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[SkyOdin]

As for actually overpowered, Alicia from Valkyria Chronicles is ridiculous.

It's kind of crazy, but Avan from Valkyria Chronicles 2 might be even more overpowered than Alicia was. Being the only character in the game who can change into any class from any of the five main class trees, Avan is also the only character who can get Battle Skills (class-specific Potentials) from any class. And some of the Battle Skills Avan can get are completely nuts; such as "Double Action", which lets him occasionally perform two actions in one activation. He can also execute boosted power support attacks with any other squad member.

Of course, the CP cost 1 Light Tank from Valkyria 2 was also pretty overpowered. A tank having the same activation cost as a regular soldier is just really good. It's not the biggest tank nor the most heavily armed tank, but it is still a tank!

 

[Vulcano's assistant]

This fucking power-hungry brat from Neverwinter Nights 2. Not only was she OP, being able to do spells 3-4 levels above her's, but she knew it and wouldn't shut up about it.

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Plus, if you don't bond with her she joins the final boss, and is a pain in the ass.

 

[Mephala]

Tactics Ogre has the GOAT concept art... both the original and re-make versions.

Canopus was always like a sort of defense god because it seemed like no matter what the situation, no matter how under-leveled I was, how much I rushed against enemy archers, no matter what he could always get out of any situation. He always ended up being one of my highest levels of 'challenge' games (where i never ever resurrected) because even my best characters would sometimes die -- but he always always found a way to fly out of the most dangerous situations. He was always the highest level because he always got so many kills with his range, and could rush forward to get kills and escape like no other character. He's basically like my sweeper running around by himself while everyone else remains in formation.

Sort of like a mobile XCOM sniper that couldn't survive by himself but as part of a team, gets all the kills and just never ever dies.

Yeah, TO art is great.

I remember I had the unfortunate experience of having Canopus get Leadened once. He was useless (badly positioned) until I could get rid of that and enable him to fly again. He is without a doubt over powered but I think late into post game a few other characters catch up and can even potentially outclass him in terms of efficiency. All because of the heavy RT generation from the Vartan's movement allowing some of the faster units to move and act twice in the time he does once. Granted, once is all you really need if you just need to snipe the boss.

 

[Morrigan Stark]

Peter, the phoenix in Shining Force II

He grows every stat by at least 2, and usually 3 points at every level, making him powerful in every aspect (attack, defense, HP, speed). He can fly. He's resistant to fire. He automatically revives after a battle if somehow he should fall.

Peter is god-tier, which is fitting, because he was sent by a god. XD

 

[Renekton]

Urdnot Wrex from ME1. Soldier tank talents plus effing Barrier plus Battlemaster regeneration, all combined into one huge meat shield. Oh, he also has Stasis.

 

[Paertan]

Suikoden 2: Killey and Sheena.
Only two attackers with three open Rune slots.
Double Beat (attacks twice), Double Strike (1.5x damage) and Fury(1.5x damage).

 

[KyanMehwulfe]

A bunch of characters in SaGa Frontier, particularly many of the main characters in their own scenarios. Blue in particular will completely crush the game under his heel near the end after

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fusing with Rouge

. The best spell-caster in the game gets all of his magic stats doubled and gains access to almost every spell in the game (blatantly violating the rules everyone else are limited by), including a few no one else has access to. On top of this already absurd power, he also has ready access to at least one game-breaking glitch in the game, and makes a few others easier to perform.

I always found Asellus to be so much easier or stronger (at least for the first half or so) because right from the start she could sell her own Life Points (or life force, whatever it was) for that very powerful sword, and it was so easy to kill stuff after that. Though I played the game a lot for about 2 months, I wasn't really an expert though so I'm not really sure who was overall the most powerful -- just that I usually found the game had decent difficulty for everyone but was a cake walk for Asellus.

 

[Dark_castle]

Suikoden 2: Killey and Sheena.
Only two attackers with three open Rune slots.
Double Beat (attacks twice), Double Strike (1.5x damage) and Fury(1.5x damage).

Not as good as Tir McDohl.

 

[DOWN]

Just play the game solo.

He was amazing. I just walked into a valley full of legion guys and he sniped them all. Valley of death never stood a chance.

 

[Hours Left]

This guy here. You have to be really careful leveling him up at first, but he levels up fast and once you make him a Hero, he becomes an unstoppable force. I could (and did) sometimes send him out way ahead of the party and he would kill the enemy army all by himself.

Though once maxed and compared to everyone else, he's actually the weakest again. But most people playing won't experience that.

 

[televator]

Urdnot Wrex from ME1. Soldier tank talents plus effing Barrier plus Battlemaster regeneration, all combined into one huge meat shield. Oh, he also has Stasis.

You should see him in action in the DLC for 3... just stand back in awe. Grunt says he's the perfect Krogan... pfffffffft.

 

[Hours Left]

Peco from Breath of Fire III

A lot of people didn't seem to figure this out, but give him the right masters, and he can pretty much tank through the entire game by himself. Like, it's almost impossible to kill him.

Frederick, Fire Emblem Awakening. Especially if you started on Lunatic or Lunatic+

He gets weak after you get the kids, but on the start...

Due to infinite grinding in Awakening, he actually never gets weak, like other "Jeigans". Pretty much every unit in Awakening can be awesome FYI.

 

[AwakenedCloud]

Kingdom Hearts 2 Donald, in specific.

He's a slow burn, but once he gets leveled up he can wreck shop. I remember getting angry that he could defeat a group of heartless before I could even get to them.

 

[Farks!]

I remember Keldorn in Baldur's Gate 2, with the inquisitor kit was a beast mage killer. I didn't keep him around for TOB, so I missed out on Carsomyr.

Aerie became a monster late game. She got a shitload of spells and power, although no level 9s (I used Imoen for that). Funny how its reflected in her dialogue in Throne of Bhaal.

Speeking of TOB,

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Sarevok

was pretty much a better Minsc. He tore shit up like no one's business.

Edwin was pretty good as well with has ability to memorize two extra spells per level.

 

[Paertan]

Not as good as Tir McDohl.

His Soul Eater is powerful but their normal attacks will do more damage and no limit. But yes having Riou and Tir together destroys everything xD
I did a playthrough with just them as soon as I could. No problem at all against final boss.

 

[Basileus777]

I always found Asellus to be so much easier or stronger (at least for the first half or so) because right from the start she could sell her own Life Points (or life force, whatever it was) for that very powerful sword, and it was so easy to kill stuff after that. Though I played the game a lot for about 2 months, I wasn't really an expert though so I'm not really sure who was overall the most powerful -- just that I usually found the game had decent difficulty for everyone but was a cake walk for Asellus.

Blue gets the gift of almost all magic and doubles his stats after a certain point. Overdrive plus all of those abilities is just broken.

 

[Kain]

No mention to Lilina?

Absurd magic growth and cap. She is the epitome of glass canon, but the thing is you CAN'T hit her, EVER. She is supposed to have a bad speed growth, but I found that she maxed it too more often than not.

Plus she two-hits everything, every boss, every encounter. And as a sage she can heal too.

Also Suikoden V was basically Frey, Zerase, Richard, Georg (when you had him) plus two random members who don't matter. Zerase and Richard wrecked the game, it was almost unfair.

 

[Admiral Woofington]

Dragon Age Origins, Dog.

he wasn't that strong. His AoE stun bark was great though.

Mages in the game tend to be the overpowered classes.

 

[Renekton]

You should see him in action in the DLC for 3... just stand back in awe. Grunt says he's the perfect Krogan... pfffffffft.

Grunt was supposed to be the Captain America of Krogans, not sure what happened lol.

 

[krizzx]

With all this talk about Fire Emblem, why has no one brought up Nephenee?

 

[pLow7]

Fucking Hi-Potions for DAYS!!!

 

[A Black Falcon]

The main character in Lunar: Dragon Song, Jian, does three to six times more damage per round with his regular attack than your other party members can. The game's comically unbalanced in that regard... and it's not like the others can use magic to make up for that, either. You get so few magic points that you can only use spells when you REALLY need to. No, Jian just plain will do the majority of the damage you deal in this game, even though you have a three character party. It's ridiculous. I actually don't hate this game as much as many do, but it's not a good game either...

 

[MasterCheeze]

Apparently it was because of a glitch or something where he gained a shit ton of HP, but Dogmeat was an absolute tank when I played Fallout 3. I remember he'd be taking on like three or four Deathclaws at a time, and I could sit safely by and shoot them down.

 

[Custard Trout]

Enchantment?

 

[coolfighter1993]

I compared them when I played Symphonia. Kratos was functionally a stronger version of Zelos.

Huh weird. I remember Zelos getting killed a lot on my playthrough. Different strokes I guess

As an AI he might be weak but if you play as him, I believe he's more useful as he is faster and can have a 6-hit como if you give him a level 3 ex gem.

 

[Nikodemos]

Worthless Mutt in Arcanum. His bite was naturally armour piercing, IIRC. He also had a crapload of APs.

 

[Ruuppa]

Worthless Mutt in Arcanum. His bite was naturally armour piercing, IIRC. He also had a crapload of APs.

Didn't take a party-slot either. Him and a maxed out Familiar would wreck shit for days.

 

[Durmos]

Donnel from Fire emblem awakening

A million times yes! My friend and I argue about this but Donnell is so good

 

[cluderi]

Donnel from Fire emblem awakening

Yep, came in to post this. He takes a little work at first but he's a pure killing machine (and never decides to replace his pot with an actual helmet)

 

[SixMachine]

Apparently it was because of a glitch or something where he gained a shit ton of HP, but Dogmeat was an absolute tank when I played Fallout 3. I remember he'd be taking on like three or four Deathclaws at a time, and I could sit safely by and shoot them down.

It was something with the Broken Steel raising the level cap and the Puppies perk that gave him ridiculous hp, so he can even survive a nuke to the face. Not only that he heals really fast, they should have renamed him Wolverine with how unkillable he was late game (and even if you did kill him, he can have puppies, so there is always one alive).

 

[3DShovel]

Ike from Fire Emblem Path of Radiance and Radiant Dawn



AETHER AETHER AETHER AETHER AETHER AETHER AETHER AETHER AETHER AETHER AETHER AETHER AETHER AETHER

"Hey, where'd everybody go?"

I'd literally select only him before a chapter and he'd never get hit, and would finish most fights in one round.

 

[NeonZ]

Due to infinite grinding in Awakening, he actually never gets weak, like other "Jeigans". Pretty much every unit in Awakening can be awesome FYI.

He still becomes a pretty mediocre unit for endgame due to mediocre class selection and first gen stats without specially good distribution.

 

[Schweinehund]

This fucking power-hungry brat from Neverwinter Nights 2. Not only was she OP, being able to do spells 3-4 levels above her's, but she knew it and wouldn't shut up about it.

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Plus, if you don't bond with her she joins the final boss, and is a pain in the ass.

wizards > sorcs in the long run, plus Sand is the only cool party member for NWN2.

No particular party member in bravely default, but Dark Knight breaks the game.

 

[Laconic]

I am genuinely surprised that, with all of the T.G. Cid mentions, nobody is putting forth Ramza.

His unique Squire skills were gamebeakingly good.

 

[Omnicent]

Seeing as TG Cid has bee mentioned a countless of times, I'll go with this weird choice.



this dude isn't really overpowered per se, in fact his stats are pretty goddamn awful. but he has one attack that's amazing for farming exp crystals (the best in the game actually), once you learn how to time it well with the rest of the party attacks, behold exp crystals heaven. he effectively breaks the game, simply because in each battle you gain a lot of exp. thanks to the exp crystals even battling normally and not grinding, with him in your party you can get overlevelled really quick.

nah but seriously the really overpowered dude in the game is

No, this guy was nuts in VP (though if you wanted to get the best ending you would not get him back till the Seraphic Gate.

Looking at his kit he seems rather meh.
So why? Shinging FUCKING Bolt. If you mash the button it's assigned to it would glitch hitting twice... so 24 hits (sadly the extra 12 hits do not affefct the combo counter, otherwise I'd put him better than Brahms. Using Lucian vs Brahmns on Iseria Queen gave be similar kill speeds, though Brahms pulled ahead with the higher combo count causing Freya to make up the damage difference.).

Glitched SB does PWS levels of damage (though is actual PWS is mediocre SB is awesome enough to push him up. Has a total damage multiplier somewhere around 8 when you include Reverie for the first 12 hits. It's no x15 Ether strike, but not many people are on that level of PWS damage, can fill up PWS gauge to 100% without the PWS bracer, and guard break enemies easily, and in combos you can get a lot of gems if done right.

Also if you equip a Glance Reviver on him GG every non-boss enemy. In SG SB will 1 hit ko those high health mobs since it is a 8% chance to proc instant death and it gets 24(or maybe it's just 12?) chances to proc that.

My friend though Lucian was shit... we got in a pretty long argument back in the day (Son Shining Fucking Bolt All day!).

I still have dreams of glitched SB working with the combo counter and Reverie completly (only the first 12 hits get Reverie, otherwise Lucian would just straight up body Brahms even without the combo countter diffs imo).

 

[ShadowSoldier89]

wizards > sorcs in the long run, plus Sand is the only cool party member for NWN2.

No particular party member in bravely default, but Dark Knight breaks the game.

as it should!

 

[TheContact]

Probably has been said but Cait Sith bc u can manipulate his slots to 1shot anything including bosses
Also Fawks from fallout 3. Literally invincible.

 

[G.ZZZ]

If anyone has played Luminous Arc2, the secret unlockable characters from Luminous Arc 1 were broken as shit, even if they were mostly post-game char. 99 Attack when everyone else had like 60 lol.

Richter too, he went always first and in turns-based combat taht's fucking huge. Plus he had a lot of move and reach. He was amazing in battles to clear up group of mobs before they could even move Kreygasm

 

[thechristoph]

He still becomes a pretty mediocre unit for endgame due to mediocre class selection and first gen stats without specially good distribution.

He's an Exp hog. I never use him; just have someone weak pair up with him.

 

[guill]

THIS GUY WITH THE RIGHT WEAPONS

 

[M°°nblade]

Not really a party member, but this guy from nino kuni.

Catastroceros

Is why I entered this thread.

Dat attack power

 

[Begaria]

Of course, the CP cost 1 Light Tank from Valkyria 2 was also pretty overpowered. A tank having the same activation cost as a regular soldier is just really good. It's not the biggest tank nor the most heavily armed tank, but it is still a tank!

In Valkyria Chronicles 3, your tank costs 1 CP regardless if it's Light/Medium/Heavy

 

[cm osi]

Those belts aren't for show, she's a tank.

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damn you.

yes, she is way too overpowered.

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damn

 

[Maintenance]

Due to infinite grinding in Awakening, he actually never gets weak, like other "Jeigans". Pretty much every unit in Awakening can be awesome FYI.

Yeah, I know about the infinite grinding, but the kids all have better base stats because of the heritage, and together with Limit Break they always end up with better final stats than the starters.

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That never stopped me from using Tharja, though. My favorite tsundere outside of animes.

 

[Renekton]

Is why I entered this thread.

Dat attack power

What about Overripe Buncher? He doesn't have as much ATK, but he hits multiple times in one attack.

 

[Begaria]

Is why I entered this thread.

Dat attack power

What about Overripe Buncher? He doesn't have as much ATK, but he hits multiple times in one attack.

Still not as good as War Cry + Earsplitter + Haymaker on a Dinoceros/evolvedform.

 

[Aldurin]

Haar was beast in Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn. Dragon riders are already hardcore but he can quickly escalate to his own tier before the meat of the main campaign. Slap some cheap axes on him and watch him give no fucks.

His dodge and defense statistics were borked, since I began to notice that anyone that could hit him turned out to be a weak character with stacked accuracy, and anyone that could do damage was a lightning mage with a 0% chance to hit.

In retrospect I should have shoved the Mercy ability on him as soon as possible so that he could lead the charge and have an army of 1 health enemies ready to train up the flimsy mortals.

e: and let's not forget that he's too lazy to give a shit about most things. But when you're the uncontested reaper of the skies you have no excuse to not be lazy and apathetic.

 

[AbsolutBro]

He's not overpowered if you play it on Harder Difficulty setting*. Play it on Hardcore Mode and he can even die permanently.

*I do have some overhaul mods though, maybe that affected him in some way. I may have to check that.

I would check that. I'm on hardcore/hard. I fast traveled somewhere once, and by the time I loaded and got my bearings, two of the 4 Legion Assassins were already dead. I managed to shoot (not kill, shoot) 1 dude before Boone wrecked them all.

Doing his companion quest was insanely lolworthy. I just sat there and conserved ammo.


For hilariously OP, I also submit Lily. Give her a decent weapon, and stay crouched. See, she restealths every time her attack animation finishes. Give her a fast enough weapon, and she is literally invulnerable to slow enemies. She soloed the Legendary Cazador without taking any damage. None. I didn't even know a fight was going on.

 

[Omega]

It was always weird when you're just exploring and aren't even aware there are enemies in the area and the game suddenly cuts to a killcam of some random raider's head exploding.

Pretty much, we went into Cesar's base and he proceeded to fuck shit up.

Yep. I felt like I was his sidekick.

Just play the game solo.

lmao is he really that good? i never used him. i feel like loading up FNV now

 

[Parfait]

Star Ocean: The Last Hope's Meracle

Somesault Smash
X Claw
Max Shockwave

Rek the everything, forever.