Which characters are most Hindered/Helped by the Khazan Arena?

[The Arbiter]

Like it says in the title.

Which characters would have wildly different outcomes if they were in a different environment or home field setting as opposed to the standard Khazan?

For example, Sandman probably is pretty happy but Hydroman might be a bit flustered.

Which characters would receive the biggest gains or losses depending on if you adjusted to an environment of their choosing? How would your favorite characters win/loss record change?

[Shellhead]

Swamp Thing is at a real disadvantage in Khazan.

[Sharpandpointies]

The Prince Who Was A Thousand.

While he could probably do okay in the arena, the stuff that puts him waaaaaaaay into near-cosmic level requires him to Ring-out himself.

And with prep he would go from ‘probably beats up Spider-man’ (arena) to ‘messes around with and controls universal laws.’

[The Arbiter]

The Prince Who Was A Thousand.

While he could probably do okay in the arena, the stuff that puts him waaaaaaaay into near-cosmic level requires him to Ring-out himself.

And with prep he would go from ‘probably beats up Spider-man’ (arena) to ‘messes around with and controls universal laws.’

Thats a fairly enormous gap 0_0

[Sharpandpointies]

He's a highly skilled fighter and teleporter (instantaneous, effortless) with some level of superhuman stats. He's also a decently powerful telepath, though his feats are a little iffy (he shuts down another telepath effortlessly, but doesn't engage in any offensive stuff). One of them, though, is kind of...yeesh (he telepathically - it seems - pushes the half-annihilated spirit of his dead wife to manifest in the real world. Note: she's not 'manifesting because he telepathically asked or controlled her, he's using his telepathic power to manifest her, and she's not just 'dead', she's somewhat obliterated by...a rather powerful being).

But what makes him extremely powerful on a personal level is his capacity to travel through time and/or space to anywhere he wishes. Anywhere he can IMAGINE. In an infinite universe, it means if he can imagine a place - no matter how weird, no matter how much it breaks laws, no matter whatever - and it gives him an edge in a fight, he can take the fight there. It boils down to flat-out reality warping, as seen in one of his fights, only he doesn't warp reality, he takes the fights to where he imagines effects happening. And they do.

Example here.

As for his prep, he once created a web of stations and energies that filled the universe, allowing him to control the tides of life and death, spirits, elements, you name it. Everywhere. His creations stole that power - it's heavily implied - from God itself. His technological capacity easily wanders past galactic scale and into universal and, as noted, messes around with the universe on levels that few can match.

[Powerboy]

I would say possibly Spider-Man although it's just that he is a character who often uses his environment to his advantage.

[Postmania]

Namor feels like the obvious pick

[Alan2099]

Sandman feels like he would get quite the advantage in the arena.

[MorphyVSFischer]

A waterbender would also obviously have problems

[Shellhead]

The Controller, aka Basil Sandhurst.

[Sharpandpointies]

The Controller, aka Basil Sandhurst.

Not really familiar; whyfor?

[Beadle]

Not really familiar; whyfor?

He gets his strength from attaching control discs to other people, who he then controls and their strength adds to his.

With nobody else there, he’s kinda screwed. He’s just ‘Some Ugly Guy In Blue Armour’.

[Sharpandpointies]

He gets his strength from attaching control discs to other people, who he then controls and their strength adds to his.

With nobody else there, he’s kinda screwed. He’s just ‘Some Ugly Guy In Blue Armour’.

...yeah, that's problematic. ^_^

[Sharpandpointies]

How would your favorite characters win/loss record change?

For this question, I'll default to three favorite characters from different companies:

1. Marvel: Stephen Strange does just as well in the arena as he does in any random encounter. Granted, if we're talking about Stephen Strange AT HOME versus the arena, obviously he does better at home.
2. DC: Cassandra Cain Batgirl does less-well in the arena simply because of the lack of options for stealth, if she needs it.
3. Other Comics/Manga: Ancestor (Dragon/Tiger Gate) gives no crap about 'arena or not'. The world is his arena.

[Nik Hasta]

Characters who have abilities that allow them to control other people are certainly nerfed to varying degrees by the arena rather than a scenario.

Purple Man from Marvel is ostensibly a normal guy outside of his control abilities so if his opponent is immune or resistant, he's in trouble.

Chrollo Lucifer from HunterxHunter makes use of strategies pulling in people and making them do stuff for him but he's got a lot of other tricks.

Mikito Inumura from Orient has some pretty wild abilities of which controlling others is perhaps the least of it but a nerf is still a nerf.