Knuckles: Depends! He's got that whole insane strength thing going on and canon states he's a Martial Arts Master. We don't see huge amounts of evidence for this.

So, I tend to rank him as an OK practitioner of punching based arts.

However, he's gullible, slower than other Sonic characters, and not hugely inventive in terms of in-the-moment battle strategy. Throw him a curveball and he WILL be like 'wait waht'

Sonny: He likes making nice more than he enjoys fighting. That is what he's learned in his time at the Academy. He enjoys being friends with a wide range of people, even those who might deserve a butt kicking.

However, if he feels a cause is Just and Good, he will lend you his heft. He was assistant coach in boxing club and a Pokémon League hall of famer.

So, engage at your own peril. He has a low physical defense, though and is slow. So, if you wallop him hard and fast, you can win.

Jon: Don't do it.

Do fight Knuckles if Chris is rolling to see how well he can lift

Look. In his current Smash canon, he won both Darkstalker tourneys. You ca--FKFHJVFGLIG JEFFFFFFF

AHEM

I'll fight u, bro

Jeff, I love you.

Jeff, never stop.

You can then take it to mean he smacked the snot out of a Living Sun and a hugely powerful demon lord. Supernatural lineage and sheer tenacity plus a serious knowledge and proficiency in Kung Fu.

He's probably my most unlikely-to-be-beaten muse apart from like... Superman.

Yes but did he get belly rubs for being such a good boy

(I agree, Jeff, never stop.)

He probably did, Chris.

He probably did.

I'm pretty sure he got way fewer than Jock did.

Ergo, Jock >> Jon

Joel: Look, he's survived 20 years worth of Not!Zombie apocamalypse. But he's still a middle aged guy who hasn't been eating well for a long time.

And yet surprisingly well fed?

In appearance, anwyay.

He's definitely got the killer instinct down but he's still an unpowered Human and so probably the easiest to fight out of my Smash roster.

WELL

he got plenty of belly rubs from Felicia

Basically before the events of the game he was a smuggler. A lot of what he dealt in was ration cards.

So he's probably better fed than many people.

OKAY.

I was always sort of confused by that aspect

Shantae was able to take out Jon because of wolf instincts overriding his training, not to mention her paying attention to his classes.

"Why does he look like he's been hitting the protein shakes after the gym, isn't the world run over by a bunch of evil goombas"

But we never get to see what the rations are and I'm assuming MRE levels of government supplied food combined with expired pre-outbreak food and grilled rats. Which we see in the game.

People barbecuing rats over steel drum fires.

The rations are ribeye steak

But I am still assuming that he's not eating THAT well because... Y'know. It's the fall of civilization. You're just not going to get as much of a variety of food. I doubt the rations are rib eye steak. XD

Protein bars

Maybe. They probably keep well.

Just don't pull a Jim and eat ten of them at once.

Fruit cake?

It was only \3! XD

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There's nothing wrong with 400-calorie protein bars.

Provided you don't eat 1200 calories worth of them in one sitting.

This is a poor life choice, yes

Chased down by 12 gallons of ROCKSTAR or POWERJUICE or whatever it is that you drink.

Actually, I think I had a red bull and a... diet... pepsi? Along with it? I forget

Speaking of food I need to go make Mistie some lunch ~~/o/

Later!

Bye Jams