Round 2 - There can be only one

[Flying Mullet]

The finalists from Round 1 are now facing off in a five person cage match, Royal Rumble style. Who will come out on top?

[Gamblet]

Shadow, because he'd slit his mama's throat for a nickel!

[theundeadhero]

I would pee in my neighbor's back yard for a dollar but it doesn't mean I could beat Sabin in a cage fight.

[Quindiana Jones]

Words to live by.

[Karifean]

In a cage fight, the monk obviously wins.

[The Man]

You people are forgetting that Terra is the only one of these characters who can wield Genji Glove + Offering + Atma Weapon + Illumina. It doesn't matter how badass a monk you are; you can't withstand that kind of assault. If Terra gets the first turn, she wins immediately. And if that doesn't work, she can just cast Ultima five times with Gem Box + Quick.

[Quindiana Jones]

There is no first turn. It's a cage fight; not turn based combat.

[theundeadhero]

And we're not still arguing about who has what equipped.

[blackmage_nuke]

If Terra gets the first turn, she wins immediately. And if that doesn't work, she can just cast Ultima five times with Gem Box + Quick.

Technically anyone can cast Ultima five times with Gembox+Quick

[The Man]

Yeah but Terra's magic power is way better than any of the others' who are left. Sabin and Cyan in particular have pretty troutty magic power iirc. Also Umaro can't cast anything.

Also also the lack of turn-based combat is pretty much irrelevant; Offering+Genji means she would fire off her attacks way faster than the others would, once she started them.

[theundeadhero]

Okay then, I'm going to say that Shadow has the merit award, gem box, illumina and and a dirk equipped.
Cyan has the offering and economizer equipped.
Why? Simply so that Terra can't use them.

Explain how Terra wins now.

[Wolf Kanno]

Terra, cause she fried fifty magitek soldiers in a few minutes, and mechanically, she has the most build potential out of the group whereas everyone else is kind of limited.

She's also referred to as one of the strongest beings in the game, I mean that has to account for something. She can just fly to the top of the cage and rain down magic death on all of them, not to mention her huge power boosts in Esper form, even just using in game mechanics gives her an advantage unless everyone teamed up to fight her first.

Personality wise, Cyan is too honorable to hit a girl, he sure as hell wouldn't let Sabin hit her and I doubt he would want to since he's too nice. Shadow might actually try something but technically he's outmatched since Terra isn't exactly a push over fighter and all four of them will be too busy taking down Umaro anyway since he is only loyal to Mog. after Umaro is gone, I'm pretty sure the three boys will gladly take a dive for Terra since she's pretty sweet anyway. Terra probably wouldn't even fight unless she goes into a rage when she feels they are picking on Umaro too much. I don't think any of them would stand a chance if she was angry and actually trying.

[blackmage_nuke]

Sabin will suplex the cage

[Flying Mullet]

the three boys will gladly take a dive for Terra since she's pretty sweet anyway

[Loony BoB]

Sabin, because a cage match is a wrestling match first and foremost. I'm pretty sure magic is against the rules in such things.

Terra would be in the 'slumped on the floor but holding her torso up with her hands' pose, Cyan would be in his 'gotta protect thou lady' pose, Shadow would put up a good fight due to his quickness and Umaro due to his strength, but in the end Cyan would carry Terra away from the cage and get counted out because he doesn't wanna hurt nobody, Umaro would fall hard at some point, Shadow couldn't manage without his weaponary. Sabin, though. He's a mean, lean wrestling machine.

Saying Terra could beat Sabin in a cage match is like saying Sabin could beat Terra in a wand fight.