I've created 16 diva class characters so far in WWE13, composed of my own characters and some of Heat's (with his input). I entered them into a 16 competitor King of the Ring tournament with Arena Brawl style matches (1 on 1, anything goes except win by submission or count out). All matches were conducted AI vs. AI. Below is the match set up:
Ante, Phero, Exorcist, and Sleuth you may recognize as player navis of mine. Rania, Teruko, Dharma, and Jocelyn are operators of mine. Lee, Vee, Dee, Yasu, Arch, and Escort are Neo-Shogun NPCs. The final two, Lyn and Dare, are Heat's characters.
For extra fun, take a bet as to who's going to win and lose before we start! To help you out (maybe), note that characters have stats that affect their abilities, each with an average... Jocelyn's is the lowest at 45 and Escort's is the highest at 86. Most fall in the spectrum of 70-76. Without further ado, let's get started!
Preliminary: Ante vs. Dare
Ante and Dare take their rivalry to the ring! For this first one, I had matches set to quick. Within just a few attacks, Dare was down, ending with an anticlimatic kick. An inglorious outage for one of Heat's only two navis!
Winner: Ante
Preliminary: Lee vs. Vee
The NS sisters, Lee and Vee, meet in the ring! At this time, I still had it set to quick... it was over even faster than the other one. Vee never stood a chance. From here on out, I played standard length matches, because not only were these boring to watch, but it seemed like once you got the starting momentum it was all over.
Winner: Lee
Preliminary: Yasu vs. Dee
An upset this time around: Yasu, with all of her power moves and higher stats, lost to Dee! Wouldn't have seen that one coming. Dee can take pride in having bested the First General in a straight up fist fight!
Winner: Dee
Preliminary: Dharma vs. Phero
Phero finally rises up to rebel against the abuse of her creator! That will teach Dharma to fight in high heels. A pretty exciting match with no clear winner until right at the end.
Winner: Phero
Preliminary: Lyn vs. Escort
Lyn once asked to be kept out of Escort's girl's romance stuff... Sadly, she's fallen victim to Escort's finisher kiss + slam, finishing her off quickly. And that's both of Heat's guys out of the tournament! What a shame...
Winner: Escort
Preliminary: Rania vs. Teru
Two athletic operators face off! Rania proves that size isn't everything with a spectacular top rope finish, pulling off a fairly dominant victory.
Winner: Rania
Preliminary: Arch vs. Exorcist
As Heat put it, "Two bottoms face off to see who will top." The unlucky girls fought an even match, but in the end, Exxy pulled out the victory.
Winner: Exorcist
Preliminary: Jocelyn vs. Sleuth
Here things get interesting: Sleuth's stats are nearly 30 points higher than her operator's. What seemed like an easy victory quickly went awry thanks to some amazing reversals and power hits. Jocelyn manages to advance past the prelims!
Winner: Jocelyn
Bracket 1 Semi-Finals, Top Rung
An exciting match that started out in the most hilarious way possible. See the bonus section for more. At any rate, Lee proves superior once again with a lot of hokey kung fu. Wrestle, dammit!
Winner: Lee
Bracket 1 Semi-Finals, Bottom Rung
Phero continues to release her pent up anger in the most violent ways possible. That's OOC!
Winner: Phero
Bracket 2 Semi-Finals, Top Rung
Rania puts up an impressive fight, but in the end, the power moves and stats of Escort mean she gets one big punch in the face. Poor girl.
Winner: Escort
Bracket 2 Semi-Finals, Bottom Rung
Another upset! After Exorcist seemingly dominated the match, a few short reversals later, Jocelyn managed to win. Here we have a nice shot of her slamming Exorcist's head into some steel steps.
Winner: Jocelyn
Bracket 1 Finals
Lee emerges the winner after a fairly boring match. Come on, guys! We're getting close to the finals.
Winner: Lee
Bracket 2 Finals
Stats finally rear their ugly head again as Escort wipes the floor with Jocelyn. Here's a shot of the poor mall cop being swung around like a rag doll.
Winner: Escort
Finals
The final battle features two Neo-Shogun girls. Escort continues to dominate, finishing Lee off by using a set of steel steps as a bludgeoning weapon. Annoyingly, I didn't get a picture, since it skips straight past the highlights reels...
Winner: Escort
Winner: Escort
IN CONCLUSION
In the end, stats seem to win out: Escort emerges the victor after a number of runaway victories. She sort of ended up being the Undertaker of my diva's division. In the future, I'll have to stash her away, only to be used in a special occassion... Thanks for reading this far!
Bonus!