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Most commonly, Gradual Grinders are spellcasters who specialize in curses, hexes, or other [[Standard Status Effects]]. Some [[Fragile Speedster|Roguish]] characters also fight like this, poisoning or literally bleeding their foes to death while they nimbly dodge their increasingly feeble counter-attacks. More rarely, some heavily-armed and -armored fighters prefer to defeat their foes through blood loss, or debilitating spells if they are [[Magic Knight|Magic Knights]]. |
Most commonly, Gradual Grinders are spellcasters who specialize in curses, hexes, or other [[Standard Status Effects]]. Some [[Fragile Speedster|Roguish]] characters also fight like this, poisoning or literally bleeding their foes to death while they nimbly dodge their increasingly feeble counter-attacks. More rarely, some heavily-armed and -armored fighters prefer to defeat their foes through blood loss, or debilitating spells if they are [[Magic Knight|Magic Knights]]. |
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Gradual Grinders are rarely good guys, probably because a slow, agonizing death due to blood loss or [[Liquid Assets|drained]] [[Life Energy]] is viewed [[Bad Powers Bad People|less favorably]] than a quick and comparatively clean kill. Apply this mentality to the battlefield and you likely have a case of [[We Have Reserves]]. |
Gradual Grinders are rarely good guys, probably because a slow, agonizing death due to blood loss or [[Liquid Assets|drained]] [[Life Energy]] is viewed [[Bad Powers, Bad People|less favorably]] than a quick and comparatively clean kill. Apply this mentality to the battlefield and you likely have a case of [[We Have Reserves]]. |
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See also the Mezzer entry in [[An Adventurer Is You]]. Has nothing to do with [[Level Grinding]]. |
See also the Mezzer entry in [[An Adventurer Is You]]. Has nothing to do with [[Level Grinding]]. |
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* In ''[[Borderlands (Video Game)|Borderlands]]'', the elemental weapons/special attacks aside from the explosive one allow you to do this. While they usually do less damage than a normal gun, they can usually slowly electrocute, corrode, or burn an enemy away, and can sometimes be more effective when dealing with a lot of enemies, particularly armored ones. However, enemies using elemental weapons can also do the same thing to you, and specialized elemental enemies such as chemical troopers are immune to their elemental type. Not that it'll help them once you switch to your regular gun... |
* In ''[[Borderlands (Video Game)|Borderlands]]'', the elemental weapons/special attacks aside from the explosive one allow you to do this. While they usually do less damage than a normal gun, they can usually slowly electrocute, corrode, or burn an enemy away, and can sometimes be more effective when dealing with a lot of enemies, particularly armored ones. However, enemies using elemental weapons can also do the same thing to you, and specialized elemental enemies such as chemical troopers are immune to their elemental type. Not that it'll help them once you switch to your regular gun... |
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* Warlocks in ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' are one of the best-known examples. While they are capable of [[Glass Cannon|nuking]] alongside the best of Mages with the right specialization, the class's spell list includes more Damage Over Time effects ("[[Memetic Mutation|More DoTs!]]"). Some playstyles of Rogue, Warrior, and Priest also qualify. |
* Warlocks in ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' are one of the best-known examples. While they are capable of [[Glass Cannon|nuking]] alongside the best of Mages with the right specialization, the class's spell list includes more Damage Over Time effects ("[[Memetic Mutation|More DoTs!]]"). Some playstyles of Rogue, Warrior, and Priest also qualify. |
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