Ultimate Team War - Gateway Planet

My opponent criticizes Sonic's legality for being much faster than a human. He has completely dropped any comparison with Superman. However, Spider-Man (a legal character) can run at up to 100 mph [1]. Now, just because Sonic is faster than Spider-Man in speed, doesn't mean he should be immediately disqualified. Spider-Man has much more strength than Sonic, and insanely more stamina. Additionally, speed by itself isn't very useful in a fight. For example, in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Sonic is insanely faster than any other character [2], but he's actually low-mid-tier due to his weaker attacks [3]. It doesn't really matter how fast someone can run if they can't attack with it. My opponent claims to be unable to attack Sonic due to his fast speeds. However, I can already see a few ways how the opposing team could damage Sonic, which my opponent really should be able to come up with by himself. I'm not going to tell him how to defeat my own character. Now, even if Team CON has no characters that could actually defeat anybody moving at mach speed, that's just his own fault. He could have easily prepared, as I mentioned Sonic in Round 1. I can think of numerous characters that can defeat Sonic while he's running around the planet. For example, Bowser (or any other fire-breather) could breath a steady stream of fire in on place, and Sonic would be bound to run into it. If anybody had damaging spikes, they could merely get in Sonic's way. Even the rather wimpy Spiny Buzzy Beetle (http://www.mariowiki.com...) could defeat Sonic all by himself, without getting hit once. Not every team member has to be defeatable by every possible set of three team members. That was never a rule. In conclusion, Sonic is easily on par with Spider-Man or Batman, with only different strengths, not necessarily better, and if my opponent cannot think of a creative way to stop Sonic, then that's his own problem. My opponent's only plan dealing with Sonic is to let Rhyperior kill Sonic with Earthquake. However, I already had a statement explaining how Sonic would dodge: "Of course, Rhyperior would damage everybody in this fight, although Sonic would be able to jump away thanks to his speed. He'd catapult out of a tunnel, and jump, and he'd probably take about ten seconds just to hit the ground." Therefore, my opponent has absolutely no plans to deal with Sonic. He will need to come up with a plan by next round, as last-round arguments are illegal. Toon Link vs. Ryu Hayabusa My opponent cites Ryu's being "legendary" as an excuse for superiority. However, the legacy of Link is also a legend itself. Ryu may have combos, but my opponent should source what combos are being used so that they can be properly countered. I can't be expected to just recite counters to a wiki's entire list of combos. As for Ninpo magic, Link can use the Mirror Shield [4] to reflect it back at Ryu. He also has his own magic weapons in the Fire, Ice, and Light Arrows [5], which can burn, freeze, or stun Ryu. Eventually, Ryu would be out of weapons thanks to Sonic, and Link would be able to get a few extra hits on Ryu while Sonic pummels into him. In short, Link can easily survive a fight against another magic swordsman, especially with the help of Sonic. I have already acknowledged Earthquake's side effects. Link and Rhyperior would know the planet is mined because they have eyes. They'd be able to see the military guys lay the minds out. My opponent attempts to insult Rhyperior quite badly and claim that it would not use Earthquake if it realized that Link would be hit. However, Rhyperior realizes that collateral damage is required to win, and Link has his Magic Armor to protect himself initially, as well as a few fairies in bottles to revive him if need be. I never said that Rhyperior's Earthquakes would be limitless; I really only need a few. Cover will not save Team CON from the entire planet shaking; it's rather unavoidable unless you fly, and Rhyperior would turn around and blow anyone who attempts to do so out of the sky with Rock Wrecker. Snake's rations and bandages would not be enough to recover from a full-blown Earthquake, especially given that Snake would be knocked unconscious. My opponent calls Rhyperior's defenses superhuman, as though being superhuman is illegal. However, Spider-Man has superhuman strength and speed, so some aspects of superhuman-ness are obviously okay. My opponent criticizes my lack of evidence for the idea that bullets are generally harmless to rocks, but he provides no evidence to the contrary, leaving only speculation. Rhyperior's Solid Rock body is extremely dense, serving as strong as a ballistic vest, and would not be penetrated by bullets. There's also the matter of curvature. Sniping anybody would be quite impossible, because you'd have to be about a meter away from someone so that the curvature of Gateway Planet wouldn't make them invisible to both yourself and your gun. Snake and Price would have to get very close to Rhyperior before needling away at his rock-solid body, at which point, Rhyperior would Seismic Toss them into the Earth. My opponent also wishes for Ryu to defeat Rhyperior with the Art of the Piercing Void. However, how does this attack work? "Due to the force field's permeability, extreme space-time fluctuations occur near the surface of the ninpo attack that pulverize any nearby living matter." However, Rhyperior is not living matter, but solid rock, immune to the Art of the Piercing Void. Additionally, Ryu would have to get very close to Rhyperior to unleash the attack accurately, and Rhyperior would toss Ryu to New Mexico before the attack could even be unleashed. My opponent brings up Sonic, with his only plan to defeat Sonic being Rhyperior's own Earthquake. However, I have already explained how Sonic would avoid Earthquake safely. In conclusion: Sonic and Toon Link would gang up on Ryu, slowly wearing him down in an epic sword fight until Ryu is defenseless and defeated. Rhyperior unleashes consistent Earthquakes, damaging everybody except Rhyperior and Sonic (although Link would survive with Magic Armor and fairies). Ryu tries to match Link, but is constantly hit by Sonic, losing weapons and taking damage. Snake and Price cannot snipe at Rhyperior, as the curvature of Gateway Planet effectively prevents sniping. After all of Team CON is knocked unconscious due to five or six Earthquakes, Rhyperior discards all of them to Vegas, where they eventually wake up and hit the slots. 1. http://spiderman.wikia.com... 2. http://super-smash-bros.wikia.com... 3. http://super-smash-bros.wikia.com... 4. http://zelda.wikia.com... 5. http://zelda.wikia.com...