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* In many [[First-Person Shooter]] games, enemies may have strong body armor, but can be killed faster by shooting them in the head (i.e. headshots).
** For example: [[The House of the Dead (series)|House of the Dead]], where not only do headshots take down enemies faster, but each boss has a specific weakpoint, and cannot be damaged (or only take minimal damage) if shot anywhere else. The best one is the one with a huge gaping hole in its chest that opens to reveal its heart every time it beats (How...not easy...).
* The superhero MMO ''[[City of Heroes]]''
** Furthermore, many defensive sets
** Ironically the Quantum Energy problem almost exactly mirrors a problem encountered by Superman.
* ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]''. In this case, it's nearly always the eye or another insufferably obvious 'weak point'.
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* In the later editions of the ''[[Resident Evil]]'' series, bosses began to show certain specific weak points. For example, all of the Uroboros creatures in ''RE5'' have glowing weak points which can be shot to expose bulbous body parts that can then be targeted to kill the creature itself.
** ''[[Resident Evil 4]]'' gives two main ways of dealing with Krauser. Shoot him in the knee so he drops his shield, then shoot him in the head, over and over again. With indifferent aim it's easy to run out of ammo before Krauser is killed by gunshots. Or stab with the knife, normally a weak [[Emergency Weapon]], about 10 times.
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* In the ''[[Pokémon]]'' games, Shedinja is immune to 12 of the 17 attacking types. However, it will always get knocked out quickly when hit by an attack of those 5 that can hit it because it has just one hit point at any level.
** Several forms of indirect damage will also defeat it, like switching in when the widely used Stealth Rock is up.
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* Every RPG ever with a [[Barrier Change Boss]]. Figuring out what the new Achilles' Heel is in order to even make a dent in the boss (or avoid healing it) [[Puzzle Boss|is the entire point of the battle]].
* The [[Trope Namer]] appears in ''[[Warriors Orochi]]'', but this trope is averted. In no way you can attack Achilles on the heel, and you can beat him by just beating the crap out of him on any body parts.
* The Reactor in ''[[Might and Magic]] VI'' has a very simple Achilles' Heel: it only takes damage from blasters. This is, in fact, blasters' greatest advantage: their damage ignores any resistances or immunities possessed by enemies, and as the final dungeon not only features the Reactor you need to destroy, but also hordes of enemies with high resistances to every other sort of damage...
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