YJUTT TT/YJ/TJ Tournament Semi Finals(pt. 3)

[Marx]

Scorecard
Round 1
Wonder Girl d. Shazam
Shinobi d. Drew/Eric & Gear (unanimous)
Jericho d. The Hurricane (unanimous)
Ravager d. Lucky 7
Harm d. Jazlyn
Supersonic d. Static
Teen Lantern d. Secret
Semi-Finals
Ravager d. Supersonic
Teen Lantern d. Harm & Wonder Girl

And we have the last match before the finals! Once again as with any match with Jericho, it's hard to say who'd win unless Jericho fights purely in hand to hand. Of course he was able to legitimately pose as Deathstroke, so hand to hand, he'd probably be a match for for the ninja. Though Shin does have that sword so who knows. Would be a good match regardless.

Shinbi vs. Jericho

[mad-libbs]

I......don't.....know! There are so many ways this could go. Shin has had some psychic defensive training.....I think, because of Bliss. So if Jericho did get inside him would he be able to kick him out? And Jericho could totally cheat, jump in, jump off the side of a building or something and jump out at the right time sending Shin to fall on his own......I honestly do not know for this one.

[Shinobi]

This is definitely an interesting match up...in Shinobi's corner we have the magic sword, the resistance to psychics he's built up from fighting Bliss (and training with Portal Painter), and his world wide training tour, which even includes him getting tutored by the Monkey King himself.

Jericho on the other hand has the advantages of his body jumping ability, his combat skills. Although he was able to pose as Slade for a length of time you have to wonder how much of that was Joey's own combat skill and how much was muscle memory from Slade's body having done it all for so long.

If Jericho tried to possess Shinobi, I'd have to think it would work like it did in the comics when he possessed Match, with him having to struggle to keep grip on control. Hand to hand, I'd have to agree it's a toss up, it might depend on the environment they're fighting in. Shinobi operates in New York city, he knows how to use an urban environment to his advantage and could potentially surprise Joey from the shadows or even high overhangs.

Let's not forget his costume has enough pieces that he can leave some lying around as decoys to attack from behind.

I'd say it's a drawn out fight and could go either way. However, as Shinobi IS my character, I'm going to have to go with my bias.

Though in the end, I imagine it working like Batman said when he fought Captain America.
"It's conceivable you could beat me. But it would take you a very long time."

[Marx]

I went with my biase for this one too. Basically because all I really know of Jericho is that one fight with Deathstroke and then they had him go insane and have Vigilante gouge his eyes out. Didn't go out of their way to prove him to be a badass. And *clears throat and pokes Savant with a stick* there aren't too many RPG posts of him to really judge any differences.

It would be an extremely close fight though. Unless Jericho was able to body jump and injure Shin enough so quickly that he wouldn't have the time to fight back. Easily a toss up though.

[Marx]

Hm, I'm getting the feeling that this one'll stick, so let's go to the finals!