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2002-???. Organized by Gamefaqs.
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Other Games I (2004)Villains (2005)Series (2006)Games II (2009)GotD I (2010)Rivals (2011)Games III (2015)Years (2017)GotD II (2020)

Character Battle X was the 10th character battle hosted by video game website GameFAQs, and the first such tournament after 5 years. The main event lasted from 2018 October 19 until December 14.

This edition saw the return of the classic 1 vs 1 single-elimination format with 128 contestants split into eight 16-player divisions. However, eight members of the "Noble Nine" were excluded from this bracket, with Sephiroth being the only one left out. Instead, they will be automatically seeded into the newly-introduced Legends Stage, where they will meet the eight division winners in a special double-elimination bracket to decide, once again, the most popular character on GameFAQs. Link defeated Cloud Strife in their third Grand Finals meeting, earning him a record-fifth championship.

Besides the obvious Link > Cloud final, the tournament was highlighted by Zelda's incredible Legends Stage run resulting from her appearance in Breath of the Wild, as she defeated three Noble Niners in the upper bracket, before losing to the eventual top two finalists in consecutive matches.

Meanwhile, the defending champion Draven was completely blown out of the first round by Okami Amaterasu, suffering the tournament's most lopsided defeat in the process. This is largely a repsonse to his controversial victory in the previous Character Battle where he was carried by rallying voters from /r/leagueoflegends. To add insult to injury, Draven also garnered the fewest votes in the entire tournament, and arguably one of the lowest in the entire history of GameFAQs.


Tournament Bracket[]

Unlike most brackets in this wiki, the seed order in GameFAQs contests is different:
1-8-5-4 3-6-7-2.
Since the site schedules each bracket's matches in that order, this wiki will also display the brackets in that order instead.

Click on the date above each match to see its article page (redirects to Board 8 wiki).

Division A[]

Devil Division
Division R1
(Top 128)
Division R2
(Top 64)
Division Semis
(Top 32)
Division Final
(Sweet 16)
Nov 19 - 26394
1 Dante icon Dante 18,896
16 Cuphead icon Cuphead 7498 Nov 04 -  28469
Nov 19 - 26403 1 Dante icon Dante 18,682
8 Chloe p icon Chloe Price 6814 9 Lightning ff icon Lightning 9787
9 Lightning ff icon Lightning 19,589 Nov 12 - 29646
Nov 19 - 26398 1 Dante icon Dante 12,926
5 Spyro icon Spyro 11,570 Nov 04 - 28472 4 Ganon icon Ganon 16,720
12 Chun li icon Chun-Li 14,828 12 Chun li icon Chun-Li 11,699
Nov 19 - 26402 4 Ganon icon Ganon 16,773
4 Ganon icon Ganon 20,753
13 Neku icon Neku Sakuraba 5649 Nov 16 - 30811
Oct 20 - 26022 4 Ganon icon Ganon 16,008
3 Vivi ff icon Vivi Ornitier 19,488 3 Vivi ff icon Vivi 14,803
14 Narukami icon Yu Narukami 6534 Nov 04 - 28482
Oct 20 - 26039 3 Vivi ff icon Vivi 21,489
6 Victor s icon Victor Sullivan 10,529 11 Aya brea icon Aya 6993 Nov 12 - 29648
11 Aya brea icon Aya Brea 15,510 3 Vivi ff icon Vivi 16,301
Oct 20 - 26042 10 DK icon DK 13,347
7 Tidus icon Tidus 11,216 Nov 04 - 28488
10 DK icon Donkey Kong 14,826 10 DK icon DK 15,859
Oct 20 - 26037 2 Leon re icon Leon 12,629
2 Leon re icon Leon S. Kennedy 17,881
15 Dragonborn skyrim icon Dragonborn 8156

Division B[]

Maverick Division
Oct 21 - 29219
1 Zero icon Zero 21,676
16 Primrose icon Primrose Azelhart 7543 Nov 05 - 29939
Oct 21 - 29219 1 Zero icon Zero 16,811
8 Zidane ff icon Zidane Tribal 12,622 9 Knuckles icon Knuckles 13,128
9 Knuckles icon Knuckles the Echidna 16,597 Nov 12 - 29656
Oct 21 - 29223 1 Zero icon Zero 17,867
5 Noctis icon Noctis Lucis Caelum 12,406 Nov 05 - 29943 13 Wario icon Wario 11,789
12 M hand icon Master Hand 16,817 12 M hand icon M. Hand 11,686
Oct 21 - 29229 13 Wario icon Wario 18,257
4 Monika icon Monika 10,360
13 Wario icon Wario 18,869 Nov 16 - 30815
Oct 22 - 29107 1 Zero icon Zero 13,387
3 Yoshi icon Yoshi 21,617 7 Pikachu icon Pika 17,428
14 linkShantae Shantae 7490 Nov 05 - 29944
Oct 22 - 29119 3 Yoshi icon Yoshi 21,148
6 Velvet icon Velvet Crowe 17,773 6 Velvet icon Velvet 8796 Nov 12 - 29654
11 James sh icon James Sunderland 11,346 3 Yoshi icon Yoshi 13,405
Oct 22 - 29119 7 Pikachu icon Pika 16,249
7 Pikachu icon Pikachu 19,337 Nov 05 - 29944
10 Scorpion mk icon Scorpion 9782 7 Pikachu icon Pika 18,987
Oct 22 - 29121 2 Kratos icon Kratos 10,957
2 Kratos icon Kratos 21,310
15 Marston icon John Marston 7811

Division C[]

Keyblade Division
Oct 23 - 29737
1 Sora kh icon Sora 20,542
16 Ryo h icon Ryo Hazuki 9195 Nov 06 - 30984
Oct 23 - 29744 1 Sora kh icon Sora 15,212
8 Neptune icon Neptune 7341 9 Red pkmn icon Red 15,772
9 Red pkmn icon PKMN Trainer Red 22,403 Nov 13 - 30179
Oct 23 - 29744 9 Red pkmn icon Red 15,748
5 Crash icon Crash Bandicoot 16,115 Nov 06 - 30982 4 Big boss icon Big Boss 14,431
12 Cecil ff icon Cecil Harvey 13,629 5 Crash icon Crash 14,601
Oct 23 - 29745 4 Big boss icon Big Boss 16,381
4 Big boss icon Big Boss 16,855
13 Ridley icon Ridley 12,890 Nov 17 - 28236
Oct 24 - 29284 9 Red pkmn icon Red 13,041
3 Alucard cv icon Alucard 16,635 3 Alucard cv icon Alucard 15,195
14 Peach icon Princess Peach 12,649 Nov 06 - 30984
Oct 24 - 29284 3 Alucard cv icon Alucard 18,472
6 Yuna icon Yuna 21,248 6 Yuna icon Yuna 12,512 Nov 13 - 30185
11 Godot icon Godot 8036 3 Alucard cv icon Alucard 17,943
Oct 24 - 29289 7 Kefka icon Kefka 12,242
7 Kefka icon Kefka Palazzo 17,628 Nov 06 - 30988
10 L block icon L-Block 11,661 7 Kefka icon Kefka 18,537
Oct 24 - 29288 15 Bomberman icon Bomberman 12,451
2 Kiryu icon Kazuma Kiryu 11,459
15 Bomberman icon Bomberman 17,829

Division D[]

Automata Division
Oct 25 - 29525
1 2b icon YoRHa No. 2 Type B 22,970
16 Cayde 6 icon Cayde-6 6555 Nov 07 - 30230
Oct 25 - 29527 1 2b icon 2B 16,239
8 Shadow icon Shadow the Hedgehog 13,801 9 Ness icon Ness 13,991
9 Ness icon Ness 15,726 Nov 13 - 30182
Oct 25 - 29526 1 2b icon 2B 12,620
5 Terra ff icon Terra Branford 13,935 Nov 07 - 30232 4 Bowser icon Bowser 17,562
12 Charizard icon Charizard 15,591 12 Charizard icon Charizard 13,136
Oct 25 - 29532 4 Bowser icon Bowser 17,096
4 Bowser icon Bowser 22,856
13 Gordon f icon Gordon Freeman 6676 Nov 17 - 28244
Oct 26 - 28762 4 Bowser icon Bowser 15,211
3 Phoenix icon Phoenix Wright 16,375 2 Kirby icon Kirby 13,033
14 Chris re icon Chris Redfield 12,387 Nov 07 - 30233
Oct 26 - 28758 3 Phoenix icon Phoenix 15,320
6 Ike icon Ike 17,918 6 Ike icon Ike 14,913 Nov 13 - 30187
11 Joel m icon Joel Miller 10,840 3 Phoenix icon Phoenix 9566
Oct 26 - 28756 2 Kirby icon Kirby 20,621
7 Estelle b icon Estelle Bright 10,170 Nov 07 - 30231
10 Isaac gs icon Isaac 18,586 10 Isaac gs icon Isaac 8982
Oct 26 - 28760 2 Kirby icon Kirby 21,249
2 Kirby icon Kirby 21,439
15 Guile icon Guile 7321

Division E[]

Garden Division
Oct 27 - 28693
1 Squall icon Squall Leonhart 21,773
16 Hat kid icon Hat Kid 6920 Nov 08 - 29994
Oct 27 - 28695 1 Squall icon Squall 19,202
8 Garrus icon Garrus Vakarian 14,527 8 Garrus icon Garrus 10,792
9 Ramza icon Ramza Beoulve 14,168 Nov 14 - 31041
Oct 27 - 28701 1 Squall icon Squall 11,385
5 M sonic icon Metal Sonic 12,480 Nov 08 - 29993 4 Zelda icon Zelda 19,656
12 The boss icon The Boss 16,221 12 The boss icon The Boss 8788
Oct 27 - 28704 4 Zelda icon Zelda 21,205
4 Zelda icon Princess Zelda 21,623
13 Ezio icon Ezio Auditore da Firenze 7081 Nov 18 - 29323
Oct 28 - 28819 4 Zelda icon Zelda 18,235
3 Aloy icon Aloy 13,563 15 Aerith icon Aerith 11,088
14 Dva icon D.Va 15,256 Nov 08 - 29994
Oct 28 - 28826 14 Dva icon D.Va 8543
6 Jill v icon Jill Valentine 13,232 11 Fox sf icon Fox 21,451 Nov 14 - 31046
11 Fox sf icon Fox McCloud 15,594 11 Fox sf icon Fox 14,684
Oct 28 - 28826 15 Aerith icon Aerith 16,362
7 Shovel k icon Shovel Knight 13,672 Nov 08 - 29995
10 Cpt toad icon Captain Toad 15,154 10 Cpt toad icon Cpt. Toad 12,000
Oct 28 - 28824 15 Aerith icon Aerith 17,995
2 Waluigi icon Waluigi 12,271
15 Aerith icon Aerith Gainsborough 16,553

Division F[]

Wild Division
Oct 29 - 29949
1 Geralt icon Geralt of Rivia 16,779
16 Rosalina icon Rosalina 13,170 Nov 09 - 29379
Oct 29 - 29953 1 Geralt icon Geralt 15,334
8 Ryu h icon Ryu Hayabusa 14,743 9 Simon b icon Simon 14,045
9 Simon b icon Simon Belmont 15,210 Nov 14 - 31050
Oct 29 - 29951 1 Geralt icon Geralt 15,799
5 Sans icon Sans 8571 Nov 09 - 29381 4 Bayo icon Bayo 15,251
12 Pac man icon Pac-Man 21,380 12 Pac man icon Pac-Man 14,082
Oct 29 - 29954 4 Bayo icon Bayo 15,299
4 Bayo icon Bayonetta 19,289
13 Riku kh icon Riku 10,665 Nov 18 - 29321
Oct 30 - 30762 1 Geralt icon Geralt 13,739
3 Auron icon Auron 20,132 3 Auron icon Auron 15,582
14 Lucina icon Lucina 10,630 Nov 09 - 29385
Oct 30 - 30770 3 Auron icon Auron 16,396
6 Magus ct icon Magus 14,802 11 Vincent v icon Vincent 12,989 Nov 14 - 31049
11 Vincent v icon Vincent Valentine 15,968 3 Auron icon Auron 17,609
Oct 30 - 30768 10 Sub zero icon Sub-Zero 13,440
7 Shulk icon Shulk 11,517 Nov 09 - 29386
10 Sub zero icon Sub-Zero 19,251 10 Sub zero icon Sub-Zero 19,471
Oct 30 - 30758 15 Claire re icon Claire 9915
2 Joker p5 Joker 14,278
15 Claire re icon Claire Redfield 16,480

Division G[]

Mansion Division
Oct 31 - 28911
1 Luigi icon Luigi 22,397
16 Edgeworth icon Miles Edgeworth 6514 Nov 10 - 28689
Oct 31 - 28913 1 Luigi icon Luigi 17,681
8 Frog ct icon Frog 22,084 8 Frog ct icon Frog 11,008
9 Monokuma icon Monokuma 6829 Nov 15 - 32421
Oct 31 - 28917 1 Luigi icon Luigi 22,581
5 Chief icon Master Chief 19,954 Nov 10 - 28694 13 Tails icon Tails 9840
12 Majima icon Goro Majima 8963 5 Chief icon Chief 12,771
Oct 31 - 28919 13 Tails icon Tails 15,923
4 Nathan d icon Nathan Drake 12,514
13 Tails icon Miles "Tails" Prower 16,405 Nov 19 - 31146
Nov 01 - 30604 1 Luigi icon Luigi 15,149
3 Tifa icon Tifa Lockhart 22,399 3 Tifa icon Tifa 15,997
14 Geno icon Geno 8205 Nov 10 - 28692
Nov 01 - 30607 3 Tifa icon Tifa 16,669
6 Glados icon GLaDOS 11,484 11 Mewtwo icon Mewtwo 12,023 Nov 15 - 32424
11 Mewtwo icon Mewtwo 19,123 3 Tifa icon Tifa 16,269
Nov 01 - 30614 2 Mega man x icon X 16,155
7 Dedede icon King Dedede 15,157 Nov 10 - 28683
10 Ocelot icon Revolver Ocelot 15,457 10 Ocelot icon Ocelot 9062
Nov 01 - 30616 2 Mega man x icon X 19,621
2 Mega man x icon Mega Man X 24,693
15 Isabelle icon Isabelle 5923

Division H[]

Shinra Division
Nov 02 - 29025
1 Sephiroth icon Sephiroth 20,400
16 Wesker icon Albert Wesker 8625 Nov 11 - 28643
Nov 02 - 29027 1 Sephiroth icon Seph 18,597
8 Richter b icon Richter Belmont 11,496 9 Cpt falcon icon Falcon 10,046
9 Cpt falcon icon Captain Falcon 17,531 Nov 15 - 32426
Nov 02 - 29023 1 Sephiroth icon Seph 19,901
5 Ammy icon Amaterasu 25,584 Nov 11 - 28643 5 Ammy icon Ammy 12,525
12 Draven icon Draven 3439 5 Ammy icon Ammy 15,728
Nov 02 - 29025 4 Lara icon Lara 12,915
4 Lara icon Lara Croft 19,706
13 Metal man icon Metal Man 9319 Nov 19 - 31145
Nov 03 - 28744 1 Sephiroth icon Seph 18,769
3 Ryu sf icon Ryu 19,671 3 Ryu sf icon Ryu 12,376
14 Lloyd i icon Lloyd Irving 9073 Nov 11 - 28644
Nov 03 - 28745 3 Ryu sf icon Ryu 19,063
6 Shepard icon Commander Shepard 14,726 6 Shepard icon Shepard 9581 Nov 15 - 32424
11 K rool icon King K. Rool 14,019 3 Ryu sf icon Ryu 21,099
Nov 03 - 28748 10 Kos mos icon 2 KOS-MOS 11,325
7 Ellie tlou icon Ellie 13,094 Nov 11 - 28647
10 Kos mos icon 2 KOS-MOS 15,654 10 Kos mos icon 2 KOS-MOS 16,438
Nov 03 - 28752 2 Aqua kh icon Aqua 12,209
2 Aqua kh icon Aqua 18,432
15 Quiet mgs icon Quiet 10,320


Legends Stage[]

Due to the website's limited horizontal space, the first round will be split into a separate section. Afterwards the rest of the double- elimination bracket will be displayed as usual.

Round 1[]

Legends Stage Round 1
Date Character 1 Score Character 2 Total votes
Nov 27 (1) Link loz icon Link 22,974 - 5874 (A) Ganon icon Ganon 28,848
Nov 27 (8) Mega man icon Mega Man 14,396 - 14,458 (B) Pikachu icon Pikachu 28,854
Nov 28 (4) Cloud icon Cloud Strife 17,772 - 11,654 (C) Alucard cv icon Alucard 29,426
Nov 28 (5) Crono icon Crono 16,150 - 13,276 (D) Bowser icon Bowser 29,426
Nov 29 (3) Snake icon Solid Snake 14,350 - 14,535 (E) Zelda icon Princess Zelda 28,885
Nov 29 (6) Sonic icon Sonic the Hedgehog 15,688 - 13,194 (F) Auron icon Auron 28,882
Nov 30 (2) Samus icon Samus Aran 17,343 - 12,085 (G) Tifa icon Tifa Lockhart 29,428
Nov 30 (7) Mario icon Mario 17,437 - 11,993 (H) Sephiroth icon Sephiroth 29,430


Finals Bracket[]

Upper Bracket & Finals
UB Quarters UB Semis UB Final GRAND FINAL
Dec 03 - 29424 Dec 14 - 27929
1 Link loz icon Link 20,129 U Link loz icon Link 16,554
B Pikachu icon Pikachu 9295 Dec 07 - 29353 L Cloud icon Cloud 11,375
Dec 03 - 29425 1 Link loz icon Link 17,763
4 Cloud icon Cloud Strife 16,694 4 Cloud icon Cloud 11,590 Dec 11 - 28946
5 Crono icon Crono 12,731 1 Link loz icon Link 18,399
Dec 04 - 28717 E Zelda icon Zelda 10,547
E Zelda icon Zelda 16,210 Dec 08 - 26975
6 Sonic icon Sonic 12,507 E Zelda icon Zelda 13,733 LB Final
Dec 04 - 28715 7 Mario icon Mario 13,242 Dec 13 - 27618
2 Samus icon Samus Aran 13,950 >> Zelda icon Zelda 13,517
7 Mario icon Mario 14,765 /\ Cloud icon Cloud 14,101
Lower Bracket
LB Rd 1 LB Rd 2 LB Rd 3 LB Rd 4 LB Semis
Dec 01 - 25238 Dec 05 - 27991
Ganon icon Ganon 10,087 >> Pikachu icon Pika 13,809
Mega man icon MM 15,151 Mega man icon MM 14,182 Dec 09 - 26066 Dec 10 - 28663
Dec 01 - 25239 Dec 05 - 27995 Mega man icon MM 12,977 >> Cloud icon Cloud 16,563
Alucard cv icon Alucard 12,307 >> Crono icon Crono 15,327 Crono icon Crono 13,089 Crono icon Crono 12,100
Bowser icon Bowser 12,932 Bowser icon Bowser 12,668 Dec 12 - 29193
Dec 02 - 25886 Dec 06 - 28256 Cloud icon Cloud 14,667
Snake icon Snake 15,915 >> Sonic icon Sonic 11,999 Mario icon Mario 14,526
Auron icon Auron 9971 Snake icon Snake 16,257 Dec 09 - 26070 Dec 10 - 28667
Dec 02 - 25885 Dec 06 - 28262 Snake icon Snake 11,345 >> Mario icon Mario 14,343
Tifa icon Tifa 13,545 >> Samus icon Samus 16,557 Samus icon Samus 14,725 Samus icon Samus 14,324
Sephiroth icon Sephiroth 12,340 Tifa icon Tifa 11,705


Navigation[]

GameFAQs contests
2002-???. Organized by Gamefaqs.
Character Battles I (2002)II (2003)III (2004)IV (2005)V (2006)VI (2007)VII (2008)VIII (2010)IX (2013)X (2018)XI (???)
Other Games I (2004)Villains (2005)Series (2006)Games II (2009)GotD I (2010)Rivals (2011)Games III (2015)Years (2017)GotD II (2020)
The Hierarchy
Noble Nine Link loz icon Link***** • Cloud icon Cloud* • Mario icon Mario* • Samus icon Samus* • Sephiroth icon Sephiroth[1]Snake icon SnakeCrono icon CronoMega man icon Mega ManSonic icon Sonic
Other Champions L block icon L-Block* • Draven icon Draven* • Ganon icon Ganon[2]
Notable Players Zelda icon ZeldaTifa icon TifaAerith icon AerithAlucard cv icon AlucardSora kh icon SoraVivi ff icon ViviAuron icon AuronSquall icon SquallLuigi icon LuigiBowser icon BowserCharizard icon CharizardKirby icon KirbyRyu sf icon Ryu
[1] Champion of Villains 2005
[2] Co-champion of Rivals 2011 alongside Link.
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