After the long and overdue and successful release of Tekken 7 from Namco-Bandai, fans are definitely ready for a sequel to the fantastic Soulcalibur series too. Although Soulcalibur V was a bit of a disappointment for fans in terms of its story modes it still retained many of the solid mechanics that fans have come to love about the series since the release of the original Soul Blade on the PlayStation in 1996.

Long before the Mortal Kombat and the Injustice series popularized a deep single player experience within a fighting series, the Soul fighting series perfected it nearly twenty years ago. With the sudden reemergence of fighting games hitting the shelves, it would be the perfect time for Namco-Bandai to announce Soulcalibur VI sooner rather than later, especially considering how much they're pushing for Tekken 7 to be one of the to🦩p figh🗹ting games international tournaments.

All great fighting games need great characters, but even the great ones can be considered overpowered and worse still some can be outright terrible. Here's a list of 8 characters who suck and 7 characters who as g𓆉ood as they are, are overpowered.

15 ඣ ❀ Weakest: Danpierre

Dampierre has made appearances in Soulcalibur V and Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny. He was Namco’s attempt at a funny tongue-in-cheek and lighthearted character, whose design looks and sounds like it was based on the character Professor Fate from the 1965 film The Great Race. Unfortunately, 🔴he’s ended up one of the least popular characters in the en🌳tire series.

It’s not just because he’s a silly and comedic character that makes him one of the lowest rated characters witౠh a fighting style that focuses primarily on deception and pretending to be hurt to land surprise attacks. As a result, Dampierre is predictable rather than surprising and due to the nature of his weapons he has the shortest range and low attack damage.

14 Powerful: Maxi 𝔍

Maxi made his first appearance in Soulcalibur replacing Li Long as the nunchaku wielder for the remainder of the series by appearing in Soulcalibur II, Soulcalibur III, Soulcalibur IV, Soulcalibur V, and all of the Soul spinoffs.

Maxi’s style resembles that of Bruce Lee through the use of Jeet Kun Do, as well as his 🐼high-pitched attack cries in battle. He’s an easy character to pick up and play with, as even inexperienced players are capable of stringing together devastating combos and moves which can knock opponents to the ground. Maxi’s biggest weakness is he can ring himself out through his combinations. To counter this, however, he has sever⛎al moves that can knock his opponents out of the ring and several throws which he can use to pull opponents away from the arena edges. Maxi is a character that’s capable of being dangerous in a seasoned player's hands (and for button mashers too).

13 🥀 Weakest: Leixia ಞ

Leixia made her first appearance in Soulcalibur V, cloning and essentially replacing her mother Xianghua in the Ling-Sheng Su Secret Arts of the Sword fighting style. However, there are some significant differences that have been made to Leixia, that actually makes her a much weaker character overall. Xianghua’ Silent Xi Sheng stance from Soulcalibur IV has been dropped, she’s also notice�𒐪�ably slower and has much lower attack damage than her mother too.

Worse still, many of her attacks and mix-ups are easy to telegraph and easily defended either by using guard or quick-stepping, allowing her opponents to deal massive damage very easily. Leixia is definitely one of the low to mid-tiered characters in the series which is frustrating for ꧋long time fans of Xianghua’s fighting style.

12 𒁏 Powerful:🦋 Siegfried

Siegfried is considered to be one of the most central characters in throughout the entire Soulcalibur storyline. He appeared in the first in Soul Blade and has be▨en in every installment ever since including the spinoffs and mobile ♎games.

Siegfried is a very dangerous and powerful character to use, and in the right hands, those who can command his move set effectively, can be almost unstoppable in a match. The reason for his effectiveness in combat is down to the fact that once he gathers momentum, he becomes almost unavoidable, due to the amo♔unt pressure he can continue to pile on until the end of the match. He has fantastic throws at close range, which can result in many ring out defeats for his opponents. He does have the disadvantage of being quite slow, but t🌃hat’s never put off players who have used him continuously since the very first game.

11 Weakest: Tira ღ

Tira is a character who made her debut appearance in Soulcalibur III, and his since appeared in Soulcalibur IV, Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny and Soulcalibur V. She’s referred to as The Misguided Servant of Death and is totally loyal to the evil sword Soul Eꦆdge.

Tira fights with an unusual weapon called the Ring Blade, and it is reminiscent of a bladed hula hoop. She fights with a style that relies on speed, attacking and moving her body through a series of dance moves and acrobatics. Tira has two mood types which affect the way she fights her Jolly (light) side and her Gloomy (destructive) side, which are activated at random. However, it’s these counterintuitive and unpredictable stance changes that leave her open to attack, and worse still the 💧Gloomy stance drains Tira of her health making her one of the worst characters in the entire series.

10 ౠ 𒁏 Powerful: Cervantes

The Immortal Pirate Cervantes has appeared in all of the Soul series fighting games, he was the main antagonist of both the original Soul Blade and Soulcalibur Legends and is considered one of the evilest characters in the series – e🐭ven before he was corrupted by♛ the Soul Edge.

Cervantes always has been one of the most devastating fighters in the entire series and is still considered one of the most powerful top-tier characters in Soulcalibur V. He hits his opponents with mid to close range rush downs and features moves that can knock down and launch another fighter in the air for a heavy damage or an easy ring out victory. His most devastating move is the instant Geo Da Ray which actually deals much more damage than the charged versi🐻on of the same mo෴ve which is activated by inputting the commands as fast as possible thus bypassing the charge altogether.

9 ✅ Weakest: Raphael

Raphael made his first appearance in Soulcalibur II and returned for Soulcalibur III, Soulcalibur IV, Soulcalibur V, and Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny. He started Soulcalibur II as its protagonist 🥃but switched as the game's antagonist throughout the story line.

Raphael uses a fencing style and as a result is capable of hitting fast thrusting and slashing attacks. Although theꦕse attacks are his main strength, they can be avoided with relative ease by the use of side-stepping because of his lack of diversity. His k🥀icks, despite being fast, lack any of the dodging features of his thrust moves and leave him wide open for counter attacks. It could be argued that Raphael is best used defensively, but less experienced players would struggle with this approach especially against the likes of Taki or Maxi.

8 ๊ Powerful: Taki

Before Natsu arrived in Soulcalibur V, Taki was the fastest and most deceptive character in the series. Prior to Natsu’s arrival, Taki has been featured in every Soulcalibur game since the original Soul Blade/Edge.

Taki’s fighting style and speed allowed her to be able to easily evade and counter attack her opponents in a variety of ways, using moves like somersaulting, rolling, teleporting. Her most powerful attacks and unblockable moves can be combined with tech traps which can deal massive amounts of damage. Taki is unique because she’s very easy to use for new players and experienced players have always put at top tier due to the character🧸's success𒊎 in tournaments.

7 Wea▨kest: Strife Astlar

Strife Astlar's only appearance was in Soulcalibur III as a bonus character found the game's side quest mode. It’s possible Strife’s look, and his name is derived from both Cloud Strife from Final Fantasy VII – he even wields a sword that resembles Cloud’s Demon Knife – and the original 1980’s He-Man with that awful bob-haircut. Strife had significant relevanꦉce in regard to the storyline, and he was just essentially a weake🍸r and smaller clone of Siegfried who would never be seen again.

Those familiar with Sieg🍃fried and Knightmare will be familiar with Strife’s move set but will be frustrated at the complete lack of originality and the pointlessness of the character when you already have stronger originals that for some reason handle and certainly look smoother. With that haircut and lack of any real individuality, it’s no wonder he never madeꦓ it back.

6 🔯 Powerful: Algol

Algol is a character that made his first appearance as a boss and unlockable in Soulcalibur IV and returned for Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny and Soulcalibur V. His character is depicted as being tꩵhe oldest r🧸ecorded wielder of the Soul Edge, the creator of the Soul Calibur and the primary antagonist of the entire series.

Algol’s fighting style revolves around using fast and close combat attacks, which are combined with very powerful special combos. He uses purple projectile bubbles with his attacks to juggle and often set his opponents for a further combo or other powerful moves. He has a variety of moves which can keep opponents at long range and can close the distance at ease with his teleportation moves and forward leaps. Algol was considered so overpowered that the use of his character was banned in tournaments for Soulcalibur IV.