Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-33665275-20171120035000/@comment-33735614-20171122182153

Great Ochoa wrote: It's not just Fasttrack either. There's a lot of aliens in the Ben 10 franchise that are either pointless to have and/or are so incredibly powerful that they render some of Ben's other more unique aliens useless and they break the balance of power between Ben and his enemies. Echo Echo, for example, makes Ditto and Benwolf completely useless. Eatle is basically a larger version of Upchuck with a glaring blindspot. ChamAlien is completely useless considering that Ben already has Ghostfreak and Big Chill. Etc etc etc. Ben's roster of aliens is just overall really bloated and unbalanced. guten tag Ochoa! we meet again! long time no see eh? remember me from ben 10 club.com? just thought i'd elaborate on why those aliens exist. no hard feelings, OK?

1) echo echo can multiply and scream, but he's physicly weaker than blitzwolfer or ditto with his small size and lack of muscle. and blitzwolfer also has enhanced senses and sharp claws. not to mention that Echo Echo is frail and can be destroyed in just a few hits while ditto has better durability.

2) while eatle does have a huge bindspot, he is physicly stronger than upchuck and is capable of delivering a solid laser rather than an explosive projectile. But he is huge and made of metal (armor?) that is clunky and loud, and he can only eat what is immediately in front of him while upchuck has longer tongues. Eatle is pure power and strength whie upchuck can be stealthy and quick.

3) Big chill can't turn invisible and ben was afraid of using ghostfreak.

the point is that you're trying to say that brainstorm was frankenstrike and grey matter or that swampfire was wildvine and heatblast. not every alien has to be 100% unique! he can only become one alien at a time, so sometimes there needs to be an alien that can do the job of two.

although, yeah, fasttrack only looks and sounds cool. in reality he's useless.