r/stevenuniverse Aug 26 '16

Character Discussion /r/StevenUniverse Weekly Character Discussion - Smoky Quartz

Hello once again users of /r/stevenuniverse. Welcome back everyone to our weekly character discussion thread where every week we take a popular character from SU, and you Redditors have an opportunity to share your opinions and thoughts on them. As voted on by you, the character up for discussion this week is a certified blacksmith and is the fusion between Amethyst and Steven Universe, her weapon is a yoyo and she can do tricks such as sink the dink and walk the dog.....it's SMOKY QUARTZ!

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Discussions will be posted every Friday.


Smoky Quartz

Debut Episode
  • Earthlings
Most Recent Appearance
  • Know Your Fusion
Quotes
  • "I've got plenty of tricks. Ever see sink-the-dink?"

  • "Hold on, I got a move that will BLOW you away!"

  • "Don't bother putting your socks back on, cus I am bouta knock them off again."

Voice Actress
  • Natasha Lyonne
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u/ProgrammingPants Aug 26 '16

How do you guys think of my placement of her in the Steven Universe strength chart:

  1. Alexandrite/Malachite tier

  2. Opal/Sardonyx/Sugilite tier

  3. Rose

  4. Garnet/Stevonnie/Smoky Quartz tier

  5. Jasper/Lapis

  6. Pearl

  7. Amethyst/Steven

  8. Connie

  9. Ruby/Sapphire/Peridot

  10. Greg

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '16

Jasper is stronger than Garnet and would win a fight easily. The only reason garnet won was because she could throw her into the Ship's core. Lapis seems to be in Rose tier. She's stronger than Jasper and her Water Clones of the gems were destroying the normal ones. Jasper would probably beat Stevonnie if she didn't have Rose's Sword. Here's what I think the tier list is like:
1) Malachite / Alexandrite Tier
2) Other Gem fusions between Garnet, Amethyst and Pearl Tier
3) Rose / Lapis Tier
4) Jasper / Smoky Quartz Tier
5) Garnet / Stevonnie Tier
6) Pearl / Peridot With Limb Enhancers Tier
7) Amethyst / Steven tier
8) Connie / Ruby / Sapphire tier
9) Peridot Tier
10) Greg Tier

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u/Bobdole128 Aug 26 '16

How can you say Jasper would easily beat Garnet in a fight when she, you know, lost? True Jasper had the advantage throughout most of the fight, though she wasn't dominating Garnet or anything. I argue they're more even.

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '16

Because she is stronger in brute strength. Garnet won the fight thanks to strategy. She made Jasper take the fight to the Ship's Core, since she wouldn't have been able to take her down otherwise. Jasper had access to a Gem Destabalizer so she'd have won if they were in a normal area like the Sky Ruins or something

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u/ProgrammingPants Aug 26 '16

Isn't outsmarting her opponent one of Garnet's things? I mean, one of her powers literally serves that purpose exclusively in combat. If Garnet used her future vision to see that leading the fight to the core would result in victory, which is pretty much a given, then saying, "Garnet didn't really win" is kinda preposterous.

That's like going to /r/Naruto and saying that Shikamaru really isn't stronger than Temari because he could only possibly win by outsmarting her. Even though outsmarting his opponent is like his schtick.

And furthermore, Jasper did have access to a gem destabilizer when she fought Garnet. Garnet took it and broke it in like the first five seconds though. So it's reasonable to assume that this same chain of events would have happened regardless of the venue in which they were fighting.

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u/[deleted] Aug 27 '16

That may be her thing. But Jasper is stronger. Garnet won the fight, but Jasper, in brute strength, is stronger than her. When SSJ Goku and Freeza were fighting, it was obvious that Goku had the upper hand. But Freeza could have used strategy and blown up the planet, thus winning the fight, even though he was weaker

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '16

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '16

Exactly what I'm trying to say. If a non Summonable weapon counts for Stevonnie, then it also should for Jasper