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Most character classes made up of [[Status Buff|buff]]/[[Standard Status Effects|debuff]] effects like this tend to be much [[Spoony Bard|less popular than others]] for these reasons. However, it's averted with relative frequency; many games do allow for some very effective use of traditionally "Useless" spells. One trick is to pair up the effect with a normal attack, meaning that if the spell misses, the player still deals damage. Other games, especially the more strategic ones, make these spells useful by having genuine [[Elite Mooks]] who are dangerous in battle but without such immunities, or simply by having base [[Mooks]] be more credible opponents.
These attacks are also far more useful in [[Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game|MMORPG]]s due to generally stronger [[Mooks]] and player controlled enemies that are very vulnerable to such tactics. '''Useless Useful Spells''' are often hated among [[Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game|MMORPG]] communities for their ability to handicap player characters (often even better then when used on [[Mooks]] due to [[The Computer Is a Cheating Bastard|the computer cheating]]). However, in [[Player Versus Player|PvP]], ''that'' is a different story!
Judging by the way this has been going away in recent years and is less and less accepted, it seems to be on its way to becoming a [[Discredited Trope]]. May however be an [[Acceptable Break From Reality]] regarding some; because it would not make a boss (especially the [[Final Boss]]) very challenging to be able to just hit "Instant Death".
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