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Decided to take a different approach to the favorites and see who everyone least likes to play with. Feel free to give solid reasoning to why you dislike them (looks, playstyle, etc). By no means does this mean the character is bad, just preference
for me:

Magic: Spyro - Strangly enough I just find him boring to play with. He isn't as unique in his abilities as I htought he would be
Earth: Prism Break - Only for now because he is one of the few I haven't played much with. I really like the way he looks, but his low speed and range of attack hinders him
Water: Gill Grunt - Only have him and Slam Bam, so not much to go on aside from thinking he is slow and weird looking
Fire: Eruptor - This one is hard because I only have him and flame slinger and I always play long ranged/quick characters in RPG style games
Air: Sonic Boom - Again, only sonic and whirlwind available, but I think Whirlwind is a more well-rounded character
Tech: Boomer - Only because I haven't played him much and he seems like such a one trick pony. Doesn't have much for precision.
Life: Stump Smash... there aren't a lot of skylanders I dislike. He falls in that category... so slow and the attacks seem so limited.
Undead: Chop Chop - I don't find that the high defense is enough to make him viable in most situation.

What about everyone else?

undead: HEX! shes dumb and i hate her

Magic - Voodude
Water - Wham Shell
Tech - Boomer
Life - I'm not sure who is worse out of Stump Smash or Zook.
Undead - Ghost Roaster
Air - Lightning Rod
Earth - I don't hate any.
Fire - Eruptor

Speaking only in regards to dislike, hear it goes:

Tech: Drill Sergeant. Even though I do play with him from time to time he's simply the weakest of the bunch.
Magic: Wrecking Ball. Do not like him...at all. Just don't like his gameplay.
Water: Slam Bam. There are so many other melee power houses out there I just can't see a point in using him.
Fire: Eruptor (although Sunburn might take his place). His lava barf his is only real attack and the random volcanoes that spawn rarely hit anything.
Life: Stump Smash. If I want to use a Melee life I will use Stealth Elf any day of the week over Stumpy.
Earth: Prism Break. His best attack is the indirect dropping crystals that usually get in the way more than they will do damage.
Undead: Edited. I like them all. I was simply doing it wrong with Ghost Roaster...He's a beast.
Air: Whirlwind. Even knowing she will usually out damage Sonic I just don't like the mortar style rainbow's (even though it is a very cool form of attack).

If anyone hates my comments, just remember that this is a personal opinion.

magic: Voodood. I play with him, but his attacks are all close range, and they don't take as much damage.
earth: Don't really hate any. All of them are pretty good.
water: Zap. His sea slime is just lame ( my bro. thinks it's vomit).
fire: sunburn. You can't really control where you are teleporting. Only 4 places, that's it.
tech: drobot. His flying is unstable and hovering is cool, but it slows me down.
undead: Don't hate that much really.
Life: Don't hate any.
Air: Don't know.

Magic: Voodood. I just don't care for him. He's really quite plain compared to the bright colors of the other Magic users.
Tech: Boomer. Sorry bro, I just don't like him at all, especially since he's up against 3 other cool characters.
Water: Zap. Even though he's a dragon, he's not very much fun to play with for me at least.
Earth: Bash unfortunately has to take this one because I like all of the Earth characters.
Life: Stump Smash. Y U SO AWFUL!?
Undead: Hex. I really like all the other Undead characters. I don't care much for witches/sorceresses so..
Air: I think as of now, Sonic Boom. I ended up liking Rod, and I also like Whirlwind (my first Skylander) and Warnado looks like he'll be cool.
Fire: Eruptor takes this one because all the other guys are really fun to use. He's just a slow slow character.

Actually, I dislike a lot of the characters that move slow.

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undead: HEX! shes dumb and i hate her

What a cogent and insightful review, you've really persuaded me...

Sorry if that sounds mean and I guess you just don't like her which is fine but seriously... can you not come up with a better arguement? Maybe you don't like her look, it's not for everyone... but she's not weak. People could find her rain of skulls can be a pain to set up... I dunno but c'mon... you've got to have a reason.

Here's mine:

Undead is the only element I have played all characters from so I'll start with that:
Chop Chop - in a game where defensive characters struggle he starts at a disadvantage. This could be redeemed if his offensive path wasn't so weak. Maybe I'm missing something as I don't actually own him myself but from playing my neighbour's Chop Chop and watching lots of youtube videos he just seems so weak compared to the rest of his element.

Earth I own Terrafin and Dino-Rang, I've played with my neighbour's Bash but I've never played Prism Break so I'll not include him in this:
Dino-Rang - I find his boomerangs dissapointing but then I haven't upgraded them fully yet, maybe it's just a case that I haven't unlocked his full potential yet. I am willing to have my mind changed on this matter.

In Tech I own Trigger Happy, Drobot and Drill Sergeant but I never played Boomer so I'll ignore him for the purpose of this:
Drill Sergeant - He has some redeeming features: his charge move is very fast and makes up for his poor speed stat and when used correctly he can do decent damage if you use all his attacks at once but I find him a pain to work with. But it's a close call between him and Trigger Happy (his lower overall damage is made up for by his ease-of-use).

Magic, I own Spyro and Double Trouble and have played with Wrecking Ball but I'll be ignoring Voodood due to never having played him:
Wrecking Ball, he's kinda cute but he's underpowered and his rolling attack is too hard to control... I also find he dies too easily.

From the Water element I have Gill Grunt and Zap, I'm getting Slam Bam soon but have not yet played with him so he's out... and well it's obvious why I'm not including Wham-Shell:
Gill Grunt - He's not bad really but I find his hose attack awkward to get the best from and Zap is just plain fun to play despite his lower damage output.

Air is a close call, I have Sonic Boom and Whirlwind but Lightning Rod isn't out in my country and Warnado isn't out anywhere yet so:
So..Whir...um... darn, I like both of them... I can't choose.

The Life element has only offered 2 Skylanders in my country so far, Stealth Elf, who I own, and Stump Smash who I've played with so I'll have to choose:
Stump Smash - he's unwieldly and slow. His acorn attacks are awkward, and his melee skills are outclassed by every other melee I've played.

For Fire I have only played one of so I feel I am not qualified to offer up a "worst" in this case.

This is my opinion and I respect that other people may like the Skylanders I've mentoned. To be honest I've found that with repeated play you can find good qualities in pretty much all of them...

I really don't have much to add, but I'm sad to see my favorite, Stump Smash, get so much hate .

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I really don't have much to add, but I'm sad to see my favorite, Stump Smash, get so much hate .

I LOVE stump smash! My picture will change into him at this very second! ( I am getting tired if my pic.)

I haven't played with enough Skylanders to really pick a worst in each element

But I know fire just has to be Eruptor. Hes the only fire character I've played so far, and I just hated the few minutes I used him. The lava pool attack just didn't seem to do anything, and the primary attack was just... awkward. I got Flameslinger because I honestly couldn't stand Eruptor. Haven't played with him yet, but... gah anything has to be better.

I haven't actually played with most of my other ones for long enough to make a decision. I tend to stick to using the same ones when playing, which means I haven't had so much time to try out Double Trouble, Drill Sergeant, Hex, Chop Chop, Cynder and Flameslinger

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I really don't have much to add, but I'm sad to see my favorite, Stump Smash, get so much hate .

It's not that he's bad, per se, it's just that people like the other Life Skylanders better.

It's really hard to compete with the likes of Stealth Elf and the much hyped Camo.

Idk but i think Gill Grunt is awesome & better than slam

water - slam bam
earth - all good
fire - eruptor
wind - only got two so can't say I like both whirlwind and sonic boom
magic - voodood
tech - boomer
undead - everyone but cynder

Hate to see hate for zap, his sea slime is awesome and I love circling the bad guys and watching him fry. He does good damage, and pretty fast. That being said I know he's not the best skylander, but he def isn't a bad one.

My list
Magic- wrecking ball his tongue attack doesn't do much damage, and he's hard to control in his roll attack.
Fire- igniter he just isn't my type of chacter, honestly I don't think any of the fire elements are that good beside sun burn.
Water- they all seem descent if I had to choose I would say slam bam.
Undead- would be chop chop, his attacks are to weak, and not much of a defender.
Life- stump smash he's just really slow and weak attacks
Earth- I like all of them if had to choose I would have to say bash.
Wind- lightning rod I know shocking probably he's not my type of chacter play.
Tec- trigger happy annoying, dies to quick the only player I can't keep alive

Hmmm.. least favorites?

Magic - Wrecking Ball. I can't "get into" playing as him.
Water - Gill Grunt
Earth - Dino Rang
Tech - Drobot...(I know everyone loves him)
Fire - Flameslinger..but I hate Sunburn's teleport....so it's a toss up.
Air - Whirlwind for now, but I think it will be Lightning Rod.
Undead - Chop Chop...he wasn't as great as I originally thought.
Life - I actually like them all. Stump Smash is slow, but he's unique!

Least?
I love them all, honestly- but I won't answer with a "none" answer. Like I said, I hate none of them, so just making that clear.

Magic- Voodood
Undead- (character wise- Cynder) (gameplay wise- Chop Chop)
Fire- Flameslinger
Water- Gill Grunt
Life- Stump Smash
Tech- Trigger Happy
Air- Lightning Rod
Earth- Prism Break

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Hate to see hate for zap, his sea slime is awesome and I love circling the bad guys and watching him fry. He does good damage, and pretty fast. That being said I know he's not the best skylander, but he def isn't a bad one.

Try the same thing with Pyro Flame Slinger....pretty much the same gameplay. You use that Flame Walk ability and complete the circle then...Boom!!!! Everything in the area is fried.

I do that for fun in the ruins lol

Having a played with only a small collection of skylanders I can't really say who I dislike in each element but I'll give a run down of my current experience.

Water; Ive only used Gill Grunt and Zap and I personally prefer Zap because I find his attacks a lot more interesting and I prefer a fast character so would naturally pick him over Gill and his power hose route doesn't really get much better to how he starts off and I still use his harpoon even though it's technically weaker. On the other hand Gill looks good in every hat which gives him a slight edge on the competition.

Fire; It's only Eruptor until I get Flameslinger Friday. What I have played of him (mostly serving as a gate *****) is very little as his speed (or lack of) lets down what should be a badass character.

Life; As I've only used Stelth Elf and Stump Smash the obvious choice is Stelth. Although I think the button combinations aren't as responsive as they should be for 360. The fighting swords is definately the winning path.

Undead; Suprisingly I choose Chop Chop as I like his attacks and even the right hat his speed does go up. I mean the sheild is pretty useless in my eyes but the bone move does prove quite good. As the only other undead I have used is Hex and I simply don't like her thats about all there is to it.

Air; Whirlwind and Sonic Boom. Love both. Can't choose so refuse to but I'm probably gonna hate Lightening Rod. You just can't knock rainbows and baby birds!

Earth; Between Bash and Dinorang, I disliked Dino the most. I really like Bash's roll attack and is brilliant for completing the time limits on levels.

Tech; Trigger Happy as my Drobot hasn't arrived yet but will update when he arrives. Assuming he is a he. Triggers throw abilities arent my cup of tea and who can really knock a mentalist with a machine gun. However the bouncing bullets don't really do a great deal extra.

Magic. Only Spyro to choose from and he's alright but find him fairly boring but it's nice to fly around the place burning stuff up. And of course he is Spyro.

Magic: Wrecking Ball -- I mean, come on... it's Wrecking Ball. He's horrible.

Earth: Prism Break -- He seems to shine only in those instances when your enemy is standing in that one spot to nail two at once by refracting the beam... and that never happens for me. Therefore, useless.

Water: Zap -- He's nimble and looks cool, but he really doesn't seem to do too much damage. I already have a fast guy... Flameslinger.

Fire: Eruptor -- Way too slow, and while looks shouldn't matter, I think he is the laziest design in all of Skylands.

Air: Sonic Boom -- I can't stand the sound byte that plays when she uses her scream attack... and that attack is all she's got.

Tech: Drill Sgt. -- He isn't really bad, but in my mind he should be able to deal more damage than he does. Also, that little laser on the top of his head is just so weak there isn't a point in using it... ever.

Life: Stealth Elf -- Unpopular opinion for the win! She has a hit and run playstyle that I'm not used to playing as. Most "glass cannons" are ranged... I found out with her why that is the case with her melee attacks.

Undead: Chop Chop -- I think he beats out Hex because I had high hopes for Chop Chop... he let me down.

Life: Stump Smash. -- Outdone at melee by Stealth Elf and projectile attacks by Zook, it's tough to find a place for him.
Undead: Chop Chop. -- Speed too slow, damage too low, shield buggy, and up against three solid Undead characters, he just lacks purpose.
Water: Zap. -- The damage on all of his attacks is too low. Slime Serpent is decent in PVP, but Gill Grunt and Slam Bam have more of a presence.
Fire: Eruptor. -- Mediocre damage, slow attacks, and limited range. ... Except on the Wii, where he is totally better than Flameslinger. No use denying that.
Magic: Wrecking Ball. -- Wrecking Ball isn't bad, but both of his builds are difficult to control and do damage with compared to the other Magic champions.
Air: Sonic Boom. -- A tough call, but I don't find either of her builds being as effective as the best Whirlwind and Lightning Rod have to offer.
Earth: Bash. -- Every Earth champion is a phenomenal character. This is personal preference, and except for Terrafin, any of them may be the worst.
Tech: Boomer. -- His HP is too low, his escape tactics are dismal, and he doesn't pack the punch he should for those losses. Trigger Happy is a close second.

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Hate to see hate for zap, his sea slime is awesome and I love circling the bad guys and watching him fry. He does good damage, and pretty fast. That being said I know he's not the best skylander, but he def isn't a bad one.

Try the same thing with Pyro Flame Slinger....pretty much the same gameplay. You use that Flame Walk ability and complete the circle then...Boom!!!! Everything in the area is fried.

Fire slinger is different though you gotta make a complete circle or it doesn't work. Zap you just spread his slime around, you can even go straight in a line because the creeps will follow you and that will fry them.

lol, on a side note (as I see a lot of dislike for wrecking ball), I was going the Golden Spork challenge with him the other day and his tongue move either ate the spork or knocked it through the wall to the point where I couldn't see it. I ended up having ot restart the challenge. Suffice to say, his favor dropped a notch in my books

Also, glad to see everyone is being so good about respecting everyone's opinions. After posting the topic I got a little worried that it might go south. Glad to see the Skylander community is a step above most online gaming communities

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Also, glad to see everyone is being so good about respecting everyone's opinions. After posting the topic I got a little worried that it might go south. Glad to see the Skylander community is a step above most online gaming communities

Actually I was pretty suprised about that myself... when I saw the title I though it didn't look like a good idea but it seems it's pretty civil which is unusual for the internet lol

I also like how nearly everyone has given reasons for their dislike... one of my pet peeves is people who say things "suck" or are "stupid" and offer no explaination as to why they think that... people have opinions that differ from mine and that's cool and they are (usually... ) just as valid as my own but it's nice to know why they think that. I had a friend who hated penguins and I could totally not get my head around the idea that someone could dislike penguins until she told me why: she was allowed to pet one in a zoo and it bit her... like how the whole of my mum's side of the family hate cats because my great grandma was blinded by one.

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Hate to see hate for zap, his sea slime is awesome and I love circling the bad guys and watching him fry. He does good damage, and pretty fast. That being said I know he's not the best skylander, but he def isn't a bad one.

Try the same thing with Pyro Flame Slinger....pretty much the same gameplay. You use that Flame Walk ability and complete the circle then...Boom!!!! Everything in the area is fried.

Fire slinger is different though you gotta make a complete circle or it doesn't work. Zap you just spread his slime around, you can even go straight in a line because the creeps will follow you and that will fry them.

Actually, you do not have to make a circle for the flames to damage enemies. The flames work just like the electrified slime works. Flameslinger has the added bonus of being able to make a circle and cause a pillar of flame to shoot up from the ground.

Not as much damage as done as with zap. Fire slinger just wasn't a good skylander in my opinion. Arrows doesn't do much damage either.

I admit he is a hit and run character, but with his ranged attacks and his flame run you are constantly doing damage to the dumb hordes that just run at you. Also, those ranged guys that sit back and shoot you? Just run circles around them... literally. I personally love him, but it could be because of my playstyle. I'm not very good with Stealth Elf because in my mind a DPS character that is melee needs to be able to take more damage than she can. A melee based glass cannon doesn't make sense to me to be honest.

What you talking about stealth elf hasn't died on me, not even once. Your not playing her right.

Stealth Elf can't take a lot of punishment but if she could she'd be even more broken than she already is. Ranged is her only real issue but she shouldn't be taking melee damage.

Magic: Voodood
Tech: Boomer
Water: Gill Grunt
Fire: Eruptor (strangely enough, the only Fire I own)
Life: Stump Smash
Earth: Prism Break (strangely enough, the only Earth I own)
Undead: Ghost Roaster
Air: Can't decide, they all look strong/cool

magic: hard match between spyro and wrecking ball. they are both boring to play and horrible enemies
tech: drill sergeant. charging characters are disappointing, especially him
water: zap. he's funny but just too weak. in pvp you have to escape all the time
air: idk. i don't like them very much, but neither hate them. probably l rod
fire: eruptor. that's i won't buy him
life: stealth elf. broken and boring. just press a+a+z to win
undead: cynder/ghost roaster. cynder because i don't like her very much (skeleton/shadow/zombie dragon would be better imo) and ghosty because he was one of my favourite characters, but in pvp he's very disappointing and boring
earth: prism break. not because he's bad, but dino-rang, terrafin and bash are just better

I'm guessing I bought a lot of the Skylanders that people hate.
Chop Chop, Eruptor (I don't care for him either), Wrecking Ball, Zap and Sonic Boom.
I don't have enough Skylanders to rate the worst of each element, so I won't.

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ghosty because he was one of my favourite characters, but in pvp he's very disappointing and boring

Really? Ghost Roaster is great in PvP. His Skull Charge is one of the best dashes in-game, and Ectoplasm Mode is great for avoiding damage. How are you playing him?

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ghosty because he was one of my favourite characters, but in pvp he's very disappointing and boring

Really? Ghost Roaster is great in PvP. His Skull Charge is one of the best dashes in-game, and Ectoplasm Mode is great for avoiding damage. How are you playing him?

I've heard that the skull charge is nerfed on the Wii... maybe he's on the Wii?

Magic: Wrecking Ball
Fire: Eruptor (But I still like Eruptor)
Water: That's hard... umm.... Slam Bam? (Even he is still pretty cool though.)
Earth: Prism Break (But I still like Prism Break)
Air: Lightning Rod
Life: Stump Smash
Undead: Hex in my opinion, but Chop Chop in terms of game performance.
Tech: Drill Sergeant, but they're all pretty good really. I even don't mind Boomer.

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How are you playing him?

on the nerfed wii version

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I really don't have much to add, but I'm sad to see my favorite, Stump Smash, get so much hate .

My son is OBSESSED with Stump Smash, and it took me MONTHS to find him around LOL. For everyone hating him - he sure was difficult!

Magic- wrecking ball
Water- wham shell (yes I have played him)
Fire- flame slinger eruptor and igniter
Earth- prism break
Air- lightning rod
Life- stump smash
Tec- trigger happy
undead- chop chop hex ghost roaster

Undead: Chop chop (I coloured the blue on him black, atleast he looks cool)
Air: Sonic boon
Magic: Voodood
Fire: Eruptor
Earth: Prism Break (having 2 is worse, who wants them)
Life: Stump Smash
Tec: Boomer (cute but just…)
Water: Gill Grunt (isn't it obvious)

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Water: Gill Grunt (isn't it obvious)

Not to me it isn't.

I like him out of the game but in-game he's just a bit under-powered (to me, just like Cynder is over-powered)

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Water- wham shell (yes I have played him)

i don't believe you. because if you play with slam bam, you find him awesome

I said wham shell not slam bam. And yes I have played with him, camo, and warnado. I'm a intel officer. Which for people dat don't really understand, I'm pretty much a computer geek for the military. So I have played every single chacter like a month after the game came out. And like I said I don't like wham shell. Warnado on the other hand is the best air element in my opinion. And combo pretty good, but stealth elf has a stronger crit hit. Which I like. And she does more damage den him.

Magic: Wrecking Ball
Earth: Don't hate any
Water: Gill Grunt.
Fire: Eruptor.
Tech: Boomer.
Undead: Hex
Air: Lightning Rod
Life: Don't hate any

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I said wham shell not slam bam. And yes I have played with him, camo, and warnado. I'm a intel officer. Which for people dat don't really understand, I'm pretty much a computer geek for the military. So I have played every single chacter like a month after the game came out. And like I said I don't like wham shell. Warnado on the other hand is the best air element in my opinion. And combo pretty good, but stealth elf has a stronger crit hit. Which I like. And she does more damage den him.

sorry i meant wham shell. i still can't believe he was that bad

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I said wham shell not slam bam. And yes I have played with him, camo, and warnado. I'm a intel officer. Which for people dat don't really understand, I'm pretty much a computer geek for the military. So I have played every single chacter like a month after the game came out. And like I said I don't like wham shell. Warnado on the other hand is the best air element in my opinion. And combo pretty good, but stealth elf has a stronger crit hit. Which I like. And she does more damage den him.

Really? Wham shell seems better IMO.

The thing here is the worst of each element and my opinion,wham shell is for the water element. And again that's my opinion. The thing is I really like gill gunt his water hose takes foes out quick, and zap his sea slime got me sold on him, frys dem fast. Now slam bam I'm not to fond of him either. But talking bout wham shell His abilities are similar to gill gunt. Shoots star fish bullets. His mace isn't that strong. And his crit hit is weak. Best thing about him is his soul gem, the armor makes him harder 2 hurt/get.

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The thing here is the worst of each element and my opinion,wham shell is for the water element. And again that's my opinion. The thing is I really like gill gunt his water hose takes foes out quick, and zap his sea slime got me sold on him, frys dem fast. Now slam bam I'm not to fond of him either. But talking bout wham shell His abilities are similar to gill gunt. Shoots star fish bullets. His mace isn't that strong. And his crit hit is weak. Best thing about him is his soul gem, the armor makes him harder 2 hurt/get.

His "special attack" is good, and his mace is pretty good.

Have u played him?