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** Many, perhaps most of the cast fits the trope (however, since the ''fighting'' they do is simply a game, many literal god characters are very easy to beat). Nearly every listed variation of this trope is in the series, including a literal made of air example in Suika, who can turn into a heavy mist.
* Minor subversion: Zasalamel in ''[[Soul Calibur]] 3'' perfected the art of reincarnation, thus allowing him to die and resurrect multiple times throughout history, retaining all of the skills and knowledge he amassed before then. The subversion is that, instead of being a boon like he thought it would be, it quickly turned into a horrible curse, as his newfound power deprived him of a peaceful death, and the literal sinking feeling that his soul was damned to hell just a little more with every death and revival, and since that revelation he sought the game's [[MacGuffin]] to try and undo his hubris.
* [http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Absolute_Virtue Absolute Virtue] from ''[[Final Fantasy XI]]'' is a type of [[Bonus Boss]] that has the ability to regenerate instantly, and will do so constantly. It also hits like a semi running over a tin can, will cast the most damaging spells in the entire game (often instantly and repeatedly), and possesses all the [[Eleventh-Hour Superpower|Eleventh Hour Superpowers]] of most job classes in the game. Oh, and it can summon baby dragons. Repeatedly. That cast devastating Area of Effect spells. And blow up. The only way the playerbase has ever beaten this mob [https://web.archive.org/web/20090101110312/http://boardsus.playstation.com/playstation/board/message?board.id=ffxi&message.id=227935 is through a exploit], or more recently, a [[Zerg Rush]], both of which were patched quite a while ago. And this thing has been around for years. Maybe the developers just wanted an unbeatable monster, and won't admit it. And now we have [http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Pandemonium_Warden Pandemonium Warden], which at first almost took a day to defeat (they gave up), but was ''finally'' beaten [http://ffxi.allakhazam.com/story.html?story=16768 by Apathy], an endgame group. The reason this is astonishing isn't simply the win, '''but the fact Square actually approves of the win and didn't patch Pandemonium Warden.''' They seem to be comfortable with only AV giving them a stiffy.
** The developers finally released a [http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Absolute_Virtue/Developer_Strategy video] of them killing Absolute Virtue themselves, in response to no one figuring out the tricks. The trick? When the player uses their own [[Eleventh-Hour Superpower|Eleventh Hour Superpowers]] it blocks Absolute Virtue from using his (making it a battle of wits—the party has to block him from using powers such as Mighty Strikes (every attack is a critical hit) or Benediction (heals user to 100%)). In practice, however, this trick doesn't seem to actually work, leaving AV pretty much undefeated...
*** Both (AV and Pandemonium Warden) have been beaten solo by a guy named Gradius0. Then [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ub28vYTzEc4 again, here he might be nigh invulnerable himself].
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