History Main / SplashDamage

* ''WarCraft'' has units and heroes that can do splash damage.

** Undead: [[KillItWithIce Lich]], Meat Wagon, Frost Wyrm

*** In general, if it's a missile and/or explodes, it does splash damage.

* ''StarCraft'' features various units
** Terran: [[TankGoodness Siege Tank]], [[HumongousMecha Thor]]'s MacrossMissileMassacre
** [[CrystalSpiresAndTogas Protoss]]: [[EnergyBeing Archons]], Reavers
** [[HordeOfAlienLocusts Zerg]]: [[ActionBomb Baneling]], [[BigCreepyCrawlies Infestors]]' fungal growth, Infested Terrans.

** Terran: [[TankGoodness Siege Tank]], [[KillItWithFire Hellion]], [[HumongousMecha Thor]]'s MacrossMissileMassacre
** [[CrystalSpiresAndTogas Protoss]]: [[TripodTerror Colossus]], [[EnergyBeing Archons]], [[SquishyWizard High Templar]]s [[ShockAndAwe Psi-storm]]
** [[HordeOfAlienLocusts Zerg]]: Ultralisk, [[ActionBomb Baneling]], [[BigCreepyCrawlies Infestors]]' fungal growth

* A necessity in ''{{Prototype}}'' where, short of the most powerful ground vehicle in the game, you are your most reliable source of splash damage with BeyondTheImpossible combat maneuvers taken UpToEleven once the game starts throwing AT YOU waves of {{mooks}}, {{elite mooks}}, as well as the [[BossInMookClothing beyond-elite mooks]] that will make you scream "{{SPITEFUL AI}}"!

** Orcs: Tauren, Demolisher

** Terran: [[TankGoodness Siege Tank]], [[KillItWithFire Hellion]], [[HumongousMecha Thor]]
** [[CrystalSpiresAndTogas Protoss]]: [[TripodTerror Colossus]], [[EnergyBeing Archons]], [[SquishyWizard High Templar]]
** [[HordeOfAlienLocusts Zerg]]: Ultralisk, [[ActionBomb Baneling]]
* Like ''Star Craft'' WarCraft also has units and heroes that can do splash damage.

* Explosive weapons in ''{{X-COM}}'' games work this way, though damage from the most powerful bombs just cut off at a certain (quite large) distance rather than continuing to fade. In addition to hitting friendly units, a misplaced grenade may also destroy valuable loot or stunned prisoners or trigger ExplodingBarrels.

* ''PokemonBlackAndWhite'': there are triple battles where positioning matters, meaning multi-target attacks are now splash damage attacks. The most prominent are Surf, Earthquake, and Discharge; they will all hit any Pokemon adjacent to the user but no one else.

* ''{{Quake}}'': the rocket launcher. Against fast targets, it's actually more effective to aim at the ground near rather than trying to hit directly.

Most weapons have to hit their target directly to be effective -- but some lucky few merely have to hit ''near'' the target since damage occurs in area around their impact point. This Splash Damage usually represents explosives; it commonly applies to rockets and bombs, but often shows up on more exotic and powerful weapons like {{BFG}}s and Energy Weapons.

Typically Splash Damage is distance dependent: the closer you are to the hit, the greater the pain. Usually, such a weapon will also do a fixed amount of additional damage if it scores a direct hit. However, some weapons such as grenades deal out splash damage exclusively.

* ''[[MegaMan Mega Man 4]]'': to defeat Dr. Wily you have to use Drill Bombs. However the bombs themselves bounce off his ship. To win you must detonate the bomb before it hits so that the Splash Damage of the [[HitTheHelplessHex explosion hits his weak spot]].

Related tropes include: ClusterBomb, AreaOfEffect, SpreadShot, HitBoxDissonance, HitTheHelplessHex. Frequently an effect of the {{BFG}} and WaveMotionGun. Sometimes allows players to RocketJump. Often used for a HerdHittingAttack.

* In ''TeamFortress2'', the Soldier's Black Box and standard rocket launcher both deal impressive splash damage - the Direct Hit, however, is geared so as to eliminate it almost completely (except in relation to the Soldier himself for the purposes of [[RocketJump Rocket Jumping]]). Splash damage is also the Demoman's bread and butter depending on his setup; stickies from the standard sticky launcher or Scottish Resistance and grenades from the grenade launcher or Lock'n'Load have impressive blast radii.

Don't you hate it when your opponent decides to [[ZergRush rush you with a horde]] of {{mook}}s so that you have to aim and take out each and every one while they swarm you? That's what good old SplashDamage is for! Their swarms of disposable mooks are no match for a well placed artillery shell blowing them all to pieces.

Most weapons, whether melee or ranged, have to actually hit their target to be effective -- but some lucky few merely have to get close. The effect known as splash damage is damage done beyond the actual impact of the weapon. Usually used to represent explosives, it's commonly found on weapons like rockets and bombs, but often shows up on more exotic (and powerful) weapons like {{BFG}}s and Energy Weapons whether they're explosive or not. Usually a direct hit does a fixed amount of damage and then the splash damage deals additional damage to anything in the area around it, but some weapons (like grenades) deal splash damage exclusively. Splash damage is dependent on the distance to the initial impact -- the farther away you are, the less damage you take.

A notable feature of SplashDamage is the damage drop off as you get further from the impact area, whereas something like AreaOfEffect has constant damage/effects.

Related tropes include but are not limited to: ClusterBomb, AreaOfEffect, SpreadShot, HitBoxDissonance, HitTheHelplessHex. Frequently an effect of the {{BFG}} and WaveMotionGun. Sometimes allows players to RocketJump. One of the common ways to create a HerdHittingAttack.

* StarCraft features various units

* {{Iji}}: splash damage is the main exception of FriendlyFireProof - which comes in very handy in a PacifistRun.
* ValkyriaChronicles: Grenades deal splash damage, which makes them one of the only weapons that can easily hit more than one target. Their main use, however, is taking out sandbags so you can get [[BoomHeadShot headshots on the exposed troops]].

* SuperSmashBros: along side the various [[StuffBlowingUp explosives]] there are some attacks that have hitboxes that extend farther than what you'd expect, and are capable of hitting multiple opponents. [[{{Kirby}} King Dedede's]] and [[SuperMarioBros Yoshi's]] ground-pound moves, for example, deal damage to people standing close enough to the point of impact, not just the ones that you land directly on top of.
* PokemonBlackAndWhite: there are triple battles where positioning matters, meaning multi-target attacks are now splash damage attacks. The most prominent are Surf, Earthquake, and Discharge; they will all hit any Pokemon adjacent to the user but no one else.
* {{Quake}}: the rocket launcher. Against fast targets, it's actually more effective to aim at the ground near rather than trying to hit directly.
* {{Doom}}: rocket launcher, same as {{Quake}}.
* PlantsVsZombies: has the Melon-pult.
* MegaMan 4: to defeat Dr. Wily you have to use Drill Bombs. However the bombs themselves bounce off his ship. To win you must detonate the bomb before it hits so that the SplashDamage of the [[HitTheHelplessHex explosion hits his weak spot]].
* ''WingCommander II'' and ''WingCommander IV'' have the Mace, a tactical nuclear missile that can be used to take out groups of sufficiently close targets, detonated either by shooting the missile ([=WC2=] or on command ([=WC4=]).
** ''WingCommander IV'' also has the Starburst and Coneburst missiles, which effectively act like player controlled grenades. As the names suggest, the Starburst's shrapnel field is omnidirectional, while the Coneburst's damage is aimed forward in a conical pattern. Unlike with the Mace, though, the damage is constant within the damage area.
* In ''TeamFortress2'', the Soldier's Black Box and standard rocket launcher both deal impressive splash damage - the Direct Hit, however, is geared so as to eliminate it almost completely (except in relation to the Soldier himself for the purposes of RocketJumping). Splash damage is also the Demoman's bread and butter depending on his setup; stickies from the standard sticky launcher or Scottish Resistance and grenades from the grenade launcher or Lock'n'Load have impressive blast radii.

Related tropes include but are not limited to: ClusterBomb, AreaOfEffect, SpreadShot, HitBoxDissonance. Frequently an effect of the {{BFG}} and WaveMotionGun. Sometimes allows players to RocketJump. One of the common ways to create a HerdHittingAttack.

Most weapons, whether melee or ranged, have to actually hit their target to be effective -- but some lucky few merely have to get close. The effect known as splash damage is damage done beyond the actual impact of the weapon. Usually used to represent explosives, it's commonly found on weapons like rockets and bombs, but often shows up on more exotic (and powerful) weapons like BFGs and Energy Weapons whether they're explosive or not. Usually a direct hit does a fixed amount of damage and then the splash damage deals additional damage to anything in the area around it, but some weapons (like grenades) deal splash damage exclusively. Splash damage is dependent on the distance to the initial impact -- the farther away you are, the less damage you take.

! Examples of SplashDamage

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** ''WingCommander IV'' also has the Starburst and Coneburst missiles, which effectively act like player controlled grenades As the names suggest, the Starburst's shrapnel field is omnidirectional, while the Coneburst's damage is aimed forward in a conical pattern. Unlike with the Mace, though, the damage is constant within the damage area.

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** ''WingCommander IV'' also has the Starburst and Coneburst missiles, which effectively act like player controlled grenades As the names suggest, the Starburst's shrapnel field is omnidirectional, while the Coneburst's damage is aimed forward in a conical pattern. Unlike with the Mace, though, the damage is constant within the damage area.