I'm back and forth on it. I actually wanna use a tournament where the characters fall into a format.

Element + Related Secondary Element + Weapon + Weapon Manipulation:

In other words, the theme I used for a good bit of the original resistance characters:

Trent: Earth/Metal/Staff: Can manipulate earth and metal, as well as the size and weight of the different staves he uses.

Jet: Wind/Smoke/Nunchaku: See Above

Levius: Water/Ice/Trident: See Above

Worren: Fire/Heat/Ninja Weapons: See Above

Derik: Electricity/Magnetism/Chains: See Above

There were others as well, I forget his name, but he manipulated plants and animals, and bladed tonfa.

For rookies, it'd be a good way to get involved and have a bit of practice, without shit getting all complicated with manipulating all kinds of other shit.