Surprisingly Useless Characters
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I got Pokemon SoulSilver last weekend and started out with Cyndaquil. Not bad, at the time anyway. I'm up to the last Kanto gym leader and built up a cool team consisting of Jolteon, Absol, Scizor, Flygon, Togekiss and of course Typlosion.
Out of all of them, Typlosion is by far the worst.
Jolteon is a speed demon and his Thunderbolts are glorious.
Absol may be pretty slow but his power is unmatched by most. 1 hit from Sucker Punch will destroy almost anything.
Scizor is just wonderful, except for fire types.
Nothing lasts long with Flygon.
Togekiss is a hell of a tank and is the team leader.
Typlosion is just... crap. Mainly due to his rubbish movepool. Only good move he's got is Flamethrower and I can't find anything else that would be good for him. Should have started with Totadile...
Out of all of them, Typlosion is by far the worst.
Jolteon is a speed demon and his Thunderbolts are glorious.
Absol may be pretty slow but his power is unmatched by most. 1 hit from Sucker Punch will destroy almost anything.
Scizor is just wonderful, except for fire types.
Nothing lasts long with Flygon.
Togekiss is a hell of a tank and is the team leader.
Typlosion is just... crap. Mainly due to his rubbish movepool. Only good move he's got is Flamethrower and I can't find anything else that would be good for him. Should have started with Totadile...
The Iron Lord in Spellforce 2. unlike all my other heroes I can not directly control him nor track his health bar on the hero display, he follows my main hero (who is a tank who always leads a fight) automatically on the ONLY map with enemies without destuctible spawn points (I think) so I'm under constant attack. if he's in a fight I need to make sure every enemy in the vicinity is dead before he starts following my hero then something else wanders into his line of sight AUUUGH! plus if he dies I lose, unlike every other character who gets some dragon blood and stands back up again
and Meg from Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn. she uses swords (lowest attack Melee weapon) and has average Defense at best, her only defining stat is Luck. she is a Heavy Knight class character so she has low movement points and her dodging ability is wasted when I could use a Swords Master instead. the first mission you can use her in has high attack power enemies AND has sand everywhere (reduces her already poor movement). I need a tank to guard a hole in the wall, why would they decieve me with this character?
and Meg from Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn. she uses swords (lowest attack Melee weapon) and has average Defense at best, her only defining stat is Luck. she is a Heavy Knight class character so she has low movement points and her dodging ability is wasted when I could use a Swords Master instead. the first mission you can use her in has high attack power enemies AND has sand everywhere (reduces her already poor movement). I need a tank to guard a hole in the wall, why would they decieve me with this character?
On Dissidia, Sephiroth's first aerial HP attack is pretty awful, but the second one (takes some levels to get though) makes him godlike. And his midair bravery attacks slaughter early on.
I have to disagree on Nier's supporting characters too - I LIKE Kaine. Her magic attacks are slow to charge, but they don't get interrupted a lot, and can wipe out entire swarms of smaller shades (even the armoured ones), as well as landing some big hits on stronger targets.
Not surprised nobody mentioned it, but Kunoichi in Mini Ninjas is surprisingly useless. She supposedly has a Naginata, and trailers show her special attack looking really awesome. Turns out, it's a spear, and not a naginata at all, in spite of claims to the contrary. She can pretty much only use it for hard-to-aim thrusting attacks, can't hit more than one opponent at a time with regular attacks, and her special attack requires charging to be useful, during which any enemy hit does extra damage and interrupts the attack (but still uses the special attack orb). Other characters can do more with less risk (especially if you're good with Hiro).
I have to disagree on Nier's supporting characters too - I LIKE Kaine. Her magic attacks are slow to charge, but they don't get interrupted a lot, and can wipe out entire swarms of smaller shades (even the armoured ones), as well as landing some big hits on stronger targets.
Not surprised nobody mentioned it, but Kunoichi in Mini Ninjas is surprisingly useless. She supposedly has a Naginata, and trailers show her special attack looking really awesome. Turns out, it's a spear, and not a naginata at all, in spite of claims to the contrary. She can pretty much only use it for hard-to-aim thrusting attacks, can't hit more than one opponent at a time with regular attacks, and her special attack requires charging to be useful, during which any enemy hit does extra damage and interrupts the attack (but still uses the special attack orb). Other characters can do more with less risk (especially if you're good with Hiro).
Is good if you give her an Axe instead of a Spear. Spears are a bit weaky. She's still reasonable with a spear, but you need to use the special moves rather than normal attacks.666Chaos said:
Is good for normal attacks and using the Morph command (Conformer will still hit for 9999 on Morph)
Freya has one of the easiest and cheapest guaranteed 9999 hits in the game.
Steiner in Final Fantasy IX. He's this huge armored dude with a big honking sword and he can't do much of anything right.
Oh, and on the topic of swords - how about ANY character with a weapon in a fighting game (I'm looking at you, Yoshimitsu in Tekken). How could they NOT kick ass with a friggin' weapon against an unarmed opponent?
Oh, and on the topic of swords - how about ANY character with a weapon in a fighting game (I'm looking at you, Yoshimitsu in Tekken). How could they NOT kick ass with a friggin' weapon against an unarmed opponent?
The Heavy Weapons Guy from TF2 is not exactly the unkillable murder machine he first appears to be. Still quite lethal if handled properly, but a lot easier to take down than you'd think.
Irvine from FF VIII. He has the same GF compability with Squall, meaning no one wants to give him GF's and his limit break is shit.
