One of the cardinal sins involved in creating a fighting game is crafting characters that are just plain overpowered, and I'm not talking about the bosses. Even though it seems every single fighting game nowadays can't go on without a bullshit final fight, that's not the subject for today. That's been done to death.
I'm talking about the fighters that you can actually play. I'm talking about the characters who are just plain unbalanced.
<color=blue>Which ones really get on your nerves?
I've got plenty. First, I'll refer to Street Fighter IV. Two characters who come to mind are Sagat and Abel, both of whom have earned my eternal ire. Well, maybe not Sagat. He's overpowered, yes, but in comparison to Abel, he's fair. Who the hell gives a grappling-based character (Abel) a quick-as-fuck roll towards his opponent, a roll that makes him invulnerable to everything except a grab, and an unblockable throw? I call "bullshit."