[Kiwami]

For bad guys I don’t think there are any "worst" ones out there IMO, just ones that didn’t work as well and in that case I’m not even disappointed much so I don’t really feel like counting down the worst villains.

Good ones are easier, so I'm listing the ones that stood out to me in some way:

General Shadow - He's great. The banter with Mr. Titan was always fun and I really liked how they introduced a villain who was always sabotaging the bad guys efforts because as it turns out he’s part of an “eviler” evil organization which gets more focus in the second half of the show so he reappears as a general. I really liked how he was featured throughout the show because of this. His design is also very weird and unique in a good way.

Shadow Moon - That's a no-brainer and should be featured in every single post on this thread. The perfect Anti-Rider, so magnificently intertwined with the protagonists fate, a badass suit and just an overall presence that can hardly be matched to this day. When Shadow Moon shows up shit gets real.

Takeshi Asakura / Kamen Rider Ouja - Sometimes you need a villain that is just disgustingly evil and this guy's it. When they tried to set up a tragic backstory for him only to reveal that he was behind it the whole time I was floored, I fully expected them trying to build a little sympathy for this dude only to double down on his assholery and that’s great.

Naoya Kaido / Snake Orphenoch - hear me out on this one. I don’t know if he technically qualifies but this guy is one of the few things I actually like about Faiz. I liked him even when he was just the weird clown, but his backstory was so heartbreaking I couldn't help but reserve little bit of space in my heart for him.

Kirihiko Sudo / Nasca Dopant - Just a very easy villain to enjoy as he isn't really evil. He wants to do good things for the city he loves and raises valid points, but is ultimately ended due to being on the wrong path.

Dr. Maki - I like this dude. He's weird but the show plays with him perfectly, to his odd behavior, his backstory which isn’t as simple as it seems, and his involvement with the Greed.

Phoenix - hear me out once more. Phoenix isn't a great villain. But, he had the potential to become a really cool redeemed character that could’ve been a fantastic Rider. But like with so many other things Wizard just couldn’t be bothered to actually make a decent and interesting decision, hell-bent on staying mediocre at best. And that's what makes him memorable to me.

Professor Ryoma / Kamen Rider Duke - Much like Dr. Maki I enjoy this character for his dedicated weirdness. He isn’t as much of an oddball as Maki but his obsession and fun character traits make him a joy to watch.

Drive - no, not Kamen Rider Drive, but all the boss Roidmudes. Chase, Heart, Brian and Medic are fantastic villains. So much fun to watch, such fun enemies. They outdid themselves for what they needed to deliver and have become staying characters in the franchise for a reason. Kamen Rider Brain being the last Heisei Rider wasn't a coincide; they wanted to end it with style.

Kuroto Dan / Kamen Rider Genm - I liked him when he was a bad guy as well as a meme lord. The actor is too blame mostly but man did he a great job.

Evolto / Kamen Rider Evol - The second entry that should be on every list. Just amazingly well done. An important factor throughout the entire show, an enjoyable character to watch and a presence only really outdone by Shadow Moon himself. Just an "ode to joy" to Build's greatness.

Horobi / Kamen Rider Horobi - For the first Reiwa show they done a great job with the bad guys. Much like Evol, Horobi is an important factor throughout the entire show, but his excellence rally shine sin the last third of the show when his morals are tested.

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Originally Posted by FreshToku

The best could have been Ohma Zi-O, but we had to settle for the Time-jackers, easily the worst in the franchise.

To be fair, Ohma Zi-O wouldn’t have worked as a traditional bad guy. He's too omnipotent for it to be convincing that he loses to anything.

That is what I like about him most, he's a "Great Old One" of the Kamen Rider franchise, something that lurks beyond time and space and is too unfathomable in his abilities for any other entity to be a threat to him.

Personally I want Ohma Zi-O back in the next anniversary show much like they brought back Decade fr Zi-O. Not even necessarily as a villain but as a being that shows up from time to time to seemingly advance the protagonists journey, but with his own goals in mind.

Yes I realize past Zi-O erased Ohma Zi-O but that doesn't matter much, they can just write him back into the continuity whenever they feel like it.

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Originally Posted by TheRaizin

I will agree that Horobi and Aruto have no real rivalry in the show.

That's not even necessarily the point that makes their confrontation work IMO, the point is that Aruto wants Horobi to be his own free being that is able to follow a dream, and Horobi refuses while his actions speak a different language.

The differences they have are not because of conflict in a traditional Rider-sense specifically, but because Aruto wants to help Horobi and Horobi won’t let him.