(1)Zero vs (16)Primrose 2018

Ulti's Analysis
I won't be able to comment on Octopath Traveler until after Christmas because it's coming as a gift, so for now as far as I'm concerned Primrose is just bottom of the barrel fodder. A bracket like this is bound to have tons and tons of garbage fodder, and Primrose is on that list. For all I know she could be a perfectly fine character, but even if she is, she was a 16 seed against Zero. Didn't have a prayer.

For Zero, this match was about one thing and one thing only. Is he still near elite? Getting a tripling is nice, but I'm going to say the answer is "no" on near elite status. As we now know, the definition of "near elite" is "can you beat a Noble Nine character or come really damn close?". Zero no longer qualifies, and one wonders if he ever truly did. That said, this match proved that even had Monika caught a rally, Zero was probably good enough to end that run in round 3. Thankfully, it never came to that because Wario did the job for us.