* ''HaloWars'' is absolutely full of this Trope, for just about every commander. From having to research calling down more than one shot from your orbital space gun (that can always fire 4 shots, but will only fire 1 until you research more) to researching an upgrade for your tanks that the commander (Forge) you're using ''invented'' to -- best of all -- having to research the ability for your repair units to repair things (as Forge, again).
* ''LeagueOfLegends'' champions, despite being legendary heroes in their universe, need to research their basic attacks during the game. Ashe the Frost Archer starts out being unable to shoot frost arrows, mages start without spells, musician champion Sona cannot play any songs, Corki cannot launch the rockets on his plane, Orianna's [[AttackDrone ball]] doesn't do anything and Gangplank cannot shoot his pistol or ''eat oranges''. Depending on your spell choices, these situations can last for a long time.
* In ''RiseOfLegends'', Vinci Musketeers need to research level 2 (Imperial Grenadiers) to Volley Fire, and level 3 (Imperial Fusiladiers) to [[TooDumbToLive allow them to hit nearby enemies with their rifle stocks. It also prohibits them from attacking at range.]] Seems the most natural thing in the world to smash a Glass Spider with the gun-butt when it's chewing on your calf, but it doensn't even occur to them until way down the tech tree (and maybe not at all, in the Campaign).

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* ''VideoGame/HaloWars'' is full of this for just about every commander. From having to research calling down more than one shot from your orbital space gun (that can always fire 4 shots, but will only fire 1 until you research more) to researching an upgrade for your tanks that the commander (Forge) you're using ''invented'' to -- best of all -- having to research the ability for your repair units to repair things (as Forge, again).
* ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' champions, despite being legendary heroes in their universe, need to research their basic attacks during the game. Ashe the Frost Archer starts out being unable to shoot frost arrows, mages start without spells, musician champion Sona cannot play any songs, Corki cannot launch the rockets on his plane, Orianna's [[AttackDrone ball]] doesn't do anything and Gangplank cannot shoot his pistol or ''eat oranges''. Depending on your spell choices, these situations can last for a long time.
* In ''VideoGame/RiseOfLegends'', Vinci Musketeers need to research level 2 (Imperial Grenadiers) to Volley Fire, and level 3 (Imperial Fusiladiers) to [[TooDumbToLive allow them to hit nearby enemies with their rifle stocks. It also prohibits them from attacking at range.]] Seems the most natural thing in the world to smash a Glass Spider with the gun-butt when it's chewing on your calf, but it doensn't even occur to them until way down the tech tree (and maybe not at all, in the Campaign).

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