u/AicBeam

I've been DMing a brutal campaign (both in difficulty and ambientation), and I'm creating a combative clan of people, which hosts violent "circus games", one of which would be surviving against their extremely powerful champion in a 1vs1 fight in an arena, all for the clan's entertainment.

The clear issue I'm having is how to make it interesting for the other 4 players to play, other than just pre-buffing their fighter.

Do you have suggestions? Or should I consider making the entire team fight the champion?