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** In ''VideoGame/Persona3'', and ''VideoGame/Persona4'', the Ghastly wail attack is a OneHitKill against any target with the fear debuff active, and harmless otherwise. The skill Cruel Attack and its stronger version Vile Assault deal more damage to enemy with Down or Dizzy status.

* In the fourth edition of ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', various monsters deal additional damage against targets they have "combat advantage" against, which is a status provided by several other status effects such as "prone" or "immobilized". This is used mostly to represent sneakiness and [[BackStab backstabby]]-[[BuffySpeak ness]].

** In ''Videogame/FinalFantasyVII'', Tifa's Powersoul guantlet doubles her attack power if she is near death, and quadruples it if she has Doom/Death Sentence cast on her. That means a Tifa with both Critical and Doom deals eight times her normal damage.

* This is a common mechanic in ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft''. An example -- depending on the balance patch -- is the Paladin's Avenging Wrath which not only provides a hefty percentage buff to all of your damage, but also allows you free use Hammer of Wrath without having to reduce your target's health below a certain percentage. However, this benefit is ''only'' if the Paladin is specialized in the Retribution (damage dealer) role.

* This is a common mechanic in ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft''. An example -- depending on the balance patch -- is the Paladin's Avenging Wrath which not only provides a hefty percentage buff to all of your damage, but also allows you free use Hammer of Wrath without having to reduce your target's health below a certain health percentage. However, this benefit is ''only'' if the Paladin is specialized in the Retribution (damage dealer) role.

* ''VideoGame/CallersBane'': ''Unbind'' is a OneHitKill card that can only be used on an [[StatusBuff enchanted]] unit. Since the faction that uses it also specializes in harmful enchantments, this isn't usually a problem.

* This is a common mechanic in ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', an example depending on the balance patch is the Paladin's Avenging Wrath which not only provides a hefty percentage buff to all of your damage, but also allows you free use Hammer of Wrath without having to reduce your target's health below a certain percentage, but ''only'' if the Paladin is specialized in the Retribution role.

* ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'' has an entire build--[[FanNickname known among fans]] as "Danger Mario"--centered on this trope. Certain Badges in the game increase Mario's attack power when has five hit points or less left and enters "Danger Mode." It's possible to buy multiple copies of these Badges and, through some in-game stat swaps, permanently lower the player's health to five points, meaning that Mario is ''always'' in Danger Mode. When used to its strongest effect, it's possible to OneHitKO every single enemy in the game (including bosses) using this strategy.

** Some characters have passives that allow them to increase damage that they deal if the enemy is afflicted with certain status ailments. For example, Lightning Empress (one of Mei's "suits") can deal higher damage in her attacks on enemies that are either paralyzed, slowed (i.e movement and attack speed decreased) or frozen.

** Lord Knight's passive "Counter Patience" gives him increased strength that stacks based on the amount of negative status effects he's suffering.

* In ''VideoGame/BravelyDefault'', this is the function of the Arcanist class, which has spells that do massive damage to anyone on the field--friend or foe--who is either asleep, poisoned, or has gained or spent extra turns.

** The Marked status effect powers up the skills of several different heroes, allowing them to deal majorly increased damage against targets suffering the debuff. Those that can both Mark a target and {{Combo}} with the resulting damage next turn include the Arbalest, Bounty Hunter and Houndmaster. While they have no way of applying the Marked status effect, the Highwayman and Grave Robber both have attacks that deal increased damage to Marked foes as well.

** Robin Hood's Noble Phantasm "Yew Bow" will do extra damage if the enemy is poisoned (and he has a skill that poisons an enemy). Its damage can be furtrer increased with more stacks of poison debuff (from another party member).

** Inverted in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'', in the battle with Yunalesca. Here, the Zombie status effect which Yunalesca liberally uses is a lifesaver from the mass Death attacks she spams. When under Zombie, your characters cannot replenish their health, but are safe from the OneHitKO all-hitting attack.
** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'', Vanille's Death spell deal immense damage, but also has a chance to deal a OneHitKill depending on the number of ailments on the target. The chance starts at 1%, and goes up an additional 1% for every ailment.

* ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' introduces power combos, with ''Videogame/MassEffect3'' improving the concept. Some abilities can inflict status conditions (called priming) which have some small effects on the targets condition. Other abilities (called detonators) can then react with these charges to create explosions. For example, warp primes a target with biotic charge, which can then react with throw, a biotic detonator. This leads to an explosion. With single player being rather easy, they only become relevant in multiplayer. It also doesn't help that the game doesn't mentions them in any way.

* ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering''. Chained Throatseeker, Corrupted Resolve, Septic Rats and Viridian Betrayers all gain various bonuses if an opponent has at least one poison counter.

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** Covert Lethality is a rare mod that turns any finisher attack with a dagger into a OneHitKill. Beside the obvious [[BackStab Stealth Finishers]], finishers can also be triggered on blinded (several Warframe powers blind enemies) or Stunned (from the blast some weapons can make when one has earned enough ExperiencePoints while having it drawn). It can lead to a situation where one [[PlayerCharacter Tenno]] can blind enemies and then kill an entire room worth of enemies. Even worse, one dagger can be fitted with a mod that gives an area of effect attack that triggers when gaining enough Experience points, and when said attack triggers, restore [[{{Mana}} Energy]].

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* ''VideoGame/Borderlands2'':
** Hitting a slagged enemy with another element will increase the damage.
** Several of Krieg's skills will only activate if he's on fire.

A common tactical element in video games, this is when an ability depends on the existence of StatusEffects, whether in the user or in the target.

* ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}'':
** In the original game, hitting a slagged enemy with another element will increase the damage.
** In ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands 2}}'', several of Krieg's skills will only activate if he's on fire.

** Several heroes have access to Executioner or some variant, which is a talent that causes your basic attacks to deal extra damage to enemies under any form of StatusAilment.

** The [[{{Ninja}} Nightseeker]] and [[ArcherArchetype Sniper]] both specialize in {{Status Infliciton Attack}}s and exploiting them:

** In ''[=EBF5=]'', every element can be boosted by a neutral or negative status effect. However, the neutral status effects like Dry or Light will also protect you from damage of other elements, such as Light decreasing Earth damage.

A common tactical element in video games, this is when an ability depends on the existence of StandardStatusEffects, whether in the user or in the target. The status effect here can be a StatusBuff or StatusAilment.

** The [[{{Ninja}} Nightseeker]] and [[ArcherArchetype Sniper]] both specialize in inflicting StandardStatusEffects and exploiting them:

** Poison Heal causes the user to restore health from being poisoned instead of losing it.
** Toxic Boost, exclusively the Hidden Ability of Zangoose, increases its Attack if it's poisoned.

* ''VideoGame/GenshinImpact'': The Bathysmal Vishaps in Enkanomiya can induce a status effect called "Cleansing Shower" on your party members which [[ManaBurn drains your Elemental Burst gauge]]. If your gauge reaches zero and there's no elemental particles to refill it, the Vishap's attacks will deal double the damage to you and take a large chunk of your HP away (sometimes leading to a OneHitKill if you're characters are underlevelled). This makes using [[LimitBreak Elemental Bursts]] on them a very risky move as using one immediately drains your Burst gauge to zero, thus making you more prone to brutal punishment from the Vishaps.

* ''Videogame/MassEffect2'' introduces power combos, with ''Videogame/MassEffect3'' improving the concept. Some abilities can inflict status conditions (called priming) which have some small effects on the targets condition. Other abilities (called detonators) can then react with these charges to create explosions. For example, warp primes a target with biotic charge, which can then react with throw, a biotic detonator. This leads to an explosion. With single player being rather easy, they only become relevant in multiplayer. It also doesn't help that the game doesn't mentions them in any way.

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* ''Videogame/{{Pokemon}}'':
** The Pokemon abilities Guts, Quick Feet, and Marvel Scale will only activate if the user is afflicted with a status condition.

** In ''Videogame/DigitalDevilSaga'', 'Hunting'-type attacks become more effective if used against enemies suffering from the 'Frightened' effect. The [[NonIndicativeName misleadingly-named]] Null Sleep passive skill allows the user to dodge most attacks while they're sleeping.

* ''VideoGame/DigitalDevilSaga'': The [[NonIndicativeName misleadingly-named]] Null Sleep passive skill allows the user to dodge most attacks while they're sleeping.

** In ''Videogame/DigitalDevilSaga'', 'Hunting'-type attacks become more effective if used against enemies suffering from the 'Frightened' effect.

* Attacks/abilities that only activate when the user (or occasionally the enemy) has a certain (or any kind of) status effect. Compare DefenseMechanismSuperpower.