(6)Sonic the Hedgehog vs (3)Auron (Legends Bracket) 2018

Ulti's Analysis
Heeeey, remember 2008? Back when Auron beat Sonic in round 2 of the LOL 4ways and then only turned around and beat him in the divisional final because Sephiroth showed up?

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/3290-division-8-round-2-sonic-sandbag-auron-sub-zero

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/3299-division-8-final-auron-sonic-sephiroth-kratos

I still have no clue how Leon4 called that one, but that's why I write stuff after contests end and he writes stuff before they start when it actually matters :D

Seeing Sonic and Auron link up again 1 on 1 with no excuses a decade later was pretty neat, even if it was predictable. Then again over half of people thought Division 6's winner would win this match, which blows my mind. Division 6 was destined to have one of the weakest division winners ever.

This was never going to be a match that was in any doubt whatsoever, and on top of that it was very boring. The percentages stayed at 54-46 for 24 straight hours. That said, 46% on Sonic is no joke and it takes us back to the old days when a bunch of people kept calling for Sonic to lose early every year because of how he would have these random bad performances. Which makes sense. This is the dude that let Zero almost break 48% on him, let Aeris get 47% on him, let Ryu get 45%, let Tifa almost get 44%, choked against Mega Man, and almost let Vincent get 48% on him all before 2006. Add in some weird 4way performances and him not looking so hot since, and here we are. Getting into Smash clearly saved this dude's career, because it was going down fast.

All that said, the other three Sonic characters (Knuckles, Tails, and even Shadow) all looked decent this year. Sonic, uh.... didn't. And that's putting it very nicely. I have no idea why. I've always loved the guy but he just cannot catch a break. 54% on Auron is just not very impressive, and he followed it up with some bad polls.