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->''"Cannon to right of them,\\
Cannon to left of them,\\
Cannon in front of them\\
Volley'd and thunder'd;"''
-->-- '''Alfred, Lord Tennyson''', ''The Charge of the Light Brigade ''

->'''Yuri''': You know how some guns have red lasers that indicate where they're aiming? Watch this.\\
'''Marina''': Is it broken? You glowed red and the whole room lit up.\\
'''Yuri''': Exactly.
-->-- ''{{Spacetrawler}}''

For when you absolutely, positively need something DeaderThanDead, there is nothing better than throwing everything but the kitchen sink ([[KitchenSinkIncluded or maybe even it]]) at it. ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill, after all.

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* AlwaysAccurateAttack: You'll never miss.
* AtomicHate, for nuclear weapons.
** FantasticNuke, for their fantasy counterpart.
*** UnholyNuke: For Dark-based variants
*** YinYangBomb: For a combination of both
* AttackDrone, in large numbers, often from every direction at once, is a popular choice. The ''{{Gundam}}'' franchise is rife with examples, and literally called an "all-range attack" in-universe.
* BeamSpam, for energy beams. Bonus points if you're using {{Attack Drone}}s.
* DeathFromAbove, for artillery strikes and other methods of raining indiscriminate death.
** ColonyDrop, for when those puny artillery shells just aren't cutting it.
** EarthShatteringKaboom, for when everything on the planet needs to die now.
** KillSat: Have a problem? Use a Satellite to kiss all your problems goodbye.
* HeroicRROD, for when your need to throw everything you have at a target even if it means your life.
* HomingProjectile, for missiles or anything else.
* MacrossMissileMassacre, for masses of missiles.
** ReverseShrapnel, for [[MacrossMissileMassacre Triple M]] [[XMeetsY combined with]] FlechetteStorm (also covers death from all directions).
* MoreDakka, for automatic and semi-automatic ranged weapons (also covers single shot weapons with [[TheGunslinger really fast loaders]] with a [[BottomlessMagazines bottomless ammo source]] and maybe an [[UnorthodoxReload unusual loading style]]).
* RainOfArrows, for a rain of sharp pointy DeathFromAbove (also useful for [[ThreeHundred blotting out the sun]]).
** FlechetteStorm, for a thrown version of the above.
** StormOfBlades, for a rain or swords instead of arrows.
** ItsRainingMen, for when you want to rain down soldiers instead of swords.
*** GoombaStomp, for when the soldiers decide not to slow down.
* SpamAttack, for melee attacks in general.
** RapidFireFisticuffs, for [[MemeticMutation over nine thousand]] fists in your face.
* SpinAttack, for a literal death in all directions.
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** KillSat: Have a problem use a Satellite to kiss all your problem good by

** KillSAT: Have a problem use a Satellite to kiss all your problem good by

* MacrossMissileMassacre, for missiles.

*** HolyHandGrenade: For Light-based variants

* ChargedAttack, for throwing everything you have at an opponent with [[SingleStrokeBattle one strike]].

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->''"Everything in that general direction must '''die'''!"''
-->-- '''Eddie Riggs''', ''BrutalLegend''

-->''"Everything in that general direction must '''die'''!"''

-->''Cannon to right of them,\\

Volley'd and thunder'd;''\\
-- '''Alfred, Lord Tennyson''', ''The Charge of the Light Brigade ''

--> "Everything in that general direction must '''''die'''''!
-->--'''Eddie Riggs, BrutalLegend

-> '''Yuri''': You know how some guns have red lasers that indicate where they're aiming? Watch this.
-> '''Marina''': Is it broken? You glowed red and the whole room lit up.
-> '''Yuri''': Exactly.

** RapidFireFisticuffs, for ten thousand fists in your face.

--> "Everything in that general direction must ''die''!

For when you absolutely, positively need something DeaderThanDead, there is nothing better than throwing everything but the kitchen sink (or maybe even it) at it. ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill.

* AtomicHate for nuclear weapons
** FantasticNuke for their fantasy counterpart
* AttackDrone in large numbers, often from every direction at once, is a popular choise. MobileSuitGundam is rife with examples via funnels or bits. Literally called an "All range attack" in setting.
* BeamSpam for energy beams
* ChargedAttack for throwing everything you have at an opponent with [[SingleStrokeBattle one strike]]
* DeathFromAbove for artillery strikes and other methods of raining indiscriminate death
** ColonyDrop for when those puny artillery shells just aren't cutting it
** EarthShatteringKaboom for when everything on the planet needs to die now
* HeroicRROD for when your need to throw everything you have at a target even if it means your life
* MacrossMissileMassacre for missiles
** ReverseShrapnel for [[MacrossMissileMassacre Triple M]] [[XMeetsY combined with]] [[FlechetteStorm Flechette Storm]] (also covers death from all directions)
* MoreDakka for automatic and semi-automatic ranged weapons (Also covers single shot weapons with [[TheGunslinger really fast loaders]] with a [[BottomlessMagazines bottomless ammo source]] and maybe an [[UnorthodoxReload unusual loading style]])
* RainOfArrows for a rain of sharp pointed death from above (Also useful for [[ThreeHundred blotting out the sun]])
** FlechetteStorm for a thrown version of the above
** StormOfBlades for an arrow rain with swords instead of arrows
** ItsRainingMen for when you want to rain down soldiers instead of swords
*** GoombaStomp for when the soldiers decide not to slow down
* SpamAttack for melee attacks in general
** RapidFireFisticuffs for a thousand fists in your face
* SpinAttack for a literal death in all directions

* FantasticNuke not nuclear weapons, but their equivalents

** ReverseShrapnel for [[MacrossMissileMassacre Triple M]] [[XPlusY combined with]] [[FlechetteStorm Flechette Storm]] (also covers death from all directions)

* RainOfArrows for a rain of sharp pointed death from above (Also useful for [[ThreeHundred blotting out the sun]]).

* MoreDakka for automatic and semi-automatic ranged weapons (Also covers single shot weapons with [[TheGunslinger really fast loaders]] with a [[BottomlessMagazines bottomless ammo source]] and maybe an [[UnorthodoxReload unusual loading style]]).
* RainOfArrows for [[ThreeHundred blotting out the sun]]

* SpamAttack (melee attacks in general)
** RapidFireFisticuffs (for a thousand fists in your face)
* StormOfBlades

** ReverseShrapnel [[MacrossMissileMassacre Triple M]] [[XPlusY combined with]] [[FlechetteStorm Flechette Storm]] (also covers death from all directions)

* AtomicHate (nuclear weapons)
* BeamSpam (for energy beams)
* FantasticNuke (not nuclear weapons, but their equivalents)
* MacrossMissileMassacre (for missiles)
* MoreDakka (for automatic weapons)
* RainOfArrows (for [[ThreeHundred blotting out the sun]])
** FlechetteStorm (for a thrown version of the above)
* ReverseShrapnel