Time for another team ranking, and this time I did the "Sultan Saladin" teams.

I used the same format as I did in Chandragupta, so hopefully it won't be too confusing.
THE Star of Sultan Saladin
Lea |  | Steve
|  |
Moat | 7 | Moat | 8 |
Steps of Knowledge | 8 | Steps of Knowledge | 9 |
Individual Game | 5 | Individual Game | 8 |
Team Game | 7 | Team Game | 8 |
Temple Run | 8 | Temple Run | N/A |
Overall Score: | 7.00 | Overall Score: | 8.30 |
Leslie |  | Tom
|  |
Moat | 7.5 | Moat | 8 |
Steps of Knowledge | 8 | Steps of Knowledge | 8 |
Individual Game | 6 | Individual Game | 6.5 |
Team Game | 7 | Team Game | 7 |
Overall Score: | 7.13 | Overall Score: | 7.38 |
NOTES:
This episode reminds me a lot of "Chandragupta". It is a great episode and win overlooked due to being a little on the forgettable side. But it is a solid episode and I can't find anything wrong with it. Judging from the rankings, both teams were solid all day. I was not trying to be generous to any of these teams, they just happened to finish with good scores. The moat was pretty quick in this episode, and neither team really struggled that much. I gave Lea a slightly lower score because she was a little slower than the Red Jaguars. The Steps of Knowledge was also all about the Red Jaguars and Silver Snakes. I enjoyed the teamwork between Lea and Steve in this round. Steve whispered all three answers to Lea, and they swept the Steps of Knowledge for the second spot.
The temple games featured in this episode featured close competition between the Red Jaguars and Silver Snakes. In the first temple game, Steve was a monster at climbing the wall. He almost got all 6 bricks down before time was up. Tom on the other hand was sloppy and kept dropping his bricks and climbing down pretty inefficiently. The second temple game was tough for both female players. Both Lea and Leslie struggled really bad to reach the soldiers at the top. It wasn't until there were 10 seconds left where Leslie grabbed the only one during the whole game and won it 1-0. While the score was kind of sad, you can't blame the girls for how this one turned out. It almost ended in a scoreless tie like in "Genghis Khan". The last temple game was hard to evaluate for Leslie and Lea because all they had to do was throw their balls at their partners. I gave them a decent score because most of the time they were accurate. Steve earned a higher score than Tom because he did a better job "leaning in" to collect the balls. On a side note, Kirk miscounted the number of balls the Silver Snakes collected. They actually collected 12 balls, not 11. Luckily, it didn't screw them over.

Just like I did for Andrea, I gave Lea a good score in the temple. For an early Season 1 runner, Lea did a solid job in the temple. She rarely hesitated and was always trying for the shortest route possible. Unlike most Season 1 contestants who went into any room where the door opened. Even with her room objectives being a little easy, she still had a long path and tried using shortcuts. Unlike other members, I don't scrutinize her for the direct path or easy layout. Some fans like getting off to "Geronimo" or "Shaka Zulu", but "Sultan Saladin" is much better than those runs. I am not sure why people find those solo victories amazing. I think that the 8 score for Lea is justified.
Overall, this was a solid episode for Season 1 standards. As you can tell, all of the players ranked higher than a 7. I am not sure what episode THK was ranking when he ranked these players, but they were strong all day! Especially Lea having such a low score overall. She was the "Star" of this episode along with her partner Steve. Steve ranked the highest out of anyone and he didn't enter the temple. I love this episode a lot and it reminds me of Chandragupta in many ways. But unlike Chandragupta, this one sort of gets unnecessary criticism. Plus, this episode was part of the hilarious "Legends Redub".