Meta Knight Character

A Meta Knight Character or also known as a Broken Character or a Too OP Character is a term used in many games, particularly fighting or otherwise competitive ones, to describe characters, techniques or other elements or combinations of element so overpowered that they severely skew the game's balance in their favor, making alternatives nearly irrelevant by comparison. It is named after the infamous broken OP character from Super Smash Bros. Brawl Meta Knight.
==Types of Broken Elements==
Generally, broken elements in the Super Smash Bros. series come in two forms:
*A character has an overpowering advantage on a specific stage (as the Fox on Temple example above); this is dealt with by banning the stage.
*A character has the ability to stall indefinitely with something like the Infinite Dimensional Cape or the Luigi Ladder; this is dealt with by limiting or banning usage of the technique.
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A third form of brokenness can exist: a character by itself, without the aid of stages or techniques, overpowers the rest of the cast to the point where no other character is viable in competitive play. Whether a broken character exists in the Smash Bros. series is heavily debated; Meta Knight in Brawl is the classic example, with his legality being disputed and experimented with at length for most of the game's lifespan. The other character considered broken to the point of being banned anywhere is Bayonetta from Super Smash Bros. 4. Her ban is not international, however, as she is only banned in the St. Louis, Missouri and Tampa, Florida. Though other characters have been at some points considered broken, none has had as long been considered so much so as to be banned from most tournaments.
==Other definitions==
The term "broken" is often used when describing techniques, characters, attacks, etc. in many competitive games. Many players are quick to label strong techniques as "broken" when they mean overpowered, or even just powerful. Though many accept this usage, it is often discouraged because it makes the usage ambiguous. There are alternate terms that are less ambiguous for these more emphatic sentiments, such as OP, stupid, or insane, while there aren't clear-cut synonyms for the other definition of broken.
Less controversially, broken can refer to elements that are buggy, or don't work as intended in all circumstances.
==See also==
*Cheap
*Banned Stages
*Banned Characters
*Tournament Legal