History Main / ImmuneToFlinching

*** This gets taken UpToEleven when she's using [[SuperMode Hatred]] [[VideoGame/GuiltyGear Install]], where she can survive Cerebella's Level 3 Super, ''the strongest single attack in the game'', and do an insane amount of damage with the combo after it. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=8vLAKcyIChw#t=95s Take a look.]]

* The ''de facto'' boss of ''VideoGame/SonicTheFighters'', [[TheDragon Metal Sonic]], has a variation: where most of the characters flinch particularly hard when their "shields" are broken, his reaction is so much smaller that he can recover, reach forward, and smash you into the floor or something.

* In a similar vein, ''VideoGame/HyruleWarriors'' has Focus Spirit, which is pretty much Rage mode to a tee. Some of the characters' biggest, strongest and slowest attacks also give them temporary Super Armor and every character has an unlockable skill in their SkillTree that allows them to take up to 3 hits in quick succession without being interrupted.

* ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' Dante's most powerful Devil Trigger, Majin Form, is a walking fortress. It is the only Devil Trigger in the series so far to grant Dante true invulnerability--he can’t possibly be hurt or knocked down in this form. Be it a {{Mook}} or the TrueFinalBoss, he is untouchable.

* In ''VideoGame/PathOfExile'' chance to stun is determined by how much damage is done by a single hit compared to the target's maximum health. Bosses are mostly immune to stun by virtue of their large health pools, but a build optimized to reduce the stun threshold can reliably effect them. Characters can become completely immune to stun with the Unwavering Stance keystone passive, which has the NecessaryDrawback of being unable to evade enemy hits.

* In ''VideoGame/StreetsOfRage 4'', Nora can induce this in some of her {{mooks}} by whipping them, while also granting them extra health.

* Armour in ''VideoGame/TwentyXX'' prevents flinching while you have it, but damage reduces armour before health. You're also flinch-proof when using the Armatort's Shell core augment. Bosses almost never flinch, although some have a temporary pause programmed into their attack patterns (Rollster Beta, for example, delays for a couple of seconds before using his LastDitchAttack at half health where he bounces around crazily) and some pause for a second when hit with their vulnerability (a Boomerang Blade on Death Lotus causes a momentary stun).

* In ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'', many of the slow, hard-hitting characters (Bowser, Ganondorf, etc.) have attacks that cannot be interrupted by an opponent's move, although they will still flinch from attacks in their default state. Certain special attacks (like Ike's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoYmG4_6ews "Aether" strike]]) also have short moments in which the character is not interrupted or knocked back by any attacks, even ones which would otherwise KO them.
** Bowser's [[SuperMode Giga Bowser mode]] doesn't flinch at all, and is essentially immune to being directly KO'd as a result. [[note]] Just don't get hit while you're off the top of the screen[[/note]]
*** In the fourth game, Bowser himself won't flinch from weaker attacks (such as many rapid jabs).
** [[VideoGame/PunchOut Little Mac]] in the fourth game has this as one of his main features: most of his ground attacks give him Super Armor. [[AchillesHeel Not his air attacks though...]]
** In order to make up for the fact that he has only two jumps and (in 64 and Melee) no recovery move (his up special recovers a bit of altitude in later installments, but it's not much), Yoshi gets a limited form of Super Armor when double-jumping. He will resist all knockback below a large threshold while double-jumping, and any move that is powerful enough to get past the threshold will see its knockback seriously reduced.
** Inverted with Fox's blaster (starting with Melee) where it's very fast and does decent damage, but doesn't flinch or knock back the opponent at ''all''. Trying to stand your ground with it results in the opponent doing an [[UnflinchingWalk Unflinching Run]] right through it to beat you down. On the other hand, you can use this trait to get some free damage on enemies in the middle of a slow attack (because it won't cancel them) or [[KickThemWhileTheyAreDown recovering from off the edge]] (because it won't give them an extra jump like most attacks would).
** Sephiroth by default doesn’t have Super Armour, however once his percentage reaches a certain point he will activate his Winged Form will activate, giving all of his smash attacks the aforementioned super armour.
* The hardest challenge in [[VideoGame/SoulSeries Soul Calibur III]]'s "Chronicles of the Sword" mode grants this ability to your opponents. One opponent combines this ability with zero traction on the arena floor, making the fight a special kind of hell even with the AIBreaker moves.
* In ''VideoGame/TatsunokoVsCapcom'', giant characters Gold Lightan and PTX-40A are {{Mighty Glacier}}s; extremely slow and unwieldy compared to the rest of the cast, but in exchange they are nearly impossible to flinch, and can stomp through even the strongest special moves from other characters easily. As a handicap, hitting them too many times in succession does end up dizzying them, leaving them open for an extended beating, while other characters can't be dizzied outside of Alex's Stun Gun Headbutt super. Most special throws also work on them just as well as normal characters despite their size (which they [[LampshadeHanging lampshade]] in some of their victory quotes) and some characters have moves that bypass their armor completely and put them in hitstun just like anyone else.

** Inverted with Fox's blaster (starting with Melee) where it's very fast and does decent damage, but doesn't flinch or knock back the opponent at ''all''. Trying to stand your ground with it results in the opponent doing an [[UnflinchingWalk Unflinching Run]] right through it to beat you down. On the other hand, you can use this trait to get some free damage on enemies in the middle of a slow attack (because it won't cancel them) or recovering (because it won't give them an extra jump).

** Inverted with Fox's blaster (starting with Melee) where it's very fast and does decent damage, but doesn't flinch or knock back the opponent at ''all''. Trying to stand your ground with it results in the opponent doing an [[UnflinchingWalk Unflinching Run]] right through it to beat you down.

** ''VideoGame/HyruleWarriors'': Enemies surrounded by a red aura cannot be flinched by regular attacks. They can only be knocked back if attacked with a special attack or Weak Point Smash. In most Legend Mode and Adventure Mode missions, you are intended to avoid unflinching enemies, but certain Gold Skulltula challenges and Rewards Map missions require you to fight them.

* In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOracleGames'', there's a ring that can be found that considerably reduces the distance you get pushed back. Can be quite useful when most powerful enemies knock you back when ''you'' hit ''them''.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Diablo}}'', if you have lower health than an attack does, the game doesn't calculate stun effects, since those attacks would kill you. However, the ManaShield allows your mana to absorb the attack, making you immune to stun if you have low enough health.

* In the ''VideoGame/MegaMan'' series starting with ''VideoGame/MegaMan7'' Robot Masters (or [[VideoGame/MegaManX Mavericks]]) can typically endure blaster fire without flinching, although they often do recoil when hit with their particular weakness; Wily and Sigma bosses, as well as Ride Armors, are immune to flinching and knockback.

** In ''Videogame/MortalKombatX'', [[Franchise/FridayThe13th Jason Voorhees]] can grant himself temporary Super Armor with certain variations, with the catch being that after a while he is left in a vulnerable state.

** Some of the titular creatures (Cradily for example) have the Ingrain move that allows them to root themselves into the ground to prevent [[SwitchOutMove being removed from battle]]. There's also the "Suction Cups" ability, which innately prevents a forced switch (Lileep/Cradily and [[EverythingsSquishierWithCephalopods Octillery]]).