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{{trope}}
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Anytime people gather with the goal of hitting each other until one of them falls over, the ultimate trump card would be a weapon, spell, technique, trick or what-have-you that makes people fall over ''immediately'', without all that annoying [[The Strategist|strategizing]] and [[The Medic|healing]] and stuff. The One Hit Kill is that trump card.
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Often, the One Hit Kill isn't humble enough to just kill, instead [[Taken for Granite|petrifying]], [[Baleful Polymorph|permanently polymorphing]], or banishing its victim to the [[Phantom Zone]].
Usually, the One Hit Kill comes at a price. Sometimes it's a [[Dangerous Forbidden Technique]] which to use requires [[Cast From Hit Points|Casting From Hit Points]], other times it's just really hard to pull off, or leaves you wide open for a counterattack. In electronic RPGs, it's frequently a [[Useless Useful Spell]] because of low hit rates, [[Contractual Boss Immunity|inability to affect bosses]], or a prohibitive cost required to cast it, if not all three combined (Tabletop RPGs, by contrast, have a history of letting [[Linear Warriors Quadratic Wizards|those pesky spellcasters]] make these spells insufficiently useless, turning many fights into a game of "who gets insta-killed first"). In martial arts, it frequently takes the form of the [[Touch of Death]]. If it only works at the start of a fight, it's a [[Back Stab]]. If it only works at the end of a fight, it's a [[Finishing Move]]. If ''every'' enemy attack is a one hit kill, the protagonist is a [[One
In [[Anime]], expect to hear the phrase "ichigeki hissatsu!" (literally, "One Hit [[Tempting Fate|Certain]] Kill") thrown around when [[Calling Your Attacks|invoking this sort of attack]]. With bladed weapons, cinematic representation of this trope often becomes a [[Single Stroke Battle]]. See also [[Chunky Salsa Rule]]. Often a [[Death or Glory Attack]]. Compare [[Coup De Grace]].
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