History YMMV / AzureStrikerGunvolt

* TheScrappy: Copen. Not only is he an unlikable {{Jerkass}} who spouts religious spiel to justify his actions, but his [[IrrationalHatred irrational]], [[FantasticRacism racist]] hatred of Adepts gets taken to IdiotBall levels when he not only twice tries to kill Gunvolt, a potential ally, but also tries to kill [[WouldHurtAChild Joule]], who is ''clearly and completely innocent'' and was Sumeragi's UnwittingPawn, just because she is an Adept. Needless to say, no tears are shed when [[spoiler:Asimov kills him.]]

* BreatherBoss: Stratos. His attacks are slow and heavily telegraphed, so anyone who's seen them once can easily figure out what he's going to do, and his insect swarms are easily dispatched with the Flashfield. Nemesis Fang might be a OneHitKill, but it takes forever to charge up, and dealing enough damage to his "mouths" cancels the OHK entirely.

* SlidingScaleOfVideoGameObscurity[[note]]Does not seem to have a page, but is listed on the SortingAlgorithmofTropes[[/note]]: ''Low''. At [[https://twitter.com/GunvoltGame/status/553176849430216706 90,000 worldwide downloads]] as of January 8th, there are more people who are born per day than people who have played this game. (263,000 more, to be precise.) No wonder it's so hard to find fans.

* SlidingScaleOfVideoGameObscurity[[note]]Does not seem to have a page, but is listed on the Sorting Algorithm of Tropes[[/note]]: ''Low''. At [[https://twitter.com/GunvoltGame/status/553176849430216706 90,000 worldwide downloads]] as of January 8th, there are more people who are born per day than people who have played this game. (263,000 more, to be precise.) No wonder it's so hard to find fans.

* SlidingScaleOfVideoGameObscurity[[note]]Does not seem to have a page, but is listed on the TropeSortingAlgorithim[[/note]]: ''Low''. At [[https://twitter.com/GunvoltGame/status/553176849430216706 90,000 worldwide downloads]] as of January 8th, there are more people who are born per day than people who have played this game. (263,000 more, to be precise.) No wonder it's so hard to find fans.

** Nova's OneWingedAngel form may be a StationaryBoss, but it is still suitably difficult. Like before, his weakspot is protected by a barrier that can only be deactivated by simultaneously damaging his two [[AttackDrone Attack Drones]], which is a daunting task as Nova has various hard-hitting attacks that are difficult to avoid. The ''real'' danger, however, is when he's down to a third of his health. That's when he uses his Calamator Aetherus LimitBreak, which causes a ''giant meteor'' to slowly descend onto the arena and turns the last round of the fight into a TimedMission. If Gunvolt doesn't defeat Nova before the meteor hits, it's an instant GameOver.

* ItsEasySoItSucks: A common complaint is that the Prevasion mechanic and Joule's Anthem make in practically impossible to die. Of course, these complaints no longer apply when you're trying to get a high rank, as Prevasion reduces your Kudos to zero and the Anthem massively hurts your rank.

* TheScrappy: Copen. Not only is he an unlikable {{Jerkass}} who spouts religious spiel to justifiy his actions, but his [[IrrationalHatred irrational]], [[FantasticRacism racist]] hatred of Adepts gets taken to IdiotBall levels when he not only twice tries to kill Gunvolt, a potential ally, but also tries to kill [[WouldHurtAChild Joule]], who is ''clearly and completely innocent'' and was Sumeragi's UnwittingPawn, just because she is an Adept. Needless to say, no tears are shed when [[spoiler:Asimov kills him.]]

* GameBreaker: The skill Septimal Surge, which provides a tremendous damage buff to damage from Gunvolt's Flashfield for roughly 30 seconds. Unlike "offensive" skills, this one doesn't reset your Kudos counter and also only costs one skill point, and in turn lets you demolish any boss in record time. Getting it requires you to be Level 65 however, making it also a BraggingRightsReward

* TheScrappy: Copen. Not only is he an unlikable {{Jerkass}} who spouts religious spiel to justifiy his actions, but his [[IrrationalHatred irrational]], [[FantasticRacism racist]] hatred of Adepts gets taken to IdiotBall levels when he not only twice tries to kill Gunvolt, a potential ally, but also tries to kill [[WouldHurtAChild Joule]], who is ''clearly and completely innocent'' and was Sumeragi's UnwittingPawn, just because she is an Adept. Needless to say, no tears are shed when [[spoiler:Asimov kills him.]]

** Elise can be one thanks to her Resurrection attack which requires you to kill both of them at the same time or they will keep reviving each other. It doesn't help that one Elise takes damage faster than the other, so even if you've locked on to both of them, one might die and allow the other to revive her. Making it worse is her Gorgon's Gaze, which turns Gunvolt to stone and is hard to avoid. [[spoiler:It only gets worse during the rematch, where her third personality is unleashed. Not only is the third one immune to damage, but will relentlessly attack with Kunai knives, which is especially annoying when you've been frozen by Gorgon's Gaze. And to make matters worse, even when you destroy the other two, the third one will simply revive them, turning the boss fight into a fight to simply stay alive.]]

** Elise can be one thanks to her Resurrection attack which requires you to kill both of them at the same time or they will keep reviving each other. It doesn't help that one Elise takes damage faster than the other, so even if you've locked on to both of them, one might die and allow the other to revive her. Making it worse is her Gorgon's Gaze, which turns Gunvolt to stone and is hard to avoid. [[spoiler:It only gets worse during the rematch, where her third personality is unleashed. Not only is the third one immune to damage, but will relentlessly attack with Kunai knives, which is especially annoying when you've been frozen by Gorgon's Gaze. And to make matters worse, even when you destroy the other two, the third one will simply revive them, turning the boss fight into a fight to stay alive.]]

** Elise can be one thanks to her Resurrection attack which requires you to kill both of them at the same time or they will keep reviving each other. Making it worse is her Gorgon's Gaze, which turns Gunvolt to stone and is hard to avoid. [[spoiler:It only gets worse during the rematch, where her third personality is unleashed. Not only is the third one immune to damage, but will relentlessly attack with Kunai knives, which is especially annoying when you've been frozen by Gorgon's Gaze. And to make matters worse, even when you destroy the other two, the third one will simply revive them, turning the boss fight into a fight to stay alive.]]

* ThatOneBoss: Viper, especially if you're going for high amounts of Kudos. While most bosses are slow, leave themselves open, or have glaring tells, Viper's attacks are very quick and have little to no warning as to what he's going to do, leading to DamnYouMuscleMemory when you try jumping over what you think is a fire kick, but actually ends up being a jump attack. And then there's Refulgence, where he literally [[BulletHell fills the screen]] with fireballs that require near-perfect movements to get out unscathed.

* GameBreaker: The skill Septimal Surge, which provides a tremendous damage buff to damage from Gunvolt's Flashfield for roughly 30 seconds. Unlike "offensive" skills, this one doesn't reset your Kudos counter and also only costs one skill point, and in turn lets you demolish any boss in record time. Getting requires you to be Level 65 however, making it also a BraggingRightsReward

* GameBreaker: The skill Septimal Surge, which provides a tremendous damage buff to damage from Gunvolt's Flashfield for roughly 30 seconds. Unlike "offensive" skills, this one doesn't reset your Kudos counter and also only costs one skill point, and in turn lets you demolish any boss in record time.

* MostWonderfulSound: "Reincarnation", the song that plays when Joule's Anthem revives you from death.

** Viper's whole dialogue was pretty much this, mentioning that he'll "hike his boot up [Gunvolt's] exit hatch" and throwing in "jockblocked" and "shockwad" for good measure.

*** Viper's whole dialogue was pretty much this, mentioning that he'll "hike his boot up [Gunvolt's] exit hatch" and throwing in "jockblocked" and "shockwad" for good measure.

** Jota can also be the bane of Kudos hunters for one simple reason: His Phosporatorium attack is actually avoidable, but ''[[GuideDangIt nothing in-game tells you how to pull it off]]'' (shoot him with auto-fire darts, preferably Cerberus darts, to slow him down until his overhead slash clears away).

* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: Joule[[spoiler:[[SplitPersonalityMerge /Luman]]]] realizing that Gunvolt had worn the useless pendant she gave him over his much more useful QUILL equipment. Especially since [[spoiler: [[PocketProtector her pendant saves his life.]]]]