History PlayingWith / GlassCannon

* '''Inverted''': StoneWall.

* '''Justified''':
** Alex is a CuteBruiser who hits with the force of a freight train, but his fragile body is... frail.

* '''Inverted''':
** StoneWall.

* '''Downplayed''': Alex can practically defeat everybody in the state. Unlike his allies, he doesn't wear armor and that implies his weak defenses.

** Alex can run at 50 mph, and has solid defenses, but makes rubber look rock-solid.

** MightyGlacier
** LightningBruiser

* '''Averted''': Characters who are better on attack than defense aren't absurdly so.

* '''Played For Laughs''': The reason why Alex defense is so poor? That's because he doesn't wear any kind of defensive gear... As in, [[FullFrontalAssault he doesn't wear anything at all!]] Needless to say, the image of a phrenetic stark-naked maniac running around with wielding only [[{{BFS}} his gigantic sword]][[note]]NOOO! Not that kind of [[GagPenis gigantic]] [[FreudWasRight "sword"]]![[/note]] while slaying foes left and right, [[{{Bathos}} is kinda humorous on its own right]].

* '''Exaggerated''': Alex can vaporize entire planets, but a single touch turns him to dust.

* '''Downplayed''': Alex can practically defeat everybody in the state. Unlike his allies, he doesn't wear armor and that implies his weak defenses.

* '''Inverted''': Alex can run at 50 mph, and has solid defenses, but makes rubber look rock-solid.

* '''Subverted''':

** At high levels, the various compensations he receives for having such low health, such as death protection and an incredibly high dodge rate, make him almost impossible to decisively harm.

* '''Deconstructed''':
** Alex develops a sense of insecurity over being super powerful and extremely fragile, and his fear of being attacked first leads him to kill people he could easily have dealt with diplomatically, or even people who startle him.
** In a world of long-range firearms that allow someone to attack him from far away with no defense in the face of sneaky backstabbing enemies and other tricks, Alex is simply useless in the battlefield.
* '''Reconstructed''':
** Which he realizes is an overcompensation, so he develops defenses that help him dodge attacks so he doesn't get hurt.
** Alex himself is already the master of the arts of acrobatics, stealth, hiding, and powerful long-range attacks. He's also a damn good sniper, as his particular set of strengths and weaknesses leads to the aformentioned long-range firearms being an ideal weapon for him.

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** Alex himself is already the master of the arts of acrobatics, stealth, hiding, and powerful long-range attacks.

* '''Straight''': Alex can defeat everybody in the state within 5 minutes, and also has speed on-par with the JackOfAllStats, but only if they're not attacking him.

* '''Downplayed''': Alex can practically defeat everybody in the state. Unlike his allies, he does not wear any armor, and that implies his weak defences.

* '''Lampshaded''': "Everyone, guard Alex! He really, really needs it."

* '''Inverted''':

* '''Straight''': Alex can defeat everybody in the state within 5 minutes, but only if they're not attacking him.

* '''Zig Zagged''': Alex is a spindly atom bomb, except he's really tough, but that was just an illusion, only it turns out he's not that powerful, only to turn out to be a IAmNotLeftHanded.

* '''Exaggerated''': Alex can vaporize entire sections of stars, but a single touch turns him to dust.

** At high levels, the various compensations he receives for having such low health, such as death protection and an incredibly high dodge rate, make him almost impossible to decisively harm. Whether this makes him a GameBreaker or not depends on the rest of the game.

** Alex is an overweight, out of shape, anemic mess that can't take a punch to save his life. So he spends every day immolating anything vaguely threatening in his immediate vicinity, from ornery cows to evil armies.
** Alex is an anemic, hemophiliac invalid who can be killed with the slightest touch, but he is armed with various attack spells ranging from lethal to apocalyptic, and he lives in the strongest fortress ever built, having healing spells and force fields under his sleeves just in case.

** In a world of long-range firearms that allow someone to attack him from far away with no defense, in the face of sneaky backstabbing enemies, and other tricks, Alex is simply useless in the battlefield.

** ...And then the heroes develop anti-material rifles, block-busting laser cannons, and Earth-shattering bombs for him. Stealth is moot when Alex has auto turrets that could shred a mammoth in a second at the slightest detection.

* '''Discussed''': "So did you skip all the "How to take a punch" classes in wizard school? Oh right, ''[[TrashTalk you flunked out]]''"
* '''Conversed''': "He's like a walking Papier-mâché atom bomb."

Back to GlassCannon...but get into melee range as fast as possible, or you're toast!

* '''Justified''': Alex is a CuteBruiser who hits with the force of a freight train, but his fragile body is... frail.

* '''Inverted''': StoneWall.

* '''Subverted''': Alex is pretending that small attacks hurt him too much.

* '''Parodied''': Alex is an overweight, out of shape, anemic mess that can't take a punch to save his life. So he spends every day immolating anything vaguely threatening in his immediate vicinity, from ornery cows to evil armies.

* '''Deconstructed''': Alex develops a sense of insecurity over being super powerful and extremely fragile, and his fear of being attacked first leads him to kill people he could easily have dealt with diplomatically, or even people who startle him.

* '''Reconstructed''': Which he realizes is an overcompensation, so he develops defenses that help him dodge attacks so he doesn't get hurt.

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* '''Justified''':Alex is a CuteBruiser who hits with the force of a freight train, but his fragile body is...frail

** At high levels, the various compensations he receives for having such low health, such as death protection and an incredibly high dodge rate make him almost impossible to decisively harm. Whether this makes him a GameBreaker or not depends on the rest of the game.
* '''Double Subverted''': ...However the next small attack does.

* '''Deconstructed''': Alex develops a sense of insecurity over being super powerful and extremely fragile and his fear of being attacked first leads him to kill people he could easily have dealt with diplomatically, or even people who startle him.

* '''Enforced''': "Alex's incredible attacks are a defining trait of his, but she needs a weakness for the sake of CompetitiveBalance.

* '''Invoked''': Alex believes that the best defense is a good offense, so he purposely skips all the defense lessons and concentrates on her attacks.
* '''Defied''': Alex trains up his physical strength and becomes a MagicKnight, KungFuWizard or the something equivalent to that.

** Alex, a video game character with the highest attack power in his game, starts with 1 hp and ignores attempts to increase his total.

** A skilled Alex player knows that the first thing he should do is grab some non-hp defensive abilities: Immunities, high evasion, temporary invulnerability, etc.

** Alex, a video game character, has 1 hp the entire game with no way to improve his total.

** Alex himself is skilled in the arts of acrobatics, stealth, hiding, and powerful long-range attacks.

** Alex himself is skilled in the arts of stealth, hiding, and powerful long-range attacks.

** Alex is an anemic, hemophiliac invalid who can be killed with ''a contact with an oxygen atom'', but he is armed with various attack spells ranging from lethal to apocalyptic, and he lives in the strongest fortress ever built, having healing spells and force fields under his sleeves just in case.

* '''Straight''': Alex can defeat everybody in the state within 5 minutes, but only if they're not attacking Alex.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alex can vaporize entire sections of stars but a single touch turns her to dust.
* '''Justified''':Alex is a CuteBruiser who hits like a man, but her fragile body is...frail
** Alex has a {{BFG}} which can cut through anything she faces, but weight concerns force her to abandon armor.

* '''Subverted''': Alex is pretending that small attack hurt her too much.

* '''Parodied''': Alex is an overweight, out of shape, anemic mess that can't take a punch to save her life. So she spends every day immolating anything vaguely threatening in her immediate vicinity, from ornery cows to evil armies."
* '''Deconstructed''': Alex develops a sense of insecurity over being super powerful and extremely fragile and Alex's fear of being attacked first leads her to kill people she could easily have dealt with diplomatically, or even people who startle her.
** In a world of long-range firearms that allow someone to attack her from far away with no defense, in the face of sneaky backstabbing enemies, and other tricks, Alex is simply useless in the battlefield.
* '''Reconstructed''': Which she realizes is an overcompensation, so she develops defenses that help her dodge attacks so she doesn't get hurt.
** ...And then the heroes develop anti-material rifles, block-busting laser cannons, and Earth-shattering bombs for her. Stealth is moot when Alex has autoturrets that could shred a mammoth in a second at the slightest detection.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Alex is a spindly atom bomb, except she's really tough, but that was just an illusion, only it turns out she's not that powerful, only to turn out to be a IAmNotLeftHanded.

* '''Enforced''': "Alex's incredible attacks are a defining trait of hers, but she needs a weakness for the sake of CompetitiveBalance.
* '''Lampshaded''': "Everyone, guard Alex! She really, really needs it."
* '''Invoked''': Alex believes that the best defense is a good offense, so she purposely skips all the defense lessons and concentrates on her attacks.
* '''Defied''': Alex trains up her physical strength and becomes a MagicKnight or the something equivalent to that.
* '''Discussed''': "So did you skip all the "How to take a punch" classes in wizard school? Oh right, ''[[TrashTalk you flunked out]]"''
* '''Conversed''': "She's like a walking Papier-mâché atom bomb."

* '''Conversed''': "She's like a walking Papier-mâché atom bomb."

* '''Deconstructed''': Alex develops a sense of insecurity over being super powerful and extremely fragil and Alex's fear of being attacked first leads her to kill people she could easily have dealt with diplomatically, or even people who startle her.