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* Probably based off the Power Word: Kill example in ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]'', the Blade of Awe (usable from [[Bribing Your Way to Victory]]) in ''[[Adventure Quest]]'' has a small chance (0.1%) to instantly kill whatever you are fighting. There are dagger, spear, and staff variants of the same weapon with have the same ability, and dark and fire versions of the Blade of Awe which have a 0.12% chance instead.

* ''[[Prince of Persia]]: The Sands of Time'' has an interesting variation. The ultimate sword kills any enemy in one hit, but you usually charge your time powers by stabbing stunned enemies with your secondary weapon, and there's no stunning when they turn to dust as soon as you touch them. But of course, by the time you get the ultimate sword, {{spoiler|you've lost the Dagger of Time.}} So no harm, no foul.

** The final boss of Lunar 1 also used that spell (Fate Storm), but unlike in ''Lunar 2'', in ''Lunar 1'' it just killed the target outright. Particularly bad because the boss in question could doublecast, and would always cast Fate Storm along with Hell Wave, a powerful attack-all spell that could easily leave you in critical condition. So you had to revive the dead person AND restore your entire party, unless you learned the pattern and prepared for it beforehand.

** The final boss of the PSP remake of ''[[Lunar: The Silver Star|Lunar 1]]'' punishes the player for abusing Mist Barrier by casting a spell that makes his next spell deal 2,000 HP to the entire party on the last turn it's active.

* ''[[Time Killers]]'' was notorious for having this. A well-placed hit at any point in the round would instantly kill your opponent.

* Parodied in the [[Fan Service]]-packed PC fighting game ''Bikini Karate Babes''. Venus, one of the boss characters, has a grab move that swipes the bikini top off certain fighters. [[Defeat by Modesty|This sends the opponent running off-screen while covering her breasts in embarrassment, thus ending the round.]] [[Word of God]] states that the fighters get their powers from their bikinis, so Venus stealing them [[Brought Down to Normal|effectively depowers them]].

* Geno from ''[[Super Mario RPG]]'' has an attack (the Geno Whirl) that deals 9999 HP of damage when [[Action Command|timed just right]]. Since no enemy in the game, including bosses, has that much HP, that makes it a [[One-Hit Kill]] attack. However, it does only minor damage to said bosses (except one: {{spoiler|Exor, after losing his protection}}, so it comes in handy for players who consider him to be [[That One Boss]]), along with certain other enemies, namely the [[Chest Monster|chest-based ones]] such as Box Boy.

** Some enemies also have attacks that instantly kill the character hit by them, unless said character is wearing an accessory that blocks them (or the player has really ''really'' good timing). Even one of the forms of the final boss has one. Depending on your timing blocking the one hit kill attack, either it was a success or you suffer an [[HP to One]] effect.

** ''[[Tales of Phantasia]]'' also had a set of instant-death spells for Arche (and a summon for Claus), each with a varying accuracy as well as [[Invincible Minor Minion|those pesky urchins]] in Moria Gallery touching which simply kills your character (except [[Flying Broomstick|Arche]]).

* The majority of ''[[Hitman]]'''s attacks: strangling, poisoning, explosives and sniper shots, although, seeing as most of his opponents are mere humans, it's not surprising.

** Technically, Disintegrate just does 32 000 damage. One would be hard pressed to find anything in the game with more than a couple of hundred hit points, though.

* In the fourth level of ''Renegade'', you have to beat up four mooks armed with knives. And then three more of them, accompanied by a mob boss. Who has a gun. No, you can't pick up weapons. Have fun.