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** Alice is difficult but the strongest character overall. Except for her two hard counters Bob and Carol. [[ThisLooksLikeAJobForAquaman Bob has some of the worst match ups except against Alice which can allow even a novice to beat a champion with some effort.]] Meanwhile Carol is a JackOfAllStats who is generally mediocre but lacks any hard counters or bad match ups past a skill floor.
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** Alice is so incredibly difficult to use that most players dismissed her as AwesomeButImpractical, but once mastered you've mastered her techniques, she becomes literally impossible to defeat, [[PowerMakeover turning into an]] [[OneWingedAngel all powerful]] [[InvincibleHero invincible]] monster.

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** Alice is so incredibly difficult to use that most players dismissed her as AwesomeButImpractical, but once mastered you've mastered her techniques, she becomes literally impossible to defeat, [[PowerMakeover turning into an]] [[OneWingedAngel all powerful]] [[InvincibleHero invincible]] monster.
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** Alice uses nothing but a high arching projectile weapon, making her completely unable to defend herself from close range attacks. She can shoot rapidly and aim it in any direction, but her attack does 1 damage each and fling her backwards in the opposite direction of shooting. She has no special combos or other moves, or any other noteworthy quality. . .

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** Alice uses nothing but a high arching projectile weapon, making her completely unable to defend herself from close range attacks. She can shoot rapidly and aim it in any direction, but her attack does 1 damage each and fling her backwards in the opposite direction of shooting. She has no special combos or other moves, or any other noteworthy quality. . .
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* '''Subverted''': Alice uses nothing but a high arching projectile weapon, making her completely unable to defend herself from close range attacks. She can shoot rapidly and aim it in any direction, but her attack does 1 damage each and fling her backwards in the opposite direction of shooting. She has no special combos or other moves, or any other noteworthy quality. . .

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Alice uses nothing but a high arching projectile weapon, making her completely unable to defend herself from close range attacks. She can shoot rapidly and aim it in any direction, but her attack does 1 damage each and fling her backwards in the opposite direction of shooting. She has no special combos or other moves, or any other noteworthy quality. . .



* '''Double Subverted''': . . . Until skilled players realized that by with perfect precision and skill, the gun can be used by experienced players to fly over other players heads and shoot enemies below. However, the arch makes getting the correct projection nearly impossible to fly and hit players on the ground, making her DifficultButAwesome.

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Until skilled players realized that by with perfect precision and skill, the gun can be used by experienced players to fly over other players heads and shoot enemies below. However, the arch makes getting the correct projection nearly impossible to fly and hit players on the ground, making her DifficultButAwesome.
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** Alice ''seems'' like she's worth the trouble it takes to master her, but time reveals serious core issues that limit her effectiveness even when mastered. In short, she requires a whole lot of work without really being worth it.


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** The few dedicated users eventually discover some other techniques with her that make up for the issues that were believed to limit her. In short, she's back to being awesome as well as difficult, but for different reasons.
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** Alice is so incredibly difficult to use that most players dissmed her as AwesomeButImpractical, but once mastered you've mastered her techniques, she becomes literally impossible to defeat, [[PowerMakeover turning into an]] [[OneWingedAngel all powerful]] [[InvincibleHero invincible]] monster.

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** Alice is so incredibly difficult to use that most players dissmed dismissed her as AwesomeButImpractical, but once mastered you've mastered her techniques, she becomes literally impossible to defeat, [[PowerMakeover turning into an]] [[OneWingedAngel all powerful]] [[InvincibleHero invincible]] monster.
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* '''Zig Zagged''': Alice is useless, but with proper training... she's still useless. Until you activate her special skill. Which makes hervthe second worst character in the game. For inexperienced players. And experienced players too.

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* '''Zig Zagged''': Alice is useless, but with proper training... she's still useless. Until you activate her special skill. Which makes hervthe her the second worst character in the game. For inexperienced players. And experienced players too.
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I wrote this whole thing with one hand, which is difficult and useless.


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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???Alice is useless, but with proper training... she's still useless. Until you activate her special skill. Which makes hervthe second worst character in the game. For inexperienced players. And experienced players too.



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Back to DifficultButAwesomeDifficultButAwesome, it's phenomenal once you can pull it off.

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* '''Deconstructed''': Every single one of Alice's moves is powerful, but each move must be a combo to even be used, she has such an insanely difficult difficulty curve to work with that no one is willing to play her . . .

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Every single one of Alice's moves is powerful, but each move must be a combo to even be used, she has such an insanely difficult difficulty curve to work with that no one is willing to play her . . .



%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
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** New players keep abandoning the game because more experienced players invariably slaughter them with Alice and other characters like her who take months of practice to play with any degree of competency.
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** Alice is grossly [[PurposefullyOverpowered overpowered]], and requires absolutely no skill to use.

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** Alice is grossly [[PurposefullyOverpowered [[PurposelyOverpowered overpowered]], and requires absolutely no skill to use.
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** Alice is incredibly difficult to use, but once mastered you've mastered her techniques, she becomes literally impossible to defeat, [[PowerMakeover turning into an]] [[OneWingedAngel all powerful]] [[InvincibleHero invincible]] monster.

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** Alice is so incredibly difficult to use, use that most players dissmed her as AwesomeButImpractical, but once mastered you've mastered her techniques, she becomes literally impossible to defeat, [[PowerMakeover turning into an]] [[OneWingedAngel all powerful]] [[InvincibleHero invincible]] monster.
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'''Basic Trope''': A video game character is hard to master, but nearly unstoppable.

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'''Basic Trope''': A video game character is hard to master, but nearly unstoppable.unstoppable once you manage it.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Alice is incredibly difficult to use, but once mastered you've mastered her techniques, she becomes literally impossible to defeat, [[PowerMakeover turning into an]] [[OneWingedAngel all powerful]] [[InvincibleHero invincible]] monster.

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Alice is incredibly difficult to use, but once mastered you've mastered her techniques, she becomes literally impossible to defeat, [[PowerMakeover turning into an]] [[OneWingedAngel all powerful]] [[InvincibleHero invincible]] monster.monster.
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* '''Downplayed''': ???Alice's combos focus on taking advantage of "states", such after attacks or mid jump, in order to the most damage with her attacks, her moves can be learned easy enough, once you learn what move to use with what state she can deal the most damage in the game.

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'''Basic Trope''': A video game character is hard to master, but nearly unstoppable.

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'''Basic Trope''': A video game character is hard to master, but nearly unstoppable.



* '''Downplayed''': ???



** Alice has a [[SealedEvilInACan demon trapped inside her]], only with [[TrainingFromHell near perfect control and mastery]] can one harness its power and through her use it on their enemies.

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** Alice has a [[SealedEvilInACan demon trapped inside her]], only with [[TrainingFromHell near perfect control and mastery]] can one harness its power and through her use it on their enemies.



* '''Deconstructed''': Every single one of Alice's moves is powerful, but each move must be a combo to even be used, she has such an insanely difficult difficulty curve to work with that no one is willing to play her . . .
* '''Reconstructed''': . . . Until players decide to man up and play her. Eventually, they master even her impossibly difficult play style, and her powerful rapid combos make her nearly unbeateable.



* '''Deconstructed''': Every single one of Alice's moves is powerful, but each move must be a combo to even be used, she has such an insanely difficult difficulty curve to work with that no one is willing to play her . . .
* '''Reconstructed''': . . . Until players decide to man up and play her. Eventually, they master even her impossibly difficult play style, and her powerful rapid combos make her nearly unbeateable.





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* '''Justified''': Alice has a [[SealedEvilInACan demon trapped inside her]], only with [[TrainingFromHell near perfect control and mastery]] can one harness its power and through her use it on their enemies.

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Alice has a [[SealedEvilInACan demon trapped inside her]], only with [[TrainingFromHell near perfect control and mastery]] can one harness its power and through her use it on their enemies.



* '''Inverted''': Alice is grossly [[PurposefullyOverpowered overpowered]], and requires absolutely no skill to use.

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Alice is grossly [[PurposefullyOverpowered overpowered]], and requires absolutely no skill to use.
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* '''Parodied''': Alice can take [[OneHitPointWonder one hit]] and [[YourHeadASplode explodes if you move your character from it's starting position]]. To attack, you have to enter a 30 button combo. Once you enter this combo, you attack once. The attack instantly kills the other player. But without extreme practice and skill, [[AwesomeButImpractical good luck pulling it off]].

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* '''Parodied''': Alice can take [[OneHitPointWonder one hit]] and [[YourHeadASplode explodes if you move your character from it's her starting position]]. To attack, you have to enter a 30 button combo. Once you enter this combo, you attack once. The attack instantly kills the other player. But without extreme practice and skill, [[AwesomeButImpractical good luck pulling it off]].
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** The fighting style of Alice is hard to use randomly, meant for strikes at the right time or place, making it harder to use her as you cannot use attacks loosely.
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* '''Straight''': Alice, from "Super BeatEmUp 9000: [[ColonCancer The Prequel]] to TheMovie: [[LicensedGame The Game]]", is incredibly difficult to use, but once you've mastered her techniques, she becomes very difficult to defeat.

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* '''Straight''': Alice, from "Super BeatEmUp 9000: [[ColonCancer The Prequel]] to TheMovie: [[LicensedGame The Game]]", is incredibly difficult has combos that are hard to both set up and use, but once you've mastered her techniques, she becomes very difficult you learn both when to defeat.start a combo and how to keep them going Alice is hard to take down.
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* '''Straight''': Alice, from "Super BeatEmUp 9000: [[ColonCancer The Prequel]] to TheMovie: TheGame", is incredibly difficult to use, but once you've mastered her techniques, she becomes very difficult to defeat.

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* '''Straight''': Alice, from "Super BeatEmUp 9000: [[ColonCancer The Prequel]] to TheMovie: TheGame", [[LicensedGame The Game]]", is incredibly difficult to use, but once you've mastered her techniques, she becomes very difficult to defeat.
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* '''Lampshaded''': ???

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* '''Lampshaded''': ???"If you can time her usage correctly, she becomes a beast."

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