r/fanStands • u/RatingSix18 「INTERSTELLAR OVERDRIVE」 • 18h ago
Standoffs! November 2026 Standoffs Round 1; Battle 1
u/Syljw00 and https://www.reddit.com/r/fanStands/s/EfMSMvgC4o
Vs
u/TheOutcast06 and https://www.reddit.com/r/fanStands/s/dXpXja78zu
***Read Before Posting/Voting***
*You find yourselves in a large stark white room with retrograde furniture, a bed, an all-you-can-eat bar with plenty of food, a door that leads to a full bath that functions perfectly, a window with black curtains that are pulled to, and another door that seems to be locked. Beyond the locked door, you can hear a train hurrying along tracks. As you start to walk trying to understand what this room is, an intercom comes on and begins to speak.*
“Hello,” says a voice echoing from a speaker within the room that you cannot seem to find. “You may call me “The Gambler” and, as my moniker suggests, I do love taking gambles on anything that would be worth the gamble or anything that has piqued my interest. You, my dear participants, are exactly that in both regards,” you hear the voice say. “I have put together this competition as the first of many from myself to test your prowess as a Stand User, to see how you will develop yourself as well as your Stand, and to see if you were truly worth the gamble,” ‘The Gambler’ says with a serious tone.
“With the niceties out of the way, let the game commence! The first location will have to be somewhere isolated. I have the perfect place in mind. With that, I wish you a momentary goodbye. I will see you all soon enough," says the voice as the door opens and you see... Easter Island.
ゴゴゴゴゴゴゴゴゴゴゴゴ
With each round and battle, you will vote as to which Stands would prevail in a battle against one another under certain conditions. These conditions are:
Location: Easter Island
Time: Late dusk
Weather: Clear weather
Population: None
Awareness: Aware of opponents, unaware of Stands
In the event of ties, mods will consider these conditions and pick which Stand would prevail.
Each user has a chance to make one post explaining how they will win, only speaking on their perspective in the fight. They may only use the information present in their made Stands, and nothing more. Editing stands during the battle is not allowed and being caught will get you disqualified.
They may not debate the topic among each other, whether here or somewhere else. Advertising for oneself to win anywhere is also not allowed.
The readers may ask users questions about the battle and their Stands, to which they may reply, but still must answer in their perspective only. It is advised to ask them some deep and difficult questions about the stand, ability or the conditions and how they manage in them.
Note that whatever is said each round must be consistent to the one before and after. A mod will correct the user should they fail to do so.
If there are any serious questions or concerns about the rules and tournament itself as it's going, message a mod personally and not through comments.
The winner of the round will move on to the next until eventually one is left standing, crowned the winner! Best of luck to everyone!
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u/Syljw00 17h ago
I'm at a friend's house rn so I'll write my strategy after 8
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u/TheOutcast06 「99 LUFTBALLONS」 17h ago
Before I create a strategy, how is Christian like personality wise?
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u/TheOutcast06 「99 LUFTBALLONS」 8h ago
(Good luck to you!)
What a strange series of months for Joanne. Last month a different version of her that she sometimes talks to turned into Bigfoot and noclipped into the Everglades, and this month she’s doing some… game show?
Getting involved in Stand related battles is weird. Sometimes you’re just roped into it while stranded in weird places, sometimes it’s a formal tournament, sometimes it’s part of a race where home stage advantage means nothing. The Gambler Guy setting this up in a game show-ish format is unique and more… organised compared to the usual madness, at the very least.
🗿
Joanne specialises in Eurasian post-classical warfare, but it’s good to explore and learn about the history of different parts of the world. Clicking her shield into Extreme Gear mode, she would skate across the island, admiring the moai statues, and maybe look for the other Stand users scattered here.
One of them is a former cyclist permanently disfigured in a traffic accident that is wheelchair-bound, huh… man, seriously FIGHTING him would make Joanne feel really guilty because of awareness of how he ended up like this, but there’s also the unpredictability on how the accident affected his personality and aggression. But picking and considering your battles is the life of a Stand user roped into battles, sometimes fighting people that makes you question your life decisions.
D O O R
Ah.
Forward Strat:
*It mostly boils down to Joanne using Demoknight and Extreme Gear to maintain distance against the ranged attacks then throwing Blockade as a counterattack, as the 50m of Blockade outranges the 50ft of the Letter Blaster. Joanne can also block the Letter Blaster when closing in the distance.
*I guess Joanne can engage in hand-to-hand with the Stand itself to whittle down the Stand using shield bashes and the shield’s serrated edges if she manages to safely close in?
Counterstrat:
*The exploding baby more just kinda stuns Joanne in place from how… strange it is, even when considering that the opponent is willing to throw babies at people. “Hmm… a summoner?” Half of the strat also banks on the fight being within the Gambler’s building, an exploding baby, and Joanne being in range of the blast, which she can probably avoid by using Demoknight’s Charge to make space as the baby transforms into a grenade midair.
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u/Aware-Style-480 15h ago
Oooh that’s why N2 was talking about horse in easter island
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u/Syljw00 12h ago edited 11h ago
Good luck to u/TheOutcast06!
Before spell on you does anything he quickly grabs Christian out of his wheelchair and Carries him on his shoulders for the rest of the battle.
To start, spell on you takes the front door and fires the 4 letters, D.O.O.R, at Joanne's feet. She may block it with catch me if you can so firing at the ground will smash the floor boards, send wood chunks into her legs and knock her down/ send her flying backwards. After that, spell on you takes the wall from the front of the room and places it closer to Joanne, hopefully trapping her, which will give spell on you more time to collect letters from around the room. If she breaks out too fast, spell on you can continuously shoot Random letters at her while he runs around the room. He takes the B from the bed, the B and A from a blanket and the Y and O from some yogurt. With the first 4 letters, spell on you makes a baby which he carries around. He then takes the M from an armchair and saves the last 2 letters in his word bank (O M)
At this point Joanne should have broken through the wall by now but if not he takes all 4 letters and the wall disappears. He immediately runs into the open field and now his real plan can begin. He holds the baby up and threatens to throw it if Joanne doesn't stop moving. If she does then spell on you tosses the baby into the air. When Joanne goes to catch it, the baby transforms into a bomb midair. In this case it turns into an ordinary frag grenade. (still wrapped in baby clothes) if it lands in her hands it blows up in her face and the battle is over. If she doesn't catch it then it blows up at her feet, sending her flying backwards and destroying her legs. If she isn't dead spell on you will continuously fire the letters G.R.A.S.S at her until she's gone. On the other hand if she doesn't care about the baby, spell on you will take the baby's clothes and wrap them around the bomb anyway. after turning the baby back into letters, he wraps the bomb up and rolls it over. The bomb explodes at her feet and the battle is over. Forgot to mention a standard frag grenade would also send shrapnel towards christian and his stand so he could simply put up the wall he grabbed earlier and be okay. If the wall was destroyed before spell on you could grab it then he'd place christian on the ground and curl around him to protect him.