History Main / SingleUseShield

* ''Videogame/Elona'' - has a spinoff, Elona Shooter, which uses the Holy Grail of Jeure.
* ''Videogame/GunNac'': The Wing power-up.

* ''TAbletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'':

* In ''CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'', the eponymous hero starts off using a triangular shield he picked up during his stage show (a MythologyGag to the characters' roots). The shield is used precisely once as a guard against the Red Skull's fist. The Red Skull caves it in and it is quickly discarded.

** ''Videogame/CrashTeamRacing'' however changes it. The Aku-Aku mask is full invicibility, while the actual shield item gives temporary protection from a single attack/hazard, Having ten Wumpa fruit turns the shield green, meaning it lasts forever, so long as you don't take a hit.

* In ''VideoGame/OdinSphere'', the "Fire/Ice Spirits" potions surround the player with three rotating elemental spirits, which can absorb (and counter) one strike each.

* The ''VideoGame/MegaMan'' series has the Spike Barrier/Shock Step/whatever it's called, which protects you once from the instant-death spikes. But you have to jump to safety before the MercyInvincibility wears off, or....

* ''{{Amorphous}}'': the Reactive Armor explodes on contact with an enemy while leaving the player alive, making him a Two-Hit Point Wonder.
* The ''WarCraft'' item Amulet of Spell Shield automatically blocks one negative spell before requiring a 40-second cooldown. Savvier enemies will hit the hero carrying it with a weak spell first, then pull out the harder-hitting attacks.

* ''Videogame/FinalFantasyX'' had the "Nul Element" spells ([=NulFire, NulIce=], etc.) which could absorb one attack from the matching element (regardless of strength) when cast, he highest version, "[=NulAll=]", combined all four elemental shields.

* This is how regeneration works in ''Tabletopgame/MagicTheGathering''. Regenerating a creature gives it a single-use shield that saves it the next time it would die. However, even the most common instant-death spells bypass it.

* In the ''SuperMarioBros'' series, just about any time Mario takes a hit he loses his current powerup ([[PowerupMount Yoshi]], Mushroom, Fire Flower, etc.).

*** In ''[[VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles Sonic 3 & Knuckles]]'' and the PS3, {{Xbox 360}} and PC version of ''VideoGame/SonicGenerations'', flame, bubble and lightning shields are available. While they are active, they protect the player from flames, let the player breathe underwater and attract rings, respectively. All three will (at least in ''S3&K'') reflect projectiles without taking damage, but they still disappear after one hit from anything else. They even grant special powers to Sonic, activated on pressing the jump button while in midair (replacing his weak "insta-shield" move that slightly extends the range of his jump attack momentarily): the flame shield lets him dash forward rapidly; the bubble shield lets him dash ''downward'' rapidly ({{Ground Pound}}!); while the lightning shield gives him a {{Double Jump}}.

* In ''Wardner'', the protagonist is normally a OneHitpointWonder but can find or buy a cloak that protects him from being hit once. There is also a sewing kit that protects the cloak once.

* In ''CrashBandicoot'' series, the witch Doctor's mask [[BigGood Aku-Aku]] protects him (and Coco, etc) from one hit. Picking up another will give you two hits of protection, while grabbing a third will then give you temporary invincibility, which then resets back to two shields.
** ''CrashTeamRacing'' however changes it. The Aku-Aku mask is full invicibility, while the actual shield item gives temporary protection from a single attack/hazard, Having ten Wumpa fruit turns the shield green, meaning it lasts forever, so long as you don't take a hit.

* In ''LeagueOfLegends'', Sivir has the "Spell Shield" ability, which blocks a single enemy spell.

*** In ''[[VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles Sonic 3 & Knuckles]]'' and the PS3, {{Xbox 360}} and PC version of ''VideoGame/SonicGenerations'', flame, bubble and lightning shields are available. While they are active, they protect the player from flames, let the player breathe underwater and attract rings, respectively. All three will (at least in ''S3&K'') reflect projectiles without taking damage, but they still disappear after one hit from anything else.

* In ''OdinSphere'', the "Fire/Ice Spirits" potions surround the player with three rotating elemental spirits, which can absorb (and counter) one strike each.

*** The fan-made ''SonicRoboBlast2'' has no less than ''five'' such shields available -- the blue Force Shield, which can take two hits; the white Whirlwind Shield, which gives your character a double jump; the green Elemental Shield, which makes you fully immune to environmental hazards; the red Armageddon Shield, which can be detonated to damage everything nearby; and the yellow Attraction Shield, which draws in rings, but shorts out in water.

** The Vs. Hale game mod turns the Demoman's Chargin' Targe and Splendid Screen into this as they normally protect against fire and explosives, neither of which Hale uses.

* In ''CrashBandicoot'' series, the witch Doctor's mask [[BigGood Aku-Aku]] protects him (and Coco, etc) from one hit (although you can stack them if you pick up more than one).

* ''BionicCommando'' has a pendant, which lasts one stage, and can block a single projectile, but also goes away if you die some other way.

* In ''Videogame/{{Ghosts n Goblins]]'' and its sequels, the player character's armor disappears after one hit, but they do have the benefit of starting each life with armor equipped. ''Super Ghouls And Ghosts'' also offers a shield powerup which can block one projectile attack only.

* In ''GhostsAndGoblins'' and its sequels, the player character's armor disappears after one hit, but they do have the benefit of starting each life with armor equipped. ''Super Ghouls And Ghosts'' also offers a shield powerup which can block one projectile attack only.

* ''FinalFantasyX'' had the "Nul Element" spells ([=NulFire, NulIce=], etc.) which could absorb one attack from the matching element (regardless of strength) when cast, he highest version, "[=NulAll=]", combined all four elemental shields.

* ''DungeonsAndDragons'':

* Several kinds of magical armor in ''{{Warhammer}}'' provide an excellent armor save but are destroyed the first time they save a wound.
* This is how regeneration works in ''MagicTheGathering''. Regenerating a creature gives it a single-use shield that saves it the next time it would die. However, even the most common instant-death spells bypass it.

A shield or any other sort of PowerUp that goes away after one hit. Essentially a protective version of OneHitPointWonder, instead of a character. The power-up can do more than block an attack, but doesn't have to do so in order to qualify for this trope.

* ''GhostsAndGoblins'' starts every life with one of these, which disqualifies it from being a OneHitPointWonder.
* ''SuperMarioBros'':
** Mario has these in many forms, but usually in Mushrooms and Fire Flowers. They give him additional abilities, as well as keeping him from dying in one hit.
** One game grants Mario the Mushroom power at the beginning of each life.

* ''FinalFantasyX'' had the "Nul Element" spells ([=NulFire=], NulIce, etc.) which could absorb one attack from the matching element (regardless of strength) when cast.

* ''BionicCommando'' has a pendant, which lasts one stage,and can block a single projectile, but also goes away if you die some other way.
* The ''VideoGame/MegaMan'' series has the Spike Barrier/Shock Step/whatever it's called, which protects you once from the instant-death spikes.

** Sonic collects rings. If he's hit, he loses hit rings instead of dying.
** The flame, bubble and lightning shields in the ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' series also qualify. They go away after one hit, but while they are active, they protect the player from flames, let the player breathe underwater and attract rings, respectively.

* In ''TeamFortress2'', the Sniper's Razorback protects him from a single instant-kill backstab, at which point he has to go back to the resupply room to get a new one.

* This is how regeneration works in ''MagicTheGathering''. Regenerating a creature gives it a single-use shield that saves it the next time it would die.

A shield or any other sort of PowerUp that goes away in one hit. Essentially a protective version of OneHitPointWonder, instead of a character. The power-up can do more than block an attack, but doesn't have to in order to qualify for this trope.

See also BanditMook and MooksAteMyEquipment for things that can treat ordinary armor as {{One Hit Point Wonder}}s, unlike the rest of the game.

** The flame, bubble, and lightning shields in the SonicTheHedgehog series are also examples. They go away after one hit, but while they are active they protect the player from flames, let the player breath underwater, and attract rings respectively.

* In ''CrashBandicoot'' series the witch Doctor's mask [[BigGood Aku-Aku]] protects him (and Coco, etc) from one hit (although you can stack them if you pick up more than one).
* ''FinalFantasyX'' had the "Nul Element" spells ([=NulFire, NulIce, etc.=]) which could absorb one attack from the matching element (regardless of strength) when cast.

** Stoneskin in older editions of DungeonsAndDragons.

* In ''Literature/LabyrinthsOfEcho'', Magister Honna's headband was enchanted to protect even against OneHitKill, NoSavingThrow artifact weapons. However, it could only do so once, burning up afterwards.

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