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Unique-named weapons with this kind of property often come with [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]] naming.
See [[Anti-Air]] and [[Anti-Cavalry]] for these specific types.
Compare [[The Hunter]], who is a ''person'' dedicated to slaying a specific enemy type.
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* The magic item lists in ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' have a lot of these - "sword +2, giant slayer", "arrow of slaying", etc.
** Third Edition generalized these with the "bane" effect (+2 to hit and +2d6 damage against specified enemy).
** ''[[Forgotten Realms]]'' also has "orcslayer" blades made of non-magical tainted steel harmful to the orcs - as far as anyone knows, only the orc version of "bloodmetal" exists, and even then its creation is a lost secret, but some people aware of its existence used to worry it's a start of another nasty arms race.
* Inverted in ''[[Munchkin (game)|Munchkin]]'' by the "sword of slaying everything except squid". It gives a substantial bonus but against squid (there are two in the decks so far - karate squid and Squidzilla) the fight is automatically lost.
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** In addition to the Slayer weapons, there are also weapons that have a Death effect based on a given element. With these, the weapon will instantly kill anything that has that elemental weakness, regardless of total HP or defenses. This includes the penultimate boss on the way to the [[Golden Ending]], who can be killed in one round by a sword you picked up around the midpoint of the game.
** ''[[Valkyrie Profile: Covenant of the Plume|Covenant of the Plume]]'' doesn't have the [[One-Hit Kill]] weapons, but it still has weapons with bonuses against specific monster types.
* ''[[Age of Wonders]]: Shadow Magic'' has a "[http://aow2.heavengames.com/aowsm/gameinfo/unitabilities/general.shtml#Dragon%20Slaying Dragon Slaying]" unit ability, given to Knight and available on weapons for [[Hero Unit|heroes]].
* ''[[RuneScape]]'' has several examples, including Silverlight (and its upgraded form, Darklight) for slaying demons; Balmung, the Battleaxe of Dagannoth Slaying; the Ivandis Flail, used for killing Vyrewatch vampyres; and the brackish blade and brine sabre, which are super-effective against crabs for some reason.
* ''[[Shining Force]]'' has a variety of specialized weapons that are strong against specific types of enemies—the Mermanbuster is strong against sea creatures, the Jagged Flash is strong against flying enemies, the Elf Slayer is good against robots, and so on.
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* In ''[[Legend of Mana]]'', weapon upgrades can bestow ''or remove'' this effect.
* ''[[EverQuest]]'' has a "Bane" effect which increases damage towards a particular species of monsters.
* ''[[Wizardry]]'' has weapons dealing double damage to specific types. 7-th has weapons against Dragon, Robot ([[Laser Blade|*Light* *Sword*]], of course), Undead... and, due to a silly bug, Fighter; in 8-th against Android, Beast, Demon, Dragon, Plant and Undead.
* ''Crossfire RPG'' adventure game has slaying weapons, and when a deity blesses someone's weapon, it usually acquires the slaying property vs. the kind of creatures this deity doesn't like.
* Most games in the ''[[Dragon Quest]]'' franchise have an assortment of these, doing higher damage against the designated enemy (e.g. weapons with "metal" at the start of the name usually do extra damage when they hit a [[Metal Slime]], while the dragonsbane does extra damage to dragons).
* In ''[[Drakensang]]'', dwarves have the Wyrmslayer Ax (a small hatchet with a very big blade) and also the Dragonslayer Axe, the Dragon-Crushing hammer, the Dragon-Piercer crossbow and the [[Overly Long Gag|Dragon Spear]] (as in a trident made for skewering dragons). Yes, before you ask, dwarves hate dragons, and even have something like seven different words to define the death of a dragon.
* [[Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories]] played this straight and averted it, by giving various cards elements, using fire type against water-type gives an extra attack boost. However using the same element heals them.
* ''[[The Elder Scrolls]]'': Wuuthrad, the legendary battleaxe of the Nordic king Ysgramor, deals more damage to elf races. This applies even if it's being wielded by an elf.
* ''[[Monster Girl Quest Paradox]]'' has attacks that do 50% extra damage to the target race, but 25% less damage when used against any other race. A few of these target multiple races.
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