Suppose you are going to engage in a 1v1, no AT, duel against a player who is a formidable opponent.
In each fight, you are offered two sets of loadouts from a pool. You will get one of them and your opponent will get the other.
You can assume the opponent is equally skilled with all the loadouts.
***All gear is fully leveled, and no UVs or trinkets unless specified. You can pick any shield class you want***
Loadout Pool
====CHOICE A====
- Double Penta-Hearts
- Black Kat Cowl
- Black Kat Raiment
- Gran Faust
- Arcana
- Final Flourish
====CHOICE B====
- Double Penta-Hearts
- Chaos Cowl
- Vog Cub Coat
- Wildfire
- Storm Driver
- Glacius (ASI VH)
====CHOICE C====
- Black Kat Cowl
- Snarbolax Coat
- Acheron (ASI H)
- Supernova
- Venom Veiler
====CHOICE D====
- Divine Veil (SHADOW MAX, FREEZE MAX, SHOCK MAX)
- Divine Mantle (SHADOW MAX, FREEZE MAX, FIRE MAX)
- Gilded Griffin (ASI MED)
- Phantamos (ASI MED)
- Nova Driver (ASI MED)
====CHOICE E====
- Double Penta-Hearts
- Ancient Plate Helm (NORMAL MAX, SHOCK MAX)
- Volcanic Demo Suit (NORMAL MAX, SHOCK MAX)
- Stagger Storm (CTR VH)
- Winter Grave (CTR VH)
====CHOICE F====
- Double Penta-Hearts
- Black Kat Hood (STUN MAX)
- Black Kat Cloak (STUN MAX)
- Divine Avenger (ASI VH, CTR VH)
- Gran Faust (ASI VH, CTR VH)
====CHOICE G====
- Double Penta-Hearts
- Mercurial Helm (FREEZE MAX)
- Skolver Coat (FREEZE MAX, SHOCK MAX)
- Permafroster (ASI MED)
- Barborous Thorn Blade (ASI VH)
====CHOICE H====
- Black Kat Cowl
- Ancient Plate Mail
- Valiance (ASI VH, CTR VH)
- Divine Avenger (ASI H)
====CHOICE I====
- Double Penta-Hearts
- Cyclops Cap
- Fencing Jacket
- Divine Avenger (ASI VH)
- Final Flourish (ASI VH)
- Agent Peacemaker
====CHOICE J====
-Volcanic Plate Helm
-Volcanic Plate Mail
-Callahan (CTR VH)
-Voltedge (CTR VH)
-Magma Driver (CTR VH)
Match-ups
For each pair, pick the one you prefer. If you don't care, you can choose "IDC". Try to provide a justification.
Match 1: A or B
Match 2: C or D
Match 3: E or F
Match 4: G or H
Match 5: I or J
Match 6: A or G
Match 7: B or D
Match 8: E or H
Match 9: F or J
Feel free to create your own match-ups for other people to answer.
Match 4.
Reason : Most of the other options aren't even PvP orientated or they don't really fit into the 1v1 scene. G contains a BTB w/ ASI VH, great weapon and very reliable. Having that alone makes it a good loadouts regardless of the other weapons in it. Loadout H also has pretty good weapons and has armour in it which can tank quite a bit. Wouldn't mind to have either myself hence I choose it.