There's a few if not several in the high diff tier he would probably use Elixir against, but is able to beat without it imo.
The ones in the "needs Elixir to win" tier I don't see him being able to beat in base.
Tiers are not ordered.
A lot of the text below is the same as my earlier tier list.
I did add or edit some things since it has multiple versions of several characters.
S+
- No one else can compare to these 2. Pete is consistently slightly stronger than EC, but his Unconscious state edges out Pete imo. There's also an argument for Elixir VI being above/equal to Wounded EC.
S
- Definite #3 and #4. I see Elixir VI push Pete and EC further than (and beat) Royal Drugs FM more often than not.
A+
- GIAB consistently loses to the ones above by being out-done in pure bs. He stat checks everyone below. Karmic Blade is a REALLY hard one to rank. I'd honestly prefer not to include him, but oh well. I honestly don't think anyone below can beat full gear R1 KB. Perhaps ICT and Monkey See due to their respective hax. I have Base VI here as I think he would need to use Elixir to beat GIAB. There's also an argument for him being able to beat KB. I have Rusty Pete next, since I think the first time he get's serious is after he get's struck by FM. Mushroom FM takes the bottom spot since I view him as slightly stronger than his R2 version, and he beats GIAB due to the nature of his hallucinations (IE compatibility).
A
- This is the most non-linear tier imo. FM stat checks everyone below him. ICT is only at the top since I believe he would hypnotize and one-shot anyone below, ÷ Abyss whom I simply think he stat checks. Without his hypnosis he should be right above / interchangable with Tempest. Tomahawk and Beatdown are interchangable. I placed Base EC here since he beat MS, and he either a) has dodged or b) would dodge against everyone above. I placed Monkey See below Abyss cause against such an opponent he is bound to fuck up due to his overconfidence imo. I think LH is at least narratively comparable to Tempest, but I do actually have a theory that he is stronger. Base Tomahawk is at the bottom since I don't see him beat anyone but Abyss above him.
B+
- Is only a slight step below A tier. Scourge and Samoan are as close as can be. Against Wounded Scourge Samoan takes the edge imo. Rawdog is close, but consistently loses against anyone above him, with a possible exception of Abyss. He stat checks anyone below. SOS Monkey See is here since I don't think he consistently beats higher tier fighters or stat freaks, since he lacks the durabilty-negating techniques learned during R1, and knowledge on all the other R1 winners. R2 Karmic Blade is here since I believe everyone above him would stop him from using the sniper, or simply evade/dodge. But Idk, Karmic Blade is a real bitch to rank lmfao.
B
- I have Sober FM here since his superhuman endurance and unorthodox style should be enough to let him consistently beat anyone below him, but anyone above him should comfortably beat him. Arm Thief gets a succesful hold or lock on Never-Ending and Firecracker more often than not. Firecracker being below Never-Ending mostly connects to his own statement. R1 FM isn't even willing to fight most of the time, but he still has his absurd sturdiness and decent power on top of highly erratic behaviour. There might be guys in the lower tiers who beats him though. Holy Scythe might just straight up kill him.
C+
- These guys are a cut above the guys in C and are somewhat interchangable.
C
- Iron Turtle and Spider Bite are the weakest actual fighters, and Holy Scythe who has lethal offensive power and decent speed.
D+
- I believe Geared-Up loses consistently to anyone above him, and stat checks everyone below.
D
- Either really mediocre fighters or too gimmicky to be any higher. AD has no real feats, but I hope a side story or character profile would give some insights to his overall capabilites.
I tried my hand at a full, thought-through Tier List. Since CC in particular is so matchup dependant and a lot of the convicts fluctuates in their overall power.
This list is based on the strongest version of all the convicts.
I might make one later with different versions of the convicts.
S+
- No one else can compare to these 2. We even have VI admit that they're on another level.
S
- Definite #3 and #4. I see VI push Pete snd EC further than, and beat FM more often than not.
A+
- GIAB consistently loses to the ones above by being out-done in pure bs. He hard stat checks everyone below. Karmic Blade is a really hard one to rank. I honestly don't think anyone below can beat full gear R1 KB. Perhaps ICT and Monkey See due to their respective hax.
A
- This is the most non-linear tier imo. ICT is only at the top since I believe he would hypnotize and one-shot anyone below, ÷ Abyss whom I simply think he stat checks. Without his hypnosis he should be right above / interchangable with Tempest. Tomahawk and Beatdown are interchangable. I placed Monkey See below Abyss cause against such an opponent he is bound to fuck up due to his overconfidence imo. I think LH is at least narratively comparable to Tempest, but I do actually have a theory that he is stronger.
B+
- Is only a slight step below A tier. Scourge and Samoan are as close as can be. I put Karmic Blade here based on the facts that I: a) doesn't think he reliably gets the thumbs up in time, b) expect the opponent to just tank or evade, against anyone above him. Rawdog is close, but consistently loses against anyone above him, with a possible exception of Abyss. He stat checks anyone below.
B
- These 3 are somewhat close. Arm Thief gets a succesful hold or lock on Never-Ending and Firecracker more often than not. Firecracker being below Never-Ending mostly connects to his own statement.
C+
- These guys are a cut above the guys in C and are somewhat interchangable.
C
- Iron Turtle and Spider Bite are the weakest actual fighters, or Holy Scythe who has lethal offensive power snd decent speed.
D+
- I believe Geared-Up loses consistently to anyone above him, and stat checks everyone below.
D
- Either really mediocre fighters or too gimmicky to be any higher. AD has no real feats, but I hope a side story or character profile would give some insights to his overall capabilites.
He took 284 clean hits in total over the course of the 5 matches he participated in.
By comparison Pete took only 15 clean hits (9 clean ones to be exact, but clean or partially blocked 15 hits that dealt major damage), 13 of which were against El Cucaracho himself.
Florida Man, who the 2nd most amount of clean hits, took 106 (at one point vs LH, GIAB and Pete respectively he took a barrage which was hard to count properly).
That's a an average of ≈ 57 per match.
By rounds it went as follows:
- R1: 5
- R2: 44
- R3: 37
- R4: 63
- R5: 135
He evaded 65 hits in total over the course of the 5 matches he participated in.
That's an average of = 13 per match.
By rounds it went as follows:
- R1: 0
- R2: 0
- R3: 2
- R4: 15
- R5: 48
The amount of panels in his matches are 2.951 in total.
That's an average of ≈ 590 panels per match.
By rounds it is as follows:
- R1: 74
- R2: 248
- R3: 332
- R4: 592
- R5: 1.705
Meaning that R5 alone was longer than all his other matches put together. The same goes for Pete. The finals are also longer than all the 2nd-4th longest matches put together (the semi-finals matches and Florida Man vs. The God in a Box).
His failed attempts on his own life includes, but is likely not limited to:
- engaging the Mexican military
- shooting himself
- getting shot with a gun
- lethal injection
- mercenary sniper
- chained to a massive anchor and dropped into the ocean
- being "submerged" in concrete
- crashing a plane
He was still only a fucking kid when he conquered "The Inside on steroids and psychedelics"!
Which begs the question, how is his age even known??
Only at that time, it was used against Pete.
Up until the end I never actually knew who would win.
That's just how good Pinakaka is.
Hey guys 👋 Sorry it took like 3 months lol, but the chapter is finally coming out. Just wanted to give a heads up, 'cuz I feel like there's a higher chance of accidentally getting spoiled when it just drops out of the blue.
I'll touch a little more on why it took so long in the actual chapter post, but mostly just been busy, among other things. So yeah, see you all on Saturday, hopefully! ✌️
Now that I think about it, the average BIQ between the KAT semi-finalists is quite a bit higher than between the CC semi-finalists.