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* Webcomic/YellowBrickRamble: A rare [[{{Subverted|Trope}} subversion]] of this trope. In this comic adaptation of [[Literature/TheMarvelousLandOfOz the second Oz novel,]] Emerald City quite literally has a one-man army, as Omby Amby is the city's only soldier. In chapter 8 of the comic, when General Jinjur and her Army of Revolt try to invade the city to conquer it, it seems at first that Omby might be able to hold them off all by himself. Unfortunately for both him and Emerald City, he swiftly proves to be incompetent at his job.

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* Webcomic/YellowBrickRamble: ''Webcomic/YellowBrickRamble'': A rare [[{{Subverted|Trope}} subversion]] of this trope. In this comic adaptation of [[Literature/TheMarvelousLandOfOz the second Oz novel,]] Emerald City quite literally has a one-man army, as Omby Amby is the city's only soldier. In [[https://yellowbrickramble.com/comic/a-revolution-in-emerald-city chapter 8 8]] of the comic, when General Jinjur and her Army of Revolt try to invade the city to conquer it, it seems at first that Omby might be able to hold them off all by himself. Unfortunately for both him and Emerald City, he Omby swiftly proves to be incompetent at his job.
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* Webcomic/YellowBrickRamble: A rare [[{{Subverted|Trope}} subversion]] of this trope. In this comic adaptation of [[Literature/TheMarvelousLandOfOz the second Oz novel,]] Emerald City quite literally has a one-man army, as Omby Amby is the city's only soldier. In chapter 8 of the comic, when General Jinjur and her Army of Revolt try to invade the city to conquer it, it seems at first that Omby might be able to hold them off all by himself. Unfortunately for both him and Emerald City, he swiftly proves to be incompetent at his job.
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* ''Webcomic/GrrlPower'''s Sydney has shown she could be this... even factoring she doesn't know everything the orbs giving her powers can do (part of it being it appears they need to be leveled up to "unlock" everything). At one point, she ends up stuck behind on a planet that had been attacked by an unknown-to-humans race; Maxima didn't want to spend the time fighting the Kaiju-sized opponent that appeared when their portal back home was collapsing; as said, Sydney ended up left behind. She ends up figuring out how to get around its shield, energy beams, and waves of personal fighters it kept sending out. Then three more appeared... And when she ends up back home,.she appears more concerned with borrowing some money to throw in her swear jar: Her personal rule is $5 per swear-lace rant (it's cheaper than per word), and she slaps down... $10,000 (with "rounding"). Maxima is understandably worried about her report.

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* ''Webcomic/GrrlPower'''s Sydney has shown she could be this... even factoring she doesn't know everything the orbs giving her powers can do (part of it being it appears they need to be leveled up to "unlock" everything). At one point, she ends up stuck behind on a planet that had been attacked by an unknown-to-humans race; Maxima didn't want to spend the time fighting the Kaiju-sized opponent that appeared when their portal back home was collapsing; as said, Sydney ended up left behind. She ends up figuring out how to get around its shield, energy beams, and waves of personal fighters it kept sending out. Then three more appeared... And when she ends up back home,.home, she appears more concerned with borrowing some money to throw in her swear jar: Her personal rule is $5 per swear-lace rant (it's cheaper than per word), and she slaps down... $10,000 (with "rounding"). Maxima is understandably worried about her report.
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** Intra the Sword-Saint was another masterful swordsman long gone by the comic's start, and it's implied he was at a similar level of skill to Meti. The only time we hear of him facing against a horde, however, he didn't even ''use'' the sword -- he just killed fifty men in less than half a second by skipping a single rock across all their ribcages.
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** The legendary swordswoman Meti once fought ten thousand men, completely naked, with only a single sword. She won.

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** The legendary swordswoman Meti once fought ten thousand men, completely naked, with only a single sword. She won. She barely even needed the sword, too; she describes once being ambushed at the beach without a weapon and decapitating fifteen men with a random piece of driftwood before even ''she'' knew what was happening.

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** In "King of Swords", many warriors from all over the cosmos take part in the Ring of Power tournament, where the winner gets a chance to have any wish fulfilled by the emperor, Solomon David -- as long as they can fight Solomon himself well enough to draw a single drop of blood. This time, at the end of the tournament, Solomon offers everyone still remaining in the ring a chance to either stand down or attack him, everyone who wants at once. What looks to be a second or so later, everyone who chose to attack is torn to pieces, while those who didn't are unharmed. It helps that Solomon's fighting style not only allows him to punch through people as though they are MadeOfPlasticine but also allows him to do so while TimeStandsStill.

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** In "King of Swords", many warriors from all over the cosmos take part in the Ring of Power tournament, where the winner gets a chance to have any wish fulfilled by the emperor, Solomon David -- as long as they can fight Solomon himself well enough to draw a single drop of blood. This time, at the end of the tournament, Solomon offers everyone still remaining in the ring a chance to either stand down or attack him, everyone who wants at once. What looks to be a second or so later, everyone who chose to attack is torn to pieces, while those who didn't are unharmed. It helps that Solomon's fighting style not only allows him to punch through people as though they are MadeOfPlasticine but also allows him to do so while TimeStandsStill. Notably, despite being a PhysicalGod capable of destroying stars with a thought, Solomon didn't ''need'' to use his divine powers to do that -- he's that powerful even without his [[AmplifierArtifact Magus Key]].
** The Dead Man Yaun ten Jantris, [[spoiler:who would later become the Demiurge Jagganoth]], once put siege to a fortified city with 30,000 defenders on his own. The siege lasted less than a week: On the two first days the city's defenders rallied to defeat him, and each time Yaun killed over 5,000 of them single-handedly, piling their corpses up in giant piles outside the walls. A pair of Master Swordsmen [[spoiler:Mathangi and Incubus]] were sent in to reinforce the city. [[SensingYouAreOutmatched They took one look at Yaun and his work and promptly switched sides]].
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** While normal Jägers are very strong and quick healing {{super soldier}}s the Generals are vastly more powerful and more experienced than their average kin, with Khrizhan spending a fight against the Empire's elite strike force casually chatting before [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20120528 single-handedly destroying nearly all of them along with their airship.]]

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** While normal Jägers are very strong and quick healing {{super soldier}}s the Generals are vastly more powerful and more experienced than their average kin, with Khrizhan spending a fight against the Empire's elite strike force casually chatting before [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20120528 single-handedly destroying nearly all of them along with their airship.]]airship]].
** Those very same Jägers - transformed {{SuperSoldier}}s they were - more or less ''[[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20130426 pissed themselves]]'' the moment Baron Klaus Wulfenbach himself landed in a drop-pod. Earlier in the comic, he was able to get hit by artillery fire while in hospital and survive anyways.
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* ''Webcomic/GrrlPower'''s Sydney has shown she could be this... even factoring she doesn't know everything the orbs giving her powers can do (part of it being it appears they need to be leveled up to "unlock" everything). At one point, she ends up stuck behind on a planet that had been attacked by an unknown-to-humans race; Maxima didn't want to spend thime fighting the Kaiju-sized opponent that appeared when their portal back home was collapsing; as said, Sydney ended up left behind. She ends up figuring out how to get around its shield, energy beams, and waves of personal fighters it kept sending out. Then three more appeared... And when she ends up back home,.she appears more concerned with borrowing some money to throw in her swear jar: Her personal rule is $5 per swear-lace rant (it's cheaper than per word), and she slaps down... $10,000 (with "rounding"). Maxima is understandably worried about her report.

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* ''Webcomic/GrrlPower'''s Sydney has shown she could be this... even factoring she doesn't know everything the orbs giving her powers can do (part of it being it appears they need to be leveled up to "unlock" everything). At one point, she ends up stuck behind on a planet that had been attacked by an unknown-to-humans race; Maxima didn't want to spend thime the time fighting the Kaiju-sized opponent that appeared when their portal back home was collapsing; as said, Sydney ended up left behind. She ends up figuring out how to get around its shield, energy beams, and waves of personal fighters it kept sending out. Then three more appeared... And when she ends up back home,.she appears more concerned with borrowing some money to throw in her swear jar: Her personal rule is $5 per swear-lace rant (it's cheaper than per word), and she slaps down... $10,000 (with "rounding"). Maxima is understandably worried about her report.
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** On a smaller scale, Ja Wangnan convinced Bam to make a truce with him because even if he was strong, he wouldn't hold out against the next six contestants. When the rest arrive and start squabbling, Bam decides to fight them all and nearly beats all but Wangnan, whose [[ActionSurvivor lucky skills]] and [[FanNickname PokéBombs]] save his ass.

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** On a smaller scale, Ja Wangnan convinced Bam to make a truce with him because even if he was strong, he wouldn't hold out against the next six contestants. When the rest arrive and start squabbling, Bam decides to fight them all and nearly beats all but Wangnan, whose [[ActionSurvivor lucky skills]] and [[FanNickname PokéBombs]] PokéBombs save his ass.
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* ''Webcomic/GrrlPower'''s Sydney has shown she could be this... even factoring she doesn't know everything the orbs giving her powers can do (part of it being it appears they need to be leveled up to "unlock" everything). At one point, she ends up stuck behind on a planet that had been attacked by an unknown-to-humans race; Maxima didn't want to spend thime fighting the Kaiju-sized opponent that appeared when their portal back home was collapsing; as said, Sydney ended up left behind. She ends up figuring out how to get around its shield, energy beams, and waves of personal fighters it kept sending out. Then three more appeared... And when she ends up back home,.she appears more concerned with borrowing some money to throw in her swear jar: Her personal rule is $5 per swear-lace rant (it's cheaper than per word), and she slaps down... $10,000 (with "rounding"). Maxima is understandably worried about her report.

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** In one of the latest arcs, we see a battle. On one side, [[spoiler: Demon Siegfried]] and a gigantic battalion of demons. On the other hand, Karnak. The tagline? [[http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2010-11-26 Two armies clashing]].



** In one of the latest arcs, we see a battle. On one side, [[spoiler: Demon Siegfried]] and a gigantic battalion of demons. On the other hand, Karnak. The tagline? [[http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2010-11-26 Two armies clashing]].
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** Then there is the case of Irregulars, those whose presence violates the basic rules of the Tower. Mostly because they were able to open the doors to the Tower themselves, they are among the most powerful beings in the Tower, so powerful in fact, that they are either the highest-ranked Rankers or go even above that. Zahard, the most powerful of the original Irregulars, during the ancient past managed to single-handedly crush an entire group of the strongest of FUG's fighters, which officially ended the first war between his empire and FUG. Urek Mazino was able to climb the Tower in around fifty years, 10 times faster than average, and even stalemated Arie Hon[[note]]The strongest Great Family head.[[/note]] before becoming the fourth strongest Ranker. Urek even stated that it would take 1000 Rankers against him alone to be of any challenge, while Po Bidau Gustang also considered him capable of killing his entire family in a rage. Enryu not only massacred all of the Zahard's followers stationed, but also [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu killed the]] [[PhysicalGod Guardian]] of the 43rd Floor, even though they were considered practically immortal and unbeatable. And finally, Phantaminum appeared out of nowhere, stormed Jahad's castle, killed hundreds of High Rankers in his way, reached Jahad and decided, for some unknown reason, to leave again. In the end, there was no choice but to make him the highest-ranked of the Tower.

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** Then there is the case of Irregulars, those whose presence violates the basic rules of the Tower. Mostly because they were able to open the doors to the Tower themselves, they are among the most powerful beings in the Tower, so powerful in fact, that they are either the highest-ranked Rankers or go even above that. Zahard, the most powerful of the original Irregulars, during the ancient past managed to single-handedly crush an entire group of the strongest of FUG's fighters, which officially ended the first war between his empire and FUG. Even the weaker ones, like Po Bidau Gustang and the Lo Po Bia Family Head, are still deemed fully capable of annihilating entire armies of FUG. Urek Mazino was able to climb the Tower in around fifty years, 10 times faster than average, and even stalemated Arie Hon[[note]]The strongest Great Family head.[[/note]] before becoming the fourth strongest Ranker. Urek even stated that it would take 1000 Rankers against him alone to be of any challenge, while Po Bidau Gustang also considered him capable of killing his entire family in a rage. Enryu not only massacred all of the Zahard's followers stationed, but also [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu killed the]] [[PhysicalGod Guardian]] of the 43rd Floor, even though they were considered practically immortal and unbeatable. And finally, Phantaminum appeared out of nowhere, stormed Jahad's castle, killed hundreds of High Rankers in his way, reached Jahad and decided, for some unknown reason, to leave again. In the end, there was no choice but to make him the highest-ranked of the Tower.

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