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This trope is about [[Video Games]] where it's easy to inflict ridiculous amounts of damage, resulting in combat practically just being about attacking first. Actual skill is most likely still involved, but it will be more about agility (Dodging, improvising) than intelligence ([[Min Maxing]], planning ahead).

Please note that this has to apply to both [[Player Characters]] and enemies, or it's just a case of [[Glass Cannon]].

 

[[Your Mileage May Vary|This trope doesn't]] ''[[Your Mileage May Vary|have]]'' [[Your Mileage May Vary|to be a bad thing]]. Fast-paced battles tend to be more exciting than longer and tedious ones, and they may require less [[Level Grinding]].

 

 

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* High-level gameplay in the ''[[Disgaea]]'' series and other [[Nippon Ichi]] strategy RPGs. Due to the way attack vs. defence is calculated damage increases exponentially as levels rise, so more or less any battle over level 500 or so means you either kill your opponent in one shot or die in their response attack.

** Note: Mostly true in ''[[Disgaea 3]]'' and even more so in ''[[Disgaea 4 a Promise Unforgotten (Video Game)|Disgaea 4 a Promise Unforgotten]]''. ''[[Disgaea 2]]'' is actually much better balanced regarding offense and defense, with tanks actually being viable.

* ''[[Super Smash Bros]]'' has this as an optional feature. If the damage ratio is set higher than the default, characters will be sent flying even with a low damage percentage. Heavy characters like Bowser can also be sent flying easily with this set up, making power hitting attacks like smash attacks or throws become the major appeal to the fights instead of juggling.

** Super Sudden Death sets character damage to 300% and starts dropping random bob-ombs in the area. The first person hit will almost certainly lose.

** Generation V in particular seems to encourage this, as nearly any pokemon in OU play that isn't a [[Stone Wall]] is more than likely going to get taken out by one super-effective attack. Ditto's [[Took a Level In Badass]] shines in this sort of gameplay, as his new ability to transform as he enters the battlefield instead of spending a move combined with a choice scarf means that it doesn't matter what the Sweeper is or how powerful and fast it's gotten, at the very best it has a 50% chance of going first.

* In high-level [[Final Fantasy Tactics Advance]] play, especially in multiplayer, there is really only one stat: speed. Thanks to a series of [[Game Breaker|balance-annihilating skills,]] first strike generally wins. The amount of damage a character can take or deal is irrelevant with Viera Assassins covering half the battlefield in a single turn and instantly killing their target 85% of the time or more, or Moogle Gunners blasting insanely powerful Ultima Shots at ludicrous ranges.