Yuri Lowell's Contest History

Who is Yuri Lowell?
Known as 'that guy who was hotter than Tifa in the match pic' and 'another Tales character, are you serious, he'd better not be from Abyss', Yuri Lowell naturally got blown out in his only contest outing ever. Don't let his weakness fool you, though, Yuri is a diamond in the rough as far as RPG characters go. He's not a teenager, he's not stupid, he's not not naive, and he's not rash. When the developers of Tales of Vesperia realized they had the makings of an amazing character, they did their best to sabotage Yuri by making him look as girly as possible without actually giving him boobs. Even that wasn't enough to keep Yuri from being possible the best RPG main character ever created.

Yuri comes across as cool, determined, chill, and assured, partially thanks to his dialogue and amazing voice actor. Yuri is pretty much that cool rival to the main character (which the game sort of sets up in the storyline), except he actually is the main character and unlike most rivals, doesn't act like a jerk. Aside from coming across as just a cool dude that everyone likes, Yuri spends most of Tales of Vesperia bucking the typical reactions and actions of an RPG hero. The details are spoilers, but I'll just say that Yuri gets things done.

Yuri pretty much makes Tales of Vesperia, and it's worth trying out the game just to see his development.

"Wouldn't it be crazy if a monster just gobbled up your foot right now? Just a giant munch, and oops, no more foot." - Yuri Lowell

Contest History
Win-Loss Record: 0-1

Winter 2010 Contest - Jenova Division - 7 Seed
 * Jenova Round 1 --- Lost to (10) Tifa Lockhart, 11278 [21.30%] - 41679 [78.70%]
 * Extrapolated Strength --- 114th Place [15.64%]

Despite having a high seed no one thought Yuri had decent strength let alone have enough strength to defeat Tifa. To most of the board he was just another Tales character and for the most part they were right. Yuri was on the wrong side of one of the biggest blowouts of the contest and finished near the bottom of the x-stats.