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[Iron Fist]

A great villain should have several backup plans, in case things go wrong.

[n2nw]

Cunning, unique personality, deep character, appealing look of a villian, bad ass dialogue and cool name.

 

Irenicus.  Best. Villian. Ever.

 

He was great because he was and had all of those things.  And as much as you wanted to just kick him straight to the Void, he was also a sympathetic character.  He had a sister for whom he held affection, a lost love that he desperately tried to remember and feel again even when he was losing his grip on his humanity/elven-ness(?), and a loss that deeply changed him and fueled the revenge that made him so detestable.  Pure inspiration.

 

Oh, but you left out a voice actor that brings it all to life.  Thank you, David Warner.

[Shelondias]

I think a villain should be, first and foremost, entertaining.

Look at The Master from the first season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer- every scene with him kept me hooked. He was scary, witty, undeniably evil, but he was also just a little affable. He's the one I remember the most out of the plethora of villains that that show had, and it's just too bad that he wasn't around for very long.

A good villain makes me care about whether the heroes can defeat him, and the same goes for the heroes.

[Shadow Fox]

I personally believe the best villains are dark reflections of the hero like say a Warden that follows their duty to the extreme.

[myahele]

I want non sexy flemeth and maybe current morrigan. Not sure if villains are the best to describe them, but they sure are cunning and never know whats on thier minds.

To me it seems like Flemeth is bigger picture. She has changed the fate of maric and crew, warden, hawke, maybe even the inquisitor.

It seems as if she manipulated morrigan, but now she's exceeded her expectation

[AtreiyaN7]

An English accent and a cat - duh!

[Iron Fist]

A great villain does NOT monologue when he or she has captured the hero. That hero should be dead within about two minutes of capture.

[AresKeith]

Why was this moved?

[Blooddrunk1004]

I don't understand why people consider Loghain as anti-villain.

 

I like villians like Kreia (Darth Traya) a manipulative mastermind who is alone pursuing the only moral agenda in galaxy. A villain who makes you question her motives and believes. The best game that IMO handled that is Legacy of Kain series.

Kain and Raziel are the best of case what defines anti-villain and anti-hero.

[74 Wrex]

A villain who doesn't brag on and on about how they plan everything out for a over 10 minutes and who takes no chances when finishing off his enemies meaning taking no prisoners and does not spare the villain's greatest enemy or potential enemies for any reason like 'You are not worthy for me to kill'

[AventuroLegendary]

Depends on the villain. My favorite villains aren't so much villains as they are people circumstance has pit you against. You have your agenda, they have theirs.

 

For any type of villain, one that is actually competent. 

[DrBlingzle]

They've got to be linked to the protagonist in some way, like the joker and batman. He/she must ultimately be human with a deep backstory and reasons for their goals and not just some 1-dimentional badguy who is completly unrealistic.

It's also good if theyr'e smart, suave, 1 step ahead of the protagonist and have a british accent.

[dragonflight288]

[EmissaryofLies]

One word. Bald.

 

Bald people are immoral; good villains are bald.

[Taleroth]

I don't understand why people consider Loghain as anti-villain.

Later content (like Return to Ostagar) and Loghain's words if you make him a Warden seem to have taken strides to justify what he did. Personally, I think the claims and his actions were entirely at odds, but some people chose to believe them.

[Monoten]

I think what makes a great villain, is expressing a personal belief that you could understand. You don't have to agree with it of course, but you can understand the reasoning behind it.

[Master Warder Z_]

A great villain does NOT monologue when he or she has captured the hero. That hero should be dead within about two minutes of capture.

 

Some one has read the Evil Overlord list  

[dragonflight288]

Some one has read the Evil Overlord list

 

That's a great list! 

[Master Warder Z_]

That's a great list! 

 

I have read it several times, its quite amusing.

 

It also basically lists every foul up you can make as a possible fictional dictator.

[dragonflight288]

A great villain won't turn into a giant snake. It doesn't help.

[Master Warder Z_]

A great villain won't turn into a giant snake. It doesn't help.

 

Or swallow any energy field larger then their head

 

Never ends well.

[dragonflight288]

Or swallow any energy field larger then their head

 

Never ends well.

 

If they are fighting a hero on a moving platform, and see the hero duck, they should duck as well and not just turn around and see why the hero ducked in the first place. 

[Master Warder Z_]

If they are fighting a hero on a moving platform, and see the hero duck, they should duck as well and not just turn around and see why the hero ducked in the first place. 

 

The Hero should be promptly killed if captured, no last requests or lengthy questioning sessions.

[dragonflight288]

The Hero should be promptly killed if captured, no last requests or lengthy questioning sessions.

 

The villain should also see the corpse and not just leave the hero in some "fool-proof escape-proof" death trap and assume he's dead.