A Voting Gauntlet in progress, showing the state of the contest between
Palla and
Minerva.
The Voting Gauntlet (Japanese: 投票大戦 Voting Battle) is a gameplay mode in Fire Emblem Heroes, which pits themed groups of characters from across the Fire Emblem series against each other in a contest of popularity.
Gameplay
At the start of each Voting Gauntlet, the player is shown the bracket for the contest, and asked to select which character they would like to support. The player must then earn points for their chosen character by participating in Voting Gauntlet battles; these battles do not consume stamina, and may be fought once every 30 minutes. The total score of all players supporting a character determines that character's score. Each round runs for 45 hours. At the end of each round, the characters with the lowest score in each matchup are eliminated from the contest, and the winners proceed to the next round. If the player's chosen character is victorious, they will continue to support them in the next round; if not, they will be asked to choose another character to support.
Battling for your team
Battles in the Voting Gauntlet pit the leaders of the player's current team, a randomly chosen friend who supports the same character, and a random player from the player's supported character's team, against the preferred characters of three randomly selected players from the opposing character's team. The objective is to simply defeat all three members of the opposing army. Unlike in the Arena, Light's Blessing may be used, and the player's score is not penalized if any player characters are defeated; however, experience and skill points cannot be earned.
If the player is victorious, they earn points based on the number of friends they have (50 points for no friends, plus 5 additional points per friend, up to a maximum of 100 points), and receive a 10% bonus if they used the same character as the one they are supporting. The player may also use Battle Flags to boost their score; the score will be multiplied by the number of Battle Flags spent, up to a maximum of 200.
For the third Voting Gauntlet (Battle of the Mages), the scores earned by players on a losing team was tripled, in order to give them a better chance of competing. From the fourth Voting Gauntlet (War of the Clerics) onward, this multiplier is instead based on the length of time elapsed since the beginning of the round, starting at 3.1×, and increasing by 0.1× each hour to a maximum of 7.5× in the final hour. For the first six Voting Gauntlets, a team was designated as "weaker", and would receive this bonus, if their score equated to 90% or less of the leading team's score; from the seventh Voting Gauntlet (The Blood of Dragons) onward, this requirement was changed to 99% or less.
Rewards
At the end of each round, players are ranked based on their individual scores, and are awarded Hero Feathers based on their ranking within their chosen character's team—the higher a player's ranking is, the more Feathers they earn. Players supporting a winning character also receive a bonus 500 Feathers in the first two rounds, and 1,000 Feathers for supporting the winner of the final round. At the end of the overall contest, players also receive Hero Feathers based on their overall ranking across all participating players.
In earlier gauntlets, if the total points earned across all characters in all three rounds exceeds a given amount, all players will be rewarded with a number of other prizes in the form of special log-in bonuses—these may include Orbs, Hero Feathers, and Badges. In more recent gauntlets these prizes have been shifted over daily quests; generally requiring the player to participate in a set amount of battles in the gauntlet.
Past Voting Gauntlet results
January 2019: New Year's Showdown
This Voting Gauntlet ran from 7am UTC on 3 January, 2019, until 4am UTC on 9 January. All characters in this gauntlet are using their New Year's variations. The overall winner was Azura, who defeated Gunnthrá in the final round by over 4 billion votes.
Round 1
style="Template:Roundtl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Fjorm
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style="Template:Roundtr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Camilla
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vs.
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style="Template:Roundbl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 7,316,915,921 votes
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style="Template:Roundbr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 7,869,902,893 votes
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style="Template:Roundtl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Gunnthrá
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style="Template:Roundtr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Takumi
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vs.
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style="Template:Roundbl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 6,358,192,828 votes
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style="Template:Roundbr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 5,716,529,769 votes
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style="Template:Roundtl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Laevatein
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style="Template:Roundtr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Azura
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vs.
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style="Template:Roundbl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 8,896,819,756 votes
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style="Template:Roundbr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 9,987,927,519 votes
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style="Template:Roundtl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Hríd
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style="Template:Roundtr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Corrin
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vs.
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style="Template:Roundbl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 4,607,256,407 votess
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style="Template:Roundbr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 5,338,778,882 votes
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Round 2
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style="Template:Roundtl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Azura
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style="Template:Roundtr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Corrin
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vs.
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style="Template:Roundbl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 14,054,239,228 votes
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style="Template:Roundbr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 13,894,040,331 votes
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Final Round
style="Template:Roundtl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Gunnthrá
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style="Template:Roundtr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Azura
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vs.
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style="Template:Roundbl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 30,716,830,134 votes
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style="Template:Roundbr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 34,799,038,782 votes
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February 2019: Mothers and Sons
This Voting Gauntlet ran from 7am UTC on 31 January, 2019, until 4am UTC on 6 February. The overall winner was Owain, who defeated Corrin in the final round by under 5 billion votes.
Round 1
style="Template:Roundtl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Ethlyn
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style="Template:Roundtr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Leif
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vs.
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style="Template:Roundbl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 5,540,497,640 votes
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style="Template:Roundbr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 6,243,163,620 votes
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style="Template:Roundtl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Lissa
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style="Template:Roundtr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Owain
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vs.
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style="Template:Roundbl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 5,375,479,247 votes
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style="Template:Roundbr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 6,051,512,090 votes
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style="Template:Roundtl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Cherche
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style="Template:Roundtr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Gerome
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vs.
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style="Template:Roundbl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 4,650,019,457 votes
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style="Template:Roundbr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 4,610,407,659 votes
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style="Template:Roundtl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Mikoto (Caring Mother)
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style="Template:Roundtr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Corrin (Dream Prince)
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vs.
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style="Template:Roundbl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 6,022,759,658 votes
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style="Template:Roundbr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 6,045,265,582 votes
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Round 2
style="Template:Roundtl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Leif
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style="Template:Roundtr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Owain
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vs.
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style="Template:Roundbl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 14,744,375,675 votes
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style="Template:Roundbr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 15,571,064,846 votes
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style="Template:Roundtl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Cherche
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style="Template:Roundtr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Corrin (Dream Prince)
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vs.
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style="Template:Roundbl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 19,275,893,033 votes
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style="Template:Roundbr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 19,964,449,656 votes
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Final Round
style="Template:Roundtl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Owain
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style="Template:Roundtr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Corrin (Dream Prince)
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vs.
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style="Template:Roundbl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 52,639,946,163 votes
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style="Template:Roundbr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 47,849,609,976 votes
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March 2019: War of the Tacticians
This Voting Gauntlet ran from 7am UTC on 28 February, 2019, until 4am UTC on 6 March. The overall winner was Morgan, who defeated Soren in the final round by under 1.5 billion votes.
Round 1
style="Template:Roundtl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Katarina
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style="Template:Roundtr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Lewyn
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vs.
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style="Template:Roundbl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 8,970,944,988 votes
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style="Template:Roundbr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 10,992,281,876 votes
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style="Template:Roundtl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Cecilia
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style="Template:Roundtr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Jagen
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vs.
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style="Template:Roundbl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 3,808,097,117 votes
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style="Template:Roundbr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 3,013,064,438 votes
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style="Template:Roundtl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Innes
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style="Template:Roundtr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Soren
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vs.
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style="Template:Roundbl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 5,795,979,886 votes
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style="Template:Roundbr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 6,602,323,231 votes
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Round 2
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style="Template:Roundtl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Cecilia
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style="Template:Roundtr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Soren
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vs.
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style="Template:Roundbl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 10,337,376,814 votes
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style="Template:Roundbr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 10,398,569,108 votes
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Final Round
April 2019: Destructive Forces
This Voting Gauntlet ran from 7am UTC on 1 April, 2019, until 4am UTC on 7 April. The overall winner was Robin, who defeated Idunn in the final round by under 3.4 billion votes.
Round 1
style="Template:Roundtl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Gharnef
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style="Template:Roundtr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Julius
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vs.
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style="Template:Roundbl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 3,921,833,760 votes
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style="Template:Roundbr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 4,112,239,389 votes
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style="Template:Roundtl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Duma
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style="Template:Roundtr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Idunn
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vs.
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style="Template:Roundbl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 12,360,869,778 votes
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style="Template:Roundbr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 17,951,768,061 votes
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style="Template:Roundtl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Hardin (Fallen Heroes)
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style="Template:Roundtr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Garon
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vs.
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style="Template:Roundbl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 3,620,685,944 votes
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style="Template:Roundbr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 3,573,185,940 votes
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style="Template:Roundtl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Robin (M) (Fallen Heroes)
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style="Template:Roundtr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Surtr
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vs.
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style="Template:Roundbl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 19,993,875,593 votes
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style="Template:Roundbr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 17,741,657,395 votes
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Round 2
style="Template:Roundtl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Julius
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style="Template:Roundtr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Idunn
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vs.
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style="Template:Roundbl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 21,669,438,280 votes
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style="Template:Roundbr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 29,341,581,039 votes
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style="Template:Roundtl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Hardin (Fallen Heroes)
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style="Template:Roundtr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Robin (M) (Fallen Heroes)
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vs.
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style="Template:Roundbl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 17,329,270,727 votes
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style="Template:Roundbr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 18,047,588,431 votes
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Final Round
style="Template:Roundtl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Idunn
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style="Template:Roundtr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Robin (M) (Fallen Heroes)
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vs.
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style="Template:Roundbl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 77,778,891,817 votes
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style="Template:Roundbr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 81,356,196,218 votes
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May 2019: Children's Day
This Voting Gauntlet ran from 7am UTC on 30 April, 2019, until 4am UTC on 6 May. The overall winner was Nino, who defeated Tiki in the final round by over 9 billion votes.
Round 1
style="Template:Roundtl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Tiki (young)
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style="Template:Roundtr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Kana (male)
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vs.
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style="Template:Roundbl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 13,825,221,147 votes
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style="Template:Roundbr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 13,075,834,502 votes
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style="Template:Roundtl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Lugh
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style="Template:Roundtr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Ylgr
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vs.
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style="Template:Roundbl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 6,623,609,825 votes
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style="Template:Roundbr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 8,113,425,799 votes
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style="Template:Roundtl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Fae
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style="Template:Roundtr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Yune
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vs.
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style="Template:Roundbl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 17,596,664,499 votes
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style="Template:Roundbr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 19,380,685,100 votes
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style="Template:Roundtl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Nino (Pale Flower)
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style="Template:Roundtr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Delthea
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vs.
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style="Template:Roundbl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 20,628,421,249 votes
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style="Template:Roundbr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 17,904,428,404 votes
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Round 2
style="Template:Roundtl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Tiki (young)
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style="Template:Roundtr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Ylgr
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vs.
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style="Template:Roundbl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 36,535,186,283 votes
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style="Template:Roundbr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 32,137,018,095 votes
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style="Template:Roundtl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Yune
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style="Template:Roundtr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Nino (Pale Flower)
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vs.
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style="Template:Roundbl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 41,863,647,862 votes
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style="Template:Roundbr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 42,339,226,258 votes
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Final Round
style="Template:Roundtl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Tiki (young)
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style="Template:Roundtr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Nino (Pale Flower)
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vs.
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style="Template:Roundbl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 86,261,205,843 votes
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style="Template:Roundbr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 95,355,195,921 votes
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June 2019: Marital Bonds
This Voting Gauntlet ran from 7am UTC on 3 June, 2019, until 4am UTC on 9 June. The overall winner was Deirdre, who defeated Bartre in the final round by just under 17 billion votes; this margin is the largest since multipliers were introduced to the Voting Gauntlet in its third event, the second-largest margin in the history of the mode (after the second event), and only the third instance of a winning margin of 10 billion or more votes.
Round 1
style="Template:Roundtl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Pent (Fancy Fiancé)
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style="Template:Roundtr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Sigurd
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vs.
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style="Template:Roundbl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 11,209,730,402 votes
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style="Template:Roundbr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 11,080,508,901 votes
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style="Template:Roundtl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Bartre
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style="Template:Roundtr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Quan
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vs.
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style="Template:Roundbl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 6,958,808,348 votes
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style="Template:Roundbr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 5,371,109,642 votes
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style="Template:Roundtl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Louise (Eternal Devotion)
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style="Template:Roundtr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Deirdre
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vs.
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style="Template:Roundbl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 26,631,396,930 votes
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style="Template:Roundbr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 28,865,007,066 votes
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style="Template:Roundtl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Karla
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style="Template:Roundtr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Ethlyn
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vs.
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style="Template:Roundbl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 14,143,706,636 votes
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style="Template:Roundbr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 13,148,545,857 votes
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Round 2
style="Template:Roundtl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Pent (Fancy Fiancé)
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style="Template:Roundtr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Bartre
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vs.
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style="Template:Roundbl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 20,267,782,264 votes
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style="Template:Roundbr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 20,682,332,272 votes
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style="Template:Roundtl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Deirdre
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style="Template:Roundtr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Karla
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vs.
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style="Template:Roundbl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 54,147,762,229 votes
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style="Template:Roundbr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 53,487,263,967 votes
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Final Round
style="Template:Roundtl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Bartre
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style="Template:Roundtr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Deirdre
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vs.
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style="Template:Roundbl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 63,672,564,393 votes
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style="Template:Roundbr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 80,632,900,008 votes
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July 2019: Headband Brawl
This Voting Gauntlet ran from 7am UTC on 1 July, 2019, until 4am UTC on 7 July.
Round 1
Round 2
Final Round
Trivia
Etymology and other languages
Names, etymology, and in other regions
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Language
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Name
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Definition, etymology, and notes
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English
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Voting Gauntlet
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Spanish
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Torneo de votos
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Tournament of Votes
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French
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Tournoi
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Tournament
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German
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Wahlturnier
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Voting Tournament
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Italian
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Sfida ai voti
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Voting Challenge
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Traditional Chinese
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投票大戰
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Voting War
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Gallery
Artwork used in the background of the Voting Gauntlet.
External links