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[roboticaust]

Flywrench

hes just too damn hard to control

He's really not that bad to control.  Getting used to Runman and Naija takes more work than figuring out how to Flywrench imo.

[LeetFruitBoy]

Flywrench

hes just too damn hard to control

He's really not that bad to control.  Getting used to Runman and Naija takes more work than figuring out how to Flywrench imo.

I dunno he just seems to sluggish for me to really use him.

[TunnelingEffect]

Headcrab is a pure gimmick, at least Gooball has awesome SFX.

[roboticaust]

Flywrench

hes just too damn hard to control

He's really not that bad to control.  Getting used to Runman and Naija takes more work than figuring out how to Flywrench imo.

I dunno he just seems to sluggish for me to really use him.

You do know he does move faster when you hold down the special button right?  He's not really that sluggish, just jumps very slowly.  This makes him unique for doing levels that don't require much hopping.  He is particularly useful for climbing up and falling down things with incredible speed, giving him a place in competitive speedruns.  I personally don't use him often, but there are levels where he can sneak past Naija without trying.

[FlipTaco]

Josef, for sure. He has an average running speed, low jump height and his ability basically allows you to hover for half a second. He's really not useful compared to every other character.

[sunnygowing]

Josef is really only useful in levels with fans (and maybe the gravity orbs), but...yeah he isn't great. I didn't realise how unpopular Josef was until I saw the results of this poll! 

[AlwaysSleepyGuy]

Just to clarify, Gish and Goo Ball are the same, but Head Crabs jump works a little differently.  

Its a common misconception.  If you have both versions try out 1-3 with each of the characters--Goo Ball can't make the jump; Headcrab makes it barely; Gish makes it easily.  

[roboticaust]

To further the Josef topic since it's been brought up again, there is one level in chapter 4 where his ability to get an extra hop is useful at getting a bandage.  However, it is both faster and easier to achieve with Ogmo, who you get in the previous chapter anyhow.  I don't care to open the game and hunt down the level in question at the moment, but you get the idea of how useless he is.

[SuperMeatFan]

Headcrab

I sometimes wonder when I use him..Oh yeah.For that one bandage on 1-9.


Plus I want gooball instead....i dun wants to keep typing ballgoo each time...besides.Gooball is cute.
Headcrab is creepy-ish.

[Maruhai]

For me Josef is just a beat version of Ogmo but that you have sooner in the game.

[roboticaust]

Iunno, can't do that extra jump easily which makes him less useful.  I couldn't even get that one bandage in the salt factory that requires you to fall down into a hole that's filled with a metric ton of salt and quickly double jump out or die in an ocean of white pain.  I had to go back once I unlocked Ogmo.

As mentioned, he's unique for fans with that hover of his.  The only problem is, the standard games fans aren't really that difficult to navigate normally.  I can possibly see insanely difficult to navigate fan levels both blowing and sucking where he could possibly be super useful, but user made content really isn't what we are weighing this vote on.  Not to mention, no ones made a Josef only fan hell level... yet.  Feel free to steal this concept despite the fact I already have something similar but less daunting in my Naija chapter (less daunting in the sense that it's actually possible with her unlike a truthfully Josef only level)

[Za Fuuru]

Jill is without a doubt the most useless character on XBLA version of the game. Commander Video is very useful in two levels in Hell world, using him yo can pass under a platform and cut many seconds. Besides he will get a full chapter on Teh Internets. Pink Knight is pretty useless but he/she is not bad in levels with fans. The Ninja is good for 2-3 levels but with him you can't do awesome times, he is just light and can go up easily.

[roboticaust]

Iunno, I found Jill useful enough on 2-2 and 2-2x when I first reached them due to utter laziness at the time (just wanted to a+ my way through as much content as I could as quickly as I could).

[LordSturm]

I voted Pink Knight, because she's basically Josef but unlocked much later, which makes her totally useless.  I actually found Josef to be very useful in the Hospital due to all the fans.  It's possible to get some good times on a couple of levels with Josef because of the fans, and he also makes them super easy.  I used Good Ball/Headcrab/Gish to get some tough bandages, and Ogmo's useful until you get the Kid.  Like it's been said, Flywrench is still useful for speedruns, Viridian breaks a ton of levels (most of my best times are on levels with him), and Naija, Runman and Spelunky are self-explanatory...

[valzi]

Viridian breaks a ton of levels (most of my best times are on levels with him)

Yeah, I wouldn't mind if he was blocked and removed from the leaderboards.  However, I do really like playing as him, so it doesn't really bother me either.