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So I was looking through the topics asking which characters people like best, and I noticed there was barely any mention of Magna Charge. I was stunned. Magna Charge is the best character (that I've played with) for all modes. Score Attack, Time Attack, Story Mode, Bonus Missions, you name it! He is a fast and powerful Skylander that rips and tears through everything in his path. Evilized enemies are a joke, other Skylanders don't stand a chance, and even bosses are shredded like tissue paper. I'm telling you guys: If you don't have Magna Charge yet, GET HIM. He is an outstanding Skylander.

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He really is, he's perfect for all modes! Spectacular design, very VERY powerful, and of course, fast as hell! My only gripe? His voice, it just doesn't fit the character, I expected something similar to Bouncer's voice (I'd give Bouncer his old is old voice heard at E3 2012 and give Bouncer's new voice for Magna Charge.)

Magna charge is my third fav skylander. I am surprised by his voice but since he if voiced by either David Kaye or Gregg Berger. I respect it. (For those who dont know, David Kaye voiced Megatron in Transformers Beast Wars and Optimus Prime in Transformers animated. Yesssss. While Gregg Berger played G1 Grimlock, i'm a big Transformers nut.)

^huge beast wars fan hear yessssss

Well well someone didn't play Bumble Blast yet. Now that's the most powerful(well, besides Giants S2 Hex...).

I'm also confused at the lack of him being mentioned, though. He's... Surprisingly strong? Is it just because everyone thinks that Freeze Blade is cooler and is waiting for him? (Can't blame though, I really want Freeze Blade right now, and I like him more than Charge and I like Rise better than Buckler... ...)

I'm not really a fan of just gunning everything down as it makes the game boring but I do think it's a lot of fun to use his magnet abilities. Dragging around enemies is a lot more enjoyable than I imagined it would be.

In PVP, he's very tough, but he's really vanilla. Kinda like SA Medea Griffin Sonic Boom. I dunno if that's good in his case or not. I haven't really used him much in battle mode.

He's not my favourite new Skylander but he grew on me more as I upgraded him and I like him overall.

I am interested to know why you think Magna Charge is so good. I haven't brought SW yet but I have completed S:SA and Giants with a single Stealth Elf (by completed I mean played through every chapter and defeated Kaos, not opened every elemental area).

I love Stealth Elf because not only are her attacks fast and both paths equally sensational, but she goes invisible to slip behind enemies and if she cops too much damage just hide somewhere while she heals herself.

From what I've read she is unfortunately nowhere near as good in SW, but I would love to know what makes Magna Charge so good.

He is my second fav skylander and he is so so so good!!!
We have the normal magna charge and nitro magna charge--- you gotta buy him guys!!

Magna Charge's strategy is simple. Grab an enemy with the top magnet, grab one with the bottom magnet, throw the bottom enemy, slam the top enemy on the bottom enemy, and shoot 'em down.

Most useful in Arena.

I play a lot of Arena.

@HeyItsHotDog Magna Charge is voiced by Greg Ellis.

@kaosmumishot Why? Well, first of all, his Magnet Cannon fires extremely fast and racks up damage very quickly. When fully upgraded down the Magnetic Arnaments path and Soul Gem, it can fire three shots at once, do extra damage after a short amount of time, and unleash a charge shot that does heavy damage.

His magnetic abilities also make him even more broken. He can pick up or drag enemies even if they are shielded or invulnerable, and can shoot them at other enemies, blast forward and shoot the enemies backwards, or even throw them off the edge of a platform for quick and easy kills.

On top of that, his second attack also makes him very fast.

Want some more proof? I earned 3 stars on the five major bosses in Time Attack mode as well as all of the Solo Survival arena challenges just by using him.

When you get SSF, make sure you get this guy first. Also, Stealth Elf is still good in Swap Force. Her new Wow-Pow is awesome!

Have you tried Magna Shift?

I love his magnet ability, when he picks up a object and has his magnet on all coins/money/exp are dragged to him from everywhere on the screen.

and his ability to make spinners and other invulnerable enemies drop there guard is nice too I think free ranger does that better though with his spin...

Star Strike says hello.......

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Star Strike says hello.......

Lol!

Fire Kraken would like to talk to you.

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Star Strike says hello.......

Lol!

Fire Kraken would like to talk to you.

Dont forget Pot Thorn and Hoot Loop

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Star Strike says hello.......

Lol!

Fire Kraken would like to talk to you.

Dont forget Pot Thorn and Hoot Loop

Pop Thorn only became Pot Thorn after meeting up with Super Gulp Pop Fizz.

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Have you tried Magna Shift?

Not as fast.

Magna Charge have only one fault.... he was designed to be a light-core. but he cant be one because he is a swapper, and the magnets dont let the light through. sad facts but true.

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Well well someone didn't play Bumble Blast yet. Now that's the most powerful(well, besides Giants S2 Hex...).

This! lol

Will give some more love to Magna Charge though!

Yeah Magna Charge has become my favorite swapper, and I wasn't to keen on him before the release

Looking forward to getting him after reading all this.

Just on the point of Magna Charge, is Nitro Magna Charge the ugliest ever variant? Standard Magna Charge looks a bit dull, but the Nitro version looks sooooooo UGLY.

What upgrade paths did you use, and are your accomplishments on nightmare or what?

When I do Time Attack, all I do is switch on his magnetic pull, and he collects all of the clocks (even the 20 second clocks) easily.
He's also the first new character for Swap Force I got a level 20 on.

Wow, wasn't expecting this topic to get so many posts!

To answer all of your questions:

1. I haven't yet played with Star Strike, Fire Kraken, Pop Thorn, Hoot Loop, Night Shift, or Magna Shift.
2. For his top half, he is on the Magnetic Arnaments path, and his bottom is on the Drag Racer path. He is fully upgraded and maxed out at level 20 I also put the Asteroid Hat on him to give him +60 health.
I primarily play on Medium difficulty, but I'll try running through Nightmare and see how that works.

Also a couple of things I forgot to mention:

1. His magnet sucks in Gold, food, and power ups while active.
2. I only have Nitro Magna Charge, and I think he looks awesome. Jade Fire Kraken wins my award for ugliest variant. No offence, guys.

Keep on posting.

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Have you tried Magna Shift?

Not as fast.

But you get multiple lives, which can be handy.

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Looking forward to getting him after reading all this.

Just on the point of Magna Charge, is Nitro Magna Charge the ugliest ever variant? Standard Magna Charge looks a bit dull, but the Nitro version looks sooooooo UGLY.

I like him, but also the 'nitro' motif is pretty much almost identical to legendaries, so he 'blends' with my other legendary figures look wise without looking weird *like the dark swaps always do*
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I haven't played much/leveled up Magna Charge that much, but he's got one of my all time favorite game exploits: Throwing enemies off the map.
I absolutely ADORED this in the old Spyro games where you could charge and enemy and knock them back. I believe in the first Legend of Spyro game there was this big snow area with a ton of enemies and I'd just push them all off the side.

Magna Charge makes this fun too, as you can kind of pull and fling them around like rag dolls. It's a neat feature that I hope we can see more characters take advantage of in the future.

Only thing I don't like (and maybe its me) is the jumping with him. I had a heck of a time on on of the earlier Tech zones where you jump on rising and falling gears and it felt like Magna would just keep rolling instead of staying still when he landed.

Drobot: No I am obviously the best tech
Sprocket: Don't look at me I am lame
Boomer: Windumup can't even find me *Throws TNT at windumup*
Trigger Happy: I am decent but I got a machine gun for crying out loud (and coin mines)
Drill Seargent: I am only somewhat tough
Bouncer: Deal with the wheel (And my rapid firing fingers)
Spy rise: IDK I am not even out yet
Wind Up: I am God you just wait
Magna charge: He only uses me for my rapid fire lazers and my magnetic wheel (On the path that pulls the attracted into the front and stuns them while doing damage)


When compared to his tech friends he only comes in about 2nd place

Now when compared to the rest of the skylanders well ......
He isn't the best that is for sure but he is ok I guess (Free Ranger rivals him for best bottom ever)

That's your opinion, Windumup..

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That's your opinion, Windumup..

The original post is an opinion as well

Was just putting my 0.02 in

magna charge was one of my day one characters and i dont regret buying him first!

: IM EPIC!
: Say it dont spray it magna charge!
sorry camo!

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Magna Charge have only one fault.... he was designed to be a light-core. but he cant be one because he is a swapper, and the magnets dont let the light through. sad facts but true.

He wasn't designed to..

There were ways that they could've made LightCore Swappers.

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Have you tried Magna Shift?

Not as fast.

But you get multiple lives, which can be handy.

If you are experienced enough, you won't die.

^ That. I barely even need even the one extra life Warping Vortex has.

So I tried (Nitro) Magna Charge on Nightmare mode vs. Super Evil Kaos the other night.

While I agree Magna Charge is ridiculous, as is Night shift, my favorite of the new Skylanders is Smolderdash. I realize she's not as easy to cheeseball with, but she's more fun to play with.

Star Strike is broken... she reflects any and all projectiles...
But MC and Smolder are also awesome (from what I've seen; I don;t have SF)

He's pretty great. I have him on his Magnetic armaments(laser)and Drag racer paths.

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Star Strike is broken... she reflects any and all projectiles...
But MC and Smolder are also awesome (from what I've seen; I don;t have SF)

Star Strike reflects all projectiles?


Wow. I don't even...

She's the only reason bumble blast doesn't dominate every PvP tournament

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He's pretty great. I have him on his Magnetic armaments(laser)and Drag racer paths.

Same. Those are his best paths, hands down.

^ I haven't tried it yet, but I honestly think MA would be nearly useless for Nightmare. You don't get many chances to hold the cannon long enough for it to overheat for it to really be useful. BP on the other hand gives you the option to knock back enemies in a wider range than Charge's magnetism, with more power. I can see how it would be more useful for lower difficulties, but in Nightmare mode keeping enemies unable to attack the way BP does [seemingly] better is pretty darn useful.

Lol, I'm tired and I can't remember who BP is...
Anyway, Terrafin in Giants still seems like my ultimate character... except against Eruptor (whose lava permeates the ground)

^He is talking about Magna Charge's Magnet Tuner path upgrade, Burst Pickup, which knocks enemies back when using MC's magnet head. It does sound useful, but remember that doesn't work on large enemies.

Here's a rundown of my fav. characters for each game:

SSA: Drobot/Drill Sergeant/Bash/Sunburn/Chop Chop
SG: Flashwing/Eye-Brawl/Sunburn/S2 Chop Chop/S2 Zook/S2 Drill Sergeant
SSF: Blast Buckler/Nitro Magna Charge/S3 Ninja Stealth Elf/Wash Buckler/Shake (so far)

In my opinion Slobber Tooth is really strong... well from Swap force i just got the starterpack and him but tomorrow i will get 2 swappers

@BlazeHeatnix Though if there's no enemy to pick up, he picks up a random object anyway. I think it's actually quite decent as an attack on its own- if you let it "charge up", down BP tossing one will do 100 damage. Keeping that item and then tossing it would let you jump around, and it's more fun than just spamming the cannon anyway imo. Having fun is what matters, not just power(though if more power is more fun to you, well then... More power to you, punintended ).

Just got Magna Charge today. I hope he really is as good as you guys say, because I'm visiting family right now and my wii is at home, so I can't play him yet.

I love Blast Charge, fast and does damage with his bombs.

Magna charge is basically Tree Rex + Bouncer. You've got the wheel, one hand and one gun, and Tree Rex's.....um.....ears? kinda look like the magnet on Magna Charge's head.