i'll start off by sharing a few common sentiments

"pointless is weak"

"alex is a little baby compared to [character from another fangame]"

"haha, burning headslide in og painful costs less than flying axe kick, game balance moment"

and guess what, i agree, all three statements are true

alex is far weaker than he should be

there is no logical reason for alex to face penalties for his twisted stance, his minor and major iris, and his goat kick or whatever

because when you compare them to his flying axe kick and his goat headbutt?

they

are

baby shit

let's push aside sowts and infinity unfolds for the moment and focus on og pointless, more specifically, the fight with silvester de maistre

when you start the match, silvester has the +levitate status effect, which basically means he's immune to all attacks that aren't airborne

attacks such as flying bottles can still hit him and remove that status

guess what else can remove it?

flying axe kick

flying axe kick has the same general range as a flying bottle

let's stop for a moment and take this time to imagine an old man leaping 2 to 3 metres into the air to kick another old man with a questionable fashion sense

still here with me?

alright, let's move on to sowts

one of the boss fights you can encounter is a big bird

(image taken from ifinitizedalex's video)

it can give itself the +flying status, which functions like +levitate except this time it can't be removed by damange

guess what still works on it?

flying axe kick

flying axe kick works on birds and its even more ridiculous solely on the basis that it is a bird that can, i don't know, move out of the fucking way with its wings????? but it can't because alex is just that fucking fast, apparently

alex casually leapt from the earth to the air so quickly a big bird couldn't dodge it in time, that has got to be what, 3 to 5 metres this time?

then alex proceeds to twist his body to regain some sp, and you're telling me he's too old for that when he can leap a few metres into the air with a breeze?

this

is

bullshit

complete utter bullshit

you can't just cripple me whenever i want to do the major iris on an unsuspecting motherfucker waving his knife in my face when all i wanna do is go to the motherfucking city with my motherfucking best friend who will implant his bullet into a surgeon for me

i guess the poor little shit will just have to do with me flying at 200 km/h to plant my leg into his fucking face

that has got to permanently cripple him

in comparison, what would a free acupuncture even do?

devs, explain this

why is alex too old for the minor iris when flying axe kick works just fine