Iron Waifu Updates

I’m going to have to go back to weekly blog posts, doing them every other week makes it way too easy to forget.

And before you say “why don’t you just set an alarm or a calendar  alert or something NoMoshing?” I’ll have you know that I can’t remember  dick fucking all and I get through the day thanks to no less than five  alarms and multiple calendar appointments per week already, so I’m not  having my smartphone chirp at me *even more* thank you very much.

So anyway, it’s May and that means that Iron Waifu is on! In fact, today’s match up between Lilac and Apple Kid  is really close right now so please take the time to vote if you  haven’t already! And as we draw closer to the end of Round One, it’s  really starting to heat up, so let’s take a look at where some of our  past heavy hitters are.

Yamamaya looks like this this year she’ll be able to cruise into the  quarterfinals thanks to lucky placement. The only other party member in  her quarter has already been eliminated, and while she’s sharing her  quarter with several girls who have made the quarterfinals in the past,  none of them have reached Round Three nearly as consistently as the  catgirl berserker.

Meline has had a checkered history with Iron Waifu, and either seems  to do very well or incredibly poorly. Half the time she makes the  quarterfinals, overcoming some mid tier characters on the way, the other  half the time she gets knocked out early by low tier characters. This  year on the 18th we will be seeing no less than the third  faceoff between Renfeld and Meline, both girls are 1-1 with one another.  It’s hard not to see a future where Meline gets taken out by Brigandine  or maybe even Bronwyn, who are also in her quarter, but at least she’ll  have a notable rematch along the way.

Speaking of whom, Bronwyn is also staring down the barrel of her own  third-time rematch with Brigandine, provided the elven ranger beats Ino  tomorrow. While Brigandine has triumphed each other thing the two have  faced off in Iron Waifu, don’t count Bronwyn out yet- Bron has an  impressive kill count including Chimei, Yeon, and an incredible early  win against Raina in 2018. Bronwyn also has only even been defeated by  top-tier contenders Kyrie, Brigandine, and eventual Iron Waifus Larelle  and Alina. Her record might not be that impressive, but Bronwyn is  always a girl to watch.

Fan favourite Raina is looking at a rocky road to the finals this  year. She has a tough match-up in round one against Florine, a strong  mid-tier performer with a dedicated fanbase and exactly the kind of  character that Raina seems to be weak to. If Raina can overcome that,  she’s up against Meiriona, who hasn’t performed super well but has only  ever been defeated by solid contenders Bronwyn and Florine, and managed  to chalk up a devastating upset against fan favourite Yamamaya in her  debut match. And if she can get through that odds are good that Raina is looking at a quarterfinal against Kyrie and a semifinal against Brigandine. Raina is the underdog  contender this year, with difficult match-ups the whole way, but a  strong contingent of supporters out lobbying for her. My advice: No  matter who you vote for, do. Not. Miss. One. Single. Raina. Match. This.  Year.

To give the southwest quarter a little love, everyone still in the  race there has been at least a quarterfinalist in the past, lots of  strong mid-tier girls in general.  My personal favourite to make the  semis is Elaiya- she has a strong fan following, people know that her  lesbian sex scene with Doll is in the works, and while she has never  finished strong, except for one embarrassing defeat against Doralice,  she has her own impressive kill count and usually loses to strong  contenders. My dark horse for this quarter is Chimei, who is fresh off a  new love quest, has finally been able to communicate with the Hero, and  will have her redesign concept art shared to backers before her next  match against Yeon. I don’t think anyone here is going to take the crown  in the end, but it’ll be an interest run as the mid-tiers duke it out  for the semifinal.

Finally have have the two remaining top tiers, the two titans who are  the real contenders to watch this year. Brigandine, the only girl in  all of Iron Waifu to have only been defeated by Iron Waifus, who has  never done worse than the quarterfinals. Only one half step behind is  Kyrie, who except for a single loss against Raina in 2016 can say the  exact same thing, and has been to the finals more than any other  character save 2017 Iron Waifu winner Alina. Both characters had  passionate fanbases, but while Kyrie is coming off the strength of a lot  of new content in the last year, Brigandine is by far the most  consistent performer. For a lot of fans, the real finals will  be happening on the 30th, where unless there is an upset these two  S-rank contenders will have their first head to head match-up ever. DO  NOT MISS THAT MATCH!

That’s how things are shaping up so far. We have four more matches  left in Round One, and after that the reward lists for every girl who  has made it to Round Two will be revealed- including some new  developments that are sure to excite! For now, this is NoMoshing signing off.

EDIT: Correction, Bronwyn has only faced Brigandine once before.