Worst Characters in Overpower

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In a vacuum I'm sure we could all name some max 6 DC heroes as being truly terrible, but if we're talking about comparative cost to use as well I'd have say Doc Ock ranks abysmally low in that he is expensive at 20 points with the exact same grid as Beast. Yet while Beast is an elite character with his negates and 9 and maybe 1 or 2 other Special one might play; Doc Ock doesn't have a single special I would care to use. Yea some of them might be borderline playable (like his AV OPD) but even those are the kind of things that neither fire the imagination nor can't be found dozens of other cheaper/better heroes.

This brings up an interesting point about characters being bad not just if they play poorly, but also if they just aren't designed with any real unique or interesting things that relate back to the character.  I mean, some characters have terrible specials that are unique to that character, but at least they add something to the narrative about that one specific person and how they act.  I''m thinking in that regard, yeah, Doc Ock's specials really aren't unique or special at all.  Most of his specials are just generic A* specials.  And the ones that aren't aren't really that imaginative either.  In the comics we see this really dynamic guy who acts as a crime boss at times, an insidious planner, a brilliant but twisted scientist, and even in the end, a thoughtful but dangerous dying man.  I think realistically if you look at him in the comics he gives Spider-Man a run for his money not just in actual fights, but also with his strategies, gadgets, his ability to learn from past mistakes, and his groups that he puts together.  I think it was great that they gave him a 7 intellect in IQ, but they never followed that up with any clever specials.

[steve2275]

Some of the worst in my opinion are Deathlok (3 OPD's, all grid modifiers)  Warlock (23 points, 0 Specials) and of course Nightwing...  lol  poor nightwing

i rather like deathlok because of those opds
i dont use michael collins tho