀̀̓̇̀̋̇͐̾̊̀̀̉̌͂̓̈͌̀͒̓̇̎͑̈́͊͊̈̉͌̊̍̐̐̅͑͂̽̒̈̂͋̑̾̾͘̕̕͝͠͠͝͝͝͝͝y̵̡̨̨̢̡̢̡̢̯̻̻̪̲̙̥̥̬̰͍̞̗͈͍̱̭̳̳͇͚̙̳͕̪̦͔̞̘̙͕̣̩̙̤̖͖̻͎̺̘̩̤̼̪̘͎̜̮̩̦̝̮͕̺̝̬͎͙̩̦̱͈̼̣̱̗̼̙̮͎͚̱̙͈̼̠̙̪̹͍̦̫͇͓̪͊̐͆̉̄͌͌̂͊̎̊̄̓̍̈́̓̾̂͗͆̂̏̆̎́̿̋́͌̃͑̓̏̓̉̐̋̃͂̽͌͋͊̈́͒̉͒̄̈̔͒̒͆̉̆͌̈͂̃͋́̈́̔̆͆͊͐̈́̓͗̐̓̇̎̋̂̅̀̒̓͊̎́̚͘͘͜͝͝͝͝͝ ̴̡̢̢̢̨̛̛̛̝͖̣̭̱̜͎̲̪̬̝̟̗͎̪̭̪͔̘̩̟̹͓͓͇͖̟͇̩̰͈͇̙̗̰̝̙̤̯̻̞̫͓̝̙͔͓̩̝̜̬̲͓̪͇̭̖͚͎͙̱̗͙̹̻̖̲̮́͂̑̀̇̓̓͗̑̉̊̅̌̉̎̊͑̽̇́̈́̔̂̾͐͐̇͋̿̿͗͛́̽̓̀̀̀̑̏͗̈̈́̌͗̉̌̽͗͊̎̍̋̎̌̈̀̇̀̒̃̋̅͌̃́̒̀̅̕͘̚̚̕͜͝͝͝͝͝͝͠͝͝ͅȩ̴̢̢̧̨̨̧̛̛͙͓̖̩̰̯̭̤̯̣͙͕̹̘̩̟̗̻̺̩͙͎͙͎̥̪̤̝̣̱͇̯͖̯͚̗̘̟̝͈̥̙͔̯̦̠̟̦̟̩͍͙̖̊̍̈́͛̑̈́̽́̃̋͂̂͑͒͂́͌͊̄̽̈̾̓̿̿͛̌̅͑̉̀̔̍̒̓̑̌̒̔̽͛͑̑̓́̇̑̿̅̈́͋́̔̌̍͑̽͒̍͒͂̀́͒̑̈̽̉̽͋̔̍͒͐̿́̔͋̅̎̉́̚͘̕͘̚͜͜͝͝͠͠͝͝͝ͅͅͅr̶̡̡̧̨̡̧̡̛̛̛͙̥̩̲̭͉͎̙͇͉̞͕̱̞̗̩͖͓̺͚̟͍̳̻̲̫̹̼̪̜̰͍̞̥̣̻̦̥̞̞̻̝̻̦̗̹̩̺̠̘̘̻͓̪̻̜̪̪̜̋̏͐͗̏̃̿̂̾͛̽̔͒͂̂͛͛̈͌̒͋͘̚͜͜͠ͅͅạ̵̢̢̢̡̧̡̢̧̧̛̥̜̥̦̝̟̣̭͍̭͙̭̤̞̠̜̥̜̘͍̥͎͓̭̠͔̹͓̝͚̫̲̪̥̜̮̻̖̥̞̘̤͓̲̪̭̼͉̘͙͈̘̗̤̰̗͙̪̺̘̥̲̯͍̮͚̮̟̘̼̣̝̫̦͕̹͉̙͉̱̠̊͌̈̾̀̿̏̽́̓͒͐͐̑͂͐̾̿̽̅̄̎́̿̍͗̍̎̄̆̊͊͂̉̈́̌́͛̒̐̈́̑́͋̓̌̑̋͑̉̈́̉̒̓̒̓͊̾͌͆̀̉̕͘̚͘͘̚̕̕͜͜͠͝͝ş̶̛̥͔͉̯̼̫̠͓̘̇̈́̃͐́̆͐̅̅̚í̴̢̢̡̧̨̨̨̨̨̡̨̡̢̢̢̛͈̤̜̤̫̝̱̥̼̟̳̖͓͚̩̞̹͓̣̲̰͍̰̰͇̲̰̣̙̱̫̘͎̘̜̟̱̲̓͊͆̋̒͊̾͆̀͐̌́̐̎͛̎̐͋́̾̈́̽̽̈͆̒̉̎́̔͘̕̚͜͜͝͝͠n̷̢̧̛̜͚̖̯͓̜͓̙̹̗͈̮̹̹͖̄͊̎̓̏͗̌́͆͌̀̈́͐̽͒́͑̅͒͒̔͊̒̀͗̾̌̀̾̃̒́̿͋̐̔͊͂̓̓̊́͒̉̄̊̒͋̉͌̓͋̍̑̒̇͐͛̏̄͐̈̾͋̈́͗̎̓̓̒͆͑̇̊̈́̓̒́͛̈́̉̌̈́̚͘̕̕͘͝͝͝͝͝g̵̢̨̨̢̢̨̨̨̨̨̛͙̲̜̞͓̥̙̫̳̟̜͎̲̮̹͓̬̜̰͉̺̞̠̖̝̘̗̠͉̤̜̖̯̞̩̬̫̣̥̖̗͍̫̼͇̘̹̗̝̮̩̘̗͉̰̥͎̣͕̬̜͔̰̣̲̬̙̬̟̻̰̪̥͉͉͚̳̞͍̯͙͈̱̑̆̏̓̐͂̌͑͒̀̚͜͠͝ͅͅͅ ̴̧̨̨̫̺̭̮̼̟͇̟̝͇̺̭̦̮̱̼͍͕͇̳̩͉̲̳̏̋͗̿̉̈́̒̔̂̽̋̃̉͊̄̈́͛̑̌͛̾̎̓͋̀͋̍̽̌̈́̍̈̆͛̀̍̇͋̀̀͘̕͜͝͠w̴̢̠͎̖̹̪͚̖͈̝̮̗̣̰̰̥̻̺͖̑̀͌̍̒͑́̍̈́̇̔̉̆̎̍͗̈́͆͊͂̆̃̅͗̀͌̃̉̑͂̉̆̈́̊̀̊͐̄̄̑̑̍͊̆͋̈́͐͂̉̀͐̆̔͌͑͌̓̀̑̓̈̅̀̀̓̀̋́̐̓͂́̓́̇̀͑̆͒̈͒̀͑̀̏̀̓̎̚̚̚̚̕̕̕͠͠͠͠͝͝͠ͅͅͅa̴̢̧̨̨̧̧̢̡̧̨̡̨̛͇̖̳͔̞̪̻̜̭̳̳̥͙͖̪̮̼̬̣͚͉̟̞̜̰̘̱͇͖͉͚͉͙͉̪̫̼̩̺͕̬͕̻͈͇̝̳͎̣͔͍̬̯͈̮̥͉̣̦̖̦̘̮̱̲̦̮͉̰͓͈̝̱̮̘͒̽̆̉̊̂̑̋̓̒̋͆́͑̎̀̓͘̕͜͝ͅͅͅn̷̡̨̢̨̢̡̢̪̻̼̗̠͍̺̩̪̭̲͉̠̣̰̹̘̹̱̞͔̳̬̦̰͔̮͇̬͓̲̻̟̻̭̩̰̦̦̫̖͙͔̙̜͓̘̣̠̜͖͚͇̜̱͉̑́̉̎́̽̂̊͋͂͛̊̅̇̇́͊́͛̍́̇͋̓̏̈́̕͘͠͝͠d̴̡̨̢̢̢̛̪̘̮̜̗̯̫̻͕͎̤̱̤̠͈̗͔͉̥̲̭̳̖͈̩͕̠̲̞̙̟̦̈́͆̽̓͑́̽̆̓͗̎̆͑͗̈̈́̀̍̑͛̿͗̑̀̆̎͋͆̍̏̌̉̌͐̾̓͆̋̂͛͂͊͑̄̃̆̇̑̓̆͋̾͒́̇̓͘̚͘̕̚͝͝͝͠͠

[@Bruhmannnn1]

​​@@kindice6134"survive" ok, but steve still wins no matter how low you scale him from his true power, oh yeah and video creator guy said in a comment that respawns count as a loss lol

[@kindice6134]

@@Bruhmannnn1 Okay. Mina is basically a reality warping god of chaos, who surely can erase worlds as well as Steve. That means, that she also can survive outside of the worlds, and not to be killed with /kill @e. The Knight is basically an incarnation of abyss. You know, what will happen, if Steve will deletes the world? There will be just abyss in its place, so The Knight will be okay. By the way, he could get stronger after the erasion, because he can just fuse with "outerworld abyss". Like, the abyss, which is left after the world erasion. Also, The Knight never ever was alive, so it's also impossible to kill him with /kill @e. And also, what can kill you even in the creative mode? The abyss under the bedrock.

[@kindice6134]

@@Bruhmannnn1 And what "things that are beyond infinity" do you mean? If commands, then this is just reality warping. If it's code of the game, then Steve can't do this. The one, who manipulates code is players.

[@JudeEaley]

The penitent one is quite an interesting addition. Are we including karma flowers for slugcat, and will the other slugcats join?

[@Yummerizer]

WHERE IS V1?????? Jokes aside, I want yi to win but ofc they against Steve, the most generic character that everyone is gonna root for cuz he’s Steve… I think either the terrarian or zagreus will win, if the terrarian has calamity gear instant win, and if zagreus has boons instant win. Otherwise, I feel like Isaac will just overwhelm the competition with bullets.

[@Bananabread12]

2 Words: CREATIVE MODE!!!

[@TerraCellularBiotic]

@Bananabread12 creative mode isn't canon, dead cells training room isn't canon, terraria journey mode isn't canon

[@kindice6134]

Dude, even if steve will use creative mod + commands + world deletion, The Knight and Mina will still survive. The Knight, by the way, may become even stronger after the world deletion...

[@TerraCellularBiotic]

It's wild that no one is talking about how unfair this is! Mina is more of a god than any greek god ever was! Mina's strongest form (both in game and canonically) is omnipotent. Theoretically, mina is infinitely strong, and infinitely fast, and has infinite HP. Just by pure stats mina clears all physical fighters. Her hax are UNMATCHED, black holes, white holes, gravity control, transmutation, transformation, cessation, teleportation, matter destruction, the list goes on.

[@Vegathron]

I feel like Mina is both potentially the weakest and strongest character at the same time and that is pretty funny to me.

[@TerraCellularBiotic]

@@Vegathron True actually, beginning mina is barely beating slugcat. Endgame mina may just, delete the arena

[@aboclab6524]

You are right but she would definitely just die to her own spells considering how the game is

[@TerraCellularBiotic]

@aboclab6524 depends, it is possible to become near omnipotent in game and the canon ending IS mina becoming immortal

[@carlu0255]

That going to be crazy

[@TheMainCharacter-84269]

My personal favorite indie game character ever, and 1 of the greatest video game characters of all time. Is The Knight from Hollow Knight, I feel like their the most powerful on this list. Though I haven't played some of these games, I guess I will have to wait and see.

[@the7screw]

Isaac will either steamroll everything or hold R the moment the game starts.

[@player2joinsthegame]

even if he does hold R that means hes more likely to blast everything to smithereens with tech X

[@JacobTMolter]

LETS GO!!! I was watching this video like pick Yi, oh wait that guy is strong Don’t pick Yi. Yi can win pleeeeeeeaseeeeeee I feel like this is the best indie game bracket ever honestly I can’t wait!

[@Hornet_60]

I’m hoping that either Sans, Ori, Yi, The Knight, or the slugcat win

[@mm-kd2ct]

Man isaac got a good shot at this.

[@tree4444]

Everyone here is atleast somewhat around the level of a normal human Except steve and the terrain who can carry stars.

[@TerraCellularBiotic]

@@tree4444 So, mina just creates black holes.

[@ChewedBubbleGun]

You underestimate the power of noita’s famous attack “FOUR F***ING PURPLE PIXELS” The weapon that can fell a god.

[@Eclips3XD]

W Dead Cells representation

[@Suprosse]

isaac could have a big change if we was able to reroll his opponent's items with his d6 for example roll terrarian's zenith to copper shortsword xd

[@Joelle-w4w]

HOOLOW KNIGHT FOR THE WIINNNNN!!!!!!!!!

[@AstroKnight08]

Who i am rooting for.... Isaac Hollow knight Mina

[@JuanSanchezCortes-o8u]

Thanks man! I'm rooting for my boy Cuphead honestly.

[@JuanSanchezCortes-o8u]

I've always wanted to see people do content with Indie Game Characters, and you doing that really cheers up my day! :)

[@gyozodurgo5302]

TEAM CUPHEAD!!!!! ☕️

[@BronxAllen-c7y]

The Terrarian should cook

[@pansthederp964]

I gotta go with the king of rougelikes Isaac the first fight will be different but I believe he can do it

[@teono6057]

Yi having the number 9 perfect

[@kindice6134]

Guys, i took 4 strongest charachters out of this list (Mina, The Knight, Yi, Zagreus and Steve) and typed them in chat gpt. It typed me an extremely super long text. But if short: 1) Mina (Fully powered) 2) The Knight (Shadow Lord form) 3) Steve (Creative mode + commands + world deletion) 4) Zagreus (Lore powers) 5) Yi (Lore powers) But author definitely didn't picked the strongest indie game charachters, like Chara, Monika, Omori, ect.

[@ZetaEclipseTheUmbrastix]

Saying it now: Little Ghost from Hollow Knight SOLOS. Because it can regenerate, use spells, and IS THE SHADE LORD. Which DEVOURED THE INFECTION THAT PLAUGES HALLOWNEST. Ghost wins, EZ.

[@Unimaginably_Bingus]

I'm working on a game, and I hope when I release it, that you can make another part including my character

[@Vegathron]

Hey there! I'd love to check out your game when it is ready - I won't make any promises but hey you never know, if it suits the format then anything is possible!

[@Unimaginably_Bingus]

@@Vegathron yeah, if I get myself money to buy good equipment and I work hard, it should be out in around 1-2 years

[@JudeEaley]

If frisk is added that's an issue. They have time powers and infinitely powerful stats

[@slimmanne]

Why, out of all the RoR characters, would you pick Huntress? I'm not going to debate who's more powerful of the two starter characters in RoR2 (although, it is Commando), but Commando is far more iconic to the series.

[@Vegathron]

I think while commando is the "poster child" Huntress is a 2nd close to that spot - and perhaps its just my own experience but I've never met a human on this earth who mains commando (also tbh Huntress has much cooler abilities!)

[@NuKE_rus]

Mina slaps, mina slams, mina clears.

[@ChewedBubbleGun]

Omnipotent gods after they get hit by the “FOUR F*cking PURPLE PIXELS” (They’re cooked)

[@stuffstuff3455]

Why not Acrid for Risk of Rain 2? He is the only character who truly returns from the first game (the characters in risk of rain 2 that were in the first game, are different people with the same roles.) and I think he's more iconic with the Risk of Rain franchise than Huntress. But that's just me on the latter I suppose.

[@Vegathron]

Yeah I guess its all depends on your experiences - my thought process is commando is the poster boy, but no one i know plays or likes commando so in my head huntress was the next closest thing and is rather popular in general - acrid would also have been a good choice though!

[@Cole-t2e]

The Knight from Hollow Knight must win

[@NodiProuductions]

This is going to be 🔥! Please have the god tamer be in it:

[@theungorouk]

I want the knight to win mainly because he is my boy

[@Catman20o]

Slugcat my beloved

[@player2joinsthegame]

Im rooting for Isaac. He just needs brimstone to win.

[@trittux]

Bruh knight from my favourite game and sans from my 3rd favourite game I hope you take the knights shade lord form to actually be usable and sans dodge

[@Vegathron]

I made a poll on the community page - read the whole thing and then cast your vote on this Shade Lord business.

[@Nick-is-Pain]

I’ll be rooting for my boys Ori and Yi!

[@KaiKernaghan]

why survivor youshould've done a lizard or vulture if you want a slugcat go artificer or only from base game go hunter survivor ain't doing anything

[@h3ge]

ISAAAC LETS GOOOOO

[@kirillkurinnoi2512]

I think the Knight from Hollow Knight will win unless you nerfed him again (I am still angry that you made him supper weak last time and didn’t nerfed others)

[@kindice6134]

My predictions: He will win everyone except for Mina.

[@adamjeremiah259]

If you go by power terrarian probably wins

[@blackpowerranger7173]

My beat is on Steve, he is literally kills god easily, not to mention how f****** strong he is And sans is literally put up against the worst person he could be

[@scratch57366]

Where is the ink demon? 😭😭😭

[@i_am_cute28]

The knight is my boy also he's got shade lord i just today beat sans and i haven't beaten the knight especially with void form i am rooting for him

[@n7x]

I think Isaac could beat cuphead, but it depends on what items he has access to. There are so many powerful items though, dead cat can revive him, brimstone, knife and sacred heart deal massive damage, infamy and wafer can reduce damage and fly orbitals can block damage altogether. Balancing might be difficult because there’s no definitive form of Isaac

[@Vegathron]

Most likely the way I'll be doing rogue-like characters is I'll make a short list of possible items, and have them gain 1 each turn - I'll roll a random number generator so quite literally those fights could go either way. Hope I don't regret this decision 🤣

[@n7x]

@ sounds like fun!

[@Nottheguyyouwant]

If you placed frisk, the tournament will not have funny.

[@ibtastico]

I'm rooting for Zagreus (:

[@shamansilva2833]

yi has to win

[@MattNCheeze]

Terrain is going to win, they can kill anything basically

[@Martan2010]

so ori is fucking broken if you know how to use bash...

[@fabriciosinoti7983]

Hollow knight team!!!

[@ZaricElite]

Im Sat

[@emeraldworldlp8828]

Slugcat my goat dies instantly

[@jairdinh7563]

I love rainworld but ain't no way the survivor slugcat is doing shit to anyone here.

[@utanen]

Sans undertale.