The Best of Your Roster

[The Merry Lambfish]

We've had various threads regarding who in the UCA you like the best and what not, but what about your own roster? Who in your roster do you feel is the best in each of the following categories?

Best History:

Best Design:

Best Personality:

Most Original:

Most Badass:

Please explain why each of your monsters made it into whichever spot. Feel free to go overboard if you like.




My List:






Best History: Ziz

Most of you know that Ziz, Behemoth, and Leviathan have a closely connected history. Several details about there past have surfaced from time to time, most recently in my newest hub thread. As much as I would like to, I really can’t give away why I feel that Ziz has what I think is the best history of my roster, as I haven’t finished revealing the nitty gritty details in the RPG! But if anyone is even being kind enough to pay attention, the past will eventually reveal itself.




Best Design: Talizan

I know lots would disagree with me here, but… I dunno. I dunno if its his extendable claws, his spikes, his epic tail, his solar qualities… but Talizan’s design really clicks with me. It’s hard to explain, really. It just clicks.




Best Personality: Vesica

Personality wise, Vesica is definitely my greatest achievement. She’s no ordinary hero or guardian monster, if one could even call her a hero in the first place. She’s not a villain trying to conquer earth for an alien civilization or a planet/galaxy/universe destroyer. Really, Vesica is an anti-hero, and even among other anti-heroes like Thresher or Titernia (I think Tit’s an anti-hero. Care to clarify, Dan?) Vesica is an oddity. A very common trait among anti-heroes is that they love violence. Just look at Thresher. If you pissed him off, he’s be more than willing to step on you.

But Vesica is the complete and utter opposite. She’s a pacifist. While she may not have a problem with other monsters killing people, she hates to use violence herself. If a villain were to try to destroy the planet, Vesica would try intimidation, negotiation, smart-ass talking, or anything until it became apparent that the only thing she could do would be to use violence. And even THEN, she’d be perfectly happy with a retreat or capture. Getting Vesica to kill you is seriously damn near impossible. Yet despite her dislike of violence, Vesica is still an anti-hero in every sense of the word. Heroic? Yeah right! She makes fun of that kind of stuff! If the Space Nebula M Hunters invaded, she’d probably be on their side. Well… she wouldn’t help them directly, but in her view, they’d be saving the planet from human rule, and cut down on dangerous environmental factors like pollution. Where any other heroic monster would step in to save the day, Vesica would just sit back and watch unless it was her or someone close to her who was in danger.

And Vesica’s other personality quirks? She’s anti-social, she doesn’t fear death, loves dark humor, is INCREDIBLY sarcastic, and for an anti-hero, is surprisingly light hearted. She’s easily the most distinctive personality in my roster, and the most fleshed out.

Now allow me to shut up and move on.




Most Original: Crydmarr

I could go on for ages about all the ideas I have surrounding this guy. Basically, I spent seven entire months developing Crydmarr: his personality, his design, his powers, and his origin. Crydmarr is literally fear itself, as such, I was challenged to make a big bad that didn’t merely look “epic” or “intimidating” like Recktor, Yamatano, or Arma. When one looks at them, the first thing that comes to mind is: “Cool!” With Crydmarr, I didn’t want that. I wanted Crydmarr to look dangerous. I made him a fast an agile monster rather than a towering, lumbering brute. What would you be more frightened of? A slow, very obvious, epic looking Terminator? Or a speedy, ambushing, and visually frightening Xenomorph?

I’d pick the Xenomorph.

No other character of mine has gone under as much thought process as Crydmarr did. Why was he insane? Because he was used to an entirely different plane of reality. He is fear. And fear influences us, we who live on a separate reality plane. What if a mouse caused beings in a different plain of reality to experience the emotion “mouse”? You can’t even comprehend what the emotion of “mouse” would feel like! Crydmarr is used to an entirely different perception of reality than we are. Of course, to our eyes, he appears insane. Questions like Crydmarr’s insanity lead to answers. I had to figure out how to make Crydmarr look dangerous? Long, wickedly sharp razor limbs! Everyone gets unnerved by pointed objects like knives. I had to make Crydmarr really disturbing, so I included the “Foreboding Kiss power of his tongue. Its borderline oral rape! How the hell is that NOT disturbing? His design and powers have the qualities of various common fears. Arachnophobia: eight long legs, like a spider. The fear of needles: again, needle like legs. Fear of blood and gore: the monster himself is bloody and gory! Fear of childbirth: the egg sacks. Fear of rape: again, his tongue. Fear of the dark: The arena grows dark when Crydmarr arrives. And so on and so forth.

Like I said, I could talk about this for ages, but I’m getting out of hand here. Next!




Most Badass: Suzumebachi

Suzy is, to date, the biggest monster in the entire UCA, weight wise. She’s essentially the Godzilla of my verse. She’s powerful, and kind of majestic as well. Other characters in my roster may beat her out, but she’s still the biggest and baddest of them all.

[kingcaesar09]

Usually, I prefer to let other people judge these kinds of things for my monsters, but I'll do it anyways.

Best History: I frankly have no idea, here. Tempted to go with Gadon, though; it's a nice example of how your weapons can turn back on you.

Best Design: Halion One
Well, I like all of my monsters' designs, but Halion stands out. I haven't seen much mechs/kaiju that even vaguely resembled him. The dark blue flows well with dark grey, green and orange (along with some streaks of silver), and I like the arms and big claws.

Best Personality: Kitamura
An adorable/huggy badass - fierce but protective/motherly. Her mama bear attitude definitely makes her one of my verse's most recognizable beasties.

Most Original: I dunno. I'd be tempted to put Kasai, but even her isn't original, if you consider how many hemokinetics there are out there. The only difference is that Kasai is a kaiju, but there are a few kaiju with hemokinesis.

Most Badass: Kitamura
To a near memetic level (probably because of my comics). As I've said on DeviantArt: "Only her can tear to shreds a whole army of kaiju with barely a scratch, pick up a wounded ally and give him/her a gigantic bearhug, then go sleep like a sloth while leaving roaring flames of awesome in her wake the way she does." Kit is supposed to severely manhandles anything thrown at her or her allies, and she does so with unmatched efficiency - she's a master of melee combat and darn right unstoppable unless you somehow turn her into a pile of ash or pump her full of tranquilizers.

[Tenshi the Sunkern]

Alright, let's see what we got...

Best History: This is a tough one. Crigan, Persephone and Yuuka all have very interesting and in-depth histories, but while the latter have merely been hinted at here. Crigan's is the most complete at this moment, and is definitly one hell of a roller coaster. Poor guy, only wanted to keep his wife with him.

Best Design: Yuuka.
Her monstrous form is just... I don't know. Hayes did a perfect job at capturing how she looks, and she looks fearsome, frightening, and dangerous.

Best Personality: And here we give Yuuka another reward. She's just a fun, fun character to write for. When you have a sadistic plant monster that views genocide as just a game, and yet loves children and flowers, you have a really fun character. Second place goes to Crigan. Being so optimistic and determined despite all the hell he went through in his life is something.

Most Original: And here we fall flat on our face. Originality is not my friend. It really isn't. Asmodeus is the most original I have. I mean, her history is original. Her personality and powers are somewhat original. I'v enever really done a character quite like her before, and I think she's doing pretty well.

Most Badass: Crigan, by a LANDSLIDE. Forget the fact that my cast consists of beings with INCREDIBLE POWER, and that roughly half my cast is OP'd as hell, Crigan is still more badass than the likes of Yukari or Yuuka or Persephone. Let me recount all the shit he's gone through: Had his first girlfriend murdered in cold blood and him being unable to avenge her death, had said girlfriend reincarnate as a guy and be devastated by this loss, get dragged into Hell and tortured for 500 years, Have his wife be turned into a raging, snarling monster that want shim dead above anything else, his own granddaughter murdered, and everything he knew and loved crumbling around him, and yet he STILL hasn't succumb to despair and given up, but is still determined as ever to return Mara back to normal and loving him, even with her trying her hardest to murder him every chance she gets and with no relenting. If THAT isn't badass determination, I have no idea what the hell is.

[Inferno Rodan]

Best History: Suchodon, I guess. But really, Suchodon, Orion, and Heavyclaws are all pretty thoroughly intertwined in terms of their histories. I'd just give the nod to Suchodon because he came first chronologically and has a slightly more personal touch due to his relationship with Jason.

Best Design: Probably Pavoroc. I'm fairly certain the peacock + Terror Bird combo hasn't been done before, and I love his look. He's also got the whole "Taste the rainbow, bitch" motif going on with his attacks.

Best Personality: This one's a toss up for me. Suchodon, Kevin/Orion, and Heavyclaws are all pretty unique in this sense. Suchodon has a cunning and intelligence rarely found in giant monsters. Kevin is a teenage mecha pilot that actually LOVES piloting and fighting in his giant badass combat machine, which is practically unheard of for some inexplicable reason. Heavyclaws... is Heavyclaws. He's so damn quirky you can't help but love him.

Most Original: Sauropede maybe? Sauropod monsters in general are pretty rare (I only know of 3 others), but Sauropede sets himself completely apart even among them by being a bugosaur.

Most Badass: Neo-Spacegodzilla, easily. I really don't think this one requires an explanation.

[Deleted]

Oh lets see.. how do I go about this...

Best History
Crypt Dragons Hera and Thanatos. They are roughly based on the Reign of Fire dragons, yet they come of as completely different at times. They hail from a race that once held most of the world in their claws and long since been driven into extinction via genocide by Phenoraixa and Grimm. But overall, they influenced much, and most of the history in my own universe.

Best Design
It may be Rektor... Maybe. Design is an issue for me. He is based off Grr'kek from Megas XLR, roughly, but is a energy vampire that while alien, looks a lot like an anthropomorphic dinosaur or lizard. Everything about him is alien, yet familar.

Best Personality
Do I have to say it? Grimm. I could say Thanatos for his proud, assertive asshatness, or Thor for his love of fighting... but we got so many kaiju like that. Grimm is not like any kaiju. He is the best of a bad situation, in the sense of PHenoraixa's "Good" birth, all the "Bad" got pushed out into Grimm. Yet, it may be for the best. He was never smiled upon once, yet he always went on... he was never happy, but yet he understood his place even before birth. He is emotionless and Apathetic, yet full of emotion and understanding. HE is emotion incarnate, and knows the cruel nature of everything in the end.
Overall he is a mystery, as well.

Most Original
...hm.. Might be Vorion. Vorion is somewhat inspired by a friends kaiju race and in fact was a dropped concept I made up with him, but long since became his own. Vorion is unique in lots of ways. He is bratty like Gabara, yet can be as deadly as Space Godzilla if he wanted to be. At the same time he is still badass.

Most Badass
...Hera or Thanatos. Nuff said.

[The Great MM]

Best History
Thresher: Thresher has a HUGE history amongst by roster, being a son of a God, former guardian now turned twisted guardian, and even having alliances with aliens. For the most part, whenever something happens, Thresher is involved.

Best Design:
Rosie: Bipedal walrus + polar bear hybrid. With a Mohawk and a nose ring. Need I say more?

Best Personality:
Rosie, Thresher, and Taninim tied. Don't think I need to explain.

Most Original:
Rosie: Again... bipedal walrus monster with a Mohawk. Walrus kaiju themselves tend to be rare (only Maguma and Todola come to mind), and those two aren't exactly high rollers. With walruses being among my favorite animals, I think Rosie is the best designed and character-driven walrus kaiju around.

Most Badass:
Rosie. Thresher comes in second, but in terms of badassery, it goes to Rosie. He has no special powers at all and can STILL contend with the likes of heavy hitters and would manhandle the entire Toho roster in any one-on-one fight.

[GI Jho]

Best History: I'd say this is either for Kori or for Armageddon. Both have an interesting past that influences how they act currently at the UCA. Kori Kahn is a guardian who is forced to fight with his 'sibling' due to conflicting ideals, while Armageddon seeks to avenge his 'father' Satan, by killing and devouring Asmodeus.

Best Design: This is between Tel Megiddo and Ferrum Magnus. While not the most popular of my roster, nor the most famous, I put A LOT of time and effort into Tel's design in order to give off the vibe I wanted. I wanted him to appear pitiful from the horrific cybernetic technologies that leeched off his body, but also wanted him to look horrifying and ruthless enough to deserve no mercy when fought. The same goes for Ferrum- while I have not given him a concrete appearance yet, I put A LOT and time and effort into making his basic design stand out from the seas of mechs, yet make him feel recognizable enough for people to want to root for him.

Best Personality: Definitely Armageddon. Between his calm, sneering side that often appears early in a battle, and his ferocious, "I'm gonna rip you to bits" side once the fighting gets rolling, I think he's got a fairly dynamic range of emotions.

Most Original: Kori again. I designed him when I was a little kid, and came up with pretty much how he is today. While I've tweaked his design here and there along the way, he still has remained one of my staple monsters and has remained the same basic design for about.... 8 years now-ish? And let's be honest, guys- how many dragons have you seen with big old elephant ears?

Most Badass: Oof... this is a tough one. We all know that I have quite a few monsters that could make it here- Armageddon, Kori Kahn, Ferrum Magnus. But I'm gonna have to go with Fury's Fiery Incarnate, Ontslaan. Not only is she one of the most physically powerful monsters I've ever made, she is also probably the single most mindlessly ferocious in all the Universal Combat Arena. While not heroic like Crigan, or looking for a worthy foe liek Rosie, Ontslaan will barrel into combat with any and ALL threats, no matter how much larger, faster, or more powerful they are.

[Omegarex24]

Might as well get into this one...

Best History: Riptide/Darktide have the most involved history of any of my monsters here at the UCA, as both the mechs and their pilots are present for a lot of battles and much of the story in their home timeline. Halcitrox though, is one I would consider to have the best story. He was created as a last ditch effort by a dying race to stave off a galactic scourge, but his enemy was defeated before he could grow up enough to fight. So, he was sealed away in stasis in the hopes that the inhabitants of the planet where the last battle took place (i.e. Earth) would be able to thaw him out and use him if the menace ever returned. But since he doesn't have to grow up in the middle of a galactic scale conflict and most of his race are dead, he doesn't want to necessarily be the ultimate badass he was created to be. However, when a new alien threat comes to his adopted home, he ends up becoming said ultimate badass, not because he was made to be one, but because he chooses to be one.

Best Design:
Riptide/Darktide will always be my personal favorite. They may be based on several other elements (Mechagodzilla, Gundams, Zoids, etc.), but the design is fairly recognizable in and of itself and anybody who's spent time around me online is fairly aware of who Riptide is.

Best Personality:
Definitely Harbinger. There's something about a monster who is obsessed with perfecting his fighting style, yet is also honorable about how he fights, with a fighting style that can be best described as bestial and brutal that really clicks with me.

Most Original:
Xenith. Xenith isn't as new as he might appear, as the idea was tossed around over at the previous Arena site. I always wondered why most kaiju with telekinesis were also kinda burly in one way or another. The way I see it, a monster with massively powerful TK abilities would focus on using them a lot more than they would any physical abilities, and thus end up looking all fetal and emaciated as their body parts start to atrophy from disuse. Golemech comes in a close second, as machines covered in rock are also kind of rare.

Most Badass:
Toss up between Harbinger and Carcharius. The two of them are a lot alike in terms of fighting styles, though one's a mindless berserker and the other is a trained warrior. The fact that they can take a lot of punishment and rarely, if ever, lose fights is enough for them to be the most badass.

[Fainis the Sadistic Pansexual]

Best History:
Pouh-Wung, definitely. Ketos and Fenris both have long, interesting histories, but ol' Pouh trumps them both. After all, he is Earth's oldest organism that's still struttin' today in my 'verse. He's sorta like Thresher in the senses that he's a corrupted guardian, but he wasn't changed by tragedy or injustice as much as he literally broke. He was a living prototype for a hero- a failed one. He has a series of cool connections with other characters and an interesting role because of this history. He's not good, he's not bad, and he's not completely dickish either, yet he can be all three at different times with ease. There's still some hero left in him, but the rest is soured. He's an enigma with attitude.

Best Design:
A big part of me wants to say Pouh, probably because of the steamy love affair I share with his look, but a bigger part is going, "Duh, it's Drakia!" I've just never seen anything quite like her, and that's not due to her being outrageous or over-the-top either. She's somewhere between a gorgonopsid, a cat, and a friggin' dragon, yet a (relatively) plausible creature in biology. Come on... that's cool.

Best Personality:
This one is pretty simple. Fenris is the UCA Bitch Queen, Pouh is the kaiju equivalent of a teenager, but Ketos... Ketos is almost palpable in the real world. I can't say it enough, but when I first described a blue-skinned, red-eyed sea dragon with an ego and a hatred for humans, I never imaged he would become such a huge part of my fiction. He's the cornerstone of my 'verse that was never intended- and all because of his sheer force of personality. He's so ridiculous, so arrogant, you can't really help but cheer for him. I swear, his big head must have leaked into reality some, because he always pops up in the spotlight somehow.

Most Original:
Hm... a tougher one, but I have to say Pouh-Wung again. The rest of my crew are eliminated between having existing inspirations or archetypal personae, but Pouh is the odd one out in that he was totally spontaneous in his creation, look and all. Like I explained before, he touches a lot of genres without falling into them. He sits in a throne between four or five stereotypes. He's a guardian, he's a bully, he's a brat, he's a womanizer... he's everything but the kitchen sink! And he rocks it all.

Most Badass:
This is the easiest one- Arc! He's like a force of nature with a set of orders. He can't be stopped, he can't be staggered, he can't be paused, and he's coming for YOU.