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Should I get Season 2 Gill Grunt and is his wow pow good? His Wow Pow seems like it'd be harder to dodge in PvP (it'll be easier to kick butts, my Season 1 Gill does terrible PvPs sometimes because of his poor aim and low armor) and In the Strategy guide book, it says that it takes less time to charge up than the anchor cannon.

I would very much love switching paths (Harpooner is more fun, but less powerful), but his Heroic Challenge is kinda lame, too easy.

I actually just bought him myself. The Wow Pow is really sweet, but I dont think it will be the deciding factor in pvp. I went with his harpoon path and it works out nicely.us But I bought him solely for the awsome repose, and Im not big on buying reposes if that says anything. But the new Gil also has increased strength, armor, and speed so I would say that if you have the money to spare then this Gil is really worth it all around.

No, Gill Grunt is the 48th best Skylander out of all 48, because he looks terrible, is weak, and has a terrible Wow Pow.

Yes and the worst is hex

^ Not that. Hex is awesome, Gill Grunt is the worst.

the absolutely worse thing is that your forced to buy gill s2 if you want to further upgrade your gigants and newlanders...

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the absolutely worse thing is that your forced to buy gill s2 if you want to further upgrade your gigants and newlanders...

But activision told us that the S2 skylanders wasnt for does who already had serie 1

His figure is outstanding, and personally, I think his Wow-Pow is awesome, as it does a lot of damage and it can both hit and pierce it's targets. Plus you can switch paths! That's my opinion, the choice is up to you.

One of the best reposes in mt opinion. And his wow pow really is outstanding!

^ even without the wow pow he is still really good, hes defiantly worth it in my opinion

Gill Grunt is ALWAYS worth it...so yes!

Do you like gill grunt if yes then get it if you don't then don't get it

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^ even without the wow pow he is still really good, hes defiantly worth it in my opinion

THIS^
So glad to see someone else agrees! Gilly was so under-rated in the first game. He needs love.
He's one of the better characters in my opinion and one of the MUCH better S2 figs.

But I say only get it if YOU think its worth it. He was one of the first S2's I got. And I regret nothing.

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the absolutely worse thing is that your forced to buy gill s2 if you want to further upgrade your gigants and newlanders...

But activision told us that the S2 skylanders wasnt for does who already had serie 1

you do all the 32 ssa hc and when you go to sg you see your stats have been lowered... to get your missing stats after done all the gigants/newlanders hc... you have to buy the s2.. clever huh?... activision is like a sneaky car sales man... never to be trusted.

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His figure is outstanding, and personally, I think his Wow-Pow is awesome, as it does a lot of damage and it can both hit and pierce it's targets. Plus you can switch paths! That's my opinion, the choice is up to you.

THIS.

I personally like his new figure a lot. Cannot comment on the Wow pow, haven't gotten it yet. Even before I decided to go for all the reposes, he was one we were going to get - he is a favorite of my son's. I'm a big fan of how they used the upgraded form for the Series 2 poses, Gil's using his jet pack and having the upgraded harpoon.

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the absolutely worse thing is that your forced to buy gill s2 if you want to further upgrade your gigants and newlanders...

But activision told us that the S2 skylanders wasnt for does who already had serie 1

you do all the 32 ssa hc and when you go to sg you see your stats have been lowered... to get your missing stats after done all the gigants/newlanders hc... you have to buy the s2.. clever huh?... activision is like a sneaky car sales man... never to be trusted.

I dont want to spend to much money in a game that you can beat in 4 hours
Dont worth 10 dollars each

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I dont want to spend to much money in a game that you can beat in 4 hours
Dont worth 10 dollars each

To be honest, if your goal is just to "beat" the game, you really don't need any more figures than the starter pack. The allure of the game is beyond the ability to chalk another notch on your gaming belt. A friend of my son's had this attitude towards the game, he got it and beat it and told me he was done with it - I wondered, what's the point?

There is plenty of fun to be had with the figures. Universe, phone games, 3DS version, Arenas, additional skill levels, etc. The reposes are mainly for those that didn't have all of the Series 1 figures and the collectors. If you aren't going to be getting them all and have the Series 1 version, you probably would be better off getting a figure you don't already have in Series 1 - it is a better value for your money. The Series 1 can do almost everything the Series 2 can.

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I dont want to spend to much money in a game that you can beat in 4 hours
Dont worth 10 dollars each

To be honest, if your goal is just to "beat" the game, you really don't need any more figures than the starter pack. The allure of the game is beyond the ability to chalk another notch on your gaming belt. A friend of my son's had this attitude towards the game, he got it and beat it and told me he was done with it - I wondered, what's the point?

There is plenty of fun to be had with the figures. Universe, phone games, 3DS version, Arenas, additional skill levels, etc. The reposes are mainly for those that didn't have all of the Series 1 figures and the collectors. If you aren't going to be getting them all and have the Series 1 version, you probably would be better off getting a figure you don't already have in Series 1 - it is a better value for your money. The Series 1 can do almost everything the Series 2 can.

Pretty much ALL of this^
Its only worth it if you think it is.

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I dont want to spend to much money in a game that you can beat in 4 hours
Dont worth 10 dollars each

To be honest, if your goal is just to "beat" the game, you really don't need any more figures than the starter pack. The allure of the game is beyond the ability to chalk another notch on your gaming belt. A friend of my son's had this attitude towards the game, he got it and beat it and told me he was done with it - I wondered, what's the point?

There is plenty of fun to be had with the figures. Universe, phone games, 3DS version, Arenas, additional skill levels, etc. The reposes are mainly for those that didn't have all of the Series 1 figures and the collectors. If you aren't going to be getting them all and have the Series 1 version, you probably would be better off getting a figure you don't already have in Series 1 - it is a better value for your money. The Series 1 can do almost everything the Series 2 can.

But my point is that with the money you would spend with the figures you coud buy alot of new games or even a new console

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I dont want to spend to much money in a game that you can beat in 4 hours
Dont worth 10 dollars each

To be honest, if your goal is just to "beat" the game, you really don't need any more figures than the starter pack. The allure of the game is beyond the ability to chalk another notch on your gaming belt. A friend of my son's had this attitude towards the game, he got it and beat it and told me he was done with it - I wondered, what's the point?

There is plenty of fun to be had with the figures. Universe, phone games, 3DS version, Arenas, additional skill levels, etc. The reposes are mainly for those that didn't have all of the Series 1 figures and the collectors. If you aren't going to be getting them all and have the Series 1 version, you probably would be better off getting a figure you don't already have in Series 1 - it is a better value for your money. The Series 1 can do almost everything the Series 2 can.

But my point is that with the money you would spend with the figures you coud buy alot of new games or even a new console

Thats pretty much what he was trying to say. If your not in it for the long-haul, then no one's expecting you to buy them all. Get it?

See me I'm a collector/Completionist, so I prefer to have them all; I'm to assume this person is too. But perhaps your not so therefore it'd be a rather pointless thing for you to do, if thats how you feel about it. Know what I'm say'n?

Ive got GIll grunt and he is VERY GOOD altogether

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^ Not that. Hex is awesome, Gill Grunt is the worst.

No way! Sonic Boom is the worst, very very, unbelievably boring. And Hex stinks.

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^ even without the wow pow he is still really good, hes defiantly worth it in my opinion

THIS^
So glad to see someone else agrees! Gilly was so under-rated in the first game. He needs love.
He's one of the better characters in my opinion and one of the MUCH better S2 figs.

But I say only get it if YOU think its worth it. He was one of the first S2's I got. And I regret nothing.

I do think it may be, but just wanted to be sure even though I like ALL of the water guys (my favorite element)


The average water guys though are Zap and Slam Bam, and Slam Bam is VERY overrated in my opinion. They're good, but nothing super special. The totally amazing ones are Gill Grunt and Wham Shell.

I would say get it. IMHO, I would get all the last game's starters, I'm doing that.

Talking bad characters, that would have to be Shroom Boom! Absolutely cant stand him. But for real Skylanders fans, its not just a game, a collecting hobby so it's not a waste of money.

^ What's so bad about Shroomboom? I have him on the Barrier Boost path (the other path Paramushroom Promotion is terrible) and he's really fun and pretty tough to beat.

I agree about the collecting stuff though.

He's easy to beat, and has no melee. If you Press the Third attack button the enemy has to be standing still or it doesn't land on them. He's horrible IMHO

Agree about the Third attack, but the rest not so much.

Who needs a melee attack when he can burrow underground and spawn a ring at the same time on Barrier Boost? His Bigger Boomshrooms are also helpful, and his Self-Slingshot does like 116 damage!

He was only crappy on the Paratrooper path.

I chose paratrooper, so that may be it

He doesn't do any damage to enemies while under ground, and his aim id hideously bad, not to mention that his projectiles travel so slow...

About gill grunt: amazing wow pow. Awesome repose. Awesome overall. Get him.

Get him only if you get all the others first.

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But my point is that with the money you would spend with the figures you coud buy alot of new games or even a new console

Sure, but my point is I'm not just playing Skylanders to beat it. My sons and I played through the first one many times, we leveled characters, earned gold, played the 3DS version, Universe, Cloud Patrol, had friends over for Arena parties, etc. I didn't need a bunch of Skylanders to beat the game. If that is all I was going to do then I didn't need them. But I don't consider seeing the ending to be our ultimate goal of playing and collecting Skylanders.

Also, depending on your situation, buying some Skylanders OR a new game do not have to be mutually exclusive. And given the quality of the vast majority of the shovelware out these days, a new Skylander can be a heck of a lot more fun than most other entire games. My toddler doesn't even play the game, but he LOVES playing with the figures.

I like Shroom Boom. One thing to keep in mind is that some characters are horrible alone, but great when playing two player with another character that can cover their shortcomings. Prism Break can be tough to play alone, for example, but with the right co-op player, you can weave a web of death. Shroomie seems this way to me, if the other player is a melee or giant, they can keep most of them at a distance and then he is very useful.

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^ Not that. Hex is awesome, Gill Grunt is the worst.

No way! Sonic Boom is the worst, very very, unbelievably boring. And Hex stinks.

Hex does not stink, and Gill Grunt is a lot more boring than Sonic Boom, he is very overrated.

For what it's worth, Gill Grunt's series 2 pose is pretty schweet.

Hex is a good character, plus th wow pow. Honestly I think Gil is under rated. Series one was ok. But they really upped his attack in series 2, and his defense some. He does fair damage and is hard to hit, but thats just my opinion from using him in pvp.

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^ Not that. Hex is awesome, Gill Grunt is the worst.

No way! Sonic Boom is the worst, very very, unbelievably boring. And Hex stinks.

Hex does not stink, and Gill Grunt is a lot more boring than Sonic Boom, he is very overrated.

Hex Stinks like a skunk and Gill Grunt is a lot more exciting than Sonic Bum, how he can he be overrated when he has a very low fanbase? But it's just my opinion.

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^ Not that. Hex is awesome, Gill Grunt is the worst.

No way! Sonic Boom is the worst, very very, unbelievably boring. And Hex stinks.

Hex does not stink, and Gill Grunt is a lot more boring than Sonic Boom, he is very overrated.

^ Gill Grunt, is extremely under-rated. His fanbase is little to none (Besides me and a few others obviously). He wasn't at all popular in the first game.
I find him to be rather good. Course it doesn't help that "Water" is my favourite element anyways. But still, the fact remains, there's actually nothing Over-rated about him, if anything its the opposite; Like I previously mentioned.

But all in all I think he's well worth it. He's one of my all-time faves for sure.

Underrated list:

Gill Grunt (obviously)

Stump Smash

Wrecking Ball (don't really like him though)

Zap (another water guy ironically)

Sprocket

Shroomboom

Eruptor

Drill Sergeant

Chill

Overrated:

Sonic Boom!

Hex

Camo

Drobot

Bash

Terrafin (by a smidge)

Slam Bam

All of the dragons (except for Zap and Spyro)

^ Hiw can Chill be underrated?!?

overrated




(still like her though.)
(therefore )
(therefore :legendarytriggerhappy: )


:dark spyro: (only due to his rarity)
(still a beast, therefore )

(still awesome, therfore :legendarybouncer: )
(still like him)
(he came with the game, is even more so due to his insane rarity)

(only due to his rarity)
(therefore )
(therfore )

Borderline
(therfore :legendary spyro: )
(therefore )

^Well, she has been disliked by fans just because of her human-like design, like Sprocket was. She's also been criticized for being boring to play.

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Underrated list:

Gill Grunt (obviously)
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Slam Bam
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These two I personally agree are underrated. Gill Grunt can be downright devastating in story mode, enemies can't get near him if you play him right.
Slam Bam is another great character, especially his Series 2 version, he can charge right into combat and knock out his enemies before they know what hit them.

...anyways, I personally recommend Gill Grunt's S2 figure-wise, and if you're getting him for gameplay, only get him if you find yourself using his S1 anchor attack frequently enough.

Actually I said Slam Bam is overrated. I do like Slam Bam, don't get me wrong; but I feel that too many people talk about him and never shut up. I mean, I find him one of those slow melee guys, nothing super unique about him (besides freezing people, it's fun but a useless attack). The amazing slow melees are Stump Smash, Wham-Shell, Sprocket, and Terrafin. They're pretty much all unique and super fun, what Slammy lacks is uniqueness.

He's good, but not that good

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Underrated list:

Gill Grunt (obviously)

Stump Smash

Wrecking Ball (don't really like him though)

Zap (another water guy ironically)

Sprocket

Shroomboom

Eruptor

Drill Sergeant

Chill

Overrated:

Sonic Boom!

Hex

Camo

Drobot

Bash

Terrafin (by a smidge)

Slam Bam

All of the dragons (except for Zap and Spyro)

I agree with the WHOLE list except for Camo, Hex, Sonic Boom, and Gill Grunt. They should all switch into the other one. Camo is underrated, there is almost nobody on this site that likes him. Besides me and like 2 others. This topic proves that Gill Grunt is overrated, due to like 6 different people saying that he is worth it, and that his pose is great, which its not.

^Sonic Boom is uber overrated. nobody on youtube can seem to shut up about her, and almost everbody on youtube is whining about the fact that they don't have camo, so he is overrated, because of his rarity.

Overrated... because of rarity?

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^She's also been criticized for being boring to play.

I said that! Lmao

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^Well, she has been disliked by fans just because of her human-like design, like Sprocket was. She's also been criticized for being boring to play.

Getting a bit off topic now it seems but I had to chime in:
Chill is sorta under-rated I agree (In a sense). And in a sense she's not...wierd. But I like chill, yeah sure when I got her I only got her cus I plan to get all the figures, plus she's water element so that really jarred me want for her, but I wasn't too thrilled on her appearance, but once I played her in the game my oppinions of her changed. She's now my favourite of the new skylanders as of right now and is the ONLY one so far that I've managed to level to 15. I haven't even upgraded her but once, and she's still very good to use. So yeah, maybe she is boring to use for some folks, but I hope that people will give her a chance before bashing her completely Same as Gill Grunt, he's very fun to use if you can get past his boring looking figure (Well, S1 is kinda boring) S2 is much nicer.

So yup theres my 0.2!