History Main / MookCommander

* Chevaliers in ''VideoGame/ConquerorsBlade'' qualify. This is a unit of mounted knights who can bring a second (low-tier) retinue unit into combat with them. Chevaliers feature special abilities that buff their retinue unit.

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* In the first ''VideoGame/{{Drakengard}}'', enemies with a yellow dot next to their LifeMeter are designated squad commanders (some of which may be Elite Mooks). The more commanders that are present in a given fight, the more aggressively they (and other Mooks) attack.
* In ''VideoGame/ZoneOfTheEnders 2'', some enemies have a [[PowerGlows glowing]] "COMMANDER" designation, which allows them to activate a party formation with nearby units, giving the other units a noticeable boost in attack and defense power (and overall aggressiveness).
* The Alto Angelos in ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry4'' are definitely this to Bianco Angelos. Being led by an Alto significantly improves their coordination and increases their agressiveness; any good strategy guide will recommend to take the Alto down first in those fights.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Deadpool}}'', there are two kinds of these: Enemies who increase every enemy's defense (and apparently also give them regeneration) and enemies who increase every enemy's damage. Either way, the buffs disappear as soon as the commander is killed.
* The ''VideoGame/XMenLegends'' games have GiantMook versions of many an enemy. They'll often have status buffs that they spread to all enemies (even ones that aren't of the same type), One whose buff is "increased damage" and can spread it to others can turn a weak pack of grunts into a TotalPartyKill-dealing nightmare. Also, sometimes they can only be damaged once all their minions are gone... or the reverse, making all their minions invincible while they live. If you have [[PowerCopying Rogue]] on your team, and you use Power Theft on the leader ''or'' one of the minions, you not only gain the status buff, but ''also'' have it spread to teammates near you in the same way. (Unfortunately, that doesn't include the "they/you can't take damage while you/even one of them lives" trick.)
* In ''VideoGame/{{Mercenaries}}'', the various enemy factions have officers, who are stronger than rank-and-file troops and can see through the player's disguise if they have one.

* Because of how the morale system works in ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors'', any officer, even generic ones, count as this. Their presence on the field can encourage mooks to be more aggressive or exhibit better defensive stats (ie., able to take more than one hit from your player character before going down), but they don't actually cast anything. Having them on the field is enough, and inversely, defeating them will debuff their allies because they lost morale upon seeing one of their officers defeated.

* Captain Winters from ''VideoGame/{{Payday2}}'' has three efects while he is deployed on the battlefield: increasing the spawn rate of SWATTeam, providing said SWATTeam with damage resistance, and preventing the assault wave to end until he is defeated.

** Partiularly skilled or famous commanders like [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Bright Noa]], [[Anime/SpaceBattleshipYamato2199 Okita Juzo]], or [[Anime/CodeGeass Lelouch Lamperouge]] may have unique skills or Ace Bonuses that make Commander more powerful or grant other bonuses to nearby allies.

* ''VideoGame/XCOM2'' features enemy Mook Commanders in the form of the ADVENT Officers, who are sometimes also called ADVENT Captains. They have thicker armor, better marksmanship, and overall superior stats to their ADVENT Trooper brethren; however, their danger lies in their ability to mark specific XCOM soldiers, which makes every single ADVENT Trooper nearby target that soldier. They can be ''lethal'' early-game, when XCOM soldiers can't survive more than one or two hits from an ADVENT magnetic rifle. The game also promotes Sectoids, TheGoomba of [[VideoGame/XCOMEnemyUnknown]], to something like this role: They're noticeably tougher than Advent Troopers and even Officers, who are explicitly disposable cannon fodder in-universe and out, and have a variety of psionic support powers that they use to engage from relatively safe distances.

** In the second game, the tyranid hive lord is a giant killing machine but boosting nearby tyranids is his (its?) real strength. Once he learns to summon EliteMooks... let's say the tyranid campaign is probably the easiest of the six.

* In ''VideoGame/Mercenaries'', the various enemy factions have officers, who are stronger than rank-and-file troops and can see through the player's disguise if they have one.

* The ''VideoGame/XMenLegends'' games have GiantMook versions of many an enemy. They'll often have status buffs that they spread to all enemies (even ones that aren't of the same type.) One whose buff is "increased damage" and can spread it to others can turn a weak pack of grunts into a TotalPartyKill-dealing nightmare. Also, sometimes they can only be damaged once all their minions are gone... or the reverse, making all their minions invincible while they live. If you have [[PowerCopying Rogue]] on your team, and you use Power Theft on the leader ''or'' one of the minions, you not only gain the status buff, but ''also'' have it spread to teammates near you in the same way. (Unfortunately, that doesn't include the "they/you can't take damage while you/even one of them lives" trick.)