Roll

Roll is a character from Capcom's Mega Man franchise. She is a humanoid robot built by the human scientist Dr. Light to serve in housekeeping. Roll is also the "younger sister" of Mega Man; together they are named after the music genre rock n' roll (Mega Man is named Rockman in Japanese).

Initially a non-playable supporting character, Roll has since become the most popular Mega Man female because of her consistent appearances in many installments, and the series' relatively low number of female characters. Her likeness is also used in other Mega Man alternative universe games Battle Network (Roll.EXE) and Legends (Roll Caskett). Furthermore, the robot has appeared as a playable character in multiple games, most notably in crossovers such as the vs. Capcom series.

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Tournament History

Roll has enjoyed substantial success as a participant in the Queen of /v/ tournaments, being one of the few characters who can claim to not only have a perfect Elite Eight attendance record, but also whose performance has seen paulatine improvement through years of participation. As part of the original 2019 Elite Eight, Roll has gone from merely ranking 8th place after narrowly losing to Maya Fey in Quarter-finals, to getting the bronze in her latest tournament run and having only lost to eventual champion and fellow gynoid Curly Brace.

The Queen of /v/ 2023 tournament would signify a shake up from her usual thread presence. One of her campaigners would become particularly memorable for making several comics of Roll fighting different opponents that accurately emulated the classic games' NES style. She also had a major involvement in one storyline arc centered around SHODAN's run in the Loser's Bracket.

Roll returned from her Top 8 hiatus in Queen of /v/ 2025 as one of the anticipated powerhouses of the tournament. After a solid victory against fellow 2021 Elite Eight member Alice, Roll was featured in arguably the main event of the second round in her match against yet another Elite Eight scorer and fellow member of the C-Team, Ashley. This match spawned a large amount of fanart attributed to it due to the status of both as favorites among the lolifags of /v/ - The Vidya, and though both have proven strong candidates in the Queen of /v/ tournaments with dead even seeds to boot, Roll scored another decisive victory.

Continuing her gauntlet of battles against Elite Eight scoring candidates, she went on to defeat Alipheese Fateburn XVI and Malon of 2022 and 2023's Top 8 roster respectively, both by increasingly narrow margins. Ultimately with just 15 votes deciding her round 4 victory against Malon in the Top 16 match, she made a historic fourth consecutive Elite Eight appearance. After overcoming the formidable Pokemon fandom and fat fetishists supporting May in the quarterfinals, Roll's run came to its climax in a dramatic face-off against Tron Bonne to determine which Mega Man girl would be put forth in the Finals, marking an extremely successful tournament year for the Mega Man series as a whole. In the end Tron was the one to take the Finalist position (and position of that year's winner), and Roll would settle for another semi-finalist position, this time ranking 4th in a very slight downgrade from her last appearance's similarly impressive showing.

While arguably one of the strongest characters across the four main board tournaments overall, Roll has faced some scrutiny as a recurring contestant - either from people dissatisfied with how other Mega Man characters have fared in comparison to her, or just the shared notion most of her support and votes stem from lolicons rather than genuine fans of the series and character. The phrases "Roll is on heat!" and "Roll is so sexy bros" are often memed in relation to this side of her fanbase.

Despite undeniably being a strong contestant, it remains to be seen if Roll truly has what it takes to eventually win a Queen of /v/ tournament, with some threadgoers holding the sentiment that she missed her chance in 2025 due to another Mega Man character cucking her with the as-of-yet unbroken "same series winner curse".

Statistics

As of 2025, Roll has appeared in 4 out of 4 eligible Queen of /v/ tournaments, with a 100% possible attendance rate.

• Winning average: 54.2%

• Losing average: 44.8%

• Total average: 52.0%

• Average bracket seed: 30.3

• Average bracket performance: Quarterfinals (5.75)

Results

Queen of /v/
Round	Opponent	Series	Votes	Pct. For
2019 - Unseeded
Round 1	Celes Chere	Final Fantasy	112 - 44	71.8%
Round 2	Lyn	Fire Emblem	157 - 143	52.3%
Round 3	Risky Boots	Shantae	142 - 137	50.9%
Round 4	Tifa Lockhart	Final Fantasy	157 - 142	52.5%
Quarterfinals	Maya Fey	Ace Attorney	153 - 155	49.7%
5th-8th	5th-8th Match Result Contestant 5th 6th 7th 8th Total GLaDOS (5th) 87* 66 51 94 298 Shantae (6th) 76 88 73 61 Princess Peach (7th) 67 79 85 67 Roll (8th) 76 59 80 83
2021 - seed 6
Round 1	(123) Ayla	Chrono Trigger	544 - 480	53.1%
Round 2	(70) Ramlethal Valentine	Guilty Gear	739 - 496	59.8%
Round 3	(27) Plain Doll	Bloodborne	687 - 525	56.7%
Round 4	(43) Fire Keeper	Dark Souls	567 - 565	50.1%
Quarterfinals	(19) Alice	Black Souls	753 - 726	50.9%
Semi-finals	(31) Madotsuki	Yume Nikki	515 - 743	40.9%
3rd Place Match	(4) Marisa Kirisame	Touhou	539 - 592	47.6%
2023 - seed 68
Round 1	(18) Roxanne Wolf	Five Nights at Freddy's	764 - 341	59.1%
Round 2	(23) SHODAN	System Shock	606 - 572	51.4%
Round 3	(9) Shantae	Shantae	576 - 546	51.3%
Round 4	(21) Hatsune Miku	VOCALOID	582 - 570	50.5%
Quarterfinals	(29) Fio Germi	Metal Slug	549 - 483	53.2%
Semi-finals	(12) Curly Brace	Cave Story	403 - 602	40.1%
3rd Place Match	(3) Bayonetta	Bayonetta	580 - 517	52.9%
2025 - seed 17
Round 1	(9) Alice	Black Souls	771 - 545	58.6%
Round 2	(16) Ashley	WarioWare	601 - 488	55.2%
Round 3	(77) Alipheese	Monster Girl Quest	537 - 487	52.4%
Round 4	(24) Malon	The Legend of Zelda	462 - 447	50.8%
Quarterfinals	(19) May	Pokemon	537 - 510	51.3%
Semi-finals	(30) Tron Bonne	Mega Man	438 - 563	43.8%
3rd place match	(76) Fio Germi	Metal Slug	555 - 634	46.7%