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[Phire Phox]

In this thread, we name some characters in certain games that were just too good. Whether it was cheap tricks, or ridiculously powerful special moves, list some characters that you just thought were overpowered.

I'll start,

Phoenix in Vanilla MVC3:

Phoenix in MVC3 is powerful, but has a very low amount of health to balance that out. But if the player has LVL 5 Special meter, when she dies, she turns into dark phoenix who is even more powerful. Again, she loses health constantly while in the dark phoenix state to balance this out. However, in X-Factor mode, she does not lose any health and gets even more powerful from the x-factor state. This caused many players in the competitive MVC3 community to label her "cheap" and it was generally frowned upon to use Phoenix in a tournament. Also, she was subsequently nerfed in UMVC3.

Also, Metaknight from SSBB

MetaKnight in SSBB was considered so OP, he was banned from most pro tournaments. With almost no lag after attacking, 3 recoveries, the ability to fly, small size, and priority on most of his moves, MK was considered too good and threw of the balance of Brawl.

What are some FG characters that you think are OP, GAF?

 

[FSLink]

Arcade Edition Yun. Somebody post that vid where Daigo counterpicks with him against FChamp's Dhalsim.

EDIT: Found it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=FuCO-_M6K5w

So cringeworthy.

 

[Onion_Relish]

Dan Hibiki: SF4

Behold the glory of saikyo!

 

[Phire Phox]

Arcade Edition Yun. Somebody post that vid where Daigo counterpicks with him against FChamp's Dhalsim.

Yep. Its a good thing they nerfed him in AE2012.

 

[Teknopathetic]

Not listing boss/hidden characters because that would be boring.

Alpha 2 Chun li
BB:CT Arakune

 

[thesolidshark]

Was going to reply "SNK Boss (Syndrome): the thread", but you probably meant playable characters, so I'll throw out an a classic/current one: Mr. Karate from KOF XIII

Honestly I don't think he's THAT overpowered, but I recognize the number of great tools and advantages he has. There's a reason people are sick of hearing his theme so often.

 

[Zuly]

Akuma in Street Fighter II: Turbo

 

[Phire Phox]

Not listing boss/hidden characters because that would be boring.

Was going to reply "SNK Boss (Syndrome): the thread", but you probably meant playable characters, so I'll throw out an a classic/current one: Mr. Karate from KOF XIII

yeah, no boss characters unless they are playable characters.

 

[Slayer-33]

Hakumen? That beast bastard was unstoppable if played right.

 

[Man God]

Shikamaru in Naruto:GNT 2 is basically unstoppable with his infinite loop of doom.

 

[derivative]

Akuma

 

[SoulUnison]

Shikamaru in Naruto:GNT 2 is basically unstoppable with his infinite loop of doom.

And just plain tricky in general, with his teleportation mixups and feints.

 

[Zuly]

No boss/hidden characters? Chun Li in Alpha 2/Third Strike and Claw in ST.

 

[Crocodile]

Ivan Ooze?

Ivan Ooze: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-g4TqMFemY

 

[BadAss2961]

This guy just seems unfair every time I see him online.

 

[giancarlo123x]

Sagat in SF4 vanilla.

 

[Surface of Me]

Fuck Phoenix in MvC3, my friend uses her as a main in his teams and I hate her.

 

[Lulubop]

Pretty sure Dante would be running things at this point if vanilla was still alive.

 

[Khezu]

Green Lantern and Flash in MKvsDC.

Some ridiculous stuff.

 

[The Phantomnaut]

Petshop, Jotaro, Dio, Abdul, and Kakyoin of Jojo CPS-III.

 

[Parakeetman]

Anyone remembers gaia and vermillion in the toshiden series lol

KOF 98 - King, Blue Mary

 

[lazybones18]

Sagat in SF4 vanilla.

TIGER UPPERCUT

Spoiler

Fuck you, Sagat

 

[88random]

V-13 in first BlazBlue

 

[The Phantomnaut]

This guy just seems unfair every time I see him online.

Until the rest of the tier list.

 

[derivative]

Shao Khan in MK9.

Damn I raged so much fighting him. Next day I whooped his ass somehow.

 

[Dizzy-4U]

Material from Advanced V.G.2. Invincibility frames everywhere.

Also, Kaori. 4-hit infinite combo loop.

 

[DR2K]

Bass in DOA3, huge damage, easy frame advantage, ground throw loops.

Morrigan/Doom in UMVC3. This duo dominates the entire screen and has no flaw or weakness.

 

[Parakeetman]

KOF 96 - Goenitz if the AI used him D:

 

[Anth0ny]

This guy just seems unfair every time I see him online.

he's banned in tournaments for a reason

 

[Azure J]

Pretty sure Dante would be running things at this point if vanilla was still alive.

Very easily.

Surprised no one mentioned Chun Li in Third Strike yet. Ivan Ooze is just fucking hilarious.

he's banned in tournaments for a reason

Spoiler

Oh man, bringing back the old school, I like. #Kappa

 

[Infinite Justice]

Arakune in Blazblue : CT

lol

 

[The Phantomnaut]

he's banned in tournaments for a reason

Forever banned. Long live AE 2011.

 

[Takao]

Raiden in PlayStation All-Stars kind of made that game less fun. It's really difficult to play as a Toro, or Parappa and having to deal with Raiden is too much.

 

[Ragingnight]

SENTINEL! THAT MOTHERFUCKER IS SO CHEAP!

 

[PK Gaming]

Mitsuru is pretty OP in Persona 4: Arena haha

(Tres bien)

 

["God's Beard!"]

Superman could take Omega Tom Hanks free. Nobody in this thread knows what overpowered means.

 

[Hunter-Zero]

Takuma in King of Fighters 98, that fucker was too good, Ky Kyske in Guilty Gear vanilla and X, Jin and Hakumen in vanilla Blazblue, Ryu and Sagat in vanilla Sf4, Jun in Sf4 Arcade Edition, Wesker in Ultimate MVSC3, Jin in Tekken 4, Noob in MK9...almost every game has overpowered characters really, and if not exactly overpowered, with enough advantages to make them easy to play with.

 

[Parakeetman]

the two little kids in guardian heroes, for literally breaking the game by running off into the background in VS mode lol

 

[Byronic Hero]

Playstation All Stars Battle Royale:

Kratos
Kat
Zeus
Raiden
Cole McGrath

Yeah, since that's pretty much 1/5th of the roster, you can imagine who dominates online.

This is why I stopped playing. Kratos has been overpowered since the game's beta, the developers knew it. Still didn't care to fix him.

 

[vocab]

Are we talking about straight up broken, or characters that in the right hands look overpowered?


Gill and petshop are obvious answers. Though petshop isn't easy to pick up and start winning with. Gill is super brain dead though. Fuck that guy.

Devo in jojo's is like the worst/best character in the game depending on who plays him. That guy is just super ridiculous but hard as hell to play.

 

[Ragingnight]

Mitsuru is pretty OP Persona 4: Arena haha

(Tres bien)

she is really good but not really OP. She and a few others are jsut so much better than the rest of the cast. Aigis and Teddie are consider better characters than Mitsuru

 

[ShinobiFist]

Guile:WW
Hilde, SCIV

 

[Lambda Pie]

TEKKEN 4 JIN.

and Steve.

 

[Lulubop]

At the end of vanilla sf4, didn't the Japanese consider Akuma the best? And Momochi was bodying everyone?

 

[PK Gaming]

she is really good but not really OP. She and a few others are jsut so much better than the rest of the cast. Aigis and Teddie are consider better characters than Mitsuru

ah ic

in that case

this guy is super cheesy in umvc3

 

[FSLink]

she is really good but not really OP. She and a few others are jsut so much better than the rest of the cast. Aigis and Teddie are consider better characters than Mitsuru

Why is Teddie considered better than Mitsuru? Haven't been keeping up with P4A competitively .

 

[Man God]

I would rather fight every SNK boss on the highest difficulty in a gauntlet match then face Ivan Ooze.

 

[54-46!]

3S Chun-Li

 

[Cels]

This guy just seems unfair every time I see him online.

but he's banned so it's ok

 

[Parakeetman]

I would rather fight every SNK boss on the highest difficulty in a gauntlet match then face Ivan Ooze.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-g4TqMFemY

hahaha