Optimus... he was custom designed to fight against decepticons... first and the best... all the other transformers have different shells and what not... hes the only one whos always been a truck (part from beast wars...)
Optimus might be better, with his experience, but Rodimus is cooler.
Among Transformers, Starscream was the biggest psycho a**hole I ever saw. Shockwave was the best Decepticon.
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"I'm not smart so much as I am not dumb." - Harlan Ellison
Optimus already took down Rodimus in the original series, and without much problem.
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Humans are afraid of the dark.
And yet… At the same time, we’re fascinated and bewitched by it.
Maybe that’s why humans drink the darkness that is coffee.
Rodimus had been infected with a plague that drove him completly berserk (full bloodlust, no holding back), while Optimus was holding back. Finally, Optimus took him out with one punch!
Galvatron was insane - drunk in his own power.
Starscream had a manicial thrist for power, to be No. 1. He would backstab and kill anyone or anything - he made Megatron look reasonable by comparison.
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"I'm not smart so much as I am not dumb." - Harlan Ellison