When jerks and bullies don't cut it, sometimes the show has to resort to good ol' fashioned villains with plans of world domination!
Nightmare Moon, Discord, and Queen Chrysalis. Each have their own powers and weaknesses, but out of the three of them, only one can be the strongest.
He's Yah-Shee and I'm Arrell!
And it's our job to analyze their weapons, armour, and skills to find out who would win an Equestrian Death Battle.
Species: Alicorn
True Identity: Princess Luna
Special Talent: Raising/lowering the moon
Occupation: Raising/lowering the moon (though more raising than lowering...)
Can turn into smoke
Capable of defeating Princess Celestia
Nightmare Moon was the first villain to appear on the show, but the fandom still remembers her. Once the ruler of the night, Princess Luna, she was corrupted by jealousy and became the evil alicorn that we know.
Green with envy? More like black with envy!
Nightmare Moon's powers are vast. She has any and all powers that Luna has, including come-to-life spells and the Royal Canterlot Voice.
She also has her own powers! Nightmare Moon can turn into smoke and fly away, unable to be caught but still able to interact with the environment. This extends to even allowing her to collapse cliffs just by flying into the cracks! And to top it all off, judging by one Steven Magnet, the smoke is still capable of slicing objects clean off!
However, smoke isn't all that Nightmare Moon can turn into. She can also transform into thorns, ponies, and likely a variety of other things, but each one carries with it an obvious dark blue and black colouring, making this ability less practical for disguises.
Smoke aside, Nightmare Moon can also cast illusions and create fog, which can help throw off her enemies. She can also summon lightning and shatter solid stone just by stomping the ground near it! And just to add to it all, she managed to defeat Princess Celestia without any help!
There's more to that story than is let on, in fact. Nightmare Moon somehow managed to get rid of Celestia within thirteen seconds of escaping the moon, as that's how long it took after her escape for it to be revealed that Celestia was missing. While some may argue that she must have taken Celestia off guard, the point still stands, as she was able to take her off guard.
As for Nightmare Moon's personality...well, she's loud, evil, hammy, overconfident, and speaks in that 'you mere mortals' way. So...pretty much just like every stereotypical villain ever.
Overconfidence aside, however, Nightmare Moon has surprisingly few flaws. She was only defeated because, despite believing she had destroyed the Elements of Harmony, she didn't expect friendship to triumph and recreate them.
Like it always does.
She has trouble planning ahead, and her idea of obstacles for the mane six seem to have been almost designed exactly for them, which ended up leading to her defeat. She also doesn't seem too unwilling to let her foes take several minutes to talk or prepare to beat her, instead of just casting some spell on them while they're distracted or something.
But I guess when you're a night-controlling alicorn, you don't feel at too much of a disadvantage against six mares talking about friendship. I sure wouldn't.
"Remember this day, little ponies, for it was your last! From this moment forth, the night...will last...forever!"
Species: Draconequus
Former Occupation: King of Chaos
Current Occupation: Lawn ornament
Can warp reality at will
Floats, teleports, and transforms
Overly playful
Discord is widely considered by the fandom to be the greatest of the villains, wielding the powers of warping reality to cause unlimited chaos.
He can do literally anything by snapping his talons! Want roads to be made of soap? Easy! Bunnies with ten-foot-long legs? No problem! Chocolate rain coming down from clouds made of cotton candy? Child's play!
Discord's powers are almost impossible to go into detail about, as they are quite simply...anything. He can create, manipulate, and destroy things at will, usually doing so to amuse himself and cause chaos. He can transform himself or other things, corrupt ponies to act the opposite of how they normally would, teleport and float around...the list is endless.
This is probably gonna be a short analysis.
It doesn't stop at powers, though.
...maybe not that short.
While Discord has the power to easily do whatever he wants, his personality keeps him from doing so. He is extremely playful and only does what he does for entertainment, as opposed to actually wanting to conquer or destroy the world. Due to this, he tends to give his opponents too many fair chances and remains oblivious when they gain the upper hand, which was what led to his defeat shortly after escaping stone.
Overconfidence...every villain has it, and every villain suffers because of it. But overconfidence isn't all he has; Discord also likes to be cryptic and manipulative, fooling ponies into doing things so he himself can have an advantage! Rhyming riddles are a specialty of his, but since this is a fight to the death and all, those probably won't be very helpful...or helpful at all.
Discord, while capable of doing literally anything, doesn't appear to have complete control over his powers.
Wait, what?!
Example A: chocolate milk of glass. After drinking the glass, Discord appeared to be genuinely confused that he drank the glass instead of the milk, and just shrugged it off. While this doesn't appear to happen too much or too majorly, it could still pose a problem, as his spells and curses may backfire on him.
Plus, his corrupting curse can be broken by just a memory spell, and seems to require actually having the chance to really get into the minds of his opponents. And in the Equestrian Death Battle arena, chances to pull off stuff like that are virtually impossible to come by, so I don't think corrupting his opponents is gonna cut it this time around.
"Looks like we might be due for a big old storm of chaos!"
Species: Changeling
Occupation: Queen of the Changelings
Can transform into anypony
Feeds on love
Can fly
Only main villain to not defeat Celestia without help
The last of these three villains is Queen Chrysalis the Changeling, the love-feeding pony-like creature.
Like a hybrid between a pegasus, a unicorn, and really old swiss cheese!
...sure, we'll go with that. Changelings possess the ability to transform into anypony they wish, absolutely flawlessly. The only thing that stands out is their magic colour, which does not change if they turn into a unicorn or alicorn, and instead remains green.
Though being honest, the ability to change shape isn't particularly useful in this kind of situation.
Another attribute of the Changelings is their ability to feed on love and use it to power themselves up. Chrysalis managed to feed on enough love from Shining Armour to successfully overpower Princess Celestia, but this brings up an interesting point that shall be gotten into shortly.
Love-feeding isn't useful either in Equestrian Death Battles. Something tells me that Chryssie's screwed.
With the exception of those two attributes, Chrysalis and all other Changelings can also fly and use magic, similar to alicorns. Aside from that, however, they don't have very many special powers. Chrysalis herself commands all of the Changelings, being their queen, so for this battle we shall be allowing her to use a limited amount of her subjects.
Just to even the score a bit. Changelings have shown to be more deadly in groups, as they can outnumber and confuse their opponents more easily. However, they're also exceptionally weak, to the point where just tripping over a pony defeats them.
Now, onto Chrysalis herself. Being the queen, she tends to be rather overconfident, as all villains are. However, this also leads to her being outright oblivious to when she's about to fail. Not only does she doubt the power of love and friendship in the middle of Equestria, but unlike Discord, doesn't even try to stop it.
Yep, she's a moron.
However, one thing Chrysalis has shown that Nightmare Moon and Discord have not is the lengths she'd go to in order to succeed. While everything Nightmare Moon and Discord did was meant to just incapacitate their opponents, Chrysalis goes to the extent of trapping Princess Cadence and Twilight Sparkle in a cave under Canterlot, hoping to let them just starve to death over time. She shows a degree of viciousness that other villains have yet to.
If only she had the skill to back it up, though. So far, she's the only "big villain" who couldn't take down Princess Celestia without help - specifically, she had to feed off love from Shining Armour for who knows how long, and even then it was hard!
Yeah, I think it's safe to say she doesn't have much of a chance...but, well, gotta throw her in anyway.
"This day is going to be perfect..."
Alright, the combatants are set! ...except for Discord, who's turning everything into cotton candy again.
Uh...he'll focus once the fight starts, I think.
Hope so...anyway!
Right! *ahem* IT'S TIME FOR AN EQUESTRIAN DEATH BATTLE!
A flash of lightning struck the empty, moonlit field that had been marked as that day's fighting arena. When the lightning cleared, a dark alicorn wearing ancient-looking armour stood where it had struck, looking around for her opponents.
Seconds later, in a small twinkle, a mix-and-match-looking creature blinked into existence on the battlefield. He paid no attention to the pony already there, instead choosing to toy around with a rose he plucked from the ground, turning it into a variety of things. He soon got bored, turned it into a blue striped rocket ship, and sent it flying off into the sky.
Lastly, in a surge of green fire, a large royal Changeling entered the fray, flanked by exactly ten of her ordinary Changeling subjects. All of them stood around her protectively, willing to do whatever was needed to help their queen win the battle.
The battle began with a burst of lightning, summoned by Nightmare Moon in an attempt to strike Chrysalis where she stood and take her out fast. However, the queen and most of her subjects managed to dodge, leaving only two of them to get incinerated in the strike. Taking the challenge, Chrysalis and her remaining eight subjects charged at Nightmare Moon first, hoping to overpower her with numbers.
Not wasting time, Nightmare Moon simply turned to smoke and flew off, with a few of the Changelings trying and failing to catch her. With one of her foes currently on the defensive, Chrysalis decided to go after her other opponent: Discord. Turning towards him, she saw him casually lounging in a hammock, not even paying attention. Grinning, she gestured with one of her front hooves, sending three Changelings after the lazy draconequus.
Without even looking up, Discord snapped his talons, calling up a storm of chocolate rain to hold back the Changelings. Naturally, this did nothing but slightly impair their vision, and they soon reached him and tackled him to the ground. Together they tried to hold him down, but with a yawn, the draconequus just teleported away.
Growling, Chrysalis looked around for either of her foes. Seeing a cloud of smoke sneaking up behind her, she turned and fired off a beam of magic, missing but getting the message across to Nightmare Moon for her to stop hiding and start fighting. Taking her true form again, Nightmare Moon charged at the Changeling queen and her subjects, horn beginning to glow. Two of the Changelings darted forward to intercept her, but were trampled to death within seconds.
Nightmare Moon and Chrysalis locked horns, pushing against each other and waiting for one of them to give in. This continued for several seconds that felt like hours, Chrysalis ordering her subjects to keep out of this one-on-one. They did as told, using the time to look around for Discord.
He came back around that time, idly watching the showdown between the two royal villains. Smirking, he summoned a trail of soap beneath them both, causing them to slip up and fall over. He laughed jovially at the display before taking to floating in the air again, staring down at the two of them and waiting for them to continue.
Rather than continuing to fight each other, Nightmare Moon and Chrysalis silently nodded at each other, reaching an unspoken agreement to take down Discord before continuing with each other. The dark side of Luna flew right up after the draconequus, while Chrysalis called over her remaining six Changelings to formulate a plan.
Discord, seeing Nightmare Moon coming at him, decided to get serious and summoned two manticores...dyed pink and purple. Regardless of the colour choice, they seemed just as vicious as the real deal, and flew straight at Nightmare Moon. The alicorn found herself forced to stop and deal with these two Everfree Forest creatures before taking down the real threat.
Something caught Discord's attention out of the corner of his eye, and he turned to see what appeared to be another him, except wearing a gray wig. The poorly disguised clone waved him down with a stern look. Deciding to play along and act as though this thing was his mother, Discord floated down and began bickering with her.
Meanwhile, Chrysalis saw her opportunity to take both of her foes down in one fell swoop. They were both distracted, and she still had five Changelings at the ready. She made some gestures, sending three of her subjects after Nightmare Moon and the other two after Discord, whom she also went for. The draconequus, tired of the game, snapped his fingers and summoned a large rock to crush his fake mother. He turned around just in time to see a black hoof spotted with holes collide with his face.
Up in the sky, Nightmare Moon had taken care of one manticore with the help of some lightning, and was starting on the second when she was struck by three Changelings. Hissing, she turned around, and the pony-like creatures instantly knew they were dead. Three bucks later, they were nothing but bits and pieces on the ground. After sending the second manticore away, the ruler of the night flew down to the ground to join in the scuffle she could see.
Discord tried to fight back against Chrysalis's onslaught, but she and her two Changelings were doing a good job of keeping him occupied, unable to do much. Even he wouldn't last the assault for much longer. Thankfully for him, Nightmare Moon intervened at that moment, crashing into the ground and crushing the last two ordinary Changelings. Rearing back and stabbing her horn forward, she impaled Chrysalis, pulling her horn out after just a second to let the dead queen fall to the ground.
Now left with only one opponent, Nightmare Moon found it easier to focus. Discord constantly tried teleporting away, but in her smoke form, it wasn't difficult for the queen of the night to catch up. Growling, Discord decided to resort to his greatest trick: corruption.
Stopping his teleportation and feigning weariness, he waited for Nightmare Moon to reappear. She soon did, horn glowing and about to work - when he put his paw to her forehead, grinning maniacally as he started planting thoughts in her brain.
This proved to be useless, as Nightmare Moon just started her horn again and summoned a bolt of lightning right next to Discord, startling him enough to remove his paw. Turning back to the alicorn with a scowl, he found that she was no longer there. Looking around, he couldn't see her nor her smokey trail.
Shrugging, he laid upside-down and began sipping from a coffee cup that was on fire, waiting for his opponent to return. He grew bored quickly and slipped on a pair of sunglasses, beginning to fall asleep. A sudden light from behind him that even got through his shades made him look up...directly at Nightmare Moon, casting a spell.
The last thing Discord saw before being banished to the sun was the smug grin of his opponent, who regally trotted away from the battlefield after finishing.
K.O.
Aw..."to the sun" doesn't sound as good as "to the moon"!
Despite his ability to do...well, anything, Discord's downfall was his playful attitude. From the very beginning he could have summoned anything, from pits of fire to explosive chocolate milk, to take care of his foes in just a matter of seconds. However, his craving for amusement and lack of foresight prevented him from taking such an easy route.
It was obvious from the start that Chrysalis was out, but Nightmare Moon winning was probably a twist next to nopony saw coming!
Comparing the cons of the three villains, the only one Nightmare Moon showed any evidence of was overconfidence and a lack of planning ahead. Since each villain shared this trait, it essentially nullified all of her weaknesses - Elements of Harmony notwithstanding. Her ability to turn into smoke and temporarily flee also helped, while Discord and Chrysalis always stayed in or near the battle scene.
And in the end, I gotta say...Discord, sun, I am disappoint!
The winner is Nightmare Moon.
Next time on DEATH BATTLE: Equestria!
The Equestrian Death Battle Tournament finally begins with a bang! Who will win? Who will die? Tune in for the first fight of the tournament!
Got a suggestion for a Death Battle? Post a comment below suggesting matchups, or send me a PM with suggestions in it!
You may suggest OC characters, provided they are from a story on this site that is at least somewhat well-known. You may also suggest characters from other universes (i.e. anything non-pony related), as long as their opponent is from MLP:FiM, either the show or a known fic.
Please do not suggest matchups that have already happened. You may suggest individual characters to appear in matches against a different opponent than one they have fought previously, but suggestions like those are less likely to be used (unless I REALLY like the idea).
This could have waited a week or two, I mean, looking at us getting a new villain next week and all...
I don't agree with the results of this, but whatevs, still good
I couldn't pick up on who NMM's challenger will be. Who is he?
1561381 Not completely spoiling it yet.
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Oh, you intentionally made it vague like that. Okay. Still excited, though.
steve?
steve's gunna fight nightmare moon?
Nightmare actually won? Well, I didn't see that coming. Some people will probably think that Discord fooled around WAY too much, but again, we're talking about the guy who pretty much just sat on his throne while the Elements defeated him. Nightmare was a lot more willing to get her hooves dirty, both when it came to sabotaging the Main Six's journey to the Everfree Castle, and even engaging Twilight in close combat. I'm glad to see Luna win this one, even though it was her dark persona. GO LUNA!
...The player character from Minecraft?
Oh great. So God is in the next Death Battle.
Also, I completely agree with the results.
1561434 If it is the Minecraft guy then that would be awesomely hilarious.
WOOT! Nightmare Moon is best villain!
1561434
The description fits perfectly! Oh, this is gonna be fun :)
Hah.....Minecraft guy would be awesome!
Congratulations on making my third fave character win and totally shoot my prediction and analysis out of the water
*Slow clap met with amused gaze* I entirely forgot about Nightmare Moon banishing her sister, but it never specified where? But I guess banishing to the sun is the fan canon, so its aloud is it? Never the less I am eternally grateful for allowing my favourite evil alicorn goddess to win.
P.s. Banishing to sun/moon dosent necessarily kill them does it, Luna was banished to the moon she didn't die and she was a god, so is Discord. Do I sense a rematch in the near future
1561994 It's close enough to killing; in the original Death Battle series, Rainbow Dash "killed" Starscream by eating his Spark, but he was still alive, so basically it counts so long as the character is at least incapacitated for an indefinite amount of time. Banishment to the sun/moon counts as this, as it WOULD be permanent if they weren't released.
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Nightmare Moon wasent released, she escaped, whats to prevent Discord from doing the same thing, maybe it would be in a thousand years, still dl.dropbox.com/u/31471793/FiMFiction/emoticons/shrug_bronymaster1.png Now i'm not disagreeing with you at all, i'm just pointing these out, expect a couple of these in the future, now i'm going to assume the next death battle is steve, am I correct? Well if it is Steve there are a lot of factors that need counting
1.) Does Steve have all the basic minecraft gear I.E Pickaxe, shovel Ect
2.) If Steve is not in the minecraft universe does that prevent him from disagreeing with the laws of reality I.E digging ridiculously fast with tools (Digging a 4x4 hole with a shovel in 2 seconds ect)
3.) Is Steve in creative mode?
4.) Whats to prevent Nightmare Moon doing the same thing again with Discord (Banishing to the sun)
1562049 People seem to already know it's Steve, so I'll just answer these questions now.
1. He has all the best possible gear that would be useful and that he can hold in his hotbar (nine items); pick, shovel, sword, armor, bow and arrows, etc.
2. He can still dig at those speeds and do other things as though he's in the Minecraft world; the only difference is he doesn't dig exact blocks and squares.
3. No, he is not.
4. She won't. I only did that for this battle because I couldn't think of a better way to end the battle aside from just stabbing him with her horn like she did to Chrysalis. I never actually counted her banishing in the stats, as I'm not sure if it's canon. I only included it in the battle for entertainment purposes.
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hmm, ok.
Nightmare moon has magic and flight, now if she was smart she would fly around, that would force Steve to use the bow and arrow, but being an avid minecraft player, steve isn't exactly "Legolas" with the bow taking a long time just to charge his bow for use is already a big advantage, now if Nightmare Moon played it reckless she would attempt to physically attack steve which already puts her at a big disadvantage due to steve's swordsmanship skill (Does he have armour? That is also important) now what if steve does what every minecraft player does at some point or another, dig straight down and cover the hole with dirt/stone when he gets deep, Nightmare Moon will certainly have trouble then, having to dig down just to get to steve (If she can) but even if steve can't cover his tracks, fitting down the hole he make will be a problem itself (Unless she threw a magical grenade down there or something)
I'm actually stumped in this case, being Biased i'd say Nightmare Moon because, ya know, Nightmare Moon, but being unbiased Id ont have a clue, but despite my brain disagreeing with me and my Bronyhood crying in a corner Steve might just win, in close quarters combat and the art of digging down a hole and luring Nightmare Moon into a lava pit (If she can fit down that is!)
1562142 I'd say just wait and see how it turns out.
Steve and Nightmare Moon?! Awesome!!!
Oh yeah, and how about bringing back the Flim Flam Brothers to fight against the Mario Brothers?
1562156 I considered that battle. Mario and Luigi would easily win.
But I do have plans for the Mario Bros. in the future...
1562152
Ok...but Nightmare Moon winning twice in a row? anywho, cant wait, great story, all good that stuff byedl.dropbox.com/u/31471793/FiMFiction/emoticons/misc_Octavia_plot.png
Steve? VS Nightmare Moon.
SO
MUCH
EPIC!
Also yes, it's spelled 'Steve?'. I don't get it either but yeah.
So....
what about a duel of Nightmares?
Nightmare Octave from 'From Nobody to Knightmare' VS Queen Moon from 'After that Fateful Night'?
i have a question during the tournment will you still be doing regular fights that don't feature ocs characters in between battles
1562870 There will be one non-tournament battle in between each round, with one round being one portion of the bracket (basically enough fights so that every character still in has been in exactly one battle). Though the semifinal and final rounds may be an exception to this rule.
1562887 oh that good so we don't have to wait till the tournment is over to see spike,zecora,cheerilee or the princess in a death match that good
OH MY GAWD MINECRAFT VERSUS MLP! SOMEPONY GIVE ME A MOTHERFUCKIN TABLE TO FLIP!
1561434 Steve activates Creative Mode and starts throwing Creeper Eggs and launching snowballs (because snowballs deal damage to creatures of pure evil).
Nightmare Moon feels a crippling pain in her chest as the first snowball impacts, and a magical look tells her half of her heart has disappeared! This battle will be quick.
Bugs Bunny always tried pulling off that changeling's trick, and somehow it worked. Never, however, did he do it silently.
"Disssscawd! Whaddya doing up theah? A 'Death Battle?' Stahp that right now! You go to your room and you clean it up like I told you to three hours ago!" Discord's "mother" demanded as she glared at him.
"But Motherrr," Discord whined, "all the cool kids are battling to the death these days! And I told you, my room's clean enough!"
"Where did I go so wrong raising you? Why can't you be more like your father?"
"Oh, not this again..."
"Kids these days with their pocket monstahs and their Hungry Games, yer all like a pack of wolves, feastin' on each other! Why, back in my day, we had to actually beat each other up and we called it character building!"
I'm not really satisfied with this example, but work is never finished, only abandoned.
I never was able to tell which I liked better, Discord or Nightmare Moon.
1566479 It's never stated teleporting is something only Twilight can do, so it's fair to assume that other unicorns with magic as their special talent can teleport as well.
1566542 They're not "weak", but they're weaker than Rainbow Dash's, as shown when the latter beats Applejack in hoof wrestling.
1566673 I was too, actually. But research takes priority over preference.
1566741 ...what about knocking?
I knew Chrysalis wouldn't win, but she still put up a decent fight.
The (short-lived) team-up with Nightmare Moon was a nice twist.
Minecraft? Seriously? Am I the only who thinks this idea is weird? I mean the Flim Flam match was a stretch but this? I was honestly expecting the Doctor judging by the description.
1567623 I can't ALWAYS have all the characters be pony-related. I need to have crossovers every now and then to keep things interesting, as well as keep ideas up.
1567661
Yes, I get that but Minecraft? It just seems so random. With the Flim Flams and the portal bots it made sense because you mentioned it was a fight of machines, but this is as random as Darth Vader meets Spongebob or something.
1567692 Things don't necessarily have to have a theme between the contestants. In Cloud Strife VS Link in the original series, the only similarity between them was that they used swords (like MANY characters) and could carry lots of stuff (again, like MANY characters).
Yeah, but they connected them at the very start of the video by saying they were two of the most iconic swordsmen in video game history. How the hell do you connect Minecraft with Nightmare Moon?
I am a bit conflicted with how it was presented. It is never explicitly stated that NMM can banish ponies to the sun. While Celestia did banish NMM, and NMM it can be assumed she bit more powerful than Celestia, Celetia she had to use the elements of harmony to do so.
Also didn't Discord prove with Fluttershy that he can corrupt people instantly, he just enjoys taking his time, but again proved he can get straight to business when frustrated.
I'm not really trying to disprove the end result, I'm more curious as to whether not you factored that in
Either way it was still enjoyable and I can't wait to see more.
1567714 I repeat, they don't NEED to be connected. If you want connection, here: they're both extremely powerful. And also, I don't consider Cloud to be a more iconic swordsman than characters such as Meta Knight from Kirby and Ike from Fire Emblem.
1567714 And actually, here's another connection:
Nightmare Moon is ruler of the night.
Steve? fights creatures that spawn in the night.
So naturally he'd end up fighting the ruler of the night.
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None of the Mane Six are experienced in battle. Leveling out all experience, and killing intent, and utilizing all their abilities as best as possible will give Twilight an easy win.
Isn't this one a little different? You actually take personality into account, instead of them being killing machines. If you wanted to make this one like the others, Discord should have won.
1569037 I remove all feelings they have against fighting and killing. Discord isn't against killing, he's just lazy and gives his foes too many chances rather than going straight into doing it like Nightmare Moon and Chrysalis did. I know I stated how Chrysalis had more "killing intentions" in the analysis, but that doesn't really contribute to the battle much. I just wanted to point it out.
Yes, if I removed his knack of playing around for too long, Discord likely would have won. But considering that is a legitimate disadvantage of his, rather than being for fairness, removing it would literally just be cheating so a specific character would win rather than letting the research dictate the winner.
1569296 That works too, but she already won without me counting that fact, so...yeah.
Oh my goodness! Nightmare moon is fighting Santa. WHAT HAS THIS WORLD COME TO!!!!!!!!!!!!!?
Wow. I'm damned that Nightmare was the victor. And I had finished reading Past Sins. Anyway, will Nyx be in Death Battle: Equestria?
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Steve?'s not in creative mode; check the previous comments.
1566909
Fine.
Okay.
Oh well.
To 'nock' is to place an arrow on the bowstring to ready it for shooting.
1567875
That's some twisted logic there.
1570411
Nope. It's Steve? (Yes, his name comes with a question mark.)
1571680 I don't play minecraft.
1594546 Not exactly. It's kind of like an uncertain rock-paper-scissors; just because rock can beat scissors, which beats paper, doesn't mean rock can beat paper. I honestly think Starscream would actually beat Fluttershy, since Rainbow's main advantage against Starscream was her flight skills and moves. Fluttershy doesn't have said flight skills and moves, and would likely not instantly be motivated enough to fly fast enough to dodge Starscream's weapons.
next should be Photo Finish vs Rarity
What about King sombra are you going to put him in a death battle againist nightmare moon
also spike vs. shining armor
How's everything going down your end? I know you're still working on the latest Death Battle, it's just nice to know if you're not overworking yourself.
1630051 Well, in terms of writing everything's fine, though I will say I'll be glad to get started on the tournament where I (as lazy as this makes me sound) can pass a large amount of the work off to the other judges and take some semblance of a break.
1630060 Hah! Well, we're ready when you need to dump the workload. Should be fun.