Golden Axe: The Revenge of Death Adder/Characters

Of all the characters, probably the best for learning players would be Dora the Centauress or Trix the peasant. Dora has the cheapest magic (4 pots/shot) and starts with enough magic pots for 3 doses worth of blasting, while Trix has slightly more expensive magic (6 pots/shot) that has the power to spawn a pile of apples for each player&mdash;a very useful non-offensive power that makes him an instant favourite for teamplay. Drop him before you get to Death Adder, however (see Strategies). Trix is the easiest character to defeat Death Adder with; he is the only character who can corner Death Adder with repeated dashing attacks. Trix and Dora are the two easiest characters to beat the game without using a continue.

Sternblade

 * Weapon: Broadsword
 * Special: Spinning Slash
 * Initial magic pots: 9/9

Sternblade plays very much the same as Ax Battler from past games. Despite his similar appearance to Ax Battler, Stern does not play like Ax Battler. Stern has the best dashing attack in the game, compared with Ax Battler who had the worst dashing attack in the entire series, which allows Stern to be a much more technical character. Stern can use his excellent dashing attack (which happens to do the most damage among all dashing attacks) to easily knock back enemies and to corner (infinite combo) certain bosses and defeat them without taking any damage. Stern is the only character that is unable to hit downed enemies with his diving attack; however, his running-jumping-downward-attack (which hits both standing and downed enemies) deals the most damage in the game (tied with Goah). Overall, Stern is a balanced character who can rely on his superior dashing attack to deal with most situations.

Stern's magic attack is Firestorm, which uses 9 pots. All enemies are burned up, bodies and all. If one of its victims is a soldier there is a closeup of his face as he burns! (4.33 damage per potion)

Goah

 * Weapon: Really Big Axe
 * Special: Cannonball
 * Initial magic pots: 13/13

Gilius rides on his back in a sack and can be somewhat controlled at a certain point. Goah is the slowest-moving character, but deals the most damage with his combos. He is arguably the most difficult character to beat the game without a continue due to his inability to efficiently take on multiple enemies.

He also casts the "cloud-fog being" spell, which is the most powerful of all RODA spells. It costs 13 pots. A giant hairy skull appears and breathes a cloud of deadly smoke; human foes turn to stone before smashing to pieces. (4.92 damage per potion)

Dora

 * Weapon: (? sort of a padded club thing)
 * Special: (Hind Kick)
 * Initial magic pots: 12/4

Dora is a Centaur, but her legs shapeshift into a normal human to ride Bizaarians. She has the second fastest walking speed (after Trix), but has the fastest running speed. Her biggest advantage are her very damaging and useful jumping attacks (although she has a weak running-jumping-downward-attack). Her diving attack, in particular, is very useful against normal enemies and bosses alike. If Stern's distinguishing feature is his dashing attack, then Dora's is her diving attack (performed by jumping and pressing attack AFTER the peak of the jump); the advantage of the diving attack is that it can hit multiple enemies (including downed enemies), while the advantage of the dashing attack is that it is faster and safer. Unfortunately, Dora possesses the absolute worst dashing attack in the game (lowest damage, pitiful reach, and the sole inability to double-hit cornered bosses), and also has a tall hurtbox, making her a big target for enemies' jumping attacks. Overall, Dora is an excellent character when her high mobility and powerful crowd-clearing diving kick are utilized well to dispatch enemies.

Her magic is Earth's Fury: chunks of earth fly up, interspersed with lightning. She has the most useful offensive magic in the game due to her ability to cast it the most (4.75 damage per potion). Don't expect to kill many enemies with her magic (i.e. do not use it as a "finishing attack"); instead, use it to get out of sticky situations (i.e. when cornered by enemies) in order to gain a more advantageous position on the screen (to perform diving attacks, her main source of damage).

Trix

 * Weapon: Pitchfork
 * Special: "Ninja" Kick
 * Initial magic pots: 6/6

The most unique of all characters, Trix has the fastest walking speed and the fastest attack but very easily knocked down (all characters have the same amount of health and take the same amount of damage; furthermore, Trix actually has the most survivability thanks to his very small hurtbox and fast movement). His combination of fast movement and extremely quick attacks (fastest in both attack and recovery) is highly efficient, and his dashing attack (while not as damaging as Stern's) is safer and just as useful to take out dangerous enemies from a distance (Trix is the only character able to push back, corner and infinite every single boss in the game (including Death Adder) with repeated dashing attacks (compared to Stern who is unable to corner the deadly spear-wielding bosses and Death Adder himself; or Dora who is unable to corner any boss at all with her dashing attack)). Despite being the least damaging character, Trix's quickness, versatility, and magic make him the best character in the game. (One hidden advantage is that Trix picks up items (potions and food) twice as fast as the other characters.)

His restoring magic makes him a popular choice for both group and single play. RODA is unfortunately his only appearance in the saga.

Trix's Apple Tree spell grows one tree per player (max. 4). Each disappears leaving a pile of apples. Each pile restores 100% HP regardless of the difficulty setting.