It has been awhile. Missed VI & VII. Sorry, it could not be helped. However, I should be good to continue the Tier Challenges in an orderly fashion, so hopefully no more late threads. Leave a comment if I miss any new character additions / you believe I did not properly account for a recent powerful SSB/BSB/OSB (especially one that may be newly introduced in the fest), since I need to make up for VI, VII, V, XIV & the fest banners. Couple of nerfs here and there, but for the most part, I'm trying to lower a lot of characters to increase variability in those low-score runs. Mage meta & utilizing vessels for Mage BSB RWs is currently superior, so expect a lot of physicals (not necessarily supports) to go down while mages go up. Fully anticipating some people being triggered that Minfillia is so high and that Balthier actually got rekt even with his lolBSB. The leading man needs some help.

Will update the VIII winners later today.

Rules Here: Total Points cannot exceed 12. Mastery is required. A synergy team (3-5 members, all with character synergy) gets (-2) points for their run (I.E., a 9 point synergy team only counts as 7). A synergy duo gets (-1) points, and a synergy solo gets (-0.5) points.

Link to past thread

First person to achieve the lowest score for the tier challenge gets a special flair.

Honorary Keeper flair will be given to participants who achieved the lowest point to (lowest point 2 points), or the lowest synergy point to (lowest point 1 point). If the lowest points happen to be a synergy team, the flair goes to lowest ~ lowest 2.

TC Veteran flair will be given to participants who achieve 7.75 points or less, but do not meet the requirements for Honorary Keeper.

Tier Challenge Winners (The Lion Wakes)

3 points: ???

* Asterisked names obtained lowest score~lowest score 1 for synergy team.

Note

The points will be tracked by /u/angusmiranda over here. Thank you very much to /u/angusmiranda for tracking the characters used!

Point Shift

• Papalymo (2.5), Minfilia (New) moved to 5.0 points.

• Beatrix (5.0), Terra (3.0), Zell (3.0), Cid VII (2.5), Alphinaud (New), moved to 4.0 points.

• Agrias (4.0), Minwu (4.0), Paladin Cecil (4.0), Eiko (4.0), Penelo (4.0), Quistis (2.5) moved to 3.0 points.

• Yuffie (3.0), Rydia (3.0), Zidane (3.0), Fang (3.0), Bartz (3.0), Fran (3.0), Fang (3.0), Jecht (3.0), Kefka (3.0), Kuja (3.0) moved to 2.5 points.

• Paine (2.5), Sazh (2.5), Steiner (2.5), Auron (2.5), Delita (2.5), Freya (2.5), Golbez (2.5), Yda (1.5), Wakka (1.5), Dorgan (New) moved to 2.0 points.

• Leo (2.5), Cyan (1.0) moved to 1.5 points.

• Balthier (1.5) moved to 1.0 points.

• Gladiator (0.5), Knight (0.5), Red Mage (0.5) moved to 0.75 points.

Character Points

5: Ashe, Celes, Faris, Gilgamesh, Maria, Minfilia, Onion Knight, Papalymo, Ramza, Tyro, Y'shtola, Vaan

4: Alphinaud, Beatrix, Cid (VII), Cloud, Exdeath, Firion, Hope, Kain, Krile, Luneth, Rikku, Rinoa, Serah, Squall, Terra, Tidus, Vanille, Zell

3: Aerith, Agrias, Arc, Basch, Cait Sith, Cecil (PLD), Eiko, Galuf, Gordon, Ingus, Leon, Lightning, Minwu, Penelo, Quistis, Refia, Relm, Rosa, Selphie, Vincent, Warrior of Light

2.5: Bartz, Braska, Echo, Edea, Edgar, Fang, Fran, Garnet, Jecht, Josef, Kefka, Kimahri, Kuja, Lenna, Mog, Ovelia, Quina, Raines, Rydia, Seifer, Shadow, Shantotto, Snow, Tellah, Vivi, Yuffie, Yuna, Zidane

2: Auron, Delita, Desch, Dorgan, Edward, Freya, Gabranth, Golbez, Irvine, Larsa, Locke, Lulu, Noel, Paine, Sarah, Sazh, Sephiroth, Setzer, Steiner, Strago, Thancred, Tifa, Wakka, Yda, Zack

1.5: Barret, Cecil (DRK), Cyan, Fusoya, Garland, Gau, Laguna, Leila, Leo, Palom, Porom, Red XIII, Ricard, Sabin

1: Amarant, Balthier, Edge, Guy, Mustadio, Reno, Wol, Yang

0.75: Bard, Black Mage, Dark Knight, Devout, Gladiator, Knight, Magus, Ninja, Red Mage, White Mage

0.5: Dragoon, Samurai, Spellblade, Summoner, Berserker, Ranger, Monk, Thief, Viking, Warrior

The Galuf Addendum: Players utilizing Galuf will be registered for a minimum of 6.0 points. This means even if your run totals 3.5, it'll be registered as 6.0. If it totals more, then it'll be registered as whatever you ran. This rule was created due to Galuf being able to solo almost any boss in the game.

Submission Template:

 **Need Help/In Progress/Completed**

1. **Party:**  
2. **Kill picture:**
3. **Medal tally:**
4. **Total points:**
5. **Notes:**  
> Thoughts and advice here 

Please post each attempt in a separate reply. Info regarding this challenge can be found at the wiki links or here.