"How would this character do in a contest setting?" is an ongoing topic series run by darkx which began in 2013 at the tail end of Character Battle IX. Each day, a video game character that has never appeared in a GameFAQs Character Battle (including Got Villains? and Rivalry Rumble), as decided by nominations, is brought up for debate as to what their approximate strength in a contest setting would be. The options are High/Mid/Low Midcarder, and High/Mid/Low Fodder. Despite a few requests to add a "near elite" option, this has been denied as these characters are generally lumped into the "high midcarder" tier already.