Skylanders Giants Tier List

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Just thought that I'd do something similar like last year for the tenth anniversary, got a couple more I gotta work on.

[@liamwhite3522]

I remember Skylanders. I found a trick where if you were scanning one character, then swapped it out for another one quickly, the game would register a completely unrelated one, which I used to unlock secret areas locked behind elements I didn't have yet.

[@derpydude4102]

THAT WORKS WHAT????? that would have helped me slot back in the day

[@virnim]

That would save my parents a lot od money

[@thomasgamer4000]

bruh wdf

[@Dark-wm5hh]

TELL ME MORE PLIIIS

[@skillsergeant4885]

This isnt true

[@lacrossehammy124]

my brain cant handle this much nostalgia/ i still remember th days of playing that one card game in the pirate area or something. loved that

[@lorddarkrai7712]

Sky stones was truly a legendary mini game

[@jvbon646]

Both Bouncer and Ninjini have the fastest speed of not just the Giants, but every Skylander in the game iirc. The only reason they feel "slow" is because of their bigger frames (relative to Core Skylanders, which would feel super fast if they had the same speed due to their smaller body) They only lose to those that have really good movement attacks that can be spammed to travel faster

[@mannyheffley4599]

I always wanted ninjini man but my mom said no

[@regularphill]

Swarm faster with wings anyway tho.

[@arcrisz5]

We used to use Wrecking Ball to glitch thru locked gates lol. Also we could get him to glitch hard enough that the camera angle would change and we could see under the island, and there would be a lot of random unused assets, like a random second Flynn t-posing

[@Dymastia]

I thought that was only in the first game, can you do that in Giants too?

[@godchips7989]

How do you do that

[@Eelis6562]

@@godchips7989 idk

[@ghosty-gamer]

I have to say that in my opinion Prism Break should be somewhere in s tier as he has a laser rhat separates, being able to tackle multiple enemies at once. Also it's long range and super useful

[@ghosty-gamer]

Also Crusher is so good when maxed out. I think he is better than Thumpback in all but movement. Camo is actually really good when maxed out the second (exploding vine) path

[@PonKa-wi8zc]

@@ghosty-gamer Prism break is definitely top tier, but thanks to his secondary and third attacks, he is a powerhouse, while crusher is by far the worst skylander of giants, he is slow, attacks slowly, not that strong, easily overwhelm, his movement option is actually useless, and his third attack even more useless, that's a shame considering how cool he looks with the armor upgrade

[@agentblackbird9435]

@@PonKa-wi8zc Sprocket?

[@PonKa-wi8zc]

@@agentblackbird9435 sprocket at least have range and hood crowd control with the mines

[@agentblackbird9435]

@@PonKa-wi8zcHadn’t see the full video before commenting, my bad

[@homie37]

For drill sergeant, try the primary path for the series 2, the wow pow gives you the upgrade that was in the secondary path that makes tertiary last forever, so you can spam primary and tertiary for some decent damage

[@fefnir6950]

THIS! I always thought Drill Sergeant was pretty good when I was a kid, so I was shocked to see so many people say he's terrible

[@Hallorenzo]

Honestly I still think the wow pow fits the secondary path better because your laser gets more dps and this way you get the third strong laser shot more often. (But I have to admit that I have more expierence with rating skylanders in pvp than pve)

[@homie37]

@@Hallorenzo and that may be the case in pvp, I just haven’t really played it since I have no one to play with, but in pve I chose the top path and was happy with my decision

[@Mabra51]

Zook's cactus path is just insanely good. The only think he's lacking is good movement, but he doesn't need to get out too often because the cactuses also distract enemies.

[@bahoobadooba7529]

Great tier list, i like your picks and your reasonings for them. I must disagree about Fright Rider however; I personally adore him. His jousting path makes his charging more powerful and combined with spamming the spin attack, I find it quite fun and exciting to attack enemies. I don't believe he is anywhere near bad but I understand why others would think so. But this was a really good list and it's making me rethink how I used certain Skylanders. Hope you make more in the future!😊

[@christophhaupt1027]

Amen brother 🙏

[@kiyuthakat4934]

I know im one year late but this is the truest comment I've ever seen. Im playing giants for the first time and using him with his lower path. He's an absolute unit!

[@JimmyAntavius]

PREACH 🔥

[@nutella1931]

Finally a tier list. This channel is hella underrated, how much wor on this list is. Great work ty!

[@ev3lynxx._]

from a lot of playing, i can tell you in confidence, Camo maxed out is literally unkillable, his attacks are SO strong. great video!

[@no-lifenoah7861]

that thumbnail is making me react in a way I do not know how to describe

[@vinyltrackshort]

Love how you had the risk of rain 2 soundtrack in there, I was bumpin the whole time

[@skybricksgaming8392]

I think Giants is where our tier lists would start to deviate a lot because of one big thing: difficulty levels. On top of us just ranking things differently, where you take almost exclusively gameplay aspects while I include those as well as basically every design aspect, from figure to voice, I like to play a lot more casually, rather than be super challenged, and so I play mainly on normal as opposed to hard or nightmare. I think it makes watching these videos very interesting as I get to see how a persons perception on a character changes based on things not even related to the character themselves. If you plan on keeping this going through the 10th anniversaries, I would be very excited to see more. You've earned yourself a sub man, keep up the good work.

[@bramharing2023]

Reference at 12:24 caught me off guard 😂

[@thewaterreviewer4130]

man I hope the skylanders community keeps having this little resurgence. just seeing lots of content and it's got me so nostalgic! I played the fuck out of Spyros Adventure and Giants, and the others too, but those two are just my all time favorite.

[@williamsimpson82]

One of my favorite games as a kid I remember getting them for Christmas I loved it

[@catharkenny7684]

boulder turning into rocks can be used to avoid damage not to do damage so u can get lots of damage in and get away and the reason turning enemies to stone is to stop minions from annoying u while u deal with bigger problems plus if u could turn anyone to stone that would be too overpowered and would take away the fun of the game

[@hhoopplaa]

did you just call him boulder?

[@_antisocialmedia6377]

Going down Fright Rider's secondary path actually makes him a great hit and run as the spin is very easy to use as a drive by giving a character defined by close range a good get off me tool that also allows him to have a fairly non-commital push-in tool, plus his charge damage is busted. He's pretty ass on Nightmare in Giants purely because it kinda kicks melee Skylanders in the dick but I think he's pretty fun on the other difficulties and in other games to a certain degree.

[@Rothen0303]

He is great for speedrunning levels in Giants if you go down the secondary path. The spin attack obliterate groups of small and medium sized enemies even in nightmare mode.

[@regularphill]

Freight rider good design.

[@JimmyAntavius]

fright rider is really good in nightmare

[@JohnSmith-se7pp]

Didn't have the money to get into this game when the first one came out and tbh I don't think I'd be into it today, but I like digging into niche communities. Gonna watch some more vids even though I will most likely never play it. Awesome that you and these people can get together and talk about what you like

[@RaidSpinel]

My friend you are cooking with exotic oils and a golden pan. I dunno anything about this game since I haven't played it in almost a decade but congrats on breaking KZbin wide open.

[@mattf9627]

Great video! Agree with some of your takes like Swarm and Thumpack, but not all of them (you did my boy Warnado dirty 😔) Excited for the Swap Force one!

[@octoguy3931]

Ghost Roaster's ectoplasm path is actually really good on nightmare mode since the amount of damage you have to take is incomparable to like, half or all of your health. The secondary attack still doesn't attack more than once on the wii but on other consoles is does and it acts as a good hit and run move since it's really fast, which makes it good for travel as well. His ghosts also do most of the heavy lifting.

[@user-oe4sg1cf2j]

4:39 is when he starts the actual giants tier list

[@Aronsr2004]

Popfiz is the first skylander to have an actual jump which can in some cases allow him to skip block puzzles

[@theboogeyman4278]

Crushers ranking should be a crime

[@rileydugan2443]

Bro really said Crusher and thumpback are bad 💀

[@JimmyAntavius]

thumpback is bad, but crusher is overhated

[@rileydugan2443]

@JimmyAntavius I agree, crusher is overhated, but Thumpback isn't bad, he's pretty good and cool asf

[@JimmyAntavius]

@@rileydugan2443 thumpback is very cool and i love him, but as much as i wish he was good, he just isn’t. his attacks are slow, not great range, and leave him very vulnerable. he can do like nothing on nightmare mode. he is good in almost every other game tho

[@Gombei]

Sad to see my favourite (Warnado) at the bottom but great video! Really bringing the nostalgia

[@greetings5640]

So happy you brought up the bottle rockets for ninjini!

[@lorddarkrai7712]

I gotta say when it comes to easy mode every single sky lander is 100% viable in their own right, unfortunately nightmare mode is an unforgiving playground. Also thank you so much for bringing Skylanders content to my childish brain lol I needed this in my life

[@benwilfahrt86]

Love the content man, I know the audience in nich but I hope you keep it up if you’re still enjoying the process!

[@bencockrel3133]

Whenever he said tenth anniversary, it made me feel so old dude

[@Eduan_the_King]

my goddd so many memoriessss this was like one of my favourite games for ps3 as a kid

[@shinysamurott613]

It's kinda funny to me looking at this list since I'm realizing most of the Skylanders I had ranked among the good ones and also that I had all but one of the new cores in Giants. Weird realisations I guess.

[@puggytheplayingdoggo7121]

I agree that beast mode is kinda useless in nightmare mode, however even without it pop fizz is still a beast. He deals tons of damage and his purple potions can distract enemies so they won't attack him. Fright rider isn't the strongest however he is really fun and you should definitely take the secondary attack path it's stronger and way more fun

[@fivenightsatmimikus7508]

Can't wait for the Swap Force one!

[@raphaelleclair7745]

Amazing tier list, can't wait for swap force

[@airlinefoodiswack4116]

I remember soloing Spyro's Adventure with Terrafin at one point. Ah, good times

[@sinfulxsalty]

Love this series hopefully we get the Swap Force tier list soon.

[@austin.abercrombie]

i need a swap force video now, this is too good

[@lorenzociabattari2405]

Voodood has devasting damage with his axe, why is he in bottom tier? His last combo attack deals 96 damage, insane

[@diogorainha7009]

U do be spittin facts

[@bramharing2023]

Awesome video :) Must say I disagree with a few of your picks but thats just my opinion ofcourse. Overall a very decent tierlist. Do you plan on making more skylanders content? Would love to see it :)

[@vuelle9816]

it's always funny to see a youtuber talking about having 300 subs and then scrolling down to see them with over 1k

[@sweet-nessu]

This is so nostalgic to me bruh

[@thatssteve9280]

Love to watch more videos like this❤

[@BabyGhast4]

It’s awesome seeing how different someone else’s opinion is. For example, I believe that lightning rod deserves A tier.

[@Stereo-hb2lo]

Love seeing skylanders videos that aren't 10+ years old

[@BINGBONGKAZOOEE]

This is bringing me BACK

[@runala6736]

more More MORE! All the game tier lists

[@jorngerritsen1845]

I think voodood is pretty good because his damage if you choose his first pad is pretty good and his combos are insane. Also his pull attack plus his combos are very good

[@BlennzFire]

one of my favorite games ever.

[@volaradmackey4307]

This was literally childhood videogame

[@DJP-qo6xy]

Swap force next please I’d love to see how you categorise them maybe ranking their bottom half separate to their top half due to the different move set

[@snoopdoge3129]

skylanders is such a nostalgic game for me, it is such a good idea and the games were fucking awesome

[@kaboomer227]

3:05: hell naw - zooks mortar on the cactus path is absolutely insane when it comes to large groups of enemies and the wow pow only makes it even more useful

[@thecrackconnoisseur5278]

Eye Brawl and Thumpback in B is criminal NGL

[@icity6486]

when i was a kid i remembered i mained hot dog and zap, so seeing where they were put on the tierlist just made me sad

[@decibels552]

Can’t wait to see Scorp ranked S tier

[@msbandybush]

For me Cynder is like my favorite and best to use her lighting path combo is so good

[@memey6978]

What's funny is one time in I think it was called the Kaos Colosseum in the main story quest is I only had like 15 hp left with double trouble and my sister has nearly full health around the beginning with a different skylander ..let's say I somehow managed to survive until the end while my sister d i e d

[@JimmyAntavius]

oh yeah, chap 9 Kaos’ Kastle is pretty hard

[@con-bob]

Nice, now we got to wait for the one for swap force

[@chumbum3041]

Aye, I don’t know if you know this but with stealth elf, you can combo her combos into each other like you can do (on the wii) A, A, A, Z which would do her standard and then the ninja zigzag

[@Dymastia]

I did not know that, though it doesn't affect her placement at all, I'll have to test that out then

[@camperscout4275]

I personally love Fright Rider, but I respect your opinion.

[@Rothen0303]

Literally my favorite Undead skylanders he sucks on the top path tho.

[@beanisplayez7553]

idk its been like 8-9 years since ive played any skylanders game

[@Brandon-xz2yd]

I personally think that stealth elf is in fact the best one when you choose her main attack path that damage is just insane

[@greathoonta3461]

The thing with giants is enemies usually have shields or AOE attacks which makes ranged characters with good movement the best.

[@darklazermagic6181]

Can we also get tier list videos for other skylander games?

[@TheRowlet7897]

Imo Zook is very top of S tier. Might be a bit exaggerated but OMG HE OS SO GOOD. Please for the love of god use his bottom path PLEASE, the cacti are insane

[@dariusrawson9204]

tree rex is a great character

[@partygaming47]

I wonder if you are going to do a swap force teair list

[@ender01o66]

"Ninjini is slow" Ninjini who has the fastest speed stat of every skylander, Bouncer too

[@Dymastia]

Yea but they feel slower because they don’t have a movement attack, like Bash is slower walking but his secondary attack makes him move faster than most other skylanders

[@ender01o66]

@@Dymastia at least he's not Eye-Brawl, slowest movement speed with no movement abilities, unless you count his primary

[@Dymastia]

@@ender01o66 I’m counting the primary cause that shit is funny

[@ender01o66]

@@Dymastia lmao xD

[@jjohnson2445]

@@Dymastia you forgot about flashwing since she's voiced by Tara strong from mlp fim

[@iamnotanalien2267]

I dont know if this is bias speaking but I feel like drill sergeant is CRIMINALLY underrated and should move up a few tiers

[@Doot1295]

I feel the same for wham shell

[@XquizetBlix]

I haven't played Giants in over half a decade, nor did I pay attention to their performance, so I'll take your word for it I mained Prism Break by the way

[@Sith-bb6tq]

I've been maining flashwing for my latest playthrough and I'm going down the secondary attack path because I struggle to dodge projectiles so it reflecting them is really nice. What are your thoughts on Flashwings secondary path sense it wasn't really mentioned here.

[@retexcrafted]

i am a master prism break player and yeah well can agree with say on a few things. if you want i have a few tips. basically the extra damage on the bottom path isn't as good for the wow pow as you would think, the extra utility from the dividing gems, works really well for crowds especially with arkyian jousters (one of the most common yet still potentially dangers enemies that also spawn in crowds) they basically cant get to you. the strategies basicly goes like this: use prism breaks gems as walls and his third attack as a shov attack when they get to close so you can then shove them into being in range of the gems when you drop them. after hitting them with it use your primary then when its getting close to ending use the wow pow. but you now battles arent that simple cuse there are diffrent enamys but like yeah

[@JimmyAntavius]

prism break is overpowered finally someone who gets it🔥

[@Rogueewolf]

Bro I enjoyed sprocket she's really fun to use, honestly slept on

[@herbertschofield4435]

Pop fizz IS THE GOAT

[@infinityhammer3601]

My favorite Skyland POPFIZZ

[@roblox_x67td]

YOU ARE G.O.A.T.E.D

[@Defnotdiablo]

Man I used to play Skylanders on Xbox 360 when I was like 11 and I frickin loved this game I played it through multiple times but I didn't have some elements so I was always sad that I couldn't fully explore. Then my 360 broke cus it was old as hell and I haven't played it since I was like 14 which is sad.

[@gmonster7242]

Bottom path swarm is kinda crazy, the axe move does like 150 damage, and the shockwave is spammable. Although I haven’t tested it in nightmare mode.

[@brandoncriss0]

Wrecking balls wow pow is slept on so hard; i found a little gimmick to use: disco ball dash, and use the forcefield blast right after you hit an enemy with the disco ball. Hes still a hit and run character, but you can start up the disco ball very very fast in giants, and he does about 100-150 damage every two seconds. Still an C tier character?

[@nicolacallaghan9754]

0:00 (it’s the 10th anniversary of Skylanders Giants) and it’s been 10 months since this video was released XD

[@Drewsta]

This Fright Rider slander will not stand

[@cosmiclikesminecraft]

Damn sucks to hear Fright Rider sucks because I adored him and his design so much

[@Dymastia]

Yea I thought he looked cool too, but his gameplay needs some work, he might be better than I’m giving him credit for here since I only used one path with him.

[@JimmyAntavius]

@@Dymastiayeah, bottom path is WAAAAY better, and you are really only gonna be using the “360 degrees of spear” attack. it has really good dps, you gotta give him a try

[@her3sie]

A information you miss for the giant is that you can just walk and kill small unit like chompy

[@generalgrievous9379]

I will say prism break should probably just be in S tier. If you go for the bottom path Crystaleer. You can drop two sets of three crystals. Then just shoot into any of them and spam the wow pow. The constant flow of good damage mixed with the wow pow just melts bigger targets. And smaller enemies get almost instantly destroyed. It basically like having a disco ball of deadly lasers.

[@paper_pablo]

My little Hex rising 🥹

[@CrazyHazyVR]

I feel like hoot loops first attack is double trouble's but in swap force. Only if you take the first path. if you take the first path and updrade hoot loop with the soul gem he is pretty goated.

[@Bushman06]

eyyy my favourite skylanders

[@Bushman06]

Nostalgia

[@MonkeyCookieClicker]

Trap team was the best imo

[@mcbuttstuff]

I love tree Rex he is so fun to play I have him with the yellow top hat (or was it a fedora?) on him wish I had the blue one since blue is my favorite color

[@cerealjam]

Stealth elf will always be top tier cause shes what made me beat tge gane when i got her

[@pro_at_being_noob]

I like wrecking ball because he can eat small ememies!

[@chestkeeper7508]

I feel like an idiot for making a tier list for the individual soul gems

[@longeyesman714]

10 YEARS that was my first console game

[@shadowsnake5133]

If we're looking at the Skylanders as in the playable characters, the list quickly segreagates into basically an ever growing sea of irrelevant Skylanders as each game introduces this new stringer version that has exclusive gates and... Guys? Where are you going? What do you mean sales are going down as people buy the bare minimum as to avoid wasting money because we'll invalidate the whole line? WHO LET THEM KNOW?

[@Dymastia]

Yea trap team made cores irrelevant since they can’t open elemental gates and do less damage to bosses, and superchargers only needed 3 vehicles, once I finished superchargers and got 3 stars on every level I just dropped the series.

[@warnado5007]

I would have put cynder in S or at least the top of A because the explosive ghosts thing was really bad in SSA but it's super busted in giants. One of the better ways to deal with bosses in this game

[@jacobeverton2322]

Do what element is used the most in giants

[@robertbudacki6176]

he is S tier for sure

[@EmperorTRexik]

When the swap force video dropping

[@kianlangthorne7238]

I’m a bit biased to crusher because my friend beat me thousands of time as crusher while I was thumpback he just out damaged me