darkSpyro

Which Skylanders do you think are overpowered? Which new ones do you think will be? EDIT: Which ones do you think are underpowered?

All the Giants.

Both paths of Pop Fizz.

Ice path Chill. (Maybe)

Both paths of Hot Dog.

Landmine path Sprocket. (Though this is a HUGE maybe)

Spear path Fright Rider. (The spear will do 42 damage from a standard swipe so I daresay he'll be a superior Voodood!)

Lightning Rod is severely overpowered.

Ignitor / Soul of the Flame. Oh god.

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Ignitor / Soul of the Flame. Oh god.

I must be doing something wrong then because whenever I want to die quickly, Ignitor is my go to guy.

Channeler Double trouble.

/agree with ignitor.

OPINION BASED
If fighting against any:
Eruptor/Volcanor
Drobot/Masterblaster

And if fighting against melee:
Bash on the tail path.
Slam bam/Blizzard Brawler.
Sunburn/Blazedragon
Stealth Elf/PookBladeSaint (pretty sure that is what its called)
If fighting against Ranged:
Ignitor/SouloftheFlame (Because his "Soul" can chase ranged down. it depends on arena though. if you picked Wheel of power then its probably not gonna end well for him).

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Ignitor / Soul of the Flame. Oh god.

I must be doing something wrong then because whenever I want to die quickly, Ignitor is my go to guy.

In all honesty I probably should have specified that he's only really overpowered in PvP, but is just okay in Single Player.

The trick with him in PvP Arena Battle Mode is very simple: Do not attack with either of his two sword abilities, use only the fire spirit. At the start of the match, find a cosy hiding spot where his armour will be fairly safe and start "remotely" attacking with his fire spirit repeatedly by releasing the fire spirit, running towards the opponent, burning them once or twice and then using the attack button to explode and start again. Rinse and repeat.
If the opponent decides to run in and attack Ignitor's suit of armour, they've fallen for your trap: End your current fire spirit run by pressing the attack button to explode, and then take control of Ignitor and run towards the opponent. Start spamming the fire spirit attack on their face, using the attack repeatedly at close range as if it were a melee attack, pressing the attack button if needed to explode so you can launch the fire spirit again. If you can get Ignitor close enough so that all three of the flame salvos connect, Ignitor will now be doing a higher damage output than any other character in the game can compete with. With practice, even Level 15 Giants can be knocked down in a matter of seconds.

thumpback is by far the most overpowered, epically on the anchor path

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Ignitor / Soul of the Flame. Oh god.

I must be doing something wrong then because whenever I want to die quickly, Ignitor is my go to guy.

In all honesty I probably should have specified that he's only really overpowered in PvP, but is just okay in Single Player.

The trick with him in PvP Arena Battle Mode is very simple: Do not attack with either of his two sword abilities, use only the fire spirit. At the start of the match, find a cosy hiding spot where his armour will be fairly safe and start "remotely" attacking with his fire spirit repeatedly by releasing the fire spirit, running towards the opponent, burning them once or twice and then using the attack button to explode and start again. Rinse and repeat.
If the opponent decides to run in and attack Ignitor's suit of armour, they've fallen for your trap: End your current fire spirit run by pressing the attack button to explode, and then take control of Ignitor and run towards the opponent. Start spamming the fire spirit attack on their face, using the attack repeatedly at close range as if it were a melee attack, pressing the attack button if needed to explode so you can launch the fire spirit again. If you can get Ignitor close enough so that all three of the flame salvos connect, Ignitor will now be doing a higher damage output than any other character in the game can compete with. With practice, even Level 15 Giants can be knocked down in a matter of seconds.

that would explain it. I don't do much PvP (my wife doesn't like us being opponents - she prefers co-op play) and vs. monsters Ignitor usually gets his butt handed to him as monsters go to town on his empty suit while he is busy frying things elsewhere

voodood hot head and lightning rod

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thumpback is by far the most overpowered, epically on the anchor path

I don't think so! His anchor strikes slowly and one of his combos leave him vulnerable, plus his belly slide is almost impossible to land. While I do think he is OP, I don't find him the most OP, he still has flaws that make certain characters stronger than he is.

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thumpback is by far the most overpowered, epically on the anchor path

I don't think so! His anchor strikes slowly and one of his combos leave him vulnerable, plus his belly slide is almost impossible to land. While I do think he is OP, I don't find him the most OP, he still has flaws that make certain characters stronger than he is.

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You sir, deserve a cookie.

Double Trouble is overpowered because he can achieve at or close to the same results as all the other characters we're mentioning with no effort or strategy whatsoever. He's so newbie friendly that literally anyone can pick him up and destroy most PVP and Story opponents. While I must say that there are better characters out there (several of them), they all require significantly more effort, finesse and strategy than Double Trouble for only slightly better results.

I also find that Whirlwind on tempest dragon's a very overpowered character.Taking flight and spamming clouds is enough to shut down many characters, at least when Whirlwind is in my hands. Drill sergant on Megadozer(WITHOUT the wow pow) has become a b*tch at keep away in my brother's hands, he has become one of the few characters at our house who stands a decent chance against Channeler Double trouble, who I often play, as well as making our Treefolk charger Tree rex cry.

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I also find that Whirlwind on tempest dragon's a very overpowered character.Taking flight and spamming clouds is enough to shut down many characters, at least when Whirlwind is in my hands. Drill sergant on Megadozer(WITHOUT the wow pow) has become a b*tch at keep away in my brother's hands, he has become one of the few characters at our house who stands a decent chance against Channeler Double trouble, who I often play, as well as making our Treefolk charger Tree rex cry.

Well my whirlwind is tempest dragon. i think its kinda UP.

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Double Trouble is overpowered because he can achieve at or close to the same results as all the other characters we're mentioning with no effort or strategy whatsoever. He's so newbie friendly that literally anyone can pick him up and destroy most PVP and Story opponents. While I must say that there are better characters out there (several of them), they all require significantly more effort, finesse and strategy than Double Trouble for only slightly better results.

Golden Frenzy and Harpooner are examples better than him with little effort.

I love Thumpback's anchor path and did think both the damage and the range/AoE were overpowering at first, but the reality is, the AoE is hard to aim precisely, there is a large "blind spot" inside the max range, his combos are hard to trigger and despite how cool the whirlpool is, it is slow, leaves him vulnerable while creating it and the damage isn't all that great on it. Yes, he's a big heavy hitter, but a fast, agile attacker with a consistent damage output can take him

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Double Trouble is overpowered because he can achieve at or close to the same results as all the other characters we're mentioning with no effort or strategy whatsoever. He's so newbie friendly that literally anyone can pick him up and destroy most PVP and Story opponents. While I must say that there are better characters out there (several of them), they all require significantly more effort, finesse and strategy than Double Trouble for only slightly better results.

Golden Frenzy and Harpooner are examples better than him with little effort.

While I'm not denying that those two take no effort to play, the results are nowhere near as good as DT's. Double Trouble is a top-tier guy that doesn't even require any work, or even for the player to be good at the game, to dominate most of the roster.

^ Heh Heh Heh, yeah I'm just kidding. You actually thought I'd pick those guys?

But seriously S2 is a beast with his Wow Pow and in PvP if you use it correctly, he's like borderline-Overpowered (though it depends on the arena) on Water Weaver.

Prism Break is way overpowering. I used to dominate wth eyebrawl,double trouble and stealt elf, but that wowpow beam on prismmancer is hard to beat consistently. Only hex skullbuddy will shut him down. I couldnt believe how he obliterated Eyebrawl.

Slam Bam is pretty overpowered even before upgrades.

Terrafin is pretty OP, but in a cheap way. He's still my favorite though.

thumpback is way too overpowered down the anchor path

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thumpback is way too overpowered down the anchor path

Not for PvP, his anchor strikes too slowly to cause that much of a threat, and while his whirlpool combo is cool, it's very slow and leaves him vulnerable. It also has a blind spot that makes it tricky to aim at a distance and he has a low DPS, anyone fast with high DPS can drop the anchor on him; especially Stealth Elf and Fright Rider.

In my experience, there are only 2 really cheap characters: s2 terrafin and s2 chop chop. Both have high damage outputs, and can hide for the whole fight without taking any damage. Admittedly, terrafin is more cheap due to his dodging of ALL attacks, but chop chop is almost as unstoppable. Most fights i can win without taking any damage using either of them.

dino rang and thumpback

Cynder, especially with her wow pow, even though I haven't figured out why or how to exploit her

Thumpback, Bash, Double Trouble.

S2 Terrafin is pretty much unstoppable, although S2 Whirlwind is his kryptonite in PVP. S2 Prism Break is pretty tough.

To you guys saying Double Trouble: Are you serious? I must be doing something wrong because I can barely get a decent hit with him. And I got S1 and S2, each on different paths...Maybe I just haven't noticed because I haven't finished upgrading him.

Ugg, I haven't played enough Giants Story lately, and I've mainly been doing Heroics and finishing SA PC. So I don't know who I would say is overpowered. I think I can make a few guesses though. This is just for Story though since I play Battle only casually now. Though I think the overpowered characters are not as unbalanced as they used to be, because a lot of the time above Normal difficulty you now can't just tank hits from every single thing and mash the buttons.

• Pretty much all the Giants. The only ones that ever have trouble are those that have mobility problems, namely Eye-Brawl and Bouncer, but even those do better than most regular Skylanders.
  
• Mad Scientist Pop Fizz. He does incredibly good damage and has a nice AoE.
  
• Ice Lancer Chill. She has few mobility problems, can set up defense, and does very good damage.
  
• Both paths of Series 2 Chop Chop. He's just unstoppable. Undead Defender's crazy shield damage turns enemies into fake snow and he can get through all levels really fast. He can easily hit anything with his Bone Brambles and his spinning combo provides decent AoE.
  
• Joust Jockey Fright Rider. The AI just isn't smart enough to hit him before he runs away or defeats them, and all of his attacks do high damage(besides regular melee which is poor down this path, and the joust spinning combo, which is pretty much exclusively for AoE anyway). Gets though levels very, very fast and is agile.
  
• Pook Blade Saint Stealth Elf. Even if not as godly as she used to be, she still holds well in Story mode.
  
• Both paths Series 2 Terrafin, Series 1 Sandhog. FREE INVINCIBILITY!
  
• Granite Dragon Bash. Artificial Stupidity. His 80 damage hits can down anything easily in even Nightmare as long as you don't get hit a lot. Just keep rolling around attacks, press primary attack, repeat, win.
  
• Both paths Flashwing. Super Shards can just mash and win and also has a lot of places to heal. Super Spinner can just hold down the secondary attack against enemies and avoid anything too powerful or unnessicary. Tertiary attack also provides AoE against lower-health enemies.

I'm sure I missed a few, but you get the gist of what I use to get time goals if I'm desperate...

his tail is boss
will always be a great skylander
not the strongest but helps alot.
pook blade saint is epic!

all the giants
potion path, epic!
those work alot for me, all skylanders are overpowered in their own way.

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