Ivan Ooze – Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Fighting Edition
Ivan Ooze is known throughout the fighting game community as one of the most broken characters of all time and he certainly lives up to the title. Perhaps his most broken mechanic comes from the simple fact that, in a game where everyone else is grounded, he can fly. Not “fly” as in, use a move that allows him to hover higher in the air before coming back down. “Fly” as in he never touches the ground and can reach any corner of the screen easily and stay there as long as he so pleases. Want to float in the top corner of the screen where nobody can reach you and hurl projectiles down? Go ahead. With Ivan Ooze anything is possible. The world is your oyster. His flying mechanic also means low attacks are pointless against him and players can’t grab him. This makes him broken already but Ivan Ooze is truly as absurdly broken as it gets. One of his basic attacks, emphasis on a basic attack, is Energy Ball. Energy Ball is a homing projectile that absorbs any other projectile that may be coming at Ivan. Best part, it hits multiple times and allows Ivan Ooze players to easily stun opponents and follow up with a combo.
Ivan Ooze can also cause giant columns of fire to appear out of nowhere. These fire walls also eat any projectile coming his way. This is particularly troubling because the best way to try to hit a man who can always fly is to hurl projectiles at him. So why would developers then give him a kit to block any and all projectiles with ease? Who knows. His entire kit is filled with problematic attacks so we won’t go into detail with every move but nobody can ignore the move that is literally called Invulnerable Strike. Invulnerable Strike creates a field around Ivan that will damage any foe near him while simultaneously unleashing a barrage of fireballs at them. So in the event your opponent somehow manages to close the gap, Invulnerable Strike will quickly and easily give them a reason to back up and resort to dodging for their life. Ivan Ooze simply has it all and he has it all in a game where everyone else has a basic kit with no tools even remotely capable of dealing with him. When it comes to being broken, Ivan Ooze is still easily and by far the poster child.
