Scorm: To be honest, I was going to put Scorm in B Tier at first, but putting him below Maula and Reagull just didn't feel right. Scorm was an effective main villain for season 2, but he was not very developed as a character. Season 2's ridiculously short length is in part to blame for that. I remember when I was explaining the motivations of Chima's main villains to someone who hadn't watched the show, and, looking back, I realize just how much of the Scorm part was headcanon. It was kind of implied that Scorm was taking all the chi from Chima because he was a religious zealot trying to please the "Great Scorpion in the Sky", but that motivation was barely elaborated on, and was contradicted when Scorm and the Crawlers started fighting the inlanders again in episode 36... after having learned that it was an inlander, not the "Great Scorpion", who evolved the Crawlers, and after being rescued by inlanders from a common enemy who was freezing everyone and everything in Chima, Outlanders and inlanders alike. Like... what?? Scorm had literally no reason to resume his fight with the inlanders in season 3. I mean, sure, maybe he wants revenge, but teaming up with the inlanders against invaders who are freezing everything would've been a better move for the good of his people, and putting petty revenge for one loss against the inlanders (a loss that didn't even result in any Crawler casualties) over the good of his tribes just made Scorm seem like an idiot in season 3. Perhaps Season 3's biggest mistake (other than the character of Li'ella and the Flinx filler episode) was resetting the status quo with the Crawlers. After being freed from Fangar's fortress, the Crawlers are just back in the Outlands, schemeing to attack the inlanders (until the Illumination happened), and they didn't do anything by the end of the season. The Crawlers may as well have not been frozen by the Hunters down in the Gorge, and it wouldn't have changed anything important in season 3. Thinking about it, Scorm was pretty much a trash villain in season 3, due to how that arc was written, but pre-season 3 Scorm was an effective main villain, for the unfairly little screen time he was given.
A Tier (continued)- Maula: She's a follower of Sir Fangar, so same motivation there. While she's riding the coattails of Fangar's movement like the other Hunters, she does have children as well, which is interesting; we've never seen the father. For all we know, the Mammoth King was slain by tigers or phoenix... but I guess we'll never know, so there's not much else to say about Maula.
Reagull: Essentially the main villain of episode 14, Reagull's backstory and motivation was extremely solid. The only problem was that his plan was stupid. If his character had been taken more seriously in his one episode and his plan had actually been menacing and had meaningful ramifications, Reagull would've easily been at the top of the A Tier, rather than the bottom.
B Tier- Vardy: Same as Maula, a follower of Fangar's movement, but without the added layer of being a parent (as far as we know). I like Vardy's personality better than Maula's, but he never really did anything of note in the important battles of season 3 (except freezing the chi falls, which inadvertently helped the opposite side), instead often fading into the background despite being a tribe leader (the reason I feel like Vardy should've been written as Fangar's right hand man, instead of Stealthor), and he did get kind of taken down by Cragger in episode 28, before Cragger had obtained fire chi, which is kind of sad, and definitely an epic fail on Vardy's part.
Ripnik: Not as nuanced as any of the villains above him on the Tier List, but Ripnik was an effective main antagonist for episode 6, manipulating three entire tribes (four if you count the Crocs) into fighting each other; an impressive feat. Ripnik would've been quite a dangerous Raven King; no wonder Razar didn't grant him a high rank in the tribe (well, unless "master thief" is an actual rank for the Ravens, which wouldn't surprise me). Ripnik's incredibly apathetic personality was also entertaining to watch. Unlike Razar, he literally didn't care at all that the Lion Army and essentially the entire Wolf and Eagle tribes could be destroyed, which is wonderfully messed up.
C Tier- Worriz: Second worst main villain of season 1. Worriz was a fine character in seasons 2 and 3, but that was when he was one of the good guys. Worriz' motivation for destroying the Lions was just so, so stupid. I don't know why the Wolves would've let such a clearly emotionally unstable and immature moron lead them. The only time(s) Worriz' motivations made sense in season 1 was in episode 6, and I guess kind of, sort of, in episode 10? Not to mention the way the "wolves stealing chi" arc was ended in such a dumb way. Why would Worriz just stop stealing chi after getting temporarily brainwashed by Reagull's fake chi? I'd even go so far as to say that Worriz (along with the two villains below him on this list) is likely the reason why people who haven't watched the show dismiss Chima's villains as all being bad, with bad motivations.
D Tier- Rhogon: Worst main villain in season 1. He only joined the villains' side in the last two episodes, but if you ask me, Rhogon was like a meta antagonist for the whole season, weighing down the show because of how bad of a character he was, with that annoying voice, the annoying things he did, and not to mention his stupid love subplot with Eris, by far one of the cringiest parts of an otherwise great show. That being said, at least the writers redeemed Rhogon by somehow making him likeable in seasons 2 and 3, (and removing the Eris crush cringe in the latter).
F Tier- Spinlyn: The worst villain in the series, and the second worst Chima character of all time, after Li'ella. I absolutely despise literally everything about Spinlyn. She has no redeeming qualities as a character. She's not even an ironically "so bad they're good" type villain like Worriz and Rhogon. Spinlyn's personality is so obnoxious, more so than it's supposed to be. Chima villains seem to be controversial in general for some reason, but I honestly don't think anyone, Chima fan or otherwise, would disagree with me when I say Spinlyn is the absolute worst.
And that concludes that, thank you for watching my TED Talk.
A Tier (continued)- Maula: She's a follower of Sir Fangar, so same motivation there. While she's riding the coattails of Fangar's movement like the other Hunters, she does have children as well, which is interesting; we've never seen the father. For all we know, the Mammoth King was slain by tigers or phoenix... but I guess we'll never know, so there's not much else to say about Maula.
Reagull: Essentially the main villain of episode 14, Reagull's backstory and motivation was extremely solid. The only problem was that his plan was stupid. If his character had been taken more seriously in his one episode and his plan had actually been menacing and had meaningful ramifications, Reagull would've easily been at the top of the A Tier, rather than the bottom.
B Tier- Vardy: Same as Maula, a follower of Fangar's movement, but without the added layer of being a parent (as far as we know). I like Vardy's personality better than Maula's, but he never really did anything of note in the important battles of season 3 (except freezing the chi falls, which inadvertently helped the opposite side), instead often fading into the background despite being a tribe leader (the reason I feel like Vardy should've been written as Fangar's right hand man, instead of Stealthor), and he did get kind of taken down by Cragger in episode 28, before Cragger had obtained fire chi, which is kind of sad, and definitely an epic fail on Vardy's part.
Ripnik: Not as nuanced as any of the villains above him on the Tier List, but Ripnik was an effective main antagonist for episode 6, manipulating three entire tribes (four if you count the Crocs) into fighting each other; an impressive feat. Ripnik would've been quite a dangerous Raven King; no wonder Razar didn't grant him a high rank in the tribe (well, unless "master thief" is an actual rank for the Ravens, which wouldn't surprise me). Ripnik's incredibly apathetic personality was also entertaining to watch. Unlike Razar, he literally didn't care at all that the Lion Army and essentially the entire Wolf and Eagle tribes could be destroyed, which is wonderfully messed up.
C Tier- Worriz: Second worst main villain of season 1. Worriz was a fine character in seasons 2 and 3, but that was when he was one of the good guys. Worriz' motivation for destroying the Lions was just so, so stupid. I don't know why the Wolves would've let such a clearly emotionally unstable and immature moron lead them. The only time(s) Worriz' motivations made sense in season 1 was in episode 6, and I guess kind of, sort of, in episode 10? Not to mention the way the "wolves stealing chi" arc was ended in such a dumb way. Why would Worriz just stop stealing chi after getting temporarily brainwashed by Reagull's fake chi? I'd even go so far as to say that Worriz (along with the two villains below him on this list) is likely the reason why people who haven't watched the show dismiss Chima's villains as all being bad, with bad motivations.
D Tier- Rhogon: Worst main villain in season 1. He only joined the villains' side in the last two episodes, but if you ask me, Rhogon was like a meta antagonist for the whole season, weighing down the show because of how bad of a character he was, with that annoying voice, the annoying things he did, and not to mention his stupid love subplot with Eris, by far one of the cringiest parts of an otherwise great show. That being said, at least the writers redeemed Rhogon by somehow making him likeable in seasons 2 and 3, (and removing the Eris crush cringe in the latter).
F Tier- Spinlyn: The worst villain in the series, and the second worst Chima character of all time, after Li'ella. I absolutely despise literally everything about Spinlyn. She has no redeeming qualities as a character. She's not even an ironically "so bad they're good" type villain like Worriz and Rhogon. Spinlyn's personality is so obnoxious, more so than it's supposed to be. Chima villains seem to be controversial in general for some reason, but I honestly don't think anyone, Chima fan or otherwise, would disagree with me when I say Spinlyn is the absolute worst.
And that concludes that, thank you for watching my TED Talk.
Oh, I just remembered, regarding Worriz, the reason he and the wolves stopped stealing chi after episode 14 was because (while they were in that state) they had all their chi taken away from them by Laval and Cragger, so they weren't able to overpower the other tribes using an already excessive amount of energy anymore, forced to go back to accepting regular amounts from the Lions. I had forgotten the point episode 14 was making to explain how the Wolves' threat had been neutralized.
That being said, the reveal of Worriz' "destiny" in episode 16 proved that he really was (at least in season 1) just an immature, hyper moron who would probably throw his Monster energy drink at the TV when the power goes out.
C Tier- Worriz: Second worst main villain of season 1. Worriz was a fine character in seasons 2 and 3, but that was when he was one of the good guys. Worriz' motivation for destroying the Lions was just so, so stupid. I don't know why the Wolves would've let such a clearly emotionally unstable and immature moron lead them. The only time(s) Worriz' motivations made sense in season 1 was in episode 6, and I guess kind of, sort of, in episode 10? Not to mention the way the "wolves stealing chi" arc was ended in such a dumb way. Why would Worriz just stop stealing chi after getting temporarily brainwashed by Reagull's fake chi? I'd even go so far as to say that Worriz (along with the two villains below him on this list) is likely the reason why people who haven't watched the show dismiss Chima's villains as all being bad, with bad motivations.
D Tier- Rhogon: Worst main villain in season 1. He only joined the villains' side in the last two episodes, but if you ask me, Rhogon was like a meta antagonist for the whole season, weighing down the show because of how bad of a character he was, with that annoying voice, the annoying things he did, and not to mention his stupid love subplot with Eris, by far one of the cringiest parts of an otherwise great show. That being said, at least the writers redeemed Rhogon by somehow making him likeable in seasons 2 and 3, (and removing the Eris crush cringe in the latter).
F Tier- Spinlyn: The worst villain in the series, and the second worst Chima character of all time, after Li'ella. I absolutely despise literally everything about Spinlyn. She has no redeeming qualities as a character. She's not even an ironically "so bad they're good" type villain like Worriz and Rhogon. Spinlyn's personality is so obnoxious, more so than it's supposed to be. Chima villains seem to be controversial in general for some reason, but I honestly don't think anyone, Chima fan or otherwise, would disagree with me when I say Spinlyn is the absolute worst.
And that concludes that, thank you for watching my TED Talk.
Oh, I just remembered, regarding Worriz, the reason he and the wolves stopped stealing chi after episode 14 was because (while they were in that state) they had all their chi taken away from them by Laval and Cragger, so they weren't able to overpower the other tribes using an already excessive amount of energy anymore, forced to go back to accepting regular amounts from the Lions. I had forgotten the point episode 14 was making to explain how the Wolves' threat had been neutralized.
That being said, the reveal of Worriz' "destiny" in episode 16 proved that he really was (at least in season 1) just an immature, hyper moron who would probably throw his Monster energy drink at the TV when the power goes out.
*Worriz rapidly completing quick time events to finish off a boss on Critical Mode*
Worriz: Yes, YES!
*Outside, a small bird pecks away at the wire connecting electricity to his house and finally snaps it.*
Worriz: Wha-NOOOO!
*Throws his Monster energy drink at TV and the screen cracks. Suddenly realizing what he's done, he rushes over and lifts the fallen TV, only for Windra to walk in at that exact moment.*
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