Overpowered Characters in Fighting Games

Ostinatto said:
Chrisg's favorite

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Jawmuncher said:
Ok I got a question.
Maybe I'm just dumb but how come her Picture in game is different from her character model? She's just a robot recolors (or the original). I ask because it always throws me off especially in the cutscenes. Since I don't think she ever looks like that once from my playtime.
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The giant sword behind her turns into the armor she wears in-battle. There's a few story portraits with her wearing it during CT's true ending and during a certain scene in CS.
 
kewlmyc said:
Speaking of Wesker, what happened to him? First 3 months of UMvC3, people were demanding him to be nerfed. Now no one seems to give two shits about him. I know Vergil and ChrisG are bigger threats, but no one uses Wesker now. Did someone come up with a strategy for him or was his "OPness" just blown out of proportions in the first 3 months?
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people learned the matchup

charsace said:
Chun li and Ken in SF3TS.
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Ken? lol?

He was high tier but not OP by any means.
 
kewlmyc said:
Speaking of Wesker, what happened to him? First 3 months of UMvC3, people were demanding him to be nerfed. Now no one seems to give two shits about him. I know Vergil and ChrisG are bigger threats, but no one uses Wesker now. Did someone come up with a strategy for him or was his "OPness" just blown out of proportions in the first 3 months?
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No one level headed demanded for nerfs (outside of his sunglasses mechanic which was dumb to begin with). People even at the start knew Zero was the best character and way better than Wesker.

Nothing happened to Wesker people just figured out there are better character than him. Wesker gets rushdown hard and gets zoned out as well by Missiles team. The meta is run by Missiles at the moment, Wesker in the past 3-4 majors has appeared in top 8s like once per tournament at the most.

A lot of people who used fraudulent anchor Weskers have moved on to Dark Vergil. He's a superior anchor with superior hypers. Wesker also doesn't have TODs solo so he is out picked by Zero and he doesn't gel with Missiles at all so he's not a part of Mag/Doom, Morrigan/Doom and Dorm/Doom teams. He is still a great pick provided he's backed up by Vergil/Dante and Strider.
 
Also Wing Zero and Epyon in the Gundam Wing game for SNES. Epyon was a boss so it didn't matter, but Wing Zero was hilariously broken compared to the other fighters.
 
kewlmyc said:
Speaking of Wesker, what happened to him? First 3 months of UMvC3, people were demanding him to be nerfed. Now no one seems to give two shits about him. I know Vergil and ChrisG are bigger threats, but no one uses Wesker now. Did someone come up with a strategy for him or was his "OPness" just blown out of proportions in the first 3 months?
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He's still "OP" but there are way more OP character/assist combos now to the point where it doesn't matter.
 
Poltergust said:
His f-tilt is ridiculously fast and has a ton of range. It's basically the replacement for his jab. I think you mean u-tilt... which is still a kill move if sweetspotted. >_>
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I thought ftilt wasn't that good, but then again I stopped caring about fighting competitively when I started playing Brawl. Yeah, that utilt was slow.

friskykillface said:
lol metaknight and fox are overpowered but you can still beat them
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Yeah, I guess they aren't nearly as broken as other stuff in this thread, merely overpowered when compared to the rest of the cast (same with Seth in vSFIV, I guess). Characters such as Ivan Ooze, on the other hand...
 
JeTmAn81 said:
I feel like Wesker's gameplan got devalued by the evolution of the metagame towards zoning-based play. He's still good, and a well-played Wesker (aka Yipes's Wesker) can mess you up.
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It's just not going to mess up a player who knows his way around the game. Yipes' Wesker is far less scary than his Dante or his Vergil.

A good Dark Vergil is just about the scariest thing you can fight in a fighting game these days. I'd say Morridoom, but there are very few who are actually good enough to pull that off. Most I've played are very susceptible to random super.
 
vocab said:
I think his only bad matchup is the mirror match, but its not even that bad. One blocked scissors kick or one knock down and its over.


That's not even why he's good.
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That is true, but it's been so long since I used him, that all I could remember was that one aspect of his arsenal being ridiculous... Of course, scissor kick recovery, and easy dizzy...
 
Is it true that Kabal is the top of the class in MK9? I didn't follow it much but Kung Lao seemed to be blatantly powerful with his damn spin combos.
 
Hasardeur said:
bow before the king

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I think Fox's strength is overstated. He is strong in 1-on-1 fights because of his speed and comboing ability, but that is just one game setup. Sure, it is the the one that the more competitive fanbase has embraced, but that is hardly the whole game. In large 4 person free-for-alls, having powerful smash attacks and decisive finishers tends to be more powerful than combos, so Fox is comparatively less powerful in those environments.
 
He has the second best Up Smash in the game. His Up Air is also very strong. Also he can steal kills with lasers. He's good either way.
 
A Pretty Panda said:
He has the second best Up Smash in the game. His Up Air is also very strong. Also he can steal kills with lasers. He's good either way.
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I played Melee for five years on a regular basis, and used Fox as my first pick character that entire time. You don't need to inform me of what moves he he is good at. I abused the Up Smash into Up Air combo as much as anyone. I know he is strong, but I am well aware of his weaknesses too.
 
Phire Phox said:
Ness was also pretty OP in smash 64. His recovery was insane. He could recover from the depths of hell with that thing.
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Everyone in Smash 64 is pretty broken, but that's kind of what makes it one of the most balanced of the three Smash games (aside from its small roster).

I would rather play against Pikachu in Smash 64 than play against Meta Knight in Brawl, if that says anything at all lol.
 
JeTmAn81 said:
I feel like Wesker's gameplan got devalued by the evolution of the metagame towards zoning-based play. He's still good, and a well-played Wesker (aka Yipes's Wesker) can mess you up.
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Correct, he's stupid, but Hidden Missiles -based zoning just blows him up. Same w/ Zero.
 
SkyOdin said:
I think Fox's strength is overstated. He is strong in 1-on-1 fights because of his speed and comboing ability, but that is just one game setup. Sure, it is the the one that the more competitive fanbase has embraced, but that is hardly the whole game. In large 4 person free-for-alls, having powerful smash attacks and decisive finishers tends to be more powerful than combos, so Fox is comparatively less powerful in those environments.
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Eh. No not really. While there is no extensive free-4-all data. Casual observation would lead you to believe Fox is strong in all aspects of the game. Don't know how you think Fox doesn't have powerful finishers. Uair and Usmash is as good as any move in the game for killing. And Fox's combo ability allows him to link into those moves from a while variety of situations, a lot of which start from a one frame shine that can be canceled. That's not to mention of specific F4All tactics he can employ with ease. Gimp shine spikes are free in the chaos of free 4 all. And even worse, stealing kills from other players by laser spamming foes and getting the last hit before they hit a death edge. That said, Fox isn't OP, he is just the best character is all.
 
SkyOdin said:
I think Fox's strength is overstated. He is strong in 1-on-1 fights because of his speed and comboing ability, but that is just one game setup. Sure, it is the the one that the more competitive fanbase has embraced, but that is hardly the whole game. In large 4 person free-for-alls, having powerful smash attacks and decisive finishers tends to be more powerful than combos, so Fox is comparatively less powerful in those environments.
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His up smash is super destructive and can capture multiple opponents. Fox is beastly with multiple opponents.
 
In my opinion, Falco was better at combos than fox because his reflector knocked your opponent into the air and you could get some nice combos off of it.
 
Every single character in Soul Calibur 2. God I love that game. Everyone has some form of brokenness and it makes every match such a blast.

Also Dark Sakura in MvC2. Dat gdlk teleport.
 
Karai in TMNT Tournament Fighters. She's a playable secret character, but godamn no one from the regular roster can touch her. Not even if you play as rat king are things any better. Life, jumps off the screen, and damage output, severely broken.
 
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