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Escafil
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Cassie's battle morph
« Thread started on: May 29th, 2008, 06:38am » |
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okay, I don't understand Cassie's battle morph. i mean, it is pretty weak compared to the others' battle morphs.
I mean:
Jake: Tiger
- Most agile of the battle morphs.
- can deliver damage to Hork Bajir without taking a single hit in a one on one battle.
- Fastest for short distances.
- Perfect one on one morph (except for lions).
- With Jake's battle style (efficient), the Tiger and him are in perfect harmony in a fight.
Rachel: Grizzly
- Grrrrrrr.... Power!!!
- A Grizzly can take a lot of punishment due to its powerful fur, and deliver a lot of damage back to enemies.
- The battle morph that can stand first in the fray, and the last one standing in the battle.
- With Rachel's battle style (aggressive) and instinct, the perfect slaughter machine.
Marco: Gorilla
- Not much firepower compared to the Bear and the Cat, but the Gorilla is definitely the nimblest.
- The only battle morph able to wield a weapon.
- The only battle morph that can do things a human can do.
- A single punch won't kill a Hork Bajir, but can definitely knock him out, living the other Animorphs to finish him out or leave him for dead.
- Marco can drive. So does the Gorilla. 
Tobias: Hawk/Hork Bajir
- As a hawk, Tobias becomes the perfect lookout and spy, great as support in a battle.
- In Hork Bajir, his battle instinct as a hawk makes him deadlier than the average Hork Bajir.
- A diving Hawk can blind an enemy, crippling him useless for the others to dispose of.
- A Hawk can see EVERYTHING. That includes the Gedd hiding at the corner to sneak a Dracon Fire at Marco.
- He can actually demorph to his battle morph, removing injury, and at the same time prepare for battle.
Ax: Andalite
- Do I have to explain this?
Cassie: Wolf
This is where it gets a bit strange.
okay, a wolf doesn't have claws like Jake, and can only go for the lethal bite, which felines are better at.
The only advantage the wolf has, is its speed and endurance, which is good.... for running away.... which you DON'T do in a battle when all your friends CAN'T run Away.
Why wolf? Sure, you can pursue enemies running away, but a tiger can catch up to most creatures at short distances, right?
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Re: Cassie's battle morph
« Reply #1 on: May 29th, 2008, 09:16am » |
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Because KA was runing out of powerful animals.
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Re: Cassie's battle morph
« Reply #2 on: May 29th, 2008, 09:31am » |
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but i guess the wolf kinda works for cassie, shes a lame fighter so she has a lame morph. Ive always wondered about this too, why give her such a morph? I guess there wernt enough animals but im sure she could have thought of other ones.
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Re: Cassie's battle morph
« Reply #3 on: May 29th, 2008, 09:40am » |
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I agree with Esplin.
Cassie doesn't really like fights, she's a peacemaker, so she doesn't like to have a big morph who can kill too many people. Already her wolf killed many Hork-Bajirs and she was sad about that. But imagine her with a more deadly morph, for example a grizzly with strengh but who doesn't really know where it goes... She was afraid about the bad things she can do... and she may like this morph, because it can be useful and it's close to dogs...
I think, if she'd had the choise, she'd take an horse morph for every battle =_='
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Re: Cassie's battle morph
« Reply #4 on: May 29th, 2008, 09:42am » |
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lol horse, what a crappy battle morph, i loved the crocodile one.
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Re: Cassie's battle morph
« Reply #5 on: May 29th, 2008, 10:05am » |
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on May 29th, 2008, 09:31am, Esplin 9466 wrote:| but i guess the wolf kinda works for cassie, shes a lame fighter so she has a lame morph. |
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hahahaha burn
i was always kinda pissed about this one myself, but it fits cassies personality and its really the only option without having something from the same family as one of the others
when you think about the auxiliarys battle morphs they were definately other options buffalo, boa, croc, rhino, elephant, but none of them are well rounded enough. They cant move in tight places, some cant move quick enough for gettaways
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Re: Cassie's battle morph
« Reply #6 on: May 29th, 2008, 10:17am » |
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on May 29th, 2008, 09:31am, Esplin 9466 wrote:| but i guess the wolf kinda works for cassie, shes a lame fighter so she has a lame morph. |
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and that pretty much sums it up, 'eh?
idk, I don't think Cassie would have been any more useful in a battle with a more powerful morph than she is with the wolf.
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Re: Cassie's battle morph
« Reply #8 on: May 29th, 2008, 12:53pm » |
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There was one thing that always bothered me about this. Every other Animorph acquired at a battle morph in book one, but Cassie went round the Gardens and didn't acquire anything, they didn't do wolves until book three. Worse she was prepared to walk into the first Yeerk Pool assault armed with nothing stronger than a horse morph.
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Re: Cassie's battle morph
« Reply #9 on: May 29th, 2008, 1:08pm » |
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on May 29th, 2008, 06:38am, Escafil wrote:
You're serious? You'd question Cassie's choice of battle morph in the form of a wolf, but not Tobias' hawk?? The wolf was plenty dangerous. It had its weaknesses, compared to the other morphs, but it had its strengths too, no question; Cassie has kicked some ass over the course of the series as a wolf.
But Tobias stays as a hawk. I guess in hindsight it's not so bad a thing, since he spots dangers and maybe tears a few hork-bajir eyes out, but still, HAWK? In battle? Seems irresponsible to me.
on May 29th, 2008, 12:53pm, Mongoose wrote:| There was one thing that always bothered me about this. Every other Animorph acquired at a battle morph in book one, but Cassie went round the Gardens and didn't acquire anything, they didn't do wolves until book three. Worse she was prepared to walk into the first Yeerk Pool assault armed with nothing stronger than a horse morph. |
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That always bothered me too
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Re: Cassie's battle morph
« Reply #10 on: May 29th, 2008, 1:25pm » |
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Yeah, I can understand hawk for alot, but indoors, a hawk has no wind, altitude or manueverability
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Re: Cassie's battle morph
« Reply #11 on: May 29th, 2008, 3:42pm » |
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on May 29th, 2008, 09:16am, musicman88 wrote:| Because KA was runing out of powerful animals. |
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That can't be true. Do you know how many dangerous animals that she didn't use?Cassie could've been a panther, a lynx, a wildebeest, she acquired a cape buffalo and I have no idea why she only used that morph once cause that would've really come in handy. I was also pissed that she didn't acquire anything at the Gardens, as many animals as there were, she could've at least acquired a crocodile.
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Re: Cassie's battle morph
« Reply #12 on: May 29th, 2008, 4:36pm » |
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on May 29th, 2008, 3:42pm, Blue22 wrote:| That can't be true. Do you know how many dangerous animals that she didn't use?Cassie could've been a panther, a lynx, a wildebeest, she acquired a cape buffalo and I have no idea why she only used that morph once cause that would've really come in handy. I was also pissed that she didn't acquire anything at the Gardens, as many animals as there were, she could've at least acquired a crocodile. |
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I think a wolf is better than a croc, a croc relies on the element of surprise more than anything, not good for retreats either....
I think a wolf fits Cassie's personality, and I always did find it weird that she didn't have a unique battle morph, I think it was still deadly and good enough, especially with its speed and senses. And I do think KA wanted only one morph per animal family....
And you can't fault her for the first battle, she didn't expect to be taken by a controller to the pool before she had the chance to find a better morph! I think she was probably planning on finding something else....
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Re: Cassie's battle morph
« Reply #13 on: May 29th, 2008, 7:12pm » |
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i agree with everybody about the morph being lame for fighting but fitting cassie's personality... but what also bugged me the about her morph is that everyone had a wolf morph. the rest of them had a unique battle morph pertaining to their fighting strategy and cassie just stuck with a morph everybody else had.
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Re: Cassie's battle morph
« Reply #14 on: May 29th, 2008, 7:31pm » |
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on May 29th, 2008, 7:12pm, sonali wrote:| i agree with everybody about the morph being lame for fighting but fitting cassie's personality... but what also bugged me the about her morph is that everyone had a wolf morph. the rest of them had a unique battle morph pertaining to their fighting strategy and cassie just stuck with a morph everybody else had. |
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But we could easily say that no one used the wolf morph because it didn't pertain to their fighting strategy like it did to Cassie's...
I agree though, i was very disappointed about the wolf morph upon first reading the series long ago, and the horse in The Invasion really annoyed me. But it actually made sense. I was also bothered that she didnt have a battle morph of her own, one unclaimed by the others. But now i think its pretty cool that she stuck with the wolf morph, although that leopard in #19 The Departure, wouldve been a great addition to her DNA bank...
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