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** Elly zigzags this; she is the archerypal party mage, though her spells are somewhat middling by default. Equipping her with an Ether Doubler (doubles spell damage and EP cost) makes her spells very strong, though. Equipping her Gear with a Power Magic on top makes her Aerods attack extremely powerful, capable of one-shotting several bosses. She still retains her relatively low HP and durability, though.

* Killey, a mediocre and overall forgettable character who debuted in ''VideoGame/SuikodenII'', can be made into one of these in ''VideoGame/SuikodenV'', as he's one of the very few characters who has three fully customizable rune slots. Load him up with a combination of Power +50% damage, -50% Defense), Double-Edge (Doubles damage dealt and received) and/or Boost (Doubles damage for 3 turns, then your HP drops to 1) runes and watch his dinky little throwing knife hit for upwards of 3000 damage per round, in a game where even bosses rarely have more than 3 or 4000 HP. Just keep him well out of harm's way, as a stiff breeze paired with all those damage multipliers WILL knock him dead.

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* ''VideoGame/MetalCombatFalconsRevenge'' has two playable mechs - the Falcon and the Tornado, with the latter playable after completing the game once. It has far more firepower than the Falcon, being able to store up to ten levels of energy rather than three, and can rapid-fire smaller bursts or release them all at once for massive damage. However, it also takes double damage from all enemy attacks.
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* ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'':

* Metal Combat: Falcon's Revenge has two playable mechs - the Falcon and the Tornado, with the latter playable after completing the game once. It has far more firepower than the Falcon, being able to store up to ten levels of energy rather than three, and can rapid-fire smaller bursts or release them all at once for massive damage. However, it also takes double damage from all enemy attacks.

* Metal Combat: Falcon's Revenge has two playable mechs - the Falcon and the Tornado, with the latter playable after completing the game once. It has far more firepower than the Falcon, being able to store up to ten levels of energy shots rather than three, and can rapid-fire or release them all at once for massive damage. However it also takes double damage from all enemy attacks.

* ''VideoGame/{{Skylanders}}'' has [[BlingBlingBang Trigger Happy]], introduced in the first game. He has a charged attack that can be more and more upgraded till it reaches its third and most powerful attack on his upper upgrade path and a safe lobbing attack that gets more powerful on the lower path. Trigger Happy himself, however, has the smallest amount of HP of the Skylanders debuting in ''Spyro's Adventure'', and he held the record for the lowest until ''Imaginators'' introduced VideoGame/CrashBandicoot.

** In ''[[VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiSuperstarSaga Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]'', the "Great Force" item (based on the [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda Triforce]]) doubles all damage, regardless of whether it's being given or taken.

** [[PlayerCharacter Operators]] are teenagers from a ship lost in the [[HyperspaceIsAScaryPlace terrifying realm called the "Void"]], which mutated them into [[LiminalBeing Liminal Beings]] with astronomical powers...but without giving them the strength to match, meaning they were susceptible to losing control of said powers with disastrous results. Gameplay-wise, the Operators play the role of SquishyWizard in combat, capable of practically unrivalled DPS, but are still no more durable than, well, your average teenagers, in a world populated by cybernetically augmented supersoldiers, plasma weapons, and sentient abominations around every corner.

* ''VideoGame/AdvanceWars:''

* The consular's glass cannon status can be subverted in ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'' where the Shadow sub-class of Consular can be specced as a [[StoneWall Mitigation Tank]]. That being said, they are still the "squishiest" of the tank specs, relying heavily on shields. However, they are able to pull more DPS and hold more aggro than a Jedi Guardian or Vanguard Trooper in addition to using stealth and stuns, making them DifficultButAwesome.

* ''VideoGame/WarThunder'': many late tanks with powerful guns, decent mobility and poor armor (as their real life counterparts qualify as this as per the MBT concept design, even more with IFV and late light tanks which are thin like an eggshell yet can have devastating high-caliber cannons or even anti-tank rockets. But the [[https://wiki.warthunder.com/VT1-2 VT1-2]] tank destroyer prototype is on another level. It has twin (!) 120 mm cannons that can reload in 5-7 seconds, it can accelerate up to 70 km/h in a few seconds... and only 50 mm of armor thickness, meaning that even AA autocannons and aircraft guns (or old ww2 tanks brought by troll players) will quickly dispose of it. All of this with the three crew members packed in one line in the front of the vehicle screaming "poor survivability" even if a shot doesn't detonate the tank.
** Several US ships qualify as this: they have impressive firepower, but rather poor or average-at-best armor. The most offending case is the infamous Moffett destroyer, which has good guns and a ridiculously high rate of fire, meaning that you can [[MoreDakka submerge in your cannon spam]] your opponents that you don't quickly penetrate to death, either [[DeathByAThousandCuts bleeding out their crew]] or waiting for the decisive detonating shot. However, its armor is thin, and its ammo is concentrated on the rear side, meaning that enemies who know what to do will instantly target it. If you don't maneuver to cover your back, expect to be frequently ammo-racked, even in one shot.

** TierInducedScrappy [[RobotGirl Nu]]-[[YouAreNumberSix 13]] also has very good damage, especially with [[MemeticMutation spam her]] [[StormOfBlades Drive]], but she shares the second lowest HP place with Ragna and her defence ain't too hot either. As it is she's reviled already; she would be a full-blown SNKBoss if it got any better.

** Jessica of ''VideoGame/DragonQuestVIII'' is the SquishyWizard variety. She's got more varied and powerful offensive spells than any other character, a buff spell that doubles the target's offense, and can also WhipItGood. A fully-buffed Twin Dragon Lash is capable of one-shotting some ''bosses''. She's also got the lowest health in the party by a good margin -- late game, she can have more MP than HP. Her armor options are also much worse than the other characters for much of the game, meaning she requires constant attention from TheMedic to keep her standing.

* In ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles3FutureRedeemed'', [[XenobladeChronicles2 Rex]] takes this role, DualWielding the Aegis swords and replicating the infamous crit-spamming build from his original game to tear apart enemies in second with nigh guaranteed criticals and a skill that recharges nigh instantly upon critting. Unfortunately for him, he can't crit-heal anymore and has the lowest HP and defenses of the group, meaning he can't stay for long once the aggro is on him.

* ''VideoGame/TheBindingOfIsaac'': ''Afterbirth'' adds a ''literal'' Glass Cannon. It fires a massive, powerful tear when used and it's one of the few items that recharge over time, but when you use it it turns you into exactly what it says: your health gets dropped to 1/2 heart, so take one hit and you're dead. ''Repentance'' changes it to the cannon breaking and dealing 2 hearts worth of damage to you when hit, which fixes itself on recharge.

*** The Chaingun Commando can bleed through a player's health in seconds but has very little health, capable of being taken out with a single shotgun blast.
*** The Revanant has relatively little health for a demon of its level but it hits very hard and can even fire homing missiles.

** And in ''VideoGame/Left4Dead2'', the Spitter has the second-lowest health of the Special Infected after the Boomer, but if someone's stupid/experimental enough to stand in a puddle of the goo from start to finish, will be almost downed on Normal difficulty, and being spat at during a horde is NO FUN AT ALL.

* ''VideoGame/{{Skylanders}}'' has [[BlingBlingBang Trigger Happy]], introduced in the first game. He has a charged attack that can be more and more upgraded till it reaches its third and most powerful attack on his upper upgrade path and a safe lobbing attack that gets more powerful on the lower path. Trigger Happy himself, however, has the smallest amount of HP of the Skylanders debuting in ''Spyro's Adventure'', and he held the record for the lowest until ''Imaginators'' introduced VideoGame/CrashBandicoot.

** ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIIIReMind'' has Kairi, who's HP and Defense stats are significantly lower than Sora's. But she has attack power to rival Sora's [[InfinityPlusOneSword Ultima Weapon]], a much longer reach on combos, and one of the most powerful shotlocks in the game.