Supervillain Redux Playoffs Round 1 -Evil That Won't be Named vs. Bloodbath + Beyond

[Jespher]

Supervillain Redux Playoffs Round 1

1 v 8 in R'lyeh

(1) Löwenherz - The Evil That Will Not Be Named
1. Cthulhu - The Call of Cthulhu
2. Diablo, Lord of Terror - Diablo
3. Alma Wade - F.E.A.R.
4. Chernabog - Disney's Fantasia
5. The Shrike - Hyperion Cantos
6. Eris, Goddess of Discord - Greek Mythology
Lair: R'lyeh

vs.

(8) Venom_7 - Bloodbath and Beyond
1. Venom - Marvel Comics
2. Sylar - Heroes
3. Harley Quinn - DC Comics
4. The Wicked Witch of the West - The Wizard of Oz
5. The Brain - Pinky and the Brain
6. Lucille Bluth - Arrested Development
Lair: The Bermuda Triangle

Which team reigns supreme?

 

[Jespher]

This poll will close in 72 hours
Sunday 7/11 at 9:46 PM

Everyone can vote for these playoff match-ups (even if you didn't participate in the draft). Don't be shy!

Feel free to back-up your rationale here.

 

[Emma]

How did bloodbath rank so low?

 

[Jespher]

How did bloodbath rank so low?

Tough room. Maybe the lack of superpowers aside from Venom, Sylar, and the Witch brought the ranking down a bit...

 

[venom_7]

Not gonna lie, if we are talking a physical battle, chances are that Sylar is the only guy on my team who survives. I've got a lot of think and scheme going on on my team, and I'm sure they could figure out a way to win. I mean, Elphaba could drop a house on Chulu....

 

[jalfa]

Not gonna lie, if we are talking a physical battle, chances are that Sylar is the only guy on my team who survives. I've got a lot of think and scheme going on on my team, and I'm sure they could figure out a way to win. I mean, Elphaba could drop a house on Chulu....

On the other hand, this battle takes place under water, so she'll be too busy dying to do much of anything. But never mind that, I just simply don't see any matchup that favours B&B and any two of Löwenherz' villains could probably take out the entirety of venom's team. So, yeah, Löwenherz gets this one.

 

[Löwenherz]

First, as I mentioned before, love the team name and the first three picks. Venom and Harley are two of my favorite comic book characters.

However, not only does my team dominate yours on sheer power alone, but you mention "a lot of think and scheme" on your side, while I have two of the most prominent schemers in fiction with Eris and Diablo. In fact, while The Brain is famous for his plans never working, Eris' typically do.

In all honesty, Sylar is the only one who really concerns me and I'd probably just sic Alma on him, because after all, he can't read the brain of an evil phantom.

Also, you keep mentioning The Wicked Witch dropping a house on people. This just might be because my only source is The Wizard of Oz movie, but I don't ever remember her doing that. Dorothy's house landed on the Wicked Witch of the East, but that had nothing to do with "Elphaba".

In fact, other than throwing a temporarily inconvenient fireball at Scarecrow, forcing the whole gang to take a nap for a minute or so and melting from a bucket of water in her own castle, I don't remember her doing much of anything.

 

[SacKings7]

Extremely hard to vote against Venom and Sylar, since both would have been choices for my team had I entered this draft. But I'm gonna have to go with Low on this one.

by the way I'm a little disappointed somebody never chose Jigsaw from the Saw movies as their "genius behind it all" type pick. Never mind the traps, he just always seems to know what's gonna happen before it actually does.

 

[venom_7]

 

[Jespher]

Congrats Löwenherz. The Evil That Will Not Be Named remains to fight another day!