Unskilled but Strong/Playing With

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Basic Trope: They don't have much skill...but they don't need it.

• Straight: Bob has Super Strength, but his strategy is pretty much "punch until it stops moving".
• Exaggerated: Bob has a vast array of superpowers, but zero skill.
• Justified: Since Bob can rely on his superpowers, he doesn't need to fall back on skill.
  • Bob is a Reluctant Warrior who Just Wants To Be Normal. He doesn't want to use his powers and so doesn't train.
• Inverted: Weak but Skilled
• Subverted: Bob is temporarily depowered. He reveals that he's quite skilled, but just keeps it to himself.
  • Alternatively, Bob has many other skills aside from his physical strength.
• Double Subverted: ...But he's only skilled when depowered.
• Parodied: Bob is a drooling moron who does nothing but punch people; his allies have to make sure they've pointed him in the right direction before they turn him loose.
• Deconstructed: The Big Bad successfully kills Bob by taking advantage of his lack of skill.
• Reconstructed: Bob gets lucky and manages to kill the Big Bad anyway.
  • On the brink of death, Bob gets a Heroic Second Wind, New Powers As the Plot Demands and fumbles his way to victory with them.
• Zig Zagged: Sometines Bob fights with skill, sometimes he fights with strength.
• Averted: He's a fair mix of skilled and strong.
• Enforced: ???
• Lampshaded: "Skill? I don't need skill!"
• Invoked: Bob's Evil Mentor, who is in cahoots with the Big Bad, deliberately does not teach him or teaches him the wrong things so that he will not be a threat to the Big Bad.
• Exploited: See Deconstructed.
• Defied: "Screw this, I need to start training if I want to keep up." Boxing Lessons for Superman
• Discussed: ???
• Conversed: ???

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