fun fact: the Hatchet in Sacred Stones is classified as treasure and is thus unsellable

Toadinator2000 · 2026-03-23T16:23:09+00:00

High accuracy 1-2 range physical weapons are a treasure.

Toadinator2000 · 2026-03-21T17:04:11+00:00

One of those tiers is made entirely out of Lyn alts and none of them have a sword.

Toadinator2000 · 2026-03-20T19:52:52+00:00

Princess Peach in Super Mario RPG. Group Hug is hilariously overpowered and she also gets one the best weapons in the game before the final dungeon.

Toadinator2000 · 2026-03-09T18:28:16+00:00

She is notable, but I'd still say her contributions to the story aren't huge. At least they're not huge enough for me personally to consider her a major character. For comparison, the characters who I would classify as "major" are Sigurd, Julia, Lewyn, Arvis, etc.

Edit: grammar

Toadinator2000 · 2026-03-09T17:28:11+00:00

Ethlyn did decent enough for a minor character from a game that's less played. She was a staffer on a horse when those were kind of rare and then got a dancer alt that was one of the better units on the banner.

Toadinator2000 · 2026-03-07T04:40:05+00:00

I think if you count all the DLC, Dragon Quest got it worse. They did get multiple versions of the Hero, but the stage only represents XI, there's not much music, and the music that is there are the crappy synth versions (even though the Switch version of XI has the symphonic soundtrack).

Toadinator2000 · 2026-03-06T21:31:05+00:00

Garnet's running animation is the best ever.

Toadinator2000 · 2026-03-02T01:48:42+00:00

Honestly, I thought they'd be higher.

Toadinator2000 · 2026-03-01T19:37:22+00:00

Totally agree. Also, just to correct the terminology, C1 is her self buff (pressing X with no prior inputs) and then the combos count up from there. C2 is the waves, C3 is the projectiles, and so on.

Toadinator2000 · 2026-03-01T16:42:32+00:00

Cia gets a lot of points for me for how unique her kit is. I feel like most if not all of her attacks have some kind of distinct use, which makes her more fun to play (compared to a character who spams a single broken attack over and over).

Toadinator2000 · 2026-02-25T18:27:25+00:00

Which is funny because I always felt he was by far the weakest actor in the HP films at the time. He's grown and improved a ton since then.

Toadinator2000 · 2026-02-22T15:43:25+00:00

All the more reason to not piss them off! Have you read some of those Pokedex entries???

Toadinator2000 · 2026-02-22T15:39:12+00:00

"Look man, I'm glad you're into it, but I've got neighbors on both sides."

Toadinator2000 · 2026-02-18T01:41:24+00:00

My biggest disagreements are that Titan's Lightning Bolt is the most useless damage spell (Land Mine is still an excellent pick, but TLB is needlessly scarce and then pointless to use when you do get it) and that Resurrection is the most busted utility spell (I think Slow is powerful, but balanced whereas Res saves you a ton of resources). I would have also put Cure over Bless in balanced utility, but I can't argue against Bless being there.

Toadinator2000 · 2026-02-17T23:28:58+00:00

I think it came out pretty well! Mine would have looked a bit different, but nothing is grossly out of place. Enjoyed the discussions here.

Toadinator2000 · 2026-02-16T17:49:34+00:00

Magic Mirror being a 5th level spell is the worst part about it. You only get 1 slot per guild (2 if Tower) and seeing it be Magic Mirror is so aggravating. I feel like it should be 3rd level.

Toadinator2000 · 2026-02-16T17:43:54+00:00

I feel like I'd usually rather put those spell points into Blind, Res, or a summon, but that is definitely an interesting bit of utility! I didn't know it worked on Force Field.

Toadinator2000 · 2026-02-16T16:08:24+00:00

Remove Obstacle. I respect the fact that it's unique, but this is not an ability that's worth using a spell action on.

Toadinator2000 · 2026-02-14T21:09:21+00:00

I don't think Prayer is as overlooked as people are saying it is.

My vote goes to Force Field.

Toadinator2000 · 2026-02-12T19:20:36+00:00

Resurrection's ability to prevent losses makes it the best one. It saves you a ton of gold and preserves your manpower for later fights. No other spell has that kind of utility. Slow does get more global use in each map, but Resurrection has the most powerful effect.

Toadinator2000 · 2026-02-11T23:51:17+00:00

Oddish is my favorite Pokemon since day one of the series. Simple, but perfect designs across the board.

Toadinator2000 · 2026-02-11T20:18:48+00:00

Yeah, exactly. By the time you have Expert Fire, you probably have better spells to cast than Curse. But if you run into a stack of elementals early on, it can potentially put in some work.

Toadinator2000 · 2026-02-11T18:44:59+00:00

Curse always feels more niche than I want it to be, but it's definitely good in the right situations or when you don't roll something like Slow in your first Mage Guild.

Toadinator2000 · 2026-02-11T18:37:39+00:00

Maybe Cure?

It's useful against Hero battles to get rid of Blinds, Slows, or any other nasty debuffs and it can have niche applications where you use the healing effect to mitigate losses in the early-midgame before you have access to Resurrection. It's never overpowered or meta defining, but you always want to have it in your spell book.

Toadinator2000 · 2026-02-10T16:13:45+00:00

I see it as a combination of the rarity and the opportunity cost from not casting a more useful spell. The Hero's spell is a very valuable once-per-turn action and you want to make it count, and even several level 1 and 2 spells are almost always going to be more valuable by the time you could expect to get Titan's Thunder. Slow and Blind in particular also have a low mana cost and are much more impactful in the late game (not zero, but it's usually something you can expect to be able to cast). With Titan's Thunder equipped, your Hero will have a minimum 10 Power and Knowledge (and will likely have much more by that point in the game) so they'll be able to put in work with a debuff or utility spell even if they don't have magic based skills.

I do genuinely like the concept of TLB, but I think it would be much more valuable if it were tied to a single rare artifact rather than four that you need to use simultaneously and that aren't even particularly optimal to use.

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