Thread:Redfork2000/@comment-30384301-20180707030921/@comment-26888167-20180815033837

True. But to be fair, there's been subtle differences in each case:

-Spark-Boss failed to combo attacks because he wasn't able to copy them. Therefore, they were the only attacks he couldn't counter. Almost any combo attack was effective, no matter how strong or weak it was. The fact that two or more characters combined their powers to attack was enough.

-Storm Cloud required the combination of the two most powerful weapons the gang has: Sun Fork and The Legendary Rainbow Gem. It's likely that regular combo attacks wouldn't have worked.

-Discord can only be defeated with the Elements of Harmony. However, this will only work if the elements are being used by true friends. This is shown when even after having the elements, the gang fails to use them since most of them were turned gray and didn't care about their friendship. Only when they were all reunited was when the elements actually defeated Discord.

-Shogo the Warlord was defeated by a five-elemental ninja combo, similarly to the Z-Lizard from The Super Powered Renaissance. In this case, elemental ninjas were key to the defeat, and other combos would've probably been ineffective to destroy the Orb of Power.

We also have Emily Green, though in that case, she was being powered by the Elements of Harmony and the Rainbow Orb. It should be noted though, that even though those magic artifacts worked on her, she still wasn't able to use them at their full potential. Only the respective characters (The gemstones for the Rainbow Orb, and Red Fork or the Mane Six for the Elements of Harmony) are capable of unleashing the full power of these magic artifacts.