AMIIBO WARS: GAME & WATCH STATS

AMIIBO WARS: FOR THE RECORD

GAME & WATCH

Debut: Season 6

Highest Placement: TBD

Championship Wins: 0

Best Ranking: TBD

Current Ranking: TBD

PAST SEASONS

S6: Game & Watch makes his debut in Season 6. Being new to the scene is typically a curse in Amiibo Wars. The contenders usually have an answer for anything thrown at them because they've seen so many varying conditions every season. When you put someone new into the mix, they either shake things up or struggle to adapt. Game & Watch struggled to make an impact. He did okay in most of his matches, but like most new amiibos, he just seemed a little too green to advance. He didn't make it past the Wildcard Phase.

AMIIBO WARS: DIDDY KONG STATS

AMIIBO WARS: FOR THE RECORD

DIDDY KONG

Debut: Season 2

Highest Placement: 4th Place (Season 2)

Championship Wins: 0

Best Ranking: 23rd out of 37 (Season 4)

Current Ranking: 32nd out of 41 (Season 5)

PAST SEASONS

S2: This was a strong debut for the monkey boy. Diddy really made an impressive impact that shook up Amiibo Wars. Alongside Lucario and Rosalina who also joined him in Season 2, the three had an impressive number of Top 3 Finishes throughout the entire season. Though he did get bested in the end, he seemed to be on fire for most of the season, even holding the #1 spot for a while. After this series, Diddy was looking to be a force to be reckoned with. 

S3: Season 3 was not the same story. Diddy Kong's effectiveness in the Gauntlet deminished greatly. This season changed up the dynamic greatly, with a slew of newcomers to mix things up. Diddy Kong's star seemed to be fading, his character received nerfs, which in turn effected the performance of the amiibo. This season was a huge drop for him, falling from 4th Place to 17th Place. Not a performance to be proud of.

S4: This season was a redemption for Diddy. though the first few waves he hovered around the bottom of the pack, he made it through and really started to get a rhythm going. After meeting his old rival, Lucario, in a Bottom 3 Blowout with Wario, the two managed to prove they aren't washed up just yet. They secured their spots by showing their experience, moving on to do great things in the season. Both amiibos make it all the way to the Top 8 and Diddy just barely misses the mark for the Final 4. With the fight so close, Diddy ended up finishing in 7th Place for the tournament, which is a major improvement coming out of Season 3. Diddy redeemed himself and proves he can hang with the best of them.

S5: Season 5 goes down as Diddy Kong's worst ever performance. Going from almost eliminating the likes of Mario/Shulk to barely winning a single match in the Challenger Series of Season 5, something seemed very off. Before Season 5 there was a mass retraining session on all of the older amiibos. My method for training had changed and I wanted to make sure all amiibos got trained the same way so that there wasn't any unfair advantage/disadvantages on either side. This new method seemed to be great for some and not so great for others. The once incomparable Diddy Kong was now a shell of his former self. He didn't have that flare he used to have and I began to worry that he probably would never rival the top amiibos again. In Season 5, Diddy Kong didn't make the Top 20 for the first time ever and overall had one of the Top 3 worst scores for the entire series. It was bad, I feared that he may turn into a low tier amiibo.

S6: Season 6 renewed my faith in Diddy Kong. He made valiant improvements in his skills and I was starting to see the Diddy I seen from the get go. Coming back with a vengeance, Diddy Kong smoked the competition in his Wildcard Placement gaining the top spot for his group, and eliminated two major competitors before they even had a chance to show what they are made of. He has pushed himself to the Challenger Series with ease and his chances of making it back to the Top 20 are looking pretty great right now.

AMIIBO WARS: WARIO STATS

AMIIBO WARS: FOR THE RECORD

WARIO

Debut: Season 3

Highest Placement: 15th Place (Season 5)

Championship Wins: 0

Best Ranking: 16th out of 41 (Season 5)

Current Ranking: 16th out of 41 (Season 5)

PAST SEASONS

S3: Was the Gauntlet series. In my opinion is was a bit of a failure in that the randomness of who received Gauntlets was a little unfair. When it's a little too based on luck, that's not a good thing. This Season was the lowest point for Wario, where he scored 3rd from the bottom. But to his defense, his entrance was halfway through the Season and since the group of new amiibos were placed at the bottom of the ladder, he didn't really have a lot of time to advance. I wouldn't really fault him for this one, it was probably the worst season to date. It was just a bad idea.

S4: I wasn't really looking for Wario to do well. Even though S3 wasn't really fair to him, I still looked at his placement as him not being that great. He managed to make it through 2 waves before being placed in one of the first triple tie breakers of Amiibo Wars. Unluckily for him, his opponents were Amiibo Wars Legends, Lucario and Diddy Kong. These two proved to be a little out of his league, considering his lack of experience. He made major improvements from Season 3, which was to be expected. Wario finished in 17th place, jumping 12 spots from Season 3.

S5: Was where perma elimination really got a lot more punishing. The contenders really had to fight for their spots and fighting in elimination rounds was very common for some. In the Challenger Series, Wario barely skated by to the Top 20 and was really one of the biggest underdogs going into it. His phase 1 matches going into the Top 20 look pretty mediocre, but in the 2nd phase he smashed it, managing to get the best score of anyone in his group. Wario was looking pretty strong, but his high point didn't last long, because in the Top 18 he dropped to the bottom 2 where he stayed for the next two rounds. He kept fighting, but it just wasn't enough, landing him in 15th place out of 44 contestants. Wario makes gradual improvements which is what I like to see.

S6: Wario did his best to skate by in the early Wildcard matches, but he just didn't put in enough effort to advance. He was surpassed at the end of the event by 1 point, which allowed the Mii Brawler to take his spot and move on to the challenger series. I'm not really surprised, Wario rarely goes above and beyond, but he does always manage to do an "okay" job. Sadly, his teammates given to him didn't really do him any favors and I think his inability to carry is what ultimately led to his demise in Season 6. I have a feeling his current ranking is going to take a big hit after this season plays out.