A character, ability, or piece of equipment that seems completely useless at first, but with repeated use and patience can be highly effective later.

Named from the Pokémon Magikarp, which has horrible (but not the worst) overall stats and can only learn five moves outside of eventsnote Splash, Tackle, ...

The resident Quirky Bard Edward from Final Fantasy IV gets outright explosive stat growth past level 70, unlike every other character's stat growth.

Aveyond: Lars has annoyingly low health points and very poor melee damage, but level him up all the way to 99 and he is the most powerful magic user in the game ...

A page for describing PlayingWith: Magikarp Power. Basic Trope: A character (or ability) that starts out weak but becomes much stronger after leveling up.

Muelsyse is a curious case of Magikarp Power because her level of power is only partially depending on how high one raises her - due to her Power Copying ...

I'd say a quarter to a third of them give me defense boosts. Unlocking the rest has given me boosts to my speed, MP, SP, and stamina, along with passive ...

A character or ability that seems completely useless at first, but with repeated use and patience can be highly effective later.

I remember on the anime when team rocket got suckered into buying a magikarp. They kicked it into the water then it became one angry gyradose.

A page for describing Laconic: Magikarp Power. Goes from really weak to really powerful after a lot of work.